year—old man dies, and three others are stabbed, after thousands of people attend two raves in greater manchesterockdown. and, a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire three years ago. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said it will be down to government ministers to decide when the two metre rule on social distancing can be relaxed in england. a formal review is due to report byjuly the 4th — the day pubs and restaurants are set to reopen. tomorrow, all nonessential shops in england can reopen — but as our business correspondent, katy austin, reports, the way we shop will have to change. the new shopping experience. lockdown has been financially tough for non—food shops, and they share the concern of pubs and restaurants that social distancing will make operating profitably a challenge. please remember to shop safely by keeping two metres apart at all times. the prime minister has confirmed the two metre guidance is under review, and today the chancellor said he would like to see it reduced. it has an enormous impact on their ability to operate

drug overdose, and three others are stabbed, after thousands of people attend two raves in greater manchesterown. a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire three years ago. this is the scene at st paul's cathedral as the bells ring out 72 times to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. this is the scene live above grenfell tower. earlier, families also joined together online to commemorate the anniversary. singer adele was among those who sent messages of support. it's still important for us to mourn together and for us to remember that night and to reflect on that, and also reflect on where we are now with that. but also to celebrate the lives that were lived before they were sadly taken that night. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said it will be down to government ministers to decide when the two metre rule on social distancing can be relaxed in england. a formal review is due to report byjuly the 4th — the day pubs and restaurants are set to reopen. tomorrow all non—essential shops in england c

greater manchester z cheese constable has defended a decision not to stop two raves that left one woman women claimant rape and two others with samples. intervening only when they spotted a man carrying an actual copy was arrested an 18—year—old man is being questioned on suspicion of assault. erica respondent reports. 6000 people attended two events billed as quarantined raves. that's daisy north country park, a 20—year—old man died of a suspected dart to lick my drug overdose. as the night wore on at the rave here no fewer than three people
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judith moritz, bbc news, denton in greater manchester. for a ceasefire in neigbouring libya. his ally, the rebel general khalifa haftar is on the defensive after losing control of a key military base to un—backed government forces. but pro—government troops have shown no signs of embracing a truce, launching a fresh offensive against general haftar‘s army. the oil exporters group, opec, has reportedly agreed to extend record cuts in production for a month. a deal reached in april between opec members and other oil producers, including russia, was due to expire at the end ofjune. riot police in the lebanese capital, beirut, have repeatedly used tear gas to disperse protesters taking part in renewed anti—government demonstrations. crowds threw stones and attacked at least one business. the protesters have denounced the government's handling of a deepening economic and political crisis, which has seen the lebanese currency collapse and unemployment soar. a new image has been released of the duke of cambridge, prince george and princess charl

judith moritz, bbc news, denton in greater manchester.erfurther easing of the coronavius lockdown in england. individuals will be allowed private prayer, under plans announced by the government. weddings will still be banned. our political correspondent, leila nathoo has more details. this news coming out in the last few minutes? this is looking ahead to the 15th of june, minutes? this is looking ahead to the 15th ofjune, a week on monday, when nonessential shops are set to reopen, and now alongside them at places of worship in england will also be open to individuals for private prayer, so group worship, services, weddings, they will not start again until further down the line. this change has been brought in in northern ireland but not in scotla nd in in northern ireland but not in scotland and wales, and there will be guidance on social distancing and safety but it will be up to individual churches and synagogues and mosques to manage how people attend. there is a concern in some areas about the pace of coming out of lockdown and numbe

judith moritz reports now from greater manchester. your children back in a safe and sensible manner. yesterday morning, head teacher steve marsland posted this video on his school website as he prepared to open up to more children on monday. but by the afternoon, those plans were put on hold. the school told to delay by the local director of public health. we want the children in school where they should be but in terms of the health of our community, i salute the decision, that somebody has actually come out and followed the guidance that was issued originally, where if the r level is anywhere near one and the contamination rate rises, looking after the health of the community and our school. it's not just schools in this area which are being advised to delay their wider opening. it's the same in blackburn, and on the wirral schools are being asked to pause and reconsider. it's all based on the same worry, that the coronavirus infection rate is rising in the north west. there's also a feeling that not all parts of this region are the

today we have seen plenty of showers, slow—moving once event greater manchester.e pretty big storms this afternoon across south—west england and some nasty storms in wales stretching from cardigan to be with wells. we will see storms pushing into north—west england, around the greater manchester area, some storms will break out across south—west scotland. there will be a greater chance of seeing showers and thunderstorms for a time across the midlands and south—east england, including the greater london area. but aside from those storms that will pop up over the next few hours, it will be warm and humid. overnight tonight, the showers will take a while to fade and a few could work gci’oss while to fade and a few could work across the irish sea into northern ireland. otherwise it will be cloudy because eastern areas and a warm, muqqy because eastern areas and a warm, muggy night. temperatures ii to 14 at most. potentially showers to start tomorrow. a dry starter to the day for many, though clouded the east ta kes day for many, though clouded the east takes a while

the mayor of greater manchester is also questioning whether it is wise for the government to allow manyen on june the government to allow many shops to open onjune the 15th. richard galpin, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt is here. the question for the government is when to get into the lockdown and how to get out of it is always a tough balancing act. it is and there will be difficult judgments tough balancing act. it is and there will be difficultjudgments for the uk government to make and the devolved administrations in scotland, northern ireland and wales. this week borisjohnson is going to set out some of those next steps for england, the measures that you come into effect on the 15th of june. we know that is the date currently set for the reopening of the more nonessential shops. that is still not phase three of the road map, it is still not due to come in untiljuly and what we are expecting would be perhaps smaller changes rather than any grand unlocking. the other thing we are starting to get from downing street is a sense of may be starting to look beyond the im

to greater manchester with debbie abrahams. thank you, mr speaker. published evidence indicates indoor environments pick up more than 90% of the virus around the world. the close of the contact and the greater the length of contact for greater the length of contact for greater the risk. sage has said the evidence, it is inappropriate to reduce social distancing at this stage of the infection, typically over a thousand new covid cases a day. rather than the prime minister making decisions behind closed doors on unpublished evidence, why won't he publish his exit strategy and wait until the test and isolate system is fully operational? i'm grateful to the honourable lady but i mustjust grateful to the honourable lady but i must just repeat grateful to the honourable lady but i mustjust repeat what i have said to the house several times now, that we will be putting the argumentation about the change in the two metre rule, the infection in the two metre rule, the infection in the two metre rule, the infection in the two metre rule, the one metre plus rule

year old man dies and three others are stabbed after thousands of people attend two raves in greater manchesterhe lockdown. and a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire three years ago. now on bbc news — with coronavirus outbreaks at different stages around the world we explore what might happen as restrictions change and people adjust to a new reality. hello, and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm annita mcveigh. on today's programme, the world health organization says that up to 40% of coronavirus cases could come from people who have no symptoms. plus, we'll explore how artificial intelligence is helping in the fight against the virus. you can keep up to date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. first, there's growing evidence that a second wave of covid—i9 has hit iran, which was one of the earliest epicentres of the virus, but despite the increase in cases, there is no new lockdown in place yet for the 80 million people living there. some cities have already been an

without its passionate tsunami behind them, newcastle's challenge felt even greater. manchestergrip on the premier league may have ended but they remain fa cup holders, and seemed in no mood to linger on the disappointment. in such a one—sided half, city really didn't need any help but fabian schar‘s push brought kevin de bruyne to the spot and a goal their dominance deserved. while it remained 1—0, newcastle were in with a chance, theyjust had to take it. commentator: pulls across! oh, that had to go in. dwight gayle making even an empty stadium sigh in disbelief. minutes later, they were reeling at the other end as city through sterling sauntered to a second. commentator: and that is raheem sterling all over! newcastle's best cup run in m years was coming to an end. city now have a wembley date with arsenal. they may have let one trophy slip from their grasp but they can still win everything else. katie gornall, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world looks at the worst invasion of desert locusts east africa has seen for decades. just an average swarm can eat the same in a day as

greater manchester police criticised the thousands who breached lockdown restrictions to attend.nificant. madeleine was three when she disappeared while on holiday with her family in the resort of praia da luz in 2007. a senior police source told the bbc that evidence found by german detectives against a convicted sex offender — known as christian b — is very important to the investigation. the new suspect is believed to have been in the same area as madeleine at the time. coming up at 6 o'clock on breakfast, dan walker and sally nugent will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: shops in england selling non—essential goods can reopen today for the first time in almost three months. the prominentjournalist, maria ressa, has been convicted of libel in the philippines. the editor of the rappler news website now faces a possible jail sentence of up to seven years. atlanta is one of many us cities to have seen protests since the killing last month of george floyd by police in minneapolis. and around the world, thousands of people have joi

the company, which owns the trafford centre in greater manchester, the lakeside complex in essex, andehead in glasgow, failed to agree a deal with creditors over its huge debts, which grew during the lockdown. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. the customers are coming back after lockdown but now the company behind some of our biggest and most popular shopping centres has collapsed. at lakeside in essex today, it's busy and business as usual. it's got everything here, hasn't it? all the shops are on top of each other, everything's here that you need, so you can come to one place and get it all. i don't really go anywhere else for shopping. so, yeah, to me and a lot of people, yeah, very important. and you've come for a day? more or less! intu has 17 shopping centres in the uk and they play a big role in the local economies they serve. intu employs 2500 people directly, just over 100,000 work inside its malls and another 29,500 people are thought to work in its wider supply chain. and, of course, there are many millions of shoppers, but today the banks and its lenders are

andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester, thank you. thank you.y, a bit like winning the champions league, a burden on your shoulders, the championjockey, burden on your shoulders, the champion jockey, with no burden on your shoulders, the championjockey, with no classic burden on your shoulders, the champion jockey, with no classic to your name but that has all changed. how does it feel? good morning. i am thrilled. i thought i would struggle to get any sleep last night but i had a good few rides yesterday so i was exhausted by ten bm and tha nkfully was exhausted by ten bm and thankfully i slept right the way through to my alarm. it's an incredible is feeling. it's what any sportsperson dreams of, finding an opportunity to get to the very top of their sport and i had a willing partner in kameko yesterday to land the 2000 guineas. it was incredible. kameko, what a ride he gave you. we are going to show the closing stages of that race. if you could talk us through it, you had the favourite breathing down your neck, you had frankie dettori chasing

too much so for tameside council in greater manchester, which is now strongly advising its schools nottical correspondent helen catt told us this morning that the significance of the r number, relating to the infection rate, could be what's informing government lockdown decisions. politicians have put a really big emphasis on that r rate, and keeping it below one, because once it is below one, the virus is in decline. when it is above one, it can spread exponentially, so there has been a big focus on that. as you said there, we are now hearing from scientists that it may vary across the country, so that tells us a couple of things. the first one is, you will have seen from john's report, that nowhere in the country does it seem to be a lot below one. so when the government ministers come to weighing up those decisions between the benefits of starting to unlock the economy and give more freedoms with the risk, well, it means they may not have much room for manoeuvre. regionally, also, this idea of regional variation seems to have become more important in recent weeks as we move into the

greater manchester police said there was an increased police presence in the moss side area, where thetaken place. 0fficers said two men, aged 36 and 21 went to hospital with gunshot wounds at around 1am. spain has said it will allow uk tourists to enter the country without entering quarantine, from today. the country's foreign affairs minister told the bbc that british citizens would be allowed to enter the country freely, without the need to self—isolate. however, people returning to the uk will currently still have to quarantine, as simonjones reports. the beaches in barcelona look set to become a lot busier as locals arejoined by visitors from abroad. spain is opening up to most other european countries as a state of emergency is lifted, formally marking the end of a 3—month lockdown. anyone flying in, though, will face a rather different reception at the airport. there will be temperature checks and visitors will need to provide details of where they are staying. after a period of uncertainty, the spanish government has confirmed uk tourists will be able to visit without having to

the company, which owns the trafford centre in greater manchester, the lakeside complex in essex, and huge debts, which grew during the lockdown. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. the customers are coming back after lockdown, but now the company behind some of our biggest and most popular shopping centres has collapsed. at lakeside in essex today, it's busy and business as usual. it's got everything here, hasn't it? all the shops are on top of each other, everything's here that you need, so you can come to one place and get it all. i don't really go anywhere else for shopping. so, yeah, to me and a lot of people, yeah, very important. and you've come for a day? more or less! intu has 17 shopping centres in the uk, and they play a big role in the local economies they serve. intu employs 2500 people directly — just over 100,000 work inside its malls and another 29,500 people are thought to work in its wider supply chain. and, of course, there are many millions of shoppers. but today the banks and its lenders are taking back the keys. intu owns the trafford centre, its jew

the company, which owns the trafford centre in greater manchester, the lakeside complex in essex, andehead in glasgow, failed to agree a deal with creditors over its huge debts, which grew during the lockdown. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. the customers are coming back after lockdown, but now the company behind some of our biggest and most popular shopping centres has collapsed. at lakeside in essex today, it's busy and business as usual. it's got everything here, hasn't it? all the shops are on top of each other, everything's here that you need, so you can come to one place and get it all. i don't really go anywhere else for shopping. so, yeah, to me and a lot of people, yeah, very important. and you've come for a day? more or less! laughs. intu has 17 shopping centres in the uk and they play a big role in the local economies they serve. intu employs 2,500 people directly, just over 100,000 work inside its malls, and another 29,500 people are thought to work in its wider supply chain. and, of course, there are many millions of shoppers, but today the banks and its

reassure head teachers that they can stay closed if they wish. judith moritz, bbc news, denton in greater manchesterousands of protesters on the streets. they have been marching all day. it is coming up marching all day. it is coming up to 10:30pm in the evening there. the 12th day of protests since the death of george floyd in cities not just since the death of george floyd in cities notjust in washington but right across the united states and right around the world. i am lewis vaughan—jones, and this is bbc news. hello there. it has been unusually windy the past couple of days. and we will still have a keen north wind with us during the day ahead, making it feel quite chilly near the north sea coast, around this area of low pressure, but gradually high pressure building in for the next couple of days. so that will start to dampen the winds down in southern and western areas and the showers. but, as you can see, there are still further outbreaks of rain or showery rain to come, making its way southwards, across england and wales. it does allow drier and brighter weather for much of scotland and nor

the first anniversary of the death of a 12—year—old refugee girl who drowned in a river in greater manchester in 2017. her family don't believe her death in the river irwell last june was an accident. the british government will make it easier for holidaymakers to travel to much of europe this summer, including spain, france and greece. from july 6, people arriving in the uk from a country considered to be at "low risk" from coronavirus will not have to self—isolate for 1h days. but there are calls for further clarifications, as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. jetting off abroad should soon become easier because much of europe is said to be exempt from the government's travel quarantine. self—isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday, so when we get back, we haven't got 1a days before our little ones need to go back to school. they have missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more. a series of travel corridors are set to take effect from july 6, meaning people won't have to self—isolate. it is almost certain that b

without its passionate toon army behind them, newcastle's challenge felt even greater. manchesterr league may have ended but they remain fa cup holders and seemed in no mood to linger on the disappointment. in such a one—sided half, city really didn't need any help but fabian schar‘s push brought kevin de bruyne to the spot and a goal their dominance deserved. whilst it remained 1—0, newcastle were in with a chance. theyjust had to take it. saint—maximin pulls across. oh, that had to go in! dwight gayle making even an empty stadium sigh in disbelief. minutes later they were reeling at the other end as city, through sterling, sauntered to a second. and that is raheem sterling all over. newcastle's best cup run in 1a years was coming to an end. city now have a wembley date with arsenal. katie gornall, bbc news. back to the economy now and the prime minister's plans for a post—lockdown recovery. the challenge is immense, unprecedented in peace time, with current levels of debt unthinkable just a few months ago and unemployment set to rocket. our special correspondent, allan little, n

the mayor of greater manchester is also questioning whether it's wise for the government to allow manyin, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, explained the contest to me earlier. about the difficult choices the government has got to make here. yes, some really fine judgments for the uk government and the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland about where to go next with lockdown. in the coming days, borisjohnson will set out some of the plans he has for changes to come into effect on june 15th, a week tomorrow. now, of course that isn't getting us into the third phase of that road map that he set out at all in england. that is still injuly, so what we would expect to hear over the next few days are perhaps small changes, like we have heard this morning already about places of worship starting to open for individual prayer. that is the sort of adjustment we would expect to hear about in the next few days. we are also getting a sense though about downing street may be looking further beyond the immediate crisis. the prime minister plans to make a

too much so for tameside council in greater manchester, which is now strongly advising its schools not the question of attending or not attending anti—racism protests. joining me is former met police superintendent, and one of the founders of the black police association, leroy logan. thank you very much forjoining us. will you be attending the protest today? no. i won't will you be attending the protest today? no. iwon't be. i did go will you be attending the protest today? no. i won't be. i did go on wednesday and walk with them from hyde park to the square and i thought that was a good experience even though it was very challenging in terms of social distancing and the lack of facemasks, so i felt thatis the lack of facemasks, so i felt that is enough for me. what is your thinking about today's protests, then? obviously, we have seen conflicting advice. some are urging their friends conflicting advice. some are urging theirfriends and conflicting advice. some are urging their friends and family to go on these matches because they see it as an important moment to protest on this issu

year—old man dies and three others are stabbed after thousands of people attend two raves in greater manchester lockdown. and a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire three years ago. good afternoon, you're watching bbc news. with me tim willcox. a white policeman involved in the fatal shooting of a black man in the us city of atlanta has been sacked, after a night of unrest over the killing. the victim, rayshard brooks — who was 27 years old — was shot after a scuffle with officers in a drive—through restaurant car park. another officer involved has been put on leave, and the city's police chief has resigned. atlanta is one of many us cities to have seen protests since the killing last month of george floyd by police in minneapolis. a warning — you may find some of the images and details in andy moore's report distressing. it started as a very routine police incident. a man apparently asleep in his car, blocking the drive—through lane of a fast—food restaurant. guess somebody called 911 because you were asleep behind the wheel, while you we

too much so for tameside council in greater manchester, which is now strongly advising its schools not back to the question of the protest rallies today. leroy logan is a former met police commissioner and one of the founders of the black police assocation. he joined protesters in central london earlier in the week, and says today's events need to be more effectively managed in orderto maintain social distancing... i think it is about how the marches are being conducted. if it is done in an orderly fashion with proper stewarding to ensure people keep as much social distancing as possible and there is good dialogue with the police, then i think it is something that can be managed. what i saw on wednesday was there was a dense crowd, there was hardly any social distancing to speak of, there was no stewarding, and there was no police liaison to ensure that things were conducted in an orderly fashion. fortunately there were no injuries, i know there were one or two arrests, but it was a relatively positive event. i think in solidarity people should attend because it is a worthy cause notju

the ground was broken by the fathers of pcs fiona bone and nicola hughes, two greater manchester officersillion installation is based on the idea of an open door and will honour officers and staff killed on duty across the uk. the family of a man who has just left intensive care after spending 50 days being treated for coronavirus, say they can't praise the medical staff enough. gary trigg from the forest of dean in gloucestershire contracted covid—19 in april. while his life was hanging in the balance, his daughter was in the same hospital giving birth. our reporter, steve knibbs, has been to see the family. applause. he's turned a corner, he's out of ccu now, and he had the clap—out yesterday which was wonderful and he gave a little wave at the end. this was the moment gary's family thought they would never see. he was admitted to hospitals part of the first wave of covid patients back in april. he became very, very poorly. it was touch and go, yeah. we didn't know going from one day to the next. if he was going to survive or not. every day was different. but after 50 days and over 1200

andy in greater manchester and seve in the other side, and other political leaders around the countryerseyside, have been calling for decentralisation of the responsibilities and the power to get a responsibilities and the power to geta grip responsibilities and the power to get a grip on this, that is what needs to happen. we are just repeating the errors again and what is happening now because of this premature slackening off is it is reckless and if we get out a way with this, we will be very lucky. when you say reckless, are you saying we should not be easily lockdown? we should not be easing the lockdown. last two weeks, we have had chaotic messaging and to all intents and purposes, the has ended. small measures like allowing people to worship individually in the churches and religious places is perfectly reasonable. i know that has been a problem from conversations i have had with the rector at liverpool, but those aren't small measures, but this general thing which we see people congregating in parks, at the seaside, in public places, the shops all opening, this is a hostage to

i'm not only proud to be a man united fan, that one of our own in greater manchester never forgot whererofile to help those without a voice, but i am proud that he and those who havejoined him have shown the very best that our country can be. and i have to say, i am delighted to say that the government seems to have heard these cries. we should never be ashamed to listen, and i'm pleased to announce that we will provide additional funding for a covid summer food fund to enable children who are eligible for free school meals to claim a six—week voucher. as we prepare for schools to fully reopen in september, we will ensure that no child goes hungry. and why i despair, mr deputy speaker, is because today it has taken the experience of a 22—year—old black man to actually use his social media to get this government to do the right thing. i thank the ministers for what they have said today. it really helped me avoid my worst nightmare of having to vote with the labour party which i spent the day fearing i might have to do. so, i'm very grateful to that if nothing else. we must turbo—charge o

around the regional r numbers, in the south—west and the north—west, and tameside council in greater manchesterm not to reopen as planned on monday, to leave it a couple of weeks because of concerns about where the r number is. the health secretary matt hancock looking at this weekend and mass demonstrations planned, he said he was appalled by the death of the george floyd and he was sympathetic to people who wished to be out there but he said people really should not ta ke but he said people really should not take part in large gatherings, demonstrations above the number of six people. thanks forjoining us. people living in the republic of ireland will be able travel anywhere inside their own county from monday, instead of being limited to a range of 20km from home. the irish cabinet is accelerating the easing of the country's lockdown, allowing groups of up to six people to meet indoors or outside, provided social distancing is maintained. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has accused the uk of "backtracking" on its commitments over a future trade deal. however the

i'm not only proud to be a man united fan, that one of our own in greater manchester never forgot whereoice. but i'm proud that he and those who havejoined him have shown the very best that our country can be. and i have to say, i'm delighted to say that the government seems to have heard these cries, and they do appear to have done a u—turn on their decision to end the free school meal voucher scheme over the summer holidays. and of course, i do have questions for the secretary to address, not least confirmation that this is concrete in guaranteeing that free school meal vouchers will be provided over the summer holidays. but, as he will appreciate, this small win will be bittersweet overall if we do not now set about tackling the root cause of why many children are forced to rely upon free school meals in the first place — poverty. marcus‘s heartfelt letter asked one important question yesterday — can we all agree no child should be going to bed hungry? if we could all agree on this principal, mr deputy speaker, there would be no debate to be had today. we are not yet out of this cris

the first anniversary of the death of a 12—year—old refugee girl who drowned in a river in greater manchester to the uk in 2017. herfamily does not believe her death in the river irwell last june was an accident. malawi's newly elected president, lazarus cha kwera, has said his victory is a win for democracy and justice. the election result is being seen as a democratic first in sub—saharan africa. a flawed election was overturned and the opposition has gone on to win power. reged ahmad reports. counting and tallying the votes earlier this week, this election was a rerun of a discredited presidential poll from 2019. when the incumbent president peter mutharika won a narrow victory last year, the opposition disputed the election, sparking anger and months of anti—government protests, a rare sight in malawi. by february, the country's highest court, in a decision described as landmark, overturned the results, citing systematic and grave regularities. now, the final results have come in and the opposition candidate, lazarus cha kwera, has been declared the winner. preliminary results showed him

suspected drug overdose and three others are stabbed after thousands of people attend two raves in greater manchesterspite the lockdown. and a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire three years ago. one headlines at the top of the hour. —— more headlines. now on bbc news, global questions invites its international audience to put their questions to a panel of experts on the impact of the pandemic. hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi. the killing of george floyd has sent shock waves around the world and has reignited long—held demands for an end to racism and white privilege, which has been maintained at the expense of others within communities, countries and at the international level. in this global questions, we ask if the global system is racist and, if so, what can be done to fix it? well, i'm now inside the bbc‘s headquarters here in central london and, of course, we have to bring you our two panellists and our audience members, who will be putting questions to them, and they willjoin us vi

too much so for tim side council in greater manchester, which is now strongly advising its schools not. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us now from our london newsroom. we just heard there that rules are changing on face coverings. what's now being advised? looking at the front page of the guardian comedy who is now advising that people over 60 should be wearing medicalfacemasks. we are understanding the rules are changing, aren't they? yes, this has been an evolving policy, particularly for the british government. initially, when they we re government. initially, when they were asked about whether people should be wearing facemasks in public they said the evidence wasn't clear—cut at the time, and then that became, well, there was some small evidence that it sort of help to prevent transmission, particularly from people who don't have symptoms. but they stop short of making it compulsory. we have seen that change in the last week. scotland went first by recommending the use of face coverings in public places like shops. england followed suit a little later. but this week w

analysis undertaken by the ten greater manchester councils and greater manchester combined authorityhis takes into account the costs that are ten councils have faced but also the lost income and then you add that together and it gets to this number. we've had some support from the government and we are grateful to that and the council to have some reserves to that and the council to have some rese rves so to that and the council to have some reserves so the net deficit is 368 million, so still a massive number. let's remember, it comes on top of a decade of austerity. a report is being published today that says councils in the north were hit disproportionately hard in the last decade. these are the spending fell by 20% compared to an england average of 13% so this is a very serious moment for councils in greater manchester and across the north, and we are looking to the government to help. obviouslyjust looking at what the net deficit is, versus what the projected deficit would be, the government has already offered a lot of help, hasn't it? about £200 million, just under. what you s

greater manchester police said the gatherings defied the work done to slow the spread of covid—19.r people to attend those when there has been so much work by people in the nhs, the police and the communities trying to protect us all from the terrible virus. more than 900 blue plaques on buildings across london are to be reviewed by english heritage, in response to concerns that some honour figures linked to racism or slavery. the charity says it hopes to recognise those who have been traditionally under—represented in history, including members of the black community. an image of one man carrying another to safety during violent protests in london over the weekend, has been hailed as a symbol of unity, after it was widely shared online. patrick hutchinson was photographed carrying an injured man, following clashes between far—right protesters and anti—racism activists. 0ur news correspondent sean dilley explains what happened. yelling. a snapshot in time gone viral. this was the moment a badly injured white protester was rescued by a black lives matter supporter. i wasn't thinking

the mayor of greater manchester is also questioning whether it's wise for the government to allow many time now for your questions answered — where we answer viewers' questions about the coronavirus pandemic. today we're focusing on the potential second wave of covid—19 that the world might face. to answer your questions, we'rejoined by dr michael head, who's a senior research fellow in global health at the university of southampton and dr emma hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist, university of basel. lots of questions coming into us. we have a question here coinciding with those protests about the killing of george floyd. lloyd griffiths from wales is saying that he wonders what the point of government guidelines about self—isolation and social distancing is 1000 in the uk and around the world are demonstrating? i think it is important to point out that racism and its consequences have killed many, many more people in history than the coronavirus in the last few months. that is not to minimise the pandemic, which is of course extremely severe and something we need to be extremely cauti

we can talk to the executive chairman ofjd sports, peter cowgill. hejoins me from bury in greater manchester so far? very encouraging, in many ways, in terms of the football, the pent up demand at the beginning of the week, which begins to tail off, i think the weekend will be interesting —— footfall —— because there is a much more even flow of consumer traffic. i think it's very apparent that inner cities, particularly london, are suffering from the transport issues. so, it's a mixed bag. much more intentional purchasing, so, consumers are out to shop, the conversion rates increase a lot but the traffic is still down considerably. intentional shopping, i think that's a new phrase we are going to hear a lot more of in the weeks and months ahead. what have you learnt about demand from your other european stores, which are a bit ahead of us here in england? you similar, low footfall, increased intention. 0verall, down a bit but seems to be improving as customers become more familiar with social distancing and their obligations under that. yes, on customer behaviour, what observations have you

police adopted a similar stance a week earlier, when illegal raves on two sites in greater manchesteryou deal with that? it's going to be difficult. you have to remember that the rules on social distancing are just guidelines, they are not the law. the idea is that you couldn‘t clear —— the idea that you can work out who is from one household and who is not is not realistic. these are difficult situations and there may be a report about a large gathering in one area. but in an area like greater manchester, they have sometimes had thousands over a weekend that police are trying to deal with and we have a relatively small police force in this country. we have half the number of police officers per head of population spain and italy. the police are already stretched and trying to get enough officers to break up the sort of occurrence takes time. there are real issues about the risk of public disorder and the risk of people in officers getting hurt if you try to clear the area. as a former chief police constable, when you are told your force has the ability to issue fines in the light of

spring, he abducted, raped and assaulted victims aged between 11 and 71 in watford, london, greater manchesterng up a tree in cheshire. wanted for multiple rapes and kidnappings in the north and south of england in the spring of 2019. when he committed these crimes, he had been wrongly freed from prison a few months before. this latest review sheds more light on the failings in the mccann case. it found that three different probation officers had been responsible for mccann in the run—up to his ill—fated release. it also discovered that prison staff didn't share key information with probation colleagues. earlier this year, one of mccann‘s victims, who was 71 when she was raped by him, spoke to the bbc. she now said she finds this new review very distressing. in a statement, she told us... the ministry ofjustice says it has apologised to mccann‘s victims. it also says it has improved information sharing and training and is bringing on 800 new probation staff. june kelly, bbc news. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story... china has adopted a controversial security law

shone a spotlight on that film on fa resha re greater manchester and lucy and her amazing team, between under enormous pressure, i do not know. —— quite how much is divided by local authorities. we are working closely with government purchasing food for those in lockdown with £10.5 million of taxpayers money, but these are just sticking plasters and there needs to bea sticking plasters and there needs to be a long—term understanding, looking at other business figures, that there will be a long—term, deep—rooted problem. it is not of a political making, it is the result of the pandemic, we need to put systems and processes in place to make sure that nobody in the united kingdom goes hungry. robert halfon, lindsey boswell has made perfectly clear that he wishes he was not in thisjob, but clear that he wishes he was not in this job, but these food banks and charities existed a long time before the pandemic struck the world, we are talking about what is happening in this country, the conservative government, what is its responsibility to make sure that people like lindsay boswell are out of

his mum, sinead, was working on a covid ward in greater manchester.ear—old would be safer staying with his grandparents during the worst of the coronavirus crisis. for a week i was like, i am not going to do it, but i knew it was the right thing and i knew the hospital needed me. but blake is now back home at last. mum's ward has been switched back to normal duties and she has been given a month off. and are you delighted to be back at home? no? should we go back to granny's house, then?|j home? no? should we go back to granny's house, then? i think you area bit granny's house, then? i think you are a bit of a joker. you have obviously had to make a huge sacrifice not seeing your mum for the best part of 4.5 months. has it been worth it, though? yes, being there for my patient when my family couldn't, i was giving my old looking after them. i looked after them until they could go back to theirfamilies, them until they could go back to their families, and i them until they could go back to theirfamilies, and i knew my mum and dad were doing the same. a

as a doctor in greater manchester, what are you experiencing? how many people have got coronavirus?er of cases of coronavirus but for other areas, we would suggest they strictly followed that social distancing guidance, maintain good hygiene and it is difficult to say white lockdown restrictions have been eased too quickly. it is difficult to know exactly why this is happening. from the british medicaljournal, they say a high proportion of pregnant women from the black community and other minority communities are being infected with covid—19. minority communities are being infected with covid-19. there has been 30% of women contracting covid—19 were from bame communities. try to stay indoors and make sure you wash your hands thoroughly as you wash your hands thoroughly as you possibly can. as always, thank you possibly can. as always, thank you for your time. good morning if you're watching brea kfast. good morning if you're watching breakfast. sally is back with us. good morning if you're watching breakfast. sally is back with usm really doesn't look quite strange. sadly you are he

we'rejoined now by samantha gibbs, landlady of ‘the major‘ which is based in greater manchester.in practice? are you clear about how you can run your pub under the restrictions and guidelines you have been given? yeah, i mean, i'm still working my way through the 43 page document issued. it's quite self explanatory, to be honest. there's nothing in there that overly concerns me, but you know, massive changes on how you will use the pub moving forward. it will look very different. describe it for us. are people going to be able to come to the bar? do they have to stay at their table? will it be effectively waiting staff? how do you see it working? we are going to operate a one—way system round the pub as we are one—way system round the pub as we a re fortu nate one—way system round the pub as we are fortunate enough to have two doors on the entrance, so it will be one way round the pub and you will be greeted on the door when you come in and forthe be greeted on the door when you come in and for the foreseeable future until we get further guidelines, and we are trying to operate a