, the border in the irish republic, the exit strategy is set out in five dated phases, the first onext week, the last one is scheduled for the 10th of august. of course it is conditional on how the virus is controlled there. as well as ministers talking to their counterparts within the uk, they are also in close contact with ministers in the irish republic and there is a degree of co—operation. in the irish republic and there is a degree of co-operation. thank you all very much. last night, the prime minister said those in england who could not work from home should be "actively encouraged to go to work", but how easy will it be for businesses to get up and running whilst also respecting social distancing rules? our economics correspondent andy verity reports. the first design you will see of a return to the old normal — a huge tailback near the blackwall tunnel in east london. the message for people who can't work from home, to return to work, means traffic, especially for those trying to follow the government advised to avoid public transport. advice which, tojudge by this empty co

bring in a m day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republic. the new travel restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month. spain has approved a bigger relaxation of the lockdown, as small firms are allowed to serve customers again, and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks, and social distancing on public transport. some of those streets across the country celebrating ve day were also among those taking part 75 years ago, on the day the war in europe ended. our north of england correspondent judith moritz has had a look through the archives in greater manchester, and sent this report. after the darkness of war came the vibrancy of ve day. this rare colour footage captured the start of celebrations on the streets of east manchester. even in black and white, theirjoy is clear to see. and for those who were there then, the memories now are still sharp. i remember ve day. i was only eight years old, but there was a lot going on at the time. i think everybody contribut

bring in a m day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republic. the new travel restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month. spain has approved a bigger relaxation of the lockdown, as small firms are allowed to serve customers again and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks and social distancing on public transport. around the uk, many street parties, which were planned long before the lockdown was imposed, did go ahead, albeit with social distancing measures in place. our correspondent duncan kennedy has been taking a look at the different ways in which people have been marking the anniversary of ve day. the nation isolates but the nation also celebrates. this might be hilary avenue, but it's definitely one of thousands of street parties across the land. i think it's really nice that we all came together to celebrate. i love it, i think it's a great way for the community to get together. obviously, we are all social distancing and everything. a double day for sheil

bring in a 14—day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republic bigger relaxation of the lockdown as small firms are allowed to serve customers again, and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks and social distancing on public transport. now on bbc news it's time for click.

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in a fourteen— day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republic as small firms are allowed to serve customers again and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks and social distancing on public transport. it's almost half past midnight. now on bbc news, adam fleming, laura kuenssberg and fergus walsh discuss the latest developments in coronavirus newscast. fergus, laura, just like to introduce you to the rock royalty that we're going to speak to later on in this newscast. brian may. hello, how you doing? i'm doing 0k kind of a bit of an injury to some of my muscles which i sustained in the garden. i can't walk, i can't sleep at the moment. really? oh no. apart from that you're fine. apart from that i'm great. excellent. get well soon and we will speak to you at length about what you're doing to raise money for the world health oganisation, first i thought it was the who as in the who but there who was that we can clear all that up in a minute. thank you forjoining us. we won't get fooled

will soon be imposing a 14 day quarantine period on people arriving from overseas apart from the irish republic and france but no detail as to when it would start and for how long it would last the british government is only advising not mandating face coverings in enclosed spaces in other countries such as france people are required to wear them on public transport. the u.k. still has the 2nd highest reported fatalities from code 19 in the world and the new measures have not necessarily provided reassurance to the public it's still a bit of confusion around who has to go to work and who is not to go to work and what you to do if you got children of high who is taking her then so it doesn't appear as much time to me it's consistent with how the government has operated throughout the whole throughout this whole period which is not wanting some weight any hard and fast decisions there are still many unanswered questions resulting from the latest guidance and it is a deeply complex operation the knowledge of the virus is constantly evolving as will the reaction to it for some time to come sunday d

bring in a 14—day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republicthe new travel restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month. spain has approved a bigger relaxation of the lockdown as small firms are allowed to serve customers again, and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks and social distancing on public transport. now on bbc news, it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when the uk's pandemic death toll became the highest in europe. a returning prime minister admitted the scale of the crisis. there's an epidemic going on in care homes which is something i bitterly regret. a labour mp fresh from the hospital ward shared her own experience. "front line workers like me have had to watch families break into pieces as we deliver the very worst of news to them." and how much will the pandemic cost professional sport? if you don't want to know the score, look away now. we are heading for a financial ho

we will also continue to engage, of course, with our counterparts in the irish republic.nd wellbeing of our people, on our society and our economy as a whole. we will be driven by science. we will be driven by the need to emerge from the current arrangements in the safest way possible, step by step. this will require a series of judgments and decisions as we move through. last week, we considered very carefully the effect restrictions are having on our people. we know you want clarity on things that matter very much to you, such as visiting relatives, going to work, taking your children to school. we decided collectively that the time is not right for making major steps. we will continue to consider whether some modest steps can be taken, and if they can, we will do that ahead of the next review. arlene foster. meanwhile in edinburgh, nicola sturgeon gave the latest daily briefing on scotland. there have been 13,763 cases of coronavirus as of yesterday. 31 people as of last night were in intensive care with confirmed or suspected covid—19. that is an increase of 1 cent su

it's also a contact with people in the irish republic. if the parties to reach agreement today and seem to be heading that way, we are expecting the roadmap to be brought before the stormont assembly at some stage. reminder view this morning. at 7:30, we'll be talking to the health secretary matt hancock. and before him, we'll hear from the deputy labour leader, angela rayner. so if you have any questions for them — get in touch. stonehenge has been hosting summer solstice celebrations for around five millennia but this year's event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus. around 10,000 spectators usually gather at the ancient monument in wiltshire to mark midsummer, onjune the 21st. english heritage, which runs the site, says the sunrise will be streamed online for anyone who wants to watch it. windswept walks along beaches and beauty spots probably seem like a lifetime ago for many of us. so you might have welcomed the news that, in england, at least, we can drive wherever we like to take our exercise. but those who live in touris

will soon be imposing a 14 day quarantine period on people arriving from overseas apart from the irish republic and france but no detail as to when it would start and for how long it would last. the british government is only advising not mandating face coverings in enclosed spaces in other countries such as france people are required to wear them and public transport. the u.k. still has the 2nd highest reported fatalities from cove of 19 in the world and the new measures have not necessarily provided reassurance to the public it's still a bit of confusion around who has to go to work and who's not to go to work and why it's dirty got children to hide who is taking her then so it doesn't appear as much time to me it's consistent with how the government has operated throughout the whole throughout this whole period which is not wanting some made any hard and fast decisions there are still many unanswered questions resulting from the latest guidance and it is a deeply complex operation the knowledge of the virus is constantly evolving as will the reaction to it for some time to come sunday diagon

ministers here and in the irish republic, where they are in the first stage of the exit strategy, sayingg to social distancing is important, the virus is still there and still dangerous. if restrictions will be east, it is a 5—step plan in northern ireland, people will have to be bearing in mind social distancing and bearing in mind that everyone has to work together to keep everyone around them safer. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some major railway stations in england, as some people return to work, following the easing of restrictions. with two weeks to go until some primary school children in england return to class, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. ten weeks after it became the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy reopens its shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers. the executive principal of a multi academy education trust has told us she feels as though schools are being used as "guinea pigs" to see if there will be another spike in covid—19 cases. mary

process, the objective of all sides was to keep the land border between northern ireland and the irish republicfood products. some infrastructure will be expanded, particularly at belfast port and at larne parts in cou nty belfast port and at larne parts in county antrim to facilitate checks on goods. what the government is stressing is the checks will be kept toa minimum stressing is the checks will be kept to a minimum and there will be u nfetterred to a minimum and there will be unfetterred access, that is the key phrase ministers have been using, for businesses in northern ireland to the markets in the uk. now, the reason why they are emphasising that point is that unionists find any notion of checks, separation, placing of trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk to be very difficult. sammy wilson in the house of commons told michael gove the cabinet minister outlining the plans that the withdrawal agreement with separation of northern ireland from england, scotla nd of northern ireland from england, scotland and wales would be offensive to unionists. but the dup, whi

we will also continue to engage of course with our counterparts in the irish republic. society and our economy as a whole. we will be driven by science, we will be driven by the need to emerge from the current arrangement in the safest way possible, step—by—step. this will require a series ofjudgments and decisions as we move through. last week, we considered very carefully the effect restrictions are having on our people. we know you want clarity on things that matter very much to you, such as visiting relatives, going to work, taking your children to school. we decided collectively that the time is not right for making major steps. we will continue to consider whether some modest steps can be taken and, if they can, we will do that ahead of the next review. arlene foster with what's happening in northern ireland. well, in edinburgh first minister nicola sturgeon gave an update for scotland. she said workers were not being encouraged to go back to work and asked scottish employers to follow scottish government advice and not ask employees to return prematurely. right n

but ministers here and in the irish republic, where they are in the first stage of their exit strategy is still dangerous and if the restrictions are going to be eased, people are going to have to bear in mind of the social distancing and bear in mind that everybody has got to work together to try to keep everybody safe. chris pagein to try to keep everybody safe. chris page in belfast. nurses, doctors and other key workers in dublin have been turning to canine day care to look after their pets while they spend long days working at the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. the doors of the canine centre have reopened again, but only for the dogs of frontline workers. we can speak now to naomi tracey, who runs the canine centre in dublin, and zenia martin, a vascular surgeon who sends her dog, ziggy, to the centre. hello both of you. naomi, how is it going? great. the sun is shining and the dogs are happy and well behaved. how many dogs have you got? there about ten, 12 in today. let's see them. turn your camera around so we can see them properly. talk through the names and the breeds,

is the only part of the uk with a land border with another country, across the border in the irish republicrolled there. as well as ministers talking to their counterparts within the uk, they are also in close contact with ministers in the irish republic and there is a degree of co—operation. we also heard from chris page, tomos morgan and james shaw. nick eardley is our political correspondent, and the prime minister is about to make a statement to the house, and there has been some criticism, actually, of the government, the fact that borisjohnson made a televised address last night, the publication of the document at two o'clock, and parliament feels it is sort of coming third in a sense. i suspect that although those guidelines have come out, because johnson is still going to face quite a pressure over the next hours or so. we know the labour party is really unhappy with the way they are approaching the government. they cannot work from home, they should be going back to work in england. keir starmer has raised concerns about that and he is also quite concerned about the mixed message a

how is the government going to prevent travellers staying in the irish republic after the holidays to? thank you very much, gordon. well, i think the point that people may not be aware of is ireland has a travel ban effectively as well. so they also at the moment have quarantine in place. so it is the case that that may change in the future, of course we will keep our system under review in the future but the time being whether somebody travels to dublin or somebody travels london, the same essential quarantine would apply. can i turn to sarah from newbury and i think this is a text for me to read. you currently test people with symptoms from the age of five and over, will there be some guarantee that this will be extended to under fives once early years settings open? if not, how are we supposed to justify to our staff members and wider community that it is safe to open? and probably one for you, jenny. thank you. yes, it is very important that when we are doing tests we are doing test with that we know will give true answers, have high sensitivity and high specificity. and so always

to engage, of course, with her cou nterpa rts engage, of course, with her counterparts in the irish republicou. such as visiting relatives, going to work, taking your children to school. we decided collectively that at the time is not right for making major steps. we will continue to consider whether some other steps can be taken and, if they can, we will do that ahead of the next review. first minister arlene foster at stormont. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast. northern ireland taking a different approach from the other nations. there are taking slightly different approaches. tells about the strategy there. i suppose the headline really from it all is no change in northern ireland for the time being. they restrictions to remain in place, we know that they are going to remain in place until the 20th of may will stop whether or not ministers any stormont executive then move on to the first stage of recovery plan. they say it will depend on the signs and no guarantee that things will change at the end of the month. the first stage in that 5—step plan would see people who c

plan came about to avoid the need for those checks taking place on the irish land border between northern ireland and the republice process here for many years. so, instead, the border has effectively been moved here, to northern ireland's ports. what it's going to mean is that goods from great britain and drink northern ireland here will be subject to new checks, it will mean more paperwork for great british businesses to fill out if they are exporting goods here. the new checks will mostly be on food and animal products. northern ireland will also have to keep abiding on eu rules on manufactured goods. all of this is supposed to be operational here by january. it is an arrangement which the democratic unionists in northern ireland have been deeply uncomfortable with. they don't like the idea of northern ireland having to stick by eu rules, and under eu processes after the uk has left the eu. the uk government and the eu still don't see eye to eye on a few elements of this, too. there is concern from the eu that it won't be enough to prevent northern ireland from being used as some sort of back door. still a few

irish land border. between northern ireland and the republic of iran.are exporting goods over here. those new checks will mostly be on food and on animal products. northern ireland will also have to be biting by eu rules on manufactured goods. all this is supposed to be operational here by january. all this is supposed to be operational here byjanuary. it's an arrangement which the democratic unionist have always been uncomfortable with. they don't like the idea of northern ireland having to stick by eu rules and under eu processes after the uk has left the eu. the uk government and the eu still don't see eye to eye on a few elements of this too. there's concern from the eu that this will be enough to prevent northern ireland being used some sort of back door, so still a few things to be ironed out on this. london has been harder hit by coronavirus than anywhere else in the uk. almost 6 thousand people have died in hospitals in the capital since the beginning of march. newham in east london has been particularly badly affected. 0ur social affairs corres

plan came about to avoid the need for those checks taking place on the irish land border between northern ireland and the republice peace process for many years so instead of the border has effectively been moved here to northern ireland's ports and what that means is goods from great britain entering northern ireland here will be subject to new checks, meaning new paperwork for great britain businesses to fill out if they are exporting goods over here and those goods will be mostly on food and animal products. northern ireland will also have to keep abiding by rules on manufacturing goods and it is supposed to be operational here by january. goods and it is supposed to be operational here byjanuary. it is a arrangement that democratic unionist party northern ireland are uncomfortable with. date did not like northern ireland having to seek to eu rules i the uk has left the eu and the uk government and the eu still did not see eye to eye on a few elements of this as well. there is concern from the eu this will not be enough for northern ireland to be used as a sort of back door so still a few things to be ironed o

the republic of ireland will begin a phased lifting of its lockdown restrictions in just over two weeks, the irishngs outside will be allowed from may the 18th, and larger shops will open. it's hoped cafes and restaurants will re—open by the end ofjune. museums and places of worship will follow in mid—july, and children will return to school in september. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, nigel nelson of the sunday mirror and the political commentatorjo phillips. that's coming up after the headlines. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. skies have threatened rather than delivered many showers today. if you've seen a bit of sunshine, the garden's been a nice place to be. spring in full swing of course right now and for part two of the weekend tomorrow, high pressure in control for much of the uk but there will still be a few showers breaking out. maybe for some of us, a greater chance tomorrow of capturing one than today. this weather front towards the south—west of england will produce a bit of patchy, light rain in places. and in fact, that'

international travellers, given that the republic of ireland system is decentralised and the uk is proposing a centralised system there may be problems on the irishs since april the 7th, with people told to stay at home if at all possible. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent us this update from tokyo. there is no real surprise in this announcement, it has been expected for the last few days, but what it means is that most of japan will remain in the state of emergency for pretty much another month. some places with very low rates of infection may be allowed to loosen a little bit, open public libraries, open some public facilities and parts, but places like tokyo, osaka, the big urban areas injapan will remain under the state of emergency, under this advisory for people to stay home if at all possible. it is not the sort of shutdown that we have seen in europe and america but nevertheless everything has slowed down here dramatically in the last few weeks but of course that is affecting the economy, hundreds of thousands of people out of work, staying at home, not able to earn a salary so this extension of another month is bad news for a

bring in a m day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republic. the new travel restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month. spain has approved a bigger relaxation of the lockdown, as small firms are allowed to serve customers again and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks and social distancing on public transport. around the uk, many street parties, which were planned long before the lockdown was imposed, did go ahead, albeit with social distancing measures in place. our correspondent duncan kennedy has been taking a look at the different ways in which people have been marking the anniversary. the nation isolates but the nation also celebrates. this might be hilary avenue, but it's definitely one of thousands of street parties across the land. i think it's really nice that we all came together to celebrate. i love it, i think it's a great way for the community to get together. obviously, we are all social distancing and everything. a double day for sheila webster,