jean mackenzie, bbc news, copenhagen. their liberation in the second world war today. german troops on jersey, guernsey, and their smaller neighbours surrendered a day after winston churchill announced the end of the nazi regime. robert halljoins us from a garden party in st aubin, jersey. yes, scenes like this are being repeated across the channel islands, a determination to mark this date in the calendar despite the limitations of physical distancing. after five yea rs, of physical distancing. after five years, freedom was very important to channel islands, and that story is being repeated down the generations. singing. this is not how it was meant to be. liberation day 2020 should have been a very public celebration of freedom, but those who were there for that moment in history were forced to remember the past rather closer to home. it's defiance, it's doggedness, we're not going be beaten. you know, we'll survive this. there was joy in the heart of everybody that sailed to guernsey on the destroyer bulldog to bring f

jean mackenzie reports. go on, peer into the future.st! laughter. it's weird, such a little thing, like, getting your nails done, but, yeah, it feels nice. how does it feel to be reopened? i'm so happy! but for now, tracy's only allowed two customers at a time. ijust wash my hands and keep my mask on, i feel super comfortable, actually. denmark locked down early, before they'd had a single death, and started reopening after a month. what gave you the confidence to start reopening? we didn't reach the max capacity of our health sector. we had a virus spreading that was slowing down, so this gave us the room for reopening business. and meeting friends again is allowed. though since these rules were relaxed, the infection rate has risen slightly, but not enough to pose a serious threat. the number of people who are infected is falling, and so the reopenings continue — shopping centres on monday, restaurants in a week. so much of this has been built around trust. the government trusts the people, so it's given them more freedom. and people

jean mackenzie, bbc news, copenhagen.ny in the second world war. ceremonies have been happening around the country in honour of russia's war heroes — but public events have been significantly pared back because of coronavirus. in a national address, mr putin paid tribute to the millions who died and said russia was invincible when its citizens stood together. because of the virus — would be held on red square at a later date. belarus has also marked the end of the second world war in europe — holding a large military parade in minsk with hundreds of onlookers, and no regard for social distancing. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. that's the warmth over with for a while and it'll feel different out there this time tomorrow. we are ending today with a few thundery downpours. parts of wales, moving downpours. parts of wales, moving down to parts of the midlands. showers fading elsewhere as we get into the night. tomorrow, the main weather story is that change to much colder weather and the wind is alr

jean mackenzie, bbc news, copenhagen.enniman, better known as little richard, has died. the singer, who built his ground—breaking sound with a blend of boogie—woogie, rhythm and blues, and gospel, died at the age of 87 after several years of poor health. david sillito reports. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. # tutti frutti, oh rutti.# little richard and tutti frutti, nothing had sounded quite like this before. and while it would be going too far to say he invented rock and roll, he was certainly one of the founding fathers. i wanted to sound different. me and the young kids were tired of all those slow tracks, we wanted to boogie. lucille, long tall sally, good golly miss molly, his hits became rock and roll standards. of course, in 1950s america, his songs often reached a bigger audience when covered by white artists. did you know that elvis presley and pat boone sold more of tutti—frutti than i did? and then, in 1987, he quit music to become a preacher. the tussle between god and the devil's music was a lifelong battl

jean mackenzie, bbc news, denmark.any of the stories you have been watching on our website. —— do not forget. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam. thank you for your company. goodbye. hello. wednesday was a pretty decent day for many parts of the british isles. high pressure west of the british isles, providing quite a bit of dry area for many areas. there is the high as we start thursday, still extending that low of high pressure across many areas, but underneath that under overnight, the skies will clear. there will be quite a widespread frost to start the day, it might even be 1—2 records set for the night. a different story north in scotland, the weather front here dragging in a fair amount of cloud, a more noticeable breeze, though breezy still through the channel areas and the southern counties of england. but in between, come the afternoon, there will be variable cloud and decent sunny spells. we are just beginning to take those temperatures up from where they were at the start of the week. 0vernight, i

jean mackenzie, bbc news, denmark.ing cut, and no savings to fall back on, many young adults are under considerable financial strain at the moment. newsbeat reporter kirsty grant has more. gemma is 16. she was a year into her hairdressing apprenticeship when she was let go, just before the lockdown. i was quite far through it. i was starting to cut hair and learn about colour theory. then i was shampooing a client and i got called upstairs and i was told that i had to leave. it sounds so dramatic, but i felt literally heartbroken. because it was so perfect for me. like, i struggled at school, so i left school and i had this apprenticeship and it was like, this is amazing, i am finally getting to learn. gemma has the support of her family, but she is worried about finding a new salon to complete her apprenticeship, whenever that might be. according to the association of employment and learning providers, 60% of employers have stopped recruiting apprentices entirely. i don't know what to do any more. it is all very unexp

jean mackenzie, bbc news, copenhagen.anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. ceremonies have been happening around the country in honour of russia's war heroes — but public events have been significantly pared back because of coronavirus. in a national address, mr putin paid tribute to the millions who died and said russia was invincible when its citizens stood together. he promised that russia's victory parade — which had to be postponed because of the virus — would be held on red square at a later date. belarus has also marked the end of the second world war in europe — holding a large military parade in minsk with hundreds of onlookers, and no regard for social distancing. the anniversay is hugely symbolic in belarus, which along with other former soviet countries, helped topple nazi germany in 1945. the country's president alexander lu kashenko has consistently downplayed the threat posed by the coronavirus, despite belarus being of the worst affected countries in europe with more than 21,00

jean mackenzie reports. go on, peer into the future.life, almost! laughter. it's weird, such a little thing, like, getting your nails done, but it feels nice. how does it feel to be reopened? i'm so happy! but for now, tracy's only allowed two customers at a time. ijust wash my hands and keep my mask on, i feel super comfortable, actually. denmark locked down early, before they'd had a single death, and started reopening after a month. what gave you the confidence to start reopening? we didn't reach the max capacity of our health sector. we had a virus spreading that was slowing down, so this gave us the room for reopening business. and meeting friends again is allowed. though since these rules were relaxed, the infection rate has risen slightly, but not enough to pose a serious threat. the number of people who are infected is falling, and so the reopenings continue — shopping centres on monday, restaurants in a week. so much of this has been built around trust. the government trusts the people, so it's given them more freedom. and peop

the light is back. jean mackenzie reporting.o transformed the lives of millions of teenagers and ways they can never have expected. so what is the new normal? we asked the young people and 14 different countries to record their day. from when they wake up to the moment they went to bed. to find out how they're coping during the pandemic. today marks 48 days of being quarantined due to covid—i9. today marks 48 days of being quarantined due to covid-19. you're about to see how i'm spending. a day quarantined. my lockdown. it's going to be a really different ramadan. we cannot go outside. can i go to the mosque. we cannot have a gathering prayer. which is really sad. i'm ina i'm in a physical education class. we are doing workouts together. as you can see, unlike in my bed. hibernating away. generally, everybody does this. in our class. our school teachers are trying to help us feel more motivated that the virus will end soon. they are trying to uplift them. so there is a future and we will still be able to do things eventually. tr

jean mackenzie has been looking at how it goi. >> the school has been redrawn with a number -- a smallber of children. >> normally a class of 20, it is groups of 10. we have the plastic. allowed to mix.oups are not >> exactly. when they go outside on breaks, we have to divide the groups into smaller groups. >>s the kid have four other children they are allowed to play with and one part of the playground. there is a lot of this. >> howy mmes a day do you wash your hands? >> five osix. >> it was feared the infection rate would rise and initially it did but it is down again. with so many parents in, work heis was a targeted risk. >> if we have to get the economy moving again, we have to get the kids back into schools and daycare to try to enhance productivity for the -- those forced to work at home. >> it was challenge do your job while having at home.e easy for concentrate. i have a a lot of of hours where i can just work. >> this they said was impossible, cldren social distancing. might not be school as they know it, but they are making it work. s: and some good new from taiwan, they ha

jean mackenzie, bbc news, denmark.ment's advice on sunday. the prime minister said those who could not work from home should be actively encouraged to go to work. some of those have been sending the bbc video diaries of how their day has been going. here i am at the hospital. i can't do everything from home. i run a cancer charity, you see, and cancer hasn't stopped just because of this pandemic. i'm getting a lot done and it's really nice just to have, even though it's not normal, just to feel a little bit of normality again back in the office. it really is quite nice. 0h, phone rings, hello. good morning, the chestnut appeal. it's my first day back, i've just carried out a live tour. i shortly got another view are coming, which is certainly different. the property is empty, but i will still wipe down all of the handles, we've got a social two metre distancing, and we have to wear our facemasks and our gloves. it's great to be back to work today to see the guys coming to get back doing what we love. the workshops plen

jean mackenzie, bbc news. that is how they are doing it. the tube this morning. another one, i work in property maintenance and a new system of work has been introduced, minimum risk and i feel system of work has been introduced, minimum risk and ifeel safe. materials delivered to site on nonworking hours, rather than people picking up from stores depot. one says, this is being motivated by money, the economy will not benefit if you are visiting your family. another, my mum works as a cleaner ata another, my mum works as a cleaner at a petrol station and was required to continue to work and she does it for us and! to continue to work and she does it for us and i love her so much. john says, i personally think a great number of people will do their own thing now, no one can stop them. no one can stop them. with the health secretary saying holidays abroad are "unlikely" this summer, many people will be wondering whether they'll be able to take a break in this country. but when could campsites open? how do you make a hotel "covid safe"? and ar

jean mackenzie, bbc news, copenhagen. world war, 75 years ago. the traditional military parade was cancelled because of the coronavirus, as steve rosenberg reports. in the skies over moscow, a display of power... ..and patriotism. victory day is always the day russia showcases itself as a great nation. but this year, something was different. down below, red square was empty. no troops or military hardware. the main parade postponed due to coronavirus. russia is determined to make this a big celebration despite the pandemic. victory day is the country's most important national holiday, when russians remember not only the defeat of nazi germany but also the human cost of victory. president putin honoured fallen heroes and faced with a new threat — a virus — he called for national unity. "we know", he says, "that when we stand together, we are invincible." talking of invincible, in neighbouring belarus, president lu kashenko refused to cancel his victory day parade, despite belarus having one of the highest growth rates of c

our europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. keeping kids apart requires some imagination.ots of activities to make them not worry, but they didn't worry. so we had to give up on that. it wasn't needed. not at all. the school's been cleverly redrawn so each child only comes into contact with a very small number of children. normally they sit two—and—two. you have the class of 20 that's been cut down to two groups of ten. that's why you have the plastic. because those two groups aren't allowed to mix? no, exactly. when they are going outside in the breaks, we have to divide those groups into even smaller groups. so the kids just have four other children that they are allowed to play with, and they—are only given one part of the playground that they're are allowed to be in. my my name's sky, i'm seven years old. we keep our distance when we play. we can't play catch. what do you play instead? and there is a lot of this. how many times do you wash your hands a day now? 5-6. denmark reopened primary schools very early on. it was feared the infection rate would rise — and initia

schools there re—opened a month ago, and our europe correspondent jean mackenzie has been talking tod to not hug each other. she says you can't hug each other, so you have to hug yourself. keeping kids apart requires some imagination. they're not worried about the virus at all. when they came back, we had lots of activities to try to make them not worry, but they didn't worry, so we had to give up on that. it wasn't needed? not at all. the school's been cleverly redrawn so each child only comes into contact with a very small number of children. normally they sit two and two. you have the class of 20 that's been cut down to two groups of ten. that's why you have the plastic. because those two groups aren't allowed to mix? no, exactly. when they are going outside in the breaks, we have to divide those groups into even smaller groups. so the kids just have four other children that they are allowed to play with and they are only given one part of the playground that they are allowed to be in. my name's sky, i'm seven years old. we keep our distance when we play. you can't play catch. wha

our europe correspondent jean mackenzie has been talking to staff and pupils at one of them.each other, you have to yourself. keeping kids apart requires some imagination. i'm not worried about the virus at all. and they came back, we had lots of activities to try and make them not worry but they did worry so we had to give up on that. it wasn't needed? not at all. the school has been cleverly withdrawn switched child only comes into contact with a very small number of children. normally they sit two and two. you have the class of 20 that's been cut down to two groups of ten, that's what you have the plastic. because those two groups aren't allowed to move? exactly. when they are going outside on the brakes, we have to divide those groups into even smaller groups. so the kidsjust have four other children they are allowed to play with and they are only given one part of the playground they are allowed to be in. my name is sky, i'm seven years old. we keep our distance when we play. we can't play catch. what do you play instead ? play. we can't play catch. what do you play inst

jean mackenzie reporting.om when they wake up to the moment they went to bed, to find out how they're coping during the pandemic. today marks 48 days of being quarantined due to covid—19. you're about to see how i'm spending... a day quarantined. my time in lockdown. it's going to be a really different ramadan. we cannot go outside. we can't go to the mosque. we cannot have a gathering prayer. which is really sad. i'm in a physical education class. we are doing workouts together. translation: as you can see, i'm laying on my bed, hibernating away. generally, everybody does this in our class. our school teachers are trying to help us feel more motivated that the virus will end soon. they are trying to uplift us that there is a future and we will still be able to do things eventually. translation: at 12:30, i have a call with a psychologist. because of the quarantine, our appointment came to an end. and they were interrupted. i call another psychologist who does them online or video calls and by the phone. becau

in the last hour, scotland's health secretary jeane freeman has been giving an update on the fight against coronavirus. 0ur correspondent alexandra mackenzieoduce a test and track scheme. she talked a lot about residents in care homes. care homes have been a real concern across the country. we are talking about some of the most vulnerable old, frail people in our society. and in scotland, the latest figures show that 57% of covid deaths in scotland are in our care homes. last week, 238 elderly people lost their lives in our care homes as a result of covid. that was down on the previous week, but that is still a lot of families and a real concern in scotland. so that was one of her main focuses today and she has said that new arrangements will be put in place tomorrow to help care providers deal with this pandemic. this is what the health secretary had to say. today, we have published details of arrangements that take effect from tomorrow to ensure enhanced, professional, clinical and care oversight. the publication today sets out a very clear role for the nhs. in partnership with the relevant local authority and local health and social car