lancashire cou nty you not opening tomorrow?nd director of public have issued a statement on wednesday to say that the five tests had not been met locally in anxious and it was not safe for schools to open from monday in lancashire does micro not been met locally in lancashire. do you think that is the right decision? in terms of making decisions about public how that should be public health experts and not head teachers, so i'm quite happy to be informed about public health decisions by public health experts. what are your thoughts on how hard it is going to be, if and when children do come back to your school, let's hope it is not too long, but how will they maintain that social distancing? do you worry about the dangers of having kids backin about the dangers of having kids back in your school? we have always been open for children of the key workers and other children, so we have had up to 20 children in every day since the 23rd of march. in some senses, we are not worried about expanding that more children because it will j

lancashire fire and rescue said it's thought that a barbecue caused the fire and have asked people toqsa mosque in jerusalem has re—opened after it was closed for two months because of the coronavirus. worshippers are now required to wear face masks and have to follow social distancing rules. the mosque, located in occupied eastjerusalem, closed its doors in late march as the epidemic took hold. and at the vatican, the public have returned to st peter's square as pope francis led prayer from his window for the first time in three months. thousands of children in england will return to school tomorrow for the first time since march. nurseries, pre—school and reception classes are allowed to re—sta rt as well as years one and six. but there are fears that letting children return to class could result in a surge of new cases. the exact rules will vary, but there are examples to follow in europe. the netherlands was one of the first countries to send pupils back and anna holligan has been to see what the impact has been at one school in north brabant — one of the country's worst hit regio

lancashire fire and rescue said it's thought that a barbecue caused the fire and have asked people tolation to what happened to george floyd in minneapolis. people calling for justice floyd in minneapolis. people calling forjustice for george floyd, seeing that black lives matter. and as you can see not a huge amount of social distancing. that is the scene in trafalgar square in central london. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. we are ending the month of may pretty much how we started the month. it is dry and sunny. the first few days ofjune look dry and warm and sunny also but we will start to see some changes to the weather as we reach the middle part of this week. a fine end to the day and overnight. skies will be clear for most. we could see some low cloud and sea fog in north—east coast in england and eastern scotland. monday morning, dry, sunny and warm for many. low cloud and fog will tend to clear away for the north—east. in the afternoon some fear whether cloud bubbling up. across scotland and northern ireland and other warm one to come particularly ac

place to get back on its feet, back to how things were before, when life felt good under these lancashirehas defended its record of tackling misinformation on the social network during the coronavirus outbreak. speaking to the bbc exclusively in his first broadcast interview in five years, he said facebook is removing all content which puts people in "imminent risk of physical harm". he also admitted the site had been unprepared for the level of state sponsored interference in the last us presidential election but was in a better position now. here's our business editor, simonjack. canella sorry for running a little late. he has total control of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, reaching 3 billion people, and in some ways he is in the same boat as many of us, cooped up at home with the kids. we have no girls, one four... mark zuckerberg told me how facebook is approaching the issue of dangerous information about coronavirus. two categories, harmful misinformation that puts people in imminent risk of physical harm, things like saying that something is a proven cure for the virus, when in f

place to get back on its feet, back to how things were before, when life felt good under these lancashirejudith moritz, bbc news, cleveleys. earlier this evening, for the ninth week in succession, people across the uk have been determined to say thank you and to pay tribute to health and care workers, byjoining the coordinated applause at eight o'clock. and the event has become, for many, an essential part of life in lockdown. our correspondent danny savage has been talking to one family in greater manchester with a particularly poignant reason for taking part. at eight o'clock tonight, marie marshall was one of millions of people outside her home, clapping for carers. she's one of an ever—growing number of people with a very personal reason for doing so. for my dad, who died of covid. for the nurses, doctors, all the staff on that ward looking after my dad at the time. for my friend, nikki, who is a nurse, who was stood outside waiting for me after my dad had passed, so i wasn't my own. grandma. hello. hello, sweetheart. she now has to try to console her mum with regular video calls. she

not a ball‘s been bowled this season here at emirates old trafford, home of lancashire county cricketub, where they've spent years developing a successful hotel and conferencing business. our biggest strength became our biggest weakness overnight because, literally, the phones stopped ringing, you've still got all of the costs, the heavy payroll, but you've no revenue. we are in genuinely uncharted waters. if fans needed hope that sport will be back, in germany this afternoon, an exhibition tennis match took place — with facemasks, no contact and robotic cameras. a glimpse perhaps into sport's unfamiliar future. dan roan, bbc news. over the past month, we've heard from many people who've pulled through after contracting covid—19. this week, stephen parker, a former member of the armed forces, left critical care at poole hospital to a round of applause from staff after 35 days with coronavirus. he's been speaking to duncan kennedy about his ordeal. we clap for them, but they also clap for us. hard not to, when it is this man, steve parker, who hasjust come out of intensive care, after

in lancashire, fishing, suited to social distancing.n england, rules regarding travel and exercise have been loosened, but it remains the case in scotland that you have to stay in your local area. the same is true in wales, and in both you can't meet up with members of different households. in northern ireland you can drive somewhere to exercise, but it can't be too far from home. not so in devon, where the police issued pleas to motorists to stay away, citing gridlocked roads and ca i’s away, citing gridlocked roads and cars parked on verges and double yellow lines. they said many of the vehicles were identified as coming from all over the country. as the summer heats up, so will the pressure on the tourist hotspots. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us

they actually announced it, i cried, i cried and i don't care if they fine me, i don't care if the lancashireck to school. my main priority is that little girl's health. elsie's twin brothers arthur and alfie have downs syndrome. they're more vulnerable to the virus. so the family have been shielding them under a strict lockdown. if i sent my daughter out into the outside world, to school, obviously there's a chance that she could come in contact with the virus. and then bring that virus inside our house. do i want to take that risk as a mother? no, i don't. who is it? elsie's dad, a farmer, has been working through the lockdown. to protect his family, he's been living in a caravan. he sees his children once a day through the window. give him a kiss. across the uk, families have made extraordinary sacrifices to stay safe. in england, many are now wrestling with whether it's safe enough to send their children back to school. graham satchell, bbc news. now with filming cancelled and premiers paused rolling out the red carpet for the return of the entertainment industry when lockdown ends will b

lancashire police have begun a murder investigation after a suspected shooting near a supermarket infound unresponsive after gunshots were heard at around 3:00pm this afternoon. no arrests have been made and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford and john rentoul, who is chief political commentator at the independent. that is coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather, with ben rich. hello. there is some wet weather and some warm weather in this weather forecast. first, most of the wet weather will be found across the northern half of the uk. further south, it will be largely dry, and quite widely it will become very warm for a time around the middle of the week. the end of the week will feel a bit different. it will be cooler, windier and more unsettled for all of us. now, you can see frontal systems which will be pushing across northern areas over the next few days, bringing cloud, yes. this cloud producing s

in recent years, lancashire's developed a commercial model that's seen income generated from a new hoteladdition to cricket at the emirates old trafford. they've been hit harder financially than some other counties. our sports editor dan roan's been speaking to the clubs chief executive daniel gidney: you got a scenario where we literally now are just having cash leave the building everyday with no cash coming in, so it is very much about how do you navigate that? we then looked at the job retention scheme to help prevent permanent redundancies, because permanent redundancies, because permanent redundancies doesn't help. in a recession, that would work, but in this scenario it is baiting and we are all hopeful that at some point we will be able to open the doors again. if you make a lot of people redundant, you can't remodel, so it is about bridging that casual for the period until you can reopen. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. the england and wales cricket board's has unanimously endorsed ian watmore's appointment as chair elect. it follows a review into his conduct

not a ball‘s been bowled this season here at emirates old trafford, home of lancashire county cricketng, you‘ve still got all of the costs, the heavy payroll, but you‘ve no revenue. we are in genuinely uncharted waters. if fans needed hope that support will be back, in germany this afternoon, an exhibition tennis match took place — with facemasks, no contact and robotic cameras. a glimpse perhaps into sport‘s unfamiliar future. dan roan, bbc news. over the past month, we‘ve heard from many people who‘ve pulled through after contracting covid—19. this week, stephen parker, a former member of the armed forces, left critical care at poole hospital to a round of applause from staff after 35 days with coronavirus. he‘s been speaking to duncan kennedy about his ordeal. we clap for them, but they also clap for us. hard not to, when it is this man, steve parker, who has just come out of intensive care after five weeks. there cannot be many people who survived 35 days in intensive care and in a coma? i don‘t know. people were probably happy i was asleep! when steve finally woke up, he had no i

lancashire police are continuing to question three men.ter future and seized every chance that she was given. we were really, really proud of her, because, arriving with little english, she in her year group made the most progress in the whole year, and we celebrated that, not only within our school community, but within blackburn with darwen, and we used her as an example of what was possible. aya saw blackburn as a place of promise and safety, but she was killed on its streets. the teenager was walking to the shops on sunday afternoon when a gun was fired from a car driving past. aya was not the intended target but she was in the bullet‘s path and she stood no chance. she died soon afterwards. in herfew years in blackburn, aya made a big impact, giving back to the community which had helped her. she volunteered for charities which support children and those working with asylum seekers and refugees. and every part of this town took her to its heart, she has been praised by the catholic, methodist and muslim communities and described as a

our correspondentjudith moritz has been to cleveleys on the lancashire coast, which has a particularlyastline at cleveleys looks its best. it's just along the shore from blackpool, but here life moves at a slower pace. this is where folk come to relax and to retire. pensioners make up a third of the town, so many here are vulnerable to the virus. i've got a part of the lung missing, and i've just been so scared of this virus, because i think if i get it, i'm a goner. steve has multiple health problems. he lives alone, and his home has become his fortress. do you think of yourself as vulnerable? yes, i'm scared to death of it. you're really frightened ? the doctor's already told me i was a high risk, so i stocked up with food, what i can, and then locked the door, and that was it. what do you miss most? what i miss most of all from my friends is a hug. feels lonely? uh... it does. i get depressed with it. because i can't see an end to it. steve is suffering alone, but say goodbye to him and drive the short distance into town, and you see that cleveleys is contending with wider problems

this is glorious in lancashire, where they are growing lettuce.eks, so this is what they are up to now, chopping the lettuce and getting them in the boxes. they have been packed away, and that is what they do here, they package it all up stop at the problem is a third of this field, a third of the work here goes towards the restaurant, pub and hospitality sector. what are they doing without food? let's talk to john sector. what are they doing without food? let's talk tojohn bragg, one of the people in charge here. shall we get this box here? let's have a look. this is the kind of thing we end up having this letter is put into. this is the finished product. this is what you would normally see. this is what you would normally see. this is what you would normally see. this is that product, what we would normally do here is cut it, back to the farm, gets washed, sliced and diced two however the customer wants, it could be red or green, and thatis wants, it could be red or green, and that is the final product. you can put it down now. let's have a chat

has advised schools within the authority to delay reopening more widely they join the likes of lancashire county council which this week cited fears the return of more pupils after the halftime break could fuel a 2nd spike of infections locally when it comes after councils in birmingham essex and several within london also expressed concerns one parent whose community is preparing to boycott the school return zenit mass in joined me earlier she said the government is moving ahead without proper consultation. the 5 tests have not been met they've not listened to the unions and this is don't really have much lower cupboard $1000.00 cases they've got a dry stand we don't really have a national plan so distancing is we don't have to see case it's his truck and. test track in iceland is not in place is not up and running we don't have to do that we don't really have a whole school strategies this done disagreements between teachers star and parents as well as a parent have not been really well informed is absolutely what is going on and what is happening in schools because of this is a very bi

today there are at least two sites of mobile testing in lancashire alone, burnley and southport.lines. a very simple booking process online through the government website about coronavirus. the results not only help you as an individual but they help you as an individual but they help to feed government scientific advice and let people know where we stand with coronavirus. this week, as you have rightly trailed, the government had been making a number of decisions about the route out of lockdown and we will do that based on the best informed science. that would be really important that testing plays a strong role in that. the r—rate is going to be really important. if i can just asking about testing. grant shapps yesterday, when asked by andrew marr whether, if we had been doing testing earlier, a lot of people might not have died. he said, yes, if we had had 100,000 testing capacity before all this started, i am sure a lot of things would have been different. would you agree? you have to have a memory about the ebbs and have to have a memory about the ebbs a nd flows have to hav

lancashire police say the area was busy at the time, and appealed for witnesses to what officers calleding at a railway worker who later died of coronavirus. belly mujinga fell ill shortly after the alleged incident at london‘s victoria station in march. british transport police say a 57—year—old man was interviewed under caution and the investigation is ongoing. the us air force has successfully launched its atlas 5 rocket, carrying a space plane for a secretive mission. a satellite is being sent into orbit as part of a classified programme. and very little is known about it. tim allman has more. mission control: seven, six, five, four... this is no ordinary rocket launch. it is something just a little bit historic. ..and lift off. taking off from cape canaveral, in florida, this is a mission for space force. ..a mission dedicated to america strong. there was plenty of symbolism about this launch, one of the first to take place since the new agency was established by president trump, and it is happening in the middle of a global pandemic. with challenging times, it has never been more

which has advised schools within the of 30 to delay reopening more widely they join the likes of lancashire county council which this week cited fears that a return of more pupils are to have to break could fuel a 2nd spike of infections locally and it comes after councils in birmingham essex and several within want and also expressed concerns lancaster council said is school should continue with its current support services until the test interest and trace program have proven its effectiveness the testing trace program is not at a state of readiness to respond to cope with 19 community setting outbreaks in a timely manner which poses a risk to school environments furthermore we are not confident that adjustments to current measures of the lockdown policy will not risk a 2nd peak of infections locally consequently our advice to schools is to not reopen to more peoples on june the 1st but to continue with their current support systems that are in place well under the government's phased plan nurseries as well as primary students in reception year one and year 6 return for classes from monda

from home, now furloughed, and a waitress ata home, now furloughed, and a waitress at a cafe in lancashiremuch for talking to us. it doesn't sound like your cafe will be able to open untiljuly at the earliest. what do you think about what the prime minister said last night? the biggest worry is about working in a cafe, social distancing, the cafe i work in is narrow, it's long, even if we work at social distance it would only benefit customers they were sat a few ta bles benefit customers they were sat a few tables away from each other. i'm still the one that has to come into contact with them, egging up knives and forks which have been in their mouth, their caps, and that's what really worries me. you've been furloughed, is that right? yes. that is due officially to end at the end ofjune, there is pressure on the chancellor to keep some of it, there is also pressure for him to wind it down. what do you want to happen?“ i can't work i still need an income so hopefully it carries on but if it doesn't, i'm going to have no money coming in and i won't be able to spend any thing. with that for

we may see a few lancashire players training individually doing some bowling around here, but of coursenouncement today saying that international support could return here injuly. maybe international support could return here in july. maybe july international support could return here injuly. maybejuly the 8th. this is all speculation at the moment because we don't yet know. hoping there could be announcement today or may be next week. while we are here, the emirates old trafford ground and also southampton toss —— southampton ageas bowl could be the home for three test series. why those grounds? if you see behind me there is the hotel, the red building, both grounds have hotels on the ground, meaning they can isolate players and commentators there and it would create a bio bubble meaning commentators and players staying in the ground on this premise is for maybe two weeks ata time this premise is for maybe two weeks at a time especially if they had tests back to back. potentially there is this announcement coming today. but also, we are expecting some sort of announcement at some point

rolls—royce, which has factories in derby, bristol, glasgow and lancashire said it was.ations for rolls—royce. it is a pity, perhaps, that the talks with the unions about the detail and what sites will be effective have not begun yet. i hope very much there will be strong cooperation between the company in the workforce to train deal with it as best as we can —— max affected. do you think there was a way around it? i think everybody recognises, whether it is in rolls—royce or across the economy that we are likely to face a very sharp recession and there will be real implications for the whole economy. we can't expect to be exempt from that. these are very skilled people with very good jobs which we want to secure and retain for the future. that, i think, secure and retain for the future. that, ithink, must secure and retain for the future. that, i think, must be the focus for everybody involved. a large number of the workers were furloughed but there will be many workers around there will be many workers around the country who have been furloughed who are wrecking —— won

we caught up with a representative from a news quest, at the greater manchester and lancashire papersy into regional advertising in a bid to help but that is a drop in the ocean. so we have heard this morning as well, if you are trying to think what happens next, itv and disney say they don't want to guess what the rest of the year might be like, so for all of these bosses who are having to make decisions, they can't be certain about what their business will look like come the end of the year which makes uncertain times for staff and changes what we are going to be watching and consuming towards the end of this year and going into next. so i'm everything. thank you, shawna. we've touched on all sorts of areas of the economy, our working and home lives, and there's loads of things to consider about how society, how the world we live in will look in six or eight weeks, months down the line. when captain tom moore raised more than £32 million for the nhs he inspired an army of people, notjust here but around the world. a russian war hero was so touched by his efforts that she's started h

the big kid circus had just set up its big top in the lancashire resort but hadn't even given one performanceabandon their show before it had even begun. when the lockdown happened, we couldn't move so we had to stay here. the performers were given the option of flying back home, but chose not to. yes, they chose to stay because they knew if they went back home, they d eftly knew if they went back home, they deftly would be performing for the rest of the year, that was 100%. there are no circuses in cuba or opportunities to perform. they love to perform, they asked to stay here and see what they could do. with a view like this, there are worst places you can spend the lockdown, however because the performers are not uk nationals are not eligible to state support, local people have come to the rescue. when we heard there was a circus troupe who needed help we were so glad to be able to give them a hand, really. this is an awful situation for all sorts of people but especially for touring musicians and performers. itjust makes us feel so glad that we can step in and do something helpful. we can

they actually announced it, i cried, i cried and i don‘t care if they fine me, i don‘t care if the lancashire daughter out into the outside world, to school, obviously there‘s a chance that she could come in contact with the virus. and then bring that virus inside our house. do i want to take that risk as a mother? no, i don‘t. who is it? elsie‘s dad, a farmer, has been working through the lockdown. to protect his family, he‘s been living in a caravan. they laugh he sees his children once a day through the window. give him a kiss. across the uk, families have made extraordinary sacrifices to stay safe. in england, many are now wrestling with whether it‘s safe enough to send their children back to school. graham satchell, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. a loss of taste or smell are added to the nhs list of symptoms of covid 19 — anyone with the symptoms should self—isolate for 7 days. a ‘route map‘ for easing scotland‘s lockdown — nicola sturgeon says she‘ll publish plans for lifting restrictions and announces an expansion of testing. commuters getting back to to work face new measures on

have a lot of dry weather with sunshine, this picture from one of the weather watcher windows in lancashireringing a bit more cloud and some showers. fairly cloudy, murky conditions through the irish sea coast, showers for scotland, northern ireland, west wales, south—west england, elsewhere across england and wales, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine. as it warms up dry weather, some sunshine. as it warms up through the day you will see a few of these are scattered, heavy downpours especially through wales, the midlands, northern england, bringing some hail and perhaps thunder as well. in the south—east, temperatures of 24 or 25, widely out there around 18—20d. this evening we still have some of the sharp showers and thunderstorms across northern england and the midlands, fading away overnight, many places strike tonight but there will be more cloud and outbreaks of rain across the north of scotland. this approach in weather front will bring a real change in weather conditions through the weekend as things turned colder, especially by the time we get to sunday. for saturday, another warm

weather but again showers and thunderstorms particularly in south wales, the midland east anglia and lancashireinto thunder as well so you can see the blue colours returning to the map and those cold arrows. a few showers pushing away. one of two wintry flurries across scotland. 0f snow in the mountains here. a cold northerly breeze for many of us. temperatures 10 degrees cooler. a bit of dry and sunny weather to be hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning... two weeks after the first human trial of a vaccine began, we'll hearfrom some of the volunteers taking part and discuss the possibilities for future treatment of the virus. summer holidays with a difference — we'll find out how tourist attractions across the uk are hoping to welcome back visitors when restrictions are lifted. and we'll be talking to lord of the rings star andy serkis as he prepares to show his support for nhs staff. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the uk's

held on suspicion of murder after a 19—year—old woman was shot dead on her way to a supermarket in lancashireeffect of the crisis on ourjobs. barely an industry has been unscathed as many closed for business. in the next hour we'll find out what some of that impact has been. the premier league takes another step forward as players return to training in small groups. but in scotland they've called off the title chase — as celtic are awarded their ninth in a row. good morning. it's a fairly cloudy start for many of us. we've even got some rain in the northern half of the country. the cloud will break, the country. the cloud will break, the rain well ease, and most of us will see some warm sunshine today. warmer than yesterday. i'll have more later. a very good morning to you. it's tuesday the 19th of may. our top story: president trump has said he's taking an anti—malaria drug as a precaution against the coronavirus, even though the regulator has warned people not to do it. the us food and drug administration said several weeks ago that there was no proof hydroxychloroquine was effective agains