lancashire police say two bodies have been found. identified, but are believed to be muhammad and ali shabbir. the department of health and social care has neither confirmed nor denied reports that there's to be a shake—up of public health england. the sunday telegraph reports today that the organisation's pandemic response work was to be merged with nhs test and trace, into a new body called the institute for health protection. the department of health says it's important to "learn the right lessons" from coronavirus for the future. 0ur health editor, hugh pym has more. public health england were strongly criticised for its involvement in a very controversial decision back in march to suspend community testing and tracing and focus capacityjust on hospitals. not long after that, ministers realised they really did need to build up a big testing network which then arguably happened too little too late. it is understood that in the next couple of days the government will announce a big shake—up, moving responsibilities from public heal

lancashire police say two bodies have been found.the younger brother of the us president, has died in hospital in new york. he was 71. donald trump said he mourned the death with a heavy heart, calling his brother his best friend. robert trump died after reportedly suffering bleeding on the brain following a fall. the leader of the scottish conservatives has apologised for missing a victory overjapan day event to work as a linesman at a football match. douglas ross says he was wrong to officiate at the scottish premiership game, rather than attend a two—minute silence in his moray constituency. the apology comes less than two weeks after mr ross was confirmed as the leader of the scottish conservatives. now, with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram, at the bbc sport centre. good evening, clive. lewis hamilton has won formula one's spanish grand prix, and in doing so has broken the record set by michael schumacher for the most podium finishes. it is the 156th time that hamilton has had a top—three finish. and it was a comfortab

the search for two teenage brothers who went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire isd off by the coastguard. a huge crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk — to protest last weekend's disputed election. and world champion lewis hamilton sweeps to victory in the spanish grand prix — and extends his lead in the drivers‘ championship. chloe mccardel — an australian endurance swimmer — finishes a record—breaking crossing of the english channel. and coming up at 4:30 — dateline london discusses the deal between israel and the united arab emirates. hello, and welcome to bbc news. there's more uncertainty and confusion for hundreds of thousands of a—level and gcse students today. the exams regulator quual withdrew its advice for those wanting to appeal within hours of making it public. the government has been under fire since thursday's a—level grades were awarded — with nearly 40% downgraded by quual. gcse results are due this week — having been assessed using the same algorithm as a—levels. here's our political correspondent pe

fiona trott, bbc news, lancashire.inning tomorrow, wherejoe biden will be confirmed as the party's nominee for president, in november's election. because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year the event is scaled down and mainly virtual, with speakers giving their addresses from different remote locations. mr biden knows there are some in the party less than enthusiastic about his nomination, particularly on the left. but he's hoping his choice of running mate, senator kamala harris, can help him win the support of minorities and more progressive voters. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. folks, thanks, i understand there are thousands of you on this zoom... campaigning, covid style. this is a socially—distanced fundraiser. but there are no phone banks, just thousands on a zoom call. and since kamala harris joined the ticket, the money's been pouring in. $48 million raised injust 48 hours. the excitement is palpable! at least i'm excited. but enthusiasm is hardly the right word. even among democratic voters, l

it's the same down the road in kendal, lancashire.s splitting up communities and confusing residents who live on the same road. —— kendal, lancashire. the government should work with the community to eradicate this pandemic as quickly as possible, and local lockdowns are not the answer. but the new rules in blackburn, pendle and 0ldham don't stop residents going to pubs or restaurants. in wales from today, people can open up their bubble with up to four households, double the praise it and aren't loud, and up to 30 people can have a socially distanced wedding indoors after wedding or civil partnership. in scotland there have been 123 new cases of covid—19 detected in the last 24 hours, most linked to a food processing plant in cooper, angus. in north—west england, 0ldham council says it is glad to have avoided a full leicester star lockdown. —— leicester star lockdown. —— leicester style. the captain of manchester united, harry maguire, has pleaded not guilty and has been released from police custody in greece, following a disturbance

the search for two teenagers who went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire is callede coastguard. an enormous cloud of opposition supporters had gathered in the centre of minsk, belarus capsule, to dispute the election result of last week. president trump pays tribute to his younger brother robert who has died in new york aged 71. now on bbc news, the travel show. this is the mighty river sava, flowing for nearly 1,000 kilometres from the alps in slovenia, right across to belgrade, in serbia. it's the longest river within the balkans. a vital artery that's borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient and medieval times and of course the turmoil of recent decades. today, the sava connects four countries that just a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney i'll be exploring how today this river is healing wounds by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity for the region. and finding out why locals call this the ‘vital heart of the balkans‘. a nation ofjust 2 million people, slovenia prides itself on its close relationship with n

the ru on gatherings in manchester in east lancashire are to remain in place.mes out of the department of health said the r number, the rate of transmission, has risen slightly in the u.k. between 1.8 and one. the r number is the number each infected person on average passes the virus on to lastly he stood at .9. in the past 24 hours, 90 people the u.k. have died in hospitals, care homespo after testintive for coronavirus. that brings the total number ofi 46,511.9 testhe u.k. to h of england correspondent sent us this upde. >> lake thiafternoon came confirmation that preston becomes the latest in a string of locations across the north of england to be placed under tighter restrictions. it is not full lockdown. it is a ban on household gatherings. the authorities here predicted this wasn. going to hap they were asking people to comply with these rules voluntarily, but from midnight tonight, they will have to by law. this cafe in preston market only moved into new premises just before lockdown. now it is getting back on its but the owner remains nervous. infectn

the measures ban people in oldham, blackburn and parts of pendle in lancashire from socialising indoors however, workplaces, childcare facilities and businesses, including pubs and restaurants, will remain open. the manchester united captain, harry maguire, has appeared before a state prosecutor in connection with a disturbance at a bar on the greek island of mykonos. the england defender was one of three men arrested on thursday. his lawyer says he denies the allegations against him. our sports correspondent olly foster is at the bbc sport centre for us. olly, what's the latest? after two nightses in police custody, harry maguire and those two other men appeared before the regional prosecutor to face these charges that have been, allegations that are been laid against them. worth reminding ousts, just what has happened over the last 48—hours or so, police in mykonos, arrested the three men after they had been called to break up a disturbance outside a bar, round midnight on thursday, it was then they claim that one of their officers was verbally abused and also assaulted and then there

new tougher coronavirus restrictions have come into force in preston in lancashire, following a recent rise in cases. the measures include a ban on separate households meeting indoors, or in gardens, pubs and restaurants. here's philip norton. the temperature has been rising here, but so has the coronavirus infection rate. in preston, once again, the only places to meet friends and family from different households are in parks like this, after a spike among young people. today, we did have plans to go to a restaurant in town, but obviously we aren't allowed to now, with the new restrictions. so here we are, having our socially distanced gathering instead. it's kind ofjust annoying, from my point of view. we all had to change our plans for a few people that can't be bothered to wear a mask or keep away from others. the restrictions that came in overnight bring this city in line with measures in east lancashire, greater manchester and parts of west yorkshire, and already they've had an impact on some businesses. in this main room here, we would have had chairs on this side and that side.

the search for two teenage brothers who went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire isd off by the coastguard. a huge crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk — to protest last weekend's disputed election. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline. this week... breakthrough or betrayal in the middle east? recession hits borisjohnson‘s promise of a decade of prosperity. and "that little girl was me" — the "bussed to school" daughter ofjamaican and indian immigrants becomes only the fourth woman ever on a us presidential ticket. my guests on socially distanced screens are mina al oraibi, editor of the national, a news service for the middle east. and michael goldfarb of the podcast frdh, or first rough draft of history. and here in the studio the bbc‘s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. now, president trump called it a historic peace agreement between two great friends of the united states. palestinians said their friends had sold them out. iran has called it a huge mistake. the de

virus testing is stepped up in the lancashire district of pendle, one of three areas in the north west. local incident teams will be backed up by national officials to try to bring infection rates under control. councillors in pendle today set out their priorities. strengthening the local tracing capacity and making sure that we have boots on the ground who can actually keep people who need to be isolated in isolation. there are also concerns in 0ldham. a star of the tv show the inbetweeners has been recruited to try to get key messages across to the younger audience. hello, the residents of 0ldham. how's it going? 0ldham council, for some reason, have decided to trust me. here's a coronavirus guidelines reminder to older residents. reminder to 0ldham residents. no visitors at home. don't meet anyone you don't live with in indoor venues. public health england produces a weekly watch list of areas with hotspots, seen here in the darker shades of red, where there are spikes in the disease. pendle, blackburn with darwen, and 0ldham, are still the areas of greatest concern. newark and sher

virus testing is stepped up in the lancashire district of pendle, one of three areas in the north westw under more intense focus as cases increase. local incident teams will be backed up by national officials to try to bring infection rates under control. councillors in pendle today set out their priorities. strengthening the local tracing capacity and making sure that we have boots on the ground who can actually keep people who need to be isolated in isolation. there are also concerns in 0ldham. a star of the tv show the inbetweeners has been recruited to try to get key messages across to the younger audience. hello, the residents of 0ldham. how's it going? 0ldham council, for some reason, have decided to trust me. here's a coronavirus guidelines reminder to 0ldham residents. no visitors at home. don't meet anyone you don't live with in indoor venues. public health england produces a weekly watch list of areas with hotspots, seen here in the darker shades of red, where there are spikes in the disease. pendle, blackburn with darwen, and 0ldham, are still the areas of greatest concern.

well, we've been hearing about further local lockdowns in greater manchester and lancashire, but whatture on infection rates? let's speak to our health editor, hugh pym, who's at the department of health. danny, there are more testing taking place, and that explains to a degree that the rise in rates? —— hugh, there is more testing taking place. yes, clive, we have had a whole range of different pieces of information today. data on infections, big variations around the uk. let's look at the national picture now for england, because there is a very authoritative survey done by the office for national statistics on infections and it looks at a very large sample size, random testing including with people without any symptoms, and the graph shows a steady fall in the last couple of months in the number of cases, it picked up a bit injuly and then has broadly been flat, it has levelled off, according to officials. but it is within a range and that means there is no exact certainty about the number of cases and officials are now saying it is beginning to start pushing up toward the top of t

the past few minutes, lancashire police have confirmed the names of the teenagers that search teams haveht. they are 18—year—old mohammed and his brother, 16—year—old ali. but the fact that this search has been suspended will be deeply upsetting for the family from west yorkshire, they were here yesterday enjoying a family day out. it's understood the teenagers got into difficulty. a 15—year—old boy who was with them managed to swim to safety. he's in hospital at the moment, being treated for hypothermia. there has been a massive search throughout the night. the police, the rnli, the coast guard, the rnli had a boat out for 15 hours during the night but the latest statement we have from the coastguard has said because they have not been able to find the boys, decision has been taken to suspend the search stop our thoughts are with the family and friends of those involved. fiona, thank you. more than 100,000 people in wales — considered the most at risk from coronavirus — can stop shielding from today. vulnerable patients had been advised to stay indoors when the pandemic took hold in mar

that means the rain will continue to affect greater manchester, lancashire, merseyside along with walest won't really push that much farther north. that means the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland stay largely dry over the next few hours, but with low cloud, there'll be some and fog patches, and maybe a little bit of drizzle around some mist and fog patches, and maybe a little bit of drizzle around some of the eastern coasts in scotland as well. for the rest of monday, the low pressure will continue to move its way in, and that will bring showers. this time, the showers will be affecting scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon, but it's further south across england and wales that the day's heaviest showers are most likely to be. 20 or 30 mm in the space of an hour. again, that's enough to cause some localised flash flooding. in between those showers and the sunshine, still feeling warm, still a little on the humid side. but we're not finished with the showery story just there, because tuesday will be another showery day. this time, the heaviest showers look

and the daily mirror reports on the news that two bodies were found in lancashire after two brothersg at sea during a visit to lytham st annes. those are the front pages. let's get oui’ those are the front pages. let's get our talk under way. lovely to see you both again. let's start off this time with the guardian. a story that's made many of the pictures and that is of course this exams fiasco. andy, kick us course this exams fiasco. andy, kick us off? as a deed many papers are reporting the backlash against the government's handling of the a level results. this is an unprecedented sale situation. i think people have been willing to let the government some slack on certain things because of the situation. the level of anger and confusion being directed towards the government, notjust by those who would argue with the tory today if he said it wasn't monday tomorrow. —— was monday. parents from right across the country, kids from right across the country, kids from across the country. i don't remember a story for a long time creating this level of almost uniform head scratching, and

lancashire police say 2 bodies have been found by the coastguard, during the search for 2 teenagers. department of health and social care neither confirms nor denies reports that there's to be a shake—up of public health england. an enormous crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk to protest last weekend's disputed election. now on bbc news — the film review. hello and welcome to the film review, with me, anna smith. i am filling in for mark kermode‘s review this week's releases. first up, ba byteeth, an australian comedy—drama starring eliza scanlen, who appeared as beth march in greta gerwig's fabulous little women. i wanted to ask you something. uh-huh. will you come to my school formal? i'm a bit old for it? no. do i have to wear a suit? i don't think so. i'd like to wear one. scanlen plays miller, a terminally ill teenager who falls for an older boy called moses, played by toby wallace. moses isn't exactly what miller's parents would consider boyfriend material — he steals, he takes drugs and he's been kicked out of the house by his

people living in greater manchester, and in parts of east lancashire and west yorkshire, can no longererry jackson has more from bradford, one of the cities affected. yes, a day after the prime minister said the brakes had be squeezed, those four million people and others have been trying to work out how it's all going to affect them. and in our straw poll, people were broadly supportive of these new government measures, albeit, as we've heard, just a little frustrated about the timing just before

lancashire police say two bodies have been found by the coastguard during the search for two teenagersor denies reports that there's to be a shake—up of public health england. crowd chanting in belarus, the biggest anti—government protests yet

i am a lancashire mp, the blackpool regiment was virtually wiped out. back to britain. huge amounts of them, millions of them went back to india or africa where they had come from and i do not think there without central gathering. but i also think the world had chosen to suddenly talk about independence and move on and all the other things going on in the world, the nuclear explosions and i think it was a tendency for people not to want to dwell on that. a casualty of that we re dwell on that. a casualty of that were the people who fought, and million men mainly fighting in burma from 30 countries and we lost thousands of people from everywhere from kenya to india to britain, fighting the japanese and the amazing campaign and we should never forget what they did. the leadership that was shown there, laid the foundations for the modern british army today. what messages should we take from today when we are watching the coverage on bbc later today, what should people be thinking? i think the first thing was we were stronger when we all together. when we

we can speak now to the director of public health in lancashire, dr sa kthee karoonanithi.o found as it is roughly affecting both white and ethnic backgrounds as well as south asian groups in preston almost equally so we have brought an measures to protect the people of preston two from the ongoing transmission and that is why restrictions are being brought in particularly to avoid social contacts between members of different households. as well as to help people mixing with each other enclosed spaces like pubs and restau ra nts a nd we enclosed spaces like pubs and restaurants and we think this will help us avoid further transmission. you mentioned young people and pubs and restaurants, is that the issue that lots of young people have been socialising over the last couple of weeks? it certainly appears to be contributing to the mix and it is important that we remember that if you are an close contact with members of different households especially environments like pubs and clubs when it is possible that the levels are all that we need to domain the remain vigilant and if

james fenton of 178 field regiment wrote home in 19aa from burma, to his family in lancashire.g overhead, leaving no space in time when their engines cannot be heard. we are in the middle of a jungle into which your eyes penetrate no more than a couple of yards, and some places ankle deep in dust. all i can see are palm trees, dense jungle, sun—baked earth, and scorched grass everywhere. private isaac fadoyebo, aged 18, of the royal west african frontier force, recalls an ambush on the kaladan river, in burma, in19aa. we anchored at nyron village to pass the night after paddling our bamboo rafts for several hours. gunshots rang out from the opposite bank. we all ran for cover. each time the japanese stopped firing, i made a number ofabortive attempts to get away. i made an attempt to peep at my right leg and the left hand of my body and i saw a lot of blood. i noticed that essien was in pains, i heard him saying, "take me, take me, 0 god," a few minutes later, he stopped gasping and i presumed he was no more. the memoirs of alastair urquhart of the gordon highlanders, on his ar

into cheshire and lancashire, again those temperatures at their peak south-east of at their peak inengland closed because of coronavirus and insists it should be a national priority — a view shared by some head teachers. in terms of routine and structure and systems, they desperately need to get back into some kind of routine, as do their families. the bbc has apologised and says mistakes were made after a news and calls that lebanon must not be allowed to descend into chaos.

that means the rain will continue to affect greater manchester, lancashire, merseyside along with wales. that means the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland stay largely dry over the next few hours, but with low cloud. there'll be some mist and fog patches, and maybe a little bit of drizzle around some of the eastern coasts in scotland as well. for the rest of monday, the low pressure will continue to move its way in, and that will bring showers. this time, the showers will be affecting scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon, but it's further south across england and wales that the day's heaviest showers are most likely to be. 20 or30 mm in the space of an hour. again, that's enough to cause some localised flash flooding. in between those showers in the sunshine, still feeling warm, still a little on the humid side. but we're not finished with the showery story just there, because tuesday will be another showery day. this time, the heaviest showers look more set to go in across northern england and scotland. lots of thunder and lightning, a bit of hail mixed

one is many parts of lancashire.r are only asking people to restrict their freedom in smaller parts so it is very targeted and we hope it will not last long. until the numbers go down. we cannot keep that high—level of infection as we look towards schools and colleges being open which is why the additional measures are being brought in. we hope they will further create conditions in terms of financial conditions and legal measures so there is conditionality attached to it in areas where there is a need. we are is the evidence, not so much in terms of geography but in terms of people leading their lives, what evidence are you saying of the virus being transmitted, in what circumstances are their evidence around that? as we get more data and we start to understand, one thing is clear, key behaviour that influences on the transmission of social mixing between members of our household. the very members we are near to and love, there is a high chance of transmission. secondly, it is not just houses, it is other indoor spa

shouldn't have been applied in munch's on parts of lancashire and d your. less the end of all bullets thank you very much for watching tuesday june france twenty four bye bye. hello and welcome to the friends twenty four interview my guest today is on the on the shiva he's a world famous environmental activist from india she's a lawyer at the alternative. hold this in nineteen ninety three she's author of no. book the latest is called one mess versus 1% thank you very much for being on the phone okay. i want to be in early on you were not it's- so we are not. the uss in the nineteen seventy. known in india as the- movement can you explain to us. how you came across yes was training to be in in the new cast which meant. what did. must walk me to the house. yeah she was a medical doctor. and i went deeper into tourists to physics i was going to canada to do a phd the founundations of korn ferry. before friday. when i wanted to visit some of my favorite forests in the himalayas have grown up in the himalayan forest. and this forest tricked and was gone the str

but it is much lower than parts of greater manchester or lancashire.that with a general easing of lockdown measures, the reopening of pubs and so on, that the number of cases will rise over the summer? yes, of course. i think there is a general upward direction across the whole of the country and liverpool is no different from that. we have to keep on reinforcing those public health messages, particularly around hand hygiene and social distancing and avoiding crowds and face coverings, as well as the importance of people getting tested when they are not well and sharing that information into the contact tracing system. india has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth consecutive day. overall, there‘s been 1.75 million cases and there are now fears the country could overtake the us and brazil to become the country with the highest number of infections. many states are imposing individual lockdowns for 15—day periods to help control the spread, but the indian government is stressing that mortality rates are low, at roughly 2%. ear

but for other areas, including several parts of scotland and lancashire, there's been heavy rain andther? our science correspondent victoria gill has more. a week of extremes. in some parts of southern england, there've been a record—breaking six consecutive days above 34 degrees. intense storms further north, and overnight in parts of scotland, a month and a half of rain fell injust six hours.

that means the rain will continue to affect greater manchester, lancashire, merseyside along with waless the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland stay largely dry over the next few hours, but with low cloud, there'll be some mist and fog patches, and maybe a little bit of drizzle around some of the eastern coasts in scotland as well. for the rest of monday, the low pressure will continue to move its way in, and that will bring showers. this time, the showers will be affecting scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon, but it's further south across england and wales that the day's heaviest showers are most likely to be. 20 or30 mm in the space of an hour. again, that's enough to cause some localised flash flooding. in between those showers and the sunshine, still feeling warm, still a little on the humid side. but we're not finished with the showery story just there, because tuesday will be another showery day. this time, the heaviest showers look more set to go in across northern england and scotland. lots of thunder and lightning, a bit of hail mixed in with so

virus testing is stepped up in the lancashire district of pendle, one of three areas in the north wests increase. local incident teams will be backed up by national officials to try to bring infection rates under control. councillors in pendle today set out their priorities. strengthening the local tracing capacity and making sure that we have boots on the ground who can actually keep people who need to be isolated in the isolation. there are also concerns in 0ldham — a star of the tv show the inbetweeners has been recruited to try to get key messages across to a younger audience. hello, residents of 0ldham, how's it going? 0ldham council — for some reason — have decided to trust me. here is a coronavirus guidelines reminder to 0ldham residents. meanwhile, a lockdown in aberdeen after a large outbreak, seen here in the darker shades of red where there are spikes in the disease. pedal, 0ldham and blackburn with darwen are still areas of concern. partly because of the rate of increase in cases. ian was removed from it after seeing a drop in infections. experts say the more detailed data

dr so jin nim is a senior lecturer at the university of central lancashire in england she joins me now for more dr lim a lot of what we're hearing about kenya or jong's elevation in north korea is based on an assessment by south korea's national intelligence agency how reliable is information from there. regarding to north korea to say that nothing can be clear alas it's been published in north korean newspaper quote if we think. when the media or other coverage or talked about conjunctions disappearance some time ago in this year the nation or security agency in korea they. emphasize that. was to have a life so this tie the news came out from that or so could be quite reliable in a way. right to the assessment is also all that keen your jong is now in charge of south korea and u.s. affairs i'm wondering how that influence north korea's relations with both of these countries. but south korea i don't think there will be much difference before and then because north korea is politician is more with us you noticed is that with the south korea because they want to show all their stance in

across northern ireland, northern england, perhaps stretching to the east of the pennines into lancashirea drier day with some showers. a northerly wind making it feel cool. these are mean speed winds and gusts up to 25mph this afternoon. cool in the north. 11 to 16 the high. up to 22 in the south. tonight scattered showers becoming more widespread across the south—west. in the north temperatures falling away and in rural scotland low single figures. here a showery start with rain pushing across central and southern england. areas that have escaped the showers today will see showers tomorrow. top temperatures 21. cooler again further north. as we move out of monday into tuesday, a gear change. again we are likely to see more wet and windy weather returning with a significant area of low pressure drifting north and east. it will take its time to clear. so it will impact across tuesday and also into wednesday. it isa tuesday and also into wednesday. it is a wet start on tuesday morning. that is will push its way out of northern england into northern ireland, central scotland by the middle o

recently lancashire police criticised this club's decision to re—purpose itself as a bar. it is adhering to social distancing and safety guidelines. 0n preston high street, people were not surprised to hear that restrictions are being tightened. i'm just using my common sense, which is what maybe one or two people aren't using, hence why it's, you know, spreading again. a lot of people have been asking me to, like, meet up and that kind of thing, and they don't want to wear masks and they don't want social distance. if the government is asking us to follow, then we have to follow, because it's not for someone else, it's for our safety, so we have to follow. the prohibition on household gatherings will continue in other parts of northern england, including pendle, where mobile testing has been introduced. kirklees in west yorkshire is still under restriction, but one of its mps feels that, within its boundaries, the rules in some low infection areas should be eased. we need to have the confidence of the people that are making the sacrifices that they're doing it to reduce t

our reporter luxmy gopal is on st anne's beach in lancashire. it looks like a rather lovely day. beautiful day. beautiful looking beach. like many beaches across our country, blighted by the sight of letter. we have a team of volu nteers sight of letter. we have a team of volunteers here. they have been hard at work since this morning gathering itself litter. part of a keep britain tidy campaign. they are trying to raise awareness of when we go to the beach, we take all of this plastic beach toys, buckets and spades, but the issue is too many of us arejust spades, but the issue is too many of us are just leaving them there and adds to piles and piles of rubbish causing harm to see life and makes the seaside look a bit messy. to give you an idea, context, the plastic there takes a50 years to decompose. if that was around at the time of william shakespeare, that still would not be fully decomposed. quite a stark thought. emily is from the charity keep britain tidy. how big an issue is this? a huge issue. litter on the beach itself is one problem, but i being left behind which shoul

year—old boy end an 18—year—old man missing after they went swimming in the sea in lytham seven annes, lancashireng hospital treatment, all three were visiting from west yorkshire. now, with all the day's sport we go to the bbc centre. good evening. there has been plenty of drama in the last champions league quarter final but manchester city are out of the european competition are being defeated by lyon. lyon's second goal was a controversial one but in the end, they won 3—1 and go on to face bayern munich in the semi—finals. patrick gearey reports. according to their manager, these men have a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to win this competition. after all, this competition seems once—in—a—lifetime. the doors might be close yet manchester city's defence was inadvisable at the open. cornet was so surprised to have this chance, he immediately wondered if it was offside. it wasn't, lyon were ahead. city the overwhelming favourites needed to loosen up but as doubts lurked, kevin de bruyne set them aside at manchester city breathed again. surely the game is only going one way now but lyon seventh in

midnight residents in 0ldham, along with those in parts of blackburn and the pendle district in lancashiree with anyone outside their own household and they should avoid all but essentialjourneys on public transport. our health correspondent, dominic hughes has the story. at the eatery cafe in 0ldham, they're just about holding on. 0pen less than a year, it's been a baptism of fire. the last few weeks of additional lockdown measures have been especially tough. today's announcement means tighter rules around socialising in 0ldham, blackburn and parts of pendle. from midnight tomorrow, limiting contact to household members only. people can still shop and work and the cafe can stay open. it's a relief that we are not going to go into a lockdown. but then there is the frustration because it doesn't make sense. people are confused, i think some people just don't understand when a message comes out from the government and its not necessarily as clear as it should be. when they're coming out with these new restrictions, make it clearer because either people don't understand it or they find a way

that means the rain will continue to affect greater manchester, lancashire, merseyside along with walesarther north. that means the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland stay largely dry over the next few hours, but with low cloud. there'll be some mist and fog patches, and maybe a little bit of drizzle around some of the eastern coasts in scotland as well. for the rest of monday, the low pressure will continue to move its way in, and that will bring showers. this time, the showers will be affecting scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon, but it's further south across england and wales that the day's heaviest showers are most likely to be. 20 or30 mm in the space of an hour. again, that's enough to cause some localised flash flooding. in between those showers in the sunshine, still feeling warm, still a little on the humid side. but we're not finished with the showery story just there, because tuesday will be another showery day. this time, the heaviest showers look more set to go in across northern england and scotland. lots of thunder and lightning, a bit of

the search for two teenage brothers who went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire isoff by the coastguard. a huge crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk to protest last weekend's disputed election. now on bbc news, philippa thomas hears from people around the world a sad bit of news regarding the search for the two teenagers. the police have found two bodies this afternoon. that news just in. let's catch up with some other details now about the impact of covid—19. now on bbc news, philippa thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid—19 has changed their lives. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—19 is changing the lives of people around the world. i'm philippa thomas, and this week we're talking about relationships and the way we think about them. what the pandemic has done to change the way that we look at each other. later, i'll ask you to imagine that you just met someone, you've been on a few dates, it's looking good an

the head of public health in lancashire is concerned about an illegal rave there last weekend. we are right in the middle of the pandemic, and we are seeing cases rising in some of our towns. so, if you're trying to organise a rave at this point in time, i think it's irresponsible and unacceptable, especially to target young people. raves have been taking place since lockdown was eased. this was somerset last month. in scotland now, police have the power to break up gatherings of more than 15 people. this was london injuly. the worry is these are high—risk super—spreader events which could cause a spike in infections. danny savage, bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for witness history. hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, tania beckett here at the royal academy in london. today we present five extraordinary moments in history as told to us by the people who were there. the moment eddie amin expelled thousands of ugandan asians in the 1970s, and the artist couple who wrapped the reichstag in fabric. in 1989 the chinese army opened fire on tens of thousands of studen

saturday, residents in 0ldham, along with those in parts of blackburn and the pendle district in lancashireold, and they should avoid all but essentialjourneys on public transport. let's turn to the situation in belarus — and opposition leader svetlana tikhanovskaya has called on her supporters to step up their strikes at factories across the country to try to force new presidential elections. belarus is facing its biggest political crisis since the break—up of the soviet union, with tens of thousands of demonstrators saying veteran leader alexander lu kashenko's re—election on the 9th of august was rigged. in herfirst interview since fleeing the country, the 0ppositon leader has spoken to the bbc‘s europe correspondent, jean mackenzie — take a listen. do you want to be a leader in this time? you know the answer to this question. i am not a leader by nature, and i've never been. so it's my mission now. i have to be, just... i'm like a symbol. they are shouting for their future, for their wish to live in a free country, they were shouting against the violence, they were shouting for their ri