there was supposed to be one to malaga this morning from here at gatwick. that won't be happening.the other hand, their flight but easyjet on the other hand, their flight to malaga did take off. british airways also are continuing to run their flights for the time being. amongst the travel operators and the airlines, obviously a lot of disappointment at this decision. some of them i saying, well, why are you closing down the entire country when there is a lot of regional differences, as we were hearing, within spain? the governments of the ca nary islands and within spain? the governments of the canary islands and the balearic islands are trying to get exemption from this decision that british holiday—makers should go into quarantine. also worth mentioning that this is a uk wide decision. sometimes the devolved governments going different directions, but this decision applies in scotland, wales, northern ireland and england. so eve ryo ne northern ireland and england. so everyone returning to the uk from spain will have to go into this very stringent quarantine for two weeks. they a

easyjet, their flight to malaga took off.n their flights for the time being. and most of the travel updaters and the airlines, obviously a lot of disappointment —— micro operators and the airlines, a lot of disappointed. some my saying, why are you closing down for the entire country when there are a lot of regional differences, as we were hearing, in spain at? the governments of the canary islands and the balearic islands are trying to getan and the balearic islands are trying to get an exemption from this decision that british holiday—makers should go into quarantine. also worth mentioning that this is a uk wide decision. sometimes the devolve government going different directions but this decision applies in scotland, wales, northern ireland and england. so everybody returning to the uk from spain will have to go into this very quarantine for two weeks. they are not supposed to take public transport if at all possible to get to their destination, and once they are there they cannot even go out to exercise for an hour or tw

the family of a british man, after reports he fell from a hotel balcony in southern spain police in malagah of two men in marbella after "one man landed on another man, killing him as well". the foreign office says it's in contact with local police. thousands of protesters have marched through brighton in support of the black lives matter movement. many of the demonstrators wore face masks and held up placards with slogans including ‘decolonise everything' and ‘defund the police'. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the sreb—ren—it—suh massacre, in which thousands of —year—old is in a stable condition. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the srenbenica massacre, in which thousands of bosnian muslims were murdered. the killings were carried out by bosnian serb forces in 1995 during the fighting triggered when the country declared itself independent from yugoslavia. the killings were the largest mass murder of the conflict — and the worst in europe since the second world war. guy delauney has this report. it has take

heading off to malaga today on the first flight from cardiff since lockdown began.d tens of thousands ofjobs. a month—long blanket quarantine didn't help. france's president macron has named jean castex as his new prime minister, following the sudden resignation of edouard philippe. hours after mr philippe's resignation, it was announced that a french court would open an inquiry into the way his government has handled the pandemic. from paris lucy williamson reports. france's republican guard offers little protection from politics. at the prime minister's residence today, power was transferred at arm's length. no handshake allowed to mark the fresh start for president macron‘s government or its new post—coronavirus look. the new prime minister is a right—wing mayor with a strong southern accent, described in one report as a swiss army knife with connections everywhere. jean castex was propelled to the front line of french politics during the coronavirus epidemic, after years in the shadows as a senior civil servant and assistant to former president nicholas sarkozy.

heading off to malaga today on the first flight from cardiff since lockdown began.th—long blanket quarantine didn't help. this is bbc news. our main headline this hour. president trump is facing criticism over his plans to celebrate american independence day at mount rushmore — with no compulsory face masks or social distancing. more now on that story. medical experts are warning that the normal us holiday celebrations could create infection superspreader events and worry the impact of fourth ofjuly events could be catastrophic. we can now speak to dr joshua barocas, who's assistant professor of medicine at boston university school of medicine and infectious disease physician at boston medical center. thank you very much for talking to us. my pleasure. thanks for having me. so how very worried are you about this weekend? you know, the whole situation right now is quite frightening. i think we generally thought, maybe we would be in a little bit of a lull, but it's quite clear across the country we've got what amounts to a wildfire virus going on. a wildfire virus. w

police in malaga told the daily mail, that they were "investigating" the death of 2 men in marbella,im as well". the foreign office says it's in contact with local police. a 10—year—old boy is in hospital after being stabbed in bolton police say an 18—year—old man has been arrested following what they describe as ‘an isolated incident‘ early this afternoon on bridgeman street in the town. the 10—year—old is in a stable condition. the headlines on bbc news. tributes pour in forjack charlton — who played in england's world cup winning football team and managed the republic of ireland — after his death at the age of 85. 0pen air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools re—opened today in the latest easing of the lockdown in england. labour calls for the uk government to clarify its position on face coverings, after the prime minister said a ‘stricter‘ approach was needed in england. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which thousands of bosnian muslims were murdered. the killings were carried out by bosnian serb for

wendy says she is due to fly to malaga on the 22nd of august.n place and they are permitted to change their flights with easyjet, they would like to move them on a year to next august. however, the same flights next year are significantly more expensive. is there anything we can do? probably have a look at changing the dates outside of the peak season next year. certainly the flight pricing, it is more expensive next year. you can kind of understand that, as the market settles down. but i would suggest to have a look outside of the school holiday period and you should find flight pricing slightly more sensible. thank you. kevin, this is from l. she says how is the government supporting employees you can't go to work for 14 days? that isa can't go to work for 14 days? that is a good question and what the government to say might be two different things. there is a suggestion that ssp, statutory sick pay, may well cover the circumstances but at the moment, even due to the changes, given the changes that happened in april, it doesn't quite go far en

sue, your bath as we opened in malaga.el for everybody to use as they come in. it is pretty much as they come in. it is pretty much as normal, really. and have you been busy so far, since you are able to reopen? certainly not busy. we opened on the 23rd ofjune, and it was very, opened on the 23rd ofjune, and it was very, very slow. it is just beginning to trickle up now, nothing like a normaljune, but in the circumstances, people are coming with families, children, etc, so hopefully things are getting a little bit to the new normal. michelle, you have lived in benidorm, i believe, for more than 30 years. you know this area like the back of your hand. in the last 24, 48 hours, what have you seen? are you starting to see people arrive? we are, but i have to be honest, they are mostly spanish tourists. they love benidorm as much as the brits do. i went out last night into town, there are very few brits in resort at the moment. but we are seeing a gradual trickle, and hopefully mid week next week when one of the major tour ope

certainly, in spain, in andalusia, in malaga, you will be safe. it's lovely seeing that sunshine.esperately low cloud, the spitfire has to run on visuals. we have looked at this time but it will be featuring throughout the commemorations for the 80th anniversary through the summer, all the way through to early and mid—autumn. to tell us more about why we are here is their curator from the imperial war museum adrian. tell us what duxford is so important when it comes to the battle of britain. it was an raf fighter base during the battle, also a station, it had an operations room that controlled the aircraft in the area. directed towards the enemy. several squadrons operated from duxford during the battle, particularly from september, they were quite heavily involved in the fighting over london and the south—east. there is a lot of heritage here. it's been a tough time for everyone. you have closed as well but thankfully, with the commemorations, you're set to reopen. org is the first, we will be reopening with social distancing measures in place —— august the 1st. and in september,

we can speak now to dr andras szigeti from chelmsford who arrived in malaga yesterday.y for ten days but we are leaving tonight. quite an expensive journey for what may be 24, 48 hours. altogether we spent about £600 for this trip, yeah, pretty expensive. so 1200. people this morning will look at this and, yes, we knew spain was on the list of permitted places to go to without having to quarantine coming back. there was always the risk it could be added. did you consider that before you went? i did consider it but i signed up for the government website so i was paying quite close attention to what is happening in spain. we have a couple of friends down here who sent us the most recent reports, and we did make the final decision and i am checking in on ourflight final decision and i am checking in on our flight yesterday morning. we waited until the very last minute. we arrived and bad news hit. can you just talk us through the decision process. you got there, you heard the news and then you decided that you were going to go back. talk us through that. look, i don't thin

we are due to fly to malaga, she says come on the 22nd of august.t august. however, we checked the same flight for next year and they are significantly more in price. is there anything we can do? probably have a look at changing the dates outside of the peak season next year. certainly for flight pricing it is more expensive next year. you can kind of understand that as the market settles down, but i would suggest have a look outside of the school holiday period and you should find the flight pricing is slightly more sensible. thank you. and, kevin, this one. how is the government supporting employees who suddenly can't go to work for 14 days? very good question. what the government is saying and what is actually true might be two different things, as we found out. there is a suggestion that statutory sick pay may well cover the circumstances, but at the moment even due to the changes, given the changes that happen, i think, in april, changes, given the changes that happen, ithink, in april, it doesn't quite go far enough. it only cove rs doesn't qu

dr andras szigeti from chelmsford arrived in malaga on saturday, only to fly back yesterday.al pattern on just to bring a bit of sunshine under this gloomy monday. thank you. lots of people in a position like you to decide what to do. i know you woke into the health system. why did you decide to come back? the reason why we decided was the 14 days of quarantine would have been an absolute hit to the family budget so we decided to fly back as soon as we good although yesterday we got the news as well that key workers do not need to quarantine but my other half does the two quarantine unfortunately. so you could have had your holiday as it turned out? yes. how do you feel! absolutely devastated. i feel a little bit let down by the government but, if this is the way it is in the covid—19 outbreak and we cannot change it. your partner is going to have to quarantine. yes. and what are you going to do?” going to have to quarantine. yes. and what are you going to do? i am not sure exactly. yesterday we arrived to stanford airport and we we re arrived to stanford airport and we were

suzanne was supposed to fly to malaga next week.r minds, really, about whether we should always shouldn't go because actually, you could be in this situation again in a couple of months, you may have chosen a different destination thinking it is safe now but actually just before you're about to go, or actually even if you are away, then your plans could change and you might be stuck somewhere. more than half of stansted's flights today were to or from spain. across the country, tens of thousands of holidays will be disrupted. but ministers insist the quarantine should apply to the whole of spain. we have seen, of course, that the virus is most rampant in the northeast of spain, but we've also seen instances of the virus rising across spain. so, of course it's an imposition on folk who were looking forward to their summer holidays, but i think most recognise that the most important thing that we need to do is to work together across united kingdom to keep everyone safe and healthy. but tonight, the fallout continues. jet2 announcing