snooker has also returned today, the championship league is under way in milton keynes.a hotel attached to it so all the 64 players and officials can completely self—isolate during the 11 days of competition. earlier i spoke to, world number one and reigning world champion judd trump who won his first match it is all a little different to what we are use to and it will take some getting used to, it did not feel that sharp affair but i'm to give myself the best preparation for the tournament and i think we are just ina tournament and i think we are just in a fortunate position that it was one of the first sports to go ahead andi one of the first sports to go ahead and i am very lucky. after being in lockdown for over two months, is there any anxiety coming away from your household bubbling going into this environment? it is a little bit strange, it was the first time i was on the motorway for a two or three months. but other than that it is not just about going months. but other than that it is notjust about going back to work and going and gardening and doing what i left

world championjudd trump, one of those in action in milton keynes. and welcome to the bbc news at one. the biggest easing of lockdown measures since the restrictions were introduced in march is under way. ministers insist they're following the science and taking the steps in a "very cautious" way. all four nations of the uk now have guidelines in place allowing more than two people to meet outside. vulnerable people in england and wales who have been advised to stay home since march have been told they can go outdoors again. but shielding advice in northern ireland and scotland hasn't changed. the first phase in the reopening of schools has begun in england, with children in nurseries and years 1 and 6 returning this morning. and, provided they meet safety guidelines to protect shoppers and workers, open—air markets and car showrooms in england are also able to trade again. but the measures come as another group of public health officials warn the pace of change in england could lead to a rise in the infection rate. in a moment, we'll be looking in m

of the biggest names in snooker, including world champion judd trump, were back at the table in milton keynesll players had been tested for coronavirus and isolated before being given the all clear. the test isn't pleasant, so that wasn't great, but it had to be done and at least we know everyone here is safe and negative. nobody has it and we can sort of wander around a little bit more freely. with more sport set to resume in the coming weeks, for the moment, snooker and horse racing have the stage to themselves and an opportunity to inject some momentum into their delayed and disrupted seasons. katie gornall, bbc news, newcastle. the easing of lockdown restrictions, albeit in different forms in different parts of the uk, means that groups are able to meet outdoors for the first time in several months. for many, it's been a day of family reunions, with some grandparents able to meet their young grandchildren for the first time, as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. i think we'll take this as well. to be a grandparent... to love... and this is for amari. yeah. ..to spoil... ..to

he lives with three generations in milton keynes.working near the start of the pandemic and has no income. the government is supposed to really help them but they have been ignored because there is no ppe, there's no help, there's no even proper advices. his daughter, khadijah, is a nurse, a key worker, and says she has been unprotected on the front line. the ppe, to be frank, is very, very selective, very, very selective. but it depends on where you are working. if you are working in a low risk area, it's fine, but if you are working in an area where you are in contact with those with coronavirus, i think it is right for you to have the right ppe. but khadijah‘s concerns have not been addressed in the government review released today, confirming that people from black and asian backgrounds are disproportionately dying from this disease. i put those concerns to the health secretary, matt hancock. many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused why it has taken six weeks for the government to simply confirm wha

he lives with three generations in milton keynes.ose to stop working at the start of the pandemic and has no income. the government is supposed to really help them but they have been ignored because there is no ppe, there's no help, there's no even proper advices. his daughter khadijah is a nurse, a key worker, and says she has been unprotected on the front line. the ppe, to be frank, is very, very selective, very, very selective. but it depends on where you are working. if you are working in a low risk area, it's fine, but if you are working in an area where you are in contact with those with coronavirus, i think it is right for you to have the right ppe. but khadijah‘s concerns have not been addressed in the government review released today confirming that people from black and asian backgrounds are disproportionately dying from this disease. i put those concerns to the health secretary, matt hancock. many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused why it has taken six weeks for the government to simply conf

he lives with three generations in milton keynes.tart of the pandemic and has no income. the government is supposed to really help them but they have been ignored because there is no ppe, there's no help, there's no even proper advices. his daughter khadijah is a nurse, a key worker, and says she has been unprotected on the front line. the ppe, to be frank, is very, very selective, very, very selective. but it depends on where you are working. if you are working in a low risk area, it's fine, but if you are working in an area where you are in contact with those with coronavirus, i think it is right for you to have the right ppe. but khadijah‘s concerns have not been addressed in the government review released today confirming that people from black and asian backgrounds are disproportionately dying from this disease. i put those concerns to the health secretary, matt hancock. many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused why it has taken six weeks for the government to simply confirm what studies have alread

he lives with three generations in milton keynes.pandemic and has no income. the government was supposed to be really helping them. they've been ignored. because there's no ppe, there's no help, there's not even proper advice around for people. his daughter is a nurse, a key worker, and says she's been unprotected on the front line. the ppe, to be frank, is very, very selective, very, very selective. but it depends on where you work in. if you're working in a low risk area, it's fine, but if you're working in an area where you're in contact with those with coronavirus, i think it's right for you to have the right ppe. but her concerns haven't been addressed in the government review released today, confirming that people from black and asian backgrounds are disproportionately dying from this disease. many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused why it has taken six weeks for the government to simply confirm what studies have already shown, that they're dying with covid—19 at significantly higher rates. why h

snooker‘s championship league event is taking place in milton keynes.er a 76—day break, as katie gornall reports. after nearly three months on hold, in an instant, the racing was back. good luck everyone. they're off! as the first major professional sport to resume in britain since the lockdown, all eyes were on the opening race at newcastle and what a race it was. the 22/1 shot zodiakos racing home and into the history books. fans would've loved it, had they been there to see it. a closer look would tell you this was not business as usual. jockeys wore masks and kept their distance, their victories greeted with an eerie silence. we've lost, as an industry, tens of millions of pounds of attendance income over the summer because that's when people come out. if it happened january, february, march, it would've been much less of an impact. but it's been an incredible impact throughout the summer, but we'll get through it. government approval was only granted on saturday but racing has been

and snooker continued behind closed doors at milton keynes.e latest round of matches in the championship league. premiership and championship rugby union clubs have been given the go—ahead to return to non—contact training. players will be allowed to train in small, socially distant groups. meanwhile, an overhaul of the salary cap in the premiership has been unanimously approved by clubs. liverpool womens goal keeper fran kitching is to leave the club, descirbing this season as her most challenging. she posted on social media she wanted an environment testing both players and people in the right way and allowing them to thrive. liverpool were bottom of the wsl when the league was halted. kitching is the third player to leave the club in a week. while the women prospering team look likely to be relegated, liverpool men are out of this world. the premier league is due to return on the 17th ofjune with neutral venues a possibility — to stop fans from gathering outside stadiums. jurgen klopp says he'd be happy to play on mars if it meant his side

some of the biggest names in snooker including world championjudd trump were back on the table in milton keynes the arena. so it's one of the few sports where you can play with a very small amount of people and sort of get back up and running ahead of everyone else. for the moment, snooker and horse racing have the stage to themselves, and an opportunity to inject some momentum into their delayed and disrupted seasons. so,

that was the first of three group games in the matchroom league in milton keynes.pion has been suspended from athletics after failing to make herself available for anti—doping tests. salwa eid naser of bahrain ran the third fastest time in history to win in doha last year. nfl stars are just of the names from the world of sport, calling for more action to tackle racism in society. amid the global protests held since the death of george floyd — several players, including super bowl—winning quarterback patrick mahomes — have appeared in a video calling on the league to condemn racism and the oppression of black people. nesta mcgregor reports. iam i am george floyd. i embryonic taylor. i am... some of the most recognisable names in the nfl, all choosing to go today by a different name. those of black american men and women killed other while in police custody or by white citizens. american football stars with a message to the lee's owners. we, the national football league, condemn racism in the systematic oppression of black people. the nfl has tweeted in support of t

returns today, the championship league is a round robin format for 64 players, it's taking place in milton keynesalso has a hotel attached so players and staff can be fully isolated and monitored over the next 11 days of competition. everyone is tested for covid—19 when entering the venue. world number onejudd trump plays today, he's described how unpleasant it is to have a swab taken on arrival. another former world champion mark selby says some players could be a little bit rusty. we have had no tournament now for few months. the last time we played in was in gibraltar which was in march before the lockdown. i am fortunate to have a table at home and have been practising little bit but it is not the same asjust getting that competitive match practice and bit playing other players on the tour. it will be good to play, obviously by closed doors and fora to play, obviously by closed doors and for a long period time i think you might as well get used to it, it isa you might as well get used to it, it is a good way to start. the qpr chief executive lee hoos says the club is ‘stunned', "appalled" and

stores at milton keynes, watford and gateshead will not reopen, meaning around 300 job losses.orld's largest fashion retailer, inditex, will be reporting its latest earnings, which will provide clear evidence of how badly the high street has been hit by the global pandemic. many of its brands, including zara, were forced to close around the world due to covid—19. joining us now from wakefield is kate hardcastle from the insight with passion. welcome to you, thank you very much for being with us. what can we expect from these results today? zara are one of the few organisations that had a very clever appeal. it also had very strong engagement with its operations, making their transaction opportunity for online as well as in—store almost seamless. they use local sourcing, as well. so if there was an organisation in that middle market fashion arena that was best set up to meet a challenge like this, i think it is zara. but they have already stated this has impacted their sales significantly, and what it has also done is created a bit of a level playing field, whereas zara has very

he lives with three generations in milton keynes. really helping them. but they've been ignored. because there's no ppe, there's no help, there's not even proper advice around for people. his daughter is a nurse, a key worker, and says she's been unprotected on the front line. the ppe, to be frank, is very, very selective, very, very selective. but it depends on where you work in. if you're working in a low—risk area, it's fine, but if you're working in an area where you're in contact with those with coronavirus, i think it's right for you to have the right ppe. but khadija's concerns haven't been addressed in the government review released today, confirming that people from black and asian backgrounds are disproportionately dying from this disease. many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused why it has taken six weeks for the government to simply confirm what studies have already shown, that they're dying with covid—19 at significantly higher rates. why haven't you done more to protect and support these c

sparse tables await snooker plays in the championship in milton keynes. event has always been one of the smaller ones on camera but now it's on terrestrial tv and leads to other ones that follow. we will be the first one back which for snooker is great. for snooker in general. i don't play until thursday but we have to world championships which is scheduled for the 31st of july, all things considered, if everything goes well with what's going on at the moment. with the green light given to professional sport to resume, it won't be long before more of our favourite events start returning to our screens. alex gulrajani, bbc news. and while racing and snooker start up again competitively today, in under three weeks we're set to have the return of the premier league and now the championship after a three month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. leeds united currently top of the championship table, with the efl announcing last night that the season is set to resume onjune 20th, subject to government safety guidance being met. all games will be behind

milton keynes in the united kingdom which is one of the last of the -- has had a verily large demonstration of this the last couple of years and got a lot of attention because they've expanded it significantly during the covid shutdowns. i think this is something that is potentially going to become much more commonplace. lots of conflicts with people on sidewalks and things like that but remains to be worked out. so, i think it's just important to understand, i if we're looking at passenger travel, we may be missing the boat. i've been talking too long so i'm going to say one thing about the flash trend. skip to that slide. that is that automation has the potential to really drive a lot of investment and a lot of innovation into transportation, which is an area that has not had a lot of it in the last 50 years. or even 100 years. but also going to connect the essential systems that move people around cities and very powerful global financial interests in incredibly murky and risky ways. soft bank, which is a large technology investment fund based in japan primarily staked by saudi sovereign

how it works, we are hearing about it being difficult being in this bubble at the snooker and milton keynesto that. but i am much more comfortable going up and down. i am used to being in the carfor many and down. i am used to being in the car for many hours every day, so it doesn't bother me too much. i don't drive regularly myself, i have a driver, i keep my head down and try to chill out. i can see your trophies behind you, a lovely cabinet and lambourn is a lovely place to be in lockdown. how was it for you? how did you keep fit, all those weeks without racing? mentally and physically? i got pretty fat! i had put on a couple of pounds even with the best intentions of trying to walking and running, and i keep active, but i ate too much. look, i've got myself in good condition over the last two weeks or so. i feel it very well on myself and hopefully i can ride to a high level of the weekend. i know there are a lot of hills around lambourn, so running around that would get you pretty fit. now, at 24, you were the youngest jockey in 13 pretty fit. now, at 24, you were the youngestjockey in

snooker has also returned today, the championship league is underway in milton keynes.is "vehemently opposed" to the football league‘s plan for the championship to resume onjune 20th. he says the clubs weren‘t consulted before last night‘s announcement and with player‘s yet to return to contact training he‘s concerned about their welfare. if you‘ve got players who are picking up unnecessary injuries because you haven‘t really looked at the load, paid attention to the sport science, there is a very expensive assets you have in the stands. the likelihood of picking up injuries, and if you look at the bundesliga now, it is a very small sample size, so very difficult to get the statistical significance of the injury rate, but it is three times what it normally is, and i think that is something we really need to take a hard look at, because i‘m notjust looking at this season. i don‘t want a treatment room full of players going into next season. that would be a big issue with me when trying to operate with a smaller squad. staying with football, manchester united have extende

the snooker is on in milton keynes again today.an completely self—isolate during competition. they're tested regularly too, and that'll take some getting used to for world number onejudd trump, who won his opening match. the test was quite hard. it is the back of your throat and up the nurse as well. it kind of felt like it was touching my brain, if there is one up touching my brain, if there is one up there. the venue is stripped. we have all followed instructions. we have all followed instructions. we have ultimate preparation going into this event to be able to play here and everybody is doing an amazing job so far. horse racing continues today too, with ten more races at newcastle from lunchtime. jockeys took to the course in face masks yesterday, but look how close the very first race of the day was. there was a photo finish as zodiakos here became the first winner in uk sport since lockdown began. after 8:30 we'll hear from frankie dettori, as he returns to the track today. finally, one football club in denmark has gone ahead