phil mackie, bbc news, coventry. time for a look at the weather with chris. hello.ekend, we've got off to a decent start. 0n this weekend, we've got off to a decent start. on sunday morning, bit of cloud built up during saturday afternoon but by saturday evening, the cloud began to fragment and we had clear spells that started to develop and they were continuing to develop and they were continuing to develop right now with those guys, continuing to clear underneath this area of high pressure. but the eagle eyed amongst you may notice its approaching weather front. will bring some rain to the far north—west as we head through sunday. still, over the next few hours, clear skies, sunday. still, over the next few hours, clearskies, northern ireland, scotland, england and wales, clear skies in the countryside, it is quite chilly. temperatures at 607 celsius. a bit more cloud for the far north of scotland, a few showers in shetland. the most of us, financed only start to the day, clear blue skies first thing in the morning. mid—morning, the cloud will bubble up over easte

phil mackie, bbc news, coventry. hello.this weekend is a very different prospect. lighter winds, a lot of fine weather, thanks to high pressure, just a chance on sunday that these weather fronts will roll into the far north—west of the uk, bringing some more cloud later on in the day on sunday and some rain to finish the weekend for northern ireland in western scotland. this evening, we are set fair and overnight, out of the far north of the uk, a bit of a breeze will hold the overnight temperatures in double figures. elsewhere, with clear skies and light winds, it will get chilly in some rural spots. last night, we got down to four degrees in rural oxfordshire, it could be similar story first thing on sunday. lots of sunshine to be had through the day on england and wales but in comes that thicker cloud to northern ireland through the afternoon and there will be some evening rainfall. temperatures in the high teens to the north the uk, 00:29:17,467 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the low 20s to the south. now on bbc one, it's tim

phil mackie, bbc news, coventry. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett.s staying dry in most areas through the rest of today. some build—up of cloud for england and wales, but some sunny spells, as well. a little more cloud on that westerly breeze into scotland and northern ireland, still a few showers mainly towards the north—west of scotland. but the winds are lighter today. 17 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, warmer through the midlands towards the south—east of england, where the cloud will break away during this evening to leave a lovely end to the day. more cloud overnight, though, further north. across northern scotland we are going to find a bit of rain for a while overnight. that should have gone by the end of the night. these are the temperatures come the morning, probably a little bit cooler i think in some rural areas. a bright and sunny start for much of the country and more sunshine to come across wales, the midlands and southern england. a bit of fairweather cloud elsewhere, perhaps. this rain not really arriving into northern ire

phil mackie, bbc news, coventry.s infections across the united states. the resort is following social distancing measures, with a reduced number of guests and a strict cleaning regime. wearing a face covering is mandatory and temperature readings are being taken on entry. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello, when you think our recent weekends have been dominated by low pressure bringing cloudy, wet and windy weather, it is quite a nice change to see skies like these. mind you, quite a few others ended up with quys quite a few others ended up with guys looking a little bit more like this as cloud bubbled up and spread across the sky. this is draft a cumulus and it came quite widespread during the course of afternoon. much of that will collapse and fade away leaving clear skies overnight. still some cloud across the north west, still a few showers running across the north of scotland where it was a quite breezy overnight. in the countryside, turning white chili, temperatures down to six or

phil mackie, bbc news, leicestershire.nt in the comments from the prime minister about health being given from some people in hong kong to enter the uk. let's get details from james robbins, a diplomatic correspondent. what could this mean for some people? the foreign secretary followed the prime minister outlining to the house of commons the precise detail of the government intention to offer places in britain to hundreds of thousands and potentially millions of hong kong citizens who may want to leave the territory and resettle here. it has gone further than i think many expected. dominic raab said he had depressing but necessary duty to report to the commons that what beijing had done constituted a clear and serious breach of the joint declaration and in particular he went on to make clear what that would mean for the holders of so—called british national overseas passports, he said that those who held these passports would be entitled to five years limited leave to remain in the uk with the right to remain in the uk wi

now coming down, and people in the city are urging the government to ease the restrictions, as phil mackiein leicester # i must say i'm feeling the pressure # why do they find it hard to accept # this virus needs to get better. # queen millz is a leicester—based singer. the city's vibrant music scene is on hold because there's nowhere open and it's a city which has one of the youngest populations in the uk. she says her generation is really suffering. absolutely horrible, like, everyone was so ready for pubs to open and everyone to go and see their friends and family and socialise, and then itjust got, like, everyone's dreams just got crushed and, like, it was probably really disheartening for a lot of people. in areas where confirmed cases are still high, volunteers are going door—to—door with covid tests. so we're here on behalf of the nhs and leicester city council today with some covid testing home kits. the more cases that can be detected the sooner the outbreak can be controlled. you're shielding at the moment. are you concerned about the number of cases there have been in this part

many thanks, phil mackie and leicester.ui is cancelling thousands more holidays to spain, because of the quarantine rules introduced last weekend. it comes as the owner of british airways says it will take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to recover from the impact of the pandemic. simon browning reports. another day, more holiday hopes dashed. tui, the uk's largest tour operator, has cancelled more breaks to spain because of the reimposed14—day quarantine on travellers arriving home. holidays to the mainland are cancelled until 17th august, to the spanish islands until the tenth. tui wants the government to remove the blanket quarantine policy and open up regional traffic corridors to safe areas. it's been really tough for us as an organisation to manage, but it's been incredibly confusing for customers. what we've seen is a huge search for greece and for turkey, so much so that we've put on an extra seven flights for this weekend. normally those flights would take several months to fill up, but within a few hours

phil mackie, bbc news, leicester.focus on the wellbeing of those working in the sport. a bbc investigation has found that, in the last three years, there's been a large rise in the number asking for help with their mental health. charlotte gallagher has been talking to some of those affected. liam treadwell winning the grand national atjust 23 years old. but last month he died suddenly at the age of 34. in recent years, he'd spoken frankly about his struggles with depression after suffering a severe head injury. the coping mechanism got knocked out of me that day. james banks, another talented jockey, died in february. an inquest found the 36—year—old had taken his own life. michael curran, a dedicated stable lad, died suddenly in may. well, it doesn't appear to me that we seem to have the same prevalence in other sports. it is young people, rural communities. it's loneliness, isolation, pressure, not great money. simon's son tim was an up—and—coming rider. last year, he took his own life atjust 17. he was very kind l

now coming down, and people in the city are urging the government to ease the restrictions — as phil mackie for pubs to open and everyone to go and see their friends and family and socialise, and then itjust got, like, everyone‘s dreams just got crushed and, like, it was probably really disheartening for a lot of people. in areas where confirmed cases are still high, volunteers are going door—to—door with covid tests. so we're here on behalf of the nhs and leicester city council today with some covid testing home kits. the more cases that can be detected the sooner the outbreak can be controlled. you‘re shielding at the moment. are you concerned about the number of cases there have been in this part of leicester? oh yeah, of course, very much so, because we are all locked down now and we can't do anything. and are you pleased they are coming around like this, door—to—door, to give people tests so that they can find out? well, it's great, it's fantastic, i think. they are coming out and covering an area which is much better. the economic impact on the city is plain to see. other high streets

phil mackie, bbc news, leicester. the time is 8:17am. thank you for joining us.e for dozens of mammals, including red squirrels, dormice and hedgehogs, many of those species are now in danger of disappearing. this first red list of threatened species put together by the conservation charity the mammal society has shown that a quarter of all of the uk's native mammals were under threat of extinction. so, what we've done is a really comprehensive review of all the evidence we have available on things like how big the populations are or how isolated those populations are. we've drawn all that together and it's come up with this list of 11 of our 47 native species being classified as threatened imminently. and what this is clearly saying is we need to be acting right now. we don't, we can't carry on with the current trajectory. different animals face different threats. the now critically endangered scottish wildcat population has not recovered from decades of persecution. for the red squirrel, disease and competition from the introduced grey squirrels have driven it

our correspondent phil mackie is in the heart of the city for us this morning. rotunda is the translation and the future hs2, kirsten street station behind there. and we have some of the team england volleyball players going through their paces. jake and jess, do you mind coming over so we can have a quick chat? exciting, is it, that you are thinking about the commonwealth games in two years? yeah, really exciting. so exciting to experience wedding venue is probably going to be, and get into the buzz of things. and j, you have qualified for the men‘s team or still have a chance of olivine for the olympic next year —— jake, is that on your mind at the moment, or just commonwealth games? both, really. we're just excited to get back into some competition for next year as soon as everything gets sorted. next may will be the last round for final olympic qualifications for the man. then sights set on commonwealth games. and jess, women haven‘t qualified for tokyo olympics, but commonwealth isa big, for tokyo olympics, but commonwealth is a big, big target for you as w