would you expect organisers at wimbledon, at royal ascot, to be cautious?

would you expect organisers at wimbledon, at royal ascot, to be cautious?here is still uncertainty about the pandemic, questions about how vaccines will hold up, and some will say it's better for them to be overly cautious at this stage as we continue to come out of lockdown. by continue to come out of lockdown. by all means, they can exercise some caution, but at 25% capacity, that i would say is overly cautious. they can afford to be considerably more ambitious. they could do other things with indoor elements, not offer as much food outlets or whatever it is where people tend to gather a bit more, but certainly sitting in a seat or standing out in the open next to a racetrack, that in itself is not a risk. so they can be more ambitious.— in itself is not a risk. so they can be more ambitious. impossible to redict be more ambitious. impossible to predict the _ be more ambitious. impossible to predict the future, _ be more ambitious. impossible to predict the future, the _ be more ambitious. impossible to predict the future, the premier i predict the future

royal ascot will have 12,000 fans for each day of the festival in june.research programme, as the governement conmtinues to trial the safe rerturn of fans. and hammer thrower sophie hitchon has announced her retirement from the sport. she was the first british athlete to win an olympic medal in the hammer and threw a british record of 74.54 metres at the rio games in 2016, earniong her a bronze. and finally tonight we're all familiar with the story of eddie the eagle. well how about harry the seagull. that's the name that's been given to welsh fisherman harry cromwell by his freinds as he attempts to qualify for the olympics in surfing. as the sport makes its debut in tokyo, the man from pembrokshire, who spends his life on the water, is hoping he will too... i haven't so long seeing the brilliant. —— i seen the film. it is broken. the boys, hearing this eagle for a laugh. broken. the boys, hearing this eagle fora laugh. —— i have broken. the boys, hearing this eagle for a laugh. —— i have seen the movie. it is brilliant. —— the boys call me harry this ea

and royal ascot will have 60 thousand spectators, over the five days of the festival in june. 12 thousandom visitors to the racecourse are, is yet to be confirmed. ascot says 2020 bookings can now be accommodated — with some tickets on sale this friday. and there's much more on all of those stories, including plenty more build—up to manchester united's europa league final tonight, on the bbc sport website. but rita, that's all your sport for now. thank you, austin. back to our top story. let's return to our top story and dominic cummings' explosive appearance in front of mps. the prime minister's former top adviser has given a damning account of the way the government handled the early stages of the coronavirus crisis. let's speak now to the science writer tom chivers. good afternoon to you. what did you learn from it all? i good afternoon to you. what did you learn from it all?— learn from it all? i think i learned it was kind _ learn from it all? i think i learned it was kind of _ learn from it all? i think i learned it was kind of chaotic _ learn from it all? i think i learned it was k