and rya nair announces week for gradually easing the lockdown.t 3000 jobs as part of restructuring because of the virus. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has said the government is "quite likely" to have either reached — or come close to meeting — the target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests. 0fficialfigures are expected this afternoon. ministers had said they wanted to achieve the aim by yesterday. let's talk to saffron cordery — deputy chief executive of nhs providers — it represents trusts providing care across england. thank you very much forjoining us. i know, as i've already mentioned this morning, nhs providers has already been saying in the last few days, this figure is a bit of a distraction from thejob days, this figure is a bit of a distraction from the job of developing a more effective targeting and testing strategy, i should say. but the government is arguing getting to that figure of 100,000 was a call to arms, if you like, getting the engines of government fired up, getting the testing system fired up. do they have a point

rya nair says it's going to cut up to 3,000 jobs because of the pandemic.assengers whose flights have been cancelled that it might take six months to refund them. theo leggett reports. just a few weeks ago, the airline industry was booming. the future looked bright. now, days after british airways' owner said 12,000 jobs were on the line, ryanair has warned that it may make 3,000 people redundant. we announced this morning we are going to have to cut 15% of staff. that is, we think, the minimum we need, just to survive the next 12 months. if a vaccine is found, then clearly the recovery will be stronger. if a vaccine isn't found, we may have to announce more cuts, and deeper cuts into the future. unions insist that all this is premature, and that there is no need to make such deep cuts so soon. ryanair is not in financial difficulty, it is one of the wealthiest airlines in europe. it should be be able to ride out the storm, and it should be be able to take a more measured view. yet this is clearly an unprecedented situation, and you can see that from where

rya nair also plans to cut up to 3000 posts among its pilots and cabin crew.king answers from the government about whether it's safe for more primary—age children in england to go back to school next month. they said a briefing on the scientific evidence used to support the plan had failed to address all their concerns. anti—lockdown protests have taken place in madrid as a number of people grow frustrated by the restrictions. residents in the capital and barcelona have been told to abide by the strict rules for another ten days while measures have been relaxed for the rest of the country. freya cole reports. banging pots and pans. pots, pans and a lot of noise. for a second time in a week, madrid has been denied entry into the next phase of lockdown. these residents want the measures relaxed, but the capital city has the highest rate of new infections. and until it drops, the government won't bow to pressure. translation: prudence, caution and security — every step we take is a safe step. i am guided by the knowledge that science and our experts provide us wi

the boss of rya nair, government had first suggested.ghts in july, boss of ryanair, who wants to resume 40% of flights injuly, has called the quarantine policy laughable and unenforceable. the boss of heathrow is not far behind. well, the current plan is that everyone would be quarantined, and that will effectively be for the foreseeable future, so it can't be a solution for more than a few weeks while we get the crisis in health under control. but then we need a plan for how we will open our borders again, allowing people from countries that have very low risk of infection to come to the uk, and for people from the uk to go to those countries. but will the world's tourist resorts wa nt to will the world's tourist resorts want to visitors from britain, which is at the highest number of coronavirus deaths in europe? spain opened up some of its beaches or logos this week but i said anyone visiting from overseas will have to undergo two weeks' quarantine. greece, with its idyllic islands, also has a quarantine in place and says it wants to

will be some degree of compensation to the likes of ryanair but, of compensation to the likes of rya nairhaul, whereas ryanair is more in the short haul. it is not so straightforward because lufts ha nsa straightforward because luftsha nsa does straightforward because luftshansa does short haul as well by government support national airlines. there is equity essentially which we have seen before in many countries in europe and in the uk as well and a heavy interest payments so, if it works out, the government, in the case of lufts ha nsa, the government, in the case of luftsha nsa, will get the government, in the case of luftshansa, will get a good return whereas what emmanuel macron is doing is much more longer term and a focus on electric cars. lovely to talk to you and thank you very much indeed. this is bbc news. the headlines: four police officers in the american city of minneapolis have been sacked, following the death of a black man who was pinned down by his neck in the street. video showed the man struggling to breathe. twitter has — for the first time — prompted readers to check

we are seeing some airlines are not going for ada, ryanair is airlines are not going for ada, rya nairinly one that has issued that, — aid. at least in the uk, iag has received support from the spanish government, but emirates in dubai will be backed by the dubai government, and in europe you see european airlines receiving funding or loa ns airlines receiving funding or loans at least a. that can be a mixed blessing, it could be inefficient capacity left in the marketplace. the airlines that are looking for support, for example that are looking for support, for exa m ple luftha nsa, that are looking for support, for example lufthansa, there is talk on the german media about the german government taking stea ks u p to the german government taking steaks up to 25% in the country and having a lot of influence — company. manager doesn't want that, he just wants support to get through the crisis, and then get on with the business. by then get on with the business. by contrast in france, the government wants air france to inflation more short domestic flights, so there is a lot of sensitivi

rya nair, what's it good to see you again, john.ally good 11 months and a disastrous 12 months. it was heading for a really solid yearin was heading for a really solid year in its financial results in 2019 and march last year, it was a wipeout. that was a great shame for them really.|j was a wipeout. that was a great shame for them really. i mean, they are having to do huge cutbacks like many airlines, 3000 jobs going at ryanair. but michael 0'leary trying to sound bullish, wasn't he, on the tv and radioa bullish, wasn't he, on the tv and radio a lot last week, the boss. he was talking about the idea of quarantining and customers having to go into quarantine when they travel. that could be a real hindrance couldn't two people travelling to some i? absolutely. i've never heard michael 0'leary not being bullish, particularly when he is talking about his financial performance. but he's absolutely we got this sort of real confusion in the market at the moment around quarantining, potential quarantining the moment around quarantining, po

rya nair's chief executive, michael o'leary, has described the proposed quarantine of incoming passengersrnment says it's still in talks with france about whether its citizens would be exempt from the restrictions, expected to come in and the end of the month. mr o'leary has been speaking to bbc radio 4's today programme. it's laughable that this government can come up with any plan for a quarantine that will be strictly enforced, when already there adopting the irish and french house rules... that is currently the policy. like it is idiotic. it is not implementable. you don't have enough police in the uk to police a two—week lockdown. what is really worrying is a two—week lockdown has no medical or scientific basis to it in any event. if you want to do something that is effective, wear masks. what worries us is the uk government are there talking about an unmanageable 14 day lockdown, instead of talking about allowing people to travel on the underground and trains and planes but wearing masks. the headlines on bbc news... security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some major

rya nair says it's going to cut up to 3000 jobs because of the pandemic.se flights have been cancelled that it might take six months to refund them. theo leggett reports. just a few weeks ago, the airline industry was booming. the future looked bright. now, days after british airways' owner said 12,000 jobs were on the line, ryanair has warned that it may make 3,000 people redundant. we announced this morning we are going to have to cut 15% of staff. that is, we think, the minimum we need, just to survive the next 12 months. if a vaccine is found, then clearly the recovery will be stronger. if a vaccine isn't found, we may have to announce more cuts, and deeper cuts into the future. unions insist that all this is premature, and that there is no need to make such deep cuts so soon. ryanair is not in financial difficulty, it is one of the wealthiest airlines in europe. it should be be able to ride out the storm, and it should be be able to take a more measured view. yet this is clearly an unprecedented situation, and you can see that from where i am standing

distancing at airports completely impractical, we hear ryanair is completely impractical, we hear rya nairmichael 0'leary with us. good morning to you. good morning. you talk about 3000 jobs could well go at ryanair, do you think that is the limit of what might be needed or could you see yourself having to cut more jobs further down the line? genuinely, we are not sure, it depends on how long this covid19 closure last. the situation we face now is we've carried almost no passengers for the last three months. we carry less than 140,000 passengers in april, may and june against originally 42 million passengers. for the full year we will carry less than 100 million passengers, the budget was originally hundred and 55 million, we will carry only about a third less passengers than we planned for this year and while we expect to be back flying some services injuly and august, we think the buildup will be slow, passengers will be wearing face masks, temperature checks at airports, there will be those kind of controls. we are cutting, we announced this morning we are cutting 15% of staff, we think

michael o'leary, chief executive of rya nair, situation.eather. what a beautiful picture. stunning. from one of our weather watchers in dorset, just outside bournemouth. good morning, similar sky in england and wales but with lighter winds than this time yesterday, a bit more frost. temperatures below freezing in a fair few spots to start the day but sunny in the south, but more cloud in the north of wales, northern england and northwards with some showers. they will come and go but most showers. they will come and go but m ost pla ces showers. they will come and go but most places will stay dry but cloud amounts increasing in sunnier parts in the south through the afternoon and more sunshine in the southern half of scotland later, but northern scotla nd half of scotland later, but northern scotland will see rain edging south and as it goes, if you hours of rain in some spots, but turning to snow and a covering on even the most modest of hills in the north of the mainland and temperature is around five or six in the afternoon. colder and br

virgin are not alone, british airways, ryanair, virgin are not alone, british airways, rya nair, everybodythings we can fight them with but it is not a matter of us fighting, this is about the survival aviation, third largest aviation industry in the world, which are so critical for the whole uk economy. as a nation we will not be able to come out of this crisis if we don't have a viable uk airline operation, and at the end of this year we've got full brexit and we will need this industry working well. it's really up to government to sit down with the whole industry, we us and all other stakeholders and work out how aviation is going to get out of this together, don't leave it up to individual airlines to make their own decisions, there must be a cohesive plan. the taxpayer who will already face a huge burden from the pandemic, why should they pick up businesses, half owned by a billionaire, the other half owned by an american airline. it's quite easy to ring fence supports a none can go towards any directors thought that goes for any company getting help. it should be about protecting job

rya nair is not to retain jobs, not to shed jobs.of the wealthiest airlines within europe, it should be able to ride out the storm and it should be able to take a more measured view and we should be protecting jobs, but most importantly, protecting the aviation sector and that's why the unite union has called for a government package which has been promised to make sure we retain the expertise within the sector, that we retain the functioning of the sector, we are an island, after all, so we need to be connected and we should be focusing on that, not on trying to cutjobs focusing on that, not on trying to cut jobs but focusing on that, not on trying to cutjobs but on trying to support the sector. we will come back to that point injust the sector. we will come back to that point in just a second. but the ryanair employees, that point in just a second. but the rya nair employees, are they currently protected under the job retention scheme? yes, ryanair in the uk, all of the employees that i represent, the cabin crew, or under furlough,

british airways, 12,000 people redundant, ryanair british airways, 12,000 people redundant, rya nairof claiming the benefits around 2 million peoples in the middle of march, which is six times the normal amount. they have been the people who have had to turn to that, we know because of various government schemes that people who have been on the furlough scheme, the government is subsidising wages, that has prevented both theirjobs potentially being cut and then needing to claim benefits. there is a self—employed scheme as well helping a lot of workers. not everybody has been able to get some government support. i found myself unemployed and u nfortu nately i found myself unemployed and unfortunately without any support, i wasn't on the paye. i felt really bad about it stop i didn't have any income coming in at all and i think it would take me awhile to really recover from this was that i don't have ha rd recover from this was that i don't have hard feelings businesses are in a hard place at the moment. i thought it was going to be a couple of months but i feel like it could have a bi