sally nugent, bbc news.ndemic means it's been cancelled, for the first time since the second world war. instead, the show has gone online, with many designers transforming their own gardens for the virtual show. the queen was among those sending her support to the organisers, as daniela relph reports. hello, iam hello, i am alan titchmarsh. the face is familiar, but other things are different. for me one of the most rewarding things to grow something i can eat. the virtual chelsea flower show, the smells, the bustle and there, i different to the online version. hello, tom, have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually? yes, i did have to think about the kind of shots, i'm not a director, i'm not a film person so trying to think about the right shots to capture, the right pla nts to right shots to capture, the right plants to show, how to tell a story of this kind of, dull space and transforming it into a chelsea style planting, took a bit of thinking about to get that right. we receded the orcha

sally nugent, bbc news.im on mental health awareness week as well. that's all from sportsday. let's take a look at some of the main points from today's press conference at downing street. which was led by the foreign secretary, dominic raab. the foreign secretary confirmed there have been a further 160 deaths related to coronavirus over the past day. this brings the total number of uk deaths from coronavirus, in all settings, to 311,796. dominc raab also announced the daily testing figure — in the 24—hour period up to 9am on monday, 100,678 tests were carried out or dispatched, with a total of 67,409 people tested. he warned that it is "not sustainable" to keep the lockdown in place "permanently" but that the government is monitoring the changes it's making and easing measures only where it can be done "with the lowest risk possible". meanwhile england's deputy chief medical officer professor van—tam said that autumn and winter conditions could well provide a better environment for the virus, and that we may

sally nugent there.ent announcement — it was the sports of golf, tennis, angling and basketball that were named specifically — but as tim hollingsworth, the chief executive of sport england explained to me — it's actually a bit more broad in scope. it's really important to note that with the exception of outdoor swimming pools, these new guidelines relate to every single sport outdoors, as long as the guidelines are outdoors, as long as the guidelines a re closely outdoors, as long as the guidelines are closely followed. you can play them with members of your household 01’ on your own, 01’ you can them with members of your household or on your own, or you can play them with one other person who is not from your household as long as you are following the social distancing guidelines. so that will mean that for many sports, there is a possibility now of people playing them again, notjust the ones that we re them again, notjust the ones that were announced by the government over the weekend, it's for every

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today: curfews across america as a fifth night of protests spread to more than 30 cities. police cars are set on fire — riot officers respond with tear gas. demonstrators converge on the white house in washington. the unrest follows the death of an african—american man in the hands of the police. after ten weeks at home, more than two million people in england who've been shielding during lockdown, are told they can go outdoors three, two, one, zero, ignition. lift—off. go nasa, go spacex. godspeed, bob and doug. nasa astronauts make history as they blast off towards the international space station in a commercial rocket — they're due to dock this afternoon good morning. after three months of waiting, elite sport is set to return. behind closed doors and under strict regulations, the first major events begin in england from tomorrow. good morning. it's dry, warm, and sunny for the final day of may. by the first few days ofjune will bring a change. something cooler and po

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent.read to more than 30 cities. police cars are set on fire — riot officers respond with tear gas. demonstrators converge on the white house in washington. the unrest follows the death of an african—american man in the hands of the police. after ten weeks at home, more than two million people in england who've been shielding during lockdown, are told they can go outdoors

welcome to breakfast, with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. our headlines today: as the uk's coronavirus death toll rises above 28,000, the prime minister talks candidly about his experience of being in intensive care with the virus. in an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson says he was given litres and litres of oxygen and it was 50—50 whether he'd be put on a ventilator. churches re—open in germany from today as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased, but there'll be strict social distancing and no singing. he is so sweet. aawww, congratulations! a royal welcome — the duchess of cambridge shows her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit. grounds for concern — brighton voice their opposition to the premier league finishing at neutral venues. clubs have been told it's the only way of restarting and completing the remaining fixtures for safety reasons. good morning. we are waking up to a lot more cloud across england and wales today. there's a lot of fine weather out there at the moment, but for some of

welcome to breakfast, with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today: as the uk's coronavirusive care with the virus. in an interview with the sun on sunday, borisjohnson says he was given litres and litres of oxygen and it was 50—50 whether he'd be put on a ventilator. churches re—open in germany from today as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased, but there'll be strict social distancing and no singing. he is so sweet.

sally nugent is in salford.ing to be safe or not. that's right, victoria. we now know that the government is right behind the return of sport. at the daily briefing, the foreign secretary dominic raab said that a re—start would "lift the spirits of the nation". they're in talks with the premier league at the moment, and we're learning more about the risks of a return and how clubs will manage them. take crystal palace for example. their manager roy hodgson is the oldest in the league at 72, so he's currently classified as high risk, and that's something the club will have tojuggle. premier league players have also spoken about their concerns over a return, and the crystal palace chairman steve parish says they won't force anyone to play. we live in a society where nobody can force anybody to do anything. certainly under those circumstances, you wouldn't want to do that, but i think people need the whole situation explained to them. they need to understand the risks and, of course, after the public health crisis,

sally nugent is at a club near manchester has reopened today.e by one of the executive committee members chris melton, good morning to you. you have worked really hard to make this safe or as safe as possible. what do people need to know if they are coming to play golf? two things. one, the social side. you park a sensible distance in the car park, you get here ten minutes before, no sooner, you don't all meet your mates in the bar as you would normally do and the nuclear off ten ——you clear off 10 minutes after the round has finished. that is the social side. on the course, only two people, you keep your distance, you don't rake the bunkers and if your ball goes in the hole, when you get it out, you do not touch anything else. we've got special holes designed to enable just that. hopefully, in two or three weeks, we will be able to move on. how much have you missed playing golf? ask my family, don't ask me. i have missed it enormously. it is the game but it is more the society, your friends, daylight, sunlight, just meeting the people you enjoy

as part of mental health awareness week, he‘s been speaking to sally nugent about his experience.ough, i think it‘s more the repetition of being said over and over again more than one specific thing which probably, in the end, it sort of lowers your self—esteem a lot and feels like that‘s all that i‘m known for or spoken about, it wasn‘t just fans at the game, the humiliation went further in online forums, doctored pictures and national television. there‘s a tv show called, "they think it‘s all over", it was on years ago and it was really popular and i sort of became a picture of fun on that, on most episodes. still, it‘s not the first time a man united photograph has been wrecked, this photo of luke chadwick was ruined when luke chadwick turned up. laughter and applause. gary lineker apologise. i'm appalled really for him and myself. and when i hear really for him and myself. and when ihear him really for him and myself. and when i hear him speak in, i‘m full of admiration for the president luke chadwick and full of sympathy for the young luke chadwick and personally i feel a gre

" nugent, and she says, "ask me about lettuce!" sally. we got a tiny area planted with different types of lettuce, hopefully when they all grow through it looks quite pretty as well. mine look really pretty, i will send you a picture, iwill look really pretty, i will send you a picture, i will put it on twitter. it is delicious. and healthy! have you also planted potatoes and carrots ? you also planted potatoes and carrots? we have different departments, my husband has. have you got a farm? i feel like i lead no need to lift my game. you do need to raise your game, a very pleasant 20 minutes finding things to grow but at least i haven't bought chickens yet! a bit of football news now. premier league clubs are meeting today to vote on whether they should start the second phase of training, which would include contact with between players in small groups. they've been consulting players on the government's decision that elite athletes can resume contact training, as long as the sports deem it safe to do so. we brought you that news on mond

let's get an update from sally nugent. there might be some sport on the 1st of june?nues, what about the thoughts of the players? we are starting to find out. yesterday we saw aston villa's tyrone mings tweet to say a "player at the top of the league raises concerns about playing again. yeah he's probably right, that's sensible. but a player near the bottom raises the same concern. yeah, well you just don't want to be relegated. villa, of course, in the bottom three. other players have also raised reservations on returning. danny rose, who is on loan at newcastle from tottenham, says the season shouldn't resume until the number of new coronavirus cases drops significantly while manchester city's raheem sterling has also called for patience. the moment we do go back, we just need to make sure it's had a level, it's notjust for need to make sure it's had a level, it's not just for footballing reasons, it said, notjust for us footballers but the whole medical staff, the referees, you know, i don't know how that's going to work but i feel like once that side of the people