the views of sefas ending that report by our correspondent shamaan freeman—powell.ional sports have returned, with snooker and horse racing taking place. snooker‘s championship league event is taking place in milton keynes. and, in newcastle, strict hygiene protocols were in place as british horse racing resumed after 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

that was sefas finishing that report from our correspondent shamaan freeman—powell.the knee around the semi—circle at anfield during training. this picture of them was posted with the caption "unity is strength. black lives matter". if you‘ve been out enjoying the sunshine today and over the last few weeks, you‘ll know it‘s been unusually warm this spring. well, it‘s officially been by far the sunniest spring since records began nearly 100 years ago. on average the uk gets a36 hours of spring sunshine. this year we‘ve enjoyed 626 hours, with england recording nearly 700 hours. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt takes a look at what‘s behind the record rise. we say it‘s wonderful weather, but it doesn‘t look so wonderful up here. darwen moorjust north of manchester was tinder dry after this unprecedented sunny spell. so the helicopter now has been working for two days, just collecting water from the reservoirs, dropping in on the fire. at the peak, this was more than one square mile of burning moorland, more than a hundred people fighting the fire. jac

the views of sefas ending that report by our correspondent shamaan freeman—powell.tion of the lockdown since it was imposed 10 weeks ago. there has been criticism from some scientists that this is too much too soon. here's our health editor hugh pym. enjoying new freedom in england today to meet outdoors in larger groups with social distancing. the rules in wales changed today as well. scotland and northern ireland have already loosened the guidelines on meeting outdoors. so as the restrictions are eased, how will the authorities monitor the spread of the virus and try to keep it in check? a full testing and contact tracing system is seen as essential. as well as testing people, ministers say tracking down recent contacts of those who test positive will be vital to stopping the spread of the virus. contact tracers have been appointed and the system launched, but already there are concerns. 0ne contact tracer who wanted to be anonymous told us he had been given very little work since the launch last thursday. we've heard reports from some contact tracers that, since

this is the story of bbc reporter shamaan freeman—powell.d recall was him going to get this bus and said he'd see me soon. so in my own mind, soon means he'd be coming back later when the bus come back. this is my uncle carl. he was five when his dad, leslie white, set off for england, leaving him, his brother and his mum behind. and for quite a while, i kept going back when i knew the bus were coming. kept going back, you know what i mean? until you suddenly dawned — he ain't coming, really. but the bigger shock would come three years later when, in 1961, my nana violetjoined her husband and, like thousands of others in her generation, had to make the ultimate sacrifice — leaving carl and her eldest son in jamaica, separating them among family. seven years later, she sent money for a plane ticket for both of her boys. but by this point, they'd got used to living without their parents. and only carl came — begrudgingly. i missed two flights, actually. i didn't want to go because i didn't want to leave my gran cos i'd got close to my gran. by

our correspondent shamaan freeman has this report.er kneeling on a black man's neck... triggering is not the right word to use, but there's an internal fire within me that starts to burn like a furnace, and i get angry, i get mad, and i want to do something about it. chanting black lives matter! it may have happened thousands of miles away, but the death of george floyd has ignited anger across the globe, including here in the uk. i was disgusted. i still have not been able to watch the full nine minutes. i think it's traumatic. the first thing that i think is, what if that was my brother, my boyfriend, my husband, my dad? this is not the first time a violent altercation between the police and african americans has gone viral on social media. and viewing these graphic images can take its toll. sometimes, even as black people, even though we're shocked, we're also desensitised to it. any other person wouldn't even be able to watch all of that video. there was a period, i think it was 2015, there was a period in time when there was peop

the bbc‘s shamaan freeman—powell has been speaking to black british people to find out how the shockingtime, and sometimes even as black people, even though we are shocked we are also desensitised to it. 2015 if there was a period where there were people dying every week and it was, i can't wait, don't shoot, and that the end of that the person i started to become wasjust of that the person i started to become was just angry. of that the person i started to become wasjust angry. that is of that the person i started to become was just angry. that is what is so corrosive and dangerous about institutional racism, you can still be emotionally and physically hurt even though it happens across the other side of the world. it is a system of oppression which is happens over time —— which is something that happens over time. scary, really, it almost feels like racism and the idea of seeing black people as lesser is brushed under the carpet. stop and search in the uk is targeting black people specifically. those that live in glass houses should not throw stones, that is what we should remember. i