sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon.nt on bbc news, the film review, but first here's click. hello you, and hello, lara, how are you doing? hello, i'm good thank you, and you seem to have cut your hair. yes, the haircut has finally happened, and i have to say, the relationship survived. there was no blood and to be honest, i think she has done a pretty good job, don't you? it is looking good, but has the colour changed a bit? yes, i am trying a new artificial silver colour, shall we say — don't worry, i will be returning to my natural colour of suspiciously brown as soon as i can get back to a proper hairdresser. you have had a good week, you had a lockdown birthday. that's right, it was very nice but i don't think the years need to count in lockdown. in your house, though, there has been an important birthday. i had the terrifying task of hosting a 10th birthday for my son and seven of his friends on video chat. and it's notjust children who are missing events. we all are. and music has been a real casualty of this — so

sian lloyd, bbc news.ioneer of electronic music and co—founder of the german group kraftwerk, florian schneider, has died at the age of 73. his revolutionary use of synthesisers in the 1970s and ‘80s helped define the sound of pop and dance music in the decades that followed. the band enjoyed international success with tracks such as autobahn, radioactivity and the model. a new painting by the street artist banksy has been revealed at southampton general hospital. it's called game changer, and the work will be auctioned later with the money going to the nhs. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. could this be a rare sighting of the elusive street artist banksy? undercover, making a special delivery to university hospital southhampton. wow. it's certainly his handiwork. it was hung late last night and unveiled this morning. it depicts a young boy kneeling down wearing dungarees and a white t—shirt. the wastepaper basket in front of him has two discarded old superheroes. instead, he's playing wit

sian lloyd, bbc news. you're watching bbc news.l in southern england. it's called game changer — and the work will be auctioned later, with the money going to the nhs. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. could this be a rare sighting of the elusive street artist banksy? undercover, making a special delivery to university hospital southampton. wow. it's certainly his handiwork. it was hung late last night and unveiled this morning. it depicts a young boy kneeling down, wearing dungarees and a white t—shirt. the waste—paper basket in front of him has two discarded old superheroes. instead, he's playing with his new model figure, a new superhero, an nhs nurse with a flying cape and arm pointing forwards like superman. she is on a mission. the idea of the hospital's management and banksy was to thank the staff of the nhs generally for everything they are doing. so, did it go down well? just the proudness of it. the actual realising that we are thought of and respected. for years now, we've not, but now, with everything th

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon.go to our website at bbc.co.uk/news and just click on who am i allowed to meet now? at the beginning of this year more than a hundred people were gathered together, to create a citizen‘s assembly, hoping to find ways of reducing carbon emissions to virtually zero in the uk by 2050. but with the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting in—person sessions, the group has been meeting online, and the last session is this weekend to finalise recommendations to the government. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has that story. i don‘t think climate change was something that i was very concerned about. i was a little bit concerned about it but it definitely wasn‘t something i thought about every day. leah could have a big impact on the way we live our lives. she spends most of her time looking after horses, but, since the start of the year, she‘s been taking part in the uk‘s first climate assembly. we need something that will work, notjust a pipe dream. there are 110 assembly members, chosen f

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon.ch, councils were given more than £3 million to pay for hotel rooms for thousands of people who sleep rough each night. now that money is spent, ministers are urging councils to spend some of the £3.2 billion extra funding they have been allocated for the pandemic. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan joins me now. the initial scheme seems to have been successful. it was hugely successful. effectively it meant that about 5500 people were given temporary accommodation, many of them in hotels, and what happened at them in hotels, and what happened at the end of march ministers have effectively given councils a few days to get rough sleepers off the streets and we will give you £3.2 million to pay for this scheme. while some other government schemes have been extended, like the following scheme that was extended earlier this week, ministers have decided they are not going to ring—fence any further money to help with rough sleepers. instead they are seeing to councils we have

sian lloyd, bbc news.girl with a pearl earring, for example, or the image of rats running riot in a bathroom. 0vernight, he's turned his attention to the nhs. to show his appreciation, he's created a new picture and is showing it at the university hospital southampton. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, has more. could this be a rare sighting of the elusive street artist, banksy? undercover, making a special delivery to university hospital southhampton. wow. it's certainly his handiwork. it was hung late last night and unveiled this morning. it depicts a young boy kneeling down, wearing dungarees and a white t—shirt. the wastepaper basket in front of him has two discarded old superheroes. instead, he's playing with his new model figure, a new superhero, an nhs nurse with a flying cape and arm pointing forwards, like superman. she is on a mission. the idea of the hospital's management and banksy was to thank the staff of the nhs generally for everything they are doing. so, did it go down well?

it's the eighth week in a row, as sian lloyd reports.ting to the sound of bagpipes at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they're at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they‘ re among at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they're among millions of people across the uk who again stopped to recognise the dedication of carers and key workers. saying thank you to nurses like terry, who works at birmingham city hospital. now they need to care for each other. it is not the first case of coronavirus happening in the uk, we ca re coronavirus happening in the uk, we care about each other even more. we wa nt to care about each other even more. we want to look after each other, because we don't want to lose any other colleagues. terry is one of the first people patients see when admitted to this emergency department. it hisjob admitted to this emergency department. it his job to admitted to this emergency department. it hisjob to help diagnose the virus that he too has had. it is scary. some people can get over it easily, but som

been welcomed by some, but others in tourist areas worry about a possible big influx of people, as sian lloydthese residents of stratford have been a fixture for generations, but, for the past eight weeks, their surroundings have been significantly quieter than usual. the historic town is a magnet for tourists from far and wide, and the economic impact of the lockdown has been felt here. but after the government advice was changed for people living in england, visitors are beginning to return. this couple have travelled some 50 miles from their home in leicestershire. because boris said we can go further afield, we've made the most of it. this is our normal life. we like to get out and about. so, we're just going to have a walk around the river and we brought our own flask of coffee, and we're going to have that and then we'll have a steady ride home. we are sensible, but i think these two just needed to blow off a little steam and have a little bit of a change of scenery really. this family live within the same county, now able to visit one of their favourite places. set up a picnic. a littl

sian lloyd, bbc news. that is just about it from me, thank you so much for watching.ime we get to the weekend, change is afoot. for coastal counties it will be a warmer day on friday but by the time we get to saturday afternoon across the north of scotland and particular there will be a blast of arctic air moving its way south where it's right across the uk, by sunday so it will feel very different, almost like winter has returned i should imagine but for the rest of this evening and overnight it stays largely clear and quite chilly actually and eastern areas and further west we have more cloud and a few showers to hold our temperature up. if there is a little nest and fog first thing it will clear quickly and plenty of dry and u nsettled clear quickly and plenty of dry and unsettled weather. however and those showers are making inroads on the weather front so there will be an increase chance of showers over the coming days. just about anywhere content tomorrow afternoon. up into the northern island and more cloud in these areas and not everywhere will catch a shower

sian lloyd, bbc news, stratford—upon—avon. people were gathered together, to create a citizen's assembly, hoping to find ways of reducing carbon emissions to virtually zero in the uk by 2050. but with the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting in—person sessions, the group has been meeting online, and the last session is this weekend, to finalise recommendations to the government. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has that story. if i don't think climate change was something that i was very concerned about. i was a little bit concerned about it but it definitely wasn't something i thought about every day. leah could have a big impact on the way we live our lives. she spends most of her time looking after horses, but since the start of the year, she's been taking part in the uk's first climate assembly. we need something that will work, notjust a pipe dream. there are 110 climate citizens, chosen from a large pool of randomly selected people to represent all walks of life from across the uk. they are being asked to work out h

marked with a permanent memorial at the national arboretum in staffordshire. 0ur correspondent sian lloydosed. albert jarrett, aged 18, one of around 10,000 people who left the caribbean to join the war effort. we were needed at this height of the war. our services were needed. and we were very anxious to give our service to the country that protected us, because we were british citizens and this was our mother country, we were told. the place they set sail for was very different to home, on board ships that were cramped and uncomfortable.