that's all from sportsday. hello, you are watching bbc news.o contribute to the cost of furloughed workers. richie steele announced that businesses will be asked to fund national insurance and employee pension contributions from others. by pension contributions from others. by september employers will pay 10% of wages rising to 20% in october. he also said the self—employed will be eligible for a final grant in august. covering 70% of the applicants monthly trading profits. we will speak now that they equity —— speak now to the shadow secretary. what did you make up the chancellor's announcement? for the peoples whose incomes are dependent on either of these schemes, the extension confirmation which we have been calling for will be welcome. but there are a couple of big problems coming down the track, the first is that the chancellor is applying a blanket requirement on businesses, albeit a phased requirement for businesses to contribute to the cost of the following scheme. which is in danger of actually adding to numbers of unemployment which

that's all from sportsday.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 have to learn to live with it in the long term. well before the downing st briefing, the health secretary matt hancock s

that's all from sportsday. we will see you again a bit later on. welcome back.m that downing street briefing on coronavirus a short while ago. it was led by the communities secretary robertjenrick. the communities secretary confirmed the uk death toll has passed the 30,000 mark — the total number of recorded deaths from covid—19 is now 30,076, according to the daily government figure. the total number of new deaths announced today was 649 in all settings. for the fourth day in a row, testing has fallen below the government's 100,000 tests—a—day target — 69,1136 coronavirus tests were provided in some form on tuesday. robertjenrick says the government will set out detailed plans on how "every local economy" can " resta rt and recover", calling on infrastructure and construction work "to begin again wherever it is safe to do so". the communities, local government and housing secretary — robertjenrick — lead the press conference and talked about support for local businesses. the prime minister will set out on sunday our approach to the second phase of this pandemic

hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun.ernment have called again tonight for the premier league to allow more games to be watched by a wider audience if the season starts again. bosses from the premier league, efl, and football association have met with the government today, over plans to resume the football season. culture secretary 0liver dowden said they all agreed they'd only go ahead when it was safe for players, coaches and staff, and said the government is opening the door for competitive football to return safely injune — including widening access for fans to view live coverage and ensure the finances from the game's resumption supports the wider footall family. —— football family. the premier league are aiming for a restart on 12 june. but the deputy chief medical officer said this evening that tere is stil a lot of work to be done before players can even start full training. —— there is still a lot of work. is taking quite some depth to be able to do that. and that will be a stepwise thing. we will have to see how

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm katherine downes. no crowd, no atmosphere — no point.rs want this year's ryder cup pushed back until spectators can be there. what next for the women's super league after the season was cancelled yesterday, amid concerns for women's sport across the board during the pandemic? and two major sports events held in march caused "increased suffering and death. " data shows cheltenham and liverpool's champions league tie with atletico madrid—led to coronavirus hotspots. hello there, thanks forjoining us this evening. the whoops, the hollers, the chanting from the galleries — an integral part of the ryder cup. that's according to world number one rory mcilroy. he believes this year's contest between europe and the usa — due to take place in september in wisconsin — will be postponed until next year. competitive golf is set to resume next month behind closed doors, but mcilroy doesn't believe the format will work for a ryder cup. the majority of the players would like to see it pushed back to 2021 so that they can play in front of the atmosphere

that's all from sportsday.nts from the downing street briefing earlier. it was led by the health secretary matt hancock, england's deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van tam and professorjohn newton, the government testing coordinator. mr hancock confirmed that the nhs contract tracing app will be trialled this week in the isle of wight, starting tomorrow with nhs staff first, and appealed to anyone living on the island to download the app. but he stressed that this pilot does not mean the end of social distancing. the health secretary says that 85,186 coronavirus tests were provided in some form on sunday, that's below the government's 100,000 tests—a—day target. the number of people who have died with confirmed coronavirus across all settings in the uk has risen by 288. that brings the total number of deaths to 28,7311. the health secretary said the reported figure could be lower than the actual number because of delays in reporting weekend deaths. that is what we heard from the government. joining me now f

hello, i'm katherine downes, and this is sportsday.t tonight with a decision by league two clubs to call an end their season — an agreement was reached at a meeting today. all this needs to be ratified by the efl and fa next week — and then the clubs will vote to confirm the decision. 0ur sports news correspondent andy swiss joins me for more on this. how does this work? how do you call an end to a season? not easy. what they want to do is to sign the final standings on average points per game system. know what that would mean is that swindon town would actually be the champions and they would leapfrog crew at the top of the table. but there would be no change to the three teams winning automatic promotion, so they would still be swindon, crewe and plymouth. now they also want to keep the payoffs going ahead for the final promotion spots. again there'll be no change to the four teams in the playoff spots, they would still be exeter, cheltenham, colchester and northampton. the other big proposal would be that no clu b gets other big pro

hello and welcome along to sportsday with me sarah mulkerrins. has seen the return of recreational sport for many people in england. as lockdown measures have eased — some games — with strict social distancing rules — were able to return, like tennis. after two months of hibernation — maybe the thought of some pretty cold water, wouldn't put you off open water swimming. and we know many golf clubs have had big demands in booking a tee—time. now, while there are big benefits for people's physical and mental well being — caution is still being urged in order to control the spread of the virus. sally nugent spent the morning at a golf club in manchester. so at a golf club in manchester. we have seen some n amateur so we have seen some return to amateur sports in england today. golf clubs like this one have reopened for their members, but under very very strict guidelines. i know lots of the clubs have been working hard to try to keep their members as safe as possible. this clu b members as safe as possible. this club here just outside manchester, ch

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougal.owards normality, more premier league clubs have begun to return to training for noncontact sections. —— sessions. liverpool tweeted this photo of jurgen klopp and his assistant, demonstrating the social distancing. manchester united players drove into carrington for their first session in more than two months. meanwhile, at whiteboard, their team training went ahead —— watford, despite two members of their staff testing positive for covid—i9. he has a child with respiratory issues. former chelsea doctor says she understands the concerns of players because in not enough is yet known about the virus. we are excited about the virus. we are excited about the virus. we are excited about the premier league returning. we were all really looking forward to football returning. however, we need to put the element of player safety first. the concern is there is so much we don't know about this virus yet. to look at the date that's about four weeks away at best, it just seems that's about four we

hello and welcome along to sportsday with me, sarah mulkerrins.h the dire warnings for the future of sport as we know it. today, key figures from the likes of football, cricket and rugby union spelled out the extent of the challenge ahead to a government committee. cricket — the chief executive of the ecb says the pandemic could cost the sport up to 380—million pounds. tom harrison saying it was the "most significant financial challenge" they have faced. warnings from the rfu that they will lose around £107 million if england's autumn internationals are cancelled — and even if they do go ahead — but without fans — they will have an £85 million black hole. and finally to the football league — the 71 clubs are facing a "£200 million black hole" by september according to chairman rick parry, who also insists the current season needs to be concluded before the end ofjuly. grave concerns across the board. and i've been speaking to one man well versed in the governance of sport. former director of the efl, and also former head of the scottish fa and yor

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... rucks — just some of the ideas from world rugby, as the sport works out how it can possibly restart amid coronavirus. good evening. lockdown restrictions are being eased again right across the uk over the next few days — with groups of people — from different households finally being allowed to meet in each other‘s gardens or in public spaces. for millions it will be the first time they have been able to meet up with theirfamilies in more than two months. in england the changes come into effect on monday. up to six people will be able to meet but you'll have to be outdoors and stay two metres apart. meanwhile, today durham police issued a statement saying the prime minister's chief adviser dominic cummings might have broken lockdown rules when he drove to barnard castle. they described it as a minor breach of the regulations and said no action would be taken. the latest uk death toll now stands at 37,837 — with 377 reported in the last 2a hours. here's our political editor laura kuens

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: premier league clubs, including watford, have resumed team trainingspite two members of staff and a player at the club testing positive for coronavirus. good evening. rolls royce — one of the greatest names in british engineering — is the latest major company to reveal the economic cost of the pandemic. the firm, whose main business is making aircraft engines, is to cut 9,000 jobs — a fifth of its global workforce — most of them in the uk. and it's warned that it will take several years for the airline industry to recover from the impact of coronavirus. thousands of rolls royce workers have already been furloughed, as part of the government support scheme. but the company it was dealing with unprecedented conditions, as our business correspondent sarah corker reports from derby. derby is a city shaped by manufacturing. rolls—royce is one of its largest employers, but tonight thousands ofjobs at this huge site, the company's aviation headquarters, are now at risk and that will send a ripple effect through this community. it is huge. i mean to lay off a

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, next year or never — ioc president thomas bach says the olympics cancelled if the rescheduled games in 2021 don't go ahead. good evening. nhs staff and care workers who come from outside the eu will not after all have to pay a surcharge for the right to use the health service. barely 2a hours after the prime minister told mps that the fee had to stay, the policy was abruptly reversed. a group of conservative mps had joined opposition parties in calling for the £400 a year surcharge to be dropped. borisjohnson, who's acknowledged that he owes his life to nhs staff from overseas, said yesterday it would be "very difficult" to find alternative sources of income. the labour leader sir keir starmer said the about—turn was a "victory for common decency", as our correspondent jessica parker reports. the prime minister clapping for carers tonight, after accusations it could have looked like an empty gesture. he had rejected a call to exempt overseas health and care workers from an extra charge that goes towards the health service. then, at the downing stre

i'm afraid that's all we've got time for on sportsday, but i open people get more from katie shanahan online, on the website but for now, good night. good evening. you're watching bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. this afternoon, we've heard the latest from the government in the daily downing street news conference. let's recap the main points. the total coronavirus death toll in the uk in all settings has risen to 30,615 after a further 539 people died having testing positive. dominic raab said the r level, the rate of infection that's crucial to the lockdown being eased, is now between 0.5 and 0.9. on the lockdown restrictions, the foreign secretary said there was no change to the measures today. he reiterated that the prime minister will set out a "road map" for the next phase on sunday and said that "it's a very dangerous moment" and that "we need to proceed with caution". let's hear some of what the foreign secretary had to say a little earlier. today, cabinet was updated on sage's advice on the progress we have made today. and as a result of the social distancing measures we put

and coming up on sportsday, we hearfrom the premier league's chief executive.nd are sports stars from ethnic minorities putting themselves at more risk than others? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government's scientific advisers have released their advice which underpins controversial plans for primary schools in england to reopen for some pupils on june 1st. it says the risk of a rise in infections is "very, very small, but isn't zero", and teachers are not at above the average risk for other professions. the group also suggested an effective track and trace system needs to be in place, before schools in england can fully reopen. the advice comes as the number of people who've died in hospitals, care homes and the community rises by 351 in the last 24—hour period. that takes the overall total in the uk to 36,393. our education editor branwenjeffreys has the latest on the government's plans for some schools, to reopen. helping families on this estate in leeds, food not lessons needed now. for pa rents leeds, food not lessons needed now. fo

hello and welcome to sportsday. football's back!remier league is set to restart on the 17thjune — with aston villa v sheffield united and manchester city against arsenal. no date for the return of rugby union — but could fewer scrums and shorter rucks help stop the spread of coronavirus when the sport restarts? and, fighting the odds. boxer dan azeez tells us how coronavirus nearly claimed his mother's life. she isjust she is just and she isjust and bad, could not breathe, she was struggling to breathe, she was struggling to breathe, could hardly talk. shejust looked really fatigued. —— she was just in bed. good evening, its the news fans across the world have been waiting for — the premier league is set to return. at a meeting today, clubs agreed that the 17th ofjune will see aston villa take on sheffield united and manchester city face arsenal with a full fixture list taking place the following weekend. it all depends on the spread of coronavirus, and government approval of course. let's speak to our sports editor dan roan. there

sting that's all from sportsday. goodbye. hello.t in england tomorrow. the prime minister has announced a test and trace system that will start in england tomorrow. people will be contacted by the nhs and told if they have been in contact with someone who's tested positive for coronavirus. they'll then be instructed to self—isolate for 14 days. borisjohnson has acknowledged that the new system will be a ‘huge imposition' on some individuals but says it will ‘change people's lives' and is key to lifting the lockdown. the scheme was detailed by health and social care secretary matt hancock at the downing street briefing. if you have symptoms, you must isolate immediately and get yourself a test. yesterday, 2013 people tested positive. in the next of is that through contact tracing, like detectives, the nhs clinician from nhs test and trace and the person was tested positive work together to identify the possible movements of the virus where it is been, and who else it might‘ve been effective. then we isolate those contacts who might h

but that's it for sportsday for now, let's head back to been in the newsroom.t's all he foster with the sport for you. the government says the job retention scheme will be extended until the end of october. earlier, rishi sunak told mps that more than seven and a half million people in the uk are currently being supported by the scheme, in which the government pays 80% of their wages — up to £2,500 a month. currently, the cost of the programme is covered entirely by the taxpayer. but from august, employers will be asked to contribute and will also be able to bring furloughed employees back pa rt—time. patrick glennie smith is the one of the owners of the primrose cafe in bristol. they've had to furlough all 15 of their staff members. thank you very much indeed, patrick, for being with us. what do you make of the furlough scheme intellect over? did you welcome that in will you be using that? yes, obviously, we're very pleased the chancellor has this schema. the applications for us obviously of the closure are quite severe —— the implications. we don't know from

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news...all returns to europe next week with germany's bundesliga set to become the first european league to restart since the pandemic began. good evening. the bank of england has warned that the british economy is heading for an unprecedented recession. it says the economy is on course for the sharpest annual contraction for 300 years, with the coronavirus epidemic dramatically reducing jobs and incomes. the governor of the bank of england said the economy is expected to contract by 14% — that's more than double what happened during the great crash of 2008. the unemployment rate could double to 9%, though the bank thinks the economy will bounce back next year. today the death toll from coronavirus rose again — 30,615 have lost their lives in the past eight weeks. more on that and the lockdown in a moment but first here's our economics editor, faisal islam. at east midlands airport there may be no passenger planes right now, but cargo carries on. the pandemic means new patterns in the goods b

hello and welcome to sportsday — a week today germany's top 2 leagues will return behind closed doorsn england, are growing. home and away matches will be played in germany, however, the premier league has proposed to use neutral venues to deter fans from gathering around their home grounds. the bottom 6 clubs —including brighton — oppose the idea, fearing that neutral venues will put them at a disadvantage. we should finish the season as it started, albeit there are some different circumstances and play our home games in our home ground because that is the competitive advantage for us. their insight and then so be set out to do. with the current situation, i think of but he accepts that as the behind closed doors, of course. we do not agree with the policy of going to future venues. burnley captain ben mee says the return of football would be a big boost to the nation. manchester city have said they won't discipline kyle walker after he was spotted breaching lockdown rules yesterday. the defender was followed by photographers while visiting his sister's house and then his parents'. w

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. programme: the premier league's chief executive tells us there's growing momentum the season will resume next month. —— why he believes fans could be in stadiums next season. season. the premier league won't be back to being itself. the perm really at its best, until we get fa ns really at its best, until we get fans back to the turnstiles. away from the top flight, lower league clubs are facing an even more uncertain financial future. we speak to the ceo of afc wimbledon. and with the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on people from minority ethnic backgrounds, we hear from the sports people wondering whether it's safe to return to theirjob. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first, then, to an exclusive interview with the premier league's chief executive, who's told us there's growing momentum the season will resume next month and that fans could be back watching matches inside stadiums at some stage next season. speaking to our sports editor dan roan, richard m