tim muffett, bbc news.lion times all around the world. ruth rudd agreed to help raise the profile of her granddaughters' local football team by appearing on the social media platform tiktok. and ruth says she can't believe the amount of attention she's been getting... look at that outfit. i'm just absolutely amazed. an elderly 88, little bit disabled lady... fame like this — for doing nothing? it's absolutely surreal! i haven't done anything marvellous dancing. i've just been an elderly lady making a fool of herself. keep on dancing. rough seas around many western coasts of the uk. it is another windy day across the uk. heavy and persistent rain coming into western parts of scotland. turning drier and brighter this afternoon for northern ireland. more rain this evening. for england and wales, it is a case of scattered and heavy showers moving quickly west to east on strong winds. thus in excess of a0 miles an hour now. some spots seeing wind over 50 miles an hour here. tonight, it stays very breezy out ther

tim muffett, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello.n half of the uk. in fact, gusts of wind in places are in excess of 50mph, mostly where the showers occur. to the south, you've got sunshine, but it's also very, very breezy. now, the temperatures will get up to about 20 degrees in london, that's the exception. for most of us it is closer to around 16—17. and in that wind off the atlantic, in western scotland, where it is raining heavily, only around 11 celsius. now, that rain will continue across the north—west through the course of tonight, but winds will be easing and certainly by early on sunday morning, they will be much, much lighter right across the uk. temperatures overnight will be hovering around about 10—11 degrees, and tomorrow, in the morning, in the north, we will have cloud and bits of rain, but then it should dry out, with some sunshine. the best of the sunshine will be across wales and the south and it will also feel warmer and the winds will be lighter. bye— bye.

tim muffett, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello there.wo or three degrees celsius. really feel the strength of the may sunshine now with just some fair weather clouds, as you can see here in suffolk. and because the weather is so static, they'll be very little change for the rest of the day. the main cloud areas across the northern isles, but still mostly dry. and this cloud across devon and cornwall, only giving the outside chance of a shower. and that warming trend that we've seen during the day today will continue through tomorrow and through friday. in fact, by that stage, we may see temperatures into the low 20s, low to mid 20s, potentially in the south, the east, where we think the heat will peak and it'll still be around saturday in the south. but by the end of saturday, certainly by sunday, a much colder, feel a dramatic drop in our temperatures as we change our wind direction to the north, a true arctic air stream. and there could even be some wintry showers. back to the here and now, though, and we keep the clear skies through m

tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett.we are infora off over the next few days. we are in for a spell of stronger winds and rainfor in for a spell of stronger winds and rain for some although not necessarily where it's needed most. this cloud didn't bring much rain. this cloud didn't bring much rain. this looks more threatening, a deep area of low pressure and it will bring wet and windy weather. we'll start to see high cloud in western areas later. that's all that's left of the earlier rain heading into north—east scotland so for many of its it's going to be dry and sunny. for northern and western areas not as warm as yesterday but we are still making 27 in the south—east in the sunshine. it should be a fine end to

tim muffett, bbc news.e called young carers, which is one of those terms that doesn't give you any insight into the huge responsibility on their shoulders — administering medicine, helping looking after younger brothers and sisters, cooking, cleaning, calling 999 when a parent had an epileptic seizure. we revealed then that young carers spent an average of 25 hours a week looking after loved ones — the equivalent of £12,000 a year on a part—time carers' wages. some had missed a fair amount of school too as a result of their responsibilities. but in a way going to school when they could, was some respite for them. we thought we'd ask some of the young carers to talk to us again to see what it's like for them under lockdown. 11—year—old marissa salter is a full time carerfor her mum suzanna, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, deterioration of her lower spine and arthritis. she'd already missed a quarter of school this year before lockdown. they're in cornwall. chloe seaman—yates is 16 and from bir

tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it's warm today, not as warm as yesterday, mind you and it will cool off over the next few days. we are infora off over the next few days. we are in for a spell of stronger winds and rainfor in for a spell of stronger winds and rain for some although not necessarily where it's needed most. this cloud didn't bring much rain. this cloud didn't bring much rain. this looks more threatening, a deep area of low pressure and it will bring wet and windy weather. we'll start to see high cloud in western areas later. that's all that's left of the earlier rain heading into north—east scotland so for many of its it's going to be dry and sunny. for northern and western areas not as warm as yesterday but we are still making 27 in the south—east in the sunshine. it should be a fine end to the day for many others. through the latter part of this evening and overnight the winds start to pick up. we blow in this band of rain northwards and eastwards, still dry in the south—east and east anglia, where t

tim muffett, bbc news.s afternoon, where the transport secretary grant shapps is due to make a statement outlining the government's latest plans for public transport. builders, factory workers and garden centre staff are among those preparing to go back to work tomorrow in england — but only if workplaces are "covid secure". that's how the uk prime minister describes companies which have put safety measures in place. sarah corker has been to see some of the preparations that are underway. temperature checks at the front gate, to people—passing points on the factory floor. tannoy: we would ask staff and visitors to observe the two metres social distancing rule. for weeks now, this caravan manufacturer in hull has been drawing up plans for how to restart production here. we've invested in all the extra kits, so the wash stations. we've invested in lifting equipment to make sure people don't have to work close together unless they really need to. so it's slower but it's safer. we do have plans in place so we c

tim muffett, bbc news.just because we can't be together, we have learned to do things in different ways. the online world has expanded quite a lot, hasn't it? matt, a most beautiful moon this morning, and you have sunshine, too? fantastic. yes, a superman tomorrow morning, and in fa ct, superman tomorrow morning, and in fact, the lower moon, it is cold. it's spring and it is a season where we could see some drastic turnaround in weather conditions. that is certainly the case later this week and we can. friday, ve day, could see temperatures in the high teens are even 25 degrees. but here comes that turnaround as we go through the weekend. a rush of cold, arctic air coming down from the north taking us through saturday night into sunday, so by sunday many of us will be struggling to get to just double figures. so, it's going to be a big wardrobe change on the way for later this week. this morning, though, even though things were warm up later it's a chilly start. rust on the ground here in suffolk, but while

tim muffett, bbc news. is at eight o'clock this evening on bbc one. as we wait for today's government daily briefing on coronavirus — it's being led by borisjohnson today — let's talk to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is at westminster. a few people, one suspects, will hope there is going to be a bit more ofan hope there is going to be a bit more of an easing of the lockdown that they have had to suffer for the last few weeks. yes, the fact that prime minister himself is taking the news conference today and he will be joined by the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser, suggest that he does have something significant to say. we already know there are plans for the government to left lockdown measures. at least, is then to an extent from england as ofjune1st, opening up schools to some pupils in england and also opening up outside markets and car showrooms and allowing nonessential retail businesses to open in a couple of weeks' time as well. that all depends, the government sa

tim muffett, bbc news.ifficult from time to time. well, the shaw family from nottingham are managing with 1a in the house. quentin rayner reports. they are the 1a who live at number 1a. tom and stacey shaw had planned for six and say it was just one of those things — more came along. now under one roof there are three girls, nine boys, and two long—suffering parents. oh, it's fine. it's easier than normality. how come? less running around to do. it's kind ofjust like the start of the school holidays where you'r4just kind of change from mayhem to calm, but we're stuck in this kind of groundhog day circle of the first few days of summer holidays. the family live in an eight bedroom house and are self isolating. lockdown has unlocked some revelations. with this staying at home malarkey we're having to, i think, get to know each other more. so, i've said before, more of them are quite more intelligent than i assumed, because i'm having to talk to them more — for a start. i was like, "oh, 0k, you're like that."

been ruled out and much of the real world is off limits, many people are holding events online, as tim muffettt. commemorations planned for years disrupted in weeks. but to quote winston churchill "it's the courage to continue that counts". what i've managed to do is pull together a number of standard bearers from across the uk and further afield to have a virtual act of remembrance to basically film themselves performing an act of remembrance and a royal salute. the royal british legion's virtual remembrance parade go online at 11 o'clock. you get a real age range of people taking part, haven't you? 0ur youngest standard bearer, lola, she is five. hi, lola, how are you doing? now, lola, you're the youngest person taking part in the virtual parade. how does that feel? amazing. a generation ago they carried on as normal so i think we need to carry on as normal as possible to mark — to remember this. pipe major roger bayes has composed a special ve day march. it was supposed to be performed at ceremonies across the uk. i play with the city of norwich pipe band. would have been playing at the mos

tim muffett, bbc news. so much coming up. up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. dominic cummings, the most senior adviser to the prime minister, is facing calls to resign after being accused of breaking lockdown rules. mrcummings is underfire for travelling hundreds of miles from london to country durham to self—isolate at his parents' home when he had coronavirus symptoms. durham police confirm they spoke to his family about self—isolation guidelines and reiterated advice around essential travel. a source close to mr cummings denies he broke any rules, claiming that the family stayed in a separate building. the government is facing more questions over its plans to introduce a 1a—day quarantine for people arriving in the uk. from june 8, travellers will have to self—isolate for a fortnight and could face fines of £1,000 if they break the rules. airlines and travel companies are worried it could damage their businesses even furt

been ruled out, there are still plenty of celebrations and commemorations happening online, as tim muffettnts" courage to continue that counts". what i've managed to do is put together a number of standard bearers from across the uk and further afield. —— further afield to have a virtual act of remembrance to basically filmed themselves an act of remembrance and royal salute. the royal british legion's virtual room rate will go online at 11 o'clock. you get a real angel range of people taking part. our youngest standard bearer, lola, she is five. i, lola, how are you doing? now, lola, you are the youngest person taking but in the virtual field, how does that feel? amazing. a generation ago they carried on as normal so we need to carry on as normal as possible to remember this. pipe major roger has composed a special ve day march, it was supposed to be performed at ceremonies across the uk. a play with the city of norwich pipe bands, we would have been playing at the most easterly point in the uk, which is nest point. it is because they can't do it now so we will be playing at our own separ

tim muffett, bbc news. let‘s talk about some of those issues.to look after you, how important is that7m is very important. i had a stroke andi is very important. i had a stroke and i can do very little for myself, soi and i can do very little for myself, so i totally depend on them for my meals and to do my washing and get meals and to do my washing and get me up in the morning and put me to bed, iwould be me up in the morning and put me to bed, i would be totally lost, i don‘t what i would do without them. you are not alone in that. emily, we can see quite clearly that you have ppe. how does that affect the way you are going about yourjob? it is quite something to see you with it all on, actually. it is very different to normal. we have different to normal. we have different challenges, we have people who are hard at hearing he would normally lip—read and we wearing masks, it is so difficult to communicate with them. we have social codes where we would sit down and have a coffee with somebody and we cannot have the same social interaction the m

tim muffett, bbc news.cheme is in place. but, the education secretary gavin williamson described their intervention as scaremongering. the only consideration behind this decision is what is in the best interests and welfare of children and those who work in schools. and we all recognise, we all recognise the importance of children being able to return to school. and sometimes scaremongering and meeting people fear is really unfair and not a welcome pressure. this is being placed on children and teachers and families alike. let's speak now to simon kidwell who is a teacher and spokesman for the union, the national association of head teachers. how old are your children? elsa is five, claire is due, and brody is seven five, claire is due, and brody is seven months old. so is your five—year—old who will be the one who may be going back to school? have you already made a decision? we decided. they didn't send her a week before long happen. she has been off for about eight weeks. but my husband and i made the de

breakfast‘s tim muffett has been talking to commuters.ncomfortable. i don't think they understood the two metre distance. the information is not clear. so we don't know who to follow, what to listen to. for people say who avoid public transport if you can, what you say to that? it's not possible. it is not possible. how are you going to travel from gravesend to london bridge? are you going to walk? this morning, it was a lot busier. the tube was, definitely. some people don't have the luxury of driving. do you feel safe going on public transport? not really, but there's no other option. people in england are now being encouraged to our face coverings in enclosed bases such as public transport. scotland has already issued similar guidance and is likely to make commuting feel even more different than it does already. prevention is better than cure. why would you want to cure something you can prevent in the first place? i have kind of taken the view that if it's not being encouraged officially, it's a personal choice and not one i take but

tim muffett, bbc news. the time now is 8:25am. and to adults. we want to know what the science is about who is vulnerable, ifa science is about who is vulnerable, if a five—year—old child is living with an 85—year—old grandmother, what's the chance, what are the risks for that grandmother, what should we do about that? we also wa nt should we do about that? we also want to know what the risk is for our society as a whole. we want to understand what they are saying about the total number of cases and whether they now have contact tracing running well enough that contact tracing on the number of cases can keep the case can blow and going lower. we are not convinced about those things and we want to see scientific evidence on them. the national education union, you cover all of the uk, what do you make of the idea that at school, take the england wales border, you can have a school literally either side of the border, a couple of miles apart, with different rules at the moment or different guidance on being open. what do you make of

tim muffett, bbc news.s confronted donald trump at his daily white house news conference after the president responded to her question by saying that she should ‘ask china'. donald trump has previously made comments regarding weija jiang's background. meanwhile president trump has defended safety measures at the white house after a member of his own deputy‘s staff tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting several top officials to self—isolate. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. i don't think the system broke down at all. one person tested positive, surprisingly, because the previous day tested negative. and three people that were in contact, relative contact, who i believe the vault tested totally negative, but they are going to for a period of time self—isolate. so that's not breaking down. it can happen. it's the hidden enemy. remember that, it's the hidden enemy. white house staff must now cover their faces at all times, except when seated at their desks, socially distant from coll

tim muffett has been to one nursery for children of key workers to see how they are coping. them rather than going into the nursery. this nursery has stayed open for the children of key workers. staff hope lessons learned here could be useful for other nurseries. so far, we haven‘t really been focused on social distancing between the children, and we have just allowed them to play, because one of the main things children learn in nurseries is to play with other children. but we have been looking at staff contact, so if staff can space themselves out, listen to the two metre rule, and we think adult—to—adult transmission might be kept down. this nursery have found that if staff wear face masks, it does not work. the children do not like them, they pull them down because they want to see how we are speaking. and of course, they are learning to speak, so we have piloted them, but we are not wearing them with the children. some of the local secondary schools have used their 3d modelling to make visors, and it does mean that if a child starts to cough and have a temperature in fr

tim muffett reports. be performed at london's royal opera house. it would convey the realities of the neurological condition that can make walking, talking and movement difficult. but then came the pandemic, lockdown, and an end to the project. i was absolutely bereft. i was — i had put so much energy into the rehearsals. but choreographer bim malcolmson had other ideas. i think everything's possible, i don't believe in "no". and i think particularly because we are all a bit in our homes and it all can get a little bit shrunk, what's great about ballet is it's about expanding and reaching and finding geometry and space. rehearsals are continuing online every saturday. so, what are some advantages to rehearsing this way? 0n zoom you start seeing different choreographic possibilities. so we started playing around with actually making and choreographing, and the relationships between all the little people in the boxes, and that's been really fun. 0k, and contract your torso! i'm on my own here, and i can fil

tim muffett, bbc news. being the tenth? it's been very, very emotional, especially at the very beginning. it has set in, sorry, sunkin beginning. it has set in, sorry, sunk in now and we are extremely grateful for the appreciation. but like you say, it's coming to a conclusion now and i think ten weeks is long enough, what do you think?” think so, yes. why do you think ten weeks is long enough? we hear of the great work that is being done by front line workers, so why is ten weeks enough? i think if it goes on for too long will lose its impact like people have said, and for us, we don't want it to lose its impact. we are appreciative of the effect of it but we don't want it to be going on so it but we don't want it to be going on so long that people start to get tired of it. i love the fact that you turn to amanda and said, what do you turn to amanda and said, what do you think? i'd like to know as well. are you very much of the same mind? i know you are both nurses, but you could have a different thought p

with much of the real world off limits, many of us are holding events online, as breakfast‘s tim muffettuk and further afield to have a virtual act of remembrance to basically film themselves performing an act of remembrance and a royal salute. the royal british legion's virtual remembrance parade go online at 11 o'clock. you get a real age range of people taking part, haven't you? our youngest standard bearer, lola, she is five. hi, lola, how are you doing? now, lola, you're the youngest person taking part in the virtual parade. how does that feel? amazing. a generation ago they carried on as normal so i think we need to carry on as normal as possible to mark — to remember this. pipe major roger bayes has composed a special ve day march. it was supposed to be performed at ceremonies across the uk. i play with the city of norwich pipe band. would have been playing at the most easterly point in the uk, which is ness point in lowestoft. but of course they can't do it now so we'll all be playing at our own separate addresses. the 27 countries it is going to be played in by over 1000 pipers

tim muffett, bbc news.ack. i home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. an early morning wake—up call in east london. police on the trail of drug gangs — a three—year operation and almost 600 arrests. these raids took place as the coronavirus began to spread — and more have followed. it's all about bearing down on violence across london and dealing with drug trafficking, street dealing and all the crime — the violence, the anti—social behaviour — that comes with drug dealing. just before lockdown, we went out with police in south london. there are over 300 gangs in the capital. they stop a suspected dealer. relax your hand now! the restrictions haven't stopped drug dealing and violent crime but the criminals are on the back foot for now. there are far less cars on the streets, far less movement of people, and so therefore if known drug dealers are seen moving from a to b they stick out more. so, increased risk for gangs but the price of heroin has doubled. there's money to be made. the drug supply chain

tim muffett has more. inconvenience.f them. she laughs. they're basically not keeping two metres' distance, they're going into the sand dunes and, excuse my language, peeing in there. it‘s notjust trips to the beach that have been affected. jonathan‘s a lorry driver from hampshire. it‘s making it really difficult for us lorry drivers. we‘re out on the road, doing ten, 12, 13 hours a day and we‘re not able to use toilets anywhere. it‘s just getting worse. places i used to go to the toilet, different businesses, they‘ve stopped letting people go there. there‘ve been instances where i‘ve had to stop somewhere and maybe have a wee in a bush, or do something like that. but there‘s people where i work, you know, that have... ..had to have a number two in the back of a lorry, which is not good and it‘s not dignified. some public loos have reopened, but the british toilet association says the majority are still shut, as, of course, are cafes a nd restau ra nts. and whilst the site of a closed toilet can be a nuisance for many, f

the government and teaching unions over when children can safely go back to school. 0ur reporter tim muffetts primary school in north london, that has meant a steep learning curve for this head teacher. the reality is for a school and we talk about younger children are that social distancing isn't a model that can be very effective they are consistently applied. when we talk about nursery age, reception age children, they play together and we have to offer intimate care, first aid, support to those children so first aid, support to those children so social distancing isn't really an effective model. you cannot keep two metres between everybody. how did you make it work with the 30 or so pupils you're looking after at the moment? what we can do is keep people in contained or small groups and think about how we use resources to keep those groups from each other and that's what we have been doing. from june one, the school with others in england is likely to see numbers leap if, as planned, children's and reception, years one and he has six return. that is ages four, five, six, ten and 11. unli

tim muffett, bbc news. let's take a look at today's papers.rms to hit eastern india and bangladesh for some 20 years. our reporter arun dave mukerjee is in delhi right now. tell us about how the storms are manifested themselves? are going what we do know is 12 people have lost their lives in india and the cyclone made landfall about 2:30pm and lasted for nearly 6.5 hours. it lifted trail of destruction and the state the bore the brunt is the state of west bengal where the chief minister has said the losses are estimated to be $13 million. she even went on to say this is perhaps worse than the current crisis of the pandemic that the state has been dealing with. what we do know from eyewitnesses and officials is that the real sense of assessment will only happen over the next two days because a lot of the next two days because a lot of the areas are in the interior. some of the content —— connectivity has been hampered because of the cyclone. the city of kolkata with nearly 15 million people has not had electricity since yesterday evening. many