tim muffett has been to one gym to get their reaction. the uncertainty goes on and on.northampton, lockdown has meant no workouts, no weight training, no income. we're obviously disappointed by the news that we cannot reopen our gyms on the 11th ofjuly, but we are more disappointed for our colleagues and members who we know are desperate to come back. those who run this gym believe it could open safely. we have installed some screens between our treadmills. the purpose of these is to make sure we can keep as much kit in action as possible whilst keeping our members as safe as possible. so the perspex screens sit about two metres high. they are wrapped around the treadmills and our cleaning teams will be on hand to wipe them down regularly throughout the day. more screens are about to be installed. each treadmill will be self—contained. and as numbers inside will be strictly controlled, gym members will be able to check them in advance. they can quickly check this before they come down to see how busy or quiet the gym is so they are guaranteed to get in without queueing.

tim muffett, bbc news. i chatted to him a few weeks ago, he seems very well. that's the only reason he spoke out originally, to encourage more of us to be open. carol, you will be looking forward to that. absolutely, it's always a pleasure to see billy. the weather is set to change really from today for some of us. as we go through the next couple of days. it's going to turn much cooler. today what we have as high pressure dominating the weather with this weather front sinking south. as we go through tomorrow, we lose the amp. across northern scotland, is quite a bit of cloud. you'll notice the difference. looking at 27 or 28. the rain heads south again, pushing across northern england and wales. some of this will be happy. not quite getting into the far south—east and drying up across western scotland and northern ireland. it's not going to be a cold night for most of us. we are staying in double figures. rain is in the forecast but the rain is very hit and miss. especially where we're going to the heavy r

camille, as we saw in the piece from tim muffett, in the wa ke the piece from tim muffett, in the wakeed to do? i think it is really important that history is taught within context. if we understand that the history mainly being taught right now is empirical, where characters like cecil rhodes etc are talked about and written about, taught in schools, we find that young people growing up are disengaged and alienated from that history because they are not part of that history, and in reality the history that has to be taught is a history that has to be taught is a history that has to be taught is a history that reflect the experiences of all people that are part of this community, that is the only way it can work. if it was taught, how much difference would it make to children growing up right now? it would make a massive difference. we know that black children underachieve in different levels all over the country. i have a grandson who is fourth generation brought up in this country. he has very little knowledge of history being taught, black history month being taught in his school, r

brea kfast‘s tim muffett is at gatwick airport, tim — how busy is it this morning?asyjet. this flight a welcome sight for easyjet. this flight departing in just under an hour's time to glasgow. this is the first easyj et hour's time to glasgow. this is the first easyjet passenger flight since the end of march when the entire fleet was grounded. it has been a horrid time for airlines and airports. easyjet just horrid time for airlines and airports. easyjetjust one of several airlines that have said job cuts are inevitable. it is a welcome sight for them. face coverings, as you say, mandatory today in england on public transport and that includes inside of aircraft as well, so includes inside of aircraft as well, so passengers on this slide and others will be required to wear face coverings. they won't be forced to sit and distance from other people, it is thought the face coverings themselves will be enough and they will have to put their own hand luggage into the hole above the seats as well. so plenty of changes and plenty of questions to ask the chief executive of

tim muffett, bbc news. i wonder how you are feeling if you are watching that?lking to the government minister earlier this morning on this programme about of the two metres social distancing, and he says it is being monitored week by week. it appears they will be some sort of social distancing still in place in september. there are so many parents watching this morning wondering when they will get back to normal with regards to schools. what are your main concerns? i think my main concerns, and what we heard from the prime minister a few weeks ago was a promise to the nation which set very high expectations but which by definition were never going to be attainable, so what he said is four weeks of primary education for every child. the guidance which came out of that night essentially said the maximum group size you could have in primary was 15 because of social distancing. those two things don't square. how could you possibly have all of your children back if you are only going to have half classes? the government also ruled out the idea of rotors. you could h

tim muffett, bbc news.ront of today's daily mail features a picture taken at southend—on—sea yesterday. the paper says beaches were packed just one day after borisjohnson's plea for sense. the mirror also leads on the hot weather saying "lockdown—weary brits" headed for packed beaches alongside a photo of durdle door in dorset. the guardian's main story is on the housing secretary robert jenrick, who has been accused of breaking the ministerial code after contacting the businessman behind a controversial planning application. the paper says texts and documents were released yesterday. the scotsman looks at the easing of lockdown in scotland, which includes pubs and restaurants reopening on the 15thjuly and and the five—mile travel limit will be lifted from next friday. lots of things going on inside the papers. lots of things going on inside the papers. what and i was thinking about you and haircuts. have you got one planned. yes. you need to know you're going to spend longer and the hairdressers now. they

tim muffett, bbc news.e seven. what is in store for us with the weather? there has been some rain which may please some people. is there any more rain on the way? yes and good morning. hello. in the form of showers. guaranteed rain this weekend but it is warm and humid so the ingredients are there for big downpours to come through the day today. some sunshine of course and for many of us again not for everyone. we have some fog, for example, across bradford. i drove through some fog this morning. near the north sea coast we have warm humid aircoming near the north sea coast we have warm humid air coming over a cool sea causing a lot of misty low cloud over the weekend. low pressure brings the shower and pulses of rain returning to the north—east of england as we go through the night. showers close to areas of low pressure sitting in the south. again, bands of showers and rain meandering but there will be more in wales than yesterday but the northern ireland and scotland getting off to a cloudy start and lik

tim muffett, bbc news.at of the other authors in a letter published today is that we must immediately learn the lessons of how we dealt with the first wave of how we dealt with the first wave of the pandemic so that the nhs can be at its absolute best if we get a second wave of pandemic. we must learn where we went wrong with procurement, for instance, that is ppe. 0k, procurement, for instance, that is ppe. ok, we have already had a government response, from the department of health and social care. it is in response to your letter. "we continue to be guided by the latest scientific advice and we will give the nhs whatever it wants. the government would reintroduce measures if necessary to contain the virus and stop it spreading to the wider population." what is your response? i would say that is disappointing. if we listen to international patient safety experts such as professor don berwick, he would say that how we should look at things when we have done something less than well, is with no blame learni

tim muffett is at gatwick for us. reasonably busy, not busy at all, quite busy? what would you say?a monday morning and there is hardly anyone around. this is the first time this north terminal has opened since the pandemic, the south terminal did remain open. face coverings are mandatory and public transport so on the aircraft itself. in the airport, they are not mandatory, but the airport is strongly encouraging people to bring them and to wear them whilst they are in the airport itself. many people will arrive here by train and they already have one. hand sanitiser is our here and vending machines selling face coverings will be made available as well. for airlines and airports, this has been airlines and airports, this has been a truly dreadful few weeks. many of them facing huge, huge challenges and as you said, easyjet's first passenger flight since the end of march took off earlier this morning. easyj et has march took off earlier this morning. easyjet has said it will have to cut around 30% of its workforce, around 4500 around 30% of its workforce, around a500 jobs and earlie

tim muffett, bbc news.day trading has been booming — with people cooped up at home with time on their hands — and no shortage of apps allowing them to buy and sell via smartphone. it's caught some wall street professionals by surprise — as samira hussain has been finding out did you ever imagine that you would get interested in trading stocks? no, never. kelly works in the film industry but once a covid 19 hitter home in new orleans, she found herself out of work and with a lot of time on her hands. after playing a video which involved buying and selling fictitious items, she thought she would try her hand at the stock market. i'm not trying to make money, and trying to spend my time because i have nothing else to do. a recent survey said 3596 of americans have exposure to the stock market but much of that is through retirement and investment accounts, managed by professionals. a new range of apps and no free trading options is making it easierfor everyday americans to buy stocks themselves. professionals h

tim muffett, bbc news. but in an area like greater manchester, they have sometimes had thousands over a weekend that police are trying to deal with and we have a relatively small police force in this country. we have half the number of police officers per head of population spain and italy. the police are already stretched and trying to get enough officers to break up the sort of occurrence takes time. there are real issues about the risk of public disorder and the risk of people in officers getting hurt if you try to clear the area. as a former chief police constable, when you are told your force has the ability to issue fines in the light of this, what is your instinct in terms of how people to react to being fined if they go to react to being fined if they go to the beach? it is irrelevant, to be honest, to the police. issuing fines is not going to make a difference if you have a very large gathering. it is an extremely difficult situation. you will get lots of complaints from residents but at the same t

tim muffett is at gatwick for us. it is still really quiet, as you would expect?monday morning to see gatwick airport north terminal is empty. it is the first time the north terminal has opened since the pandemic began. it is really quite something, it has been a tough time for airports and airlines. you have a look around here, pretty much deserted. earlier, as you said, one flight deserted. earlier, as you said, one flight did take off, and easyjet flight flight did take off, and easyjet flight did take off, and easyjet flight did take off to glasgow. that was easyjet‘s first flight since march the 31st. whilst it is a step towards normality, normality is still a long way off. on public transport in england, you do need to be wearing a face covering. in airports themselves it is slightly different. it is not mandatory but i gatwick all passengers are being urged to wear a face covering whilst they are in the airport. vending machines will be made available for people to purchase loan if they haven't brought one with them. but foran airline haven't brought one with

tim muffett has been speaking to parents to see how they feel about the prospect of more lessons in lockdownomewhat. we feel a bit fatigued with each other and, with more workbooks, more of the same, we are very much missing the teacher interaction, which i think is what inspires the children to do better. we continue to work with the sector... yesterday the government scrapped land for all primary—aged pupil in england to return to school before the summer holiday. while we are not able to welcome primary school children back for a full month before the summer, we continue to work with a sector on the next steps. we would like to see schools who have the capacity to bring back more children in those smaller class sizes, to do so, if they are able to do. we will be working to bring all children back to school in september. what was your reaction to the announcement by the education secretary? the fact that this make continue into and beyond september is completely disheartening and really, really quite concerning. i know from parents whose children have gone back to school, their fieldwork a

tim muffett, bbc news.e to face during lockdown could cause long term damage for teenagers. writing in the lancet, experts say that adolescence is a key time for brain development, and are calling for schools to reopen for young people as a priority when it's safe. let's speak now to laverne antrobus, a child psychologist at the tavistock clinic in london. thank you forjoining us. what is it specifically about a teenage brain that needs peer company?” specifically about a teenage brain that needs peer company? i think what we know about teenagers... in this situation, they would normally be making the most of getting out, seeing friends and socialising, and taking risks. perhaps the things that parents wouldn't want them to do, but we all know that is what teenagers do. these are the formative parts of their development, where they are together and being social together is a key moment for them. and the fact they have mostly been denied this over a period of months and this could of course go on for goodnes