todayis today is your victory. victory of the cause of freedom every land. cheering and applause in all our long history, we have never seen a greater in all our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this. after six long years of war, winston churchill declared the end of fighting in europe. it was the 8th of may 1945. victory in europe day. welcome to this special programme marking the 75th anniversary of ve day, when nazi germany surrendered to allied forces and the second world war in europe was declared over. in a couple of minutes‘ time, at 11 o'clock precisely, the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall will lead a national moment of remembrance from del —— from balmoral. this was 75 years ago in trafalgar square, the nation was ready to celebrate. thousands of people poured on to the mall, calling out, we want the king. the royalfamily calling out, we want the king. the royal family appeared on the buckingham palace balcony eight times that day and they were later greeted by the prime minister winston churchill as the nation came togeth

todayis today is your victory. victory of the cause of freedom every land.

translation: todayis translation: today is the first day i leave home and go to work. i am afraid. you don't know what might happen. you may catch the virus. and, a father and son are charged with murder after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in the us state of georgia. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, furope has been marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. events are dramatically scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic. at a ceremony in berlin, the german president expressed gratitude for the country's liberation from the nazis. here in the uk a two minute silence was been held led by prince charles and his wife from scotland — and queen elizabeth will address the nation later. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in streets largely deserted due to the lockdown, britain remembered and gave thanks for the day when the second world war in europe came to an end. the nation's tribute was le

todayis today is a public holiday in china and now foreign ministry briefing.rus was not man—made in a lab, we are having a situation where chinese nationalists are kind of celebrating that but if it is not man man—made, it also poses a problem for their conspiracy theory that it was a us bio weapon made in the lab. i guess it is sort of putting a stick in the spokes of conspiracy theorists around the world claiming this is some sort of bio weapon, that it was man—made and it got out. i am looking at the life and traffic flowing behind you. i have not spoken to you for a little while. what is the picture regarding china returning to any kind of normality? big changes in beijing in the last day or so. we were so used to coronavirus lockdown life, it is alarming how quick it happened. these masks, i do not have to wear in public any more but i had it in my pocket. in a building you are still supposed to wear one. in a park, outdoors, the beijing government is saying no need for a mask. no more quarantine for internal travel arriving in beijing, except for these h

she hasn't seen them for two weeks but todayis hasn't seen them for two weeks but today is going to visite them their schoolwork. in madrid, the army has turned a convention centre in two spain's largest medical facility in just ten days. they have even laid medicinal oxygen pipes under the floor. it is now treating hundreds of covid—i9 patients. blanco is a gp who has volunteered to work at this new hospital. the level of police to enforce this lockdown is unprecedented. there are checkpoints on major roads, and aerial surveillance. her cousin has been in the hospital with the virus. first, they need to collect their ppe - first, they need to collect their ppe — personal protective equipment. when the crisis started, the central government took charge of sourcing ppe, but some local authorities say they couldn't do it quick enough. in madrid alone, hospitals need 200,000 masks every day. a couple of hours south of madrid is the source —— this small village. a group of people have volunteered to make ppe for loli's hospital. this woman has wa nt of for loli's hospital. this woman has want

todayis today is a key moment in that by law the government has to review those lockdown restrictions from borisjohnson on know we will get a road map from boris johnson on sunday know we will get a road map from borisjohnson on sunday in which he says he will address some of those things people want to know, like how you might reopen schools and how you might get people back into work places, for example. but the sense is that might be what could be done and in what potential order rather than a timetable. we understand there are likely to be some immediate changes overnight going into monday morning and the strong hint so far is that is likely to be around things like outdoor exercise. current rules in the uk are that you can only go outdoors to exercise once per day. we think that may change, but we won't get detail until sunday night. this morning a senior cabinet minister, brandon lewis, has been speaking to broadcasters and has made it clear that despite this is a bank holiday weekend, nothing will change until at least monday. i fully appreciate that, i appreciate there will be

the contrast with those same streets todayis contrast with those same streets today is striking.emorations have been made impossible but the nation's remembrance has been made all the more poignant by the coronavirus losses. all of us, who were born since 1945, are acutely conscious that we are everything we most value to the generation who won the second world war. we remember the millions of people from across the united kingdom, from across the world, who came together in world war ii to fight for our shared values. values of freedom, of democracy, of peace. 75 years after the end of the second world war, a nation in lockdown looked beyond its present challenges to give thanks. thanks which will be expressed tonight in a special broadcast by the queen. nicholas witchell, bbc news. events are planned throughout the uk today, but the commemorations are taking a different tone, with large gatherings cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic and people urged to celebrate at home. but that's not preventing the occasion from being marked in style. duncan kennedy is in portsmouth

a the league 2 clubs last friday but what was interesting that the statement todayis was interesting that the statement todayst relegation from the efl to the national league but what the afl had said today if they want to retain promotion and relegation across the board so that was an interesting dilemma. the effects of the virus are being felt on the bottom line with the news of the pandemic has cost manchester united £28 million already, a figure they expect to rise. their chief financial officers said they are said to have £20 million in tv revenue, even if the seasonis million in tv revenue, even if the season is completed. the tokyo 0lympic season is completed. the tokyo olympic games could be cancelled if they are not staged next year, having been moved to 2021 following the outbreak of covid—19, the olympic president said it could bea the olympic president said it could be a case of then or never, as the expert —— spoke exclusively to us. it is known as the greatest show on earth but four years after the baton was passed to tokyo, the city is trying to reorganise the first—ever postponed games. the m

it seems somehow appropriate that todayis it seems somehow appropriate that today is may day, a day thatarning and in america today it is both, of the country wanting it is both, of the country wanting it to open up, to grow again and the other half saying it is too soon. after six brutal weeks, west virginians have been given the all clear to resume normal life. richard will open his restaurant next week and is taking out a number of the tables to maintain social distancing. this popular spot is called the rabbit hole, but he fears that in opening too soon, west virginia may be going down one. we desperately need to reopen. and we need the income. we need people to get back to work, we need society back to where it had been, but i just am very fearful that this thing is going to come back and bite us even harder, and that is scientifically what it looks like it is capable of doing, it is not going away, it is here, it is all around us right now. in republican texas, despite having its worst day of deaths from coronavirus yesterday, the shutters are coming off today. and no one can doubt

something the labour mayor of greater manchester has talked about todayis greater manchester has talked about todayso far has been to london centric, which risks a greater fracturing of national unity. he talked about government support for councils, saying it is not enough at the moment. these kind of things, these changes the government has made, has lost some goodwill. i say this this morning in the spirit of wanting to bring it back. acknowledge these issues, come up back. acknowledge these issues, come up witha back. acknowledge these issues, come up with a plan, but a voice for the english regions on cobra, published the regional r number, sort out transport funding, and acknowledge that councils need extra funding to deal with this. if they did those things, we could move forward on the right foot. so that was andy burnham. there is controversy, too, about the reopening of schools in england at the beginning ofjune. a lot of the teachers unions are concerned about that. yes, this has been rumbling on for a few days. it was part of the road map where boris johnson said you would see some yea

he fired his health minister after a series of disagreements and my guest todayis series of disagreements and my guest todayealth minister, lewis henrique yetman debtor. is president bolsonaro putting his nation at risk? —— mendetta. luis enrique mendetta, welcome to hardtalk. it is just three weeks or so since you we re just three weeks or so since you were fired by president bolsonaro. now that you have had time to reflect on what happened, what are your emotions about it all? that is something that he is in charge, he was elected to hire and fire ministers. he had a view that the economic crisis would be much deeper if everybody would follow the health department on keeping distance and staying home. so there was confusion for the population and he is in charge so he decided to do it. as a citizen now i am supporting the new minister of health, cheering for him to do minister of health, cheering for him todoa minister of health, cheering for him to do a good job and trying to support those decisions they make. but, the question is, really, what is going wrong in brazil? we look at the figures today. well

the royal navy died during the course of the second world war, and although todayis the second world war, and although todaye for celebration with old those ve day is parties taking place this morning, and again this afternoon, we should also remember those who did not come home. last post plays. staring out from the portsmouth naval memorial, the list of some of those who couldn't come back and celebrate ve day. this morning, they made their absence felt on this national day of commemoration. i think our veterans need to be reminded how thankful we are for what they have achieved and what they have done. i think it's also important to let them know they still inspire us today from that generation. off the coast of dover, where spitfires and hurricanes once defended the nation, the red arrows soared over, thrilling those below. in rutland, 96—year—old second world war glider veteran ken 0dell marking his own silence in his own way. # we're going to hang out the washing on the siegfried line... with today's two—minute silence came the first of the nationwide street parties. this was chester. coronavirus was

todayis ground. the release of this app today is all about testing the technology, does it work?cially, can it trace them across entire communities? there is still concerns about data protection for users. today, a cross— party protection for users. today, a cross—party group of mps and peers said the public must be satisfied their privacy is guaranteed. people will not sign up to this app unless they are confident that their data is being protected and that confidence can be given if parliament passes a new law to actually say what is going to be the purpose of this data gathering? the island is a test—bed for a new app by linking smartphones to a digital handshake. the government hopes it will be a key part of a programme of measures against covid—19. duncan kennedy, bbc news, on the isle of wight. on may 8, 1945 the british public took to the streets to celebrate victory in europe day, with songs and celebrations across the country after six long, hard years of war. tomorrow is the 75th anniversary. but with the country in lockdown, celebrations will look very different from t

my guest todayis have been in short supply. my guest todaythe long serving influential dutch mep sophie into failed. has this pandemic exposed wea kness failed. has this pandemic exposed weakness at the heart of the european project? sophie in brussels, welcome to heart talk. welcome, you are a euro file, you make no apology for your enthusiasm for the european project. i wondered then how disappointed you are with the european union's response to this massive coronavirus challenge. frustration is part of life. but if i look at the development of the european union over the decades, i note that every time it was a crisis that triggered further integration and development and everybody is struggling with this crisis and yes so is the european union. it took a while and we can see that first of all of the response to the health crisis to start with has really taken momentum now. in terms for example the joint procurement of protective materials and stuff like that. yes, there is a big argument over money. and that of course is always a difficul

so what they're saying to the clubs todayis so what they're saying to the clubs today is they've consulted everyone along with this, is everyone in agreement? can they now rubber—stamp it and move on? the word from the meeting, which ended just 15 minutes ago, is that it would be ratified tonight, but it is more than likely going to be rubber—stamped next week, meaning of course that celtic will be crowned champions, nine titles in a row. and that hearts will be relegated. 0f course much has been made from the time capsule club with regards to that, because they feel it is com pletely that, because they feel it is completely unfair, they think it should be relegated without the season finishing —— time castle club. there may well be some legal challenge. as it stands it looks likely that as of next week, celtic will be champions and hearts will be relegated. finally, a conclusion in scotla nd relegated. finally, a conclusion in scotland looking likely. thank you so much, chris. the next meeting of premier league clubs is set for monday, when players may be able to return to group training,

the final site for todayis in care homes. the final site for todayof deaths for different countries. the uk which is covered deaths in all settings is the great line in the middle. and what you see is deaths in the uk is still continuing to climb and is higher than we would wish for top is all i can say. without i'll end the data slides for today. angela, thank you very much. we will now take some questions starlings with questions from members of the public. brian from gloucestershire there? my name is fred mcinerney and i volunteer in the local community in gloucester gloucestershire. my question is as we come through the tough times of coded how can we embed our reflected learning so as to ensure we address inequalities across community and neighbours? and continue to invest and empower local communities to thrive with mac thank you. thank you very much. i want to pay tribute to eve ryo ne very much. i want to pay tribute to everyone in gloucester share from the key workers like nhs staff to all those in care homes to all those doing criticaljobs

the first difficult part is that as an er doctor, my day todayis is that as an er doctor, my day todaying, sometimes are working evening, sometimes are working overnight and with covid—19, there is even more unpredictability and i will get called in at the last minute, re called called in at the last minute, re ca lle d off called in at the last minute, recalled off last minute and so, trying to balance teaching of my kids and making sure they just don't spend the holidays day sitting in front of the screen, has been really tough. for some working women, the coronavirus is change things in positive ways. in canada, the freelance writing just as fit in around her two young kids. when the pandemic hit, her husbands clinic was closed and he lost income. for my work was pretty invisible before, now it is much more central and i need to have my time with my children being able to interact, which is been a shift for them. she enjoys new status but you can already see that her husband's office will open before her children school does. putting herjob back in the supporting role. during world

tell us a bit more about what she had to say today and also how she is viewed around the world, in particular the united states. what tsai ing-wen said todayisng-wen said today is her administration has made the greatest effort to maintain peace and stability along the straight, basically with china. she said she will continue to do that. she also wa nts continue to do that. she also wants dialogue with beijing but it has to be on the basis of democracy, peace and that the two sides have the duty to create peaceful relations and to prevent antagonism from intensifying. she is willing to work towards that and keep an open mind but at the same time she stands firmly against one—country, two systems, under which beijing wants to unify with taiwan, which it sees as a province, despite the end of the civil war in 1949. this message is not going to sit well with china because for yea rs well with china because for years it has insisted on preconditions of the one china principle, that the two sides are part of china. predecessors have accepted that principles but tsai ing—wen has not done so. but tsai ing—wen has not done so. in the us, what is th

think what ministers while pointing and what the foreign secretary was saying todayis the foreign secretary was saying todayso one thing people are pointing to is in italy you have an older population but it isa you have an older population but it is a smaller population, around 10% smaller in the uk for example has denser populations through the cities and it is various factors influencing events and really he said it was too early to get a real verdict until after the pandemic still in the nest of this pandemic. the death toll very high but u nfortu nately still the death toll very high but unfortunately still likely to go up higher, notjust air but other countries. that shadow health secretary said that the highest death toll is a reminder of the severity of the disease and the public will likely ask why our death rate is so high so i think the questions will continue as to why this happened now and in the future. those who want the questions answered now point to the fa ct questions answered now point to the fact that in many of these areas perhaps if there were mistakes made in the past we did not want

the top story todayis stories there. the top story todaythat will be possibly taking public transport to get to work as a new week begins. you can see some of the images there of the control measures that have been put in place. so lots of detail on the website, take a look if you have time but for now, but offer me. i will see you soon. hello. there is some wet weather and some warm weather in this weather forecast. first, most of the wet weather will be found across the northern half of the uk. further south, it'll be largely dry, and quite widely it'll become very warm for a time around the middle of the week. the end of the week will feel a bit different. it'll be cooler, windier and more unsettled for all of us. now, you can see frontal systems which will be pushing across northern areas over the next few days, bringing cloud. yes, this cloud producing some outbreaks of rain, but it is to the south of those frontal systems that things will turn increasingly warm and increasingly sunny for just about all of us by wednesday. but, as far

today. and todayis should go back to work today.t of what has been done with businesses which have remained open throughout has been common sense, it‘s not been strict guidance, strict rules are followed. how do you make sure that everybody feels comfortable? i think there are three elements required. first of all, clarity about the rules on social distancing in the workplace, and crucially what happens if they can‘t be followed because of the nature of that work, what kind of protection workers will be afforded. secondly, clear risk assessments where employers are required to do by law and it must be transparent and the need to be published, and thirdly, a means of enforcement of these safety guidelines. i think they are the three essential elements of what is required of the workplace. and then, additionally, there needs to be clarity about how people are going to get to work if public transport is the only means available to them, how they can do so in available to them, how they can do soina available to them, how they can do so

todayis pandemic. what we are looking at today is when we get to the other side of this pandemic how can we make sure thatmand that we see for our product for many yea rs that we see for our product for many years to come, and we need to be a sustainable business in order to operate in that environment further down the road. sure. on your point about government can't replace demand, i wonder what that means, then, from your point of view, when you hear airlines asking for state bailout from governments? airlines of course also need to get through this very short—term patch, and approximately 50% of our business is exposed to commercial aerospace. if we we re exposed to commercial aerospace. if we were an airline we would be 100% exposed to it, and this is a sector which has all but stopped during this pandemic. you said it will take years for the industry to recover, but would you expect it to be very different when it does recover? i mean, can we have social distancing on planes? yeah, obviously there is a lot of debate about that at the moment. i think the crucial change we are going to see, if i go bac

what we expected to happen later todayis what we expected to happen later today is the chancellor announcesthat £2500 level comes down and the proportion of your salary the government is prepared to pay. we know this scheme has cost a lot of money, initially forecast to cost up to 10 billion, some suggesting that if it goes on much longer, may be until august, it could cost close to a0 billion p, getting on a par with what we pay for the nhs. what the government and treasury will be trying to do is to encourage more others back to work where it is safe to do so, trying to work out a way to do that, while still supporting those on the lowest incomes but crucially also working out how to manage that without costing the taxpayer more than it shouldn't also making sure the most vulnerable are still protected financially. thank you, ben thompson. further guidance is being published this morning on how to manage social distancing on public transport. the rail union, the rmt, says the government's decision to drop the "stay home" message in england could lead to a surge in passengers, and it has a

damage, that potentially could have been done and that some are warning about todayis done and that some are warning about todayging. over the next few days, mrjohnson will try to persuade us all that it is time to ease the lockdown, but also to be sensible, and there are some who are worried that mixed messaging, as they see it, the hypocrisy of some —— as some of mrjohnson‘s political opponents see it, mean that his authority to persuade us all to follow the rules but use ourjudgment has been damaged, and the government's ability to basically take control of this issue has been lessened by what has happened over the past few days. briefly, the plans for the rest of the week from the government? we know mrjohnson told us yesterday about the plans for nonessential shops to open mid june, or outdoor markets and car showrooms to open at the start of next month, a week yesterday. i think those announcements might have been brought forward ever so slightly by the row over the weekend in an attempt to move things on. we will hear more from the next few days from ministers about how they want to start reopening the e

very concerned about the statement last night, of course some additional guidance todayis course some additional guidance today this ambiguous stay alert, away from the more widely understood, stay at home and save lives. and we also seem to be asking our police to go out and to enforce this set of different rules, which doesn‘t seem entirely clear at the moment. so i very much hope that the information today does provide clarity, because it is urgently needed. do you agree that lockdown does need to be eased? that we need to find a path out? well, look, we‘ve seen what the labour approach is, speaking to you from wales. you can start to take certain measures provided you take a structured, strategic approach and you have clear communication. and here in wales the stay—at—home, save lives message has been retained and there are some measures being taken around exercise for other matters to is the lockdown, and that is appropriate to do if you have that structured approach to do —— to ease the lockdown. we have the prime minister last night talking about june one, saying reception, year1 and year6 in june one,

todayis settings? the very strong advice today is that that moment has not yet come and that members of the public watchingdoing that, to save peoples lives, but you are right to say, and jenny can give her medical opinion to this, that the rate of transmission is significantly less outdoors than indoors, and so, when it is right to ease lockdown measures that will be a factor we will take into consideration, but obviously there is an interconnectedness between that and other things, like public transport, which make this more complex, and that is the type of analysis that is now being done across government, informed by sage and medical experts, so that the prime minister is in the right position to make those decisions at the right time. thank you. it's probably quite a helpful example for explaining to people these apparent discrepancies in advice or understanding. the real trick in your question is whether you go to the outdoor event via the pub or whether you leave the pubjourney out of it. the virus itself will not survive as long in the outdoors. ultra violet, all sorts of things. so, generally, out

ta ke planned events have been unable to take place as originally envisaged, todayis take place as originally envisaged, today. 75 years ago people poured into the streets of our scarred cities to celebrate the end of that most difficult conflict. 0ur soldiers fought around the world. there were countless acts of bravery. 450,000 british people sadly lost their lives. it was a moment when our whole country pulled together. as desperate secretary i would like to take this opportunity to record the efforts of those who contributed in a non—military way. ——a contributed in a non—military way. —— a nightingale sang —— defra. to ourfarmers and the many women who joined the call to join the women's land army. in a moment i will give you an update on our work to support the vulnerable get a ccess our work to support the vulnerable get access to food. but firstly let me give you an update on the latest data from the cobra coronavirus data file. i can report that through the government's ongoing monitoring and testing programme, as of today, 1,000,630 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the uk, includin

todayis hope. to raise our voices together today is one way we can honour the great courage, resilience and sacrificeght, what is going to happen to children sitting at school? —— to happen to children sitting at school? — — lockdown. to happen to children sitting at school? —— lockdown. we had schools across the country recording children singing their favourite hymns, sending musical gifts to people who were ill or anxious. so how could we get people at home to join in? that is where the project came in. so we wanted to get people to join in with us. we are doing another four ascension day with tracks to sing along which will be on the cathedral website shortly. people will find it immensely comforting, i am sure. many of us marking a ve day today outside the front doors and on the balconies. the weather is mostly behaving itself. i say mostly because there are a few heavy showers looking around. so do not be surprised if it is sunny out and then the heavens open. it is a very warm afternoon, in fact, in london, up to 24 degrees, 21 in the midlands, even hitting 20 degrees in newcastle. some shower

what was interesting about the statement today that they linked to clubs last week had actually voted against regulation. what they tfl has had todayisintain relegation. the clubs have obviously voted saying that they do not want to see any relegated from league 2, what will be the outcome there? many people see this as a reprieve, but i think there could be a twist at the bottom of league 2, because there is still an outstanding charge for nonpayment of wages. should there be a points deduction? i think that could actually place medical field deduction? i think that could actually place medicalfield in jeopardy with relation to the leak. the caveat to the national league, now with the possibility of two teams getting promoted to the elf allsop but the elf still once the leagues to get their assurances that there season will start when it needs to and there‘s relation to be able to play football. many thanks for that, so much at stake for players. the premier league has been warned that players who opt against a return to action could prevent football‘s top flight from restarting this season — that‘s according to one former player. n

twenty four interview our guest todayy is the executive director of the world food program david beasley he joins us from south carolina thank you very much for being with us today. thank you mark so the world food program- is helping lots of people around the world and you recently- worn the united nations security council that unless we continue. operator all of it pandemic will soon be followed by a quote unquote hunger pandemic of biblical proportions aren't you exaggeratingng oh gosh mark i really really wish i w were but here's the situation in fact before kobee hit the scene i haveve been warning leadersrs- particularly in the european area that we were facing she in the year the twenty y first minute terry crisis since w war war. she when you look this s up tetell the truth thus and yeah. she e eiopia d. all f flood the drought the conflict the w wars we were already facing a very bleakk situation and thenn deset lolocust yeah it is devastating it for five countries as we speak enen came code inside two weeks ago we just came out when i was speaking to the united nations security councilil i jut produced the new numbebers ofhe pepeople around the world t

one of the things we have looked at a lot todayis the things we have looked at a lot today is evidenceone for those questions. i think we have covered a large amount of ground today, but thank you very much. that is the end of today‘s downing street bereavement on —— briefing on coronavirus. let‘s take you to some of the points covered led by the environment secretary, who announced there had been a further 545 covid—19 deaths confirmed with a positive test in the last day. that means the official number of people across the uk who are known to have died with the virus is 35,341. in terms of tests, 89,784 tests were provided in the last day. you will remember that the government had promised to carry out 100,000 tests a day by the end of april, and 200,000 by the end of may. and the environment secretary said that farmers will need more help from british workers this year to bring in the harvest and said that he hopes british workers will be able to find jobs on farms via a new online recruitment hub called pick for britain. the urged furloughed and unemployed workers to sign up to hel

one of the things the climate committee said todayis things the climate committee said today is that if they did go ahead with that, then that would be really quite a big deal. and the other thing i should mention as well is that there is a lot of talk about how our cities will operate. so, at the moment, a poll suggests 61% of people who normally use public transport will be nervous of using it again when lockdown ends because of fears of catching the virus. how are those people going to get to work? if they drive, even if a small proportion of them tries to drive into our major cities, we are going to have gridlock, hideous air pollution, more climate change emissions, impossible for emergency services to get round the cities. so one alternative would be for the government to encourage, maybe help finance, local councils to fence off areas of roads so they could be used for pedestrians and cyclists. we have seen that starting to happen, we've got a story on that coming tomorrow, but i think that is something that will touch on people's lives, and i suspect some cities will get resh

rain todayis ireland and western scotland. rain todayd of the day will melt away overnight, patchy cloud in northern scotland and rain will have died out there. you may see some sea fog brushing parts of wales at the south—west of england. temperatures willdip south—west of england. temperatures will dip down to single figures. an area of high pressure will give plenty of fine weather across england and wales and east of scotland. but for ireland and were scotland, you will see some workload. there will be some warmth for the bank holiday,. closer to the mid 20s in the southern parts of england. it is six minutes to nine. whilst the lockdown has it's obvious restrictions, for thousands of people it has inspired them to dust off their trainers and get running. in the last two months more than half a million people have downloaded the ‘couch to 5k' app that's been developed by bbc sport and public health england. we can now talk to celebrity coach jo whiley and nick wall who's doing couch to 5k at the moment. jo, jo, you are a running coac

what we are doing todayis and exercise. what we are doing today if we do forget that, the danger is that it will run out of control again. please read the guidance on the website and pay close attention to the parameters of what we have set out as changes today. gordon cree from stv. throughout this whole process, supermarkets, which exist to sell food have been able to sell clothes. now, garden centres, which exist to sell plants, are able to sell clothes, but people who run independent retail shops that sell clothes have to remain closed. they tell us that's unfair. what can you say to them? i appreciate that for lots of people, individuals as well as businesses, there will be all sorts of aspects of this that feel unfair, that feel as if there are anomalous. the situation we have been in, and perhaps some of that is and unavoidable and inevitable. we are trying to be a deadly virus right now. therefore, that has to be our priority. we have had to have supermarkets open because people have to have food. it is not as essential to go to a clothes

the second issue i want to discuss todayis the second issue i want to discuss today is that from todayhat loss of taste or smell, will now be able to book a test. the test will be available through the drive in centres at aberdeen, edinburgh and glasgow airports and at perth and inverness, they will also be available through the 12 mobile testing units based across the country which move around every five days or so. tests at the centres have only been made available to over 65, key workers, two people in vital infrastructure services, and for anybody who needs to work and cannot work from home. tests have also been available to household members of these groups. this further expansion that we are announcing today will ensure that anyone with symptoms will be able to find out if they have the virus and will therefore be able to know whether or not they should be isolating. tests can be booked online. priority will be given to those who are key workers and these can be secured through looking. if you book a test will be allocated to the centre closest to your own postcode. i know that f

what matters here todayis always balance. what matters here todayng, the shadow transport secretary. we will be back with you at eight o'clock with the headlines. now it's time for this week'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

that i get a message across to scottish people that the what we are asking you todayis that the what we are asking you today issues and this is one we are due to look at in detail shortly, so these are issues absolutely at the top of our minds and we will take careful decisions trying to make sure that at all stages, as much support as possible is in place for businesses that have been affected. i think that is right because of the support mechanisms, the financial support mechanisms, the financial support mechanisms, the financial support mechanisms need to match the lockdown as well. many working in the tourism sector in the summer months but if it does not reopen, stu d e nts months but if it does not reopen, students will be without an income. normally support is only provided in term time basis so students are leading campaign to extend grant payments over the summer months. the campaign has the support of sensible msps from across the parliament, so we‘ll the first minister get behind it, too, and provide financial support for students of the summer? we will look very carefully at that as we are looki

our message todayis people who rely on it. our message today is simple.ed. a critical element of that is the furlough scheme. many of the more than 6 million people currently furloughed were taken aback by comments made in the media by government spokespeople suggesting that, for example, people needed to be weaned off an addiction to this scheme. there was information that changes might have been announced to the scheme by the chancellor in the media without proper scrutiny. i have only heard about these changes in the last few seconds. we will look at them very, very carefully, but there are some critical principles that the chancellor surely must follow as he redesigns this scheme. first of all he must acknowledge that people do not want to be furloughed. it occurred through no fault of their own, but through no fault of their own, but through following comment advice on the closure of sectors. it is critically important they are not penalised for that advice. i welcome the flexibility. we have asked for this repeatedly. it applies in many other countr

todayis that. but the point of this exercise today is not to rake over those calls.st way to emerge from lockdown and how do we move forward as we do come out of lockdown. one of the issues that is raised in your discussion with the european union before i came on, is the issue of vaccines. we need to think well ahead of this. yes, we do have a vaccine workforce and a vaccine star, only appointed a couple of weeks ago, that is true, but do we have the manufacturing capability for vaccines and could we possibly build a large factory that would produce enough vaccines for europe and possibly for the developing world ? and possibly for the developing world? —— might we have a vaccine tsar. i think we could do that and there is potential. are we managing to do all these things? when i hear governments say we must cope with whatever we can do in the national health service, this is not what other countries are doing. they are saying, this is what needs to be done, therefore we have to increase the number of doctors and nurses and health care workers, they have been increa

testing numbers have gone up, we can test over 100,000 a day, so what we will hear todayis 100,000 a day, so what we will hear today they eased restrictions and get us out of lockdown is a more intelligent way of suppressing the virus by containing those local outbreaks. we will still be shielding the most vulnerable, and we will still be asked to socially distance, but this test, track, trace and isolate strategy will be a crucial element going forward. nick, thank you very much. nick triggle, our health correspondent. a resident has died at a care home on skye where 56 other residents and staff have tested positive for coronavirus. the company which runs the home, hc one, said 29 residents and 27 staff were confirmed to have the virus and residents who had tested negative were being retested. earlier, ian blackford, snp mp for ross, skye and lochaber, about the spread of the virus on the isle of skye. no place in the united kingdom is immune from this and i kept trying to get that message across, which is why we are saying to people don‘t come in self—isolate in these rural islands. let us try to deal with this a