This is bbc news. Im tim willcox with the latest headlines at 2. University lecturers warn that plans to reopen universities in september will be too dangerous without a coronavirus testing programme. We are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of coronavirus in the uk. We need to make sure our campus is covid safe. We have taken a lot of measures to protect with Hand Sanitisers and so on. Deep cleaning of our residences when we need to. Thousands of Anti Government demonstrators are gathering in minsk to protest at what they believe is the rigged re election of the belarus Prime Minister. European countries are urged to offer a place of safety to hundreds of migrants rescued by ships in the mediterranean including one paid for by the street artist banksy. The m year old, who started piano lessons at the end of last year, and spent lockdown practising, has achieved the highest piano grade possible. The design of the spitfire and the untold story of 13 year old hazel hill who helped win a war. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. University lecturers say its too dangerous for students to return to face to face studies before christmas. The university and College Union is warning campuses could become the care homes of a second wave of coronavirus. University leaders say theyve been planning for months to create a Safe Learning environment for students. Heres our education editor, branwen jeffreys. Its been quiet on campuses since march, but within weeks, students are due to return more than a million across the uk. The University Lecturers union says that should be put on hold. They want students to stay home, study online, unless theyre doing a practical course, and warn full reopening could prompt a crisis. We are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid 19 in the uk. The sheer amount of people that were asking to move across the country and then congregate together in large numbers, when we dont think there is sufficient safety
measures in place. So, were looking at big residential bubbles, were looking at students potentially mixing outside of those, and, as we say, no real way to trace or to test. The National Union of students agrees, but universities say theyre making campuses safe. More cleaning, partitions, face coverings, most offering a mix of online and face to face learning, clear rules in student accommodation. Universities say they expect students to be responsible. Every student signs a contract with that university and, this year, those contracts have been amended to include particular rules around social distancing and following the guidance thats in place at that time. The vast majority of our students are very responsible young adults. Any small minority that dont obey the requirements of that contract, we have adjusted our disciplinary
procedures and we will deal with them under those procedures. The government says its right for universities to reopen. Its going to update its advice in england. Many students cant wait to start, but student life this year wont be quite the same. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. Earlier, we heard from professor nishan cana garajah president and vice chancellor of leicester university. He explained their testing and Screening Programme for staff and students. There are these students who are going to come on campus in september, so we need to make sure our campus is covid safe. Weve taken a lot of measures to protect Hand Sanitisers and so on, deep cleaning all our residences when we need to. So that is what weve been planning for all these months, so i think we understand the risks involved, which is why we have taken all the steps necessary to minimise the risk and make sure students can come on campus. The feedback we are getting from staff and students
is they want to come back and start their education and we also want to understand we have a responsibility to support the government advice. What we want to do is to have a measured approach, where its possible and is necessary we will have face to face teaching. Certainly for example lab based subjects. For other subjects, we might be able do online, and thats the blend of approach we are proposing to do. Our Political CorrespondentTony Bonsignore is here. Universities go back any a three weeks time, ten days to two weeks. Schools, this week. A big test for the government. The government is still trying to reassure parents it is absolutely safe. We have had an open letter from the education secretary today to parents. His message is this, i know some of you are worried but do not be worried, it is safe. The real danger is if
peoples do not go back to school and the long term damage in handy. He says, listen to the experts, listen to the four chief medical officers of the united kingdom, all of whom say, the risk to children is extremely low from coronavirus and all the Scientific Evidence backs that up. Look at their work schools are doing to keep staff and children safe. For example, extra cleaning and hygiene protocols, keeping Primary SchoolChildren Together in groups, protective equipment in case there is an outbreak. All of that should reassure parents it is safe for their back to school. It is back to school for mps as well. To rumours among tory ranks about the government not really getting a grip over the past few months. The big concern is u turns. There are some concerned mps, some saying it
privately. We had one very prominent backbench conservative mps saying it publicly, Charles Walker known as a borisjohnson publicly, Charles Walker known as a Boris Johnson loyalist. Publicly, Charles Walker known as a borisjohnson loyalist. In an interview with the sunday paper he said it seems as if the government is licking its finger, sticking it in the airand is licking its finger, sticking it in the air and seeing which way the wind is blowing. It is a problem, a problem for backbench mps who worry that policies might change. He is vice chair of the committee representing conservative backbench mps. You can be sure that message will be heard in downing street. The government will have to pay back or try to claw back some of the money from the furlough scheme. We have a budget coming up and a planning bill which will upset quite a few tory mps and their voters in the shires. Planning is a story you will hear about a lot in the weeks and months
to come. There was talk of an algorithm to help sort out planning applications. I thought no one was going to talk about algorithms ever ain going to talk about algorithms ever again today, reports in sunday newspapers that the government is considering tax rises to the better off, things like Capital Gains tax, reducing pension relief, Corporation Tax will go up. There is no comment on this speculation but they might be flying a kite to see how it goes down. Sometime sunday newspapers a brief tour to see how it plays. Thousands of Anti Government demonstrators are gathering in the belarusian capital minsk, for a third sunday of protests at what they believe is the rigged re election of the belarus president. These are the latest scenes which havejust come in to us in the last hour. Tens of thousands gathering there. A line of security forces. Reports say that at least 10 people have been detained by police. Authorities have also been removing accreditation from more than a dozen journalists ahead of the protests in an effort to stop foreign media covering them. A short while ago we managed to speak to our correspondent in minsk steve rosenberg. Well in belarus, sunday has become the key day for protests against alexander lukashenko. One week ago, more than 100,000 people gathered in the centre of minsk to demand and resignation and were expecting a another big Anti Government rally here today. A lot of riot police have come out. You can see this stand off. A lot of protesters are lying down on the road, trying to stop the riot police from kneading down. We know that up ahead police had cordoned off Independence Square to try to prevent their mass gathering, the numbers we have seen on previous weekends. Now they are shouting, galloway, go away. It is something ofa galloway, go away. It is something of a stand off. Steve was talking about the line of security vehicles. We have some pictures showing that. Lets see where we are. The president galvanising his forces, absolutely no question of him standing down or indeed of a rerun at the moment of those president ial elections. A few days
ago president putin said if necessary russia would come and get involved if the security of the country was going to be threatened. Hundreds of migrants rescued in the mediterranean must be granted a place of safety. They were rescued by three boats, including one which has been paid for by the graffiti artist banksy which became overcrowded and itself had to ask for help. The crews say the International Community have been unwilling to help. European authorities do not react at all and then at the end punish the rescue organisations. So, in my opinion, and also of course the opinion of our organisation, it is needed that the european authorities are now reacting to what is happening in the Central Mediterranean and doing their duty to actually assist and rescue people and bring them to a safe european port immediately. New Research Shows that care homes
in england had the largest increase in excess deaths at the height of the pandemic, compared to the rest of the uk. The study, which was led by the university of stirling, also shows that care home residents have accounted for 40 of all coronavirus deaths in the uk. Professor david bell led the research, he says more information needs to be collected to avoid the impact of a potential second wave on the care sector. There are, for example, many more care homes than there are hospitals and there is a lot that goes on around care at home that we dont really know about. But i think the past few months have been a wake up call, that some more effort has to be put into this area, because without the data and evidence, we cannot know whether the policies we are putting in place are working. In the western us city of portland, a white man is reported to have died after a shooting on saturday night it followed skirmishes between pro trump and black lives matter protesters. It isn t clear if the shooting arose from the clashes in the city centre. Local media said the dead man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of a right wing group. There have been nightly protests in portland since may, sometimes violent, following the death of george floyd, in minneapolis when a Police Officer knelt on his neck. President trump will visit kenosha in wisconsin on tuesday, the city which has been at the centre of protests since a black man was shot in the back by a Police Officer last weekend. The white house said mr trump would meet police and see for himself damage from recent riots. The shooting left jacob blake paralysed from the waist down. For the tenth consecutive week, there have been demonstrations across israel demanding the resignation of Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The biggest protest was outside his official residence in jerusalem. Protesters want him to stand down because of his indictment
on corruption charges, which he denies. They are also angry about the governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The United States has accused russian fighterjets of making what they describe as an unsafe and unprofessional intercept, as the us airforce was flying over the black sea on friday. The us military has released footage which it says shows russian jets crossing multiple times, within 100 feet thats about 30 metres of the nose of a us b 52 bomber. The us says it was conducting routine operations over International Waters when the incident ooccured. Japans chief cabinet secretary, yoshee heeda suga, has announced he intends to run in the Ruling Party Leadership race to succeed Prime Minister shinzo abe. Mr abe, whos japans longest serving premier, said on friday he was stepping down because a chronic illness had got
worse, setting the stage for a leadership election within his liberal democratic party. The headlines on bbc news. University lecturers warn that plans to reopen universities in september will be too dangerous without a coronavirus testing programme. Thousands of Anti Government demonstrators are gathering in minsk to protest at what they believe is the rigged re election of the belarus Prime Minister. European countries are urged to offer a place of safety to hundreds of migrants rescued by ships in the mediterranean including one paid for by the street artist banksy. Norfolk police are at the scene of an illegal rave in Thetford Forest on the border of norfolk and suffolk. Officers were called to an isolated
area of the forest at about ii. 20pm last night. More than 500 people were there, along with 100 vehicles. Paramedics are also there after reports a man had become unwell. Police say they are working to close the event down in a safe and controlled manner. Its a really big week for millions of children in england, wales and Northern Ireland as they say goodbye to homeschooling and head back into the classsroom in the next few days. Whilst teachers try to make things as normal as possible, there will be some new rules for pupils to follow. So how is everyone feeling about it all . 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgans been to meet two families who are preparing to return to some kind of normality. Its been quite hard, home schooling cos theres so many distractions. Sophia spent locked down like most other families, making the most of the good weather outdoors with her sister. 0verall, ive enjoyed it. Its been a bit more relaxed than usual because usually were rushing around all the time. Pupils in wales were able to go back for a brief period before the summer break, but like most 11 year olds, sophia had to miss out on that crucial transition from primary to high school. Jumping from primary to secondary schools quite daunting at the best of times, and the fact they havent spent time at the school or met the teachers, i think that has made it a bit more scary for them. And high school will look and feel a fair bit different for the foreseeable. So, what weve done within this school is separate the school into different zones. Schools like Ysgol Maesydderwen in the swansea valley will be split into Year Group Zones and classes will stick to themselves as much as possible, keeping to that bubble to minimise the risk of transmission. The lack of interaction with children could have a detrimental effect on their development but weve got to balance at this moment in time the risk of transmitting the virus against education. When we last saw evan before the summer break,
he was enjoying time spent at home, working and playing alongside dad jason. But as much as quality time at home with dad has been great, with dad has been great, he was desperate to get back and see his mates again. Its going to be fun when i can see my friends again. I can annoy the girls. Primary School Children in wales will not have to socially distance, across campuses. A little bit of staggered time outside the school, obviously, so all the parents not congregated. But theyre starting a bit earlier, finishing a bit earlier. In high school, social distancing needs to be maintained outside the classroom. Face masks had been recommended for use
by the Welsh Government when two metres cannot be maintained for over 11s leaving the decision with local authorities and schools, with some having already decided to make masks mandatory in communal areas. After a few turbulent few weeks, this is a decision that has been criticised by some unions. Has it put a strain on your relationship with those unions that have criticised your decision . No, not at all. That is their right, to take a different view. But as i said, there are other unions who are fully supportive of the stance that we have taken, recognising the diversity of welsh education and empowering leaders in schools to make decisions that are right for their particular school. But even with all those precautions in place, for sophia and evan and all the other children across wales going back this week, the main thing theyre looking forward to is just seeing their friends again. Tomos morgan, bbc news, ystradgynlais. The governments eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme to subsidise meals in restaurants comes to an end tomorrow. Under the scheme, millions of people have enjoyed discounted dining on mondays,
tuesdays and wednesdays in august. With 50 off food and non alcoholic drinks up to £10. One of the restaurateurs who has taken part is fash khalili, owner of borge restaurant in stockton on tees. As well as serving italian food, borge has been named home of the world s best parmo four times 7 that s the special teesside delicacy made from chicken and melted parmesan. Fash joins us now from stockton. Your picture is a bit blurry but maybe that is the weather. How successful has the game been for you . Good. After being closed for so many months, it was good news. Getting back together again and it has been fantastic. I am so happy
about it and i have also managed to employ two more staff. You are breaking up. Im going to persevere. You have been able to employ two more staff. That is fantastic news. I have employed two more staff and got all my staff back as well. This scheme will end tomorrow, what will happen over the next few months . Well, i hope. This is so. This is so disappointing, i am really sorry but the connection we have got with you is not up to much. Ill tell you what, we will try and get back to you, maybe in another half
an hourorso, i back to you, maybe in another half an hour or so, i will talk to the producers here. We have seen some nice pictures of your restaurant in stockton on tees and i want to hear more about parmo when we get back. What a shame. Each year, Migrant Workers send more than half a trillion dollars from their work in rich counties to their families back home. But covid 19 has put a stranglehold on this important lifeline. The bbc s Christopher Bobyn has been looking at how Foreign Workers in scotland have been coping. Im from bolivia originally. I was born there. I decided to come here and work and find my life here. Albina mendoza has been living in South Queensferry for three years. Her income as a latin Dance Teacher has been a lifeline to her mother living in rural bolivia. I was very busy before the lockdown. My work, its stopped, and im still trying to do my best. Im living on my savings, but i cant send something to my mum now. Albinas teaching didnt meet criteria for self employment support, in turn, leaving her mother reliant on forming her own food. Albina is one of the 3. 5 million non uk nationals working in britain. In 2018, they contributed to 10 billion us dollars in remittances that were sent out from the uk to relatives around the world. Danny has been fishing with scottish crews out of greenock for two years. His income pays for his entire family in indonesia. I have two children and a wife, and my wages, every week, i sent home. And the virus started coming, and lockdown, and lostjob. My wife talking about no money. Despite being unable to fish for a full month because of lockdown, dannys boat owner still paid his salary so money could be sent home. If dannys got no money, that family cant eat. Hes also got his childrens education to pay for every week. In 2019, global remittances to low and middle Income Countries totalled over 550 billion us dollars. This year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, remittances to those countries
is expected to fall by 20 , a value of over 100 billion us dollars. Remittances are suffering because the world are suffering, and governments came to rely on them, because governments realised, hey, wait a minute, my population, or a significant portion of my population, is receiving those remittances, and by the way, those remittances are for many countries, at least 80 countries, they are over 10 of their gdp. As the world takes stock of recessions and unemployment resulting from coronavirus, scotlands Foreign Workers will be concerned with something more immediate, even if a world away family. I like myjob. I had only far with my family. Thats my problem. As my mum says, money isjust money, and it goes and it comes. If we finish this, this period,
all together, its going to be fine. Now, whats the best thing you achieved during lockdown . Learning how to bake . Dusting off your Running Shoes . Well, 14 year old Hamish Brodie has just achieved the highest grade possible on the piano after only taking up the instrument two years ago when his mother died. He did it, in part, with a piece of music he composed in memory of his mum heres his story. It was 2018 when i lost my mum. That was at sort of the same time i was discovering music and just really flourishing in that, so i think i put a lot of emotion and my feelings into that. It was not as sad, almost, because i had something to focus on, a drive which i could almost think, every day, after i came home from school, right, this is what i am going to do and im going to do it really good. She was really, really great, really great cook and really great music taste as well, like eva cassidy and all that. Ive got a lot of different styles of music and inspirations from my dad and my mum, and im reallyjust trying to soak in as much different genres as possible. I think, once you get something so ingrained in your muscle memory, no matter what it is, if it is Music Production or piano, once everything is there and you can just go for it. Playing by ear, as well, i find that a bit easier than playing by music. Playing just with feeling, almost. Music is just an instinct to me, rather than the reading or the theory. It is more just a feeling that it evokes in people, like, when someone plays tennis or when someone rides a bike, i think we all have that thing and weve just got to find it almost. The musical and wonderfully articulate Hamish Brodie. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello. With High Pressure building in across the uk, august is coming to a mainly dry end. Not very warm out there but the brisk, northerly breeze is easing. This is where temperatures are at to end the day with a mixture of cloud and a few sunny spells. A few showers around. Northern scotland and
into Northern Ireland, maybe the odd one brushing the north sea coasts. Through tonight the showers have gone and we are left with a mix of cloud and clear spells. It will be another chilly night for late august. Widely down into single figures commit mid to low single figures in the chillier spots into the morning. With High Pressure across us tomorrow, the bank holiday, except in scotland, is going to be a fine day. Quite a bit of cloud around and a few sunny spells. Rain approaching Northern Ireland but that does not look like it will get in until monday night. As for the temperatures, though higher it is a decidedly cool Bank Holiday Monday mid to high teens at the best. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. University lecturers warn that plans to reopen universities in september will be too dangerous without a coronavirus
testing programme. We are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid 19 in the uk. We need to make sure our campus is covid safe. So we are taking a lot of measures to kind of protect, Hand Sanitisers and so on, deep cleaning all of our residences when we need to. Thousands of Anti Government demonstrators are gathering in minsk to protest at what they believe to be the rigged re election of the belarus president. European countries are urged to offer a place of safety to hundreds of migrants, rescued by ships in the mediterranean, including one paid for by the street artist banksy. And the 14 year old who started piano lessons at the end of last year, and spent lockdown practising,