Some conservative mps say its causing too much damage to the economy. Calls increase in the us to take down confederate statues because of their connnections to slavery. Jk rowling reveals she has experienced Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault, in an essay explaining her views about gender. And even her majesty now uses zoom the queen thanks carers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic to mark carers week. Its been interesting listen to all your tales and stories, and im very impressed by what you have achieved already. Im very glad to have been able to join you today. And in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, as premier league clubs meet to rubber stamp the return to action next week, losses of £1 billion are revealed across the division. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The dramatic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cancer care has been revealed, with new figures showing a huge fall in the number of people in england being assessed by a specialist after being referred by their gp. Numbers fell by 60 in april compared with the same period last year, and the number of patients starting treatment fell by 20 in that period. Nhs england and Cancer Charities are worried that people with concerns arent contacting their doctor because of fears about coronavirus, and are urging anyone with possible symptoms to seek help. Heres our Health Correspondent lauren moss. Pauline is a 75 and has lung cancer. At first, she was apprehensive about having treatment during the pandemic. Ive got to take the chance, havent i . The hospital situation is far too crowded. Weve only got chemotherapy patients coming in and going out. Pauline is on board the chemo bus at North Middlesex hospital. This is one of the ways the nhs is mobilising care after the initial surge of covid 19 patients hit the hospital hard. After the initial surge of covid 19 patients hit the hospital hardm was like a tsunami. I dont think we ever thought it would hit out at the fa st ever thought it would hit out at the fast rate it actually did. We are definitely out reduced capacity in what we were doing sort of pre covid, but we had to do that in order to be able to treat as many people as possible. But figures released this morning have revealed for the first timejust released this morning have revealed for the first time just how severely Cancer Services have been affected in england. 79,500 urgent referrals we re in england. 79,500 urgent referrals were made by gps in april, 60 lower than the year before. Urgent Breast Cancer referrals had an even larger drop, down by 78 to 3700. In a number of people waiting no more than two months from gp are fed up to first Cancer Treatment was down to first Cancer Treatment was down to under 11,000, 20 lower. And it has not just impacted to under 11,000, 20 lower. And it has notjust impacted new patients. 54 year old joanne from stockport has been taking medication for three yea rs has been taking medication for three years stabilise her incurable cancer. But it was paused in april to minimise her risk of catching covid. I have a family, i have a husband, and i dont want to be any situation where my life is shortened any more than it should be. I need to get on top of the pain that ive got, and if i go back on the treatment, that pain will diminish andi treatment, that pain will diminish and i will just treatment, that pain will diminish and i willjust get my quality of life back. Remote chemo, a precise high dose form of radiotherapy, and surgical hubs are among the ways the nhs is restarting services. Consultations are done by telephone 01 consultations are done by telephone or video call. Patients have their blood taken or video call. Patients have their blood ta ken in or video call. Patients have their blood taken in a separate building, and then receive chemotherapy in these mobile units here, everything taking place army from the main hospital. Away from the main hospital. Away from the main hospital. Coronavirus will be with us hospital. Coronavirus will be with us for months if not years to come, so us for months if not years to come, so the nhs will need to retain the ability to look after local flare ups, and throughout this, staff have pulled out all the stops, but they have also innovated in the way in which care has been provided. But there is a warning that cancer must not become the forgotten c of the pandemic. If you have any lumps 01 the pandemic. If you have any lumps or bumps or unexplained pains, anything that is worrying you, get in touch with your gp today. The rest of the uk will publish waiting times in the coming weeks. It is likely to be a long road to recovery for cancer care. Lauren moss, bbc news. In the last half hour, the government has released figures from the first week of the new nhs test and trace programme. 0ur Health Correspondent nick triggle is here. Nick, what have we learnt . This test and trace system is crucial for containing local outbreaks of coronavirus going forward. Now, when somebody is tested positive, they are contacted by the contact tracers and they are close contacts a re by the contact tracers and they are close contacts are identified to see if they are at risk of being infected with the virus, they are then asked to self isolate. We have data from the first week, the 28th of may to the 3rd ofjune. 8100 people who tested positive were passed on to the Contact Tracing system, and of those, 51100 provided details. 32,000 contacts were then identified, but only 27,000 actually reached. The data also looked at how many were reached within 2a hours. This is considered to be crucial for containing and suppressing the virus. Eight out of ten were reached in 2a hours, and of those, 85 agreed to self isolate. How should we interpret this . It seems concerning that significant numbers of people who test positive are not then providing contact details. 0ne in three people did not provide contact details. But when they do provide those details, the system seems to be quite good at reaching them. I think in the coming weeks, we will be keeping a close eye on these figures come out looking to see if they are improving. At the bottom line will be whether the number of infections each day we are seeing diagnosed will be going up or down. All right, nick, thank you very much. The government is facing increasing pressure from within its own party to relax the two metre distancing rule in england, to help businesses and schools re open. The former conservative leader sir Iain Duncan Smith has warned that the uk faces shattering consequences if it doesnt soon change the guidance to one metre, which is recommended by the World Health Organization. But government ministers insist theyre following the best available guidance from scientists. Heres our political correspondentjessica parker. Remember this . When people could crowd into pubs and restaurants. You wont see that again anytime soon, but with more shops opening from next week, and measuring up hopes for hospitality in july, next week, and measuring up hopes for hospitality injuly, there a question. That is two metres. How distant does social distance and it to be . For our businesses, it is the difference between survival and failure. With a two metre rule, one third of our premises will not be able to reopen. That is a million jobs at risk, and businesses will be opening at an average revenue of 30 of their normal revenue, whereas at one metre, they are opening at 70 of normal revenue. The uk has the same two metre rule at spain and canada. That drops to 1. 5 metres if you are in australia, italy, and germany. And then further reduces to one metre if you are in china, france, singapore. Meanwhile, official guidance from the World Official guidance from the world of the World Health Organization is to leave at least three feet between yourself and others. We know you need to get an infectious dose to pick up the virus. That infectious dose of the new coronavirus is pretty low, perhaps as low as 20 virus particles to guarantee that a person is going to get infected. So the further you are away from someone, or the further you are away from someone, or the more fleeting your contact, the lower the likelihood that you are going to pick up the infection. There is the priority of bearing down on the virus, but also fears that the two metre rule could clog up efforts to get the economy going. Scientists will give their assessment of the risks, but ultimately, it is a political decision. A devolved matter, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland cannot do different things. For england, Boris Johnson said cannot do different things. For england, borisjohnson said that, as infection rates are driven down, it will need to be kept under constant review. There are clearly discussions going on about this, but at the same time, there is nothing which we can say at this point which changes the advice we are offering the public. I am not seeking to evade that question, we all recognise that there is of course an important discussion to be had about it, but we are not changing the advice that we are offering the public. But bars and shops will need enough customers, and some tory mps are arguing fora enough customers, and some tory mps are arguing for a shift in the balance. Our economy is facing a complete crash. The debts we are racking up in how we are supporting people, the fact that no work or very little work is taking place. If we dont get the economy moving, we will be unable to afford any of the things that we need to support public services, so getting the balance right is important. And also schooling, by the way. If we had had a one or1. 5 schooling, by the way. If we had had a one or 1. 5 metre rule for schools, it would have made it much easier for them to have open. Two metres remains the markerfor for them to have open. Two metres remains the marker for now, but it is possible the rule could be rewritten. Jessica parker, bbc news. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is at westminster. Do you think the government will give in to the pressure in the distance might change . It is a huge call. At the moment, it seems Boris Johnson finds himself pretty much caught between his mps and his scientists. His mps increasingly demanding they ease the rule for four years of crashing the economy, and they think they have the backing of the chancellor, rishi sunak, large sections of the media also pressing for easing, and of course the Hospitality Industry too, because they say they simply cannot open otherwise. Against that, mr johnsons scientists are saying no, no, no, it is far too early. The r fa ctor no, no, it is far too early. The r factor is only just no, no, it is far too early. The r factor is onlyjust below one. Infections are coming down, but terribly slowly. At the moment, it seems mrjohnson is throwing his lot in with the scientists. Why . Because the big fear in the downing street is ofa the big fear in the downing street is of a resurgence in the virus, a second wave. Also, i think the calculation of mrjohnson is that he wa nts to calculation of mrjohnson is that he wants to wait for this test and trace scheme to be up and running, and as we heard earlier, at the moment, it is quite a long way off being a world beating. The final reason why i think mrjohnson is going to say no, not yet, to easing the two metre rule is a reluctance to break ranks with his scientists, because how often have we seen throughout this crisis where there has been a difficult crunch decision to make, mrjohnson has almost hidden behind his scientists saying, iam hidden behind his scientists saying, i am following the scientific advice. So i suspect borisjohnson will stick with his scientists until they decide to change the two metre rule. Norman, thank you. Norman smith. In a further easing of the lockdown rules in england, People Living alone will, from saturday, be able to form what the Prime Minister has called a support bubble with one other household. Borisjohnson says the measure is aimed at those whove been particularly lonely during lockdown. Jon donnison examines now what the change in guidance means in practice. For many, life under lockdown has been a lonely one. People finding company where they can. As the government continues to ease restrictions, the talk now is of support bubbles. From this weekend, we will allow single adult households, so adults living alone, or Single Parents with children under 18 to form a support bubble, a support bubble with one other household. So how will it work . From saturday in england, People Living alone or Single Parents will be able to form a support bubble with one other household and behave as if they lived together. The especially vulnerable or shielded wont be included. There is no need to register. The government says it will trust people to act responsibly. Its aimed at lone grandparents, couples living apart and Single Parents. But its going to leave people facing some difficult decisions. Ive got three options. My biggest, my toughest problem is my mother, who is 92, an amazing lady, who lives in sussex, which is a long, long way from me. So if i choose to have my bubble with her, the logistics of getting up to see her and back down to dorset really dont make sense. So then ive got my son and my daughter, who both live locally and both have children, so thats a hard choice as well. And for people like chris beck, whose son barnaby has down syndrome and is in a Residential Care home, support bubbles wont be allowed, so hes having to find other ways. 12 weeks without seeing him, and we went for a walk in the park yesterday, at distance, so he has done his bit. And we had a laugh and he was talking about, we are going to meet for fathers day, we are going to have a distant picnic somewhere between here and brighton. And as long as you meet outside, the lockdown rules say you can gather in groups of up to six people, if you stay two metres apart. Jon donnison, bbc news. The time is 1. 15. Our top story this lunchtime theres been major disruption to cancer care in england during the coronavirus pandemic, with the latest figures showing a big fall in the number of patients being seen. Coming up lights, cameras and social distancing as filming resumes for coronation street. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, the biggest fight in a generation is confirmed for next year, but only if anthonyjoshua and tyson fury win their next fights. In the United States, there are increasing calls to remove confederate statues and monuments, because of their connections to slavery. Its part of the Anti Racism Movement triggered by the Police Killing of george floyd in minnesota. But President Trump is insisting that army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil war wont be changed, because theyre part of americas heritage. Our correspondent david willis sent this report. They are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep african america ns enslaved. Now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down and carried away, as a nation incensed by the death of george floyd seeks to turn its back on the past. The monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, was taken away by police after being toppled in richmond, virginia. But the memory of slavery and segregation lives on through army bases which bear the name of confederate officers, such as braxton bragg. There are ten of them in total and calls are now growing for those bases to be renamed. Retired Us Army General david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, is among those in favour of renaming the bases. In an essay published in the atlantic magazine, he wrote. Authorisation for a name change would have to come from the military, and senior officials have indicated they might favour such a move. But all ten bases are in southern and former confederate states, many of which supported donald trump in 2016, and the president is radically opposed to the idea. The United States of america trained and deployed our heroes on these hallowed grounds and won two world wars, he tweeted. Therefore my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. But symbols of the confederacy are under growing threat. The confederate battle flag, otherwise known as the stars and bars, has now been banned by nascar, the organisation that runs stock car racing in this country, and the leader of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is calling for statues representing confederate leaders to be removed from the Capitol Building in washington, dc. The landscape is changing here in the wake of george floyd in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim legacy of its past. David willis, bbc news. Jk rowling has revealed that she experienced Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault, in an essay defending her comments about tra nsgender issues. It comes after the author was accused of transphobia, following a series of controversial tweets. Our media editor amol rajan is here. Explain more about the context of all of this. There is a long and detailed context, let me try and give as much as i can. Jk rowling says the low level harassment of her started a couple of years ago when she absentmindedly liked a tweet which some people saw as a provocation. She started following a young feminist who had strong views, madeleine burns, who sadly died last september. That was seen by some of the provocation. In december last year she tweeted her support for a tax avoidance specialist, sorry, tax specialist, whose job contract wasnt renewed after she tweeted transgender people wasnt renewed after she tweeted tra nsgender people cant wasnt renewed after she tweeted transgender people cant change their biological sex. This massively accelerated on saturday, when rolling tweeted a link to an article which had in its headline the words people who menstruate and she tweeted, people who menstruate, im sure they used to be a word for that, someone help me out. That led to an outcry. Over the next 2a hours she asserted her respect and affection for transgender people but said biological sex is real, which is the core of her position. This was a hurricane, it was nasty, it lasted a long time and interestingly several actors who have worked on the harry potter franchise like Daniel Radcliffe or Eddie Redmayne all came out and said they were against her position, they disagreed with it. In that long essay you mentioned earlier, 3670 words, she wrote it and it came out yesterday, she talked about her past as an educator working in the Charity Sector and she revealed she basically endured Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault in the past and that informs her position, thats the first time she spoken about that. Its worth saying this is a toxic, difficult and complex area where people on both sides receive a horrendous amount of abuse and im afraid twitter is not the place this conversation, it descended into word against word, twitter is slow to remove abuse, there is huge scope for abuse and if there is a moral to this story its moral, complex and emotive subjects, the less useful twitter is to discuss it. Amol rajan, thank you. Many of us have missed seeing family since lockdown but imagine being separated from your child before youve even met. 71 days after their son was born to a surrogate mother 8,000 miles away, an argentinian couple have finally made it to ukraine to bring home their baby. Our correspondentjonah fisher was at the familys first meeting. Cheering its the final leg on the long journey to parenthood forjose and flavia. Theyve come all the way from argentina to ukraine to meet their baby son for the very first time. Manu was born ten weeks ago to a surrogate mother, and hes been staying in a kyiv hotel room with dozens of other babies, all of them left stranded after the coronavirus closed international borders, stopping their parents from reaching them. Thanks to a businessman laying on a special flight, jose and flavia are finally ready to see manu. She cries jose and flavia chose ukraine because its one of the few places in the world where commercial surrogacy is legal. A baby here costs about 50,000. Congratulations. This may sound like a silly question, but has it all been worth it . But the surrogacy industry in ukraine is largely unregulated, and happy endings arent guaranteed. Four year old bridget was conceived through the same agency as manu. Nobody is coming to get her. Born prematurely, and with Serious Health problems, bridgets American Parents rejected her, and shes now in an orphanage. Translation it shouldnt be a case of, if i like the child, i take them. If i dont, i abandon them. Its utterly wrong. I really hope bridget will find a family who will love her and take care of her. Two surrogacies with very different results. Forced into the spotlight by the coronavirus crisis, ukraines baby business brings both smiles and sadness. Jonah fisher, bbc news, in kyiv. The owner of British Gas Centrica has announced the loss of 5,000 jobs at the energy giant this year. More than half of the job losses will come from the businesss leadership roles, as the Company Revealed it would strip out three layers of middle managers, in an effort to cut bureaucracy. A major hotel chain has warned that up to 1,800 jobs could go, because there is little prospect of the industry returning to normal any time soon. Macdonald hotels has 31 Properties Across the uk, including in aviemore and close to the holyrood parliament. They closed at the start of lockdown, and most of its 2,200 staff were put on furlough. Britains biggest sporting event since england won the 1966 world cup thats how boxing promoter frank warren describes the two fight deal agreed between britains two world champions, tyson fury and anthonyjoshua. But the fights are not guaranteed to go ahead. Warren says the boxers mustnt lose other matches theyve already signed up for this year. Andy swiss has more. It would be boxings ultimate showdown. Between them, anthonyjoshua and tyson fury hold all four world heavyweight titles, and now a plan to find out whos best, announced in typically understated style. The biggest fight in british boxing history has just been agreed. Literally over the line, two fight deal, tyson fury versus anthonyjoshua next year. There are still caveats, though. Joshua first has to face challenger kubrat pulev, while fury has another fight against deontay wilder, who he beat in february. But that isnt stopping the hype. Nothing compares at all to the situation of two british fighters contesting for the world heavyweight championship. An undisputed heavyweight world championship. So this is certainly the biggest fight of my generation. This isjust mega. I think it will be the biggest sporting event in this country since england won the world cup in 66. There is controversy, though. Fury says he has had help arranging the fight from daniel kinahan, a man identified during an irish court case as having been involved in organised crime, although he has no criminal conviction. Anthonyjoshua there are questions over whether this all british fight would actually be in britain. Joshuas last fight was in saudi arabia, and offers have already been reported from the middle east, china, and the usa. Plenty is unclear, then, but the scale of a potentially huge occasion for british sport is beyond dispute. Andy swiss, bbc news. So much has ground to a halt during lockdown, and that includes the making of films and tv programmes. But this week, the countrys most watched soap, coronation street, has been getting back to some sort of normality. The producers say coronavirus will be mentioned in the soap, but wont dominate. And just as so many of us have had to become tech savvy in order to speak to friends and loved ones, so have actors, with video calls featuring in storylines. Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson reports. Its corrie in the covid era. After a gap of almost three months, the nations most watched soap is back filming. Emma brooker walking into a wall in front of sally webster. Ow oh, ah, that. And corrie celebrated with their first ever broadcast press conference on zoom. Thats me looking awkward, top row, second from the left. Can you spot the two corrie stars . The head of itv in the north explained the new safety procedures theyve put in place. Were maintaining the two metre distance. Weve got people with poles going around. Actually, i saw some rather fearsome footage of dave the Security Guard wielding his pole this morning. And you wouldnt want to mess with that guy and his pole. The average numbers on set have been reduced from a0 to 15. All filming on location has been suspended, and older characters will only appear on the show when they facetime their friends. Oh, and roys rolls will only serve takeaways, although planned plot lines have not changed much. I dont think people tune into coronation street wanting to see more people banging on about the pandemic, actually, and we were very keen that what we wanted to do was carry on telling as many of the same stories that we were planning to tell as possible. The actors whove already filmed this week have enjoyed it. We were nervous, relieved. We did it in plenty of time, its possible. Lets move on. And the amount of actors that were asking me, texting me, how did it go, how did you get on . Im just relieved, were back. Lovely, really lovely. Press conference over, i was given one on one time with jane danson, who plays Leanne Battersby. How do you think Leanne Battersby would have coped in lockdown . Thats a really good question well, shes stroppy at the best of times, so i think she would have found this quite difficult, and i appreciate for a lot of people being sort of locked in with young children, its kind of hard to occupy them at the best of times, isnt it . So i think she probably would have. Shes got a lot on her plate at the minute, but i think, had that not being going on, i think she probably wouldnt have coped very well. But, yeah, i think ive coped with it a little bit better than she would. Well find out exactly how corrie has coped when these episodes start being shown onjuly 24th. Colin paterson, bbc news. The queen has been seen for the first time taking part in a zoom call. She joined Princess Anne and four carers on a conference call, to mark the start of this years carers week. Her majesty and the Princess Royal heard about the carers experiences, and the pressures theyve faced looking after loved ones during the pandemic. There are seven million unpaid carers in the uk, and during the call, the queen paid tribute to them