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From rspca centre. Good morning. A fresh start or more frustrating promises . Almost 600 million has been promised to improve rail passengers journeys in the north. There will also be a new body making sure northern voices are listened to. The problem is commuters say they have heard it all before. Its finally happened. Liverpool have their hands officially on the premier League Trophy. And it is a cloudy and damp start to thursday for a huge chunk of the uk. But where you get the sunshine today, biglia crosley south and east, it will feel quite well. I will have all the here on breakfast. Good morning. Its thursday, july 23rd. Our top story britain is in danger of becoming a cultural wasteland because the government failed to act quickly enough to help the arts and Entertainment Industry survive the lockdown. A report by mps says many organisations, including theatres and museums, are facing an existential threat to their survival. Jon donnison reports. Forfour months, for four months, theatres and performance venues have laid empty. Now a report from a panel of cross party m ps now a report from a panel of Cross Party Mps is warning our Cultural Landscape is facing its biggest threat in a generation stop it says the government was too slow to provide support for the arts industry and that without more help many parts of britain could become cultural wastelands. Theatres in england will be allowed to reopen it next month, but only with limited audiences. But this week lorde Andrew Lloyd Webber told the bbc they just wont be financially viable, with social distancing rules in place. What i cant understand is why is it that its safe to go on an aeroplane and that you come into a theatre such as this, where the air is pure, you will be required to wear a mask when you come in and you go through all the measures we are putting in place, why is it unsafe to go to the theatre . Ijust putting in place, why is it unsafe to go to the theatre . I just simply dont get it. To go to the theatre . I just simply dont get it. Many in the arts have been calling for greater support. Todays report says they need to be more financial help for him freelancers who work in the sector who have not been eligible for existing government schemes. It also raised the prospect of cash strapped museums being forced to sell off their collections. And mps have won their collections. And mps have won the pandemic has left many sports vulnerable, saying the Financial Model for football, vulnerable, saying the Financial Model forfootball, in particular, might needed to be reset. The Government Department for culture, media and sport says it doesnt agree with the committees findings. It argues it has worked with urgency providing support for its sectors and has saved hundreds of thousands ofjobs and has saved hundreds of thousands of jobs with furloughing and has saved hundreds of thousands ofjobs with furloughing and loan schemes. Jon donnison, bbc news. Our reporter ben bland is at the coliseum theatre in londons west end for us this morning. Very empty, of course, as you would expect in normal times at this time in the morning, ben, but theatres have been particularly hit hard. They have indeed. This is the largest theatre in londons west end, into the English National opera. Like that is up and down the country, if you cant have audiences m, country, if you cant have audiences in, you cant on shows, you simply cant make money. Theatres, all with ticket sales in 2018, made more than £1 billion in sales. Injust the first 12 weeks of lot down, they lost 300 million. So their finances are being hit really hard. The Committee Report out today acknowledges that answers specifically for some 300,000 workers employed within the theatre and arts sector there are considerations, two thirds of them are self employed and so specific measures need to be brought in to help support them if they want to avoid mass redundancies will stop another key point was about increasing or extending the vat cut on ticket sales to help encourage people back into theatres. So there are considerations for the theatres themselves in this report. But of course it acknowledges there are wider effects on the economy. Of course, people go out to the theatre, they may stop for a drink on the way in all the way home and then go out for dinner. So it has a knock on effect on the surrounding economy of course tourism, people are drawn to london from many parts of the world because of its vibrant theatre scene. If there is lasting damage done to that there is an impact on tourism and the money that brings in as well. They should say, its not just about brings in as well. They should say, its notjust about london. This is an issue that affects theatres right across the uk. We saw southhamptons nuffield theatre announced it will have to close and the Birmingham Hippodrome announcing that job have to close and the Birmingham Hippodrome announcing thatjob are very likely to be lost. Thank you very likely to be lost. Thank you very much. Ben bland there. From tomorrow wearing Face Coverings in shops and supermarkets will be mandatory in england, with anyone failing to comply facing a fine of up to £100. But ministers have been accused of mixed messages over whether they need to be worn in takeaways and Sandwich Shops. Our Political Correspondent helen cattjoins us now from westminster. Good morning to you. We know the new regulations come in, guess it is as of midnight tonight, but these guidelines we were hoping for a not yet released. Is that right . We are expecting those guidelines today and that should clear up some of the confusion that has been over the last week or so about, or effectively, when is a shop a shop and therefore when you have to wear and therefore when you have to wear a face mask. The stems back to last week when the Health Secretary, matt hancock, was asked about takeaways and Sandwich Shops. And he said, yes, if you are going into a ta keaway yes, if you are going into a takeaway or a Sandwich Shop you would need to wear a face mask. Downing street later seemed to say that, well, actually they didnt seem that, well, actually they didnt seem to think that was the case. The distinction is if you are eating at a cafe or Sandwich Shop would need to wear a mask because you are sitting down at table service, is hospitality, not a shop. In the guidance issued later today it will make it clear that if you go into a Sandwich Shop or takeaway food shop you will have to wear a face mask. We are expecting two sets of lines, one for us the public, and one for businesses as well. It is pretty clear is that the owners, if you like, will be on us as individuals to wear face there is that threat of a £100 fine, although there have been questions asked about how enforcea ble been questions asked about how enforceable this is going to be and this does only apply to england. In scotla nd this does only apply to england. In scotland it has already been mandatory to wear facemasks in the shops since the 10th ofjuly and in wales there are not any plans to make it compulsory. wales has moved much on face mask in general. They will only be making them compulsory on public transport from monday. Helen, thank you. The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the uk union, borisjohnson has said ahead of his visit to scotland today. The trip, a year on since he became pm, will see mrjohnson meet members of the armed forces and their families. But the snp said the visit showed mrjohnson was in a panic about rising support for scottish independence. Hundreds of liverpool fans gathered outside anfield last night to celebrate the clubs premier league win, despite warnings to stay at home. A Large Police Presence was outside the stadium, as the club played chelsea in their final home game of the season. A 48 hour dispersal zone around the ground was brought in to clear the crowds of people, who were chanting and letting off fireworks. Meanwhile, hundreds of Leeds United Fans also turned out to their home ground last night, to celebrate the teams promotion to the premier league. The club defended their decision for the players to stand in an open top bus at elland road, saying a brief appearance with the championship trophy would help signal an end to proceedings and encourage fans to head home safely. The number of women trying to seek emergency accommodation after fleeing Domestic Abuse rose sharply in the first week ofjuly compared to the end ofjune, as lockdown restrictions were eased. The Charity Refuge also says its had more than 40,000 calls and online appeals for help during the first three months of lockdown. Our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. Lockdown has affected my whole life and made the abuse more obvious than ever before. As lockdown eases, we are learning what life has been like for Domestic Abuse victims. Some have finally managed to break free. Others are continuing to be tormented by their abusers. Claire says her ex partner has exploited the delay in court cases during the lockdown to breach custody arrangements. At one point refusing to hand over their five year old daughter. Lockdown has opened the doorfor him to daughter. Lockdown has opened the door for him to control me daughter. Lockdown has opened the doorfor him to control me more daughter. Lockdown has opened the door for him to control me more than he did when we were together. Im a nervous wreck. I had her over and im thinking am i going to see her again was met she is one of thousands who have contacted the national Domestic Abuse hotline, run by the Charity Refuge. Staff have been working from home, offering round the clock support. And as the lockdown reduces, the demand for refuge places is on the rise. lockdown reduces, the demand for refuge places is on the rise. If we have learned anything from covert i hope that it is that Domestic Abuse isa hope that it is that Domestic Abuse is a huge issue. We anticipate that as lockdown lifts, demand will increase yet further and women will need emergency accommodation so that they can escape abuse. For so many, home hasnt been a place for safety under lockdown. The government came up under lockdown. The government came up with around £30 million during the pandemic to help victims. Refuge and other Domestic Abuse charities are now calling for a long term funding plan. June kelly, bbc news. Details of organisations offering support and information about Domestic Abuse are available at bbc. Co. Uk actionline. President donald trump is to send a surge of federal Security Forces to us cities in a crackdown on crime. The president said the officers would go to chicago, kansas city and albuquerque, in new mexico. But other federal deployments in portland, oregon, have proved controversial local Officials Say they have raised tensions there. Heres our north american correspondent, david willis. Amidst the chaotic demonstrations against Police Brutality that have been taking place in portland, a federal agent in military fatigues, sentin federal agent in military fatigues, sent in on a missian to protect federal property. Critics say their presence here has only served to exacerbate tensions. Resident trunk, however, defence that employment and is now planning to send federal Law Enforcement officers to other American Cities to combat what he calls a rampage of violent crime. We wa nted calls a rampage of violent crime. We wanted to make Law Enforcement stronger, not weaker. What cities are doing is absolute insanity. Many of the same politicians who wanted to slash resources for Law Enforcement have also declared that their cities are sanctuaries for criminal illegal aliens. The next city on the list, chicago, where 15 people were shot outside a funeral parlour on tuesday night. As in portland, President Trump blames the violence on the failure of local democratic leadership and while chicagos mayor is cautiously welcoming the officers, the leaders of some other major cities are saying no way. So what we see in portland is that the federal presence is actually making the situation worse. And we cannot allow that here in new york city nor anywhere else in the country. They wa nted anywhere else in the country. They wanted to be very, very clear that we will not allow this to happen in our city. Anyway, George Floyds death at the hands of White Police Officers back in may, some have called for the defunding of the police. In response, donald trump has sought to depict himself as a law and order president and the democrats as weak on crime. My vision for americas cities could not be more different from the lawlessness being pushed by the extreme radical left. While others wa nt to extreme radical left. While others want to defund, defame, and abolish the police, i wanted to support and honour our great police. For a president who once saw the booming economy as his ticket to second term, the protests over Police Racism represent an opportunity to fashion a new political strategy, as well as the chance to boost his standing in the opinion polls. Recent polls show him trailing his democratic rivaljoe biden by a substantial margin. Much could hinge on the presents assertion that the deployment of federal agents will help diffuse tension in americas major cities, rather than fuel it. David willis, bbc news. Do you want to see something dramatic . We are looking at new york. Nature at work. This is like a film like armageddon. More storms of forecasts in the city until the early hours of friday. What a dramatic picture. Lets move on to other news this morning. Ventilators have been a crucial asset during the coronavirus pandemic, and now experts in cambridge have come together to design a new model that helps two people, instead of one. Designed by Royal Papworth Hospital and the university of cambridge, the machine is still being tested, but could eventually be used around the world. Our science correspondent, richard westcott, reports. When covid 19 first bit, many countries, including the uk, were worried theyd run out of hospital ventilators. Theyre the life saving machines that breathe for you. A second covid wave could still leave hospitals short. Which is where this new device comes in. Its one ventilator but for two people. You can see clearly here what makes this device unique. So imagine these bellows are human lungs. Now, the one closest to me isnt going up very much at all, so that represents a smaller person with a smaller lung capacity. The far one is going up far more. Thats a bigger person with a bigger lung capacity. So one ventilator able to cope with two very different people with very different needs. Its been designed by doctors from Royal Papworth Hospital and engineers from the university of cambridge. This device allows us to instantaneously double the capacity of the ventilators. In an International Humanitarian disaster situation or a mass casualty situation, we are fortunate that weve got enough ventilators. But there are other parts of the world, in developing countries, where they might struggle with resources, as well as infections like covid at the same time, you could see the potential for a device like this to be used to save lives. Well, we made it as simple as possible. We wanted it to be something that you could very quickly connect an emergency situation, or disconnect. As were doing here. Now, all of the parts are things that you can source around the hospital or very easily around the country. Then we also made it very portable. Working with cambridge design partnership, we came up with ways of making it easy to move around and deliver to wherever its wanted. We dont often get a chance to do Something Like this where you have a real problem thats going to help you straightaway, and you have the worlds experts there to tell you whats needed right now. And, of course, as with everyone, you just want to help, so everyone immediately focused on it and delivered. It still needs two years of testing before it can be used in britain, but theyve put the Design Online so that other countries can also make it. Richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. Lets take a look at todays papers. The Daily Telegraph leads on further changes to where people in england should wear Face Coverings. The new rules are being introduced tomorrow and customers will be required to wear them in takeaways and Sandwich Shops, the paper reports. The picture is of the duke of edinburgh, laughing with buglers from the rifles yesterday. We wont shop you, says the mirror as it reports retail bosses have told staff to turn a blind eye to customers refusing to wear Face Coverings. The guardian says thousands of close contacts of those confirmed to have coronavirus, are still not being reached by nhs test and trace. The papers exclusive says many of those missed are in the areas with most infections. The Liverpool Echo has a special souvenir edition today, the front page wrap around features a photo of the liverpool squad celebrating, after lifting the premier League Trophy last night. We are talking a lot about the arts and Entertainment Industry. In terms of getting people to still stay engaged in the arts, museums have done something quite interesting. Have you heard about the race to the bottom . You have you heard about the race to the bottom . You have have you heard about the race to the bottom . You have heard that phrase . Yes. Basically, it is the battle of the bottoms. I love the way this is being written. Museums are fighting the rearguard action to keep the audience and raise a cheeky smile. Curators are taking up the challenge to find the best museum bum. Images have been flooding social media. It started at the yorkshire museum. Is there a winner so far . No, the challenge is still on. I do not know if you are familiar with this, this isa if you are familiar with this, this is a drawing which will be displayed when the tate britain reopens. My question would be, how would you know that that the character is flatule nt . Know that that the character is flatulent . Lots of things going on. The royal army has tweeted something. Is it a sculpture . It isa something. Is it a sculpture . It is a drawing. Our director is familiar with it. When the artist did the drawing, the artist would have known the answer to the question that make i do not think flatulence is part of the title. Henry viii burgeoning bottom is looked at by the army. It is just here. They have taken a look at him having a modest 32 inch waist to a 50 inch waist years later. This is about books. An author has lost his top ten position into the bestsellers after revealing he bought 400 copies of his book and that pushed him up the rankings. He spent £3600 on copies of his own book, in salisbury. He rose up the rankings. Got to number eight. They have pulled him off the rankings. I think they have. We said we have oliver stone on the programme. Oscar winning filmmaker oliver stone is known for some of hollywoods biggest movies of the last fifty years, including midnight express, platoon and nixon. He has a new mobile looking at his earlier years in the army but also went on to direct important movies. Ijust wonder, how is lockdown . ijust wonder, how is lockdown . I am internally directed. I am a writer, i spend a lot of time inside my mount so it is not been as bad for me for some people employed on the outside. As someone in the film industry, how do you see that here on and . One is the practical side of filmmaking than the other thing, literally, who is going to sit in the cinema . It is devastating. Honestly, i have set my retire for movies. I havent made a movie since snowden in 2015 it is going to put a big hole in everything. It is a mood of anger and big hole in everything. It is a mood ofangerand a big hole in everything. It is a mood of anger and a lot of calls for change. I know you love going to the cinema, can you see a time when we do that again . Other people sitting around us . I love it. I love the feeling of sitting in a theatre and seeing a film with an audience. It isa seeing a film with an audience. It is a wonderfulfeeling. Seeing a film with an audience. It is a wonderful feeling. I have a seeing a film with an audience. It is a wonderfulfeeling. I have a big screen at home so i am lucky, but, at the end of the day, a few people watcher, it is not the same thing. At the end of the day, a few people watcher, it is not the same thinglj will not go down as the First American president to lose the war. Sir anthony hopkins, one of our own in the uk, he was nixon in your film. He wrote about you, he rattles cages and has no respect for safe places and you are larger than life. Was the little boy, oliver stone, the same person . Asked questions and getting other people s skin maybe . Possibly, do not know whether you think is fair. That goes to the crux of the books. How you get to be who you are, how you develop as an artist. It starts in 1976 in new york. I was broke, depressed, artist. It starts in 1976 in new york. Iwas broke, depressed, going nowhere with my screenwriting. Almost giving up. At the age of 30 in new york i love changed. Going to vietnam when i was younger, as a soldier, firstly as a teacher, coming back to america and all this is mixed for life. I tried to deal with the risk factor. This book is a lot about failure and doubt, betrayal, many betrayals. I saw a lot of crooks and think you see a few in the book. Platoon. People think of it, an extraordinary film. You made it and clearly an interesting time in your life. Combet is a syrian experience. The combat. It teaches you a lot about the horrors of life and how low we can getan the horrors of life and how low we can get an hour beastly and violent, it teaches you greet, it teaches you resilience and how to survive. I used those qualities later in my life when i got rejected so many times on screenplays to keep going, keep fighting. Were watching the Donald Trump Administration at the moment, is possibly an Administration Like none other before. Would oliver stone be drawn back to do something on donald trump . Trump is so dramatic, so outrageous a character, he is larger than any movie. If you made a movie, he would be changing by the movie came out. Every day in his life. We have never had a president like this, a story like this so it is important to chart. It is closer to reality tv than it is to a movie with a narrative. Do you watch silly films . I was thinking to myself, what can i ask oliver stone . We watch toy story. I sought it but i wasnt. I watched watch toy story. I sought it but i wasnt. Iwatched disney watch toy story. I sought it but i wasnt. I watched disney films when i was a kid, bambi and all that stuff. I loved liking. I am not a critic. I go to the movies conventionally and i generally enjoy the spectacle. Looking back, how does it make you feel . There is nothing wrong with going back and exercising that right we have. We have lived a life and it was going so fast and once on the train, the midnight express train rolls so fast and if you have no time. I made one film after another four ten straight yea rs film after another four ten straight years and then i kept waking so it is really great to stop and appreciate it, to go back and remember these moments that in time become more interesting as you write about them. You appreciate your life and your consciousness. It has been and your consciousness. It has been a delight talking to you. A glimpse into an extraordinary life. Thank you for your time. My pleasure. A p pa re ntly apparently he has two offices in his house and he goes to different once for inspiration. Do you think he watches feels like x men, or marvel. He has eclectic taste. He did watch bambi, but the caveat, when i was a child. You are watching bbc breakfast. Still to come railways in the north of england are to receive £600 million. Well find out how the money will be used, and if it is enough to resolve problems that have affected services in the past. Well be discussing that shortly and bringing you the latest news and weather. Now lets get the weather with matt. Good morning what a lovely sunrise, sunset, can never tell. It is sunrise, it is morning. This is the view across east anglia at the moment stop the same sort of picture into the south east of england. This is where things will warm up, most will have skies closer to these above bradford with outbreaks of rain through the night. Some heavy bursts across yorkshire at the moment. It will turn drier and brighterfor a time moment. It will turn drier and brighter for a time over the coming hours but there is more cloud and rain to come. A dry start to the north west of scotland. A bright start to the south and east but the rain about all day long in parts of Northern England, really quite steep across the coast of wales and the south also. This afternoon, remains through the Channel Islands. East anglia temperatures up to 25 degrees. Temperatures are not faring too badly even with the rain across wales and Northern England. A bit more sunshine developing across the northern half of scotland as well. To the east, one too heavy and maybe thundery showers and they will last into the first part of the england. This evening, this is where we could see some cloud that you rain. Clearing as we go through the night. Most clearing as we go through the night. M ost pla ces clearing as we go through the night. Most places dry as we go through the second place of the night. A muggy night in the south east corner. A good dealfresher night in the south east corner. A good deal fresher further north and west were part of scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england seem temperatures back down into single figures. But for tomorrow we are in between weather systems. This weather system bringing cloud of rain, clearing off. Another one taking us into the weekend. A window of brighter weather. One or two spots to begin with of rain. Later two Eastern England. Mostly a day of sunny spells and it will feel warm. Rain would be arriving in Northern Ireland as we head into friday evening. This is a weather system responsible. It does not set up to bea responsible. It does not set up to be a great start to the weekend. If you have any plans outdoors, with the low pressure, rain, cloud and thatis the low pressure, rain, cloud and that is how we start saturday. Rain coming and going. It will brighten up coming and going. It will brighten up through the day across parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England. A future was coming and going. Some showers heavy and thundery. As you go into sunday, a brighter day for many but 20 of showers in the north and west. More details in half an hour. Hello. This is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning from midnight express, to platoon, and nixon. The uk is in danger of becoming a cultural wasteland because the government failed to act quickly enough to help the arts and Entertainment Industry survive the lockdown. A report by mps says many organisations, including theatres and museums, are facing an existential threat to their survival. It also says the £1. 57 billion rescue package is not enough to avoid redundancies and permanent closures. The government says it has been working day in, day out to provide the relevant support. Guidance over wearing Face Coverings in england. Wearing Face Coverings in shops and supermarkets will be mandatory in england from tomorrow, with anyone failing to do so facing a fine of up to £100. Under new rules retailers will be able to refuse entry to those who dont comply. Ministers have come under criticism from the opposition over mixed messaging as to whether they need to be worn in takeaways and Sandwich Shops. President donald trump is to send a surge of Security Forces to us cities on a crackdown on crime. The officers would go to chicago, kansas city, and albuquerque in new mexico, but other federal deployments have proved controversial. Local Officials Say they have raised tensions that since the death of African American man george floyd in Police Custody there have been widespread protests across the us. Holidaymakers are returning to the departures lounge. And if youre in scotland you can now book your Summer Getaway to spain after quarantine rules were lifted. But it comes as more restrictions were put in place in spains catalonia region, following a spike in coronavirus infections. Were joined now by mick sleigh who owns a bar in Lloret De Mar and guifre jordan, a journalist at the catalan news. Good morning to you both. Mick, good to have you with us. I know the bar is called the four candles. Certain people get thejoke. Is called the four candles. Certain people get the joke. Can you tell us how long these restrictions will last . In this particular area there are no restrictions. The restrictions are about 150 kilometres away. So were not by these restrictions. People who are worried about coming on holiday shouldnt really be. Inaudible. Iamso shouldnt really be. Inaudible. I am so sorry. The line is a little bad to you just now. We will see if we can get that cleared up. Guifre, if we can go to you, from the cata la n if we can go to you, from the catalan times. Looking behind you, looking at the guy and the beach behind you, it is a stunning setting. Clearly there are a lot of problems that still. Yes. Good morning, everyone. We cannot really use it as much as every year, so there are restrictions here. At the moment in the barcelona area, like mike was also saying, there are some restrictions, both in the metropolitan area and in the labour region in western catalonia. It is 3 million catalans, 40 of the whole population, affected by the restrictions. For instance, now i am on the beach and, you know, there is a maximum capacity, of course, lower compared to a normal year. So at the weekend. So there are restrictions. But it is not only on the beach, but also, for instance, now there have been some outbreaks lately in barcelona and other areas. For instance, cinemas have closed again. Gyms, sports centres, and cultural and sports venues. This caused some controversy because the culture secretary has said we are doing things well. We have got all the Safety Measures in place and now this concrete thing is being previewed with culture. There are other things back closed. Not bars or restaurants, something that was also controversial. But i think they capacity of bars and restaurants was lowered by 50 as well. The capacity. Nick, i think lowered by 50 as well. The capacity. Nick, ithink we lowered by 50 as well. The capacity. Nick, i think we have you back. Mick, you are saying the restrictions are somewhere away from where you are, but during lockdown you must have seen a big fall in the number of tourists and customers and you must be very keen to see them back . Yes, course. Obviously during the lockdown we were completely closed. As we went through the stages to get reopened again we were doing it on a Home Delivery service and then we could open just our terrace at the front of the above. Obviously now the lockdown is com pletely obviously now the lockdown is completely finished we are open fully to the public. And as long as people follow the guidelines, where the facemasks around town, abide by social distancing laws, people can actually have a really nice holiday here. The beaches are beautiful, the water parks are open, the only thing i will say is on the downside is you cant use the discos. You go to the discos and you cant dance. If you are coming here for the discos they probably wouldnt bother. But as a family resort it is perfect. What did you in discos if you cant dance . There is rockefeller s disco up dance . There is rockefeller s disco up the road from us. You go in and a down at a table and you can drink inside. You just cant really do dancing with social distancing. someone came to your bar today, right there, what should they expect. You are saying where facemasks, but does that apply inside or is everything outside . The wearing of masks is compulsory all around the town. You come into the bar, you are seated at your table, obviously you can take the mask of if you are eating and drinking. You have to use Hand Sanitisers as you walk through the door. As readily available for our customers. You have to abide by the social distancing laws. So all our tables are two metres or 125 metres away from each other. And we do Table Services one. 5 metres away. We do everything for you. Are you seeing many british tourists they are, guifre, i know tourism is usually important, what about the numbers and those who turn up, what are they saying . To be honest, havent seen many british tourists orany havent seen many british tourists or any other nationality. I think every year in catalonia we get around 2 million british people every year. To be honest, this year, ican see, every year. To be honest, this year, i can see, i havent spoken to any at all. I guess some are beginning to come, but you can see the airports are half empty and there are drops of 80 or 90 in barcelona airport, for instance. It is a helping to pick up, but the latest outbreaks were a bit of a handful, think, for the local Tourism Industry. Although they are, you know, its not everywhere. So the problem is not as bad as in the spring, for instance. You know, some outbreaks have caused cancellations and bookings. It is not an easy year for the Tourism Industry here. Guifre, just one more question to you. I know you opened the bar last year and they imagine you kind of went there full of hope, for the business, new hope, with you and your wife, do you think your business will survive and the lifestyle you envisaged will continue as a british person abroad running a business . Mick. continue as a british person abroad running a business . Mick. If im really honest with you, im concerned. It was eight a fear last year. The first year in business is a lwa ys year. The first year in business is always a hard one. It is actually my girlfriend, not my wife. We did a lot of hours. We did 16 hour days, working all the hours just to see if the business would work. And it did ta ke the business would work. And it did take off and we invested heavily in the wintertime to make the run better. And we that investment in and then all expectations hoping this would be a great year and then we we re this would be a great year and then we were locked down just after we paid the rent for the bar. So it is going to be difficult, but with the help of some friends, some family, and the local x pac community, i think we should get through. We will be ok, we will survive and open next year. Mick, we wish you well. Good luck with the weeks a months lying ahead. Guifre, what a lovely backdrop you have there. It has given us something lovely to look at this morning. Thanks very much. Thanks very much. It is 20 minutes to seven. Time to talk to mike. A long time waiting for liverpool. We have spoken, there are two sides to the celebrations when we talk about this, because social distancing rules are in place, but there were celebrations and some people determined to celebrate their team. Absolutely. When you have waited so long, that is what jordan when you have waited so long, that is whatJordan Henderson the liverpool captain had to say. Until the fans see that trophy, the amazing moment, the trophy is hoisted aloft by the captain, thats when it is real. And after that momentjuergen klopp was saying he couldnt be more proud to see his liverpool side finally left the premier League Trophy. Lift the premier League Trophy. On a special stage, built on the kop, with just their families watching inside anfield and he was also relieved their final home game against chelsea was a performance worthy of champions. Trent Alexander Arnold with a stunning free kick that made it 2 0. Chelsea werent to be outdone in the brilliant goal stakes. Christian pulisic, with the skill and power that made it 4 3 before Alex Oxlade Chamberlain made it five, for the champions. But despite the 8 goal, thriller, this is what the home side had really been waiting for. Captain Jordan Henderson, wasnt born the last time liverpool, won the top prize. And here he is with the premier League Trophy and these scenes will have been repeated wherever liverpool fans not allowed into anfield were watching. Outstanding, to be honest. I thought if the game is not that good, then im not that good in losing, so sometimes id carry it around a little bit. But the boys were generous. They gave me an exciting game, they gave all of us an exciting game. In a situation like that, when we are already on the pitch, playing against a team of this quality, that is exceptional. That makes them so much were the champions, i cant believe. Yeah, it was really special. I have dreamt about this as a kid. To win the premier league is every young boys dream, i am sure. To finally get over that andy wood was an amazing feeling. And the lads deserve it. It was, yeah, it was a moment and one we will never forget. That was inside and feel. What about outside . Thousands gathered. It marked the first top flight title in 30 years. You can see the flares and fireworks. A listed issue a dispersal order to clear fans and that will remain in place for 48 hours to prevent potential disorder. Liam coopers bed, according to his photo on twitter, but earlier the cup, was shown off by the team, hundreds of fans, from an open top bus, outside elland road. That is the championship in the champions decided. There are other matters to be decided. And down the m62, another stumble from Manchester United, in pursuit of a top four place. Its still in uniteds hands, but west ham came to spoil the party and Michail Antonio put them ahead, before it was uniteds teenage star, Mason Greenwood who got the equaliser, that means Manchester United need just a point from theirfinal game, to guarantee Champions League football. The draw ensures west ham stay up. West bromwich albion have been promoted to the premier league, after a crazy final night of drama in the championship. While west brom were celebrating, last minute goals, left others on the floor in despair. Adam wild watched it all unfold. After a season quite unlike any other, a finish as remarkable as many can remember stop almost a full year since the season began, it is West Bromwich albion that are heading to the premier league. Still that scarcely comes close to the full story. Before the evenings extraordinary entertainment, they we re extraordinary entertainment, they were naming a street in leeds after the leeds united manager, fittingly, as he and his Champion Team have shown everyone the way. Looking to follow them into the premier league, at the start of the night it could have been west brom, brentfod, or perhaps even fulham. In truth, none of them made it very easy for themselves against qpr west brom just needed a win. And this was the moment they thought they had it. Celebrations, even if the stands we re celebrations, even if the stands were empty, but it wouldnt be that simple. A moments brilliance served qpra draw. Simple. A moments brilliance served qpr a draw. So now what news of west broms rivals. Well, brentfod, they are bidding farewell to the famous old ground, but an agonising last last defeat to barnsley met their hopes of automatic promotion were leaving to. Fulham could only draw, meaning west broms celebrations could begin. No fans there to share it, like so much else in this extraordinary season that will have to wait. There is plenty to go around. Brentfod and fulham go on to the play offs joined by around. Brentfod and fulham go on to the play offsjoined by cardiff around. Brentfod and fulham go on to the play offs joined by cardiff and, incredibly, swansea, pitting peeping at Nottingham Forest by the slightest margin. While down at the bottom things, if you can believe it, were even tighter. We can, after all theirfinancial it, were even tighter. We can, after all their financial troubles, are relegated pending an appeal against a points deduction. There draw with fulham are not enough stop they go down with a hapless hull city and charlton, beaten heavily by the champions, leeds united. Their brilliant season has rewritten the roadmap. They were streets ahead. Adam i think they all need a lie down after last night. Quite extraordinary. A very busy bulletin. Thank you very much. Railways in the north of england are set to receive £600 million from the government to help improve lines in the region. Nina is at manchester piccadilly station with more on this. Mask on but lots going on . Absolutely. Good morning. Let me just explain what this new announcement is. We have £589 million of new money, the government says it is a new money, to start work. Excuse me. This will electrify the route from leeds to manchester. It will also double the track so often you slow down because a slow train is blocking a faster train and hopefully the doubling of tracks will improve that. They will also be, northern transport exhilaration council establish, leaders working more closely with leaders working more closely with leaders in london. The problem is, something similar was set up in 2018 and since then, things got so bad that it had to be taken back into Public Ownership and treasury figures out last year suggest per head spending on commuters in london is 2. 5 times that of northerners. No wonder people are fed up. We are not cattle, we re wonder people are fed up. We are not cattle, were people. Peeved passengers. Two carriages full, they leg, overheat. Cross commuters. Can i swear on leg, overheat. Cross commuters. Can iswearona leg, overheat. Cross commuters. Can i swear on a camera . No. I cant forget that. These travellers are tired. From crewe to carlisle, from manchester to middlesbrough, for yea rs manchester to middlesbrough, for years they have been telling us they are angry and this is why. They say there is overcrowding, cancelled servicing, chaotic timetables, changes in ownership and all as prices go up. I have to work through my lunch break to make up the time. I was late for the first month to work. It is progressively getting worse. It is ridiculous. By the time we get to manchester, you would not be able to do this interview because there are so many people. It will be fine if the trains ran on time. Out of date models, delays, broken promises. All a bit worn out now . Very bad, very unreliable, very uncomfortable. They should have been phased out years ago. They point to poor connections in the places that needed most and underinvestment compared to other parts of the country. This train is slower, it smells quite bad compared to the trains in london. It is slow, compared to london, it is really behind the times. I could down to visit friends in the south and it is so visit friends in the south and it is so much better. In the north at the train system is so poor. Todays headlines give fresh cash and it could be a promising fresh start the problem is the passengers say they have heard it all before. That is the problem. A few of the many, that is the problem. A few of the any that is the problem. A few of the many, many groves over the past couple of years that northern commuters have had. Nicola, let me tell you, love nothing more than an infrastructure chat. Rock n roll. You know this genuine desire for change. If this a meaningful announcement . It is a meaningful amount of money. The best part of three quarters of a billion is a significant but more than money this is about focus. The new secretary of state has spent locked down doing his reading and, yes, there is a history of reviews and reviews of reviews and, at the same time, the service worsens and you hear horror stories, i have them of my own. Things going in the wrong direction so the fact that the has been so much support for this announcement, different groups very positive about getting the business moving again, so, yes, to be honest, i think a lot of the travelling public transport in underneath the north they want to see the improvements and that is what today is about. Andrew berman isa what today is about. Andrew berman is a labour man, and that the conservative secretary of state are putting the next on the line collectively. They are staking the reputation. That is a shift. It is not a moonshot, wejust reputation. That is a shift. It is not a moonshot, we just want to go to leeds. It is both difficult and expensive. As we know transport and infrastructure is very fragmented and complicated. We have, politicians with some bravery. What went wrong end of the past . There has been allocation of money, transport for the north, why have things got worse . Like all truly missed up things, it is a combination of things. I would like to say, i have worked closely with transport for north on that analysis and with the head of economics, absolutely fantastic. It is not a criticism of the work they have done. I think the feeling was that there was a gap somewhere and that is the space to say they want to be closer to the conversation and want to get things done. I am feeling cautious optimism . I am always optimistic. I think they are putting their names to this. And that makes them accountable. We do not know yet how many passengers will choose to work from home in the future, they could be looking at solution for a 2020 society. It will be interesting to watch if it does become more busy. Thank you for joining us this morning. Perhaps youre one of those people who wa nted youre one of those people who wanted to buy a pet during lockdown. Charities are concerned some animals could be abandoned and are wanting people to be aware of unscrupulous sellers. I imagine i canjust see some rather cute furry friend this morning where you are . Yes, they are so adorable. I am falling in love with every single one. This is another animal centre, one of many, who say they are boasting at the same with pets who need rehoming during lockdown. This charity is joining lots of others across the country as well as celebrities and the government, warning people of the government, warning people of the dangers of buying pets during lockdown. As we stay at home and do our gardens, we tend to introduce a ferry little friend into our family but criminals are taking advantage of the rise in demand, outstripping supply and pushing up prices and breeding sick pets and then leaving some they cannot sell abandoned on the side of the road like these cute little kittens. We can head outside to meet more Furry Friends and meet some of the stuff to find out exactly what has been going on. This isa exactly what has been going on. This is a beautiful sunny day in asari. Lovely to meet you. In surrey. Tell us a little bit more about what is happening . We have a huge problem with a big spike in abandonment which we are concerned will get worse as lockdown eases. We have kittens coming out of our heirs and u nfortu nately we a re kittens coming out of our heirs and unfortunately we are ending up with animals like nancy because people cannot look after them at the moment. You are doing a big campaign with the government and celebrities. We are working with deborah and other charities. Defra. Everybody loves puppies and kittens but people do not realise that there are lots of unscrupulous people who want to cash in on the demand and they do that at the expense of the health and welfare of the animals. We want to educate the public so they can source pets properly. What should people look for . We would always ask people look for . We would always ask people to adopt and not shop. Rescue centres a re people to adopt and not shop. Rescue centres are full of animals like nancy, here. We have over 600 here at the moment. Do lots of research and make sure you see your puppies and make sure you see your puppies and kittens with mum and use checklists on line to help people buy a happy and healthy animal but the main thing is, if you are concerned about anything, walk away and report your concerns to the rspca, police. Thank you ever so much. Really, the advice is do your research before you get a dog and make sure you have the time and space to look after them, especially as we start to come out of lockdown and return to work so dogs like nancy will always have a happy home. I think nancy will always have a happy home. Ithinki nancy will always have a happy home. I think i am falling in love. Nancy will always have a happy home. I think am falling in love. She is perfectly behaved. If she is good off camera . We have had to get to know each other a little bit this morning. At first it was a little bit hit and miss but now we are good friends. Can you get close in on nancy, the final shot so we can see. There we go. Aww aww is there something about nancy that reminds me of matt . See what i mean laughter. This is what happens when you step off your bark. You should know your place. I will behave in the future. A bit of brightness to a rather gloomy sky. Thank you for sending that one in. A great start and particularly weight. In southern scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, heavy bursts of rain. That will ease away. Things turning drier and brighter for a time will ease away. Things turning drier and brighterfor a time but all that rain out towards the west continuing to push its way eastwards as we go through the day. Brightness and sunshine developing in scotland. In Northern Ireland. East anglia, the south east, Channel Islands staying dry through much of the daylight hours. Starting off relatively warm, 25 degrees by the afternoon, at least something akin to summer. Further rain and drizzle and rain across Northern England not quite as wet as at the moment. Brightness in the north west by the end of the day. A bright afternoon for all. Sunny spells. Show was to the north and east of scotland but that will fade away. This evening, the midlands, the south east, rates of rainfora time. Midlands, the south east, rates of rain for a time. Stay quite humid. The rest of the country clear skies and a chillier night across scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England. Temperatures down into single figures and rural spots. A brighter day for many tomorrow. Another weather system approaching for the weekend, putting summer com pletely for the weekend, putting summer completely on hold so make the most of friday. Most places will be dry. Varying amounts of cloud, some sunny spells and it will feel a little bit warmer. Temperatures around the high teens and low 20s. May up to 25 degrees again in the south east corner. Wet and windy weather on the way. I will have more details in around half an hour. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today britain could become a cultural wasteland. A group of mps says the government has been too slow to help the Entertainment Industry. Confusion over the rules on Face Coverings in shops, as guidance is due to be published less than 24 hours before new rules come into force. Good morning. A fresh start or a new promise to be broken . Almost £600 million will be invested in northern train services, the problem is commuters say they have had it all before. Good morning, beyond proud, juergen clubhouze his Liverpool Team who finally got their hands on the premier League Trophy jurgen klopp finally got his hands. Good morning. Its thursday, july 23rd. Our top story the uk is in danger of becoming a cultural wasteland because the government failed to act quickly enough to help the arts and Entertainment Industry survive the lockdown. A report by mps says many organisations, including theatres and museums, are facing an existential threat to their survival. Jon donnison reports. For four months, theatres and performance venues have laid empty. Now a report from a panel of Cross Party Mps is warning our Cultural Landscape is facing its biggest threat in a generation. It says the government was too slow to provide support for the arts industry and that without more help many parts of britain could become cultural wastelands. Theatres in england will be allowed to reopen it next month, but only with limited audiences. But this week, lord Andrew Lloyd Webber told the bbc theyjust wont be financially viable with social distancing rules in place. What i cant understand is why is it that its safe to go on an aeroplane and that you come into a theatre such as this, where the air is pure, youll be required to wear a mask when you come in and you go through all of the measures were putting in place, why is it unsafe to go to the theatre . I just simply dont get it. Many in the arts have been calling for greater support. Todays report says there needs to be more financial help for the many freelancers who work in the sector who have not been eligible for existing government schemes. It also raised the prospect of cash strapped museums being forced to sell off their collections. And mps have warned the pandemic has left many sports vulnerable, saying the Financial Model forfootball, in particular, might needed to be reset. The Government Department for culture, media and sport says it doesnt agree with the committees findings. It argues it has worked with urgency providing support for its sectors and has saved hundreds of thousands of jobs with furloughing and loan schemes. Jon donnison, bbc news. Guidance is due later about wearing Face Coverings and shops the day before your ultimate divorce in england. Ministers have been accused of Text Messages over whether they need to be worn in takeaways and Sandwich Shops. Helen cattjoins us from westminster now. Helen, the new rules come into force from midnight tonight, but we still dont have the detailed information from the government about how it will work in practice. We dont know, but we are expecting the guidance to come out later today and we are expecting there to be two sets of guidance, one for us, the public, and one for shops. As you said, there has been some confusion about what the rules will be on this and it seems to centre around when isa and it seems to centre around when is a shop a shop. Last week, matt hancock, the Health Secretary, was asked about takeaway food outlets and Sandwich Shops and he said you would have to wear a face mask if you are going into by your lunch from there because it was acting as a shop. Some ministers have been photographed Wearing Masks when they are going out to grab their lunch. Just a few hours before the change in policy was formally announced it was widely known it was going to change the Cabinet Office minister, michael gove, was pictured in a Sandwich Shop without one. That led to criticism of mixed messaging. His understanding was they would not be required in takeaway shops. There had been confusion around that. Our understanding is the guidance later would say you would have to wear them if you are going to a takeaway food shop or a Sandwich Shop. That is different if you are eating in which is classified as a cafe or something, youre also that are different and you would need to wear a face mask. Expecting the guidance later, what will be made clear is the onus will be on us as an individual to wear them, rather than the shops. Helen, thank you very much. In his visit to scotland today, Boris Johnson much. In his visit to scotland today, borisjohnson will meet Business Owners and Armed Forces Personnel to thank them for their response to the coronavirus pandemic, praising the share might of the uk union. The snp showed showed mrjohnson was concerned about rising support for scottish independence. Our scotland corresponding james shaw joins us from glasgow. It will be interesting to see what mrjohnson says, considering the almost detachment between Nicola Sturgeon and him. Politically and in stages of lockdown. I think is interesting. We do know Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson will not meet today. There we re johnson will not meet today. There were no plans. She said she was happy to meet the Prime Minister at the wrong time. The timing of this visit is significant. Borisjohnson says he started as Prime Minister a year ago saying he would be a leader for all four nations of the united kingdom, he is coming back a year later to prove that. To prove that the uk has supported scotland throughout the coronavirus pandemic. About 900,000 livelihoods have been rejected by the support from the treasury. The army and the armed forces the Health Service during a crisis on the other hand, the snp would say there is a growing trend in support of growing independence. Opinion polls somewhat consistently over the last few months have shown that more than 50 since 50 of people in scotland are in favour of independence. Borisjohnson, people in scotland are in favour of independence. Boris johnson, they would say, is coming to shore up the union, rather than show how strong it is. James, thank you so much. James shaw speaking to us from glasgow. We are speaking to Ian Blackford from the snp later in the programme. We will cover those issues that james was just covering. It is seven minutes past seven. More than a Million People who should be receiving Financial Assistance are being failed by the Coronavirus Support scheme. The Treasury Select Committee says those who are missing out include the newly employed, self employed, and freelancers on short term contracts. Chancellor rishi sunak says there have been a number of benefits available to them, including mortgage holidays and tax referrals. Hundreds of liverpool fans gathered outside anfield last night to celebrate the clubs premier league win, despite warnings to stay at home. A Large Police Presence was outside the stadium, as the club played chelsea in their final home game of the season. A 48 hour dispersal zone around the ground was brought in to clear the crowds of people, who were chanting and letting off fireworks. Meanwhile, hundreds of Leeds United Fans also turned out to their home ground last night, to celebrate the teams promotion to the premier league. The club defended their decision for the players to stand in an open top bus at elland road, saying a brief appearance with the championship trophy would help signal an end to proceedings and encourage fans to head home safely. Extraordinary foot is has most of two children jumping from the window ofa two children jumping from the window of a burning flat in france footage. A warning. You may find some of these images distressing. We should say first of all, they were not seriously hurt. So what we know is the children were aged ten and three. You can see the image there. They were dropped 33 feet into the arms of onlookers. This is in the south eastern city. They were treated for smoke inhalation after the rescue. Two men who caught them suffered broken arms. Thank goodness they were ok. It is nine minutes past seven. The lockdown has been particularly difficult for those who work in theatre. Today there is a report by mps as is the government consistently failed to recognise the difficulties theatres were facing. We know indoor venues in england can reopen from august one, but those in the industry a more tough times to come. Ben bland is at the london coliseum in the west end. Then, to say these are challenging times for the theatre is such an understatement. They are facing a real crisis ben. Looking out at the seeds behind you where the audience would normally be trying to sit at a beauty time, is an illustration of the problem seats. It really is, charlie. 2359 seats. It really is, charlie. 2359 seats here and every single one of them at the london coliseum has been empty for months. So, indeed, has the stage. Let me show you all this set packed up because no shows have been put on for months now. And this is londons larger theatre. It is home to the English National opera. Like any theatre in london and across the uk, if you cant be chosen you cant have audiences income you cant make money. That has huge repercussions. So this news, this report that outlines various steps that need to be taken to protect and support the industry will be watched very closely by many indeed. You mention productions can start being put on from the first of august. But how do you do that while keeping the audience safe . The performers are safe . We speak to annelise, the artistic director here. The report says theatres wont given enough time. Just explain why that extra time would be needed. We wa nt that extra time would be needed. We want to invite an audience back to the coliseum when they feel safe and secure and we have extremely flexible plans, so they feel loved and secure when they come back. So, for us, we will be performing before the autumn, but we reckon its going to be october that we would hope to have a small audience in here. As you can see, its so big. Over 2000 seats, we are looking at maybe starting with 300 people coming here to enjoy something very special in a small way. Ok, some people might well, theatres like this, its great if you live in london and you can afford to come and see a show here, but explain how all of this fits into theatres up and down the country as well and how places like this will help make that money go further. We have tried to take a very proactive you about the Current Situation and see it as an opportunity to innovate and put our audience at the heart of what we do, so we are audience at the heart of what we do, so we are actually doing a drive in. The worlds first drive in opera which will start in london, it will be and alexandra palace, but in the spring next year we will to to other venues spring next year we will to to other venues throughout the country. We really wa nt venues throughout the country. We really want to get out of london, we view that as part of our National Remit asa view that as part of our National Remit as a National Organisation tour. And were to find ways of working with the whole of the country, for example, with just working with the whole of the country, for example, withjust done a series on bbc bitesize, which millions of children are learning about singing and opera and why it makes us feel good. So that along with other initiatives, like we are working with the Imperial Hospital to create new things for patients, it isa to create new things for patients, it is a broad, nationwide strategy. Annelise, thank you very much. And, of course, that opera, the driving opera that anneliese mentioned will be starting in the coming months. I would give you a rendition but i dont want to put you off your cornfla kes. Dont want to put you off your cornflakes. It wouldnt put me off my conflicts. Feel free oh, cornflakes. It wouldnt put me off my conflicts. Feelfree oh, sorry, the line is going. The line is going to the relief of all. Think it is to the relief of all. Oh, charlie i think it is. Ten minutes past seven. We will talk more about this. This report highlighted issues within sport and shone a light on unfair pay. Cash rich clubs should be helping the lower legs. We are joined byjenny macklin of Leyton Orient Football Club and the hamilton at the Jamael Westman to get his views on the effects of lockdown on the industry. Thank you for joining lockdown on the industry. Thank you forjoining us. Lockdown on the industry. Thank you for joining us. Danny, lockdown on the industry. Thank you forjoining us. Danny, lets talk to you first. The department for Digital Culture media and Sports Committee quote, has been treated as a cinderella by government when it comes to spending, despite the enormous contribution its sectors make to the economy. Do you feel that you are being left out disproportionately . Good morning. In terms of that, i believe that these sport that clubs have had up and down the legs and the cultural sectors, we have had fellow support, that has been invaluable. There has been deferment, but that only goes so far. These are important sectors, not just for the lifeblood so far. These are important sectors, notjust for the lifeblood of so far. These are important sectors, not just for the lifeblood of those industries, but also the enjoyment factor of whether its a football fan, and opera fan, as you mentioned there, our culture and arts and our sports are such a phenomenal important part to every community up and down the land and there is a danger we could lose notjust clubs, certainly at our level, but those a rts certainly at our level, but those arts and important sectors around that. How much is the pandemic costing you . The loss is in the region of 1. 5 million. From september to october with a crowd returning. Guidelines are changing and in some ways improving. We hope that october will come and that will mean we can have as many fans as possible back here and at the moment, we grow in confidence. But we are likely to start the season without any fans which does not generate cash. You are currently or previously, in hamilton . You are one of the performers . Yes, i played hamilton in the west end originally. What is the immediate circumstances . in the west end originally. What is the immediate circumstances . I was fortunate enough to be invited to do the show in los angeles and on the day of opening the lockdown occurred. That was about two weeks before it happened in the uk so it was a bit of a shock coming back to the uk and the lockdown had not occurred. I was very excited, building up to a performance, as you can imagine and then the anti climax of the lockdown. So you are without work currently. Are you getting any support . I work currently. Are you getting any support . Lam work currently. Are you getting any support . I am one of the lucky ones in my sector, in my industry. I am being supported. Hamilton have found a way to support us during this period but i cannot say the same for many of my colleagues, actors and backstage stuff. One of our correspondence is down there and organisers say they look at social distancing and how it could work out in practice. It is a 2000 auditorium. Maybe 300 people could sit in that auditorium. You have worked in many theatres, can you see that working, either practically or financially . Frankly no. For sure, those 300 people would have a great show but in terms of the theatre to survive, it is not enough, especially when you look at the support they have which comes from ticket sales and it does not cover the loss of 80 of the income. You made clear that clubs lower down are struggling. There is a danger that some might not survive. In this report, there has been a phrase that this is an opportunity for foot bull to re evaluate its priorities and become fairer. Do you think there is a chance that those are really benefiting in terms of sales, sponsorship, could actually find a way to help those who do not benefit from those things . We are blessed here, we are a very from those things . We are blessed here, we are a very engaged sport. Yes, the game has to use this to reset. Use this opportunity. We have to reset. Congratulations to liverpool but the reality is that the fortunes that exist at the top flight the fortunes that exist at the top flight have somehow got too filtered out not just to flight have somehow got too filtered out notjust to our level but also to the grassroots and that really has to happen now and it has to happen in the coming weeks and months. If we do not reset, sadly, there will be clubs that do not come out the other side of this. Thank you very much, gentlemen. We will keep a close eye on those industries, sports and the theatre, hugely important areas. We will see how that works out. Thank you for joining us this morning. Boris johnson is going to scotland today and expected to talk about the might of the uk union. In his first visit since the election, he will claim that 900,000 scottish jobs were saved by the big part of the union. Ian blackford joins us now. How do you respond to this claim that 900,000 people have been helped by fellow and that the union is stronger . Of course we welcome the furlough scheme but if anyone thinks no other country would have taken the same measure, they are mistaken. Lots of countries around the world doing what they need to do to protect their citizens and provide economic support. Boris johnson protect their citizens and provide economic support. Borisjohnson is coming to the islands today and we have a fragile economy and a lot of the community rely on tourism, for example. The furlough scheme needs to remain in place for as long as people needed. It is going to be a short tourism season. That economic support needs to be right through to the spring of next year so this is all bluff and bluster from Boris Johnson. Being part of the union means that you are part of the broaderfurlough deal means that you are part of the broader furlough deal which is a positive deal . But it is not for all our people and industries because it is not going to be there to support out tourist economy in particular. We continually make that point a doctor what exactly do you need for that . What we have argued is that there should be flexibility in the scheme and there should be sectorial support for those that need it. You spoke of the creative industry, tourism is another. They have particular circumstances in different regions. All of us want to see furlough come to an end and people back at work but we have to recognise that in many of those areas and we have said to Boris Johnson, it would be normalfor any government to put in place support so that we can support them ourselves. We have the strongest parliament in the world in the devolved setting so give us the power but simply they are not providing it, not providing the support for us to come out of this with a capacity to have in place all of our industry. There is a joint government deal which would see the islands receive £100 million in a cash boost. Total investment in scotla nd cash boost. Total investment in scotland to more than three point 2 million pounds. It is an example of why the union should remain . Billion. No, we have right collectively to get that investment into communities but when you look at what the uk government is doing, that providing 1. 5 billion, were going above that. We have announced 50 million and the uk government is doing 40. Match our ambition is what we say to them at. Excuse me for interrupting you. But this is 50 50, this deal . But i am giving you another deal with the uk has not matched. You would not get anything if you are not part of the union. That kind of comment flies into the rhetoric of the torah i think we are to stupid. Tories that think we are too stupid. We have the ability to grow our economy, to take account of the climate challenge, we can move forward to a future with a degree of confidence as an independent country. Can you explain why Nicola Sturgeon that there is no point for them to meet today . Boris johnson is going to murray, i do not think he has offered a meeting with the first minister but if borisjohnson wants to meet with us, we would be happy to meet with us, we would be happy to do so and happy to debate scotlands future. Would we be taken out of the Single Market . There is a friend of no deal with europe which would be disastrous for scotland. I am happy to meet with borisjohnson and so would the first minister. Would Nicola Sturgeon like to meet borisjohnson . Would Nicola Sturgeon like to meet Boris Johnson . I am meeting with you today and i am making that offer which is whether it is the first minister or myself we would meet with Boris Johnson any minister or myself we would meet with borisjohnson any time. And i wa nt to with borisjohnson any time. And i want to make sure that the respect is given to the devolved nations. We won election comprehensively. A short majority. It demonstrated it should be scotlands right to choose its future. We would be happy to meet with Boris Johnson. Its future. We would be happy to meet with borisjohnson. Lets have that discussion about what our future should be. You would be aware of the russia report this week and one of the conclusions is to look at various members of parliament, the commons and the lords and the relationship with russia. Alex salmond is still broadcasting on a russia today. How does that reflect on the snp . Of course alex salmond is not a member of the snp at the moment my party, Nicola Sturgeon and myself, have been pretty clear about what has been going on, threat we face from russia and we have to be resilient and deal with that but the real message from the report is that the government did not take account of the allegations made about the bricks of referendum and the committee has called for an analysis of it. Brexit referendum. When it comes to matters such as this, we will play our part constructively. We wa nt will play our part constructively. We want to work with the government to make sure we keep people safe. Ian blackford, thank you for talking to us, the snp leader talking to us from the isle of skye. Youre watching bbc breakfast. Demand for pets has reason during lockdown as many of us want to introduce a ferry friend but today are wanting to beware of unscrupulous sellers. More on that after 8 30am. Time to talk to matt and find out what is happening with the weather. That lightning bolt. It is the one from new york i will keep my mouth shut. Laughter. Spectacular thunderstorms in new york. Heat and humidity combined. Some hitting the hudson as well as the trade tower. As summer remains on pause, to date some of you had rain and drizzle with a pretty murky start in north yorkshire. This is linked to the area of heavy rain. Rain across southern scotland, Northern Ireland. The next birth across Northern England. Low cloud remain in place. Including in south west england. Patchy rain or drizzle. Scotland and Northern Ireland brightening up. In east anglia and the Channel Islands, a bit of sunshine and that will continue into the afternoon. 24, maybe 25 degrees. Cloudier than yesterday. Further rain or drizzle at times for Northern England and the midlands. Northern ireland through much of scotland, a few showers here and there but mostly you will avoid them. It will feel quite pleasant with winds generally light. A bit of late sunshine here. It should drizzle across part of the midlands, and the south east for a time during the first half of tonight. That will mean temperatures do not drop away much. 16 degrees. Further north, clear skies, do not drop away much. 16 degrees. Further north, clearskies, chilly night. Some rural areas dropping down to single figures. Tomorrow, the rain from today pushes off into northern europe. The next system waiting in the wings. In between, most waiting in the wings. In between, m ost pla ces waiting in the wings. In between, most places will have bright days stop cloud in the morning, especially across the south. Most will have a dry day with sunshine. More sunshine and perhaps feeling warmer than today. More widely into the 20s across england and wales. We do finish friday with rain spreading across Northern Ireland from west to east, all linked to theirs. Low pressure, outbreaks of rain, more breeze. Linked to this. Things brightening up in the west. The next update just before eight. Hello. This is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. There have been celebrations for football fa ns there have been celebrations for football fans in various parts of the country. Good morning, mike, how are you . It was quite an exhausting night. They did get a facetime from chris moyles last night that woke me up. He was celebrating leads and lifting the championship trophy. You have to think about the likes of Nottingham Forest and brentford, they were in despair after what happened last night. History was made last night, it was quite a fitting way for liverpool to finally lift the premier League Trophy after 30 years of waiting. Alex chamberlain put the icing on the cake. This is what the home side had been waiting for so long. This is when it became really real for liverpool fans. It is not until they lift the trophy. Jordan henderson, the captain, wasnt on the last time liverpool lifted the prize. The manager and the players are promising a repeat of these scenes once fans are allowed back in. You know, it has bridged everyone too maximum for the season. That is why we we re so maximum for the season. That is why we were so far ahead of everyone this season. Every team will improve next year and we hope we can do the same and hopefully we have this feeling again. Its been great celebrating with the lads. We want our fans back and we want to get back out there and have a proper celebration and hopefully for many more years to come. Its its an unbelievable feeling. To be pa rt its an unbelievable feeling. To be part of a special club on a special night like this. This is the one that everyone wanted, i think. This is the one that everyone wanted. I think every fan will tell you that. This is the special one. The one that has eluded us for so long. So to actually win it and get our hands on it is special. There were thousands of fans outside anfield, who were eventually, dispersed by police, and it was a similar story at elland road, where leeds paraded their championship trophy on an open top bus. But their 4 0 win over charlton relegated them on a nailbiting night. Its west brom who like leeds, are promoted automatically. Callum robinson had put them 2 1 up, but the butterflies kicked in when eberechi eze pulled qpr level, that meant a nervous end, for the baggies. But a draw proved to be enough, with brentford losing to barnsley, meaning that slaven bilics side return to the premier league after a two year absence. And it was barnsley who were doing the celebrating at griffin park. Clarke oduors injury time goal, earned the win to keep them in the championship, and end brentfords automatic promotion hopes and it meant wigan, hull, and charlton were relegated. So the play offs, brentford against swansea after the welsh side edged into sixth place on goal difference. They beat reading 4 1. Huge celebrations at the end. They play their first leg on sunday. The other semi final is cardiff against fulham on monday. As it was and, in Nottingham Forest, absolute despair. They were edged out from goal difference from this player places. That is this but for now. Thank you. Thanks very much. See you later on. It is 7 33am. Wearing Face Coverings shops is mandatory in england from tomorrow. Ministers have been accused of mixed messaging over they are meant to be worn in takeaways and Sandwich Shops. Lets speak now to the Northern Ireland secretary, Brandon Lewis, who joins us from westminster. Good morning to you. Thank you for your time this morning. Can ijust establish, what is it that will be announced today . We know regulations come in two floors, im assuming thats as of midnight tonight, for shops, that facemasks in england will be mandatory in shops stop at i understand there is some advice due to be released today. Can you take us through what that is with yellow sure. They appreciate there has been a lot of discussion about this over the last few days about whether certain takeaways and what people can do. The position has been we are advising people, particularly on public transport, to use facemasks. But what changes from tomorrow we are saying from tomorrow you should wear facemasks, not just are saying from tomorrow you should wearfacemasks, notjust on public transport, but on shops or supermarkets, the difference that people may not have been aware of and will be outlined in the regulations today is if you are going into a takeaway and you are eating in somewhere that has a takeaway, that is like hospitality, you are eating, is not practical to wear a face mask, recognise that, but if you are going in to buy a product and leaving again and treating it like a shop and you should be wearing a face mask. Just to be absolutely clear on that one. Ifiam to be absolutely clear on that one. If i am going in to buy a sandwich from a cafe, may be, that has a sitting area but im just going to bite my sandwich and then walk out again, do bite my sandwich and then walk out again, do i where a face mask . Like yourself we are trying to avoid naming any particular outlet, but, yes, if you are going into an outlet where you can sit and eat, if you are eating their you dont need a face mask. If you are buying a sandwich and living again were treating it like a shop then you need a face mask. You understand why people are confused by the mixed messaging along the way . Not the least images of some of your cabinet collea g u es least images of some of your cabinet colleagues in certain takeaways either wearing facemasks or not wearing them . I do understand them. This, incidentally is a picture of michael gove we arejust this, incidentally is a picture of michael gove we are just showing. He was ina michael gove we are just showing. He was in a pret and offering a face mask. While buying a sandwich. I cant see that. As we are easing lockdown are moving out of lockdown, things are changing, partly as we understand what we can do and partly as the british people have been so phenomenal at following the guidelines, actually, able to ease more and more. Things are changing. With any kind of change there will be some kind of confusion. I understand. That is why we are publishing the regulations. What collea g u es publishing the regulations. What colleagues have been doing in various outlets is taking their own decisions about things safe and, actually, if you have an image of michael living a sandwich bar, he will have been wearing a face mask because he felt that was the right appropriate thing to and do and that is right. What were saying is from tomorrow the government guidelines are if you are in a shop, in a supermarket, as well as public transport, you should be wearing a face mask. And as actual oil actually reasonable comments that people get. If you are going into an outlet and buying as it is a shop you should wear a face mask. Of course it is not practical to wear a face mask if you are eating. The hospitality, if you are going into bias and return it on side then you dont need to wear a face mask, if you are using it as a shop you should be wearing a face mask. What about a bank . Yes. The idea of wearing a face mask and retail outlets and takeaways as of tomorrow and supermarkets is its this balance. I think most of your viewers will understand this, about looking into where you are coming into co nta ct looking into where you are coming into contact in a confined or more enclosed space for a longer period of time. When you are outside, in the pressure, moving around, obviously the virus is less likely to transmit. But when you are in a more enclosed environment, like public transport, like retail, when you are in that space with other people, then it is right and appropriate to wear a face mask. Typically, a bank is effectively being treated as a shop . So banks are definitely part of this . Thats my understanding, yes. Ok, so you arent sure about that . My understanding, yes. Ok, so you arent sure about that . As i say, it is all retail outlets. Banks and a high streets are retail outlets effectively. If you are going into a money or withdraw money you are going in there in the same way you would if you were going into a shop, whether it is buying a sandwich or buying a book or some close, therefore it would be and is appropriate you should be wearing a face mask. One of the things that is interesting here, and they appreciate sometimes its a little confusing, in your answer a few moments ago, you said thats my understanding in relation to banks. Pa rt understanding in relation to banks. Part of the problem here is, what is it, its part of the problem here is, what is it, its just part of the problem here is, what is it, itsjust coming up part of the problem here is, what is it, its just coming up to part of the problem here is, what is it, itsjust coming up to eight oclock on the thursday before these regulations come into force on friday at midnight. People will be baffled as to why this government have left it so late to come up with the fine detail of the regulations eve ryo ne the fine detail of the regulations Everyone Wants in order to keep themselves safe. Whether thats the retail outlets or individuals. Why are you doing it now . Why couldnt this have been done, i dont know, a week ago . It seems so last minute. Im not sure i agree with you on that, charlie. One of the things we outlined a couple of weeks ago that we we re outlined a couple of weeks ago that we were looking at, one of the criticisms we have had over the past week or so, is we gave advance notice of what is going to change tomorrow a week or so ago and people we re tomorrow a week or so ago and people were saying why dont you bring it in earlier. So we did give notice about what is happening tomorrow and we have continued to work with industry and business to fine tune and make sure we get this right. Every day we are learning more about this virus and what we can ease depending on how people have been following guidelines and when we is it and how we is it, we will be publishing a full set of guidelines and regulations later on today about what people to do from tomorrow but i think people do understand. If you are going into that kind of retail environment, an enclosed space, a bank is one of those, a close up is one of those, a bookshop is one of those, where you are in an enclosed space for a consistent period of time with strangers, wearing the face mask is the right thing to do. You are protecting yourself and in doing that are protecting the wider community. Ok, so, for example, we spoke to kate nichols, the chief executive for uk hospitality. And as a Valid Research conversation with her last night, she was saying she understood the guidance had been that people would not need to wear a face mask in takeaways. And she is chief executive of uk hospitality and she was speaking last night. It does seem extraordinary the level to which people are still confused by the guidance. I do not ok. They know her well. They havent spoken to her this week. She is an excellent chief executive. As i say, what were saying is if you are going into a and eating at the takeaway, which in and eating at the takeaway, which in a lot of places and you have outlined you can do, then it is not practical to wear a face mask. Were not people to wear facemasks in restau ra nts a nd not people to wear facemasks in restaurants and hospitality venues more generally, itsjust restaurants and hospitality venues more generally, its just not practical. Crosstalk. One or two more specifics. Metal station, for example . What about that . Petrol. There is a variation around the country. If you are going to a counter debate, in some petrol stations you pay from the outside. Thats different. You outside and paying only. If you go into a shop and many of them now have Grocery Stores and supermarkets as part of the petrol station, and supermarkets, yes, you should be wearing a face mask from tomorrow. This will all be outlined in the regulations and guidelines today. 0k, regulations and guidelines today. Ok, i understand it will be separated out into guidance for the public and guidance for shops themselves. Is there something you can tell us about a change in. Because a lot of people are slightly confused as to why it is people in shops dont have to wear masks. Confused as to why it is people in shops dont have to wear masksm that set to change . Im not going to prejudge what will be in the regulations later on today. That will be published later on today. Do you know if that is set to change . Crosstalk. Iam not crosstalk. I am not going to prejudge what is in full regulations coming out today. But we have seen already is a wide range about this and in hospitality as well, is the employers ensuring that the staff are wearing some form of face mask or ppe, partly as protection for their staff, partly for customer confidence. I think we have seen that across a wide range of retail. The guidance for all of that will be published later on today. Do you think its right that tesco metro staff are now taking on the role of cleaning the facilities, including to i lets, cleaning the facilities, including toilets, so they have taken a contract away from the cleaners and it will be the staff themselves who have to do the job at this particular time . Do you think that is the correct decision . Well, look, wasnt aware of that and i dont know way they made the decision, i dont know the details of what they have put in place itself. To make a comment on that is inappropriate on what is a commercial and Company Decision for them. They simply dont know the details stop by. Just a thought for you on the damning report from the situation, the arts and Entertainment Industry is finding itself in, we have spoken to theatre is the morning, theyjust cant see away that they can be viable in any shape or form and they are feeling very let down by the government and leaving aside the fellow issue, which is what we are quoted back, looking ahead from here on in its looking bleakfor many quoted back, looking ahead from here on in its looking bleak for many of those industries. Is the government going to do more . This is a really good example, actually, of the devastating effect this virus is having on it has more widely, not just the impact it has on us as individuals on health, but the wider economy, culture, all of these things. The department of culture, media and sport, i know the secretary of state, he is talking industry and he is determined to do everything we can to give them the support we need. You talk about, you keep talking about the fellow scheme, it is usually important. It has protected many millions ofjobs across a range of sectors. I know Oliver Dowden is working with the industry to look at how we can allow them to reopen. They will be visiting an indoor venue in my own constituency later on this morning to look at the players theyve got and are putting in place to ensure a good, safe working environment for their staff and for their visiting customers when they are able to reopen. We work with industry looking at what the options are to make decisions that are right for the industry, but also right for the health and safety of people across the country. Brandon lewis, thank you very much. The Northern Ireland secretary speaking to us this morning. Railways in the north of england are set to receive £600 million from the government to help improve lines in the region. Nina is at manchester piccadilly station with more on this. This morning. Tell us m what this morning. Tell us more about what this money would mean and how many people are travelling at the moment . Not many, clearly. Not many, charlie. And it will be interesting Going Forward to see how many People Choose to work from home. £589 million, the transport secretary reassured me earlier it is a new money to improve and electrify the pennine railways. When there is a slower train, blocking a faster one, sometimes it has to wait but it would be able to go around it. Northern leaders will work with central council. But lots of northerners say they have heard all of this before. The transport secretary earlier told me that we have his word that improvements will happen and we will be stepping on electrified trades in the next four yea rs. We electrified trades in the next four years. We can talk to the manchester mayor. I have stood here with different politicians and still is things are not better. Do you trust them . It is a bit groundhog day but i will give this transport secretary the benefit of the doubt. I have been on your programme criticising transport secretary s who have not done the right thing but when one comes around saying there is new money, fully electrified, 30 minute journeys for some areas. I will welcome it. If the government does the wrong thing, i will call it out really badly but when they do the right thing i think the public would expect me to say, feed use, this is a good thing and today this is a good announcement and i will give him the benefit of the doubt. He is bringing energy and drive and that is what we need. You are putting your reputation and your name on it this as well because you are backing it and this as well because you are backing itand are this as well because you are backing it and are part of it. Absolutely andi it and are part of it. Absolutely and i am ready to be held to account when i go to the polls but there are things i have done with other Northern Leaders to get change. We called for a troubleshooter to sort out the timetable chaos, to put the northern franchisor and the public control so transport has started to change here. To be honest with you, it is not about big infrastructure, tracks in 30 years time, i am bothered about the trams and buses and every day. My top priority is a london style transport system for Greater Manchester and if you will help me deliver that quickly i will work in partnership. He acknowledged that the funding has not been the same. They are 2. 5 times higher in london. We need more cash on top of what has been promised . We do. There isa what has been promised . We do. There is a massive imbalance. It is not just money for infrastructure, track and signalling but to support everyday transport. A single bus journey in london costs £150 here you could cost £4. I will say, justify that for me for any politician of any colour. Justify why people here have to pay that kind of bus fare. If you are going to level up the country you need to make transport affordable in all parts of the country. In four years to transport secretary said we will step to transport secretary said we will ste p o nto to transport secretary said we will step onto electrified transport. |j will do what i can to make that happen. It is so quiet here today so questions about whether numbers change long term or whether these ideas will become slightly out of date. It is interesting hearing that. Looking at how few people there are at ten to eight. Matt will have the weather in a few minutes and also the sport today. Natasha young was just 25 years old when she was told she had just weeks to live. She was battling cancer in a hospital that was also dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Natasha told herfamily she had one wish before she passed away, and thanks to relatives and staff at the hospital treating her, she was able to marry the love of her life. Asa sign as a sign of our marriage, with my body i honour you. It seems incomprehensible how you can fit everything into four days. Having something positive to focus on after getting this horrendous news is the only way you can kind of keep a path in the right direction. To see people fulfil their dreams, particularly when things are so difficult, that is why i work in cancer ca re difficult, that is why i work in cancer care and have been a nurse for over 20 years because i can do a bit more than just come to work and do my everydayjob. Bit more than just come to work and do my everyday job. Dad walked her down the aisle. We all bawled. If you did not cry, you are not human. It is one of those moments thatjust replay in your mind over and over again. I will neverforget replay in your mind over and over again. I will never forget it. We can speak now to natashas husband, simon young. Thank you so much for talking to us this morning. Thank you for having me on. How are you . You have lost your love and you are campaigning to make sure your life is not a forgotten one but how are you . Just taking its day, do something each day to make it better. What can we do for you on breakfast . What are you doing to keep the memory of ta rsh you doing to keep the memory of tarsh a live . Tarsh when past we put together a go find me page. The teenage Young Adult Cancer board and cancer trust who funded the award, put together a go find me pageant it allowed us to buy something for the board in memory of tarsh. It helped a little bit. So now we havejust got over £20,000, which has changed the perspective of what we have been trying to do. The main thing is to give back to the board and we want to make sure that anyone who has to go through the same thing that tarsh has gone through will be as co mforta ble has gone through will be as comfortable and well looked after. L lot of people listening to you right now, iam lot of people listening to you right now, i am constantly amazed that when people like you are going through the blea kest when people like you are going through the bleakest of time can reach out and try and do something for other people. Thank you for what youre doing because it will make a difference to people the future. Will you share a little bit and we saw a moment from the ceremony, the wedding ceremony, which was done in the most extraordinary circumstances. Just share a little bit about that occasion and how it came about and what it meant because, under the circumstances, the emotions must have been so role . Ta rsh the emotions must have been so role . Tarsh was given a terminal diagnosis and straightaway i asked her to marry me. We had spoken about it. And we were going to do this to make her happy. We had four days because the Palliative Care unit needed to make sure everything was in the right place and she was in the right frame of mind to get married. We we re frame of mind to get married. We were given a date on the friday and it was instantly all hands on deck. The team and the nurses went off and spoke to the chapel and they got all the licenses under way and organise. They then also arranged for tarshs boss to come down and perform the ceremony. Tarsh worked at the cathedral. I did the best i could do. It was a mixture of getting everything. Tarsh was in the hospital so we sat there flicking through wedding dresses and outfits and making sure everything was available the next day. Her family did exactly the same, getting things organised. You have shared a whole lot of pictures and they are beautiful images. They will give you comfort for yea rs beautiful images. They will give you comfort for years and years to come, iam sure. Comfort for years and years to come, i am sure. I am tempted to ask, did anything go wrong . Things go wrong at weddings. Did everything go ok . No. The suit almost did not turn up. They were brilliant the company and the Delivery Company let them down. So one of the people from the actual officers dropped at of the morning officers dropped at of the morning of the wedding so otherwise i would have been without suit. |j of the wedding so otherwise i would have been without suit. I also have to ask, i was watching tarshs sister and just reading about natasha, straight talking. She was very ill but was she the one in charge of the arrangements . Yes, she had fun on stage and i did the legwork and running around. It had to go through her approval. Same with the photographs. They were all ina with the photographs. They were all in a specialfolder which with the photographs. They were all in a special folder which she approved. When the wedding did take place, people would be wondering, the whole idea of a bubble and people and family and friends being tested, that would have been part of it which would have added to the stress of a really short notice wedding . It was. The family had to come in the day before and make sure they got swabbed and then they were rushed through and that is why there is only tarshs mum and dad and sisters and her partner. When even then one swab was inconclusive so we had to do another emergency one on the morning of the wedding as well. Your composure is quite remarkable, given what has happened. But thank you so much and, for years to come, teenage cancer trust will benefit from what youre doing now. Thank you for talking to us this morning. Thank you, i am holding you for talking to us this morning. Thank you, iam holding back you for talking to us this morning. Thank you, i am holding back the tea rs thank you, i am holding back the tears because it is difficult but thank you. We are talking to matt this morning and finding out what is happening to the weather and that is a gorgeous bit of sunshine. How are you, matt . A good morning to you. We all need a bit of sunshine and sometimes it isjust hiding behind those clouds but it will eventually return. Northern ireland, southern scotland, the rain will come and go. To the north, a few showers in the north of scotland. Sunny across east anglia and the south east. Many will stay dry throughout. Things brightening through much of scotland and Northern Ireland as we go through the afternoon. Rain easing across england. Damp through wales. Grey skies in the south west of england. Channel islands, east anglia, sunny spells. A warm day. Not too cold even with the rain across Northern England and that will ease off. Sunshine breaking through the cloud in Northern Ireland and much of scotland this afternoon. One or two showers to dodge but most places will stay dry. A bit over damp afternoon and england across the midlands, the south west and some drizzle pushing across the south east. Not a huge amount of rain to come stop a humid night with temperatures around 60 degrees as a low. Tomorrow, if you have any plans for the outdoor, it is the day to do it. The next weather front starts the next day. Tomorrow mostly dry. The chance of the odd shower in the south and later in Eastern England but for most the dry day. Some sunny spells and for some of you, it will fill that bit warmer with more sunshine around. Rain arriving into Northern Ireland by the end of the day. Summer is on a pause. Generally think cloud and rain and a little bit of wind. Brightening up from the west. Showers in the afternoon could feel good morning, welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today. The uk could become a cultural wasteland a group of mps says the government has been too slow to help the Entertainment Industry. Confusion over the rules on Face Coverings in shops, as guidance is due to be published less than 24 hours before new rules come into force. As more people buy pets during lockdown, i am at this charity, warnings they are being inundated with lots of little kittens like these. More on this later. Good morning, fresh start or promised a break . The transport secretary tells usa break . The transport secretary tells us a new £600 Million Investment in the north will accelerate improvements and make the country fairer. The problem is, commuters say they have heard it all before. Good morning, liverpool promise theres more to come after finally getting their hands in the premier League Trophy. The manager says they will have another celebration with friends once the coronavirus risk has passed. Good morning. Its thursdayjuly 23rd. Our top story. The uk is in danger of becoming a cultural wasteland because the government failed to act quickly enough to help the arts and Entertainment Industry survive the lockdown. Thats according to a report by a group of mps which says many organisations are facing a threat to their survival. Our reporter ben bland is at the coliseum theatre in londons west end. Is at the coliseum theatre then, is at the coliseum theatre these mps have been ve about then, these mps have been very clear about a real problem in theatres like the one you are in now, as to how they get people into c shows and therefore, be financially viable . Very much so, charlie, it outlines the scale of the challenge facing theatresjust like the the scale of the challenge facing theatres just like the london coliseum. 2359 seats here, every single one of them has been empty for weeks and months. The same thing with the stage, look at this, the sets broken down, the last thing to be shown here, the opera, the marriage of figaro by mozart, if you cannot put on shows, you cannot sell tickets or have audiences, you lose vast amounts of money. The report outlines the fact shows can be put on the social distancing from the beginning of next month indoors, from the 1st of august, but it says theatres werent giving enough of a lead in time so why does that matter . They need to take staff from furlough, figure out how to give the audience save, how do you distance in an environment like this . Its notjust the west in an environment like this . Its not just the west end, in an environment like this . Its notjust the west end, this is something affecting theatres up and down the country, weve heard the nuffield theatre in southampton has had to close for good, other theatres like the Birmingham Hippodrome have been talking about the redundancies they feel they may have to make. It is an important sector, employing Something Like 300,000 people, its taken a real hit. Normally theatres up and down the uk would make Something Like more than £1 billion from ticket sales, that fell by 300 million in the 12 weeks since lockdown. And think about the knock on effect it in towns, cities, and the west end, the draw of tourism, people coming to the theatre, the effect of people going out for dinner and drinks, the way it helps the local economy. The report outlines the help that needs to be done, especially for freelance people, the majority of people who work in that sector, the department for culture, media and sport, the government says it rejects the Committee Conclusions and says it has done a lot to safeguard jobs and support the sector. Thank you. Guidance is due later over wearing Face Coverings in shops, just a day before new rules come into force in england. Earlier, Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis confirmed on breakfast that coverings would also have to be worn in takeaways and Sandwich Shops following criticism of confusion and mixed messages. Our Political Correspondent helen cattjoins us now from westminster. Hello, we know theres going to be more guidelines, some people saying why are these coming in now . Went tomorrow, is when we know the rules are changing about Face Coverings in shops . Of course, this was announced the change was coming last tuesday, la st the change was coming last tuesday, last week, and certainly, since then, there has been some confusion over exactly where and when they will apply, for example, when is as sharp as shop and when isnt it, that example you spoke about is a really good one, take away food shops. Last week, there had been some confusion between ministers with the Health Secretary saying face masks would be compulsory in takeaway food shops, then you had the Cabinet Office minister at michael gove pictured in a Sandwich Shop without one and downing st said there was an understanding perhaps it wouldnt be necessary. We have had that cleared up for us this morning, as you said, the cabinet minister Brandon Lewis told this programme the guidance would be very clear on this. If you are going into a takeaway and you are eating in somewhere that has a takeaway, that is like hospitality, you are eating, its not practical to wear a face mask, we recognise that but if you are going in to buy a product and leaving, you are treating it like a shop and you should be wearing a face mask. Why is this important . Because from tomorrow, from midnight, these will be a legal requirement, you can be fined £100 if you dont wear one in the right places. And the onus we understand is very much going to be on us as individuals to wear them, rather than on shops, this applies in england only, in scotland its already mandatory to wear Face Coverings in shops, in wales, it is not. Helen, thank you. In his visit to scotland today borisjohnson will meet Business Owners and Armed Forces Personnel to thank them for their response to the coronavirus pandemic praising the sheer might of the uk union. But the snp said the visit showed mrjohnson was concerned about rising support for scottish independence. Our scotland correspondent, james shaw, joins us now from glasgow. Good to see you, james. We did speak to ian black ford earlier, you may have heard that conversation and its interesting, isnt it, Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the snp, isnt officially meeting Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, today . That is true. Certainly the case when borisjohnson visited injuly, right at the start of his Prime Ministership, they did meet, there was a meeting at her official residence which is bute house in edinburgh. Quite a noisy, angry protest outside at that time. And it was noted that borisjohnson left by the back door, he didnt confront the back door, he didnt confront the crowd at the end that meeting. Now, whether anything like that is playing into how this trip is being planned today is impossible to say but certainly, its the case that borisjohnson but certainly, its the case that Boris Johnson wants to but certainly, its the case that borisjohnson wants to emphasise, to play up borisjohnson wants to emphasise, to play up the benefits as he sees it, for scotland, of being part of the united kingdom, all the support that theres been from the uk for peoples incomes during the crisis. The support from the armed forces and also still be talking about a big financial package for the economy of the scottish islands, orkney, shetland, the Western Isles but from the point of view of the Scottish National party which runs the Scottish Government and Ian Blackford, this is an attempt to do something about rising support for independence in scotland. What seems to have happened during the Coronavirus Crisis is that support for Nicola Sturgeon s approach has increased, support for Boris Johnson has gone down significantly. And also, perhaps, even more importantly than that, support for independence now seems to be, according to opinion polls, above 50 and that is happening quite consistently over the last few months. James, thank you very much. More than a Million People who should be receiving Financial Assistance are being failed by the governments Coronavirus Support schemes according to a group of mps. The Treasury Select Committee says those who are missing out include the newly employed, self employed and freelancers on short term contracts. Chancellor rishi sunak says theres been a number of benefits available to them, including mortgage holidays and tax deferrals. Hundreds of liverpool fans gathered outside anfield last night to celebrate the clubs premier league win despite warnings to stay at home. A Large Police Presence was outside the stadium as the club played chelsea in theirfinal home game of the season. A 48 hour dispersal zone around the ground was brought in to clear the crowds of people, who were chanting and letting off fireworks. Meanwhile, hundreds of Leeds United Fans also turned out to their home ground last night to celebrate the teams promotion to the premier league. The club defended their decision for the players to stand in an open top bus at elland road, saying a brief appearance with the championship trophy would help signal an end to proceedings and encourage fans to head home safely. The number of women trying to seek emergency accommodation after fleeing Domestic Abuse rose sharply in the first week ofjuly compared to the end ofjune as lockdown restrictions were eased. The Charity Refuge also says its had more than 40,000 calls and online appeals for help during the first three months of lockdown. Our home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. Lockdown has affected my whole life and made the abuse more obvious than ever before. As lockdown eases, were learning what life has been like for Domestic Abuse victims. Some have finally managed to break free. Others are continuing to be tormented by their abusers. Claire says her ex partner has exploited the delay in court cases during the lockdown to breach custody arrangements. At one point refusing to hand over their five year old daughter. Lockdown has opened the door for him to control me more than he did when we were together. Im a nervous wreck. I hand her overand im thinking am i going to see her again . Shes one of thousands who have contacted the national Domestic Abuse hotline, run by the Charity Refuge. Staff have been working from home, offering round the clock support. And as the lockdown reduces, the demand for refuge places is on the rise. If we have learned anything from covid i hope that it is that Domestic Abuse is a huge issue. We anticipate that as lockdown lifts, demand will increase yet further and women will need emergency accommodation so that they can escape abuse. For so many, home hasnt been a place for safety under lockdown. The government came up with around £30 million during the pandemic to help victims. Refuge and other Domestic Abuse charities are now calling for a long term funding plan. June kelly, bbc news. Details of organisations offering support and information about Domestic Abuse are available at bbc. Co. Uk actionline. Extraordinary footage has emerged of two children being saved from a burning tower block in france byjumping from the window and both of them, thankfully, got away without any serious injuries. The children, aged ten and three, dropped 33 feet into the arms of onlookers in the south eastern city of grenoble. They did receive treatment for smoke inhalation after the rescue and the two men who caught them suffered broken arms. But the children, safe and well. Its 12 but the children, safe and well. Its 12 minutes past eight. Somatic thunder and Lightning Pictures in new york. Look at that. Huge lightning bolt, appears to almost strike the statue of liberty. Very dramatic. More storms forecast tonight in the city until the early hours of friday. We will check in with matt taylor shortly for the weather. Right now, its 12 minutes past eight. From tomorrow it will be mandatory for people in england to wear Face Coverings in shops and supermarkets, but there is a lot of variation around the world when it comes to people wearing them in public. In singapore, where it is an offence not to wear one outside your home, 90 of people say they do so, the highest rate in the world. In europe, the number of people wearing Face Coverings is highest in spain, followed by italy and france. Nearly three quarters of people in the us say they wear them, which is slightly higher than its neighbour canada, where 60 say they do. And here in the uk, just 36 of people say they wear a Face Covering in public, although this has been steadily increasing. In england, it becomes mandatory in shops tomorrow. Were joined now by kate nicholls, chief executive for uk hospitality, and also by Tracy Cannard who works for a major supermarket and is a representative for the Shop Workers Union usdaw. Very good morning to both of you. Kate, uk hospitality, as we well know, facing some real challenges at the moment. In relation to Face Coverings, are you clear, head of tomorrow, the key date in the changes in shops for example, are you clear about what the rules are . Good morning to you. We were clear about what the rules were, from last week we had number ten telling us that staff were not having to e nforce that staff were not having to enforce rules in relation to people going in to take a ways and copy shops but that appears to have changed this morning and we wait to see what the final guidance is to have clarity and confirmation about copy shops, takeaway service, and we are clear about hospitality, it isnt needed in hospitality and thats really welcome but it is still a little bit confusing when it comes to take a ways and its really unhelpful to have the confusion because the single biggest thing we need now is to rebuild Consumer Confidence and that needs clear, unambiguous messaging. We spoke to Brandon Lewis a little bit earlier, iam not Brandon Lewis a little bit earlier, i am not sure if you saw that and he seemed fairly categorical, if it helps, if you go in for a takeaway, from a cafe, you are, will be, from midnight, required to wear a mask. Is that not clear to you, is there another level of that you think is still not clear . That is clear, but asi still not clear . That is clear, but as i say, its different from what the industry has been told over the course of the last week. If that is what the messaging comes out, thats what the messaging comes out, thats what the messaging comes out, thats what the guidance comes out, it is very late in the day to give businesses and customers information of that nature when it has been a matter of concern and confusion and we thought it had been cleared up by numberten ina we thought it had been cleared up by number ten in a different way last week. So if that is the categorical ruling, that of course is what we will deal with but it is very late in the day to have that confirmed. Tracy, good morning. You work in a supermarket, i am tracy, good morning. You work in a supermarket, iam not tracy, good morning. You work in a supermarket, i am not saying which one but you work in a supermarket and lots of people will be keen to hear what your experiences are. Are you finding more customers are Wearing Masks . More customers are Wearing Masks . More customers are Wearing Masks . More customers are Wearing Masks that than originally but it still only about 20 . They are very reticent to wear masks, very reticent to social distance, consta ntly very reticent to social distance, constantly you are telling them to stand back, have a mask on, ithink they think they are immune from the disease. It is a virus that has not gone away, we just need to control it and as the business and unions state, safety is paramount for customers and colleagues and members within store. I should use the correct term, Face Coverings is what we should be saying, apologies. Do you feel safer from friday, we should be saying, apologies. Do you feel saferfrom friday, when it becomes mandatory for Face Coverings to be worn . Yes, very much so. I have worn a face mask always. I think its my duty to eradicate this virus by wearing a Face Covering. I mean, we are not immune, its not going anywhere, its not gone away, just because the pubs are open doesnt mean that its all over, its still very much alive. Tracy, how do you think you will be supported, if customers start coming to the supermarket not Wearing Masks, what have you all been told about how you approach these customers, whether you let them in, whether you ask them to leave, if they refuse, the potential situations that could arise from that . Well, weve been advised to just advise the customers, it safer for them to wear a Face Covering. We are not police, we will not police it, itsjust advise. As a staff, we will all be wearing Face Coverings because we believe that is the way forward , because we believe that is the way forward, that is the best safe option for us. Kate, do you want to pick up on that. This is a really tricky area about how this works in practice and you know, who will enforce it, hospitality, especially, we talk about takeaway is as we have this morning, if someone comes in and they are not wearing a mask and evenif and they are not wearing a mask and even if a member of staff goes to them and says you are required to wear a mask when you come in and then they dont, its the thought next thing, isnt it . Then they dont, its the thought next thing, isnt it . It is hugely challenging and this is why we need real clarity, we need support for front line workers dealing with this and if you take the example of a coffee shop or take the example of a coffee shop or take the example of a coffee shop or takeaway, if you are ina coffee shop or takeaway, if you are in a queue or you are going into a shop to buy a cup of coffee, how is that member of staff supposed to know whether you are going to take that cup of coffee and sit down or you are going into grab and go . It really is very difficult for team members to be able to enforce that on their own. This is mandatory. And therefore we need that clear guidance and workers need support. Kate, we interviewed government ministers as soon as this announcement came and we knew the announcement came and we knew the announcement was coming, it was announced later in the day. I think there was a gap of about ten or 11 days. We spoke to people and we spoke to retailers and said, why do you need this gap, the government said it is for retailers to get ready, to be prepared with signage, etc. Have they not been given, the hospitality industry, for example, i dont know, Takeaway Coffee bar which has a seating area, have they not been given enough warning to say, ok, if this is the case, you have a queue for those who come in for takeaway, those who tend to sit in queue here, get that in place. No, we havent. When the measure on making face masks and coverings mandatory was announced a ten or 11 days ago, we did have two different messages coming out, the Health Secretary suggested you would need to have a Face Covering if you are going in fora to have a Face Covering if you are going in for a takeaway, number ten later in the day said you would not and they would be treated as hospitality businesses because they are hospitality, not retail. Weve now got a different message coming out from government ministers today, which is 24 hours before the Industry Needs to act. We will, of course, do everything we can in our power to get ready in that time to make sure messages are communicated, but we havent had that gap to get ready that you are talking about because we were told ten or 11 days ago, we are hospitality, not retail. Kate and tracey, thank you both. Lets concentrate on book shops for a moment. We can speak now to james daunt, chief executive of the book chain waterstones. So from tomorrow, what does one of your book shops look like for customers and staff . Hopefully, everyone will be Wearing Masks, otherwise as we found over the last few weeks, the shops are slowly getting busier, people feeling more confident about shopping. Frankly, we have relatively quiet shops in which you can have a nice time. Your staff, that is the bit you are in control of, they will be Wearing Masks . They will. In relation to customers, this is one of the issues, someone comes into the store, they are not wearing a mask, how is that approached by the people who are going to have to deal with this in practice . Weve got good signage because people will forget. We have polite and sensible shop workers, tracey they are talking very eloquently earlier, we will remind them they should be wearing a mask, if, for whatever reason, we had this very rare instance of people being belligerent, then it is not for us to police it. We will ensure that social distancing is taking place and they will leave the shop. Hopefully, relatively soon. If you want an analogy, if someone is parked on a double yellow line outside the shop we will say that its a stupid place to park but we wont force them to move their car. In practice, what that would mean, if someone is in the shop and they continue to browse in the shop, once your staff have said, as you say, perfectly politely, you have to wear a mask, you require them to leave or you will just, how a mask, you require them to leave or you willjust, how will that a mask, you require them to leave or you will just, how will that work . A mask, you require them to leave or you willjust, how will that work . |j you willjust, how will that work . think, shop workers are extremely capable. They are used to dealing with difficult customers, it happened pre covid 19 and as part of our day to day and you do it diplomatically, sensibly, politely but firmly. And if it tips over to a certain point, then you call the police. So yes, if somebody was being really dangerous and obnoxious then the authorities are there and then the authorities are there and the police or a 999 call away. You sound very relaxed about the principle, what about from a Commercial Point of view, do you think it will make a significant difference because part of this, of course, is about getting more people into the shops whilst feeling comfortable . Yes, i think its perfectly common sense. I am a londoner, i have got used to wearing a mask on public transport for some time. The first time you wear it you feel a bit self conscious, a few hours later you hardly remember it. It becomes part and parcel of your day. So yes, i think its reassuring, helpful and i think we, all of us, need to help ensure that this virus doesnt come back and at the moment, and almost everywhere in the moment, and almost everywhere in the country, it feels very under control, our shops are working very happily. And we, all of us, would like to continue. James, thank you for talking to us. Talking us through how it will work in practice in those book shops. Its 24 minutes past eight. Still to come. From midnight express, to platoon and nixon. Oliver stone is behind some of the biggest blockbusters of the last 50 years. Ive been speaking to the oscar winning filmmaker looking back at his long career. And in relation to all the things we are talking about, the arts, film industry, theatre, asking him how he sees the future for cinema, whether people are going to go. We can in some of them. Half that is coming up. Now, we are going to talk about the weather. Weve seen some dramatic lightning bolts, youve got another picture, this is a different one. It really has been impressive, hasnt it . Ok, question. Why do some lightning bolts look bigger than others . I suppose it depends how close you are and if you have any rain over the front of it, if you have rain, it will weaken it a little bit and make it look further away but very impressive scenes across new york yesterday. We saw the footage of that lightning stroke strike very close to the statue of liberty, and the one World Trade Centre taking a direct hit. That will rumble away through the the rest of the day, here we could see some storms across the south, not as spectacular as that but there is wet weather around. Little bit of sunshine breaking through the plants to produce a rainbow in Northern Ireland but plenty of rain so for this morning. The rain across central and southern scotland come into Northern England, north wales. Showers in the far north of scotland, they will continue but its going to brighten up and turn drier across much of scotland and Northern Ireland. Bear with it. Rain at times in Northern England, easing for a few hours this morning, going to bea for a few hours this morning, going to be a cloudy and damp day across wales and the south west of england, the cloud thickening, quite misty into the afternoon. The Channel Islands and southeast, started with sunshine, clouding over this afternoon, 25 still possible and even with the rain in Northern England we still see temperatures in the upper teens, low 20s. Sunshine in the isle of man, Northern Ireland, across scotland this afternoon, only a few isolated showers to take us through the second half of the day, most places try come at them and generally lied, feeling quite nice with the sun on your back. This evening, patchy rain and drizzle in the south east and east anglia, not a huge amount of rain around if your garden is dry. Quite a one night, 16 or 17 degrees. Northern england, Northern Ireland, scotland, temperatures dropping down into men, single figures, giving a fresh start to friday. Friday, if you have outdoor plants, its a good day for them, this weather system moving in the rain bearing weather system creeping to the west of ireland later. Most of you have a dry day, cloud varying sunny spells breaking through across central and eastern areas, the old isolated showers across southern england, and eastern counties later, mostly dry, probably feeling warmer than today, especially in Northern England and wales. Finishing the day with rain in Northern Ireland, spreading eastwards through friday night and into saturday. Not the chardy want to see for a summer saturday, low pressure means cloud, rain, rain affecting most places hearing saturday, some heavy and thundery bursts in the south but brightening up bursts in the south but brightening up towards the west later. Temperatures a little on the cool side for the stage in the year. Have a good day. Hello, this is breakfast. Good morning to you. 27 minutes past eight. Thank you so much forjoining us. More and more of us wanted to buy a pet. Chardy is really concerned that some animals could be abandoned, warning people to be aware of unscrupulous sellers. Lets go to our reporter in an rspca rescue centre in east surrey. Introduce us, who can be seen next to you . Good morning. We can see some little kittens who dont have names. They we re kittens who dont have names. They were abandoned just a few days ago, left outside a veterinary centre, one of many that this charity says are coming into their showers, their showers bursting at the seams with pets but were abandoned during lockdown. What the chardy is doing, joining lots of other Charities Across the country and celebrities and the government dry to warn people about the dangers of buying pets during lockdown. Yes, these pets during lockdown. Yes, these pets were abandoned just a few days ago. What we are going to do is pop outside and go and speak to some of the people working here to find out a little bit more about what is going on and meet some other very, very exciting animals that have come into the sanctuary. Sam, thanks so much forjoining us. Can you give us an introduction . This is nancy, French Bulldog who has come into our care. Unfortunately, fairly typical of her breed, she has Serious Health problems, shes just of her breed, she has Serious Health problems, shesjust had major surgery to help her breathe and do things that dogs enjoy doing. She is recovering well. Just tell us what this campaign is, we are seeing more and more pets coming in following lockdown . The rspca is supporting a campaign team, and the campaign is being supported by celebrities like paul ogrady and amanda holden, there are deceitful sellers out there are deceitful sellers out there who are willing to put profits over welfare and if you are not careful, you will get caught out and you could end up with a cat or a puppy you could end up with a cat or a puppy that has Serious Health problems in the potentially serious behaviour problems and we see lots of animals like this, weve investigated many cases and the outcome can be really serious. You can end up with significant vets bills and sadly in some cases animals die. Just give us in tips, if we are out shopping for a puppy or kitten like the ones we saw inside, what would should be the gaffer . We would always encourage adoption first, thousands of animals in ourcare, ready adoption first, thousands of animals in our care, ready for rehoming but if you want to buy animals, its crucial you research. Make sure you get to know the person behind the pet, ask lots of questions, and making sure you see the mother, litter at nights together and if something does not feel right, walk away. The person selling you your potential pet should be willing to a nswer lots potential pet should be willing to answer lots of questions and they should be asking you as many questions as you want to ask. Wonderful, thanks ever so much for joining us, thank you forjoining us nancy. What animal lovers are saying is make sure you do your research, more little dogs like nancy dont end up without a home. I think im falling in love here this morning do we know about nancys story . Do we know about nancys story . Yes, nancy had a home and the owner realised they could not look after her any more. There were too many high vet bills and they brought her here. It is common with a lot of dogs, sam tells me. There are huge bills. Nancy has just had a little bit of surgery. If we can look closely on her nose you can see some purple string, she had to have some surgery on her nose to make sure that she can breathe. She is all well now and all happy and we think she has found a home. Is that right, sam . We think so, yes. So it is a happy end this morning. Lets have a chat about this with englands chief veterinary officer, christine middlemiss. That is illustrated very well, seeing nancy. Owners find themselves with huge bills and they could not cope. That is happening quite a bit by the sounds of it. Yes, good morning. Yes, we are getting quite a lot of reports, as we heard from our rspca colleagues there. A lot of people taking on puppies in lockdown, thinking about the pleasure of having a pet when you are at home working, but then realising there are Health Problems with the pet and that comes with bills and a lot of heartache and having to send them to rescue places. We are looking at some of the images from the rspca centre and these are the kittens we saw a moment ago. The thing is, people are buying more pets, we understand, during lockdown. And there is a real danger that unscrupulous dealers are selling on pets that have problems orare selling on pets that have problems or are not legitimate. How much of a problem is it . So, having a pet is a wonderful thing, as we realise, but it is really important that you do your research about where you get them from. We have heard that some individual pet views for sales, 155 people may be looking at one advert. People have said they are seeing six times the interest than you normally would, so there is a huge market out there at the moment. It is really important that you do the research. Dont Just Research important that you do the research. DontJust Research the breed, research the seller, that is really important. You can get advice and get your pet safely online. Think of the acronym spot. Seller, look how they come up and the number of adverts and if they have various adverts and if they have various adverts and if they have various adverts and various breeds, that is not a genuine breeder. Think about the parent, it is important to see the parent, it is important to see the puppy in his home environment with its parents and is a litter mates. Dont be attracted when a potential seller says, i will bring it to you in a car park. Go to its home. Is the puppy old enough. A puppy 0 home. Is the puppy old enough. A puppy or a kitten should be eight weeks old before they leave home. Those early weeks at home in terms of nutrition, health and socialisation with their mother and their litter mates are really important. Finally, t4 treatment. Ask to see any Health Records of the puppy 0 ask to see any Health Records of the puppy or kitten. The parent should be fully up to date with vaccinations and things and ask to see those Health Records to reassure yourself that what you are getting isa genuine, yourself that what you are getting is a genuine, well cared for puppy. It is very good advice. I guess if you have that phone call or a contact on social media and someone is reluctant to answer those questions, alarm bells should start to ring. Absolutely, walk away. I know it is hard to do, they look really cute and lovely, but the Financial Investment and that heartache involved in getting a puppy heartache involved in getting a puppy that is not well, that will need treatment, can be really costly. You can have your pet for ten or 15 years, it could be a massive part of your family with love and fun, but it is important to do that investment up front to make sure that you find a genuine breeder. If not a breeder, think about going to a charity who have got rescue dogs looking for homes. They will ask you lots of questions as well. They want to make sure that their rescue animals are going to good homes, but their rescue animals are going to good homes, but i means they are doing theirjob properly. Have you got pet yourself . No, i havent at the moment, actually. In normal life in thisjob i the moment, actually. In normal life in this job i travel the moment, actually. In normal life in thisjob i travel an the moment, actually. In normal life in this job i travel an awful lot. I would dearly love to have a dog, as my family would dearly love to have a dog, as myfamily and would dearly love to have a dog, as my family and friends are aware, but it is not fair on them just now, so i have managed to resist. But i have lots of dogs and cats and family that i visit instead. Christine middlemiss, chief veterinary officer. She doesnt have a vet. And she explained the reason. During lockdown i have been really tempted because you think you have more time at home with your family and you think, when life gets back to normal, if and when. Mike, you got a dog not so long ago, didnt you . Yes, six months old. I agree with all those points made there. Do your research, get a dog that suits your research, get a dog that suits your personality. We have got one thatis your personality. We have got one that is very lively, but i like running and it suits and it has been great. How is he settling in . He is settling in really well, he can be naughty and steal food, but apart from that very good. Lets talk about an night of contrasting emotions for football fans. We start in liverpool. They are promising there will be a proper party for fa ns after there will be a proper party for fans after they finally lifted that premier League Trophy. There were quite some celebrations. They beat chelsea 5 3. After 30 years without a league title, the home side finally got its chance. Captain Jordan Henderson was not born back in 1991 liverpool won the top prize, and he lifted the trophy. The families were watching inside and they were all safely tested. Tonight they were all safely tested. Tonight the families are here, we know they are somewhere here around. Maybe we can see them after the game. They made it really special for us. Can see them after the game. They made it really specialfor us. Thank you for everybody who made it happen. They were all tested, we are safe. It is great that they came here. West brom go into the premier league after getting automatic promotion from the championship and in the play offs grenfell will face swa nsea in the play offs grenfell will face swansea after they beat reading 4 1. There are the celebrations at the end. The other semifinal is cardiff against fulham on monday. Nottingham forest were 31 down against stoke and they were in sixth and in the play offs, and they were chasing a goal to make the difference, and thenit goal to make the difference, and then it went the other way. The race is on here. It was an own goal that seized for hiss fate. Their manager was devastated and he apologised after forest had lost their last two matches. According to the brentford manager, football is 80 suffering. The deeper the suffering, the deeper the lows, the higher the highs and the lows, the higher the highs and the greater the joy. That is a good philosophy, mike. Absolutely. We are talking about ra i lwa ys absolutely. We are talking about railways in the north of england because they are set to receive £600 million from the government to help improve lines in the region. Nina is at manchester piccadilly station. You are wearing a face mask because you are on the concourse. Yes, that is mandatory inside the station. Interesting mike talking about the lower the lows and the higher the highs. That will be the relief here if passenger commuter routes improve in the coming years. Let me talk you through this new investment. £589 million for that Trans Pennine route, and also to double the number of tracks at the pinch points so that faster trains can overtake. There will also be a northern transport acceleration plan. That sounds like another body, adding another layer of governance to something that is already complicated. I put that to the transport secretary earlier, that people feel despondent about these promises from the government. He gave us a cast iron guarantee that this money will be spent immediately and that we will see improvements and that we will see improvements and we will be stepping onto new, electrified trains within four yea rs. Electrified trains within four years. The principle is we want connectivity in the north to be every bit as good as if you happen to live in london with a convenient underground service and transport for london. We want the north to enjoy the same benefits and that is why i am setting up the Northern Council today, getting on with it. I have spoken to every single northern leader in the last few weeks and we are getting on with their priorities. If you are comparing the transport system appear to london, figures last year showed that two and a half times was spent per head on londoners paid to northerners. And a half times was spent per head on londoners paid to northernersm is easy to say, we will put the money into london and the south east. What we have got to do is improve transport in the north so people can travel around easily, make the region much more productive asa make the region much more productive as a result and give people all the advantages. The investment numbers will be more balance . You can see that today with over £600 million that today with over £600 million that i am announcing today with much more to come. All too often the north is being perceived as manchester and leeds, the bigger cities. I asked the transport secretary will electrification happen beyond the main hubs and he said, yes, they are looking at electrifying all the way up to newcastle and across to liverpool. I askedif newcastle and across to liverpool. I asked if that was instead of hs3. A crossrail for the north that would improve life across the region. He says, no, that will happen, but it isa says, no, that will happen, but it is a much more longer term commitment. But the problem for people we spoken to here today is year after year, time after time, they say they have heard promises that have not been kept and they are still late for work and they are still late for work and they are still frustrated. You have heard it before hundreds of times to be honest, but we will see. It is hard to believe it will happen. It has been promised before. We have had terrible, terrible trains appear for such a long time it is hard to see when that will happen and even if it is promised, when that will actually materialise. It would be nice to not have the north and south divide that we have had previously. Are you optimistic there might be change . Covid 19 has shaken things up, so you never know. Covid19 has shaken things up. For a start, will we know for certain whether the rail routes will be as busy as they once were . No, we do not. But andy burnham, the mayor for manchester, no, we do not. But andy burnham, the mayorfor manchester, has no, we do not. But andy burnham, the mayor for manchester, has been regularly texting grant shapps, a conservative transport secretary and he says he has not known at a time like this before where Northern Leaders have been working so closely with government on transport. Perhaps there is change afoot, but we will have to be patient. For some, that patience has run out. Nina at manchester piccadilly station. One of the things we are talking about this morning are the a rts talking about this morning are the arts in the uk and how the pandemic will affect theatre, but also film. I have been speaking to oliver stone who has been behind some of the biggest hollywood movies. Once upona biggest hollywood movies. Once upon a time if you are told, charlie, you have got oliver stone, it is exciting, but there will be where are you meeting . What will the atmosphere be like in the room when they turn up . How do you get the best out of them . It is not done face to face now. No, because he is in la and he has a book out which details the early pa rt book out which details the early part of his career and a lot of people will know bits of his life, he was a vietnam veteran and came back from serving and try to make a living making movies and struggle for a long time and then films like platoon, enormous, often quite controversial films, were platoon, enormous, often quite controversialfilms, were made. The challenge was he is used to spending millions on his movies, how about a zoom millions on his movies, how about a zoom call, la to salford in manchester . Literally, who is going to sit in the cinema . Yeah, it is devastating. Honestly, i am semi retired from movies and i have not made a movie since 2016. It is terrible for the business and it will put a big hole in everything and it is changing everything. I dont know what will happen on the other side, there is a lot of anger and a lot of calls for change. I know you love going to the cinema, you love going to see a film. Can you see a time when we do that again . When we go back to the cinema . Other that again . When we go back to the cinema . Other people that again . When we go back to the cinema . Other people sitting around us . I love the feeling of sitting in a theatre and seeing the audience and seeing whether it is working. It isa and seeing whether it is working. It is a wonderfulfeeling, and seeing whether it is working. It is a wonderful feeling, it cannot be topped. I have a big screen at home andi topped. I have a big screen at home and i am lucky and i can see a movie at home, but at the end of the day ifa at home, but at the end of the day if a few people watch it, it is not the same thing. Right now, that is what we are looking at. the same thing. Right now, that is what we are looking at. I will not go down as the First American president to lose a war. go down as the First American president to lose a war. I want to talk about your book. Sir anthony hopkins, one of our own in the uk, and he was mixing in yourfilm and he played it amazingly, he wrote about you, he said you are somebody who rattles cages, he has no respect for safe places, and you are larger than life. I for safe places, and you are la rger than life. I was for safe places, and you are larger than life. I was wondering was the little boy oliver stone that same person, who would ask questions and get under peoples skin a bit. Were you the same then when you were little . That goes to the crux of the book, it is how you get to be who you are, how you develop as an artist, a film maker. It starts in 1976 in new york and i was broke and i was depressed, going nowhere with my screenwriting, giving up almost. At the age of 30 in new york my life changed because i started to think differently and going to vietnam when i was younger as a soldier, personable as a teacher and then as a soldier, coming back to america and not fitting in, all this makes for life. I try to deal with the risk factors, always taking big risks. This book is a lot about failure and a lot about doubt and betrayal, many betrayals, a lot of crooks. You see a few of them in the book. A lot of people when they think of you, they think of platoon. They think of platoon, an extraordinary film, and it was an interesting time in your life. You say, is a searing experience. Yes, besides the fact that it teaches you a lot about the horrors of life and how low it can get and how beastly and violent, it teaches you grit, it teaches you resilience and how to survive. I used those qualities later in my life when i got rejected so many times on screenplays to keep going. We are watching the Trump Administration at the moment, which is possibly an Administration Like none other before. Would oliver stone be drawn back to do something on trump . I mean trump is so dramatic, so outrageous a character, he is larger than any movie. If you made a movie, by the time the movie came out he would be another character again. Every day his life is. We have never had a president like this and a story like this and it is impossible to chart this because it is closer to reality tv thanit because it is closer to reality tv than it is to a movie with narrative. I understand it took a very long time to get platoon the go ahead. Was it ten or 12 years . accepted it would not get made in 1980. By 1983 thought it would never get made. They were making vietnam films, but they were not realistic. Deer hunter was mythic, not realistic to anything i saw. Reading the book and hearing you talk, have you always thought of yourself as an outsider . Do you still . No, i guess you could say i got inside at certain points, winning oscars, you know. I was certainly one of the better directors in town, being offered tremendous things, but i never really had the stomach for it. I never did a film once that i did not have a love of. It was always a passion project. I always worked out of passion and i put as much into the films that missed as the ones that hit. But the films that missed as the ones that hit. But i never felt like the films that missed as the ones that hit. But i neverfelt like i fit in. Do you watch silly films . Do you consume. . Fit in. Do you watch silly films . Do you consume. . I fit in. Do you watch silly films . Do you consume. . I was thinking, what cani you consume. . I was thinking, what can i ask oliver stone . Have you watched toy story . I saw it, yes, i watched toy story . I saw it, yes, i watched films when i was a kid, i cried at bambi and all that stuff. The question is, i love lion king. I am nota the question is, i love lion king. I am not a critic, i go to the movies conventionally and i enjoy generally speaking a spectacle, i love a spectacle. There is an eclectic taste there that may be people might be surprised about. taste there that may be people might be surprised about. I watch a bit of everything. Right now i am going through a series of old english pictures at home that i very much enjoy. 19305, 19405 england, vivien leigh and laurence olivier, pride and prejudice i5 leigh and laurence olivier, pride and prejudice is a brilliant movie with greer garson. I love that world, wuthering heights. with greer garson. I love that world, wuthering heights. I know the5e world, wuthering heights. I know these are your earlier years. Do you look back with regrets . Do you savour look back with regrets . Do you 5avour life . How does it make you feel . There is nothing wrong with going back and exercising that right we have. We live life and it was going so fast at one point. Once you get on the train, and the midnight express get on the train, and the midnight expre55 train rolled so fast, you dont have time. I made a movie one after the other for ten straight years and i kept working. So it is really great to stop and appreciate and go back and remember these moments in time. They become more interesting as you write about them. You appreciate life and you discover your own consciousness you appreciate life and you discover your own con5ciou5ne55 better. It is a wonderfulfeeling. Your own con5ciou5ne55 better. It is a wonderful feeling. You have your own con5ciou5ne55 better. It is a wonderfulfeeling. You have had an extraordinary life, oliver stone, and we have had a little glimpse into it. Thank you for your time. Thank you. What a very polite and lovely man. People tend to forget, because he has had such success, he was 30 before he had any kind of a movie deal. He had written a lot of things and nothing was happening and then it did. The memoir i5 and nothing was happening and then it did. The memoir is called chasing the light. I like the way you reminisced over old films. He has gone back to really old british movies. Every person has gone back to Different Things through lockdown. From noi5y neighbours to nuisance pet5, drug deals to domestic disputes, what are we talking about . Anti social behaviour officers jobs. One officer has released a diary which documents the highs and lows of working in the community. Nick pettigrew joins us now. Of working in the community. Nick pettigrewjoin5 us now. Good morning, how are you . pettigrewjoin5 us now. Good morning, how are you . I am good, thank you, hope you are ok. One of the things about your book, and you detail the weight you are involved in, part of the story in a way is the effect it has on you and your own situation as you try and help others with theirs. Would that be fairto others with theirs. Would that be fair to say . Yes, certainly, i try to be honest in the book about my own personal background. What i hope it did as well is dry and show i had some empathy and insight into the problems of the people i was dealing with. Often they would have Mental Health issues or addiction i55ues andi Health Issues or addiction i55ues and i have had those issues myself in the past. I am still, i am not ashamed to say, a medicated depressive, so that is a part of my life. I thought it was important to be honest about that. It is sometimes a bleak picture you paint of peoples lives. You step into situations which most people are trying to get away from. It could start with a noisy neighbour or it could be something more serious, but you have to step into those positions. Yes, it was a job where no two days with the same, you never knew what you were going to be facing. I took about anti social behaviour, from cannabis factories, things being thrown out the window, harassment, there was one point when i was being sued by an arms dealer because we evicted him. It was an unpredictablejob, because we evicted him. It was an unpredictable job, certainly. Because we evicted him. It was an unpredictable job, certainlym because we evicted him. It was an unpredictable job, certainly. It is interesting when you say that you are medically treated for depression, but you are then put in a working environment where you are dealing with harassment. One of the things i notice is you detail one moment where i think you have a code word for if someone was being harassed and the general perception was just get harassed and the general perception wasjust get on harassed and the general perception was just get on with it, that is pa rt was just get on with it, that is part of thejob. Was just get on with it, that is part of the job. Is that fair . think it was managed well and we had very supportive colleagues. But speak to any front line worker, for me it was anti social, for others it is the police or the fire brigade or what have you, and they all have that thing where you cannot worry too much about what you are facing and you have tojump in with too much about what you are facing and you have to jump in with both feet and deal with the situation in front of you. I will not give away the ending of the book because you start the book saying you are making a decision about whether or not you continue and where life will take you, but how do you think the job is now in lockdown . People are so much more scared i think in terms of security, in terms of how stable their lives are. Yes, absolutely. I think covid 19 will have affected thejob. There has been a report today from a refuge saying they have noticed a massive uptake in Domestic Violence cases that they are getting and people are locked into that situation. Noise nuisance is another one where we will see a lot more of that. But also maybe the public might not think too much about people on low income or no income who have addiction issues and how they managed to get their money every day. The lockdown will have cut off a lot of those avenues for doing that, whether that is begging or shoplifting or sex work. We might not approve of those things, but in reality this is how a lot of people manage to pay for their addiction and during lockdown that has not been an option. Anyone reading the book will think it is a tough gig, no question, but on balance would you encourage someone else to go into it . What are the bits that you got from it, aside from pretty difficult circumstances . Job satisfaction i think. You are right, the situations were difficult. I think anti social books show that there is humour even in dark places. I think also what it does is it shows you can change somebodys life. There were occasions where i could honestly say at the end of the day if i had not been doing myjob, somebody may have lost their life. It sounds dramatic, but that was the reality in some cases. It is a satisfying job. It is absolutely important. Delighted to talk to you. Little tip, next time you are on the telly, turn your phone on silence so your mates dont take suit saying, i am seeing you on the telly thank you very much. That was Nick Pettigrew and his book is called anti social. We are back tomorrow. Have a good day. This is bbc news with the latest headlines Boris Johnson makes his first visit to scotland since last borisjohnson says the uks response to the coronavirus pandemic shows the sheer might of the union as the Prime Minister makes his first visit to scotland since last years general election. The snp say borisjohnsons message about scotlands dependence on the union during coronavirus will not be well received during the visit. And at half past nine, well be speaking to one of the country foremost political scientists professor sirjohn curtice. Please do get in touch im on twitter Annita Mcveigh or you can email at bbcyourquestions. Also this hour