Place in empty stadiums. And could coronavirus mean a permanent shift in the way we travel, as pedestrians and cyclists get more space for social distancing . Hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. The education secretary for england says the governments approach to re opening of schools will be cautious, and based on scientific advice, but he warned that the longer schools are closed, the more children miss out. It comes after teaching unions expressed concerns over plans to re open schools in england from the first ofjune. A further 468 deaths of people whove tested positive for coronavirus in the uk were reported in the last 2a hours, taking the official number of deaths to 34,466. Heres our education editor, branwen jeffreys. Classrooms now in england, but in just two weeks some children are due to return. The hope covid cases will have dropped. The education secretary said it is a tentative step. At the press conference i asked how School Governors could make
Northern areas. Further south to an empty stadium. Predominantly dry with some clear spells and certainly not a cold night actually quite a mild one. Nine to 11 degrees as waterloo couldnt we begin monday morning. Escape if i wanted to. Mondays weather set up as a and abbas waterloo has been named as the greatest similar one. High pressure to eurovision song of all the south, frontal systems to time by bbc viewers. The south, frontal systems to the north. A bit of a gap between these two frontal systems, so even across Northern Areas there will be a fairamount of dry Northern Areas there will be a fair amount of dry weather. We see these outbreaks of rain drifting from mainland scotland and across the northern isles. Afairamount of hello and welcome to bbc news. And across the northern isles. A fair amount of cloud, and a we start with the latest similar story for Northern Ireland and northern england. Developments on the coronavirus further south, dry with some outbreak in the uk, and
Opportunities in life, is actually to have them coming back into school. Out of 28 children in my class we have had ten responses saying they will send their children but even those parents have reservations and they have queries they would like answered before they make that choice. Well look at the science around the impact of coronavirus on children and those they are in contact with. Also tonight. People heed warnings not to overwhelm beaches, beauty spots and parks on the first weekend after lockdown rules in england eased. More space for pedestrians and cyclists could social distancing permanently change the way we travel . And football but not as we know it Germanys Bundesliga becomes the first Major European League to restart. Good evening. The education secretary Gavin Williamson says the governents approach to re opening schools in england will be cautious and based on scientific advice but he warned that the longer schools are closed, the more children will miss out. It come
Escape if i wanted to. And abbas waterloo has been named as the greatest eurovision song of all time by bbc viewers. Hello and welcome to the programme, im samantha simmonds. We start with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and globally. More than 310,000 people have died as a result of covid 19 around the world. People in germany have been protesting against lockdown restrictions. The biggest gathering was in stuttgart, where 5,000 demonstrators turned out. In wuhan, where the first cases were detected, Authorities Say theyve tested three Million People, but residents are worried that the very act of being tested could expose them to the virus. In india, a court has detained nearly 70 members of an Islamic Missionary Movement for allegedly spreading coronavirus in the city of bhopal. And in the us, the National High School Graduation ceremony is taking place online. Barack 0bama and a number of celebrities are taking part. The former us president delivered a
And it isntjust manchester. This week pop up cycle lanes opened in glasgow, leicester, york and brighton, and dozens more towns and cities have similar plans. London is closing some of its busiest streets to create what it claims will be the largest car free area in any city in the world. Most of these measures are presented as temporary, providing social distancing space. But often the aim is to make them permanent which is why some motorists are describing this as a one off land grab, conducted under the cover of covid and designed to create new facts on the ground. What is worrying about this is that it feels anti motorist, anti cars, and yet all those methods of transport are essential for economic recovery, and for the things we need in britain, so dont punish one group at the expense of the other. Commentator Chris Boardman is going to blow the world record out of the stadium olympic medal winning cyclist Chris Boardman says making these changes in our cities is about more than j