Of the seasons first race. Today were looking at a mixture of cool conditions, breezy as well and sunshine and showers. Most of them will be on the north and east. All the details that 27 minutes past. Its mondayjuly 6. Our top story. The uks struggling arts venues are to receive a support package worth more than £1. 5 billion. It comes after many theatres, museums and other cultural organisations had warned that they were on the verge of going bankrupt. Our arts editor Will Gompertz has more. Theatres, music venues, cinemas and museums across the country have been brought to their knees by the covid 19 pandemic, with many saying they will be bankrupt within weeks without emergency Government Support. That arrived today with the culture secretary announcing a £1. 57 billion rescue package for the culture and heritage sector. We are extremely happy, but all i will say is that until we know what the future looks like for the performing arts, it will still always be a bandage on a wound
China warns britain to back off over hong kong, as the uk reconsiders the role of huawei in the sg roll out. Music plays. And the brilliant. Tributes to Ennio Morricone, whose film music is known to millions, who has died at the age of 91. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news fixtures for the new scottish premiership season are released as celtic aim for a record tenth league title in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The audience loved it it had urgency, understanding, sympathy and, most importantly, it had money £1. 7 billion of it. The governments support package for the arts industry has been broadly welcomed by a sector which has been ravaged by the covid pandemic. The money will come in the form of grants and loans. But its come too late for some Theatre Companies and their staff, and theres concern about exactly where the money will go, with calls for regional theatres to be made a priority. Freelancers in the industry also say they n
And we hearfrom one American Family how they are coping with a death from covid 19. Hello and welcome. Hes been tested before and its come back negative, but now on the fourth procedure, brazils president has tested positive for coronavirus. Jair bolsonaro has spent months downplaying the severity of the virus, in a country that has the second highest number of covid 19 cases and deaths in the world, after the us. He is now taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug he and President Trump have promoted but which is unproven as a treatment for the disease. This from our south america correspondent katy watson. Brazils graveyards, a testament to the countrys crisis. Every day, more tombs are filled, every burial another number in the countrys shocking statistics. Tens of thousands of people are falling ill every day, numbers that Jair Bolsonaro has often dismissed, but now he is one of them. The president went on television to announce the test results. For once, wearing a mask, but leaving very
Prosecutors in new york want to see Donald Trumps financial records. They can, says the supreme court, much to the anger of the president. Also, democrats in Congress Want to see those documents. They cant. Those were the results of two separate rulings today from the highest court in the us. They mean that prosecutors can have access to the president s financial records, including his tax returns. But the documents which will go to a grand jury in new york will not be made public. A request for access by congressional committees was referred back to a lower court. An important political point the rulings make it likely mr trumps financial records wont be made public before novembers president ial election. Speaking at the white house, the president slammed the decisions. This is a political witch hunt the likes of which nobodys ever seen before. Its a pure witch hunt, its a hoax. Just like the mueller investigations a hoax that i won, and this is another hoax. This is purely political
The restrictions are coming from friday and the mayor andy burnham has warned that might mean a winter of real hardship for people but some of real hardship for people but some of the regions conservative mps have accused him of putting his ego before the interests of local people. Were going behind the scenes at one of yours bigger specialist cancer hospitals. We are meeting the staff, the patients and families fighting cancer in these strange days of covid. Special delivery from the royal mail. The company will begin collecting letters and parcels from homes. Itll cost you up to 72p could it costjobs at the post office . Its another fabulous night in paris for Manchester United. Marcus rashford scores a dramatic later winner as they beat Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League. Going in we are going in touchdown for the nasa probe taking samples from an asteroid. Its hoped it could reveal some of the secrets of the solar system. Good morning. Its a fairly cloudy and wet day for m