Despite pandemic pressures. Scheduled for 11. 57 pacific time. Nasas first night time splashdown since apollo eight. Four astronauts have returned to earth from the International Space station. And in half an hour looking back at the past seven days at westminster, Alicia Mccarthy will be here with the week in parliament. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The rules that require people to self isolate if they come into contact with someone whos tested positive for covid, could be relaxed. In a trial starting next week, up to 40,000 people contacted by nhs test and trace will be asked to take a lateral flow test every morning for a week instead of starting ten days of quarantine. 0ur Health Correspondent, anna collinson, reports. Test, test, test. Its a key part of society reopening. Currently, if you come into close contact with someone whos tested positive, you may receive this a message from test and trace saying you must self isolate for ten days. But this could soon change. A new study, backed by the government, is going to trial giving close contacts rapid Lateral Flow Tests every morning, for seven days. Results take about 30 minutes and if theyre negative, they can go about their lives as usual. Rapid tests are considered less sensitive compared to pcr ones, which are processed in a lab, but scientists hope they can still play an Important Role in tackling the virus. We will also ask participants to take a pcr test at the beginning of the seven day period and at the end of the seven day period, and also if they Test Positive at any time to confirm the result, and this will help us really understand, you know, the effectiveness of this approach. There are also hopes this study could help people whove struggled to self isolate, particularly those who are unable to work from home or are struggling financially. Its been particularly difficult for children often self isolating for a contact in their year group who theyve never actually seen or met, and theyre off school for an extra ten days, so i think this is a really positive step. But even if quarantine for close contacts is scrapped, there are still calls for improved Financial Support for those who Test Positive. Its one of the many precautions scientists would like to see over the coming months. Its too early to declare victory and to drop our guard. We do know that this infection has a tendency to come back again, and we need to use this time to be absolutely sure that weve got every precaution in place to stop further outbreaks. So, as the uk looks forward to a summer of relaxation and hopes of a foreign holiday, a reminder that the battle is still farfrom won. Anna collinson, bbc news. One big question likely to be answered in the coming days indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under intense pressure to announce a National Lockdown after india reported the highest number of deaths with covid 19 over a 2k hour period. Mr modi had resisted the measure in the build up to Regional Elections where his party is trying to extend its influence. But with the polls now over, the Prime Minister has been meeting senior officials to review the situation. 0ur correspondent devina gupta is in delhi and told us more about the possibility of a lockdown across the country. Indias Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in his last address with the public, when the regional polls were going on, had stopped short of announcing a National Lockdown, saying it is up to the states to decide whether they want to have a mini lockdown and it should only be used as a last resort, because livelihoods of a lot of people in india, almost 90 of the workforce, which is in the employment sectors, dependent on odd jobs on daily wages that they get in various states. And if there is a lockdown, what happens to those people . We have seen a migrant crisis where a majority of the migrants staying in the cities have gone back to their homes without any transport, at least in the first month of the lockdown. There were reports of how many people walked on foot, and also experienced fatigue. And that is a situation that the government wants to avoid at the moment. But experts say it is just a race against time. The extent of the pandemic now is quite different from last year. We see a Record Number of deaths, over 3600 being reported, the reported number of cases, over 400,000 reported across the country earlier this week. These are the numbers that require bold, decisive steps and National Lockdown could be the way of dealing with this crisis at the moment to save as many lives as possible. One big question likely to be answered in the coming days is which countries you can travel to without needing to qurantine when you return home. Im joined now by our political correspondent, jonathan blake. Good to see you, jonathan. Big question. We knew the answer. Where are we with holidays . The big day for the diary is two weeks tomorrow, 17th of may, when the back now hopes to allow International Travel again. We should expect an announcement was the end of this coming week, the Foreign Secretary, dominic raab, said this morning of the details are coming shortly. It will be a confirmation that International Travel will be allowed again, and crucially the list of which countries will be green in status, meaning you can travel there and return without having to go into quarantine. That will be a very limited list to begin with, and none of those countries are yet confirmed. We also had a hint of what life might be like further down the road map out of lockdown, beyond during the 21st, where the comet hopes to lift all legal restrictions in england. The Foreign Secretary suggested that some guidance may remain after that. Well, weve said it will be evidence driven. If youre talking about the fourth step of the road map. Iam. They wont end before then and were going to be evidence driven, but thats the aim. And i think the progress weve made with the vaccine, over 34 million first doses have been dispensed, thats 60 of the adult population, on track to hit the end of july target. I think were in a good position, but weve got to keep Tracking Variants and keep tracking the evidence. Well, that is here in the uk. In india, as we havejust well, that is here in the uk. In india, as we have just heard, remains a desperate situation. What have we been hearing today from politicians here about the uk response . Politicians here about the uk resnonse . Politicians here about the uk resonse . ,. ,. ,. , response . The uk is one of several countries helping response . The uk is one of several countries helping india response . The uk is one of several countries helping india with response . The uk is one of several countries helping india with aid countries helping india with Aid Shipments in its fight against coronavirus. Eight shipments from the uk specifically arriving this week. We have heard more today about what the domont is doing. They said they would send 1000 ventilators to help those most ill with coronavirus, in addition to a95 oxygen concentrators, ventilators that have already been sent. The question beyond that is will the uk help with vaccines in india, and will any of the doses here, which are perhaps surplus to requirements, be sent to india to help them vaccinate their population . The Government Back has said it is not looking at doing that at the moment. The shadow Foreign Secretary, lisa nandy, was asked whether her party thinks that would be a good thing to do this morning. Sonic lets not pick the People Of India against the people of britain. We need to ramp up the Vaccination Process here, and supply and manufacturing across the world. That is notjust in india, although it is a particular issue because of the size and severity of what we are seeing. It is also the case in the global south in refugee camps. I support what Professor 0penshaw was saying, we need a global agreement to make sure we get on the front foot and get the vaccination to every corner of the globe. It doesnt seem like there is any prospect of the uk Vaccination Programme will be slowed down, to send them elsewhere. If there is any surplus after that, possibly, send them elsewhere. If there is any surplus afterthat, possibly, but you heard lisa nandy increasing calls for a more coordinated, global approach. A national day of mourning is taking place in israel after a crush at a jewish festival early on friday, in which a5 people died. They were trapped in a narrow walkway at mount meron. The victims include teenagers and children. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman has this. Two brothers who travelled to a mountaintop tomb. They went to rejoice. But 18 year old yosef and his brother mordecai, just 12, were buried there overnight among the young boys killed in a national tragedy. Today, they paid tribute to the victims and absorbed the disaster� s terrible toll. The israeli flag is lowered to half mast. Were all heartbroken, saddened, shattered into a million pieces. Theres no words to describe the feeling of the entire country. Its like a day of wailing for an entire country, saddened. Wherever you go, whatever part of the country, people are sad and talking about one topic what happened here at meron. Fridays crush developed as crowds of Ultra 0rthodox pilgrims became packed in a narrow walkway, down a slippery ramp. Those at the front became trapped. Investigators have been at the site. An inquiry will look at the role of the police and officials, and why years of Safety Warnings were ignored. People i spoke to caught in the crush here were angry with the police, who they blame. But there is soul searching going on in the country over the degree of autonomy the government gives to political and religious leaders of the Ultra 0rthodox, and what part that had to play in poor planning and a lack of safety. Israel is united in grief, but much more split over whos responsible. With some bodies still to be identified, more funerals are due to take place. There is a fraught atmosphere amid the search for answers but, for now, israelis are pausing to honour their dead. Tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. The Foreign Secretary has suggested that the british iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe is being held hostage by iran and suffering treatment that amounts to torture. Nazanin has been detained in iran for five years on spying charges. She was recently convicted for a second time and banned from leaving tehran. North korea has accused President Biden of pursuing a hostile policy towards the country, and has warned that the United States will get hurt if it provokes pyongyang. The north was giving its First Response to the biden administrations policies on the country, which it has set out this week. Kathryn armstrong has this report. North korea has issued a sharp response to these recent comments from President Biden. 0n iran and north korea, Nuclear Programmes that present serious threats to america and the world, we will be working closely with our allies to address the threats posed by both these countries. Through the diplomacy as well as deterrents. In turn, north korea also cracked the whip, with its ministry saying. North koreans are again returning to their acerbic and belligerent rhetoric to try and get the sanction relief and reset the negotiations. Its a far cry from President Biden puzzlement predecessors hopeful but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to try to strike a deal with kim jong un. The white house insists its goal is the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, attempting to charter a new path, a middle road between what it calls Donald Trumps Grand Bargain Approach and barack 0bamas standoffish one. As far as diplomacy goes, north korea appears to view this as more stick than carrot. It added that the us would get hurt if it provoked them. The headlines on bbc news. People in england may not need to self isolate if theyve been in close contact with someone with covid. Daily rapid covid tests will be offered as an alternative to ten days quarantine. India has recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day since the start of the pandemic. A national day of mourning in israel, after a5 people were killed by a crush at a jewish festival early on friday. More on those stories throughout the afternoon. A pioneering operation to repair a babys spine while still in its mothers womb was made available for the first time on the nhs lastjanuary. Since then the surgery, which reduces the complications caused by spina bifida, has been carried out on 32 women, despite the major disruption caused by the pandemic. 0ur Health Correspondent Katharine Da Costa reports. It comes with risks but, then, this operation will mean that ive done the best for her. In my mind, there was no choice. Ijust had to do it. Hello 0h, someones tired, arent they . This is mila, short for milagro or miracle, in spanish. After six failed rounds of ivf, helena had almost given up hope of having a second baby, but on her seventh attempt, she fell pregnant and things seemed to progress well until her 20 week scan. I was told the news that she definitely has got spina bifida. Shes got a very big lesion on her back. So, basically, half of her spine was exposed. And they. They said that its likely that she will be paralysed, likely shell be incontinent, and will need a shunt to drain the fluid from her brain later on. Iwas. I was beside myself when they told me all these possible outcomes for having this condition. And. And ijust couldnt stop crying, basically. They told me the probability of her walking or moving her legs very, very low. And, yeah, that was. That was absolutely devastating. Within days, helena was referred for tests and scans similar to this one at University College hospital in london, and because the baby was otherwise healthy, she could be operated on while still in the womb. At 23 weeks pregnant, helena travelled to this Specialist Hospital in belgium, which is working in partnership with the nhs. A team of 25 clinicians carried out the complex operation, just like this one, to repair milas exposed spinal chord and close the hole in her back. Previously, the baby would have the repair to the spinal defect after birth. But now, because we can offer surgery in the womb, what it means is that the defect is closed a lot earlier. So, it means there is less damage to the spine, and that increases the chance the babys going to walk, and have much better control of their bladder and their bowel. Shall we do some gym . Mila was born at 36 weeks and is doing well. Its hoped up to 30 babies a year from across the uk could benefit from this surgery on the nhs, and while its not a cure, it could be the difference between a Child Learning to walk or not. She can move her legs, and shes got feeling to her toes, so it is absolutely amazing. Im just so grateful to the surgeons whove done this operation, because her life would look very different without it. Katharine da costa, bbc news. 5,000 people will attend a Music Festival in liverpool later this afternoon as part of the governments pilot scheme for live events. Crowds will gather to watch headline act blossoms in sefton park without having to social distance or wear face coverings. Scientists will be monitoring the gig, and those with a ticket will have to provide a negative covid test to get in. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in liverpool for us and joins me now wristband on, im sure. Plenty of excitement . Wristband on, im sure. Plenty of excitement . ,. , , , excitement . Yes, absolutely. This is sefton park. Excitement . Yes, absolutely. This is sefton park, there excitement . Yes, absolutely. This is sefton park, there will excitement . Yes, absolutely. This is sefton park, there will be excitement . Yes, absolutely. This is sefton park, there will be 5000 sefton park, there will be 5000 people coming in here very soon. This is the entrance. The gates are not open yet, but not long before people can get back to enjoying live music, at least in this experimental arena. 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Good luck, hope you have a good we are used to, we cant waitm luck, hope you have a good afternoon and sell plenty. The sun is coming out, thats what everybody needs. If i get rid of this microphone, we can bring you to the big top, where the bands are warming up. They are doing their sound this afternoon. This is a huge dealfor everybody their sound this afternoon. This is a huge deal for everybody and live music, live events, who have had such a quiet year. This is the key to them getting back on stage, to getting crowds in, 5000 people will be in here later this afternoon. No masks, no Social Distancing. This is to test whether it is safe for us all to get back to events like this. Thanks for now, danjohnson in liverpool. As Covid Restrictions are eased, and test events without Social Distancing take place for families grieving the loss of loved ones, there are still restrictions at funerals. In england, only 30 mourners can currently attend. The government says the rules for england are under constant review and will be eased when evidence suggests it is safe to do so. There are different limits in scotland, wales and northern ireland. To discuss this im joined now by maria bailey, a Grief Recovery Specialist and mother of three who lost her mother in december to cancer. May just start explaining mayjust start explaining a bit about your mother and the restrictions you had on herfuneral . Thank you. My mum sadly passed away on the 1ath of december. She had had cancer, and it was quite a short battle with cancer as well. We only found out at the end ofjuly. When it came to her funeral on christmas eve, i had the rather embarrassing situation of thinking i was allowed to invite 30 guests, only to find out that the venue, the local crematorium, could only house 20. So i had to let ten of her friends down. We also had a situation where Friends And Family were going into tiered lockdowns. 0ne Friends And Family were going into tiered lockdowns. One of her very best friends from kent could not make it. I was very grateful that we could have a video link, so that friends and relatives who were not able to attend were able to watch all over the world. My aunt in australia, Friends And Family in chester. Yeah, it was quite a difficult situation to be put in. Because it is already bad enough, losing my mother, without this added complication on top of working out who could be there. For those of us who could be there. For those of us who could be there. For those of us who could attend, there was the added restriction of not actually having that human contact, that touch of people you love, at a time when you really need a hug. So the whole thing was quite difficult. Absolutely, it is a story we have heard a lot over the last year. You also work as a grief counsellor. 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And they were waiting to say goodbye, with their families, were waiting to say goodbye, with theirfamilies, who a year were waiting to say goodbye, with their families, who a year later still cant. That, again, is adding another layer of grief on top of what they are already experiencing. This ritual of saying goodbye is being taken away. So, i would really like to see funerals prioritised a bit more, to see if anything can be done. As your last guest was talking about, the event in liverpool today, i know you cant really test funerals in the same way, but if things like cup finals can go ahead, with Lateral Flow Tests, i think it is time to think about whether funerals can go ahead in a normal way as well. Even larger venues, where you can socially distance more than 30 people at two metres apart such as cathedrals and large churches. Could the government start thinking about those as an option . What might on the Government Spokesperson who spoke to us says we know that losing a loved one has been incredibly difficult during the and throughout we have ensured that funerals can continue to happen. Do you think the government should be Prioritising Easing Restrictions on funeral sooner . Absolutely. If they can put Lateral Flow Tests in place, and make sure it is ok, im not advocating risk taking. Iam backing that fa cup final can go ahead, we have the contrast of the queen sat on her own one weekend at her husbands funeral, then the following weekend a Football Match where 8000 people could attend because they had had Lateral Flow Tests. It really stuck with me. Those two different images. So, if they can do that, i think they should look at changing the rules for funerals now. For funerals now. Maria bailey, urief for funerals now. Maria bailey, Grief Recovery for funerals now. Maria bailey, Grief Recovery Specialist, for funerals now. Maria bailey, Grief Recovery Specialist, thankj for funerals now. Maria bailey, Grief Recovery Specialist, thank you for joining Grief Recovery Specialist, thank you forjoining us this afternoon and sharing your story. Police in north wales say theyre Pulling Out All The Stops to find those responsible for the destruction of a platform to encourage ospreys to breed. It was chopped down just a day after an egg was laid in the nest. 0spreys are a protected bird of prey and it is an offence to interfere with them or their nests. Tim muffett reports. Ospreys are a very rare sight in the uk. Nesting platforms for the Birds Of Prey were first built at llyn brenig reservoir in north wales in 2013 as part of a successful conservation project. But on friday night, just one day after an egg was laid in this nest, whats been described as an horrific act of vandalism took place the nesting platform was cut down with chainsaws. Were really pulling all stops out to try to catch the person or persons responsible for this. The whole team are absolutely devastated by it, and im sure the community are as well. These birds give a lot of people a lot of pleasure and ijust cant understand how anybody could go and do Something Like that. 0spreys spend the winter in africa, typically returning to the same nest each spring. 0sprey eggs have been targeted by thieves before, although police say they dont know the motive in this instance. My initial reaction when i heard the news was incredulity, really. Shock. Ijust couldnt believe anybody had done this to such a rare bird. Youve got to bear in mind, you know, ospreys have been absent from wales for a00 odd years. They were re colonised in 200a, but still, we only have five pairs here. So its one fell swoop, one act of mindless vandalism, and weve lost 20 of our ospreys. Conservationists have placed a decoy egg on a nearby site in the hope that the pair will nest there instead. Anyone with information about this crime is being urged to contact north wales police. Tim muffett, bbc news. The uk s largest car park operator, ncp, has begun a Restructuring Process which it says is necessary to avoid minsolvency. It runs more than 500 sites, but has been struggling to fill them during the pandemic. Ncp says it hasn t been able to agree rent cuts to make the business viable. Its now turning to a new type of Legal Process which could mean landlords are forced to accept changes to rents, and ncp quitting unprofitable sites. Four astronauts have returned from the International Space station, in nasas first night time landing in 53 years. The crew, made up of three astronauts from nasa and one from japans space agency have spent six months in space. Recovery ships were waiting in the Gulf Of Mexico to reach the capsule and crew. A new photo of Princess Charlotte has been released to mark her sixth birthday today. The picture of the smiling princess was captured by her mother the duchess of cambridge in norfolk this weekend. The image wont be posted on the royal couples social Media Channels as Prince William and katherine are supporting the four day boycott by sporting bodies. Now its time for a look at the weather. Thank you very much indeed. Good afternoon. We got some sunshine today, but also some showers. Some could be heavy, even with hail and thunder as well. The main focus of those, increasingly, across the eastern side of scotland, Eastern Parts of england, the showers that we got further west should become fewer and there will be more sunshine later in the day. Temperatures only peaking at 13 or 1a degrees. If we head into this evening, the showers we have forming at the moment, a lot of them tend to fade away. Clearing skies for a while. We look out into the west, more cloud coming our way. When picking up, and rain heading into northern ireland. Ahead of it, the risk of frost more restricted to Eastern Scotland on the north east of and by morning. It may well be late on in the day before we see this Rain Arriving in east anglia and the south east. Scotland looks rather dry, elsewhere we will see outbreaks of rain moving on, could be quite heavy at times. Turning more showery in the west later on. Low pressure is bringing it, the strongest wind will be to the south of that, crossing the south of that, crossing and on wales, gusts of 50 or 60 mph. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up more questions for Borisjohnson Over who paid for the revamp of his Downing Street flat. Dont the british people deserve a Prime Minister they can trust and a government that isnt mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal . But the Prime Minister insists he picked up the bill. He should know that i paid for Downing Street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. Also on this Programme Fresh demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. And peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of fire safety work being passed on to leaseholders. Here we are today, with perhaps i a million of our fellow citizensl being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. But first, its been dubbed cash curtains, cash for curtains, the row over just who fitted the initial bill for the revamp of the Prime Ministers Downing Street flat has Daubed Borisjohnson all week. The news that the Election Watchdog was launching a formal enquiry into the refurb came just ahead of pmqs, with the Electoral Commission saying there were reasonable grounds to suspect that the rules may have been broken. Borisjohnson and his fiancee, carrie symonds, carried out