So what are your rights to a refund . Ill look at all you need to know. The winding road to the Champions League final. Uefa are expected to announce that the venue will be moved from istanbul to porto later today. Good morning. Today we have rain across the south western quarter of the uk. It is currently quite heavy but will turn shari as it goes southwards and eastwards. For most of us, it is a day of sunshine and showers. The details coming up. Its thursday, the 13th of may. Our top story. Israels president has warned of a Senseless Civil War and World Leaders have appealed for calm, as violence continued overnight. Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets at israel, after israeli air strikes destroyed a tower block in gaza city and killed senior commanders. 67 palestinians and seven israelis have now died since the clashes began on monday. Courtney bembridge has this report, and a warning there are some flashing images. It was another night of explosions in gaza city, as heavy israeli air strikes and palestinian rocket fire continued. In the west bank, palestinians threw stones at Israeli Forces and were met with bullets. In the tel aviv suburb of lod, Palestinian Protesters torched a synagogue and confronted motorists. Translation they heard my accent was not arab. L they ran up to my car and started Throwing Stones. I was lucky there were no cars behind, so i reversed. I drove full gas in reverse. I almost ran into people in cars. I didnt see anything. I saw death, death. Do you know what death is . People jumping at me with stones, Throwing Stones at me. In nearby petah tikva, this residential building was hit by a palestinian rocket. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to stop the violence. Translation this is anarchy, nothing can justify it. I will tell you more than that. Nothing canjustify a lynching ofjews by arabs and nothing can justify a lynching of arabs byjews. We will not accept this. This is not us, not this violence, not savagery. We will bring Back Governance to israels cities everywhere in all cities. World leaders have also called for calm and the us president , joe biden, spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone. My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later but israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory. The us is sending a top diplomat to the middle east to try to de escalate the conflict but the Palestinian Leader is standing firm. Translation i direct my speech especially to america and israel. | we are fed up. Go away from us. Leave us. We will stay like a thorn in your eyes. We will never leave your country, and your occupation today before tomorrow. The clashes may have started injerusalem but they have now spread across the country and it may be too late to contain the anger. Courtney bembridge, bbc news. We can speak now to our middle east correspondent, paul adams, whos in jerusalem. Good morning. Bring us up to date with what has been happening overnight and any more from the politicians. Overnight and any more from the politicians overnight and any more from the oliticians. ,. ,. ,. , ~ ,. , politicians. Good morning. As you know, politicians. Good morning. As you know. There politicians. Good morning. As you know, there was politicians. Good morning. As you know, there was more politicians. Good morning. As you know, there was more violence i know, there was more violence overnight. There were dozens of rockets fired into Central Israel on the gaza strip was that it does not sound as though they were many reports of injuries caused by those but certainly fragments of rockets did land in some suburban areas of tel aviv down on the coast. Meanwhile, israelis carried out new ways of air strikes on targets in gaza. Clearly their view, the rhetorical view from both sides, is it still has some way to go and there is no obvious sign of the Israeli Government or the hamas leadership being willing to down tools and call for a ceasefire just yet. The other thing which is of great concern is unlike previous rounds of violence, we are seeing, as you saw in your reportjust now, theyre spilling over of confrontations into israelsjewish and arab citizens. It is unusual feature and is causing huge concern. The uneasy relationship between israels own jewish the uneasy relationship between israels ownjewish and arab citizens is praying and breaking down in the very places where they live side by side. Meanwhile, caused by International Leaders for it all to calm down. We had from Boris Johnson yesterday. As you have just heard, joe biden saying he feels this will be over sooner rather than later. We are not sure why he is confident of that but his envoy is on his way to the region. There is a feeling a lot of diplomacy is starting to gather pace Coronavirus Infections in england are at their lowest level since august last year, but the Prime Minister has warned that the highly infectious indian variant is of increasing concern. The governments Scientific Advisory group for emergencies will meet today to discuss the rising number of cases linked to the variant particularly in some areas of the north west. Our reporter Charlotte Wright has the details. Coronavirus cases in the uk are at their lowest since august. But, as we prepare to take more steps back towards normality, the governments Scientific Advisory group for emergencies will meet today to discuss a variant thats causing growing unease. The threat of this virus remains real and new variants pose a potentially lethal danger, including the one first identified in india, which is of increasing concern here in the uk. Bi6i7. 2 is one of three mutations, contributing to indias deadly second wave. Although rates here are relatively low, more than 500 cases have now been identified in the uk, a marked increase over the previous week. Many of these are in bolton, in greater manchester, where Surge Testing is being carried out. They have been linked to travel back from india before it was put on the red list for hotel quarantine. There has also been a sharp rise among the under 255, prompting calls at Prime Ministers questions for faster distribution of the vaccine for younger age groups in the area. A high prevalence of the indian variants, amongst the highest Infection Rates in the uk, at 150 plus 100,000, can the Prime Ministerjoin me in pushing for most of bolton to be vaccinated asap . The Prime Minister says he is looking at all the potential solutions for these surges but that is not top of the list at the moment. It is not yet known if this variant will have any impact on the Vaccination Programme but Scientists Say vaccines can be tweaked. There are plans for a third booster in autumn, if required, and the government is playing down any concerns it could delay the next step on the road map out of lockdown. Charlotte wright, bbc news. Campaigners, who lost relatives to coronavirus, have criticised the proposed start date for a Public Inquiry into the governments handling of the pandemic, saying spring next year is simply too late. Labour has also questioned why the independent investigation cant begin sooner. 0ur chief Political Correspondent adam fleming joins us now. Morning to you. Lots of questions before this enquiry gets off the ground. Does the inquiry open in spring of next year or two the tools get put into place . That spring of next year or two the tools get put into place . Get put into place . That is very interesting get put into place . That is very interesting place. Get put into place . That is very interesting place. The get put into place . That is very interesting place. The prime i interesting place. The Prime Minister says the enquiry will officially start in spring, 2022. No specific detail of a date or month year that it does not mean work cannot start now. They will have to hire a chairperson and people to sit alongside that person. There will be an Advisory Panel of experts to Feeding Advice and information as the enquiry gets under way. They will have to design the terms of reference. What is the enquiry looking at and does it focus into particular areas of the Pandemic Response . People involved in that response, whether ministers, Government Officials or scientific advisers are already gathering e mails, documents, papers and whatsapp messages, which they had been doing for several months. Even though the start of the hearings or the First Official moment of the enquiry starting might be some way off, there will still be activity over the next months will stop different politicians and different Government Ministers and different Interest Groups will have different interests in what is being investigated. Interests in what is being investigated. Interests in what is being investiuated. ,. , investigated. Thank you for taking us throu. H investigated. Thank you for taking us through that. Investigated. Thank you for taking us through that. We investigated. Thank you for taking us through that. We will investigated. Thank you for taking us through that. We will speak investigated. Thank you for taking us through that. We will speak to | us through that. We will speak to using. You soon. £160 million will be spent by nhs england on Pilot Schemes to tackle the increase in Waiting Lists since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes as a new report from the Institute For Fiscal Studies suggests Hospital Admissions for routine surgery in england fell by more than a third last year, with the biggest reductions in the north and the midlands. In february, the number of people waiting for treatment reached 4. 7 million. All 38 and 39 year olds in england will be invited to book their first Coronavirus Vaccine from this morning. Theyll be offered the pfizer or moderna jab, in line with new guidance from the uks vaccine committee. The decision follows a review, which found younger people had a slightly higher risk of developing an extremely rare blood clot, after receiving a first dose of astrazeneca. The family of a nine year old boy, who was killed after being struck by lightning on tuesday, have said he was The Brightest Star with an infectious smile. Jordan banks was playing football on a field in blackpool, when a thunderstorm hit. Flowers and football shirts have been left there in tribute to him. 0ur reporter adam mcclean is there this morning. Adam, how has the community been responding . Ican i can see behind you many, many flowers. Maybe that is the visible sign of how the community is reacting. It sign of how the community is reactinu. , sign of how the community is reactinu. , sign of how the community is reactin. , reacting. It certainly is stop good morninu. Reacting. It certainly is stop good morning the reacting. It certainly is stop good morning. The community reacting. It certainly is stop good morning. The community here i reacting. It certainly is stop good i morning. The community here have been left devastated by what has happened. Hundreds of flowers have been left at the Playing Fields where jordan been left at the Playing Fields wherejordan banks was struck by lightning. Yesterday evening, the town paid tribute. Blackpool tower was lit up red in memory of the Young Liverpool fan. As more details have emerged aboutjordan, it has become clear how kind and caring he was. During lockdown, his support for Emergency Services was praised. Injanuary he had been leading sweets and chocolates on Police Powers to help cheer up officers working over the pandemic. He had also been raising money for charity after his uncle took his own life. He raised £3000 for counselling in the community, providing quick access for counselling for those who need it. An extraordinary young man and an inspiration are some of the phrases being used to describe jordan who died here on tuesday evening. Jordan who died here on tuesday evenina. , ~ , its 6 13am. Now the weather with carol. Morning, it feels milder today. Morning, it feels mildertoday. It is. Not a particularly morning, it feels milder today. It is. Not a particularly cold start to a day. Wet in somerset and devon. Lusk m has had an inch and a half in the last 24 hour is also. Luscombe. That is half the average rainfall for may. Forthe luscombe. That is half the average rainfall for may. For the rest of the into next week, there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. Some of them will be heavy and thundery and some of them will have some hail. If you are out of them, it will feel warm in the sunshine. This is the low pressure area which will sink southwards. A bit more cloud across the north and the east. There will be sunshine in between and we will see showers develop. Some will be sharp and heavy and thundery with hail, potentially, especially from the pennines heading west. This evening and overnight we will see some of the showers. The cloud across the north and used will move inland. More of us will see it. Clearer skies in Northern Ireland and the south of england. Tomorrow well start with sunshine. It will be dull to start the day tomorrow. The cloud will push back in the direction of the north sea that it will linger. We will see further showers pushing out in the sunshine. It will feel cooler along the north sea coastline. Thank you. One of the uks Largest Online travel companies has stopped selling holidays for this summer, saying its still too unclear how the new system for travel abroad will work. Taking a look this morning, a detailed look, quite a lot of questions people are asking. Should they book or not book . Different companies are making different calls. But there is still a lot of uncertainty out there. It is not plain sailing. Just because a uk government says it is fine you will then be able to get into the country you are going to, so that is worth bearing in mind. In another government has clarified the rules, there are still questions. Just because it is on our green less, does not mean you can travel freely or it is open to visitors and. What if things change after you have booked . From monday, a Traffic Light System will determine rules in place when we come back from abroad. If the country is red and amber, you should not go there on holiday. Those that do will have to take tests and quarantine on return. If a country is on the green list, you can travel. For now it is only a handful of places. It is hoped list will grow as numbers full. These are just the rules for coming back. Each country has its own rules to get in. Some countries are not on on the greenest not allowing visitors from the uk at like australia and new zealand. Countries require you to that take a test and have the vaccine. At the moment it is technically illegal to enter the country on holiday. It is hoped that will change within the next few days. There are no guarantees. Remember, like last year, the greenness could change at pretty short notice. That has prompted an Online Travel agent, 0n short notice. That has prompted an Online Travel agent, on the beach to cancel bookings until august. They say there is too much uncertainty. Nicola is due to go to portugal later this month. We nicola is due to go to portugal later this month. Nicola is due to go to portugal later this month. We have three uirls later this month. We have three girls heping later this month. We have three girls heping to later this month. We have three girls heping to go later this month. We have three girls hoping to go away. Later this month. We have three girls hoping to go away. We later this month. We have three | girls hoping to go away. We want later this month. We have three i girls hoping to go away. We want a laid back dalles holiday, going out for dinner and having a few cocktails. From what i have read, portugal is ahead of us in terms of unlocking restaurants. Ithink portugal is ahead of us in terms of unlocking restaurants. I think you can dine outside in groups of six and inside in groups of ten. I do not think our experience will be too affected. Things do change. We saw what happened to people last summer. Flights can change up to two hours before. We will have to be ready to make changes as and when. What make changes as and when. What haens make changes as and when. What ha ens if make changes as and when. What happens if you make changes as and when. What happens if you do make changes as and when. What happens if you do want make changes as and when. What happens if you do want to make changes as and when. What happens if you do want to make those changes . Where do you stand . If the airline auto operator cancels, you should be entitled to a full refund. That might happen if the uk government advises against travel or bans brits from entering. It is different if you decide to cancel, if it goes from green to amber. If the flight is still going ahead you may have an option to book but you will probably have to pay a fee if you want to cancel completely. In all of this, it is Worth Remembering Travel Insurance is pretty unlikely to have you if your destination goes from green to amber, all you do not like the rules of the place you are going to. The advice is that something flexible. Read the rules carefully and talk to a travel agent. We will get top tips for you later. If you want to tell us any issues you are facing right now or you have any questions about where you have any questions about where you might be headed to and what the rules might be, do let us know, get in touch. We will have an expect here to answer some of the questions. All of the details the bottom. Lets take a look at todays papers. Images of destruction in israel and gaza feature on many of the front pages, including the times, which says fears are mounting over the threat of full scale war. Well never give up, maddie is the daily mirrors headline, as it says her parents have vowed never to stop looking for their missing daughter on her 18th birthday. The paper says kate and gerry mccann still hope she can be found alive ia years after she disappeared during a Family Holiday in portugal. The guardian leads on borisjohnsons promise to hold an independent inquiry into the handling of the covid pandemic, but it says that there is anger that it will not be held until 2022. It says experts believe an inquiry could be up and running in three to six months. And the sister of the murdered mp jo cox has chosen her local paper, the batley and birstall news, to announce that shes hoping to stand for labour at the upcoming Batley And Spen by election. Its the seat where mrs cox was mp before she was killed. A quick look at some of the inside pages. Norman lloyd, put this into some kind of context. Norman lloyd was born november the 8th, 1914. 0k. Was born november the 8th, 1914. Ok. So he was born at the beginning of the first world war. He is hollywoods Oldest Working Actor was. He hasjust died at hollywoods Oldest Working Actor was. He has just died at the age of 106. In terms of when his career path, the trajectory of his career path, the trajectory of his career path, he was working in 1945, before that as well. Working with Alfred Hitchcock will stop he worked on the 1942 film, the saboteur. He had to lead to his death from the platform of the statue of liberty. Leap. There were suspicions over communists in hollywood and could not work for years and years. He carried on working. Right at the end it says he had an active lifestyle, daily shot of whiskey. It says he had an active lifestyle, daily shot of whiskey. I am liking this man and a 75 year marriage ended on the death of his wife, peggy. In among the many things he did at that time, played tennis with Charlie Chaplin. Played tennis with Charlie Chaplin. Played tennis with Charlie Chaplin what was his name . Norman. Lloyd. Youll remember weve been following the story of paul harvey. Hes the former Music Teacher Living with dementia, whose improvised piano piece became one of the Surprise Hits of 2020. 0ne Breakfast Viewer was so moved by the song, he donated £1 million to charity. Graham satchell has been finding out how the money was spent. If you ever wondered about the extraordinary power of music, look at this care home residents, smiling, singing, dancing. This, a regular Music Therapy session by the jazz quartet, spitz. What do you make of the reaction that you get . Its very rewarding. It gives me a lot of hope about humanity. Just because youve got dementia, for example, doesnt mean there isnt a whole world in someones mind, theres a whole person, like, a whole view of life, and a whole experience of richness. So yeah, it is amazing what music can do in that sense. In a way, its like a tool like no other, i think. The transformative effect of music can be remarkable. Takejohn, for example, who has vascular dementia. John was admitted to us 2017. He was given three months to live he was very frail, very unwell. He had a lot of anxiety. He was so withdrawn. Members of spitz worked closely with john. Gave him a guitar, changed his life. Through music, you get to know johns life history. We got to know whojohn is, and now, he is the centre of attention. He loves music, he is such a fun person to be around. And, hey ho it is four years on now, he is here with us. I think were going to get many more years to come withjohn. What does it mean to you to be able to kind of come out and enjoy this music . It means a lot to me. I like music, and i like country and western a lot. John will carry on having Music Therapy because spitz is now getting extra funding from an unexpected source. When paul harvey was given four notes by his son nick to improvise a tune, no one could have guessed what would happen next. The tune went viral online, and then was orchestrated by the bbc philharmonic. If he is having a bad day, playing the right piece of music at the right time can be absolutely transformational. And if i manage to get him up to play the piano, magic happens. He comes back to life. Pauls story was seen on this programme by scottish philanthropist sir tom hunter, who gave £1 million to two charities. One of them, music for dementia, is distributing that money today. It is going to do good, and thats all that matters. I didnt do very little, exceptjust play four notes. Would you give us four notes and were going to take it off in our own direction . G, b, e, c. Three members of the city of london sinfonia, another recipient of todays funding. They improvise tunes, connecting with people in care homes, who may have lost the ability to speak. What we are looking to do is really have a conversation in music. Sometimes were even doing this in situations where someone has had an operation. It might even be end of life. It is just the closest way of communicating with someone, where words are not going to really get there any more. I thought it was wonderful, very special. Music continues where the printed word stops, and it continues in a way that is magical, you know . Thats the word magical. This is pauls latest tune. He writes and plays every day. Paul is a remarkably gifted man, whose love of music will now help thousands of other people with dementia across the uk. Graham satchell, bbc news. Never underestimate the power of music. Magic time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im victoria hollins. St pauls cathedral could be forced to close permanently as it grapples with its worse Funding Crisis in 300 years according to those who run it. The Famous Landmark is almost entirely reliant on money from tourists, and has seen a 90 drop in its income. Although it has recieved support from the governments Covid Recovery fund, a quarter of staff have been made redundant. Nearly all the cathedral� s reserves have now been spent. The dean of st pauls says the situation is now critical. Its a horrible feeling to shut your doors to people and we dont want to be like that. But if we cant raise the resources to be able to employ the people to look after the building and keep it open and pay for the heating and lighting and all those things, we would have to shut our doors, so weve got some Big Decisions to make in our country about our heritage and how we will manage going forward. Sadiq khan has warned london could face an increase in violence this summer as lockdown eases and says driving down violence is a key priority during his second term as mayor. Today He S Announcing that a programme to move young people away from crime after they re arrested is being extended across the capital. The Met 5 Divert Scheme sees Intervention Coaches offering support in Police Custody suites. The largest Tunnelling Machine ever used on a Uk Rail Project is starting work under the chiltern hills. Named florence, it will dig a ten mile tunnel for the High Speed Railway hs2. Itll work non stop for three years and is one of 10 Boring Machines being used for phase 1 of construction between london and the west midlands. Lets take a look at the Travel Situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning safety checks and repairs continue on a number of high speed trains, with no gwr High Speed Services to and from paddington, and a reduced Service Across the Lner Network 0n the roads traffic on the a13 is building westbound from dagenham into barking. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a rather showery picture out there as we head through the next few days and thats because low pressure is dominating, so do expect plenty of wet weather in the forecast. Already showers out there this morning and it is a frost free start of the morning and Plenty Of Cloud too. We see showers on and off throughout the course of the day and the cloud will tend to break up at times so there will be some brighter spells and a bit of a messy picture so difficult to pinpoint exactly when. Some of the showers threaten to be heavy at times and the top temperatures peaked between 13 and 15 celsius and the showers are likely to be rather slow moving because the winds are light. As we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of those showers will tend to fade away but still some wet weather around, Plenty Of Cloud, but it should be a drier picture by the time we get to tomorrow morning and again, a frost free start to friday. Friday, lots of dry weather around for the morning, sunny spells, and we will see some showers get going as we head through the afternoon and once more temperatures tending to stay round about the average for this time of year. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to charlie and naga. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Mmnchetty and Charlie Stayt. A courageous young man, who will be missed by everyone well have more on the tributes to nine year old jordan banks, who died after being struck by lightning on tuesday. Well meet � chief� the White Tailed Eagle with a wingspan of eight feet. The rare birds have been reintroduced to the isle of wight, 200 years after it was last spotted soaring the skies. And well be joined by the writer who helped create the London 2012 Olympic Ceremony, Frank Cottrell boyce, to discuss his latest book for children. It could take between three and five years to clear the backlog of Hospital Treatments as a result of the pandemic thats the warning from nhs providers, which represents trusts in england. It comes as nhs england prepares to publish the latest waiting list figures for Hospital Treatments, which stood at 4. 7 Million People at the end of february. 0ur health correspondent, anna collinson, has been speaking to some of those affected. They said its not good news and they said i had cancer. Two months ago, doctors told elaine walsh she had womb cancer. What they did say is you would normally be on a table in the next few weeks but we havent got one. We havent got a surgeon, we havent got a table and obviously i was aware every day that im not on a surgical operating table. It is more risk. After six long weeks, elaine was told her surgery had to be cancelled. It was the most horrendous day, because when they took that away from me and they couldnt give me a foreseeable date. In the past year, the nhs has treated more than 400,000 Covid Patients across the uk and rolled out a mass Vaccination Programme. Is it hurting . Your tummy is hurting . Is it your tummy hurting . But this has come at a cost disrupting Nonurgent Care for millions of patients like zen, orjulie and chris who have had to wait for knee and hip operations. A new report by the Institute For Fiscal Studies says elective surgery fell by a third in england last year and it also found non covid Emergency Cases and outpatient appointments dropped, as had time sensitive conditions like cancer, though not as much. And its notjust a problem in england, although comparable stats are not available yet, we know a similar number are waiting for treatment in scotland and while in wales and Northern Ireland its even higher. The trusts with the biggest problem are saying to us that on current trajectories they are saying it could take them between three and five years to recover those backlogs. Now Everybody Knows that that is simply not good enough and we are going to need to Work Together with the government to create a plan to go faster. Nhs england has announced a £160 Million Initiative which will consider innovative ways to tackle Waiting Lists. So could Something Like this be part of the solution . Heres our mobile Surgical Theatre and it really is quite something to look at. It has been a year in the making. Passionate about helping the nhs, these two doctors have created and raised the funds for a Surgical Unit which can be set up in car parks and ready to use within two hours of arrival. It is still a bit of a work in progress and you need to use your imagination but where we are standing is the entrance for you. It has a reception. This is the heart of the unit. And a Surgical Theatre. And what kind of patience will you be treating here . Generalsurgery, hernias, carpal tunnels, skin surgery, cancer surgery, so its multiple disciplines, but it is the low risk surgery that then frees up the main theatres in hospitals for the big operations under general anaesthetics, hips and knees. Patients will then exit out of the back. It is hoped the one way system will simplify the flow of people and increase the numbers treated. We can see there is a scope for change and a scope to improve patient numbers, not necessarily relying on bricks and mortar of large hospitals, but more delivery in the community, which is both easier for patients and more Cost Effective and very achievable. Some Health Officials say calling upon the private sector is another way to increase capacity, which has happened with elaine, who is due to be treated at a private hospital tomorrow. Im not allowed any visitors when im in there. But they promised to take good care. Sociable and outgoing, elaine longs for her old life. The prolonged wait for her Cancer Treatment has been made even more painful because she has had to isolate on her own. Nobody realised the stresses of going through this in covid, in the pandemic, and what it means to be isolated and going through what you would normally have a huge support network, and i have got a support network, dont get me wrong, but they cant be with me. No one can be with me. I can do it, i can do with myself, i know i can. Im just lucky ive got a bed, but its hard. Lets get more on that story now from gp, dr Mohit Mandiratta who joins us from birmingham. Good morning to you. You can see the concern, cant you, there, from that report that people have at this moment in time. How is that reflected in the people you were seeing on a day to day basis . Goad seeing on a daytoday basis . Good morninu. Seeing on a daytoday basis . Good morning its seeing on a daytoday basis . Good morning. Its such seeing on a daytoday basis . Good morning. Its such an seeing on a day to day basis . 13mg. Morning. Its such an important point and if we think back a few short months ago that hospitals were full of coronavirus and so many doctors and nurses were redeployed to try and tackle the pandemic and that inevitably had an impact and that inevitably had an impact and thatis that inevitably had an impact and that is something i am seeing in our practices and in our elective procedures but largely cancer care, urgent care, Emergency Care did continue but in some some ways it was impacted. As you said, it will take a long time to catch up with everything that has happened and the limiting step is the doctors and nurses because we dont have any more doctors and nurses and every single week where i work in the Black Country and west birmingham there are thousands of new suspected urgent Cancer Referrals which need dealing with alongside the big backlog of arrays, so this will take a lot of time but it is an absolute nhs priority and we are glad to hear of the investment going on and the weekend Catch Up Clinics and on the ground in practice i am seeing patients who might be waiting joint replacements, cataract surgeries, hernia operations, who are struggling with symptoms and this is an unfortunate but inevitable impact of the covid 19 pandemic which will take some time to clear. Iiiin� n� of the covid19 pandemic which will take some time to clear. Of the covid19 pandemic which will take some time to clear. How does it feel for you take some time to clear. How does it feel for you knowing take some time to clear. How does it feel for you knowing you take some time to clear. How does it feel for you knowing you have take some time to clear. How does it feel for you knowing you have to feel for you knowing you have to tell people to wait while they are in pain . Its tell people to wait while they are in ain . � , . Tell people to wait while they are inain . � , . , in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you said in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you said pain in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you said pain for in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you said pain for a in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you said pain for a lot in pain . Its difficult, absolutely, and as you said pain for a lot of. And as you said pain for a lot of thejoint replacement and as you said pain for a lot of the Joint Replacement Surgery is a lot of things and the impact is so big on quality of life. Generally the population has been so understanding and we have advised everybody to protect the nhs and they did, so theres a lot of understanding and my other important point would be to say weve always wanted people to access us if we need them, so there are people who have been hesitant to to Access Health Care Services because they didnt want to burden us, but we say if you are worried about any symptoms, suspected cancer, new lumps, get in touch because the nhs are still here for you. As much as there is a lot of work to do, we are still doing the dayjob. Still doing the day ob. Talking to atients still doing the day ob. Talking to patients on h still doing the day ob. Talking to patients on the still doing the day job. Talking to patients on the day still doing the day job. Talking to patients on the day to still doing the day job. Talking to patients on the day to day still doing the day job. Talking to patients on the day to day basis, j patients on the day to day basis, how are you talking to them, physically . 0n the front page of the telegraph the front page says gps are told to screen patients online first and face to face appointments should be discouraged. Is that the message you have received . Discourage is probably the wrong term. Primary care has been open throughout the pandemic and working hard and the majority of its success is down to gp practices which have removed face to face work and how weve been advised to work through the nhs was to go to a remote first model and to triage patients by telephone or video first, assess their needs and if conditions be managed safely then absolutely fine to do that, but if patients need to be seen face to face, they will be brought into the scene face to face whether thats a doctor appointment, nurse appointment, baby check, immunisation, that absolutely continues and that is something we are still doing and we are still in the pandemic and we cannot have full Waiting Rooms of people and social distancing needs to be maintained and we need to clean the premises between patients and we have actually seen over the last few months with the face to face work increasing. Initially people were quite concerned about coming in with their health because of the pandemic and now i would say around 50 of my consultations would be face to face and 50 will be remote and virtual whether virtual or telephone. From this morning whether virtual or telephone. From this morning people whether virtual or telephone. From this morning people age whether virtual or telephone. From this morning people age 38 and 39 can sign up to the nhs website and book a vaccine, so what are you seeing in terms of younger people now and their attitude towards getting the vaccine . So far in the higher age groups we have seen 90 plus take up. I higher age groups we have seen 90 plus takeup higher age groups we have seen 9096 plus takeup plus takeup. I think generally take u. Plus takeup. I think generally take u is still plus takeup. I think generally take up is still very plus takeup. I think generally take up is still very good. Plus takeup. 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It still has to be confirmed and it was l has to be confirmed and it was always going to be in istanbul but now turkey are on the red list, the red list of countries that uk residents are not allowed to visit and have to quarantine when they come back, and so uefa have been in talks with the uk and decided, we think, still to be confirmed on porto and that will be the city that will be given the go ahead later to host this seasons Champions League final between manchester and chelsea. The decision will be announced officially by uefa today. The final has been moved from turkey, which is on the uks red travel list, but it seems an agreement couldnt be reached to bring the final to wembley. Well one of the teams involved in that final is chelsea and they were beaten by arsenal last night. The 1 0 defeat means their Champions League place for next season is still in doubt. 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Celtic captain scott brown has said Fairwell To Celtic Park as a player. Brown has been at the club since 2007 and has won 22 trophies with them. In his final game at home he even provided an assist for this 0dsonne edouard goal. Celtic winning 4 0 against stjohnstone in the premiership. Brown will move to aberdeen in the summer in a player coach role. And champions rangers arejust one game away from an unbeaten premiership campaign. They beat livingston 3 0, ianis hagi with the pick of the goals. At the other end of the table, Hamilton Academical lost to ross county, meaning they are all but relegated. In a shock announcement, Manchester United have confirmed that womens head coach casey stoney will leave at the end of the season. The former england defender secured uniteds promotion to the Womens Super League in herfirst season at the club. But after three years in the job and missing out on Champions League qualification by one point, she says now is the right time to step away. We could get to see andy murray playing at the french open at the end of this month. Tournament director guy forget said the former world number one deserved a wild card. Murray has been hampered by injuries, his latest a Groin Problem picked up in march. But he was winning again yesterday evening in the first round of the italian 0pen. He and fellow briton liam brody, Beat Australian pair luke saville and max purcell. And finally in the netherlands, ajax have decided to share their championship trophy with theirfans. Its been melted down to create these small stars, which will be sent to each of their 42,000 season ticket holders. Ajax won their 35th title this season and, like most teams across europe, have played without fans this is their way of sharing the win with them. There will be two schools of thought on that. Some will think that is a really, lovely thing to do. I think its almost sacrilegious, melting down the trophy. Ida. Its almost sacrilegious, melting down the trophy. 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There is light in the sky very early on, it is that time of year, and you notice. You are absolutely right and it is not particularly cold either. You can see here in the Temperature Chart that there is a 14 degrees temperature difference between Northern Ireland and london but these generally are the temperatures we are seeing across the land between seven or 9 degrees. If you have an allergy to tree pollen the levels are high today, particularly in the south east and for the next few days of the forecast, even into next week its one of sunshine and showers and some heavy and thundery with hail but if you miss them and it will feel warm in the sunshine. The sunshine is strong at this time of year. Weve had a lot of Rain Overnight Courtesy of the area of low pressure so a lot of Standing Water across parts of devon and somerset in particular, so bear that in mind if you are out and about earlier this morning. Also the rain is moving in across wales but it will start to turn a bit more showery as we go through the day. A fair bit of cloud across the north and east and a lot of it pushing back towards the coastline and then we will have some sunshine but in the sunshine we will see further showers develop and some of those will be heavy and thundery with hail. The temperatures today, we are looking at nine, ten or 11 but if you come out of the cloud and showers you could get 15 or possibly 16 degrees today and that will feel quite warm in the sunshine and light winds. Through the evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade and watch this Cloud Romping in from the north sea and pushing steadily to the west. The Showery Rain In The South is tending to push away towards the south and clear skies in Northern Ireland and also South East England means first thing tomorrow we should see some sunshine here. Talking of tomorrow we are between two Weather Fronts. Not much in the way our isobars so not much wind but we have another System Waiting In The Wings for saturday. We start off on a doll no tomorrow with a lot of cloud around, thick enough for spots of drizzle but where we have the clear skies in Northern Ireland and the south east we start with the sunshine and we will see showers develop and through the day that cloud pushes back in the day that cloud pushes back in the direction of the north sea but a lot of it will not actually clear so it will feel cooler again across the north sea coastline and in the sunshine, if you dodge the showers, you are looking between 12 and 14 degrees. Here is that offending Weather Front that we saw in the south west during saturday that will push across bringing in rain, low pressure still very much in charge of our weather and we say goodbye to one and then another one arrives and you can see we hang onto it through the weekend. So this weekend we are in for further heavy showers and some of them thundery and there will be sunny spells in between and on sunday it will be quite blustery as well and the outlook beyond that, youve guessed it, sunshine and showers. A one off opportunity for you to do your Gollum Impersonation now. Charlie, no. I your Gollum Impersonation now. Charlie. No charlie, no. I thought that was a really good charlie, no. I thought that was a really good impression, charlie, no. I thought that was a really good impression, carol. I really good impression, carol. Thanks. ,. ,. , the popularity of the lord of the rings films as well as its breath taking scenery has helped to make new zealand a Holiday Destination for millions of people each year. But the Tourism Industry took a huge hit when the when the country shut its borders in march 2020 and still only australians are allowed to travel to the country. But theyre slowly getting ready for more of us to return. Shaimaa khalil� s been finding out how theyre doing it. Its the kind of high octane adventure in new zealand is famous for, a mix of dramatic scenery, Adrenaline Rush and a whole lot of cold water. Its fairly busy here today because of school holidays, which is a welcome change, but still nothing like it was before covid 19 hit. Pre pandemic operators had eightboats an hour and this year it was down to one. Dont start sticking your arms at the side of the boat. In this tourist town, some operators have gone out of business since the country closed its borders. 0thers got by relying on locals. We went from a business that was accustomed to taking 1200 people a day, having a lot of people on the ground to do that, to suddenly having to really having to enjoy the fact we might have 200 we might have 200 in a day. Before the pandemic, there were worries new zealand was getting too popular, risking the pristine environment which so many came to see. Now there are calls to use this lull as a chance to curb tourisms heavy carbon footprint. Proposals presented to the government include limiting Visitor Numbers and a Departure Tax to help offset tourisms climate impact. Its a difficult prospect for an industry that has suffered so badly. It does feel a little bit like the dogs are really down and were having a foot put on our throat, but Everybody Needs to look at themselves environmentally because this is the product we purvey and when you do compare it to the other Major Industries in the country, which are categorically larger carbon producers, is tourism really the appropriate thing to be looking at right now . Theres never a right time to make a change. Yes, there is a short term crisis to be managed, but long term, we need an industry that is more sustainable. Asking travellers to contribute a small amount as they leave our shores is the most constructive thing we can do. People are starting to say, ive got choices, where can i go . To a place which is responsible and takes this seriously. Polluting Jet Boat Operators know they have to adapt. Here they are planning to use electric engines to cut Carbon Emissions and noise. Worldwide, new zealand is seen as a Success Story for how it handled covid 19 and despite its reliance on tourism, it remains reluctant to open its borders beyond the travel bubble with australia. When more visitors eventually return, they will find a country taking a fresh look at how to protect the natural wonders that millions have come to enjoy. The biggest Tunnelling Machine ever used in the uk officially starts work today. The drill, which has been named florence, will be used in the first phase of the hs2 rail project. 0ur correspondent, theo leggett, has been finding out more. If you want to make a large tunnel, you need a giant drill, and they dont come any bigger than this. Florence, as shes known, is a tunnel Boring Machine or tbm. So this machine itself is 170 metres long and it contains all the processors, all the pipes, all the welfare, all the facilities for the guys to run the machine for such a long duration. Its 10. 26 metres in diameter so i it is the height of two giraffes. It is a big bit of kit. Florence and a Sister Machine Called Cecilia will be used to build a ten mile, twin bore tunnel between the chiltern hills. So now we are walking through the centre of the tbm and this is where all of the segments will be transferred up through the underside of the gantries to deliver the segments to the front of the tbm. More than 100,000 Concrete Slabs will be needed to lie in the tunnel and they are all made on site. These segments which are concrete, Steelfibre Reinforced support the ground in the tunnel so they are erected by the tbm machine while the tbm is driving. Its very important and crucial to the project so the tbm can keep going and installing the segments and producing the tunnel. Like the hs2 project as a whole, the Chiltern Tunnel has faced vocal opposition. Campaigners claim the work will drain rare chalk streams and growing habitats, but the boss of hs2 insists that isnt the case. Weve done everything we can, and thats why were building a tunnel in the first place as we stand between the chiltern area of National Beauty and we have already planted some 700,000 trees and bushes, and 16,000 jobs are being created by the project and that number will nearly double in the next few years when we get to peak activity. In total, hs2 will be using ten of the giant machines to build 64 miles of tunnel between london and the west midlands. Florence, meanwhile, has onlyjust begun herjourney. It will be another three and a half years before she daylight again. Theo leggett, bbc news. Florence is the name of that drill. Have you ever named a drill . No, i havent. I have really used one, to be honest with you. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im victoria hollins. St pauls cathedral could be forced to close permanently as it grapples with its worst Funding Crisis in 300 years according to those who run it. The Famous Landmark is almost entirely reliant on money from tourists, and has seen a 90 drop in its income. Although it has recieved support from the governments Covid Recovery fund, a quarter of staff have been made redundant. Nearly all the cathedral� s reserves have now been spent. The dean of st pauls says the situation is now critical. Its a horrible feeling to shut your doors to people and we dont want to be like that. But if we cant raise the resources to be able to employ the people to look after the building and keep it open and pay for the heating and lighting and all those things, we would have to shut our doors, so weve got some Big Decisions to make in our country about our heritage and how we will manage going forward. Sadiq khan has warned london could face an increase in violence this summer as lockdown eases and says driving down violence is a key priority during his second term as mayor. Today He S Announcing that a programme to move young people away from crime after they re arrested is being extended across the capital. The Met 5 Divert Scheme sees Intervention Coaches offering support in Police Custody suites. A new scheme has been launched to help hundreds of people to improve their Mental Health by spending time in wetlands. Up to 300 people a week will be able to take part in a Six Week Programme at the London Wetland centre in barnes. Its in response to evidence that nature can reduce stress, fatigue, anxiety and depression. Lets take a look at the Travel Situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. Safety checks and repairs continue on a number of high speed trains, with no gwr High Speed Services to and from paddington, and a reduced Service Across the lner network. 0n the roads traffic on the a13 is building westbound from dagenham into barking. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a rather showery picture out there as we head through the next few days and thats because low pressure is dominating, so do expect plenty of wet weather in the forecast. Already showers out there this morning and it is a frost free start of the morning and Plenty Of Cloud too. We see showers on and off throughout the course of the day and the cloud will tend to break up at times so there will be some brighter spells and a bit of a messy picture, so difficult to pinpoint exactly when. Some of the showers threaten to be heavy at times and the top temperatures peak between 13 and 15 celsius and the showers are likely to be rather slow moving because the winds are light. As we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of those showers will tend to fade away but still some wet weather around, Plenty Of Cloud, but it should be a drier picture by the time we get to tomorrow morning and again, a frost free start to friday. Friday, lots of dry weather around for the morning, sunny spells, and we will see some showers get going as we head through the afternoon and once more temperatures tending to stay round about the average for this time of year. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty. 0ur headlines today. Violence continues between Israeli Forces and palestinian militants, as World Leaders appealfor calm. Government scientists meet amid concerns over the spread of the indian covid variant. An extraordinary young man tributes are paid to nine year old jordan banks, who died after being struck by lightning in his home town of blackpool. Chelsea and Manchester City fans may be on their way to portugal. Uefa are expected to announce that the Champions League final will be moved from istanbul to porto later today. Good morning. This morning we have Rain In The South West of the uk. It will turn more showery during the day. For most of us it will be one of sunshine and showers, some of them will be heavy and thundery downpours. The details later in the programme. Its thursday, the 13th of may. Israels president has warned of a Senseless Civil War after violent clashes between arabs and israelis spilled on to the countrys streets. Palestinian militants continued to launch dozens of rockets at israel overnight, after israeli air strikes destroyed a tower block in gaza city and killed senior commanders. World leaders are appealing for calm. This report from Courtney Bembridge contains flashing images. It was another night of explosions in gaza city, as heavy israeli air strikes and palestinian rocket fire continued. In the west bank, palestinians threw stones at Israeli Forces and were met with bullets. In the tel aviv suburb of lod, Palestinian Protesters torched a synagogue and confronted motorists. Translation they heard my accent was not arab. L they ran up to my car and started Throwing Stones. I was lucky there were no cars behind, so i reversed. I drove full gas in reverse. I almost ran into people in cars. I didnt see anything. I saw death, death. Do you know what death is . People jumping at me with stones, Throwing Stones at me. In nearby petah tikva, this residential building was hit by a palestinian rocket. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to stop the violence. Translation this is anarchy, nothing can justify it. I will tell you more than that. Nothing canjustify a lynching ofjews by arabs and nothing can justify a lynching of arabs byjews. We will not accept this. This is not us, not this violence, not this savagery. We will bring Back Governance to israels cities everywhere in all cities. World leaders have also called for calm and the us president , joe biden, spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone. My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later but israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory. The us is sending a top diplomat to the middle east to try to de escalate the conflict but the Palestinian Leader is standing firm. Translation i direct my speech especially to america and israel. | we are fed up. Go away from us. Leave us. We will stay like a thorn in your eyes. We will never leave our country, and your occupation today before tomorrow. The clashes may have started injerusalem but they have now spread across the country and it may be too late to contain the anger. Courtney bembridge, bbc news. Coronavirus infections in england are at their lowest level since august last year, but the Prime Minister has warned that the highly infectious indian variant is of increasing concern. The governments Scientific Advisory group for emergencies will meet today to discuss the rising number of cases linked to the variant particularly in some areas of the north west. 0ur reporter Charlotte Wright has the details. Coronavirus cases in the uk are at their lowest since august. But, as we prepare to take more steps back towards normality, the governments Scientific Advisory group for emergencies will meet today to discuss a variant thats causing growing unease. The threat of this virus remains real and new variants pose a potentially lethal danger, including the one first identified in india, which is of increasing concern here in the uk. B1617. 2 is one of three mutations contributing to indias deadly second wave. Although rates here are relatively low, more than 500 cases have now been identified in the uk, a marked increase over the previous week. Many of these are in bolton, in greater manchester, where Surge Testing is being carried out. They have been linked to travel back from india before it was put on the red list for hotel quarantine. There has also been a sharp rise among the under 25s, prompting calls for faster distribution of the vaccine for younger age groups in the area. Greater manchester has submitted for consideration to the joint council on vaccination and immunisation a request that we have permission to vaccinate all over 16s in bolton and more widely in greater manchester. The Prime Minister says he is looking at all the potential solutions for these surges but that is not top of the list at the moment. It is not yet known if this variant will have any impact on the Vaccination Programme but Scientists Say vaccines can be tweaked. There are plans for a third booster dose in autumn, if required, and the government is playing down any concerns it could delay the next step on the road map out of lockdown. Charlotte wright, bbc news. Campaigners, who lost relatives to coronavirus, have criticised the proposed start date for a Public Inquiry into the governments handling of the pandemic, saying spring next year is simply too late. Labour has also questioned why the independent investigation cant begin sooner. 0ur chief Political Correspondent adam fleming joins us now. Morning adam fleming joins us now. To you. There are a lo questions morning to you. There are a lot of questions about this enquiry. Many would like to start now. What is the logic for the delay . The would like to start now. What is the logic for the delay . Logic for the delay . The Prime Minister said logic for the delay . The Prime Minister said yesterday logic for the delay . The Prime Minister said yesterday when l logic for the delay . The Prime I Minister said yesterday when he logic for the delay . The Prime Minister said yesterday when he was setting out plans, he said we are not Out Of The Woods yet. Because coronavirus looks like it is a seasonal disease, the Health Service could still be packing it in a big way next winter. The most appropriate time when people will have to lose the most amount of time from the front line is next spring. Between now and then the government has to appoint a chairperson and there will be a panel of people to advise them, a panel of advisers to advise them, a panel of advisers to advise them, a panel of advisers to advise the enquiry overall and they had to agree the terms of reference. What will be enquiry actually be about . There is scope for political wrangling over the next couple of months. Different people will want Different Things out of it. There are all sorts of practical things. I was chatting to someone who chaired an enquiry a few years ago saying you have to decide what building to host in so people do not feel intimidated when they give evidence. There is a lot to think about before the enquiry starts. These enquiries take a very long time. We are not talking months, we are talking years. Some of these enquiries have taken more than a decade in the past. Taken more than a decade in the tast. , ~ , taken more than a decade in the ast,. , ~ ,. £160 million will be spent by nhs england on Pilot Schemes to tackle the increase in Waiting Lists since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes as a new report from the Institute For Fiscal Studies suggests Hospital Admissions for routine surgery in england fell by more than a third last year, with the biggest reductions in the north and the midlands. In february, the number of people waiting for treatment reached 4. 7 million. All 38 and 39 year olds in england will be invited to book their first Coronavirus Vaccine from this morning. Theyll be offered the pfizer or moderna jab, in line with new guidance from the uks vaccine committee. The decision follows a review, which found younger people had a slightly higher risk of developing an extremely rare blood clot, after receiving a first dose of astrazeneca. The family of a nine year old boy, who was killed after being struck by lightening on tuesday, have described him as the The Brightest Star with an infectious smile. Jordan banks was playing football in blackpool when a thunderstorm hit. Blackpool tower was lit up in red on wednesday night in tribute to the Young Liverpool fan and flowers and football shirts have been left at the Playing Field where he died. Its 7 10am. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Morning. Morning to you. The weather todayis morning. Morning to you. The weather today is similar to what we have seenin today is similar to what we have seen in the last few days and what we will see in the next few as well. We are looking at heavy downpours with sunshine in between. We have had heavy rain overnight in wales and the south west, especially devon and the south west, especially devon and somerset. A lot of Standing Water on the roads. You can see showers connected with the same area of low pressure in the midlands and south east. 0ne of low pressure in the midlands and south east. One or two showers in Northern Ireland. Largely shallow free in northern england. Shower free. In the sunshine in the west of Northern Ireland and much of england you will find showers will get going and they are likely to be heavy and thundery with pale embedded in them as well. Rain pushing further south. It could turn more showery in nature. Temperatures ranging from nine in the north to 15 in the south. If you have an allergy to tree pollen, levels are high. Through this evening and overnight, our band of showery rain continues to sink southwards into the Channel Islands. A lot of cloud comes in from the north sea in the north and east, drifting towards the west with showers ahead of it. Under clear skies in Northern Ireland and the south east, we will start with some sunshine. Forthe south east, we will start with some sunshine. For the rest of the uk, a dull start with a view showers. That will start to push back towards the north sea coastline. It would be quite stubborn to left. In the west we will see more showers developed and there is a potential for those to be heavy and under eat as well. Thank you. See you later. Thundery. Could deaths from coronavirus have been avoided in the uk . Was the test and trace system good value for money . Did care homes receive enough support . These arejust some of the questions, which will be examined in an independent inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, which was announced yesterday. The Prime Minister told mps hes fully committed to Learning Lessons. Amid such tragedy, the state has an obligation to examine its actions as rigorously and candidly as possible and to learn every lesson for the future, which is why i have always said when the time is right there should be a full and independent inquiry. We are joined by campaigner lobby akinnola, who lost his dad femi to coronavirus. Hes at the National Covid Memorial Wall in central london, which was created by volunteers to remember those whove died. It must be painful being there because of your father. I it must be painful being there because of your father. It must be painful being there because of your father. I lost my dad last year. Because of your father. I lost my dad last year, april because of your father. I lost my dad last year, april of because of your father. I lost my dad last year, april of last because of your father. I lost my dad last year, april of last year. | dad last year, april of last year. He was a loving, kind and caring man. He took care of people with learning difficulties, just a nurturing person. It is heartbreaking to have lost him so early. Heartbreaking to have lost him so earl. ,. ,. , early. One thing, one of the many thints early. One thing, one of the many things that early. One thing, one of the many things that happened early. One thing, one of the many things that happened ahead early. One thing, one of the many things that happened ahead of early. One thing, one of the many. Things that happened ahead of your dads was a series of events. For example, being told to call 111 three times over the fortnight he was ill. He was then being told to stay at home. The fact he was buried in the close he died in. You are coming to this when the thoughts of a covid enquiry are out there, they had been announced. What do you think needs to be done to answer the questions you and many other families have about how their loved ones died . ~. , families have about how their loved ones died . , ,. , ones died . Well, i am very pleased to hear the ones died . Well, i am very pleased to hear the government ones died . Well, i am very pleased to hear the government commit ones died . Well, i am very pleased to hear the government commit to | to hear the government commit to launching an enquiry and especially the statutory enquiry which can compel people to give evidence under oath. That is about making transparency in the enquiry. The public will have some trust in the results. What we needed expediency as well. If there is one thing we have learned in the pandemic, time is as ever of essence. We need to act as soon as possible if we are going have any chance of implementing this to save lives. I believe families who have been bereaved a really well placed to provide information and guidance to setting out this enquiry. I believe that really families of the bereaved need to be involved, the bereaved families need to be involved in terms of reference and selecting a chair for the enquiry so that we ensure the enquiry has the scope and is answering the questions we all have hanging over us. Can is answering the questions we all have hanging over us. Have hanging over us. Can i ask about the have hanging over us. Can i ask about the timing have hanging over us. Can i ask about the timing you have hanging over us. Can i ask about the timing you alluded i have hanging over us. Can i ask about the timing you alluded to borisjohnson has said there are so many people who would need to be spoken to, and these are in depth investigations, as part of this enquiry. At this moment in time they are still tackling the pandemic we are still tackling the pandemic we are living with stop there will become a time when hopefully after the winter, which is seen as a key point of potentially another wave, after that, that is when those who are questioned will have more time to give to the enquiry. What difference would it make to you if the enquiry began before spring of next year . I the enquiry began before spring of next ear . ~ ,. , next year . I think starting the entui next year . I think starting the enquiry sooner next year . I think starting the enquiry sooner rather next year . I think starting the enquiry sooner rather than next year . I think starting the l enquiry sooner rather than later gives us the opportunity to actually use the information we find. I understand the Prime Minister saying that people who would be involved in the enquiry might have other responsibilities and duties they need to attend to. Currently, the uk. We are seeing low numbers and rates going down. I think it is imperative we start as soon as possible. If people do need to attend to other responsibilities they can be pulled away from the enquiry. If we wait, it be too late for us to learn from our mistakes. If there is one thing from the first lockdown to second, even the third, all the information tells us we need to act fast. I do not see a reason why the guidance should change now. When you are looking at what issues would be covered in the enquiry, what do you think should be looked at . I what do you think should be looked at . ~. , what do you think should be looked at . , ~ ~ , what do you think should be looked at . ~. ,. , , at . I think there are many things that there are at . I think there are many things that there are things at . I think there are many things that there are things which at . I think there are many things i that there are things which affected me directly. I personally have questions about how able the Health Service was to address a new pandemic. It was a novel virus we had not seen before, the symptoms were somewhat unknown. Also questions for considerations of people of colour. We have seen in results and statistics that people of colour have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. We have questions as to why. How has it ended up that people like my father had lost their lives . So many people have been affected like this. There are questions about lockdown and why ppe was unavailable. Why were people discharged into care homes without being tested . Rings like that we have only started looking at this so late in the pandemic. We need to understand how did we end up here. Good to talk to you. Thank you for talking to me today on breakfast. What are your thoughts when it comes to the enquiry . We were talking their about how certain people are considered to be busy at this moment in time, focusing attention rightly so on the pandemic, hence the delay. What are your thoughts on timing of the enquiry . I what are your thoughts on timing of the enquiry . The enquiry . I think we need to be startint the enquiry . I think we need to be starting the the enquiry . I think we need to be starting the enquiry the enquiry . I think we need to be starting the enquiry now. The enquiry . I think we need to be starting the enquiry now. It the enquiry . I think we need to be starting the enquiry now. It is starting the enquiry now. It is really starting the enquiry now. It is really important we start this reflection, this honest and open reflection reflection, this honest and open reflection about what happened, so we can reflection about what happened, so we can understand what happened, understand what mistakes were made and learned the right lessons. It is important and learned the right lessons. It is important we do it now. As you said, the pandemic is still ongoing. It is very likely the pandemic is still ongoing. It is very likely we will have a third wave very likely we will have a third wave in very likely we will have a third wave in this country. What i do not want wave in this country. What i do not want to wave in this country. What i do not want to happen and what i saw happen in the want to happen and what i saw happen in the second wave, and i saw this in the second wave, and i saw this in hospital. In the second wave, and i saw this in hospital, we were still making the same in hospital, we were still making the same mistakes. I so this happening in the second wave like we did in happening in the second wave like we did in the happening in the second wave like we did in the first wave. It is important to start this enquiry now to learn important to start this enquiry now to learn lessons and not repeat the same to learn lessons and not repeat the same mistakes if and when we have a bad same mistakes if and when we have a had way same mistakes if and when we have a badwa. ~. , same mistakes if and when we have a bad way. Apologies. I ust want to tick u bad way. Apologies. I ust want to pick up on bad way. Apologies. I ust want to pick up on this h bad way. Apologies. I ust want to pick up on this point. Bad way. Apologies. I just want to pick up on this point. Bad way. Apologies. I just want to pick up on this point. A bad way. Apologies. I just want to pick up on this point. A third i pick up on this point. A third wave. Do you think without this enquiry being held now, without an examination of mistakes between the first and second wave, the same mistakes would be made if we enter a third wave . ~ mistakes would be made if we enter a third wave . ,. , third wave . Well, we saw we repeated the same mistakes third wave . Well, we saw we repeated the same mistakes in third wave . Well, we saw we repeated the same mistakes in the third wave . Well, we saw we repeated the same mistakes in the second third wave . Well, we saw we repeated the same mistakes in the second wave as first the same mistakes in the second wave as first wave the same mistakes in the second wave as first wave. We have had one of the highest as first wave. We have had one of the highest death tolls in this country the highest death tolls in this country in the world. We need to understand why these mistakes were made understand why these mistakes were made and understand why these mistakes were made and not make the same mistakes agaih made and not make the same mistakes agaih we made and not make the same mistakes again. We need to understand what was happening in government decisions, what was happening with scientific decisions, what was happening with scientific advice, what was happening in hospitals, what was happening in hospitals, what was happening with the test and trace system . Happening with the test and trace system . Did we have infrastructure to help system . Did we have infrastructure to help people isolate and have the ii l ht to help people isolate and have the right policies in place . There is so much right policies in place . There is so much we right policies in place . There is so much we need to look into at have a good much we need to look into at have a good understanding about what happened. And have. It seems completely happened. And have. It seems completely illogical to me we are pushing completely illogical to me we are pushing this back for another year. As some pushing this back for another year. As some have suggested, they say the reason as some have suggested, they say the reason for as some have suggested, they say the reason for pushing it back as it takesm reason for pushing it back as it takesm we reason for pushing it back as it takes. We know it takes quite a few years takes. We know it takes quite a few years for reports to come out and people are saying the government has pushed and people are saying the government has pushed it back because they want to make has pushed it back because they want to make sure the findings come out after the to make sure the findings come out after the next general election. Playing after the next general election. Playing political games with this is really playing political games with this is really shameful. We need to learn lessons really shameful. We need to learn lessons. Many including myself have lost colleagues and loved ones over the past lost colleagues and loved ones over the past year because that many have had a the past year because that many have had a horrific year. It is important to have had a horrific year. It is important to have this had a horrific year. It is important to have this chance to reflect so we can ask to have this chance to reflect so we can ask questions and have an honest. Can ask questions and have an honest, open and transparent reflection to give accountability and give reflection to give accountability and give pleasure to all those who have lost and give pleasure to all those who have lost loved ones over this horrific have lost loved ones over this horrific year. He have lost loved ones over this horrific year. Have lost loved ones over this horrific ear. ,. , horrific year. He very much. I ust want to ask fl horrific year. He very much. I ust want to ask one i horrific year. He very much. I ust want to ask one more i horrific year. He very much. Ijust want to ask one more question. L horrific year. He very much. Ijustl want to ask one more question. Want to ask one more question. Thank you very much stock i know your man struggled a lot in making sure your dad had the care he had a lot in making sure your dad had the care he had ahead of his death. Your mother stop how is she now . Mi; your mother stop how is she now . Is mum your mother stop how is she now . Ii mum is your mother stop how is she now . Iii mum is doing your mother stop how is she now . Ii mum is doing as your mother stop how is she now . Ii1 mum is doing as well your mother stop how is she now . Ii mum is doing as well as anyone your mother stop how is she now . Ii1 mum is doing as well as anyone could hope. The loss of my father is monumental, life changing. My youngest brother is turning 18 this year and this is supposed to be the start of their time together, the time to enjoy their life together after raising five kids, which as one could imagine was quite a task. There is definitely difficulty and pain. She is trying, as we all are, to keep busy. 0ur lives have been changed ever. That is one thing we should not forget. As we approach hopefully the end of this pandemic and take these opportunities to learn lessons that actually covid has changed peoples lives forever. An opportunity for some closure from the enquiry is something that should not be underestimated. Thank the enquiry is something that should not be underestimated. Not be underestimated. Thank you very much not be underestimated. Thank you very much. Talking not be underestimated. Thank you very much. Talking on not be underestimated. Thank you very much. Talking on behalf not be underestimated. Thank you very much. Talking on behalf of. Very much. Talking on behalf of covid 19 bereaved families for justice. Also an nhs doctor and labour at the best talking to us from the National Covid Memorial Wall. Another night of violence between israel and the palestinians in seven years, 67 people in gaza, including 14 children, and seven people in israel have been killed since monday. We can speak now to our middle east editorjeremy bowen, whos injerusalem. What is your assessment of the situation as it stands today . Pretty bleak, pretty situation as it stands today . Pretty bleak. Pretty nasty situation as it stands today . Pretty bleak, pretty nasty. My situation as it stands today . Iiiett1 bleak, pretty nasty. My colleagues in gaza say it was a terribly long and noisy night, a time when they should be celebrating the end of ramadan. Israelis in their shelters, within rocket range of gaza. He mentioned appeals for calm coming from abroad. This is not going to end, i think, from abroad. This is not going to end, ithink, until from abroad. This is not going to end, i think, until both sides can find a way of declaring a victory they like. Hamas will want to be able to say they defended palestinians and jerusalem and the israelis want to do something very cool restoring deterrence which means having hammering to anyone who raises a hand against them. I think this has got some way to go at the moment. Lets hope i am wrong because it is miserable for everyone caught up in it. In because it is miserable for everyone caught up in it caught up in it. In amongst the terrible scenes caught up in it. In amongst the terrible scenes of caught up in it. In amongst the terrible scenes of rocket caught up in it. In amongst the terrible scenes of rocket launchers, there is another element people are Drawing Reference to which is the clashes between Israeli Jewish and arab citizens, clashes in the street. Can you explain it to us and why that is seen as something we have not seen much of before . Zg� s why that is seen as something we have not seen much of before . 2096 of the population have not seen much of before . 2096 of the population of have not seen much of before . 2096 of the population of israel, have not seen much of before . 2096 of the population of israel, people the population of israel, people with israeli passports are not dues, they are arabs. They are palestinian arabs, his forebears, there grandparents, great grandparents did not leave or get kicked out of the country when israel became independent. There are some places they live very much cheek byjowl with jewish they live very much cheek Byjowl Withjewish communities. I think a lot of people have thought, oh well, maybe they dont love each other but they get on ok and everyone is integrated with each other. These incidents were frightening vigilantes stuff, i have seen lots of shot of gangs of young guys pulling people out of cars and beating them, a lot Ofjewish Thuggery on the streets, arabs too, i am sure, because they have been appeals for calm in that area but thatis appeals for calm in that area but that is what i am seeing on social media. It is a real shock not least for the Israeli Government because it shows all the hatred that comes with this very long conflict. It is notjust in the occupied territories, notjust in gaza, the west bank and the disputed parts of jerusalem, it is in all the communities within israel itself. The Prime Minister has talked about saying to the people, you need not to have a civil war here. These things are really serious and it shows the alienation between different communities, the instability of the moment and the way as well that anything that seems to damage or insult or defame all thatis to damage or insult or defame all that is against religious rights in jerusalem has tremendous power to ignite violence. Ignite violence. Thank you very much. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im victoria hollins. St pauls cathedral could be forced to close permanently as it grapples with its worst Funding Crisis in 300 years according to those who run it. The Famous Landmark is almost entirely reliant on money from tourists, and has seen a 90 drop in its income. Although it has recieved support from the governments Covid Recovery fund, a quarter of staff have been made redundant. Nearly all the cathedral� s reserves have now been spent. The dean of st pauls says the situation is now critical. Its a horrible feeling to shut your doors to people and we dont want to be like that. But if we cant raise the resources to be able to employ the people to look after the building and keep it open and pay for the heating and lighting and all those things, we would have to shut our doors, so weve got some Big Decisions to make in our country about our heritage and how we will manage going forward. Sadiq khan has warned london could face an increase in violence this summer as lockdown eases and says driving down violence is a key priority during his second term as mayor. Today, He S Announcing that a programme to move young people away from crime after they re arrested is being extended across the capital. The Met 5 Divert Scheme sees Intervention Coaches offering support in Police Custody suites. The largest Tunnelling Machine ever used on a Uk Rail Project is starting work under the chiltern hills. Named florence, it will dig a ten mile tunnel for the High Speed Railway hs2. Itll work non stop for three years and is one of 10 Boring Machines being used for phase 1 of construction between london and the west midlands. Lets take a look at the Travel Situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning safety checks and repairs continue on a number of high speed trains, with no gwr High Speed Services to and from paddington, and a reduced Service Across the Lner Network 0n the roads northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from the Woolwich Road flyover. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a rather showery picture out there as we head through the next few days and thats because low pressure is dominating, so do expect plenty of wet weather in the forecast. Already showers out there this morning and it is a frost free start to the morning and Plenty Of Cloud too. We see showers on and off throughout the course of the day and the cloud will tend to break up at times so there will be some brighter spells and a bit of a messy picture so difficult to pinpoint exactly when. Some of the showers threaten to be heavy at times and the top temperatures peak between 13 and 15 celsius and the showers are likely to be rather slow moving because the winds are light. As we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of those showers will tend to fade away but still some wet weather around, Plenty Of Cloud, but it should be a drier picture by the time we get to tomorrow morning and again, a frost free start to friday. Friday, lots of dry weather around for the morning, sunny spells, and we will see some showers get going as we head through the afternoon and once more temperatures tending to stay round about the average for this time of year. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to charlie and naga. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Lets talk some more about the situation in israel. James cleverly is the minister for the middle east. Good for the middle east. To speak to you. And first of all, good to speak to you. And first of all, you will have a watch like everyone else the images that have been coming out of these very troubling times. What is your assessment of the situation this morning . Has assessment of the situation this mornint . , assessment of the situation this mornint . A , p morning . As you say, it is difficult to watch those morning . As you say, it is difficult to watch those images. Morning . As you say, it is difficult to watch those images. Its to watch those images. Its distressing. We hear stories and reports of people who have been injured, fatalities of children that have died. It is terrible and heartbreaking and that is why we are working so hard to try and de escalate the situation and to encourage both sides to step away from what, sadly, could get worse stock we are doing so both directly with the leadership in the region and the foreign secretary has spoken with his counterpart in israel and the palestinian Prime Minister i have spoken to, the ambassador of israel, the palestinian representatives in london and we continue to talk with International Partners to try and bring this to a peaceful conclusion and we will continue working towards that until it happens. You continue working towards that until it ha ens. ,. , it happens. You will know very well, and i it happens. You will know very well, and i appreciate it happens. You will know very well, and i appreciate you it happens. You will know very well, and i appreciate you have it happens. You will know very well, and i appreciate you have spoken i and i appreciate you have spoken directly to your counterparts in both countries, and yet, you hear the Israeli Defence minister vowing more attacks and this is the phrase that was used, until they bring the total, long term quiet. Now when you hear a phrase like that, what do you think . Has hear a phrase like that, what do you think . ~ , hear a phrase like that, what do you think . , hear a phrase like that, what do you think . A ,. ,. , think . As i say, tensions are incredibly think . As i say, tensions are incredibly high think . As i say, tensions are incredibly high at think . As i say, tensions are incredibly high at the think . As i say, tensions are l incredibly high at the moment think . As i say, tensions are i incredibly high at the moment and think . As i say, tensions are incredibly high at the moment and we are trying to de escalate and we are encouraging both the israeli and Palestinian Leadership to de escalate. We are calling on hamas to stop their indiscriminate rocket attacks into israel and we are working with International Partners to bring about peace. No one is pretending this is simple. This is an incredibly sensitive and complicated situation. But ultimately nobody benefits from more violence, nobody benefits from more injuries and deaths and we will continue working through International Partners in directly to try and de escalate the situation and bring the conflict to a conclusion. And bring the conflict to a conclusion. ,. ,. , conclusion. Can you try and give us a sense and conclusion. Can you try and give us a sense and we conclusion. Can you try and give us a sense and we heard conclusion. Can you try and give us a sense and we heard from conclusion. Can you try and give us a sense and we heard from joe i conclusion. Can you try and give us i a sense and we heard from joe biden who himself who has called in a similar vein for calm. When you speak directly to both sides and you say what you sent to us, which has been said for so long before, what do they say to you . Understandably, im not do they say to you . Understandably, im not going do they say to you . Understandably, im not going to do they say to you . Understandably, im not going to divulge do they say to you . Understandably, im not going to divulge the do they say to you . Understandably, im not going to divulge the contentl im not going to divulge the content of what are private and often sensitive conversations, but of course both sides put forward their view of what is going on and the motivation for the actions being taken. The point i have made to them is that it is in nobody is interest. We are seeing fatality, we are seeing children being injured and sadly killed. There is no good that will come of that, so that is why we have said that both sides need to step back and recognise how dangerous this could become and how more dangerous this could become, and not go there. And that is the message we put forward both directly and through International Partners and through International Partners and we will continue to do so until this comes to an end. This comes to an end. People will know ou this comes to an end. People will know you have this comes to an end. People will know you have a this comes to an end. People will know you have a military this comes to an end. People will i know you have a military background yourself, and you will know that people of any age will have a familiarity with rockets being fired from both sides, that language we use around the conflict. You will know very well that any time those kind of weapons are used there is a real risk to life. Real risk to life. Hamas are flying indiscriminately real risk to life. Hamas are flying indiscriminately into real risk to life. Hamas are flying indiscriminately into civilian i indiscriminately into civilian areas, which is completely unacceptable. Israel is responding to defend itself and we have called upon israel to make sure that they do so with every effort to minimise civilian casualties, but gaza is one of the most densely populated places on earth. The simple truth is that the only way that we can, or they can minimise civilian casualties, is for the weapons to stop, so that is we why we demand that hamas stop flying the rocket and we are encouraging the de escalation so israel does not feel the need to make a military strike into gaza, and that is the only way really we are going to stop the casualties, stop the injuries and deaths. I would like to move on to issues relating to coronavirus and specifically to do with the enquiry, which is the Prime Minister has announced will take place in the spring of 2022. The logic of the delay is not to get in the way of the business now, but a lot of people are saying it should happen sooner. Could you go through the rationale . The sooner. Could you go through the rationale . , sooner. Could you go through the rationale . ~ ,. , rationale . The Prime Minister has alwa s rationale . The Prime Minister has always said rationale . The Prime Minister has always said there rationale . The Prime Minister has always said there will rationale . The Prime Minister has always said there will be rationale . The Prime Minister has always said there will be an i rationale . The Prime Minister has. Always said there will be an enquiry into this. It will be an independent enquiry and there are certain rules and regulations about the conduct of and regulations about the conduct of an independent enquiry, but he has also said that we have to do it once we have got through this so we are able to focus on defeating the virus rather than just having some of our resources diverted in terms of supporting this enquiry. So thats always been the government position. I think the early part of 2022 gives us a credible timeline which gets us beyond the current pressures which we are still experiencing, even though we have had good news in large part because of our fantastic vaccine roll out but there are still challenges and pressures and we want to get that done with before we initiate an enquiry. Iiiii to get that done with before we initiate an enquiry. Initiate an enquiry. Ill ust put two thoughts initiate an enquiry. Ill ust put two thoughts to i initiate an enquiry. Ill ust put two thoughts to you. I initiate an enquiry. Illjust put two thoughts to you. A initiate an enquiry. Illjust put two thoughts to you. A few i initiate an enquiry. Illjust put i two thoughts to you. A few minutes ago on the programme we spoke to a doctor, an nhs doctor, who was concerned that mistakes made in second wave could be repeated in the third if we dont ask the questions now about what went wrong. And in many ways, the voice that maybe hasnt been heard enough so far, we heard from a young man whose father died as a result of covid and he is part of the group you will know of, the covid 19 bereaved families for justice. And it feels very personal if you have lost someone to covid and you want answers as to why certain things happen. And his point, very clearly was, that expediency could make a difference. Asking those questions now could save lives between now and the spring of next year. Save lives between now and the spring of next year. Well, weve got to remember spring of next year. Well, weve got to remember that spring of next year. Well, weve got to remember that we spring of next year. Well, weve got to remember that we have spring of next year. Well, weve got i to remember that we have constantly been learning and evolving our practices involving our guidance throughout this Global Pandemic and thatis throughout this Global Pandemic and that is why things have changed, that is why things have changed, thatis that is why things have changed, that is why things have changed, that is why what we are doing now is different to our response at the very start of the pandemic. And that is true of countries all over the world, so we have been learning as we have been fighting this fire risk. As you would imagine, and the Health Professionals and Scientific Community have been evolving and adjusting the advice they give to government and government has changed the advice it has given to people because that is what you do. I have lost someone close to covid and completely understand the pain that those who have lost someone close to them must experience. I completely get that. And of course you want answers as soon as possible. But the important thing is that we do a good, professionaljob through this independent enquiry, or rather the enquiry does a good job. But in the short term, until this virus is properly defeated, our focus, rightly, must be on defeating the virus, surely. And that is what we are focusing on. Spring of 2022 gives us the time and to do that and also have a professional, independent enquiry to see what broader lessons that we are not the governments around the world can learn from and how we dealt with the pandemic. Ih learn from and how we dealt with the pandemic. Iii a learn from and how we dealt with the tandemic. , , , pandemic. In a simple sense, if theole pandemic. In a simple sense, if people are pandemic. In a simple sense, if people are of pandemic. In a simple sense, if people are of the pandemic. In a simple sense, if people are of the opinion, i pandemic. In a simple sense, if people are of the opinion, and. Pandemic. In a simple sense, if i people are of the opinion, and many are, i dont know about you, that mistakes were made along the way, thenif mistakes were made along the way, then if they knew that that was either admitted or said out loud so it could be addressed now, that would give them some reassurance, so do you think mistakes were made because of people thought the government understood that all knew that, that might help them understand. Brute that, that might help them understand. That, that might help them understand. ,. ,. , understand. We should remember that this was an unprecedented understand. We should remember that this was an unprecedented pandemic. This was an unprecedented pandemic and governments around the world including our own made decisions often based on limited information, in a situation that was changing and evolving incredibly quickly. No one is pretending that every decision was perfect. Thats not possible when you are making decisions with an incomplete information picture, as we had to, as all governments had to, but as i say, we have been Learning Lessons both as a government and Scientific Community as the battle against this pandemic has been conducted and what we are doing now, as we are seeing, is incredibly effective and we have some of the fastest reductions in the world. We have a brilliant roll out of the Vaccine Programme based on information we learned early on in the pandemic and i get the desire for answers. Everybody does, but as i say, the priority must remain to defeat the virus and until that is done, i think it would be perhaps even foolhardy to start diverting attention and time and resources to what is i am sure will be a comprehensive, independent enquiry, untilwe be a comprehensive, independent enquiry, until we are confident we have really broken the back of this problem. Have really broken the back of this troblem. ,. , have really broken the back of this troblem. ,, have really broken the back of this troblem. , i. ,. ~ , problem. Thank you very much, James Cleverl , problem. Thank you very much, James Cleverly. The problem. Thank you very much, James Cleverly, the minister problem. Thank you very much, James Cleverly, the minister for problem. Thank you very much, James Cleverly, the minister for the cleverly, the minister for the middle east and north africa. A lot of talk about the Champions League final moving to wembley. Both teams are english and it would have made sense, but reportedly uefa could not come to an agreement the uk government about the rules and about 2000 people would have had to come over from about 2000 people would have had to come overfrom media and about 2000 people would have had to come over from media and they would have had quarantine the ten days and thats not acceptable. Istanbul, the original venue is on the red list for country so it seems a compromise has been found. The portuguese city of porto is expected to be given the go ahead to host this seasons Champions League final between Manchester City and chelsea. The decision will be announced officially by uefa today. The final has been moved from turkey, which is on the uks red travel list, but it seems an agreement couldnt be reached to bring the final to wembley. Well, one of the teams involved in that final is chelsea and they were beaten by arsenal last night. The 1 0 defeat means their Champions League arsenal benefitted from a huge defensive mix up from Chelsea Jorginho here almost kicking the ball straight into his own net. Arsenals youngster Emile Smith Rowe eventually capitalising for the only goal of the match. Its the first time arsenal have done the double over chelsea since the 2003 2004 season. We were 1 0 down and forgot to score at the other end and, and without any pressure i cannot imagine how arsenal would have been able to score today if we did not do it ourselves, so we were not sharp enough and i did not feel the same elegy like we normally do energy. We are all responsible, i am responsible, we are all in this. Celtic captain scott brown has said Fairwell To Celtic Park as a player. Brown has been at the club since 2007 and has won 22 trophies with them. In his final game at home he even provided an assist for this 0dsonne edouard goal. Celtic winning 4 0 against stjohnstone in the premiership. Brown will move to aberdeen in the summer in a player coach role. And champions rangers arejust one game away from an unbeaten premiership campaign. They beat livingston 3 0, ianis hagi with the pick of the goals. At the other end of the table, Hamilton Academical lost to ross county, meaning they are all but relegated. In a shock announcement, Manchester United have confirmed that womens head coach casey stoney will leave at the end of the season. The former england defender secured uniteds promotion to the Womens Super League in herfirst season at the club. But after three years in the job and missing out on Champions League qualification by one point, she says now is the right time to step away. Sorry to see her go because shes been amazing for Manchester United. Absolutely. Been amazing for Manchester United. Absolutel. ,. ,. , absolutely. Here is carol with the weather. Good morning. This morning, not as cold a start to the day as we saw last week as temperatures widely between six and 10 degrees unless you are in Northern Ireland bookcase bridges below freezing that that is the exception to the rule. The forecast is like the last week and like the coming week. We are looking at a lot of showers, some warm sunshine in between and some of the showers will be heavy and thundery with some hail. We have also had rain that has moved across wales, a bit further north towards liverpool and you can see it is heading down towards the Channel Islands as well. That is because of this area of low pressure here which will slowly sink south and east through the day. Not much in the way of isobars or any showers, rather like yesterday, they will be slow moving. Away from this band of rain, a lot of dry weather, fair bit of sunshine and we still have a fair bit of cloud across the north and east of the country, particularly close to the coast but in the sunshine we will see further showers developed through the course of the day and some of those will be heavy and thundery, possibly with hail and will be slow moving as well. Cool under this cloud along the north sea coastline and i should come in land, temperatures are a bit higher. Through the evening and overnight, the low pressure is bringing todays rain and it sinks further south and behind it, look at the cloud coming in from the north sea, drifting west. Its not going to be a cold night but we will have clear skies in Northern Ireland, so areas like kates bridge might see a touch but there will be sunshine here in the morning and the same for the south east of england with clear skies, so we should see some sunshine here first thing in the morning as well. Tomorrow, we are in between two weather systems, very slack isobars are not much wind to speak of but this is coming our way on saturday. 0n speak of but this is coming our way on saturday. On saturday still mild weather around that you can see a little nose of blue and where we have the low cloud and a northerly breeze, you will feel cooler and again just down the east coast of scotland on the north east of england but most of us will start on a doll note anyway. Through the day the cloud is pushing back in the direction of the north sea and it will be stubborn to clear if at all, but out to the west it will brighten up but out to the west it will brighten up and we will see some sunshine and in that sunshine it will trigger some showers, again, some of those could well be heavy. Waiting in the wings is this next system coming our way and again we have a triage of fronts, if you like, and it will push in as it goes out towards the course of the day and low pressure comes in and we lose one area of low pressure and see another coming our way and it will stay with us as we go through the weekend and even into next week, so talking up this weekend, further heavy showers and sunny spells and on sunday we are looking at some blustery winds. 0n looking at some blustery winds. On saturday itself, some brightness, some areas of cloud, here comes the rain from those three Weather Fronts pushing in from the south west and it will be drifting steadily north east as we go through the course of the day. These are our temperatures, still nothing to write home about down the north sea coastline, 11 or 12, but as we go further west we could see 17 in liverpool. So the outlook through sunday, monday, tuesday, thursday and friday looks unsettled and we have the mixture of sunshine and showers as low pressure continues to dominate our weather. Temperatures at this time of year north to south should roughly between 14 to 17 degrees but you can see really we are a little bit below par to use a golfing term for this stage in may. I like it when you use a golfing turn. , i i, i like it when you use a golfing turn, i i, g i like it when you use a golfing turn very i like it when you use a golfing turn. Very much l turn. Just for you. Very much appreciated. Turn. Just for you. Very much appreciated, although turn. Just for you. Very much appreciated, although the i appreciated, although the temperatures are not. See you later. � inspirational, � courageous and a � superstar footballer�. Those are just some of the tributes to nine year old jordan banks, who was killed on tuesday after being struck by lightning. Flowers and football boots have been placed at the Playing Field in blackpool where the schoolboy died. 0ur reporter adam mcclean is there for us this morning. Adam, how has the community been responding . We can see behind you so many of the tributes that have been passed on by those who have been really moved by what has happened. Yes, good morning. The community here has been left devastated by what has happened. There are now hundreds of flowers and other tributes here at the field where jordan banks flowers and other tributes here at the field wherejordan banks was struck by lightning. There are so many messages from jordans friends, from his family and many others, and last night at the town paid tribute to him. Lit up in honour of the nine year old Liverpool Fan, Blackpool Tower turned red in memory ofjordan banks. An extraordinary young man and an inspiration, just some of the words used to describe the little boy who died on tuesday evening after being struck by lightning. While playing football. Hello, everyone. Im so happy and grateful for the donations. Young and full of life, this wasjordan thanking the public for their donations after he took on a fundraising challenge to help others. Yesterday, his family visited the pitch in blackpool where tributes have been left for the young footballer. He was my best friend who was in the same class. A very happy person. Very kind and caring person. Jordan played for clifton rangers under nines. He was taking part in a private football Training Session when the thunderstorm moved in and he was struck. The schoolboy was well known locally, and earlier this year, the Liverpool Fan raised money for a Mental Health charity in memory of his uncle who took his own life. It prompted liverpool player james milner to send him a message. Ill send you a couple of shirts, one for yourself for doing an amazing thing and another that you can hopefully raise a bit of money from and put it towards all of the money you are raising. Well done, bud. He was a selfless little boy and for it to happen, its heartbreaking. My heart breaks for the parents. As a father of kids myself, i couldnt imagine what his parents are going through and i wouldnt i like to go through it myself, or anyone. In a statement, jordans family said. In the coming weeks, the devastated community is planning a Charity Football match to raise money for jordans family and to celebrate his young life. As weve heard, jordan was a kind and caring young boy, at home on the pitch and at school and we are joined by former head teacher, and e mail. What has the reaction been like here in blackpool . The email. What has the reaction been like here in blackpool . Like here in blackpool . The whole town is heartbroken. Like here in blackpool . The whole town is heartbroken. Its like here in blackpool . The whole town is heartbroken. Its been i like here in blackpool . The whole town is heartbroken. Its been a i town is heartbroken. Its been a major shock to everybody in the town, and you can see the outpouring of grief and sorrow and support for his family. It is just horrendous. And it is unprecedented. I was a head teacher down the road literally hundred yards away, for 17 years, and i cannot remember an occasion like this. It really has broken our hearts. ~ ii i i ii like this. It really has broken our hearts. A. ,. , like this. It really has broken our hearts. ,. ,. , hearts. Was it clear to you quickly that something hearts. Was it clear to you quickly that something was hearts. Was it clear to you quickly that something was seriously i hearts. Was it clear to you quickly i that something was seriously wrong here . I that something was seriously wrong here . I that something was seriously wrong here . , i i, i xi that something was seriously wrong here . ,. , a , that something was seriously wrong here . , ,. , here . I think so. I picked up on the news why is here . I think so. I picked up on the news why is that here . I think so. I picked up on the news why is that a here . I think so. I picked up on the news why is that a child here . I think so. I picked up on the news why is that a child in news why is that a child in blackpool had been hit by lightning and when i heard the name of the road, it was likely to be a child that went to one of our local schools and we are a tight knit community. We support each other, and thats going to be really important in the days ahead. People have been laying important in the days ahead. People have been laying flowers important in the days ahead. People have been laying flowers here i important in the days ahead. People have been laying flowers here in have been laying flowers here in tribute to jordan. Have been laying flowers here in tribute tojordan. What has that been like and what has the atmosphere been here . I been like and what has the atmosphere been here . I think you can see this atmosphere been here . I think you can see this morning atmosphere been here . I think you can see this morning that atmosphere been here . I think you can see this morning that people. Can see this morning that people have been stood here silently, reading the messages and trying to take it all in. It isjust a complete shock to the system and we are devastated to have lost one of our youngsters in the town and, you know, reading the tributes and hearing everything we know about jordan, those nine years, short nine years, he had a Significant Impact on the lives of people in blackpool. Finally, what about the tribute last night with the tower . It finally, what about the tribute last night with the tower . Night with the tower . It was a lovely touch night with the tower . It was a lovely touch and night with the tower . It was a lovely touch and there night with the tower . It was a lovely touch and there have i night with the tower . It was a i lovely touch and there have been night with the tower . It was a lovely touch and there have been so many lovely touches that will i think have brought comfort to the family, that on the contact from Liverpool Football Club and some of their high profile players. I am sure that ill health. As a community, we will rally round and support the family on the school. Thank you forjoining us. As we have learned more aboutjordan it has become clear how remarkable he was, but the nine year old lost his life here practising at the sport he loved on tuesday evening. Adam, thank you very much. From this morning, around a Million People aged 38 and 39 in england will be invited book their covid vaccine, as the rollout progresses to the next stage. It comes as concerns rise over the spread of the indian variant in the uk particularly in the north west, where Surge Testing is underway. Lets get the latest developments now with professor adam finn, a member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. Thanks for being with us again on breakfast. Good to see you. Shall we start with the vaccinations of 38 or 39 year olds, soi Million People can get in touch today and book their appointments and how concerned are you as the vaccination roll out goes down through the ages, that the younger age group, the less keen they are to be vaccinated . Im younger age group, the less keen they are to be vaccinated . Im not particularly they are to be vaccinated . Im not particularly concerned they are to be vaccinated . Im not particularly concerned in they are to be vaccinated . Im not particularly concerned in the they are to be vaccinated . Im not| particularly concerned in the sense that so far it has really gone very well, and one would extrapolate from what has happened so far to conclude that people will continue to want to come forward and be immunised, but the personal incentive, if you like, to get immunised is somewhat lower as you get younger because the chances of you getting seriously ill with covid are somewhat less. Nevertheless, some people do get sick, and some people get long covid and there is a good reason for wanting to be protected as well as being part of the broader effort to bring the pandemic under control, so we are all optimistic that the programme will continue to roll forward as successfully as it has done so far. I forward as successfully as it has done so far forward as successfully as it has donesofar. , ,. , done so far. I suppose my question was more geared done so far. I suppose my question was more geared towards done so far. I suppose my question was more geared towards much was more geared towards much younger, as in the 20s, with the idea that with that age group not affected as much and you see the graphs and you see the reasons why the Committee Said Older Age Group should be vaccinated first but im thinking of 20s and younger. I take our thinking of 20s and younger. I take your point. Thinking of 20s and younger. I take your point. But thinking of 20s and younger. I take your point. But i thinking of 20s and younger. I take your point, but i also thinking of 20s and younger. I take your point, but i also think thinking of 20s and younger. I take your point, but i also think that your point, but i also think that peoples behaviour is, to some extent, influenced by what everyone else is doing and i think there is a very strong sense in the uk at the moment that everybody wants to be part of this, to be contributing to the effort and to seeing this pandemic off, so im optimistic that just as we have come down through the age bands, there hasnt really been much of a drop off in coverage that we might be able to continue with that and get really good coverage all the way down to 18. Talking of young people being vaccinated, in the us, children aged between 12 and 15 could begin to be vaccinated with covid i9 vaccines today. Where are we out in terms of that happening in the uk . Today. Where are we out in terms of that happening in the uk . Weve not reall had that happening in the uk . Weve not really had any that happening in the uk . Weve not really had any discussions that happening in the uk . Weve not really had any discussions yet that happening in the uk . Weve not really had any discussions yet about| really had any discussions yet about immunising teenagers or younger children. We dont have any vaccines authorised for those age groups at the moment. But i think its also an open question as to whether or not we really will need to do that at this point, and in fact what we were just discussing a Bank Coverage in the Adult Population is a big determinant of that. So if we get really good coverage and a high uptake in the Adult Population, like israel, we may find that you dont see, you see a disappearance, if you like, of covid through the whole population even without immunising children. So that is yet to be discussed and it may prove necessary, particularly for teenagers, but its not clear that it will be necessary at this point in time. 50 it will be necessary at this point in time. ,. ,. , in time. So at what point will it be clear that it in time. So at what point will it be clear that it needs in time. So at what point will it be clear that it needs to in time. So at what point will it be clear that it needs to be in time. So at what point will it be j clear that it needs to be discussed or not discussed . Or not discussed . Several things need to happen. Or not discussed . Several things need to happen. We or not discussed . Several things need to happen. We have or not discussed . Several things need to happen. We have got. Or not discussed . Several things | need to happen. We have got the studies done now for the pfizer vaccine, and ongoing for the Moderna Vaccine, and ongoing for the Moderna Vaccine and woes vaccines would need to be approved for use in teenagers those vaccines. And then we have to see what happens with the epidemiology of covid, particularly in school kids who are being regularly tested in the uk, to see if there really are cases to be prevented. If there are and it looks like there is transmission going on in schools, particularly secondary schools, that would be in favour of doing this and if there isnt, that would be in favour of not doing it. A quick word on the indian variant. How much concern is there regarding this . I how much concern is there regarding this . How much concern is there regarding this . ~. , ,. , i this . I think that is being watched really carefully this . I think that is being watched really carefully now, this . I think that is being watched really carefully now, this this . I think that is being watched really carefully now, this 165. 2 really carefully now, this 165. 2 variant is popping up in a number of places, presumably having been imported from india. And we are looking very closely now to see whether it is more transmissible and more infectious, if you like, than the uk 117 variant. The numbers are still relatively small so its hard to be sure about that but it is definitely an area for close observation, so we can see what is happening. Observation, so we can see what is happening observation, so we can see what is haueninu. �. ,. Observation, so we can see what is hauuenin, �. ,. ,. , happening. Adam finn, always good to talk to ou. Happening. Adam finn, always good to talk to you. Thanks happening. Adam finn, always good to talk to you. Thanks for happening. Adam finn, always good to talk to you. Thanks forjoining happening. Adam finn, always good to talk to you. Thanks forjoining us, talk to you. Thanks forjoining us, and he is also on thejcvi. Stay with us, headlines coming up. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty. Our headlines today. Violence continues between Israeli Forces and palestinian militants, as World Leaders appeal for calm. Government scientists meet amid concerns over the spread of the indian covid variant. Up to five years to clear the backlog. Well look at the full impact of the pandemic on nhs waiting times. The great summer getaway, or is it . As one Online Travel agent cancels all Summer Holidays until the end of august, doubts emerge overjust how difficult it could be to travel this year. Ill answer all your questions. Womens Super League Champions chelsea are in line for four trophies this season. Well be looking ahead to the Champions League final with manager emma hayes, as she prepares her side to face barcelona. That morning. For many of us today, another day of sunshine and showers. Some of them will be heavy and injury with hale stop in the south currently we have some rain, in wales as well. That will sink southward during the course of the day. All the details coming up. Iamso i am so sorry, we have something that appears to be stuck on the screen right now. Our top story. Israels president has warned of a Senseless Civil War after violent clashes between arabs and israelis spilled out on to the countrys streets. Palestinian militants continued to launch dozens of rockets at israel overnight, after israeli air strikes destroyed a tower block in gaza city and killed senior commanders. World leaders have been appealing for calm. Heres what middle east minister, James Cleverly, told us earlier. Well, hamas are flying indiscriminately into civilian areas, which is completely unacceptable. Israel is responding to defend itself and we have called upon israel to make sure they do so with every effort to minimise civilian casualties. Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on earth. The simple truth is that the only way we can, or they can minimise civilian casualties, is for weapons to stop. That is why we demand hammas stop firing their rockets and we are encouraging a de escalation, so israel does not feel they need to make military strikes into gaza. That is the only way really were going to stop casualties, stop the injuries, stop the deaths. We can speak now to our middle east correspondent, paul adams, whos in jerusalem. Good morning. We werejust hearing from james, you good morning. We werejust hearing fromjames, you can good morning. We werejust hearing from james, you can feel the frustration of International Leaders as they try to ask for what james was calling a de escalation. Give us a sense of what the situation is today. A sense of what the situation is toda. ,. ,. A sense of what the situation is toda. ,. ,. , a sense of what the situation is toda. ,. ,. ,. , today. Sadly charlie no prospect of a deescalation today. Sadly charlie no prospect of a deescalation just today. Sadly charlie no prospect of a deescalation just yet. Today. Sadly charlie no prospect of a deescalation just yet. In today. Sadly charlie no prospect of a deescalation just yet. In the a de escalation just yet. In the last few hours we have heard flights from israels main airports, flights into the main airport had been diverted to an airport in the deep south of israel. That is a measure of the ongoing anxiety israeli authorities have about the firing of rockets from the gaza strip. Some of them have gone quite deep into israel and that remains a source of enormous concern. Our correspondent in gaza has talked of another hellish night with relentless israeli air strikes. Israelis say they are very precisely targeting hamas organisations and officials. They think they had killed quite a lot of senior hamas officials. The death toll including civilians is rising in the gaza strip, around 67 People Killed since it all began. The thing that is really worrying people here is the novel and alarming aspect which is the violence is spilling over into the streets of israel withjewish israelis and Arab Israelis in mobs attacking each other, people being pulled out of cars and beating up. That is why we have had comments from the israeli president talking about dangers of a civil war. Heard comments. It is an uneasy relationship between israelsjewish and arab populations. We have not seen outbreaks like this before. The fact it is happening now is of real concern. As one israeli matej to put it, it is suggesting israels social contract is really fraying. Commentator put it. Coronavirus infections in england are at their lowest level since august last year, but the Prime Minister has warned that the highly infectious indian variant is of increasing concern. The governments Scientific Advisory group for emergencies will meet today to discuss the rising number of cases linked to the variant particularly in some areas of the north west. Our reporter Charlotte Wright has the details. Coronavirus cases in the uk are at their lowest since august. But, as we prepare to take more steps back towards normality, the governments Scientific Advisory group for emergencies will meet today to discuss a variant thats causing growing unease. The threat of this virus remains real and new variants pose a potentially lethal danger, including the one first identified in india, which is of increasing concern here in the uk. B1617. 2 is one of three mutations contributing to indias deadly second wave. Although rates here are relatively low, more than 500 cases have now been identified in the uk, a marked increase over the previous week. Many of these are in bolton, in greater manchester, where Surge Testing is being carried out. They have been linked to travel back from india before it was put on the red list for hotel quarantine. There has also been a sharp rise among the under 25s, prompting calls for faster distribution of the vaccine for younger age groups in the area. Greater manchester has submitted for consideration to the joint council on vaccination and immunisation a request that we have permission to vaccinate all over 16s in bolton and more widely in greater manchester. The Prime Minister says he is looking at all the potential solutions for these surges but that is not top of the list at the moment. It is not yet known if this variant will have any impact on the Vaccination Programme but Scientists Say vaccines can be tweaked. There are plans for a third booster dose in autumn, if required, and the government is playing down any concerns it could delay the next step on the road map out of lockdown. Charlotte wright, bbc news. Campaigners who lost relatives to coronavirus have criticised the proposed start date for a Public Inquiry into the governments handling of the pandemic, saying spring next year is simply too late. Labour has also questioned why the independent investigation cant begin sooner. Our chief Political Correspondent adam fleming joins us now. So adam, the question is, it is going to happen in spring. What is going to happen in spring. What is going to happen is to mark what will start in spring next year . What is going to happen . We start in spring next year . What is going to happen . Is going to happen . We are still awaitin is going to happen . We are still awaiting the is going to happen . We are still awaiting the details. Is going to happen . We are still awaiting the details. Even is going to happen . We are still awaiting the details. Even the i awaiting the details. Even the issuesit awaiting the details. Even the issues it is going to look into. That would be the work over the next few months. In terms of reference, what other parameters . Finding someone to share it and appointing advisers to work with them. Simultaneously you will have Government Ministers and scientists, and people from other walks of life getting all the evidence and documents in place. We know some people have been doing that for months and months already because they knew this public enquiry was inevitable. It is worth remembering we will get a bit of a preview of all of this in a couple of weeks time. The Prime Ministers former adviser Dominic Cummings is giving evidence to a Parliamentary Committee about the governments handling of covid and is prepared to publish lots of documents, texts and e mails. Another thing to bear in mind, these enquiries take a very, very long time, sometimes multiple years and sometimes close to a decade, so there will not be a swift end to it, nor a swift start to it. Thank you very much. £160 million will be spent by nhs england on Pilot Schemes to tackle the increase in Waiting Lists since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes as a new report from the Institute For Fiscal Studies suggests Hospital Admissions for routine surgery in england fell by more than a third last year, with the biggest reductions in the north and the midlands. In february, the number of people waiting for treatment reached 4. 7 million. All 38 and 39 year olds in england will be invited to book their first Coronavirus Vaccine from this morning. Theyll be offered the pfizer or moderna jab, in line with new guidance from the uks vaccine committee. The decision follows a review which found younger people had a slightly higher risk of developing an extremely rare blood clot, after receiving a first dose of astrazeneca. Its 8 10am. Lets talk to carol. She has changed the picture. It is not the happiest of pictures. Wet, drizzly and rain. I suppose it is still spring. That is most definitely rain. A weather watcher sent in from worcestershire. Good morning, everyone. Forthe next few days we are looking at heavy downpours stop still the combination of sunshine and showers as low pressure continues to dominate the weather. Here is the rain on the radar picture. This area of low pressure is swirling around. Some of the rain has been heavy. Across the north and east of scotland, you have low cloud, if you showers and sunshine in the west. For parts of Northern Ireland a bit of sunshine as well. In the north of england, largely try with sunshine. Then we run into all this rain. Here is the centre of low pressure. It will be sinking slowly southwards as we go through the course of the day. In the sunshine we will see further showers develop some heavy slow moving and thundery with the potential of hail as well. In the east, temperatures will be that bit lower. Inland we are looking at highs of 1a, lower. Inland we are looking at highs of1li, 15 or 16. If you have an allergy to tree pollen, it is high in Northern Ireland and east anglia. Overnight many showers will fade. It will be wet in the Channel Islands. More cloud coming in from the north sea drifting westwards. As a result we are not anticipating any problems with frost. If you are in Northern Ireland, a prone frost area, you might see temperatures dip just below freezing. Youll remember weve been following the story of paul harvey. Hes the former Music Teacher Living with dementia whose improvised piano piece became one of the Surprise Hits of 2020. One breakfast viewer was so moved by the song he donated £1 million to charity. Graham satchell has been finding out how the money was spent. If you ever wondered about the extraordinary power of music, look at this care home residents, smiling, singing, dancing. This, a regular Music Therapy session by the jazz quartet, spitz. What do you make of the reaction that you get . Its very rewarding. It gives me a lot of hope about humanity. Just because youve got dementia, for example, doesnt mean there isnt a whole world in someones mind, theres a whole person, like, a whole view of life, and a whole experience of richness. So yeah, it is amazing what music can do in that sense. In a way, its like a tool like no other, i think. The transformative effect of music can be remarkable. Takejohn, for example, who has vascular dementia. John was admitted to us 2017. He was given three months to live he was very frail, very unwell. He had a lot of anxiety. He was so withdrawn. Members of spitz worked closely with john. Gave him a guitar, changed his life. Through music, you get to know johns life history. We got to know whojohn is, and now, he is the centre of attention. He loves music, he is such a fun person to be around. And, hey ho it is four years on now, he is here with us. I think were going to get many more years to come withjohn. What does it mean to you to be able to kind of come out and enjoy this music . It means a lot to me. I like music, and i like country and western a lot. John will carry on having Music Therapy because spitz is now getting extra funding from an unexpected source. When paul harvey was given four notes by his son nick to improvise a tune, no one could have guessed what would happen next. The tune went viral online, and then was orchestrated by the bbc philharmonic. If he is having a bad day, playing the right piece of music at the right time can be absolutely transformational. And if i manage to get him up to play the piano, magic happens. He comes back to life. Pauls story was seen on this programme by scottish philanthropist sir tom hunter, who gave £1 million to two charities. One of them, music for dementia, is distributing that money today. It is going to do good, and thats all that matters. I didnt do very little, exceptjust play four notes. Would you give us four notes and were going to take it off in our own direction . G, b, e, c. Three members of the city of london sinfonia, another recipient of todays funding. They improvise tunes, connecting with people in care homes, who may have lost the ability to speak. What we are looking to do is really have a conversation in music. Sometimes were even doing this in situations where someone has had an operation. It might even be end of life. It is just the closest way of communicating with someone, where words are not going to really get there any more. I thought it was wonderful, very special. Music continues where the printed word stops, and it continues in a way that is magical, you know . Thats the word magical. This is pauls latest tune. He writes and plays every day. Paul is a remarkably gifted man, whose love of music will now help thousands of other people with dementia across the uk. Graham satchell, bbc news. It is lovely just it is lovelyjust to let that it is lovely just to let that finish so perfectly. We can speak now to grace meadows, the Campaign Director with music for dementia, who set up the paul and nick harvey fund. John, who was in a care home we saw earlier on the guitar his hand, the change in him because of that stock it was a jazz quartet who have gone on and played and spent time with him. That is what this is all about stop exactly. Him. That is what this is all about stop exactly him. That is what this is all about stop exactly. They saw john for the erson he stop exactly. They saw john for the person he is stop exactly. They saw john for the person he is. He stop exactly. They saw john for the person he is. He loves stop exactly. They saw john for the person he is. He loves country stop exactly. They saw john for the person he is. He loves country and| person he is. He loves country and western music. They tapped into that and he has brought so muchjoy to everyone. 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That is when people really respond to music. It taps into who they are. There is not one type of musical one way to access music, it is about what matters to that individual. Good luck with what you are doing. It is making a real difference to people. Grace meadows, music for dementia is the charity. Telling amazing things. Absolutely. Maybe you are thinking, other many i can buy . The companies themselves are saying, we do not really know what holidays we can sell. The surprise and the price and supply and everything. The surprise and the price and supply and everything and everything. The advice is to be really careful and everything. The advice is to be really careful where and everything. The advice is to be really careful where you and everything. The advice is to be really careful where you think and everything. The advice is to be | really careful where you think about booking. While there is some clarity about when you come back into the uk, there is not necessarily clarity about whether you can get in attleboro. One Online Travel agent has said it will cancel all holidays until august because there is so much uncertainty. The regulator this morning morning travel firms they treat customers fairly and abide by the rules when it comes to cancellations and refunds. What is the problem . Even though the government has clarified that travel rules for tests and quarantine when we come back from Holiday Destinations thats only half the story. And the other half could make your planned holiday a lot more complicated or even impossible. The big news last night was one major Online Travel agent, on the beach, cancelling all its holidays until the end of august. They say things are just too uncertain. The announcement of the Traffic Light System for england and scotland gave people a lot of hope they could get away from monday to holidays on the green list. Butjust because a country is on our green list, doesnt necessarily mean you can travel there freely, or even that its open to visitors at all. As it currently stands, portugal will not be accepting holidaymakers, unless youre going to madeira. Thats despite a massive surge in bookings over the last couple of weeks. Now, that could change over the next couple of days. But there are no guarantees. So what do you need to know . Emma coulthurst from travelsupermarketjoins me now. Good morning. Emma, the portugal issue is the most pressing. There has been a huge surge in bookings and as it currently stands, you cannot get him. You cannot get him. There is no guarantee you cannot get him. There is no guarantee countries you cannot get him. There is no guarantee countries will you cannot get him. There is no guarantee countries will allow l guarantee countries will allow arrivals guarantee countries will allow arrivals from the uk. It is vital to check arrivals from the uk. It is vital to check entry arrivals from the uk. It is vital to check entry requirements. Searches have soared. There has been extra capacily have soared. There has been extra capacity put have soared. There has been extra capacity put on byjet2. It is on the green capacity put on byjet2. It is on the green list saying you had to lake the green list saying you had to take a the green list saying you had to take a test on return but there is no requirement to self isolate. We actually no requirement to self isolate. We actually need to know that we can enter actually need to know that we can enter portugal and what the entry requirements are. There is good news requirements are. There is good news last requirements are. There is good news. Last week portugal reported zero covid news. Last week portugal reported zero covid das for the First Time Since zero covid das for the First Time Since last zero covid das for the First Time Since last august was that they have consistently been under 500. Portugal consistently been under 500. Portugal have said it is delighted, the biggest source market is the uk. I we will the biggest source market is the uk. I we will hear very soon about what the entry i we will hear very soon about what the entry requirements are for next week the entry requirements are for next week the entry requirements are for next week i the entry requirements are for next week. Ithink the entry requirements are for next week. I think we will hear. Israel week. I think we will hear. Israel is week. I think we will hear. Israel is going to be open its border israel is going to be open its border on israel is going to be open its border on may the 23rd, but only to people border on may the 23rd, but only to people who border on may the 23rd, but only to people who have had a jab. We know that so people who have had a jab. We know that so far~ people who have had a ab. We know that so far. ,. ,. , that so far. Loads of questions. I want to go that so far. Loads of questions. I want to go through that so far. Loads of questions. I want to go through them that so far. Loads of questions. I want to go through them and that so far. Loads of questions. I want to go through them and try| that so far. Loads of questions. I want to go through them and try and get answers. You have touched on portugal and that could change over the next couple of days. Lets talk about turkey. Trevor says, my daughter is travelling to turkey at the end of august, do you think turkey will allow travel by then . Another says i am thinking of going to greece at the end ofjune, should i rebook for the end of september . Shall i quickly talk about portugal. The tourism minister has said you are likely the tourism minister has said you are likely to the tourism minister has said you are likely to be able to show you have are likely to be able to show you have been are likely to be able to show you have been vaccinated or proof of a negative have been vaccinated or proof of a negative pcr test before you leave the uk negative pcr test before you leave the uk to negative pcr test before you leave the uk to go there. That is what we are expecting. You need to get the tests are expecting. You need to get the tests on are expecting. You need to get the tests on return sorted out. It is reported tests on return sorted out. It is reported this morning that the government has said it will improve the filtering of the test than is on their the filtering of the test than is on their side the filtering of the test than is on their side according to cost. It is hard their side according to cost. It is hard to their side according to cost. It is hard to navigate at the moment and that is hard to navigate at the moment and that is hoped it will push down prices that is hoped it will push down prices. Turkey is on the red list. That prices. Turkey is on the red list. That means prices. Turkey is on the red list. That means no travel there at the moment that means no travel there at the moment. They are looking at various factors, moment. They are looking at various factors, deciding when to put something on what list. It is vaccination and Infection Rates, prevalence of variance of concern as well as prevalence of variance of concern as well as scientific data. There are concerns well as scientific data. There are concerns over scientific data. I should concerns over scientific data. I should know because i was in turkey when should know because i was in turkey when it should know because i was in turkey when it changed. They will be looking when it changed. They will be looking at all of these things. There looking at all of these things. There was a review at the end of july. There was a review at the end of july you there was a review at the end of july. You might want to change your dates july. You might want to change your dates after july. You might want to change your dates after that review, depending on what dates after that review, depending on what is dates after that review, depending on what is sad. If advice is still not to on what is sad. If advice is still not to go on what is sad. If advice is still not to go there, the package holiday will still not to go there, the package holiday will still be not to go there, the package holiday will still be cancelled. Ian is going will still be cancelled. Ian is going on will still be cancelled. Ian is going on the 25th ofjune. I would say to going on the 25th ofjune. I would say to wait going on the 25th ofjune. I would say to wait. The greece tourism minister say to wait. The greece tourism minister said he is confident it will be minister said he is confident it will be on minister said he is confident it will be on the green list on the 7th ofjune, will be on the green list on the 7th ofjune, that could be realistic or reality. Ofjune, that could be realistic or reality. We ofjune, that could be realistic or reality, we do not know . They have said they reality, we do not know . They have said they have got Operation Blue freedom said they have got Operation Blue freedom at the moment by trying to et freedom at the moment by trying to get everyone over the age of 18 iabbed get everyone over the age of 18 jabbed on the islands earlier than the mainland. They want tourism to return the mainland. They want tourism to return if the mainland. They want tourism to return. If you have a package holiday return. If you have a package holiday and actually if you are on the amber holiday and actually if you are on the amber list at the moment, some of the the amber list at the moment, some of the greek the amber list at the moment, some of the greek islands, the Foreign Commonwealth Office is you can travel Commonwealth Office is you can travel there from the 17th of may. The government is saying that if it is an the government is saying that if it is an amber the government is saying that if it is an amber list country, they are recommending you do not travel. There recommending you do not travel. There is recommending you do not travel. There is controversy to say the least there is controversy to say the least it there is controversy to say the least. It would be good if the lists are aligned. The department for transport are aligned. The department for transport list looks at coming into the country transport list looks at coming into the country and the Foreign Office looks the country and the Foreign Office looks at the country and the Foreign Office looks at the risk to enter that country looks at the risk to enter that country. They take a similar alignment. | country. They take a similar alignment country. They take a similar alignment. I know it is not a oneword alignment. I know it is not a oneword answer, alignment. I know it is not a oneword answer, is alignment. I know it is not a oneword answer, is it . Alignment. I know it is not a oneword answer, is it . I. Alignment. I know it is not a i oneword answer, is it . Iwant alignment. I know it is not a oneword answer, is it . I want to one word answer, is it . I want to talk about insurance. There is a question. Loads of you is talking about the traffic light changing when they are away. If their Holiday Destination goes from a greenness to an amber list, can they claim quarantine costs on the insurance . Green list. Ida quarantine costs on the insurance . Green list green list. No stock you can get covid cancellation green list. No stock you can get covid cancellation cover green list. No stock you can get covid cancellation cover for green list. No stock you can get covid cancellation cover for your i covid cancellation cover for your trip or covid cancellation cover for your trip or medical cover while you are there trip or medical cover while you are there there trip or medical cover while you are there. There is this risk. There is a green there. There is this risk. There is a green watchlist, it is called the wobbly a green watchlist, it is called the wobbly left as well. It gives you a warning wobbly left as well. It gives you a warning on wobbly left as well. It gives you a warning on when a country might be getting warning on when a country might be getting close to an amber list or amber getting close to an amber list or amber to getting close to an amber list or amber to red. Getting close to an amber list or amberto red. It getting close to an amber list or amber to red. It counts against the short. Amber to red. It counts against the short. Sharp amber to red. It counts against the short, sharp changes last summer, hopefully short, sharp changes last summer, hopefully. There will be a formal review hopefully. There will be a formal review. There is a date in forging the 28. Review. There is a date in forging the 28. One review. There is a date in forging the 28, one before July The 31st and wonder the 28, one before July The 31st and wonder for the 28, one before July The 31st and wonder for the 1st of october. We will be wonder for the 1st of october. , will be talking about this again in the weeks and months to come. So many questions. This is something we will keep very close eye on. Whether they will be changing the rules for portugal. We know flights are going at six oclock on monday morning. Regulators have said all the travel firms need to treat people fairly, just to give you an indication of how seriously they are taking it. They have had 23,000 complaints from consumers about refunds since march of last year. Consumers about refunds since march of last ear. Consumers about refunds since march of last year of last year. That is a lot, isnt it . Thank you very much. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im victoria hollins. St pauls cathedral could be forced to close permanently as it grapples with its worst Funding Crisis in 300 years according to those who run it. The Famous Landmark is almost entirely reliant on money from tourists, and has seen a 90 drop in its income. Although it has recieved support from the governments Covid Recovery fund, a quarter of staff have been made redundant. Nearly all the cathedral� s reserves have now been spent. The dean of st pauls says the situation is now critical. Its a horrible feeling to shut your doors to people and we dont want to be like that. But if we cant raise the resources to be able to employ the people to look after the building and keep it open and pay for the heating and lighting and all those things, we would have to shut our doors, so weve got some Big Decisions to make in our country about our heritage and how we will manage going forward. Sadiq khan has warned london could face an increase in violence this summer as lockdown eases and says driving down violence is a key priority during his second term as mayor. Today He S Announcing that a programme to move young people away from crime after they re arrested is being extended across the capital. The met s divert scheme sees Intervention Coaches offering support in Police Custody suites. The largest Tunnelling Machine ever used on a Uk Rail Project is starting work under the chiltern hills. Named florence, it will dig a ten mile tunnel for the High Speed Railway hs2. Itll work non stop for three years and is one of 10 Boring Machines being used for phase 1 of construction between london and the west midlands. Lets take a look at the Travel Situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes. Apart from the piccadilly line, where there are severe delays between acton town and heathrow. And the circle line also has delays. Safety checks and repairs continue on a number of high speed trains, with no gwr High Speed Services to and from paddington, and a reduced Service Across the lner network now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a rather showery picture out there as we head through the next few days and thats because low pressure is dominating, so do expect plenty of wet weather in the forecast. Already showers out there this morning and it is a frost free start to the morning and Plenty Of Cloud too. We see showers on and off throughout the course of the day and the cloud will tend to break up at times so there will be some brighter spells and a bit of a messy picture so difficult to pinpoint exactly when. Some of the showers threaten to be heavy at times and the top temperatures peak between 13 and 15 celsius and the showers are likely to be rather slow moving because the winds are light. As we head through the evening and overnight, a lot of those showers will tend to fade away but still some wet weather around, Plenty Of Cloud, but it should be a drier picture by the time we get to tomorrow morning and again, a frost free start to friday. Friday, lots of dry weather around for the morning, sunny spells, and we will see some showers get going as we head through the afternoon and once more temperatures tending to stay round about the average for this time of year. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. It could take between three and five years to clear the backlog of Hospital Treatments as a result of the pandemic thats the warning from nhs providers, which represents trusts in england. It comes as nhs england prepares to publish the latest waiting list figures for Hospital Treatments which stood at 4. 7 Million People at the end of february. Our health correspondent, anna collinson, has been speaking to some of those affected. They said its not good news and they said i had cancer. Two months ago, doctors told elaine walsh she had womb cancer. What they did say is you would normally be on a table in the next few weeks but we havent got one. We havent got a surgeon, we havent got a table and obviously i was aware every day that im not on a surgical operating table. It is more risk. After six long weeks, elaine was told her surgery had to be cancelled. It was the most horrendous day, because when they took that away from me and they couldnt give me a foreseeable date. In the past year, the nhs has treated more than 400,000 Covid Patients across the uk and rolled out a mass Vaccination Programme. Is it hurting . Your tummy is hurting . Is it your tummy hurting . But this has come at a cost disrupting Nonurgent Care for millions of patients like zen, orjulie and chris who have had to wait for knee and hip operations. A new report by the Institute For Fiscal Studies says elective surgery fell by a third in england last year and it also found non covid Emergency Cases and outpatient appointments had dropped, as had time sensitive conditions like cancer, though not as much. And its notjust a problem in england, although comparable stats are not available yet, we know a similar number are waiting for treatment in scotland and while in wales and Northern Ireland its even higher. The trusts with the biggest problem are saying to us that on current trajectories they are saying it could take them between three and five years to recover those backlogs. Now Everybody Knows that that is simply not good enough and we are going to need to Work Together with the government to create a plan to go faster. Nhs england has announced a £160 Million Initiative which will consider innovative ways to tackle Waiting Lists. So could Something Like this be part of the solution . Heres our mobile Surgical Theatre and it really is quite something to look at. It has been a year in the making. Passionate about helping the nhs, these two doctors have created and raised the funds for a Surgical Unit which can be set up in car parks and ready to use within two hours of arrival. It is still a bit of a work in progress and you need to use your imagination but where we are standing is the entrance for you. It has a reception. This is the heart of the unit. And a Surgical Theatre. And what kind of patience will you be treating here . Generalsurgery, hernias, carpal tunnels, skin surgery, cancer surgery, so its multiple disciplines, but it is the low risk surgery that then frees up the main theatres in hospitals for the big operations under general anaesthetics, hips and knees. Patients will then exit out of the back. It is hoped the one way system will simplify the flow of people and increase the numbers treated. We can see there is a scope for change and a scope to improve patient numbers, not necessarily relying on bricks and mortar of large hospitals, but more delivery in the community, which is both easier for patients and more Cost Effective and very achievable. Some Health Officials say calling upon the private sector is another way to increase capacity, which has happened with elaine, who is due to be treated at a private hospital tomorrow. Im not allowed any visitors when im in there. But they promised to take good care. Sociable and outgoing, elaine longs for her old life. The prolonged wait for her Cancer Treatment has been made even more painful because she has had to isolate on her own. Nobody realised the stresses of going through this in covid, in the pandemic, and what it means to be isolated and going through what you would normally have a huge support network, and i have got a support network, dont get me wrong, but they cant be with me. No one can be with me. I can do it, i can do with myself, i know i can. Im just lucky ive got a bed, but its hard. Victoria derbyshire is at guys and St Thomas Hospital in central london. Victoria, what challenges have staff there been facing during the pandemic . Absolutely, and it was so moving hearing and as piece and talking to the patients and that is what Waiting Lists are about, 4. 7 Million People on nhs england waiting list, which is 4. 7 Million People in pain or suffering, so we are really lucky today. Guys and saint thomases, one of the busiest, if not the busiest trust in the whole of the uk have allowed our cameras in exclusively for the whole day on bbc news and we are here to talk about what they are doing to combat the waiting list. This is the hospital where the Prime Minister came when he had covid and this is where they nursed him back to full health and we are in a waiting room and there is no one waiting room and there is no one waiting for anything yet, and it is massive and it will be really busy and we will now talk to kaye thomas, and we will now talk to kaye thomas, a consultant surgeon who specialises in kidneys and bladder will stop hello to you and sharon who is a dental nurse who will talk about the other work youve been doing. Tell us first of all, how serious is the backlog on the waiting list. Intern; backlog on the waiting list. Very serious, backlog on the waiting list. Very serious. As backlog on the waiting list. Very serious, as youve backlog on the waiting list. Very serious, as youve already backlog on the waiting list. Very serious, as youve already said, huge serious, as youve already said, huge numbers of patients waiting, unfortunately and we have a lot of patience unfortunately and we have a lot of patience here. Having said that, we are working patience here. Having said that, we are working hard as we are coming out of are working hard as we are coming out of the are working hard as we are coming out of the pandemic to really reduce those out of the pandemic to really reduce those numbers and weve made great progress those numbers and weve made great progressjust in the last six those numbers and weve made great progress just in the last six weeks. And when progress just in the last six weeks. And when you look at the figures, the end of march this year you had 4000 patients waiting over a year for treatment compared to 100 just over a year ago, but that 4006 weeks, you have brought down by a thousand. How . Weeks, you have brought down by a thousand. How . 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And we are pulling together to catch u, reall. , and we are pulling together to catch u, reall. , w up, really. Thanks for taking time out of your up, really. Thanks for taking time out of your working up, really. Thanks for taking time out of your working day up, really. Thanks for taking time out of your working day to up, really. Thanks for taking time out of your working day to talk i up, really. Thanks for taking time out of your working day to talk to | out of your working day to talk to us here on the bbc. Good to meet you and thank you very much. And as i said, throughout the day we will get the new waiting list figures at 930 and we will transfer to guys hospital which is the centre of excellence for Cancer Treatment and we will be talking to medics, professionals, Health Assistance and Senior Management about how they are helping when it comes to reducing the backlog and getting patients the treatment they need. I am the backlog and getting patients the treatment they need. The backlog and getting patients the treatment they need. I am pleased to see ou treatment they need. I am pleased to see you have treatment they need. I am pleased to see you have at treatment they need. I am pleased to see you have at least treatment they need. I am pleased to see you have at least one treatment they need. I am pleased to see you have at least one patient i see you have at least one patient who has arrived and youre relatively deserted waiting room. And they will be treated very shortly by the excellent staff they are. ,. ,. , � ,. , ~. , are. Thanks, victoria. Lets talk to jane and are. Thanks, victoria. Lets talk to jane and find are. Thanks, victoria. Lets talk to jane and find out are. Thanks, victoria. Lets talk to jane and find out what are. Thanks, victoria. Lets talk to jane and find out what is are. Thanks, victoria. Lets talk to l jane and find out what is happening jane and find out what is happening in the sport. What is greatest when managers of teams talk to us and ahead of crucial matches as it feels like you get a bit of insight, and they want to talk to the fans by us. Especially when it is in manager on fire. Weve been talking about the mens Champions League this morning. But the womens Champions League final is this weekend. Chelsea are aiming to become just the second british team to win the womens Champions League when they take on barcelona in the final in gothenburg on sunday. It comes almost a week after they retained the domestic Super League Title over second placed Manchester City. So, how confident are they heading into the Champions League final . Manager, emma hayes, joins us now. We must start by saying, many congratulations on the wsl title, certainly not your first with the club, but you are especially proud of the season. Of the season. Yes, its been an amazin of the season. Yes, its been an amazing season of the season. Yes, its been an amazing season in of the season. 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Yes, its been an amazing season in terms of our| amazing season in terms of our success amazing season in terms of our success on amazing season in terms of our success on the pitch but also a difficult success on the pitch but also a difficult one during the pandemic because difficult one during the pandemic because weve had so many players, Staff Members unable to go home for more than Staff Members unable to go home for more than a Staff Members unable to go home for more than a year, so its special in terms more than a year, so its special in terms of more than a year, so its special in terms of the more than a year, so its special in terms of the sacrifice everyone has made terms of the sacrifice everyone has made and terms of the sacrifice everyone has made and we have to keep going because made and we have to keep going because we have the big one on sunday~ because we have the big one on sunday~ i because we have the big one on sunda. ,. ,. ,. , because we have the big one on sunda. ,. , i. Sunday. I would assume any of your la ers sunday. I would assume any of your players might sunday. I would assume any of your players might have sunday. I would assume any of your players might have wanted sunday. I would assume any of your players might have wanted a sunday. I would assume any of your players might have wanted a little l players might have wanted a little celebration but not too much of a celebration but not too much of a celebration because of such a big match coming up. Celebration because of such a big match coming up. Yeah, like everyone stuck at home match coming up. Yeah, like everyone stuck at home we match coming up. Yeah, like everyone stuck at home we have match coming up. Yeah, like everyone stuck at home we have been match coming up. Yeah, like everyone stuck at home we have been able i match coming up. Yeah, like everyone stuck at home we have been able to i stuck at home we have been able to id stuck at home we have been able to go out stuck at home we have been able to go out and stuck at home we have been able to go out and socialise and do things but im go out and socialise and do things but im pretty certain after our last couple of games the girls can have a last couple of games the girls can have a summer of enjoying themselves and im have a summer of enjoying themselves and im just have a summer of enjoying themselves and im just really proud of them. They and im just really proud of them. They are and im just really proud of them. They are such special women. What they do. They are such special women. What they do, they are inspiring generations of young people, and we have so generations of young people, and we have so much to thank for our owner, r0man have so much to thank for our owner, roman abramovich, who has been such a supporter roman abramovich, who has been such a supporter of womens sport and im ust a supporter of womens sport and im just proud a supporter of womens sport and im just proud to a supporter of womens sport and im just proud to represent such a great group, just proud to represent such a great group, really. find just proud to represent such a great group. Really group, really. And of course the attention turns group, really. And of course the attention turns to group, really. And of course the attention turns to europe. I group, really. And of course the attention turns to europe. After| group, really. And of course the l attention turns to europe. After a strong domestic season terrific determination to get to the final, overcoming bayern munich, are you thinking this is your year . You know what, i thinking this is your year . You know what. Ithink thinking this is your year . You know what, | think that thinking this is your year . You know what, i think that this thinking this is your year . You know what, i think that this week thinking this is your year . You know what, i think that this week it i what, i think that this week it feels what, i think that this week it feels like what, i think that this week it feels like an eternity waiting for something. Ive probably prepared my whole something. Ive probably prepared my whole career for this. I know for sure whole career for this. I know for sure that whole career for this. I know for sure that i whole career for this. I know for sure that i am ready and i know the team sure that i am ready and i know the team are sure that i am ready and i know the team are ready and i know ultimately we will team are ready and i know ultimately we will give team are ready and i know ultimately we will give absolutely everything we will give absolutely everything we can. We will give absolutely everything we can, knowing we are the first english we can, knowing we are the first english team to be in the final for some english team to be in the final for some years. Ijust know they are never some years. Ijust know they are never beaten. Thats what i will look never beaten. Thats what i will look forward to against the far fabulous look forward to against the far fabulous Barcelona Team who im sure will possess fabulous Barcelona Team who im sure will possess the ball like all Barcelona Teams do, but the spirit and determination of our lot, im pretty and determination of our lot, im pretty certain well prove to be an entertaining game. | pretty certain well prove to be an entertaining game. Pretty certain well prove to be an entertaining game. I know you are under no illusions entertaining game. I know you are under no illusions as entertaining game. I know you are under no illusions as barcelona i entertaining game. I know you are | under no illusions as barcelona are a formidable side, unbeaten domestically and put out Manchester City in the Champions League, so this will be tough, but you were part of the coaching setup at arsenal when they won in 2007, the only british team so far to win it. How special would it be for you, personally, to be the manager that won the Champions League with chelsea . It won the Champions League with chelsea . ,. ,. , chelsea . It would be amazing. Theres no chelsea . It would be amazing. Theres no point chelsea . It would be amazing. Theres no point denying i chelsea . It would be amazing. Theres no point denying it. I chelsea . It would be amazing. Theres no point denying it. To| chelsea . It would be amazing. I theres no point denying it. To come home theres no point denying it. To come home and theres no point denying it. To come home and be theres no point denying it. To come home and be a part of a fantastic team home and be a part of a fantastic team that home and be a part of a fantastic team that achieved success like that. Team that achieved success like that. And team that achieved success like that, and as ive said, im so looking that, and as ive said, im so looking forward to the scores of little looking forward to the scores of little girls that will be inspired by this little girls that will be inspired by this group of players because i never by this group of players because i never grew up with female role models. Never grew up with female role models, so to think that theres going models, so to think that theres going to models, so to think that theres going to be little ones models, so to think that theres going to belittle ones running around going to belittle ones running around with shirt names of fran kirby. Around with shirt names of fran kirby. Sam around with shirt names of fran kirby, sam kerr, ithink thats around with shirt names of fran kirby, sam kerr, i think thats the reason kirby, sam kerr, i think thats the reason i kirby, sam kerr, i think thats the reason i get kirby, sam kerr, i think thats the reason i get out of bed every day to id reason i get out of bed every day to go to reason i get out of bed every day to go to work reason i get out of bed every day to go to work and womens football, i hope. Go to work and womens football, i hope. Will go to work and womens football, i hope, will step into another place after hope, will step into another place after the hope, will step into another place after the game on sunday because people after the game on sunday because people are quite rightfully tuning in because of the quality on display in because of the quality on display. Eitherway, ithink in because of the quality on display. Either way, i think we in because of the quality on display. Either way, ithink we have won anyway display. Either way, i think we have won anyway display. Either way, ithink we have won an a. ,. , won anyway. Emma, we wish you the best of luck won anyway. Emma, we wish you the best of luck. And won anyway. Emma, we wish you the best of luck. And thank won anyway. Emma, we wish you the best of luck. And thank you won anyway. Emma, we wish you the best of luck. And thank you so i won anyway. Emma, we wish you the best of luck. And thank you so much | best of luck. And thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. Thanks very much. The for taking the time to speak to us. Thanks very much. Thanks very much. The ever impressive thanks very much. The ever impressive emma thanks very much. The ever impressive emma hayes i thanks very much. The ever| impressive emma hayes and thanks very much. The ever i impressive emma hayes and im thanks very much. The ever impressive emma hayes and im sure lots of goals will want emma hayes on the back of their shirt she has done so well for chelsea. Band on the back of their shirt she has done so well for chelsea. And big uirls. Not done so well for chelsea. And big girls not that done so well for chelsea. And big girls. Not that i done so well for chelsea. And big girls. Not that i am done so well for chelsea. And big girls. Not that i am a done so well for chelsea. And big girls. Not that i am a chelsea i done so well for chelsea. And big| girls. Not that i am a chelsea fan, but i am a fan of hers. A great day them. But i am a fan of hers. A great day them. ,. , but i am a fan of hers. A great day them here but i am a fan of hers. A great day them. Here is i but i am a fan of hers. A great day l them. Here is carol them. Fingers crossed. Here is carol with a look them. Fingers crossed. Here is carol with a look at them. Fingers crossed. Here is carol with a look at the them. Fingers crossed. Here is carol with a look at the weather. It is looking like not a particularly cold start to the day and these are the latest temperatures and in the highlands it is 8 degrees and in Northern Ireland it is also eight. Ill start, but it is going to be unsettled and we have rain and showers in the forecast today and the rest of the week we are looking at heavy downpours but in between, there will be warm sunshine. Weve seen quite a bit of rain in parts of wales and south west england, especially in somerset and devon but you can see we also have rain across southern counties and that is courtesy of this area of low pressure. Not much in the way our isobars in the charts but what we have are well spaced, so if you catch a shower it is likely to be slow moving. Meanwhile this area of low pressure sinks southwards through the day. There is a fair bit of sunshine in the showers get going through the day and some of them not slow moving but heavy thundery with some hail and across the north and east of scotland in the final stint of england, close the coast we have cloud which is going to peg back the temperature but coming on land cloud which is going to peg back the temperature but coming on [and we will look at 15 or 16 degrees and if you have an allergy to tree pollen it is worth knowing that the levels in Northern Ireland and east anglia today are high, low and moderate for the rest of the uk. Through the evening and overnight, the low pressure very slowly continues the journey south, taking some rain into the Channel Islands and the cloud in the Channel Islands and the cloud in the east romps further west, but we still have clear skies across parts of Northern Ireland and the far south east of england but with temperatures like this we are not expecting any problems with frost. As we head into friday, you can see we are between two Weather Fronts and again, hardly on isobar to speak of, so any showers will be slow moving but we start on a fairly dull note with a lot of cloud acceptor in the far south east of Northern Ireland where we will see sunshine to start the day. Through the day, the cloud pushes back to the day, the cloud pushes back to the north sea coast line and some of it will stick and that will hold back temperatures and in the sunshine that develops in the west we will see further showers again, some of them heavy and thundery and slow moving with temperatures eight in the north and cool along the north sea coastline to about 16 in the south and also in liverpool. We can see the next system just waiting on the wings and this is this clutch of Weather Fronts which will be pushing east through the course of the day and then we have got low pressure coming in hot on its heels, so low pressure really driving the weather for the foreseeable future, and its also going to bring with it quite a lot of showers, and that is the forecast for the weekend, further heavy showers, but some sunshine between and a bit blustering on sunday. Thanks, carol, have a good weekend. Hes one of the uks most versatile authors, reinventing Chitty Chitty bang bang and even taking on the mammoth task of writing the london 2012 olympic opening ceremony. Now Frank Cottrell boyce is back with a new book for children, called noahs gold, which tells the story of a group of young people who end up stranded on a Desert Island, without internet access. Frankjoins us now from liverpool. Iimagine i imagine that is a nightmare for loads of children out there. You would think so, and i guess that is the point. Frankjoins us from liverpool. Good morning, how are you . Liverpool. Good morning, how are ou . �. ,. ,. , liverpool. Good morning, how are ou . �. ,. Not bad you . Im great, how are you. Not bad at all. You . Im great, how are you. Not bad at all what you . Im great, how are you. Not bad at all. What was you . Im great, how are you. Not bad at all. What was the you . Im great, how are you. Not bad at all. What was the thinking you . Im great, how are you. Not bad at all. What was the thinking behind l at all. What was the thinking behind the idea of the book . At all. What was the thinking behind the idea of the book . Normally when children aet the idea of the book . Normally when children get washed the idea of the book . Normally when children get washed up the idea of the book . Normally when children get washed up on the idea of the book . Normally when children get washed up on an the idea of the book . Normally when children get washed up on an island i children get washed up on an island in a story, whether its lord of the flies or fortnight, in a story, whether its lord of the flies orfortnight, they in a story, whether its lord of the flies or fortnight, they end in a story, whether its lord of the flies orfortnight, they end up divided into tribes and fighting and failing to light the fire and eating each other and ijust thought, is that really true . I did some research and found an amazing story about some boys from tonga and they hated their school dinners, so they decided to solve the problem not by stealing sandwiches but getting a boat and sailing to fiji which they thought had better food and they ended up on an uninhabited island and they should have ended up eating each other but for 15 months they thrived, they looked after each other and said they prayers and built a gymnasium and a Badminton Court and they roasted chickens, and thats at the beginning of the pandemic people said would we be bursting into supermarkets and lubricate barricading ourselves in our house, but by and large we are creative and looked after each other and found ways to party and to mourn and we are just much better than we think we are, so ive done a story that is the opposite of lord of the flies where kids are wound up on a Desert Island but they look after each other and they thrive and of course find a hidden tunnel and buried treasure, because it is an island. I buried treasure, because it is an island. Buried treasure, because it is an island. ,. ,. ,. , island. I always wonder who are the harshest critics island. I always wonder who are the harshest critics because island. I always wonder who are the harshest critics because when i island. I always wonder who are the harshest critics because when you l harshest critics because when you are writing the London 2012 Olympic Ceremony the whole world is watching and yet you write a book like this and yet you write a book like this and children really dont hold back when it comes to telling you whether they like something or not, and i just wonder if they are harsher critics, or perhaps more blunt about their opinions. What has the feedback been so far . I their opinions. What has the feedback been so far . Their opinions. What has the feedback been so far . I love that side of things. Feedback been so far . I love that side of things. When feedback been so far . I love that side of things. When you feedback been so far . I love that side of things. When you are i feedback been so far . I love that i side of things. When you are sitting in a stadium and sitting in a cinema when the film is starting and theres nothing like being as nervous as when you walk into a school with three or 400 kids half of whom dont want to be you have to win them over and that is so great. When you do that is an amazing feeling and i remember being at the school in glasgow which was full of huge lads and reading them a bit of this book and stopping and saying, have you got any questions and the first one was, what happens next . Well, you can read the book. Its lovely that you want to ask that and then another kid, have you got any more questions, and the next kid, can you read a bit more quest like i said, not now, but its great you want to know what happens. And this [ad at the back who was huge, the lad at the back who was huge, the size of a postal district with arms and he put his hand up and the weather changed and i said, what your question and he said, would you just read, wee man . That is the best review you are ever going to have. I was terrified. No oscar will ever compare to that moment. I was terrified. No oscar will ever compare to that moment. I know the book is about compare to that moment. I know the book is about children compare to that moment. I know the book is about children who compare to that moment. I know the book is about children who have i compare to that moment. I know the book is about children who have not| book is about children who have not got access to the internet, but how about you . Whats the longest in recent time that you have gone without the internet, and how has it affected you, if that has happened . All the way through lockdown ive been doing instagram and creative writing classes and im so sick of the sight of my own face, sol fantasise about not having the internet, but throughout the last few months we have really learned how much we depend on it and also that yearning to get away from it and im dodging your question because i know i could not survive for a day. I because i knowl could not survive for a da. ~. , because i knowl could not survive forada. ~. ,. , for a day. I know you have some concerns for a day. I know you have some concerns about for a day. I know you have some concerns about how for a day. I know you have some concerns about how the for a day. I know you have some i concerns about how the pandemic is affecting young people and that is something youre really concerned about. ,. ,. , about. Yeah, i did these Instagram Creative writing about. Yeah, i did these Instagram Creative writing classes about. Yeah, i did these Instagram Creative writing classes because i i creative writing classes because i was thinking about kids, and i was fine, my next door neighbour always says you a life of homework, so theres no real change for a writer but i was thinking about kids who did not have gardens and things and i thought creative writing was a way to create resilience and happiness, and if you get in touch with your own creativity we know you can make a prison into a happy place, and the internet is great, but it also is a huge cause of stress for children and peer pressure, it brings it right into your house and you have to create a space away from it, i think. Obviously we completely depend on it, but we have to be able to find somewhere else to go, and for centuries people have said you can lose yourself in a book, and losing yourself is not a bad thing to do. ~. ,. ,. , losing yourself is not a bad thing todo. ~. ,. ,. , ~ to do. What a lovely thought. A erfect to do. What a lovely thought. A perfect way to do. What a lovely thought. A perfect way to to do. What a lovely thought. A perfect way to finish. To do. What a lovely thought. A perfect way to finish. Frank, i to do. What a lovely thought. A i perfect way to finish. Frank, lovely to talk to you and thank you so much. It is such a true thing. You can lose yourself in a book. Its just brilliant. The whole point of them. Noahs island is the book, coincidentally. This is bbc news with the latest headlines. World leaders appeal for calm after another night of clashes between israelis and palestinians. All the hatred that comes with this very long conflict is notjust in the occupied territories, notjust in gaza and the west bank, but in the disputed parts ofjerusalem, it is in fact in all of those communities within israel itself. £160 million for Pilot Schemes in nhs england to tackle the huge waiting list backlog. 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