with leading experts in their field. a world—renowned sports physician helping us with this, and we worked with the government very closely, their advisers, to prepare those and it was really a big surprise we were not allowed to proceed yesterday because, up until that point, we had been given no indication there were issues there. and i was particular surprising because, as tanni knows, i run a large business in the uk, across europe, so we had the ability to test in the real world the protocols that we are putting in place in the uk, notjust puregym but the whole industry. we welcomed over a million people to our sites in switzerland and denmark in the last six weeks, it's been tested by the authorities there 60 or 70 times and passed all those tests, and as far as we are aware, we haven't had one infection or transmission in those facilities. adding to the concerns tanni so clearly raised, evidence that is been provided... sorry to interrupt you. we have heard today from a scientist who said that gyms are quite high—risk — people are exercising, they are sweating, they are touching lots of different services, they touch their faces, they are coming into close contact with metal. how do you go about addressing those sorts of concerns? those are all good points, and that's exactly the work that's been done to be able to address those. let me take those on one at a time, because the key here is to get away from the overall and focus on the specifics. let's deal first with the question of sweat. there is no risk of transmission with sweat. there is no evidence the virus transmits through sweat. secondly, people do touch surfaces, so we have done very high—level cleaning every few hours. and members are good at this. we have seen it working in denmark with members wiping down with wipes before and after that use of equipment. it's quite a straight forward discipline once you get into it. then there is the question of breathing. people breathe more... we have very high conditions and regulations associated with that. we have got operators observing the requirements. we have got hand sanitisers throughout the facility. many measures that combine together to reduce each of the individual risks. we can control people arriving to facilities, control the number of people coming in. we are a membership organisation so we know who they are, contact tracing. unlike a pub when they reopen, we are not taking people's names down when they come in. we can provide contact tracing support to the government. we can't control when people come, provide people with information they need to come and... physically, the equipment, etc, etc, we are in a good position to reduce each of those individual risks. i feel duty bound to say the culture secretary has tweeted that he hopes that gyms might reopen in mid—july, so that is something to watch. can ijust come back to you, tanni grey—thompson? would you look at the opening of swimming pools as well? i think when you look at what they are trying to put in place. thinking about how changing rooms can be used, we know chlorine is actually quite effective at stopping spread of coronavirus, and people could be asked to come with their swimming costumes on and shower at home. it is about having conversations with people. there may be some who find that difficult and they may need to use a changing room, but it's about using the changing room... the risk of not looking at how swimming pools open, we are going to be losing swimming lessons for children. it's provided health and fitness, swimming is one of the biggest recreational activities out there, and it's amazing to see people have been walking and cycling in different ways that we have got a health crisis coming because of this. when children come back to school in september, they will have been out of school for 23 weeks. they will not have had balanced physical activity in that time. we may have a generation of people who may never catch up, so we have to start thinking about the health and fitness of the nation and how the sector is able to contribute to dealing with this crisis. hello again, temperatures made it the hottest day of the year so far. in the last 20 years, about a third of oui’ the last 20 years, about a third of ourjunes get to 33 degrees or even hotter than that. so it's not too unusual to see. 0n hotter than that. so it's not too unusual to see. on thursday, the heat will be more widespread. more humid weather and then after that, we will see some big, thundery downpours which could bring some localised flooding. these are the temperatures we are expecting as we head towards midnight. still up around 23 in birmingham, london and cardiff. it will be an uncomfortable night's sleep in some cities across england and wales with fresher air across northern ireland and scotland. it will be a quiet night for most with clear skies, just a few fog patches around coastal areas. more of that sunny weather tomorrow. more widespread as well with sunny skies and spreading to scotla nd with sunny skies and spreading to scotland and northern ireland. maybe a few storms across the mountains and scotland, drifting northwards but for most of us, it's hot and humid with temperatures higher in scotland. 28 in glasgow, 2a for belfast. the highest temperatures likely to hit 33 towards the south. as we headed to thursday evening, that's when we will see the first signs of thunderstorms moving into southern and western areas of the uk. some of these storms are likely to be quite intense and they will continue to push their way northwards and eastwards as we head into friday and indeed into friday night as well. 0r friday afternoon, some fresher air will be done might begin to move into western portions. temperatures for northern ireland, wales in southwest england, will be lower. still hot and humid before those storms arrive. up to 30 indoor rates. those storms through thursday night and friday night could bring around for 30—50 mm of rain. that's over half a month's around for 30—50 mm of rain. that's over half a months worth of rain in just a few hours, hence the risk of seeing some localised flooding issues. the weekend dominated with this area of low pressure. first of all, it will be quite windy for with some early prolonged outbreaks of rain in the northern half of the uk. generally further south, it's salary. there will be temperatures much lower. that's weather. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. scientists at imperial college in london begin human trials of a revolutionary vaccine against the coronavirus. if it works, the vaccine could be mass produced. it means that we can make the equivalent of 2 million doses in the volume of a litre. so, if you imagine a litre bottle of lemonade, that would have 2 million doses in it. 4,500 jobs are set to go at swissport — a bleak future for baggage handlers and check—in staff throughout the uk. jordan walker—brown was tasered and he'll never walk again. latest figures show one in five of those targeted by police is black.

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