Leading charity says 4. 2 Million People have borrowed more during the crisis, warning that problems could soar if Financial Support is switched off. Lewis hamilton calls for all racist symbols across the world to be removed. The formula 1 World Champion has praised protestors for tearing down the statue of a slave trader in bristol. For trader in bristol. Most of us today it will be a dry for most of us today it will be a dry day with large amounts of cloud floating around but some sunny spells. The rain coming in from the north west through the day. All the details at 27 minutes past. Its tuesday june 9. Our top story. The plan for all primary pupils in england to go back to school before the end of term is to be dropped by the government. It means abandoning proposals for pupils from every year group to spend four weeks in school before the summer break. The education secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to confirm the decision to mps later today. Our education correspondent Sean Coughlan has more. Pupils in reception, yeari and year pupils in reception, year1 and year 6 began returning to schools in england from june one. They have been differences in what schools have been able to offer and figures published later today will show how many families took up places. Since the proposal was announced to bring back all primary pupils for four weeks before the end of term, head teachers have challenged the practicalities of accommodating them while expecting children to stay in small groups that would require twice as many classrooms. Whatever the ambition, school has said they simply do not have the space to fit eve ryo ne simply do not have the space to fit everyone in at the same time. The minister said plans were open to all yea rs minister said plans were open to all years but would only go ahead if it we re years but would only go ahead if it were feasible and they have now accepted that it is not. It means that many pupils already out of school for 11 weeks, will now be missing lessons until september. The head teachers union, the association of school and college leaders, welcomed the change saying the government had promised something that was undeliverable. Ministers are expected to say that schools will now have flexibility over how many pupils they can teach and that in the year groups that have returned, increasing numbers of pa rents a re returned, increasing numbers of parents are confident about sending back the children sitting but there will be concerns, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, about the long term costs of being so long out of school. Our Political Correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. Lovely to have you on the programme. A significant change, something that will affect millions of people this morning. What has prompted the switch . Purely practical because at the moment when children are going back to school in england they are in bubbles, as they call it, but to 15 pupils, half the normal class size in many areas. School areas have to be cordoned off so they do not mix that playtime and the government listened to the voice of teachers saying it will be difficult to achieve social distancing with more pupils and difficult on staff numbers. Some were saying if they we re numbers. Some were saying if they were forced to take back more pupils they would have to move to part time. So the government says 0k, flexibility if you can take in more pupils but there would not be an urgency nor a sense of of a move by the government to say you must start to prepare now to take in more children. It does mean that it will be september at the earliest for not just many secondary School Pupils but many primary School Pupils are back at school and even then social distancing remains in place it could bea distancing remains in place it could be a huge practical challenge. One of the other big issues at the moment is with the protests we have seen moment is with the protests we have seen recently and the Prime Minister recorded a video message following some of those protests across the country. First of all, what did he say and what does it all mean . What he wanted to do was position the government firmly on the side of those people who have concerns about, not just racism those people who have concerns about, notjust racism in this country be concerns about what happens in america. So he sent this video message to the voice newspaper aimed at the British Black and african communities and what he said the first of all was that he acknowledged the anger that people felt overseeing the death of george floyd in america. His dying words, i cant breathe, have awoke and a widespread undeniable feeling of injustice. A feeling that people from lack and minority ethnic groups do face discrimination in education, in employment, in the application of the criminal law. And we who lead and who govern simply cannot ignore those feelings because into many cases, i those feelings because into many cases, lam those feelings because into many cases, i am afraid, they will be founded on a cold reality. Boris johnson is also saying he felt that britons are far less racist country thanit britons are far less racist country than it was back in the 19705 although there is more to do but there was a second half of the m e55a 9 es there was a second half of the messages well. So while he says that 0k he can understand why people are protesting he emphasised that people mu5t protesting he emphasised that people must maintain social distancing on the protest because we are in the middle of what he referred to as a deadly plague. And also a stronger message, one which many of his mp5 we re message, one which many of his mp5 were looking for from him and message, one which many of his mp5 were looking forfrom him and he message, one which many of his mp5 were looking for from him and he was saying that if it is going to be damage to public property or attacks on police then people would feel the full force of the law. Great to talk to you. Thank you. Later we will speak to the care minister at 730 this morning. Meanwhile a private Funeral Service for george floyd will take in his home city of houston later. Thousands of people have been paying their last respects to mr floyd at a Memorial Service. 0ur correspondent jane 0brien has been following events. For several hours, a steady procession of mourners filed past the coffin of george floyd. The vast majority never knew him, but they all felt a deep connection to the man who has become a catalyst in americas struggle with race. It doesnt really hit home until you see it for yourself. Just to see his senseless body sitting in a casket, you know, knowing he was helpless, no one was there to help him with the police knee on his neck, itsjust its horrendous. To witness a person who went through a situation that was, you know unfairly his life was removed from him, just being a part of the history meant a lot to me. This is the last public gathering in honour of mr floyd before the private funeral. Just being here and thinking about my brother. He is a gentle giant who had his life taken away when it should not have been. He should be here speaking on behalf of somebody else right now. Former Vice President joe biden has met with the family but wont attend the service. In minneapolis, meanwhile, the city where george floyd was killed, the white Police Officer charged with his murder appeared in court via video link. Derek chauvin was remanded in custody and bail was set for 1. 25 million. And in washington, lawmakers took a knee as they discussed legislation that would make it easier to prosecute Police Officers accused of misconduct. A majority of americans, black and white, now say that Police Reform is an essential First Step Towards social justice for African Americans. There is certainly momentum. And as george floyd is laid to rest, real hope that change will come. Jane 0brien, bbc news, houston. Lets speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes, whos in los angeles this morning. Peter, the last of the big memorials was held yesterday before a private funeral today will the focus now be on getting justice . It has been some time, you are right, over two weeks now since george floyd died and there has been to was outpouring of anger and grief that we have seen during the protests around the country. There have been three route Memorial Services for george floyd in minneapolis where he died in North Carolina where he was born in houston, texas and during monday, many people were queueing to file past his coffin and pay their last respect. The Funeral Service will be private. A few local civic dignitaries there and the reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. After the service there will be a procession to the cemetery where he will be finally laid to rest next to his mother. Lawyers for Prince Andrew have rejected claims by us prosecutors that he has not co operated with the inquiry into sex offender jeffrey epstein. In a statement, they said the prince has offered help on at least three occasions, but the us authorities have challenged him to prove his offer to be interviewed as a witness is serious. Sean dilley has more. Prince andrew has been under intense pressure to co operate with us authorities who want to talk to him about his friendship with the late convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. He was asked in his newsnight interview last november whether he would co operate. At that point he seemed unsure. Im. |m. |m not. And i. I would have to take all the legal advice, um, that there was before i was to. To do that sort of thing, but if push came to shove and the legal advice was to do so then i would be duty bound to do so. But when he withdrew from royal duties more than six months ago, he said he would answer questions from any appropriate us Law Enforcement agency. His lawyer spoke out for the first time yesterday after a leakfrom the us revealed a formal request to uk authorities. In a statement they said in response, the us prosecutor in charge of the investigation, geoffrey berman, said thats an offer a lawyer for some ofjeffrey epsteins alleged victims says he should now take up. Prince andrew is not going to be able to draw this out forever. Every day that goes by has been putting more pain on the victims. So its time for him to step up and say, heres the date, heres the time, heres the place when i will answer any and all questions from the department ofjustice. Us Authorities Say the duke will not be extradited to america, but if he does not voluntarily respond to their formal legal request he could be forced to answer questions in a uk court. Sean dilley, bbc news. A Murder Investigation has been launched after two sisters were found dead in a park in london on sunday. Police have said Nicole Smallman and bibaa henry had been celebrating a birthday with a group of about ten people on friday evening. They were both reported missing the next day when they did not return home. We urge ntly we urgently need to hear from anybody who was around the park from about 7pm on friday. We know on friday one of the girls was celebrating her birthday with friends and family and anybody who saw anything suspicious, please get in touch with us or anonymously via crime stoppers, to assist us in what isa crime stoppers, to assist us in what is a Murder Investigation. Britain is about to pass a significant landmark in Energy Production tonight it will be two full months without burning coal to generate power. When britain went into lockdown, electricity demand plummeted and the last coal generator came off the system at midnight on april 9. Just a decade ago, more than 40 of the countrys electricity came from coal. 0ne museum in cambridge has taken life in lockdown to a new artistic level, and have reimagined how some of the subjects in its paintings would be protecting themselves during the pandemic. The masterpieces 2020 edition at the Fitzwilliam Museum features five well known portraits with added protective masks. Theyre now being sold as cards to support the museum during its closure. That is, inventive. And it does look, it looks stunning in many ways. If you posted that last year it would make no sense, would it, but it is very much an image of 2020. We can bring you more now on todays funeral being held in texas for george floyd. Jonathan veal is a friend of mr floyd. Hejoins us from his home in houston. Thank you for spending a bit of time with us on bbc activist. Thank you for spending a bit of time with us on bbc activistlj thank you for spending a bit of time with us on bbc activist. I know you we re with us on bbc activist. I know you were a fantastic friend of george, you knew him for most of your life, tells a bit about him and your friendship. I met floyd on the sixth grade in the middle school, i was in the cafeteria waiting for the school bell to ring on the door to the cafeteria opened up and in walks in this skinny, 6 foot two young man and when i first laid eyes on him, i thought, that was a tall kid. The school bell rang. When i went to my first class, he was in that class. This score tall skinny guys 12 yea rs this score tall skinny guys 12 years old . This score tall skinny guys 12 years old . Its this score tall skinny guys 12 years old . Its unbelievable. That was the beginning of a long friendship and from that point, in middle school, we played foot basketball together and he was just an exceptional player at an early age. I can remember in the eighth grade, we were 1a, we were playing ina game grade, we were 1a, we were playing in a game and he got a steel and a dunk and we were reallyjust loan away because he now dunked a ball in away because he now dunked a ball in a competitive game same from the point, we went to high School Together and still painful all and basketball together and we both won championships in both sports and i played some varsity but floyd played on the varsity and he was a tight end and he learned the game even more, he got stronger and faster, his athletic game continued to flourish both in football and basketball. As he said, youve known him fora basketball. As he said, youve known him for a long time and you sent that picture through to us and its quite clear, you described him as a gentle giant. He is the huge guy on the left of that photograph. As i understand it, you last spoke to him on your birthday. What do you remember about that conversation . Backin remember about that conversation . Back in january, he remember about that conversation . Back injanuary, he sent me a text. Talking about the memories we had in middle school and high school and he told me that he is now in minnesota working on trying to spark his career. He told me he loved me and then after high school, we started referring to each other by our names and a high schooljersey numbers. With love from 88, which was his jersey number. That was the last communication i had with him. And you were attending the Memorial Service yesterday. You are going to private funeral later today. What have you made of the extraordinary reaction. Even though there are many people who didnt know him personally, he became important to so many. Its almost surreal for me. 0ne so many. Its almost surreal for me. One of the things that transpired, contemplating, remembering. I remember the last day of school, we we re remember the last day of school, we were kind of hanging out and just kind ofjoking, having a good time in the conversation shifted to thinking about our entrance to manhood and going off to college, and life getting realfor us manhood and going off to college, and life getting real for us and we talked about college. And he made a statement that really stuck out. He said he wanted to be big, he wanted to touch the world. Maybe i can become an nfl athlete or a league star but then i saw recently he had an Instagram Post. He said hey, this is floyd, checking in, letting you know im doing 0k. Dont count me out. I want to touch the world, i wa nt to out. I want to touch the world, i want to have an impact on the world. It was almost a prophetic statement. Now, fast forward, his touching the world but not in the way we would ever contemplate or even dream that he would do in this manner. Giving up he would do in this manner. Giving up his life to reach and touch the world. Jonathan, thank you so much for spending some time with us on brea kfast, for spending some time with us on breakfast, sharing recollections of the man you knew so well from an early age we hope today goes well when you attend that funeral. Thank you for sharing some memories of your great friend, george floyd. Thank you for your time and thank you for the opportunity as well. Lets take a look at todays papers. The Daily Telegraph is leading with a warning by Health Secretary matt hancock that secondary schools may not be able to fully reopen in september. The picture shows a reimagining of one of Cambridge Universitys artworks, inspired by the pandemic. The daily mails headline declares the duke of york is at war with the United States over the inquiry into sex offender jeffrey epstein. Prince andrews lawyers have rejected claims by us prosecutors that he has not co operated with the inquiry, insisting he has offered to help. The guardian leads with plans being drawn up by london mayor sadiq khan to reduce tensions and address public anger over Police Action against people of black and ethnic minorities. The picture shows a black lives matter sign being attached to the plinth of the Edward Colston statue that was destroyed on sunday by protes