bowling alleys, and small weddings all able to resume this weekend. and in sport, there's not much social distancing here! but after five months away, it's finally safe, for rugby union's premiership to return tonight. i've been to see how it's been going in training. we'll meet the sisters who kept their world war ii codebreaking a secret from each otherfor decades as, ahead of vj day, they're honoured for their efforts. good morning. it is a mixed day to day. in the south with scattered showers and thunderstorms. drier towards the north. the heatwave is gradually starting to ease. all the details throughout the programme. it's friday, august 14th. our top story. people arriving in the uk from france, malta and the netherlands will be forced to self—isolate for 14 days from tomorrow, following a late night announcement by the government. with up to half a million british tourists thought to be in france alone, the deadline could see a rush to ports and airports over the next 2a hours from holiday—makers desperate to avoid quarantine. our news correspondent caroline davies has more. the uk's second most popular holiday destination will, from saturday, become more complicated to visit. france joins the list of countries where any uk visitor must self—isolate for two weeks on their return. we're announcing that there will now be quarantine brought in for a number of other locations now, including france, holland and some others. and that's because we've absolutely worked so hard to make sure we're keeping our numbers down here, we can't afford to reimport those cases from elsewhere. the foreign office is now warning against all but essential travel to france. and that also applies to monaco, malta, the turks and caicos islands and aruba. the new measures kick in from 4am uk time on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14 day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department for transport says there's been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in france since last friday. for the netherlands it was up 52%. france has responded. the frenchjunior european affairs minister tweeted that there will be a reciprocal measure. these measures are anticipated to hurt the tourism industry on both sides of the channel. those with holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. those that run the eurotunnel have already said they don't have the capacity to bring everybody home in time. we're already pretty much fully booked tomorrow. this is peak season, summer holidays, people are returning on friday night to get back home. and so we just haven't got the space to take everybody who might suddenly want to come up to the coast. so what we're saying to people is, amend your booking online, make sure there is space before you travel to the terminal. the foreign office hasn't advised uk visitors to leave immediately. but those who wish to avoid two weeks of self isolation on their return, now have less than 2a hours to get home. caroline davies, bbc news. ben's outside st pancras international station which is home to eurostar. good morning. so, we know there has been a lot of people looking at the website of trying to get back home to avoid quarantine? yes, you're absolutely right. what a busy 2a hours it could be. less than 2a hours it could be. less than 2a hours for people there, up to half a million british tourists currently in france right now. they have not got that much time to get back to avoid those rules that come into force at four o'clock tomorrow. we have already heard from eurotunnel, the company that brings people and cultures, buses and cars through the eurotunnel. they have said, don't turn up on the french side of the channel if you do not have a booking oi’ channel if you do not have a booking or haven't amended your existing booking. people felt may be a little bit safer being able to stay inside their car or vehicle while making that crossing. we have also heard from some of the feral —— ferry company suggesting that if you are getting to the ferry terminal right now might be ok, but many will be driving through france, so it will ta ke driving through france, so it will take them some time to get to those channel ports to get back to the uk. here, as you said, home to eurostar, expected to be pretty busy. those services already under some pressure as people find they have fewer options to go away this summer. remember too that advice from the foreign office changing, so it it means it is avoiding —— advising against all but essential travel. if you did decide to travel and ensure that quarantine, your travel insurance may not be valid. big questions too if you were due to go there. we will try to answer some of those later with travel expert simon calder, about what it means for things like hotel bookings and if you have got an existing flight, for example. because no flights are expected to operate, those hotels are open. it is unlikely you will be able to get a refund. at this point in the morning, with less than 2a hours until the new measures come into force, lots of questions and likely to be lots of travel chaos. thanks very much. casinos, beauticians and soft play centres in england are among the venues being allowed to reopen from tomorrow, as the government further eases some of the remaining coronavirus restrictions. indoor theatre, as well as live music and performances, can also resume with socially distanced audiences but there's a warning of a significant increase in fines for those breaking the rules. jessica parker has more. bowling alleys, skating rinks, casinos and a soft play centres can reopen from tomorrow, as can indoor performance venues where audiences are socially distanced. wedding receptions of up to 30 guests will be permitted, and the piloting of having spectators at a small number of sports events can resume. beauty salons will also be allowed to offer treatments like facials and eyebrow threading, although alongside hairdressers, people providing close contact services are now being told to wear a type two surgical face mask, in addition to a visor. it's after two weeks ago borisjohnson postponed the easing of measures in england for at least a fortnight, because of concerns about infection rates. with those numbers creeping up, our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal, in order to keep the virus under control. but the government says the situation appears to have levelled off, although the changes won't apply in areas where local restrictions are in place, including large parts of the north. meanwhile, fines for people who repeatedly don't wear face coverings in places where they're mandatory, could be doubled for each offence, up to £3,200. and there are new on the spot fines for those hosting illegal gatherings like raves. senior government sources say that penalty could go up to £10,000. jessica parker, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley, who is in westminster. so, we heard the borisjohnson quote a moment ago about squeezing the brake pedal. government scientists we re brake pedal. government scientists were talking about how we were on the edge of how far we could go with the edge of how far we could go with the easing, and that was recently too, yet we have announcements about easing? yeah, absolutely, charlie. good morning. the view in the government a couple of weeks ago is that there were some warnings about an increase in number of positive tests that were coming back. they now think it has levelled off, so they can kind of take their foot off that brake pedal ever so slightly and open up some more of these venues and open up some more of these venues that had been closed. there have been huge warnings about the future of things like a theatres, casinos if they didn't get a chance to open pretty soon, which i think we'll be weighing heavily on the minds of ministers as well. there is that view that things are levelling off when it comes to the number of new cases of the virus. so the government is hoping that this measured approach will work. but as you say, there is also the warning that when schools start to go back in england next month, potentially you could see some more increases, not just because you could see some more increases, notjust because children are out and about, but because some people would be going back to work as well. there is also a warning from the government of that if there is another increase, some of this could be reversed. talking about a-levels from yesterday as well, what we now know from looking through these statistics is that students from schools in the most deprived areas are the ones who have had their grades most down graded. these are statistics from the breakdown of where those schools are. so where is the government's position on that? the government is still insisting this was a robust system, that is fair. i have got to say, i think some of the pressure will increase in the next few days. there are some tory mps worried it gives a really bad impression if, you know, private schools are getting far more advantage from this that perhaps colleges and further education establishments, as these figures seem to suggest. labour are saying that the government should be prepared to completely change its mind and adopt a model similar to the one that was eventually taken up in scotland, which saw teacher recommended grades embraced in full. ministers in england seem really relu cta nt to ministers in england seem really reluctant to do that. we know education secretary gavin williamson has talked about devaluing some of the results. like in scotland, there isa the results. like in scotland, there is a lot of pressure on the government over this and it doesn't seem to be going away. thank you. people in wales will be able to join together with four additional households to form one larger social bubble from next weekend. the move, announced by the first minister, coincides with plans to allow up to 30 people to attend a meal following a wedding or a funeral indoors, if social distancing can be maintained. a further 90 million doses of two more experimental coronavirus vaccines have been secured by the uk government. it means britain now has six different vaccines on order. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. there are nearly 30 coronavirus vaccines undergoing clinical trials, and well over 100 more in laboratory development. the uk is said to have one of the biggest one of the world's biggest stockpiles. advance orders have been placed for 340 million doses of six different vaccines. most require two doses, but there should be enough for everyone in the uk to be injected five times over. most vaccine trials end in failure, even though that look promising at the early stages. so the government is hedging its bets, hoping that one of the candidate vaccines it has bought will be successful. we don't know if any of these vaccine formats that we've acquired will actually work. there are no licensed vaccines for any human coronavirus. so our priority is to ensure that we have sufficient vaccine for the populations in the uk who are most at risk from coronavirus infection. the latest deals are for 30 million doses of the vaccine being developed by a belgian company, jansen, and 60 million doses from the us biotech novavax. this there are roughly four technologies being used for coronavirus vaccines, and the uk has deals covering each of them. none of the costs have been revealed. by the end of the year there could be at least half a dozen different coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials in the uk. members of the public are being encouraged to register interest online, because without medical volunteers, we won't know if any of the vaccines actually works. fergus walsh, bbc news. heavy rain has caused flooding and disruption across the south of england, with a train becoming stranded and a major road closed. part of the m25 in surrey has been shut and the met office has issued yellow thunderstorm warnings for the next four days in much of england and wales. hundreds of traps are being set in the us state of washington to catch a potentially deadly intruder. a giant insect, known as the murder hornet, has been seen in the area. their sting can be fatal to humans. there is one there. there are some more. in japan they kill around 30 to 50 people each year. but the real threat is to honey bees. living up to its gruesome name, the murder hornet will attack bees and devour the content of their hives. do you know, just seeing at the close up like that, that will give people a bit of a worry. it's not very nice. let's take a look at today's papers. the mirror is leading on the news that music venues, theatres and kids' play centres can re—open from saturday, as lockdown restrictions are eased further. as a—level students complain of being failed by the government's marking system, the daily telegraph's splash focuses on claims by the exam regulator that some teachers submitted "implausibly high" predicted grades. the guardian says the poorest pupils have been hit hardest by the a—level result downgrades, warning that the equality and human rights commission could intervene. and bbc news 0nline has a special report marking 50 years since a group of black british activists known as the mangrove nine won a landmark legal battle against the met police. two things have grabbed my attention. middlemarch, the author of middlemarch, do you know off the top of your head? no. george eliot. now does it click? if i had said george eliot, actually, it is mary and evans. i'm ashamed to know i didn't know george eliot boss mike real name. so many women authors at the time used male mail the pseudonyms so their work would be taken seriously. so what is happening is, as part of the reclaim her name campaign initiated by baileys to markets women's prize for fiction, loads of books are going to be released which were under mail pseudonymss with their real names. so you've got a phantom lover by violet paget, known as vernon lee. indiana by george sands. it's brilliant. it's really good. also, when you are picking food in the canteen, you go to the bbc canteen for your lunch or breakfast, if the vegetable lasagne was placed right next to the meat lasagne, fewer people would choose the veggie lasagne. researchers are experimenting with customers at cambridge university college canteen. they are part of the vegetarian lasagne further away, at least 1.8 metres away... socially distance. and sales rose by 40% of the veggie lasagne when it was further away from the meat dish. i don't know what to say about that. we are talking a lot about winners and losers at the moment. i was this for a winner? a 300 to one horse triumphs. apparently a horse has made racing history. that's how extraordinary this is. the longest odds when ever recorded in britain and ireland at 300 to one. 0nly its second outing on the track. the horse is known as he knows no fear. that is the name of the horse. and was so un—fancied going into the race, that the owner didn't even attend the race. and didn't even bet on it. and apparently the horse had done very badly on her debut. at the start of the real—time betters, sometime during the vetting, it dropped to 999 to one. did anybody win big? we know there was a midlands punter, they say, who placed a £10 bet at 300 to one. so there you go. 300 to one! £3000! for a second time outing. brilliant. 18 minutes past six. we were talking a lot about this yesterday, when students got the results. as the anger and disappointment continues over the downgrading of some a—level students, borisjohnson has insisted the exam assessment system is robust. nearly 40% of entries were marked down by exam boards to ensure this year's results weren't significantly higher than previous years. let's speak to our education correspondent, dan johnson, who joins us from the university of hull's clearing centre. good morning. you were there yesterday and you witnessed some of the heartbreak of some of the youngsters who are front and centre in this. they know what they thought they were going to get and they find out something very different. so, we move on to the universities and the questions about, will people get places anyway? what pictures can you paint for us today? absolutely. that next phase, those stu d e nts absolutely. that next phase, those students are looking at their next step if they didn't get what they we re step if they didn't get what they were predicted and are not able to make the move they want to. this is the sort of place where it is now happening. university campuses have been some of the quietest places in the last few months because they've been through the lockdown. there haven't really been people here at all. life returned yesterday through the clearing process. this is the university of hull campus. that has become a call centre, the main library, which will be live again from nine o'clock this morning taking calls from students who did not get their predicted grades, asking what they can do instead, can they still get onto the course they wa nt they still get onto the course they want to, can they get onto a different course? can they now come and doa different course? can they now come and do a course here if they were planning to go somewhere else? lots of different options. it is notjust about the students who missed out yesterday. there are others who may have done better than expected and can therefore go on to a different course that can sometimes be traded up. lots in the air. it was described as a game of hungry hippos with lot different universities grabbing at each other and working out what the best thing to do is. they have got a marquee set up for visits they will be hosting today for people making last—minute decisions, so they can come and see something of the campus before they decide to make their next move and live here. there are about 80,000 places expected to be given through clearing over the next few weeks. that is a big increase from last year and the year before. all sorts to play for, even if you did not get what was predicted yesterday. thank you, back with you throughout the morning. the number of coronavirus cases in the united states has surpassed five million, according to figures from john hopkins university. it means the us now accounts for more than a quarter of covid—19 cases worldwide. divisions on how the country should handle the spread of the virus are deepening, as sophie long reports from southern california. shouting conflict outside church in a country where wearing a mask is seen as a political statement rather than others. # we know how this story ends...# inside godspeak calvary chapel in ventura county, people worship in open violation of both state and local orders put in place to slow the spread of the virus. before we begin our time of worship — and yes, i did say the word worship, which now makes this a violation. cheering they've devastated our families, our children haven't been able to graduate, they have no connection. and when a church is closed, there's a five times greater suicide rate. they don't even look at the emotional ramifications of what they're doing. this is draconian and it's not right, and it has to stop. but nurses across the united states are protesting because, six months into his pandemic, they still don't have enough equipment to enable them to look after covid patients safely. it means we're getting sick. if we do everything right, we're still going to get sick. but now we don't have the personal protective we are losing nurses because we are not protecting them from the covid patients. yet a manufacturer willing and able to make much—needed masks, say their efforts are being frustrated. they don't have the proper permits for the chinese imported machines, so authorities have shut off their power, citing safety concerns. it's forced them to work off expensive generators and slowed production. we have invested all our sweat and tears and investment into this, thinking that we can contribute a little bit of our effort to be able to have quality ppe products here. with so many levels of difficulties. auto products cheaper in china. as clinicians struggle to cope in california's hospitals, people congregate illegally in orange county. hundreds of people have gathered on the speech tonight. very few of them are wearing masks, nobody is practising social distancing. they have come here to worship and to be with god. and that, they say, is more powerful than any pandemic. as people are baptised in the sea, police officers are present but do nothing. so have you come to shut it down? no, no. no, we'rejust here to make sure everybody is safe. and are they safe here? i mean, no one has got masks on and social distancing? we are just here safety—wise as far as making sure nobody trips on these rocks. as their hands arise, so too do the number of infections and of those to die of the coronavirus across california and the united states. sophie long, bbc news, newport beach. sisters pat and jean 0wtram were just teenagers when theyjoined the war effort after their father was taken prisoner by the japenese, but after signing the official secrets act, it would be decades before they'd learn the roles each other played in the allies' success. now, as they prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day tomorrow, they've been sharing their remarkable story with breakfast‘s graham satchell. sisters pat and jean are 97 and 95. the medals on theirjackets testament to a wartime past they kept secret, even from each other. the very first thing we all did on the course was sign the official secrets act, which is really quite fierce, and says, you know, if you betray the secrets, the ultimate penalty is death. so, you know, better be careful. i never knew what you were doing. it was years after the war when i got around to saying, "by the wayjean, what were you doing in cairo?" and she told me, and said, "what were you doing?" and i told her. but it was long after the war, wasn't it? years later. yes, years later. pat was just 19 when shejoined the wrens. because she can speak german, she was assigned to the secret wire service. they explained to me that i was going to be an interceptor, searching the german naval radio frequencies at little secret stations on the coast to pick up their messages. a lot of them were in the four letter enigma code, and you had to write those down absolutely accurately, and then immediately send them by teleprinter to bletchley park. jean became an ensign cadet at the secret soe, the special operations executive. herjob, to code and de—code messages to and from spies and resistance fighters in the field. she was posted first to egypt and then southern italy. i don't think at 18, 19 years of age, you really get scared by these things. it's all something new. we were aware that this was... ..it felt like a game in many ways, but it was not a game. lives were at risk, and therefore you give your very best effort to it. and sometimes in the early hours of the morning, you did get pretty upset if you knew something wasn't going to work. this is pat and jean's father, colonel cary 0wtram. he'd been serving in singapore when it fell in 1942, and was taken prisoner by the japanese. the treatment of prisoners in the far east was brutal. thousands died building the railway from thailand to what was then burma. nobody knew what was happening to the prisoners that had been taken or if he was alive still. so it was a very bad time. finally, in august 1945, the sisters received a telegram telling them their father was alive and would be home soon. oh, it was, you know, wonderful to think that he was going to arrive back. and when he did, he really hadn't changed much. he was a bit thinner, wasn't he? but that was really all the difference. this photo of pat's father was taken by the red cross soon after he had been liberated. as the senior officer at its prison camp, colonel 0wtram stood up to the japanese and protected his men. he took risks with his own life in order to save other people. and i think this was very much remembered and appreciated by the other people in the camps, because he took a lot of risks to protect them. i think it's tremendously important to remember vj day. for one thing, it was the end of the war. ve day wasn't. but ve day seems to be the one everybody celebrates. i think vj day is at least as important, possibly more. so, it's called the sisters' secret. pat and jean have had their porch at painted by dan llewelyn hall, who, who has also painted the queen's portrait. oh, my goodness me! it's nice to think pat and i are both on the same picture, because i don't think ever in our lives we have been before. so it's nice to be together at least once. pat and jean have also written a book, codebreaking sisters: 0ur secret war. after years in the shadows, their story is finally being celebrated. graham satchell, bbc news. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come this is the scene at dover this morning. british holiday—makers faced with the dilemma of whether to make a last—ditch dash across the channel because france has been added to the uk's warranty list. the deadline is 4am tomorrow morning. we will talk about that throughout the morning and bring you the latest news. 29 minutes past six. now the weather. it looked rather murky in dover, didn't it? sarah, good morning. you have got lightning, but there is going to be sunshine, i hope? it was misty and murky in the south coast and many of us waking up to that reduced visibility because the air is moist and humid at the moment so there is quite a lot of mist and mark around but with the humidity and rising temperatures thunderstorms as well. this picture was taken in walton on the maze in essex so we had spectacular thunderstorms and i expect a few people are short on sleep this morning as thunderstorms rattled through southern england and wales. it will be a north—south split over the next few days. in the south, expect things to continue feeling humid with further showers and thunderstorms. across the northern half, a different story. looking mainly dry with sunshine on offer with blue sky but quite a lot of mist and low cloud lingering along the north sea coasts. today, high pressure toppling across the northern half of the uk keeping things largely dry. low pressure close to the south spinning and heavy showers and thunderstorms we have already seen. they will be hit and miss today across parts of southern england, south wales so some places are yet to see any rain and thunderstorms. where you catch one, could be quite heavy with hail, frequent as well. elsewhere, a drier story away from southern england and south wales, could the mist and low cloud hanging on across scotland and england. temperatures lower than they have been but it is feeling quite warm and humid especially in the south. showers and thunderstorms continue across southern england into wales over night and quite warm as well, temperatures sitting at about 19, typically the mid—teens further north so still humid and uncomfortable, not cooling down over night. tomorrow, a summer day, high—pressure in charge in the nose, low pressure bringing showers across southern england and wales. the middle and seeing some of those showers tomorrow so they could be heavy with thunderstorms mixed in. if you catch one there could be quite a lot of rain quite short space of time. drier in the north, clear skies in the us but around the east low cloud, mist and murk. so, tomorrow, 17—25 which continues into sunday with high sinning across the north with some of those showers in the south drifting away further north, affecting parts of northern england, northern ireland. they should be some sunshine mixed in with the showers with heavy rain arriving in the south late on sunday. temperatures by sunday around 16—25 so the heatwave gradually starting to ease for all of us and i'll have more weather in about an hour. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the time now is 6:32am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning... the professional rugby union season restarts in england today so mike's been catching up with faf de klerk and tom curry to find out how they're getting match fit. as the angry backlash over a—level results continues to grow, we'll be hearing from some of the students preparing to appeal their grades. and we've followed the story of captain sir tom moore since he took his first steps to raising £33 million for the nhs. now, ahead of vj day, his official portrait will be revealed live on breakfastjust before nine o'clock. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. from tomorrow, people returning to the uk from france, malta and the netherlands will have to quarantine themselves for a fortnight due to rising numbers of coronavirus cases there. let's get more on that story. ben's at st pancras international station for us this moring with all the latest reaction. good morning. so, 4am on saturday, thatis good morning. so, 4am on saturday, that is the deadline? you're absolutely right. less than 24 hours for people who may be in france right now, half a million brits currently there, to get back if they wa nt to currently there, to get back if they want to avoid those quarantine rules. it is worth pointing out quarantine rules are much tougher than lockdown. you have to stay at home, you can only leave the house for very specific reasons, a very small list of reasons you can go out. whilst people might think it's fine, ican out. whilst people might think it's fine, i can work from home, it is much tougher than lockdown so many people may be deciding to come back early which means travel chaos as far as early which means travel chaos as faras finding early which means travel chaos as far as finding flights, ferries or a train ora far as finding flights, ferries or a train or a eurotunnel service to bring you back. let's talk about the state of play and what your rights might be. simon here is with me. let's start with what we know right now, what is the state of play on trains, ferries and planes? it is looking extremely busy. i've just been checking with eurotunnel. their la st been checking with eurotunnel. their last shuttle from calais to folkestone with any space on it at all before 4am tomorrow is at 12 noon french time, still a bit of space on that, that is 4.5 hours. p&0 ferries, the main ferry company between cali and dover, if you are not on the 10:10am, that is less than three hours from now, there is nothing until 3:30am tomorrow morning, which will get you to dover on the dot for but not time to set foot on uk soil. airlines, i was watching the price of a flight. british airways, paris to london, one flight later on this evening, that started at 8am and £100, now three seats left at £450 each. that'll be replicated on whatever mode of transport you choose. unfortunately, it isn't a question ofjust thinking we were driving to germany or italy and we will be ok. it is coming back to the uk which is the crucial thing. it is coming back to the uk which is the crucialthing. it is it is coming back to the uk which is the crucial thing. it is worth bearing in mind there is no onus on the travel providers, the airlines and ferry providers, to change your booking because they are still providing those services but it is you who is choosing to come back early. they try to be as flexible as they can but eurotunnel making it absolutely clear that if you don't have a booking with them, please don't come to calais. they are absolutely full. friday is already a busy day. saturday, the main changeover day and of course people are waking up in france, they are booked to travel back tomorrow, and unfortunately they are finding their flights do to make their shuttles, there ferries are going to bring them back to lead. that is people coming back from france to the uk but how about people who may have a booking they are set to go to france over the next few days, what rights do they have, if any? it is very tricky. the easier situation is if you are on a package holiday. traditionally as soon as the foreign office warned the against all but essential travel they will cancel the trip and give you a full refund. some companies are questioning that procedure so it cannot be certain. british airways, if you just booked a flight, they will give you a voucher but rya nair are a flight, they will give you a voucher but ryanair are saying use it or lose it or pay quite a lot of money to change it because the flight money to change it because the flight is going ahead, your seat is there, if you don't turn up, it's not our problem. a lot of people will be waking up this morning, thinking, why don't we get more notice? why do we have less than 24 hours to make these travel arrangements? why is it so short? it isa arrangements? why is it so short? it is a tricky call for the government. they say we have to impose this as soon as possible to reduce the increase in infections in this country. in spain, there was less then five hours warning which meant nobody could get back. there was a huge row actually in cabinet about whether to bring this in 4am on sunday morning, giving all the people who travelled back on saturday, but, no, it was decided 4am saturday, and i'm afraid if you are not back in your home nation by that time, it's too late, you are self isolating for two weeks. very interesting. simon, for now, thank you. simon calder the travel editor at the independent. if you have any specific queries or questions about what it could mean for you, send them in, we will put them to sign a letter in the programme. lots of concern, lots of chaos, people with less tha n concern, lots of chaos, people with less than 24 hours, and about half a million brits apparently in france, they will be deciding this morning whether to come back to try to beat those rules which come into force tomorrow morning. thanks very much, ben. so, how are holiday—makers reacting to the announcement? rhys barton is in france with his family and is planning what's the plan? iam in my i am in my house in france in south—west france, we were watching the news last night at 10pm and suddenly it was announced that we would have to be home by saturday at 4am. i've had to make last—minute arrangements to fly home this afternoon. so, you decided... what was the plan? what was changed?” was the plan? what was changed?” was originally managing... i was booked on a flight on a ferry to come home next saturday, so i had another week of my holiday left. but u nfortu nately i felt another week of my holiday left. but unfortunately i felt that i really didn't want to quarantine when i came home. i am a final year university student, caught up in a lot of the chaos, my graduation has been cancelled, another holiday is cancelled, i haven't had much time to spend some socially distanced time with my friend so i want to see my friends when i get home so i made the decision to try to get back before that quarantine came in so i'm now flying home today at 3:40pm from a coastal town in france and i'm having to go through dublin to london stansted i'm having to go through dublin to london sta nsted which i'm having to go through dublin to london stansted which will take nine — ten hours in total. london stansted which will take nine - ten hours in total. i'm assuming you are there on your own but what about the party you are with? what is happening with any other brits in the same situation? i'm out here with my family, so, my sister, my mum and my dad and our dog. my mum and dad cannot come home because they've booked the very home, and they've booked the very home, and the dog would need to go to the vets, the vets are fully booked, he wouldn't be able to get an appointment today in order to travel home tomorrow, so they had no option but to quarantine when they get home and stay for the next week. how are they feeling about the way this has been done? i don't think any of us are been done? i don't think any of us a re necessary been done? i don't think any of us are necessary and shock the quarantine has come in but we are really disappointed and really in shock about how little time we were given to make alternative arrangements. being given, really, one day to find alternative arrangements and flights, many of them 300 or £400 was very disappointing and frustrating. so, we are disappointed. some people say there was always a suggestion it was was a possibility that countries including france were possibly next on the list and they might say holiday—makers like you made a choice to go, knowing this was a possibility. absolutely. i understand that, however it is frustrating from our perspective because we got the channel tunnel over so we stayed in our bubble during the period. we then drove down to france, i didn't leave the car at down to france, i didn't leave the caratany down to france, i didn't leave the car at any stations, we came to our house in france, as you can see it is very rural, i haven't been shopping, i haven't spoken to a neighbour, i've not seen anybody in ourtime neighbour, i've not seen anybody in our time here. yet, when i come home, i might be facing quarantine... it is frustrating for those people... we are losing a bit of communication with you but we can't hear this, wish you well, thank you for sharing your situation with us this morning. so, that was rees, on holiday his family. we will be talking to grant shapps a little later, the transport secretary at 7:30am, so we will talk about those issues with him, too. it is 6:42am, mike is there with a sport. i remember a long time ago, before social distancing, we had after kirk and tom currie on the sofa with us, shortly after the by sofa with us, shortly after the rugby because they are rivals and play for the same team. that's right, rivals on the international tea m right, rivals on the international team but they come back on the same tea m team but they come back on the same team when they turn out for sale sharks and they are back tonight! yes, still a bit of needle between the body of rugby union, professional rugby union, although somewhat behind other sports due to the amount of contact involved, is finally restarting in england tonight with harlequins hosting the sale sharks. there will be no crowds but the game returns with full contact. i was given exclusive access to the sale sharks, who resume second in the league, to see what it's like, back in the thick of the action. a world away from social distancing as bodies collide. rugby union is smashing its way back and these players are team—mates at sale! this is only training! it's amazing, we've been away for quite a bit. it's good to see the boys going off to each other. and getting a bit angry, guys have been grafting hard. hopefully we can put it forward going into the games. while at grass roots they are a long way off being allowed any contact, at the elite end, safety protocols were put in place which now allow for 15 minutes of scrums, rucks and mauls in training to prepare them for the season restarting today. the restrictions have been correct. we've not been able to do more than 15 minutes contact in these weeks, which is difficult because we go into an 80—minute full contact sport. but, to be fair, we're intense, its short and sharp but, hopefully, we will be right. since training started again five weeks ago, they've been gradually building up levels of contact... ..while following the new safety routine. daily temperature checks on arrival and health forms to fill in, weekly covid—19 tests, plus the disinfecting of balls during each session and refreshments served outside. and despite the return of full contact, in the latest rounds of tests carried out on nearly 1000 staff and players at all premiership clubs, there were four positive cases. we seem to have that under control. i can say we are tested all negative, the whole squad, the management team, everybody for the fourth week so we are really pleased about that. and also pleased to be back on the same team again, two sale sharks who haven't always seen eye to eye. it's all about getting that team spirit again and renewing friendships as well as rivalries. there is a good reason i'm between faf and tom here. had a couple of bust ups on opposing teams, as south africa won the world cup against england in that final. now, though, it's all about getting back together again, i think. and that's despite the relentless teasing by faf who brought his world cup medal into training and draped it over tom's shoulder. i wouldn't call it banter! bullying. pretty self explanatory, wasn't it? one of us had a gold medal, one of it had it around our shoulder. a few of the boys wanted me to bring it in. ijust put it over his shoulder so he knows how it feels. there's a lot of players and a lot of great mates but on the field they turn into enemies but there will always be a beer afterwards a quick chat, and i think that's the amazing part of this game. after so long away, the teams are in this race against time to be match fit. what's more, they face the most intense period this sport has known domestically. sale alone have to play four times before the end of august. keeping fit during lockdown will now prove to be crucial, with the team is facing the prospect of midweek games as well as at weekends. just as important as being match fit will be changing the team from game to game to ensure player safety. no disrespect to football, this is a contact sport, these lads can't do anything for 48 hours after a game. and player welfare is really important. if they can't train physically for 48 hours, then you are playing 24 hours after that, it's going to be... rotation is going to be the key i think. it's going to be a tough thing. we've got a good squad, good buyin, make sure we can come together off the field is very important. it's notjust the scrums, the contact that's been missing but also the kicking, so, plenty of practice on that before kick—off. lead the way, faf, show how it's done, and i'll show you how difficult it is. beautiful. despite all the challenges, rugby union is back, albeit without any fans but at least they will recognise the sport as it's always been played. there were times when some doubted they'd get it back over the line this year. there we are, that is what i try looks like on its back in wales, scotla nd looks like on its back in wales, scotland and ireland next saturday, just a week from today. jimmy anderson the big build up as he tried to bounce back from his recent slump in form and he didn't disapoint, on the first day of the second test, against pakistan in southampton. he showed he's certainly not finished yet at 38 and why he's, england's all time leading wicket taker, taking the first of two, in just the third over. pakistan did put up a bit resistance. abid ali making 60, before he was eventually caught, and the tourists ended a rain affected day on 126—5. obviously, they won the toss and batted, so there was a responsibility in the bowling group to get the wickets, and i thought we did really well. it did swing, it was really humid throughout the day, i saw the forecast, it looks like thunderstorms throughout the week so who knows. there's another shock to tell you about in the champions league, with rb leipzig knocking out many people's favourites, atletico madrid in lisbon. leipzig were only formed 11 years ago and they're not a popular team in germany, where fans love tradition. it was the american tyler adams who gave them a 2—1victory thanks to a big deflection. they'll face paris saint germain in the semi—finals. fans will be allowed back into the crucible this weekend for the final of the world snooker championship. the government has announced that the pilot crowd events, which were paused at the end ofjuly, can resume. but five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan will have a battle to get there. he's trailing mark selby 9—7 in their semifinal. he had been 6—2 ahead but he completely lost his rhythm. and his temper, taking out his frustration on the table, as his overnight advantage disappeared. they resume at ten o'clock this morning. we're not used to seeing chris froome struggle so much but he had another challenging day at the criterium du dauphine, which is the final warm—up race for many riders before the tour de france begins on the 29th of august. froome just can't keep up with his ineos team—mates and he's now almost 14 minutes behind egan bernal. the pair are likely to be competing for a place on the tour. primoz roglic won the stage and now leads the race. but some riders had it even worse than froome. the tail enders were hit by a hail storm on the final climb. but they are keeping going despite the wind and rain. we've spoken to the leeds rhinos legend rob burrow many times here on bbc breakfast. you'll remember, i'm sure, that he was diagnosed, with motor neurone disease last year. and he's been really touched by a gesture from wigan warriors, who'll wear special shirts in his honour when the two sides meet in the super league this weekend. each player has chosen a word to best describe burrow, which will be emroidered along with his name on theirjerseys, and the shirts will then be auctioned off to raise money for rob. here's burrow‘s reaction on social media. he said he was totally blown away by the touch of class from wigan warriors — "amazing and greatly appreaciated", he said. what an original way to show their respect and raise the money. can't wait to see what all the messages are on the shirt tomorrow! naga: nice to see the embroidery done, it was quite mesmerising. hypnotic. charlie: thank you very much, see you later on. naga: we have our gp slot now. talking about the announcement about france and the a—level results. charlie: the appointment is with doctor ellie cannon. good morning. let's kick off first of all with the news about the quarantine regulations from a number of countries, including probably most significantly in terms of the numbers, france, 4am tomorrow morning. so, quarantine, self isolation, quarantine is something people will have to contend with and remind themselves of what that is. yes, that is right. i really recommend people read the guidelines on the government website and once you've done that i'll be honest it is quite confusing but quarantine essentially means staying at home, only in the group of people you travelled with a 14 days, that means you can't go out for essential things are going to the shops, you're not allowed out for exercise, you're not allowed out for exercise, you have to be at home in your own private space, you can't have people visit you. it is long haul because i know other people have been doing it from other destinations.” know other people have been doing it from other destinations. i wonder, through your medical practice, have you had people who have been caught up you had people who have been caught up with this, maybe they've had medical needs in time of quarantine. yes, if you have medical needs, you are allowed to seek help with your gp and yourgp are allowed to seek help with your gp and your gp or hospital will help you to do that. if that was a routine appointment, that needs to be rescheduled after quarantine but if people need to access any medical help, speak to your gp, speak to 111 , help, speak to your gp, speak to 111, explain to them you are in quarantine and that is more important than the quarantine itself. some of the basics, again it is worth reminding people, the principal as people are coming back from places which have a growing number of cases of coronavirus, so, as always, looking out for symptoms is key. it is. and the idea of the 14 days is that should be the maximum length of time it could take for you to develop an infection. most people we see will get ill within the first seven days. within france and the other countries in europe that have now got this quarantine, it is the rising weekly rate that has caused some concern, not necessarily the numbers all the numbers per population, it is how quickly that is rising per week, and thatis quickly that is rising per week, and that is why they've brought in this quarantine. let's talk about some of the scenes, and i don't know if you know personally young people who have been caught up in the a—level results, it is stressful anyway, we know that, and this year the added complications of how things have been deduced,, we know some young people have been really struggling, not only with the pandemic, but now with what some feel is a real injustice. personally, ifeel with what some feel is a real injustice. personally, i feelthe whole pandemic has been an injustice, very, very difficult for young people across the board. they've lost their education, they've lost their opportunity for apprenticeships. these are our future adult so we need to be protecting them and looking after them. of course, their mental health has suffered hugely. there is a sort of slur about young people that they just want to be hanging around, wasting time and actually that is untrue. young people want to be at school, they want to be with their friends, they want to look after themselves. and yesterday has shown how tragic this pandemic has been for them. as adults, we have to empathise and look after them now, going forward, because i think we will have a rising mental health crisis amongst young people. so what is your advice? there will be worried parents watching this, there will be young people watching us as well, so what other things to look for about the key signs of someone who isn't just for about the key signs of someone who isn'tjust struggling but who is getting to a more dangerous place? well, nobody knows their kids as well as a parent, so keep talking, keep channels of communication open, go on thejourney keep channels of communication open, go on the journey with them. it isn't helpful for adults or parents to say, well, it'll all be ok, or this is what happened to me. explore and go into their emotions with them. acknowledge if they feel upset that they should be feeling upset, that they should be feeling upset, thatis that they should be feeling upset, that is appropriate. keep those channels of communication open, even when a child talks to you about trivial things, it isn't trivial to them so let them have those conversations, let them have that space. often those conversations happen at the most trivial, routine times when you are doing the washing up, when you are in the car going somewhere, give them that space to talk on their terms. if you are worried about them, speak to your gp or there is lots of mental health online support, particularly somewhere like the nhs apps library, which has some great apps for young people for mental health. butjust keep talking and keep acknowledging how they feel, give them that space. good to see you this morning. that is doctor ellie cannon speaking to us. we speak regularly to the gps, and that thing across mental health, across all areas of society, such an important thing, isn't it? vary now the focus on younger people given what happened yesterday. naga: something we will be talking about in the programme. the time is coming up to 7am and we will take a look at the weather. it is mixing up now, isn't it? good morning. a real mixed picture through today. we have had all those showers and thunderstorms around rattling across parts of southern england and wales over night. we have a view more of them to come but not everywhere so they are hit and miss in their nature. this picture is from last night in essex, walton on the naze. we can see the thunder and lightning which has been affecting southern england into southern wales but some areas are yet to receive any showers or thunderstorms so we will keep the theme across southern parts of the uk today, feeling humid with thunderstorms around as well stop over the next few days that'll be the picture but a different story further north so a north—south split. in the northern half of the uk, things are looking dry and settled with quite a lot of mist and low cloud from all the moisture and humidity in the air. the high pressure in charge toppling in. low pressure in charge toppling in. low pressure in charge toppling in. low pressure in the south driving in these showers and thunderstorms and that warm air. they will be across parts of southern england, east anglia, parts of the midlands and south wales, the green colours showing the heavy bursts. don't take the positioning literally because they tend to pop up anywhere across this region. further north, a dry day with a lot of mist and cloud around eastern scotland and the north—east of england so temperature is about 17 or so but other places looking at the low 20s. about 10 degrees cooler than the past few days for some of us. still feeling low and humid and uncomfortable sleeping overnight. some showers and thunderstorms continually across parts of east anglia, southern england, the midlands into wales. temperatures overnight generally in the mid to high teens for most of us, quite muggy as well butjust about getting below 20 in the south. into saturday, a similar story once again with high pressure in the north keeping things largely dry and settled, best of the sunshine towards the west, cloudy and fairly murky in the east. if you sunny spells in the south but heavy downpours with hail with flash flooding in some of those torrential thunderstorms. temperature is about 17-25 thunderstorms. temperature is about 17—25 on saturday, heading in to sunday, high pressure still around in the north but tending to drift further north which will allow some of those showers to work further north through the day on sunday, perhaps northern england and northern ireland, we see those heavy showers, further thunderstorms working into the south but for much of scotland, staying dry on sunday. temperatures are starting to come down around about 16—25 through the day on sunday. it looks like things will stay fairly unsettled and turning quite a bit cooler than it has been as we head into next week. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: france is added to the uk's quarantine list, along with the netherlands and malta, as tourists are told they'll have to self—isolate for 14 days when they get home. around half a million britons are thought to be in france right now. they face a scramble to get home. they face a scramble to get home. the new rules kick in tomorrow morning at 4am. anger grows over a—levels as the government faces calls for an urgent review of this year's results. lockdown is eased in england with beauticians, theatres, and small weddings all able to resume this weekend. the weather may be dull, but it's a bright start for england's cricketers in the second test against pakistan. and jimmy anderson shows why he won't even contemplate retirement yet. we'll meet the sisters who kept their world war two codebreaking a secret from each other for decades as, ahead of victory overjapan day, they're honoured for their efforts. it's friday, august 14th. our top story. people arriving in the uk from france, malta and the netherlands will be required to self—isolate for 14 days following a late night announcement by the government. with up to half a million british tourists thought to be in france alone, the new measures, which start at 4am tomorrow, could see a rush to ports and airports by holidaymakers desperate to avoid quarantine. our news correspondent caroline davies has more. the uk's second most popular holiday destination will, from saturday, become more complicated to visit. france joins the list of countries where any uk visitor must self—isolate for two weeks on their return. we're announcing that there will now be quarantine brought in for a number of other locations now, including france, holland and some others. but that's because we've absolutely worked so hard to make sure we're keeping our numbers down here, we can't afford to reimport those cases from elsewhere. the foreign office is now warning against all but essential travel to france. and that also applies to monaco, malta, the turks and caicos islands and aruba. the new measures kick in from 4am uk time on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14 day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department for transport says there's been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in france since last friday. for the netherlands it was up 52%. france has responded. the frenchjunior european affairs minister clement beaune tweeted that there will be a reciprocal measure. these measures are anticipated to hurt the tourism industry on both sides of the channel. those with holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. we are we a re really we are really disappointed and really in shock about how little time we were given to make alternative arrangements. you know, being given really one day to find alternative arrangements, find flights, many of them 300s, £400. i feel really disappointed and really frustrated. those that run the eurotunnel have already said they don't have the capacity to bring everybody home in time. we're already pretty much fully booked tomorrow. this is peak season, summer holidays, people are returning on friday night to get back home. and so we just haven't got the space to take everybody who might suddenly want to come up to the coast. so what we're saying to people is, amend your booking online, make sure there is space before you travel to the terminal. the foreign office hasn't advised uk visitors to leave immediately. but of those who wish to avoid two weeks of self isolation on their return, now have less than 24 hours to get home. caroline davies, bbc news. yes, we're hearing those warnings about how many people will try to get back ahead of that for a deadline tomorrow. these are the live images from dover this morning. we watched as one of those ferries just docking. what we are hearing from many families and individuals travelling to france just one of the countries court or up in this. many holiday makers cod out. they won't be trying to work out whether they can get back to the uk or whether they stay in the countries they are in and quarantine when they get back as they would have done anyway. ben's outside st pancras international station, which is home to eurostar. and our europe correspondent gavin lee is in le havre for us. first, let's go to ben. that is the issue, isn't it? if you wa nt to that is the issue, isn't it? if you want to come back, can you? good morning. good morning. expect planes, trains and everything else to be pretty busy right now as people come home earlier than they had planned to avoid those quarantine rules that come into force tomorrow morning from four o'clock. a little concerned about the timing of this and why the government has decided to do it now. you heard in that report as the infection levels continue to rise, the government says it has no alternative. i was inside the terminal earlier talking to passengers. some of them still getting on those trains to go to paris from london, saying, even if the french authorities impose a reciprocal deal, meaning that people will have to quarantine too, they will have to quarantine too, they will still travel. but another passenger telling me, what did people expect? why are they still travelling? they should expect this would happen given that we have seen it with other countries, including portugal and spain. yes, expected to be very busy but also expect it to be very busy but also expect it to bea be very busy but also expect it to be a little more expensive. we have seen overnight prices for flights rise pretty significantly. and also, it is worth bearing in mind now the foreign office has changed the travel advice advising against all but essential travel, if you do decide to travel, your travel insurance may not be valid. if you have got an existing booking, if the flight have got an existing booking, if the flight is still going and the hotel is still open, you are not automatically guaranteed a refund. worth checking the terms and conditions before you travel. thank you. gavin leejoins us now. trying to get a picture of how this might work in practice. what are you seeing, what are you hearing? they were murmurings of this throughout the week. if we go back a couple of days when france had more than 200,000 cases in 24 hours, four times what it was having a month ago. the interior minister saying they have been going the wrong way for the past been going the wrong way for the pa st two been going the wrong way for the past two weeks. france has a particular issue, as many other european countries, with a number of cases among young people under 40. many cases are asymptomatic, fewer people in hospital, fewer deaths. the issue now is that we have the european measure “— the issue now is that we have the european measure —— ministerand there will be reciprocal measures. anybody travelling to france from the uk could face two weeks quarantine here in france. two hours drive from calais out there is a boat here every day to portsmouth. every friday it is usually packed. we have heard already from eurotunnel saying that they would find it very difficult to have more people on board today because they are usually full on friday. that adds to the element of people who wa nt adds to the element of people who want to get back within the next 24—hour so they can avoid quarantine, accelerating that. go back three weeks. i was in spain when the same thing happened. even more visitors. it is the most visited country in the world. british tourists flock there. let's see what happens today. whether it gets busy or whether people decide, i'm going to have to quarantine, let's have a holiday or spend a long time here and come back and be more effective, as they have been throughout that pandemic —— this pandemic. thank you, gavin. at 730 am this morning we will find out more from the transport secretary, grant schapps. possibly a bit more detail on what they are expecting to happen and what are the arrangements are. plans to reopen parts of the economy which are yet to emerge from lockdown, have been announced by the government. it means from tomorrow in england, beauticians' services — that's things like facials and eyelash treatments — can resume. casinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and soft play centres can also reopen. indoor theatre, music and performances will be allowed with socially distanced audiences. and wedding receptions for up to 30 guests will be permitted. more changes have been announced in wales. from next weekend, up to four households will be able to form an extended household or bubble. and you'll also be allowed to have a meal following a wedding, civil partnership, or a funeral for up to 30 people indoors. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley, who is in westminster. good morning. good to see you. so much going on to day. we are looking at lockdown at this moment in time. lockdown is easing in england. but obviously one of the things we have been talking about today is the restrictions on travel being tightened? yeah, good morning, naga. it isa tightened? yeah, good morning, naga. it is a conflict at a time when it comes to the coronavirus response. i think the two things are different. the reason the government say they will have to reimpose quarantine from that list of countries is because they are worried about new cases coming back into the country, having been either, from somebody basically getting the virus on holiday. domestically, there is some hope that the number of new cases is starting to level off. a couple of weeks ago borisjohnson said, we are going to have to pose the easing of restrictions because the number of cases is increasing. the hope in government now is that the level at which it has gone up is staying the same. it is safe to start opening these venues again. there is also a real concern in government that if you look at things like theatres and some of the venues reopening, if they weren't reopened now, a lot more people would start losing their jobs because those businesses would become unviable. 0k, neck. thank you. they could talk us through travel and lockdown measures. —— nick took us through. as the anger and disappointment continues over the downgrading of some a—level students, borisjohnson has insisted the exam assessment system is robust. nearly 40% of entries were marked down by exam boards to ensure this year's results weren't significantly higher than previous years. let's speak to our education correspondent, dan johnson, who joins us from outside the university of hull. dan, you witnessed first—hand the disappointment from many of those stu d e nts disappointment from many of those students who felt like the system was against them, particularly in state schools. so now the next step is universities and what happens in relation to that? yes, some big questions for some of those students who missed out yesterday about what will happen next, what their next move should be. and for a lot of them, they will still be able to probably get the place they wanted because there is so much up for grabs this year. clearing is a big pa rt grabs this year. clearing is a big part of that. that is why life has returned to campuses like the university of hull in the last couple of days. this has been turned into a clearing call centre, the library. they took thousands of calls yesterday from students who had missed out on greats, but also from students who had done better than expected and were using the uncertainty of everything being up in the air, is a chance to upgrade their options. the university of hull has set up a marquee for stu d e nts hull has set up a marquee for students who want to visit on clearing day. they can make a last—minute visit here to see what the campus is like. this is a really frantic period. this clearing process has been described as a big game of hungry hippos were universities and students are trying to grab at the opportunities that are available, but there are plenty of spaces, thousands of them. it expected 80,000 students will get university places through clearing. a big increase on previous years. if stu d e nts a big increase on previous years. if students did not quite get what they needed yesterday to get their first choice, the messages, there are still places, there are options and there is still time to work it out. there is a lot of activity happening today and in the next few days. but it clearing goes on for a few weeks with the hope people can start courses in september. dan, thank you. let's continue with this conversation after the controversy surrounding the a—level results. let's get the reaction now from labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, whojoins us from central london. keir starmer has made very clear how he feels about what the government has done in terms of the system for a—level results. he has called on the government to scrap it. and basically said that no young person should be a detriment due to government incompetence. if you scrap it, what do you do instead? well, we believe the only option the government have got now is to go back to the teacher awarded grades because it made such a fiasco. if you look at what has happened in the last 24 hours, a lot of children who have worked incredibly hard have been devastated by a system that's been devastated by a system that's been completely floored and has taken into been completely floored and has ta ken into account been completely floored and has taken into account the school plus my previous history rather than what the child has been able to achieve this year. i think that is devastating. the government have to act quickly. there are a lot of young people out there whose life chances are determined by whether or not they are able to get on and get into the university or onto the course or the apprenticeship scheme they want based on these greats. the government have made an absolute mess of it. they have known for months this was coming down the track. the only thing they can do now is go back to the teacher awarded grades. this is a mess of the government's making. what about the government's making. what about the concern that some of those grades awarded would have been higher to the point that when the assessment was done, with the use of this algorithm, that it would have been a poor reflection, or too high compared to say last year? the idea is to keep everything in line? what it has done actually is baked in a thatis it has done actually is baked in a that is one part of it. sorry to interrupt. that point you have made clear. that is one part of it. one pa rt clear. that is one part of it. one part of the algorithm that was used to look at the teacher grading was to look at the teacher grading was to make sure that this batch of results this year was not a disproportionately high compared to last year. how would you make sure thatis last year. how would you make sure that is still the case? there is a role for quual in that. i'm sure that could be addressed within that point. but this system and what they have done with this algorithm, this does disproportionately affect children from disadvantaged backgrounds. it assumes children from eton have done even better this year and assumes that the children from salford north have seen their grades downgraded. a disproportionate impact. there has been a lot of young people affected by this. a huge amount of young people. it is not fair on them because it is not on their results, it is on the history of their school and geographically where they are placed. that is unfair. the best thing the government can do, and they should do it urgently, is go back to teacher awarded grades. it is not fair back to teacher awarded grades. it is notfairon back to teacher awarded grades. it is not fair on these young people. they are missing out. this global pandemic has disproportionately affected young people, especially those from disadvantaged background. the government has to step in and do the right thing. it is completely ms for these young people and they are devastated by what has happened. for these young people and they are devastated by what has happenedm is no fault of their own. quual has said that it was forced to downgrade results because it was concerned about disproportionately high grades being awarded by some teachers? and, you know, i understand the point. but the vast majority of teachers, and he vast majority of grades are actually within... based on their assessment and based on the teacher is looking out for those kids and looking at their work over a long period of time. it is the fairest system we have got. the gunmen have had months to deal with this. they have failed to do that. -- the government. i asked you about making sure that the results this year are not disproportionately high compared to last year because my patch of results. you set off call could look at that. quual has said it would still need to downgrade results? there is always going to be some moderation within the system. but this system the government have introduced is disproportionately unfairto introduced is disproportionately unfair to the vast majority of young people, especially if you look at what has happened with the down grading. some have been downgraded by up grading. some have been downgraded by up to more than one grade, which is impacting on their life chances. and that's not fair. the government system they have introduced takes on board the historic context of the school rather than what that child has done and the work that child has done. that is completely unfair and thatis done. that is completely unfair and that is why we are calling on the government to go after the teacher awarded grade. it is not perfect system. had we had a couple of months the government had, we could have come up with another system. scotla nd have come up with another system. scotland has had to do a u—turn because they see how it has had a devastating impact on young people in scotland. we are calling on the uk to do the same. what were you saying ahead of this? you have had time to think of a better system. what are you saying would have been the right way to do this? as a previous education secretary, i raised with the government right from the start about the disproportionate impact on covid—19 and education. it is notjust about this. and having raised that before, and having concerns about that and looked into that, what would have been your perfect system? well, i'm not saying there is a perfect system, but there is certainly a system, but there is certainly a system that is more fair than an algorithm system the government have introduced at the last minute, that has disproportionately affected disadvantaged students. we have to keep coming back to this point, the young people who have worked really ha rd young people who have worked really hard in some areas of our country have been let down by historic context of the school which is out of their control, and i may have been downgraded and their opportunity to go to the university or the apprenticeship scheme they want, orfurther education, or the apprenticeship scheme they want, or further education, has or the apprenticeship scheme they want, orfurther education, has been downplayed because of the government's botched algorithm system. we believe a system for these young people who are going through the most extreme circumstances with the global pandemic anyway, is the teacher award is the fairest system because of the fiasco. there are a lot of pa rents of the fiasco. there are a lot of parents and children and young people devastated by what the government are doing. it is com pletely government are doing. it is completely unfair and out of the control of those young people who have worked really hard under extreme circumstances to get the grades that they were promised and that they thought they would get. it's completely unfair that they are being downgraded because of the algorithm system of the government has introduced. the government need to do something about it like they did in scotland. we have heard the news that countries like france, the netherlands, aruba have been added to the quarantine list, the two—week quarantine list. anybody in france at this moment in time, if their return after four on saturday, they will have to isolate for two weeks. do you welcome this news? it is reacting to rising rates of coronavirus in those countries. we have said all along we support measures to prevent the spread of the virus. that is important. again, this announcement was made at the last minute, just 30 hours before this came into effect, which makes it really difficult. there are still questions about how they are going to support people who are going to have to self—isolate, and how they are going to support the aviation sector. and we still don't have a functioning and effective test, track and trace and isolate system. there are things the government needs to do to get on the front foot of this instead of reacting very last minute and not giving people the opportunity to do the right thing. and at the start of this programme, they didn't even have quarantine measures in place for people travelling to the country. it has been a bit of a mess to be honest. we do support protective measures on the border to prevent the spread of the virus. thing is, the spread of the virus. thing is, the government can't win, can it? if it doesn't react immediately, it is told it has left it too late. as soon as it reacts, it has been accused of not giving people enough notice. as grant shapps has said, and we are talking to him shortly, if we didn't announce it now, we would know the infection rate was too high and we were not doing anything about it. the inevitability of how infection rates rise, and how unpredictable it is, means the only reaction is immediate, isn't it? well, like i said, again we know that there were some rumours the french figures were going up, that it may be on the list to go into a 40 day quarantine. —— 14 day quarantine. the government knew this. there are systems the government could have put in place to help people do the right thing. there is panic and uncertainty and anxiety because people can't plan about going back to work and supporting these sectors as well. once that 14 day quarantine comes into place, it affects the aviation sector, it affects businesses. we need sector specific deals to support that. one size does not fit all. it is likely for a lot scheme. some sections of our economy can't get back to normal. —— it is likely furlough scheme. we are facing local measures in greater manchester. they are not supporting local businesses or local people to do the right thing by, if they do have to self—isolate or have extra measures, the government can plan for these things ina the government can plan for these things in a better way. that is what they should do. not that they'd should not take the action, because thatis should not take the action, because that is the right thing to do. it is more what they can do to support people and to support the businesses that face these extra measures. angela rayner, deputy leader of the labour party, thank you very much for joining labour party, thank you very much forjoining us this morning. let's talk more about those infection rates across europe. the science behind some of the decisions the government is making. we're joined by our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. good morning. good morning. we know now that a number of countries, most significantly france, netherlands and malta, on this list. 4am, we have to keep repeating that, that is the point tomorrow morning at which quarantine will kick in. let's take france. what is happening there that has required this move now? well, cases of infection of coronavirus have gone up by 60%. and in the last 24 hours there were more than 2500 new confirmed cases. that is the highest since france came out of lockdown. and earlier this week the french government said it looked like things were going in the wrong direction. new measures have been imposed in france in busy outdoor places in paris and several other cities. people are required to wear a face mask. the uk government decided that given the infection rate was more than double what it is in the uk, that it was necessary to ask people coming back, and there are half a million people from the uk in france at the moment, to self—isolate if they come back after 4am on saturday morning. so, just on these technicalities, obviously there are political decisions being made but they are based on... i mean, are there specific points that a country reaches in terms of the cases which means it kicks in? how has that worked out? it worked out based on the number of people, the number of infections that have been recorded on a daily basis. and looking at those per head of population. i checked the figures a few minutes ago, and both france and the netherlands and all the other places on the list had at least double the level of infections per 100,000 people. it is not an exact science, there is. france is a vast country and there will be many places where there are lower infection rates than in parts of the uk, but it is a judgment call that has been made, to ask people to come back. it is difficult because when people return they will have to spend 14 days self isolating, not going out at all, although interestingly, if members of your family are away in france now and come back, other members of the household who were not in france will not need to self—isolate unless those who have returned develop symptoms. that's interesting. sue got in touch saying her husband was planning to visit family in the netherlands. she is staying at home when he returns and has to quarantine. how does that affect? she doesn't unless he is displaying symptoms. fergus, i know you say it is not an exact science but i was looking at the increase in percentage terms for some of the country is on the list. so aruba, right? we would all love to go to aruba. i had to look up aruba. just think of the song. there is a song which has aruba in it. i will not sing it, you can look it up. the increase was 1106%. but i am assuming that aruba is not a massive place and the number, for there to beajump of 1106%, place and the number, for there to be a jump of 1106%, the number of infections would have started relatively small and still is a small number. so when do the percentages just become so ridiculous in terms of, you know, what we take? i think the key thing to remember here is that by and large and most of these countries we are not in the situation we were in in april and may, where we had intensive care units full of patients with really serious covid—19. but we are in the situation now where death rates are falling and numbers in hospitals are far, far, far lower than they were. but there is a concern that with infections could come hospitalisations later. a lot of the people who have been infected at the moment seem to be young, fit and healthy people, which may explain why hospitalisations are not going up why hospitalisations are not going up like they were. so this is an attempt to prevent a spike here. a surge of cases here. it is a rather blunt instrument. and yes, with a small place like aruba and others, you could get things... it may not seem particularly logical, but it is an attempt to prevent a surge of cases and it is exactly the same with the sort of restrictions we are seeing in parts of england, where there are attempts to dampen down and prevent any importing of cases from these countries. fergus, thanks so much for taking us through that, as always. it is the beach boys, kokomo, in case you were wondering. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come: brea kfast‘s graham satchell will be bringing us the remarkable wartime story of the codebreaking sisters who both helped bring victory in europe, but waited decades to tell each other what they had done because of the secrecy surrounding theirjobs. we'll be discussing that shortly, and bringing you the latest news. the time isjust the time is just coming up to 7:30am so let's get the weather. good morning! many people are not a fan of the heat and humidity we've had recently so if you're not, you'll be pleased to hear the heatwave will be gradually easing over the next few days. it is still warm and humid today with more thunderstorms rattling through overnight through parts of southern england and wales but over the next few days this'll be the theme with a north—south split. in southern parts of the uk, it'll feel quite humid, not as hot as it has been with further heavy showers and thunderstorms about the north, a different picture with things looking mainly dry with sunshine around with mist and low cloud set to linger on the east coast. that is how things are shaping up, high—pressure toppling and across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well but further south, it is low pressure driving in all these showers. the showers today will be hit and miss across parts of east anglia, the midlands, wales, southern england as well so not everywhere will catch them but if you catch one, there could be some thunder and lightning as well as hail with the potential flash flooding as well. across the northern half of the uk, things are looking dry, who for eastern scotland and north—east england with mist lingering. for most of us, temperatures in the low to mid 20s, not as hot as it has been lately. across southern england and wales, the showers continue through tonight, so you might hear the odd rumble of thunder once again overnight. should remain dry to the north of that but for all of us temperatures on the mild side, the mid to high teen so it is still feeling quite uncomfortable and muggy. saturday, no great changes, high—pressure in charge of the north, low—pressure further south so we still have that mix of some sunny spells but quite cloud with heavy showers across england and wales. towards the northern half of the uk, a dry day, some mist and murk lingering and along the coast, the best of any clear skies to be found to the west. 17 in scotland, 25 in london. in the second half of the weekend, high—pressure drifting off towards the north, which will open the doors to allow showers to move further north on sunday, with one or two pushing into northern ireland, northern england with further showers and storms heading in to southern england and wales. scotland should stay largely dry on sunday, temperatures around 16—17 but for most of us, similar to the next few days, around about the low to mid 20s. as we look further ahead into next week, the unsettled conditions are set to continue so no signs of a return to the heatwave with low pressure moving on from the atlantic so temperature is more typical for the time of year and we will see some scattered showers as well. more in halfan some scattered showers as well. more in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning to you, good morning to you, just good morning to you, just 7:33am, good morning to you, just 7:33am, the news we have at the moment, malta, monaco, turks and caicos, france and in netherlands, if you are returning from any of those places that have been added to the list, you have to quarantine for two weeks when you return. let's speak now to the transport secretary, grant shapps, who joins us from welwyn. i want to first of all, can you take us through the decision you made, what were the factors behind the decision is? that's right. we are watching every country very carefully a nd watching every country very carefully and we have the joint by security people who do this for us, making recommendations on what they are looking at, quite simply, is how many cases per 100,000 of the population exist in various different countries. when it gets to a point of concern, about 20 cases per 100,000 over seven days, if you wa nt to per 100,000 over seven days, if you want to know the technical side of it, they recommend and we follow their advice, to say, actually, we don't want to continue a travel corridor there. we need people to quarantine when they get back because we worked so hard in this country to get our level of infection is down, the last thing we wa nt to infection is down, the last thing we want to do is have people returning, bringing the infection with them so it is to protect everybody. and it goes both ways. some weeks we add countries to the list but i'm afraid it is inherent in the system at the moment that travel isn't as reliable as it once was, i'm afraid, this virus, when it isn't in our hands over seas it is an unpredictable beast. if we can concentrate on france because in many ways it is the most significant given the numbers of people involved. when you made that decision at 9:30pm last night, at that moment in time you are saying that france clearly was a risk in terms of what was happening there and the danger of what is happening there being transported back to the uk, is that correct? that's right. as the french prime minister himself said, france is heading in the wrong direction and a few hours earlier late yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening, actually, france confirmed that the level had effectively reached those numbers i mentioned earlier so we acted straightaway. i think people would expect us to do that, it has happened elsewhere, it happened in spain and! happened elsewhere, it happened in spain and i was a victim of that quarantine, i quarantine for two weeks at home as a result. we have to act and people expect us to and is the right thing to be doing. what we know already on bbc breakfast this morning, many, many british holiday—makers in france right now are desperately trying to beat you 4am saturday morning deadline. you've just told us that as of now the risk is real in france and that is why you took the decision. so, why is it ok to allow people who have been in that place with the risk that you have identified, statistically, why is it right that those people should get backjust in time and avoid quarantine?” understand your question. in the case of spain, the breach of the number had gone up even faster, so there was i think only about five hours to implementation. in the france, it's just gone over the particular level, which is 20 cases per 100,000 over seven days, and it has meant we've been able to on a slightly more organised way as we did with belgium last week, we followed the same pattern that was announced on a thursday evening, implemented at 4am on saturday morning, so this is a tried and tested approach... ifi morning, so this is a tried and tested approach... if i may, morning, so this is a tried and tested approach... ifi may, brian has got in touch on that theme. he said, please help, a good one for you. if someone comes back from france before 4am tomorrow, they can go out to tenpin bowling, for example but if someone comes back from example but if someone comes back fro m exa ctly example but if someone comes back from exactly the same place after the next 22 hours, they have to stay in. it doesn't make sense. look, so imean, the in. it doesn't make sense. look, so i mean, the truth of this, as eve ryo ne i mean, the truth of this, as everyone realises, there is a perfect way to deal with coronavirus and unless you'll have a sliding scale that says if you stay another 24 hours you must quarantine for x amount of time, there has to be a cut off somewhere. the reality is you're going to be allowing people back from what you've determined to bea back from what you've determined to be a dangerous place in terms of the spread of coronavirus, you are allowing a window of opportunity for those people, not popular as that might be, surely that medically that would be the right decision to keep this country safe. to be clear, at thejoint this country safe. to be clear, at the joint bio—security centre, they've cleared our approach to this. they are saying to us that's fine. this is not in the case of france where there are about 160,000 holiday—makers, looking to return or will be returning when their holiday comes to an end. they think this is 0k comes to an end. they think this is ok because actually we are just at the 20, 20 .5 to give you the exact number yesterday, and there are some practical implications as well. border force for example have to change some systems and what have you. it is the same approach as we took last week with belgium. it worked. it is a practical approach as well which is enabling all parts of the united kingdom, scotland, wales and northern ireland and england to implement at the same time, at 4am, where there are no flights in the air tomorrow. i accept your point, you can argue one way or the other but you have to make a decision on it and we have to do that based on the science and medicine and that's what we've done. we've taken the advice and implemented on that basis. so, you've been clear on the official advice but would you encourage people coming back before that time from any of these countries and we are concentrating on france but there is the netherlands and walter as well, would you encourage people to self—isolate, even if they've just fallen outside of the official quarantine deadline? that's not legally required... i am asking if you'd encourage them to do that. what i say to everybody is look out for these signs, everyone knows what we are talking about now. it is the persistent cough, the high temperature, the change in the taste or smell so everyone should look out for those signs but it isn't necessarily to quarantine unless you're coming back after 4am on saturday. those are the rules. i'm understanding where you're going with this but the reality is in all of the things to do with coronavirus, there has had to be a cut off and we've seen this throughout in the way rules have had to be implemented. if we do that, that's was going to be the case but what we have to do is provide clear guidance and in this case clear law in order to require people to quarantine. i want to stress, it is important people quarantine. everybody returning to the uk, no matter where from, doesn't matter whether you are in a travel corridor or quarantine country, everybody must fill in a passenger locator form, that is the law, and you may well find people call up to check where you are, and you'll be breaking the law if you weren't quarantining, if that was a requirement for the country you've come from. you're the government spokesperson this morning so i want to talk to about a—levels and the fallout of what has happened. do you accept that poor students have been the hardest hit? that's not... i mean, again, let's go on the evidence, that hasn't been the upshot. i was having a look at the numbers. 18—year—olds from the most disadvantaged backgrounds on the basis of the exam results yesterday, 7.3% more are going to university, been accepted for university than just last year so that isn't what the evidence shows. the statistics show and many people have looked through these, and it is important we get these clear because you can pick a statistic. what has emerged is that the largest share of rises in grades have gone to independent schools. more rises in grades as a result of the system have gone to private schools, fee—paying schools. well, look, quual, who are the experts in this, they say there hasn't been any... the standardisation model means there hasn't been a buyer is one way or the other and i would have thought the other and i would have thought the ultimate test, actually, is how many people from disadvantaged backgrounds are being accepted to universities, and when i provide that figure, 7.3% more than last year, to me that is great news and by the way congratulations to all the a—level students yesterday and good luck to their gcse students for next week, of which i have a couple in my house were anxiously awaiting their results. the figures show that both disadvantaged and the overall numbers of students, we have 9000 more university places confirmed than last year, 179,018 —year—olds accepted already for university, said the figures look good in terms of stu d e nts said the figures look good in terms of students being able to go to university this year. i'm trying to imaginea university this year. i'm trying to imagine a student, an a—level student, who has been to a state comprehensive school, who knows their grades have been downgraded, hearing what you are saying right now. because they know they have been manifestly affected by a downgrading and they also know that children from backgrounds who have more advantage already in the independent sector have been advantaged more. i'm trying to imagine what it must be like hearing you say that you think this system is fair. forgive me, i'm not an expert in this field! i am a government minister on this morning so i'm giving you the figures that i have got but you seem to be denying the statistics lots of people have already looked at that show that those from deprived backgrounds... there are statistics that show that children from the most deprived areas are the most hard—hit. you discount that altogether.” areas are the most hard—hit. you discount that altogether. i don't, i am just reading discount that altogether. i don't, i amjust reading an discount that altogether. i don't, i am just reading an actual statistic, 7.3% more children from disadvantaged backgrounds accepted university, to which are coming back and saying i don't agree with that but you're not providing any numbers. yes, i do think more stu d e nts numbers. yes, i do think more students from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university and overall, we've got more students being accepted to university than previously as well. look, i mean, there's other figures. i previously as well. look, i mean, there's otherfigures. i have previously as well. look, i mean, there's other figures. i have some other figures, you can there's other figures. i have some otherfigures, you can tell me there's other figures. i have some other figures, you can tell me some other figures, you can tell me some other figures, you can tell me some other figures, there other figures in front of me. it has been a very difficult year. it has been difficult year. it has been difficult for people not taking exams and i have a couple of gcse twins in this house who are in that position and nervously waiting so i totally get why it is a concerning time for students. but the system has actually enabled more people to get university places accepted. and there is this triple lock to enable people to go back to the mock exams or even retake or rather take the a—level exams in early september. so the system has been put in place to try to make this as fair as it can be for everybody. grant shapps, thank you for your time this morning. you're very welcome. ever had goose bumps because you're so excited about the person you are working with? charlie: might, ithink working with? charlie: might, i think that is a question to you... naga: thank you, charlie, iwas talking to you. ijust want charlie to answer. charlie: the director says we have to hand to mic quickly, is right? go! it is still a special feeling for me when either of you hand to me for the sport. england's sam curran says he gets goosebumps playing alongside teamate jimmy anderson, and the pair will be looking to build on a good start to the second test against pakistan in southampton. in fact, their performance was much brighter than the weather on day one — and the forcast isn't great — with the tourists resuming on 126—5. joe wilson reports. who did shan masood see approaching? that is james ‘eternal‘ anderson, a classic start. but watch now for a dropped catch. for a ball that struck the stumps but refused to dislodge the bails. and for another dropped catch. dropped again. worse than the one before. allowed the opportunity to thrive, pakistan did just that. even before lunch it seemed england were chasing after missed chances. and so anderson. age is just an abbreviation for experience. burns held on, azhar ali gone. abid ali fell for 60 as england really caught up with their catches. next, dom sibley clutching a chance to dismiss shafiq. fawad alam's approach to batting didn't get him a run. wa, the computer proved. five down and then the decisive weather interruption. thursday's worst, but sadly for the test, unlikely to be the last. joe wilson, bbc news. and it's been confirmed this morning that england will play three twenty20s and three one—day internationals against australia next month. these are matches that were postponed injuly. we've had another high profile withdrawal from the us open tennis, and it's the defending women's champion bianca andreescu who's pulled out. she says the coronavirus pandemic has hampered her return from injury. men's world number one novak djokovic has confirmed he will play in the event, which starts on the 31st of august, behind closed doors in new york. and it is the resumption of the english premiership rugby union season today, as harlequins play sale. and at half past eight, i will be showing you the bone—crunching tackles, the full—on contact that i witnessed at sale. and that was just in training! and that was between suppose it team—mates. charlie: a lot of people happy to see the sport back, which is great. naga: 7:48am. thousands of holiday makers in france and the netherlands are facing travel chaos as new quarantine measures were announced last night. joining us now from the northern french coast is ian plain, whose family is among those looking to make a quick getaway to beat the deadline. thank you for talking to us this morning, tell me your situation. thank you. our situation is probably not as bad as many. we were due to get the eurotunnel tomorrow morning to travel back but obviously that would have put us into quarantine which we had initially factored into our holiday but, while here, my daughter was notified that where she works as opening so she would have come out of furlough and had to have come out of furlough and had to have come back to work on monday. so, we've now switched our eurotunnel ticket, we went on the website let last night, which was very busy and we finally got a crossing from dunkirk this evening which will get us back to the uk early evening tonight. i tell you, some us back to the uk early evening tonight. itell you, some people in this very similar situation to you will be thinking you're lucky managing to find a way back because the queues i think online, because thatis the queues i think online, because that is how everyone is being urged to change their booking, they were pretty daunting. they were. my wife, she was on the shuttle website because we had a booking with them and at1.i think because we had a booking with them and at u think the queue was 1500 plus, going up to nearly 5000 people. we are showing a picture of it, actually! you are 1696 in the queue, in case you were wondering. tell me about the journey you're going to be taking to dunkirk to make that crossing. basically, we will be packing up from our hotel a day early, which will be a problem because my wife has business calls to make. we will then be heading inland because obviously between us and dunkirk is calais. so we will travel basically into inland france to swing around to try to avoid any traffic jams so we to swing around to try to avoid any trafficjams so we don't miss our fairy coming back. you know, some people have been getting in touch and saying, really, what is the difference? why is it so bad? can you tell us what it's been like alt where you are in terms of are you seeing people, are you socially distancing, what evidence are you getting of people with coronavirus? also, i wonder, getting of people with coronavirus? also, iwonder, because getting of people with coronavirus? also, i wonder, because we were talking to grant shapps 80 moments ago, he is saying although the advice starts from 4am on saturday, would you consider isolating when you get back because you've been in a country where the infection rates are going up? so, we have spent half the week in central paris, we've beenin the week in central paris, we've been ina the week in central paris, we've been in a hotel on the left bank near notre dame. the hotel, all the staff, which are minimal, they are all wearing masks all the time, using hand gel all the time while in paris itself, it is very quiet. you can talk to any parisian, it is quiet. we were using face masks, we have to wear a face mask outside walking on the street, which eve ryo ne walking on the street, which everyone is doing. it is also enforced by the gendarmerie if it is in. everyone is wearing face masks in shops, in shopping malls. we went to the palace of versailles in 38 degrees for two hours in facemasks in the grounds and in the palace. it is the same here. we are by the beach, facemasks are obligatory as you enter the town, there are barriers stating it is obligatory and it is enforced by the gendarmerie. and everyone is wearing theirfacemasks. gendarmerie. and everyone is wearing their facemasks. there gendarmerie. and everyone is wearing theirfacemasks. there is hand gel at bus stops and add all the buildings you go to. social distancing, yes, there isn't enough people here not to social distance. interesting. thank you forjoining us and have a safe journey home. i hope you did have a nice holiday. we had a lovely holiday, yes, thank you. some of those travel plans on focus this morning. let's find out what more countries being added to the quarantine list means for holiday makers. we'rejoined by the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder. good morning to you, simon. so, what is the picture you are hearing this morning? this announcement was made late into the evening last night by the government, a number of countries caught up in this but what is the picture you are seeing today? well, a great deal of desperation for tens of thousands of british people trying to get back before the deadline. remember, you've got to get your foot deadline. remember, you've got to get yourfoot on deadline. remember, you've got to get your foot on british soil by 4am on saturday. looking at the ferries and eurotunnel, very, very little, the very last piano ferry from calais to dover with any availability as local time 10:10am. on top of that, there is very little on eurotunnel, last departure 12 noon today so if you are not in the calais area, that'll be tricky. airfare is going through the roof. i watched last night just airfare is going through the roof. i watched last nightjust before the announcement you could fly later on today from paris to london for £100. it went up to £400. other countries affected, no flights, knows is on any flights from malta back to the uk today. there are various other routes on offer, including one which includes going via portugal but if you do that, you'll still need to quarantine when you come back. amsterdam to edinburgh is still some availability, a one—way fare for the one hour hop is over £300. so, some of this is about the practicalities what'll happen in the next 24 hours and the other is about the travel industry more widely and the decision about france which so many tourists go to, it is very significant, isn't it? it is. about three minutes ago, the eurostar to paris set off from here at london st pancras, almost nobody on board. there will be plenty of people coming back today but after that effectively eu rosta r‘s coming back today but after that effectively eurostar‘s main business is finished for the rest of august, the month when it should be making immense profits. that is replicated for all the ferry companies. for the airlines, easyjet for example britain's biggest budget airline has a huge number of flights going to france and the netherlands. british airways also. the big travel companies will now be looking at handing out more refunds to people who booked a proper package holidays particular to france but i am afraid there are some companies who are saying normally of course when a country goes on the no—go list immediately we cancel everything, give everybody their money back, we simply cannot afford to do that so your holiday might be going ahead. we think we can organise it safely but the fact you don't want to sit ina room but the fact you don't want to sit in a room for two weeks when you come back isn't our problem. it is an awful situation for the holiday—makers and hundreds of thousands of people working in the industry. simon, thank you very much. 7:55am. he stole the hearts of the nation with his fundraising efforts for the nhs. now the image of captain sir tom moore has been captured forever on canvas by fellow veteran alex chamberlain. this, the only official portrait of the 100—year—old, will be revealed later today at the national army museum in chelsea. tim muffett is there for us this morning. good morning to you! good morning to you! good morning to you. we think about captain tom moore, we think about his charity efforts. as a younger man he had an illustrious military career joining man he had an illustrious military careerjoining the army in 1940, the duke of wellington's regiment. during the war he served in burma. tomorrow, it is victory overjapan day, vj day, which marked the official end of the second world war and as part of those commemorations, and as part of those commemorations, a portrait of captain tom moore will be unveiled in an hour's time on bbc brea kfast. be unveiled in an hour's time on bbc breakfast. it has been painted by sir alex chamberlain —— alex chamberlain, who said it was an honour to capture captain tom moore. this painting will be enjoyed for many years to come. we will be talking to the artist and speaking to other people hear about the importance of this painting and we will give you a preview of a film captain tom moore has made about his experiences in burma. all that come in on our‘s time, the drapes will be dropped and we will see the painting in all its glory. thank you! here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. i walked in this morning, it is slightly cooler. i am seeing misty pictures in dover, you had thunderstorms behind you on one of your graphics, now you are misty ain! your graphics, now you are misty again! there is still some sunshine, though, there is some sunshine? yes, but it is four seasons in one day, a bit of everything tracked into the hmmfi bit of everything tracked into the forecast with a lot of mist and fog around because the air is moist and humid and with the warmth, more thunderstorms in the forecast especially across the southern half of the uk but over the next few days a real north—south split. further north, things looking largely dry and although there will be sunshine to the west of higher ground, there will be mist, lo cloud and fog lingering towards the north—east are the reason we have that north—south split is high—pressure holding on across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, further south, low pressure not far away and that is spilling in these heavy showers and thunderstorms. they will be hit and miss across parts of east anglia, southern england and south wales today so you might not catch on but if you do hail, flash flooding possible, some squally winds with those thunderstorms. cloud across north—east england and eastern scotland so here are only about 17 or so but for most of us temperatures out there in the low to mid 20s so certainly not as hot as it has been but we've still got the humidity with us. into this evening and tonight, we keep the chance of further further showers across southern england into east anglia, wales and to the north it should stay dry out quite humid so temperatures in the mid to high teens, still uncomfortable for sleeping overnight. in to saturday, we have high—pressure holding on in the north, lower pressure in the south so another day of heavy showers across some parts across the south and wales, too, whereas further north that dry story continues, misty and murky along the north—east coasts on saturday and temperatures are cooler than recently, generally 17—25. we have the headlines coming up next. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt welcome and naga munchetty. our headlines today... france is added to the uk's quarantine list, along with the netherlands and malta, as tourists are told they'll have to self—isolate for 14 days when they get home. we need people to quarantine when they get back because we've worked so hard in this country to get our level of infections down, the last thing we want to do is have people returning and bringing the infection with them. it sought around half a million brits are in france, they will face a scramble for france, here at st pancras, as they try to beat the deadline of 4am tomorrow morning. anger grows over a—levels as the government faces calls for an urgent review of this year's results. lockdown is eased in england with beauticians, theatres, and small weddings all able to resume this weekend. the rumble of rugby union finally returning in the english premiership tonight. i've been to see how it's been going in training. we'll meet the sisters who kept their world war two codebreaking a secret from each otherfor decades as, ahead of victory overjapan day, they're honoured for their efforts. good morning. it's friday, august 14th. our top story. people arriving in the uk from france, malta and the netherlands will be required to self—isolate for 14 days following a late night announcement by the government. with up to half—a—million british tourists thought to be in france alone, the new measures which start at 4am tomorrow, could see a rush to ports and airports by holidaymakers desperate to avoid quarantine. our news correspondent caroline davies has more. the uk's second most popular holiday destination will, from saturday, become more complicated to visit. france joins the list of countries where any uk visitor must self—isolate for two weeks on their return. as the french pro minister himself says, france is heading in the wrong direction and just a few hours earlier, late yesterday evening, france confirmed the level had effectively reached those numbers i mentioned earlier. so we acted straightaway. and i think people expect us to do that, it's happened elsewhere, it happened in spain. the foreign office is now warning against all but essential travel to france. and that also applies to monaco, malta, the turks and caicos islands and aruba. the new measures kick in from 4am uk time on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14 day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department for transport says there's been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in france since last friday. for the netherlands it was up 52%. france has responded. the frenchjunior european affairs minister clement beaune tweeted that there will be a reciprocal measure. these measures are anticipated to hurt the tourism industry on both sides of the channel. those with holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. they are really disappointed and really in shock about how little time we were given to make alternate arrangements. being given, really, one day to find alternate arrangements, find flights, many of them 300, £400, was, ithink, really disappointing and frustrating. those that run the eurotunnel have already said they don't have the capacity to bring everybody home in time. we're already pretty much fully booked tomorrow. this is peak season, summer holidays, people are returning on friday night to get back home. and so we just haven't got the space to take everybody who might suddenly want to come up to the coast. so what we're saying to people is, amend your booking online, make sure there is space before you travel to the terminal. the foreign office hasn't advised uk visitors to leave immediately. but those who wish to avoid two weeks of self isolation on their return, now have less than 24 hours to get home. caroline davies, bbc news. let's focus on st pancras international station. ben thompson is there this morning. what are you hearing? good morning, expect flights, ferries, other forms hearing? good morning, expect flights, ferries, otherforms of transport to be pretty busy and increasingly expensive this morning as people in france tried to determine how they will get home, if they want to beat the quarantine rules that come into force tomorrow morning at 4am. i am told the government had been hoping they could enforce this on sunday morning rather than saturday but they decided it is pressing enough to bring in the rules starting at 4am tomorrow morning, meaning people have now less than 24 hours to make their way back, if they are not to quarantine themselves on their return. and we should be really clear, quarantine rules, much stricter, tougher, than those of lough dan, you are only allowed to leave the house for a very small set of reasons and places like this, increasingly busy. remember, quarantine rules already in place for portugal and spain, france now added to the list, three of the most popular destinations for british holiday—makers. there is a lot of concern about why this decision has been taken now, with such short notice. but we are told, for example, eurotunnel has said do not turn up at the french forwards expecting to get on a shuttle service, if you have not got a booking for today or have managed to rebook for today, we know ferries are increasingly busy, brittany ferries telling me this morning this is what they said was the final nail in the coffin for their already struggling summer season. and we know that flights are increasingly expensive, a number of seats available have been reduced, more people trying to get back on. it's pretty tough right now, many choosing perhaps, there's been some passengers inside saying we will travel anyway, many going from here to france despite the potential for us to be introduced, reciprocal rules on the french side. but another passenger that i spoke to this morning said, what did everyone expect? why are people travelling even the potential for this quarantine rule to be brought in? for the moment, thank you. that's something to think about this morning. something else to think about, plans to reopen parts of the economy which have yet to reopen from lockdown. plans to reopen parts of the economy which are yet to emerge from lockdown have been announced by the government, it means, from tomorrow in england: beauticians services, that's things like facials and eyelash treatments, can resume. casinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and soft play centres can also reopen. indoor theatre, music and performances will be allowed with socially distanced audiences. and, wedding receptions for up to 30 guests will be permitted. more changes have been announced in wales. from next weekend, up to four households will be able to form an extended household or bubble. and you'll also be allowed to have a meal following a wedding, civil partnership, or a funeral for up to 30 people indoors. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley who is in westminster. it's one of those days, isn't it? quite a lot of changes all coming up once and some of them, really pretty significant? yes, absolutely, and i think the view that the government has domestically, in england, anyway, although you started to see some more cases being reported a couple of weeks ago, that's why they put the foot on the brakes when it came to easing restrictions. they now think, basically, the level has levelled off so now is the time to open things like casinos, to allow those close contact to beauty treatments that many people were looking for. i think also, at the back of their mind, is the fact that some of these industries are really struggling, particularly theatres and if they weren't reopening very soon, there is a fear that more of them would start to go bust over the next few weeks. the quarantine thing a slightly different because the view the government has there and you heard it from grant shapps about 30 minutes ago, is that we need to act quickly when there are outbreaks in certain countries so stopping the virus coming back into the country while keeping it under control domestically, at the same time. but these things keep moving. the prime minister keeps saying and he's saying it again today, if there is a big increase year over the next few weeks, he won't hesitate to reverse some of these measures again. nick, for the moment, thank you. it's nine minutes past eight. as the anger and disappointment continues over the downgrading of some a level students, borisjohnson has insisted the exam assessment system is robust. nearly 40 % of entries were marked down by exam boards to ensure this year's results weren't significantly higher than previous years. let's speak to our education correspondent, dan johnson, who joins us from outside the university of hull. you've been talking to students over the last couple of days who received the last couple of days who received the results, good and bad. and then comes this process of clearing and universities which are either full or not? absolutely, lots to celebrate but there are students who we re celebrate but there are students who were disappointed yesterday, we talked some of them and they are not talking to people in rooms like this, the clearing centre at the university of hull which opened at 8am so they are receiving calls this morning from students who missed out on places asking if they can change toa on places asking if they can change to a different course or get into a different university, it was described to me as a massive game of hungry hippos with universities trying to get students to fill places and students trying to get on courses they couldn't with the greats they achieved yesterday. all of this complicated further by the possibility of appeals and there has been criticism that the system was not very toward students. listen to the deputy leader of the labour party, angela rayner. the only option the government has now is to go back to the teacher awarded grades because they made such a fiasco. look at what's happened over the last 24 hours, a lot of children have worked incredibly hard, they have worked incredibly hard, they have been devastated by a system that's been completely floored and has taken into account the school 's previous history rather than what the child has been able to achieve this year. the government says the system was fair, it hasn't discriminated against deprived stu d e nts discriminated against deprived students and there is that triple lock of different options if they wa nt to lock of different options if they want to appeal they can do that, they can take the grey they were given yesterday or they can opt to sit and the autumn if they would like to essentially have another go and improve their grade but even if they do appeal and take those options, the word from the university here, at least, that won't stop them starting in september, they should talk to the university, try and work out what they can do. some places may face delays for students, the possibility this might all take a little bit longer to work out but the word is, they should be able to get a place because there are extra available this year. dan johnson, thank you very much. we've been talking a lot about a—level results, talking about new lockdown restrictions. and of course, new travel restrictions. specifically, late yesterday evening, new travel restrictions surrounding france, the netherlands, malta, 4am tomorrow morning, the new cut—off point, if you are right back from holiday at that point, you are required to go into 14 day quarantine. we can talk now to the travel editor at the sun. i suppose some of the criticism levelled at the government is, goes one of two ways, should it be immediate or should the 24—hour notice, 4am saturday, that is the deadline, should that have been given or should that have been given or should it be immediate? the problem is the travel industry and most consumers cannot cope with at short notice. even with 24 hours notice i think people are going to struggle to get back, we are seeing at the moment the ferries, eurostar, eurotunnel, very busy with flights and people returning as normal. just to try to get yourself back early mightn't be as easy as people think. it really is going to be a huge challenge and it is devastating for the industry. france and spain on the industry. france and spain on the quarantine list, popular destinations for uk travellers. how big an impact is this going to have on the travel industry? it is going to have a devastating impact, they we re to have a devastating impact, they were in lockdown, we were all in lockdown, earning no money at all for many months. we had a very small window, this is the time of year traditionally when most travel companies make the bulk of their money and that gets them through the lean periods in the winter. now that'sjust been lean periods in the winter. now that's just been taken away from them and unfortunately, i think, by them and unfortunately, i think, by the time the end of the year comes around, there is going to be casualties and failures because they don't have the support of the government at the moment. and really, a lot of them are very much under knees. it's a really interesting situation, people trying to come back from france. i think one report showed one company, one flight, one report showed one company, one flight, quadrupled the price of its flights from charles de gaulle in paris to heathrow. on the government announcement, straight after the government announcement. is that fairand is government announcement. is that fair and is thatjust tough luck? it's not fair, no, but unfortunately, what most airlines, they work on supply and demand and that would be built into their own syste m that would be built into their own system so as they see more people applying for those seats, the prices are going to rise. it is not fair and i'm sure people have had a big shock. at one point last night i think there were nearly three and a half thousand people trying to get onto the eurotunnel website to change their bookings to come back earlier. those were trying to get on, three and a half thousand people. it's going to have a massive impact. we probably have up to half a million people either in france or other countries right now are trying to get back in the next couple of weeks and it really is going to be a problem for those who aren't able to self quarantine at home or work from home while they are in the self quarantine period for 14 days. it's going to have a huge impact. lisa, thank you for talking to us. let's find out how this is working in practice. joe crowley is on the line, the one show and countryfile presenter. where are you and what's happening? right now, i am under the english channel, we boarded ten, 20 minutes ago, we are making our way back from calais. i have the family here in the car. we've been camping stop when we got the news last night we decided to cut the holiday short bya we decided to cut the holiday short by a couple of days, partly because iam filming by a couple of days, partly because i am filming on tuesday. and we made a mad dash this morning, we were up at 4am, put the kids in the car, drove four hours and here we are. quite a bit of concern that many people trying to do the same as you, to get back. what did you witness, getting to the ports are getting to eurotunnel as you have? is your last contributor said, the website last night, it was a real scramble to get remaining slots for the card today. i think, we were lucky, we were 1400th in the queue but when i went on my wife's phone it was 6000, at 1.7 thousand. a lot of people trying to get on the website, we were lucky we got a place. at the terminal, in france, it's actually very quiet, whether it was early, people had not made it here yet, whether people we re made it here yet, whether people were adhering to the advice, if you don't have a booking, it is so much busier at half term, people flooding in, but this morning it was very orderly, not overrun, it seemed to be working very well. let me ask you this. some people thinking maybe when he went out there you knew there was a possibility, because it has been talked about for some time, there could be some form of quarantine that's going to happen, you have been in a place now that the government has said is a real risk, you know, the rates are growing fast and i know you've got your children with you. are you worried, at all, about where you've been and now, going back into your regular lives? it's a really good question. there is always going to bea question. there is always going to be a bit of concern, part of the reason we are trying to avoid quarantine is that my sister is coming across from hong kong, we are afamily coming across from hong kong, we are a family that is going to be meeting up a family that is going to be meeting up and there is a risk inherent with that. i think we chose, personally, quite a low risk holiday, we felt if we went and camped in france, we took all our own kit, kept to social distancing, we could minimise the risk so i don't feel that we are at particular risk coming back but of course, you can never mitigate that risk in time. we wish you well with the rest of yourjourney, i think it's remarkable we are doing a link up it's remarkable we are doing a link up with you while you are under the english channel! very good, thank you so much. that's so lovely, with his family, all scooting back home. it's 18 minutes past eight. let's continue the conversation. . france, the netherlands, people talking about that. if that happens, does that mean it will help curb the spread of the virus? we can talk to sir david king, the former chief scientific adviser under tony blair and gordon brown. sir david, thank you forjoining us. i want to put your position into context. you chairan your position into context. you chair an independent alternative to sage, don't you? we set up independent sage as an alternative means of providing advice to government and the public domain, all of our work is done in the public domain. 0k. have you had any consultation with the government in terms of the run—up to this decision? no, we have not. let me say, the decision on france is a decision on a strategy and i don't think we are going to question that decision. what i think i'm much more concerned about is the sudden removal of 1.3 million covid—19 tests on the 12th of august, very quietly, and this isjust one thing that has been happening from the beginning. we are very concerned that we don't know what the strategy of the government is if there is a strategy. so, for example, on the 3ist strategy. so, for example, on the 31st ofjuly, the prime minister announced and we fully agreed with that, that the reopening of schools in septemberwas the that, that the reopening of schools in september was the government 's absolute priority, we had made that very clear a few weeks before. but the follow—up to that is, as we said, the month of august is our summer month when we can deal with the level of infectivity in this country, bring it down so that when we reopen schools we don't see another big increase in the disease in the country. now, regrettably, this has not happened. the announcement on the 31st ofjuly was not to reopen some of the measures that were previously meant to begin on the 1st of august, but now we know that tomorrow those measures will be introduced. so indoor theatres, spectators in sporting events, and so on, casinos reopening. sol events, and so on, casinos reopening. so i think what we are concerned about is that any advantage that has been obtained by levelling off the amount of disease in the country is being lost by reopening these before we reopen schools. could i ask, sorry to interrupt, professor chris whitty a couple of weeks ago said we are at the limit of what we can do in terms of reopening as a society. with locked out measures easing, we talked about that today, then you contrast it with the restrictions and quarantine restrictions and measures put into place with eve ryo ne measures put into place with everyone returning from an extended list of countries from 4am saturday, what do you see in terms of the limits of the spread of coronavirus? have we reach them? should we now just expect the levels to rise? we should now expect the level to rise given the strategy that seems to be followed by the government. but let me very quickly say we fully understand the need to recover our economy, we fully understand why the government is anxious to reopen all of these things. but at the same time, if we reopen to soon, we lose the opportunity because we are just putting everything back into lockdown as it takes off again. the best thing for our economy, for the health of the nation, is to put ourselves back into some measures of lockdown so that we can bring the level of disease in the country down andl level of disease in the country down and i would say, bring it down by a factor of ten or so, towards what we call factor of ten or so, towards what we ca ll zero factor of ten or so, towards what we call zero covid—19. if we reach that level, when we reopen schools, we can be more confident that we won't be putting them back into lockdown soi be putting them back into lockdown so i think, we fully understand, we wa nt so i think, we fully understand, we want to reopen the economy quickly, but while we also have a test entry syste m but while we also have a test entry system that is failing, ijust said, 1.3 million covid—19 tests have been dropped from the data, while we understand that 750,000 on coronavirus testing kits, manufactured by rand dogs recalled reasons of safety, we have all of these failures in the test entry syste m these failures in the test entry system but most importantly it's not the numbers of people you test every day, it's what you do with the results of the test. —— randox. the point is, anyone who has the virus has to be put into isolation, not just asked to go into isolation but check that they are in isolation and capable of being in isolation. in many homes, there are multi—generations of families living together, it would not be very clever to put somebody into isolation in such a home. putting the older people at risk. so what we would say is, the government needs to do what many other countries in europe have done which is to requisition hotels and see that people who cannot manage self isolation are actually put into those hotels and looked after, supported, in terms of food and medical supplies and so on. sir david, i'm sorry to interrupt, time is against us. the problems of live television. but thank you so much for your expertise this morning. sir david king. the focus this morning very much, 8:24am, on the announcement last night, about a number of countries, new quarantine regulations coming in, oram new quarantine regulations coming in, or am saturday morning, france, significantly, one of those. gavin lee, our europe correspondentjoins us this morning from la habra. people trying to work out what this means this morning. what is the picture you are hearing and what is the french reaction? —— le havre. the newspapers, even a week ago, suggested if and when it would come, the numbers of cases in france rising, more than two and a half thousand cases, cases rising, british holiday—makers in the south around neath, some countries like belgium had put in place quarantines, particular regions, for the whole country. i think we are looking at accessibility, practical issues now, if you are trying to get back today to avoid quarantine how are you going to do it? le havre, there is only one very coming from here, eurotunnel saying there are problems, this is going to be an issue for people coming back. we are already getting a sense that it is causing disruption, i have heard from two people in the south of france, a nurse from wales who told me she is trying to get back today, she does not want to quarantine, she is going to drive all the way to calito is going to drive all the way to cali to make it impossible on the eurotunnel. we could see issues there today. briefly, the french saying they will do the same thing, they will reciprocate anyone coming to france from the uk, we are waiting for a date, they will have to quarantine for two weeks. gavin, thank you. trying to get a picture of how difficult it is for holiday makers trying to get home before the deadline tomorrow. let's speak to a representative from eurotunnel. good morning to you. can you give us what you know? this morning, everything running smoothly. as joe you know? this morning, everything running smoothly. asjoe crowley said earlier, the terminal is in a free flow, the people who have booked crossings are turning up and people had been listening to the advice, go online, change your crossing but do not turn up unless you have a ticket. as long as that keeps happening the system will run smoothly, the risk is that people just try and turn up and get on and we won't be accepting people who do not have a confirmed booking for today. to be absolutely clear, if you have not got a booking you will not get on the train, even if there is space available? there is no space available. this is august, this is a peak return to the uk today so everybody has already places are already taken. there were a very few spaces that were available outside of peak hours but they have now mostly gone so we are saying, very clearly to people, u nless saying, very clearly to people, unless you have a confirmed booking for today, there is no. do not turn up. allow the system to work properly for those who have spaces and travel as soon time becomes available. can i ask you something that in a way, away from the immediate problem that people are facing in terms of coming back, clearly, the new restrictions on quarantine in relation to france are going to have a huge impact on tourism and the number of people who will want to use your service at all? we saw this at the beginning of the summer. as countries went into lockdown, travel was restricted, of course, there was a lull but then people started to realise that there we re people started to realise that there were reasons for travelling that we re were reasons for travelling that were perfectly valid and through may and intojune we saw a number is increasing. since june, and intojune we saw a number is increasing. sincejune, of course, the preferred route has been to take your car because you can't travel in a bubble, you are socially distanced from everyone else so the shuttle service has been really popular throughout the whole of the summer. and there are people for whom quarantine is not actually such a threat, they see it as working from home with a couple of other restrictions. so there are a lot of people who will take it on the chin, say fine, i am going away for a week or two weeks and when i come back i will quarantine but that is just like working from home so i think there will be a bit of a day but not as dramatic as people predict.” think we should point out, you characterise it as working from home with a couple of other restrictions but i think the government guidelines, there are very strict guidelines, there are very strict guidelines about what quarantine is required and people should check those for themselves, they are returning in that situation. have you had many cancellations for the period upcoming now, given what we now know? most people are actually amending, they are seeing this as another temporary measure in line with a string of temporary measures that have gone into place this year. so they are thinking, it will be two weeks or a month and those who can are simply pushing their bookings back and thinking about travelling later in the year. of course, if people do want to cancel or want a refu nd people do want to cancel or want a refund we have a series of refundable tickets, if they have those, they are absolutely co mforta ble those, they are absolutely comfortable changing the booking, they will get a refund and then they can decide to travel in the future when they like. thank you very much. talking about eurotunnel, the travel problems there. john keefe, thank you for your time, updating us on the situation, very important to say, they are saying if you have not got a booking, whether or not you have a ticket if you do not have a booking do not turn up, you will not get on eurotunnel service. still to come, we follow the story of captain tom moore. ahead of victory over japan day, of captain tom moore. ahead of victory overjapan day, his official portrait will be revealed on this programme, just nine o'clock. shortly we will bring you all of the latest news. sarah has been looking at the weather. you had miserable pictures behind you earlier. this is a glorious one. a bit of sunshine battling over nature. it looks lovely. it's quite serene, isn't it? this is in devon, there was a bit of mist around but it is lifting. a real mix of weather types, but for the next couple of days there will bea the next couple of days there will be a north— south split. across the southern half it will still feel quite humid, some sunshine and heavy showers and thunderstorms as well. meanwhile, further north, a different story. higher pressure holding on. a largely dry picture in the north. still some mist and low cloud. some places, that is going to linger all the way through the day, especially around coastal parts of north—east england, eastern scotland as well. the breeze coming around, this area of high pressure coming from the north sea. low pressure further south is spilling in, heavy showers and the hit and miss thunderstorms. across east anglia, southern england, the midlands and parts of south wales, that is the area we are set to see showers and thunderstorms. not everywhere, but it could be quite heavy. if you catch one, hail and flash flooding is possible. further north, looking dry. cooler you have missed and low cloud for the likes of newcastle and aberdeen. 17 degrees here. for most of us, the low to mid 20s today. not as hot as it has been. we have still got the humidity and moist air. into this evening and overnight, further heavy showers and thunderstorms. again, they will be hit and miss, not everywhere. you may hear some rumbles of thunder across southern england, the midlands and wales. staying dry overnight further north. temperatures in the mid to high teens in the south. still quite uncomfortable sleeping overnight. still quite humid and moist air. into saturday, high—pressure holds on in the north. we have got further showers to come toward southern parts of the uk. similar areas that are going to see the showers today, we will see them tomorrow. east anglia, southern england, the midlands, perhaps further north into wales, seeing showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. northern englund, northern ireland and scotla nd englund, northern ireland and scotland dry. the best of any sunshine towards western parts. in the east, we've still got that lingering mist and low cloud. temperatures in the warmest spot is up temperatures in the warmest spot is up to 24 degrees. through the course of the weekend coming to sunday, we still have high pressure. that d rifts still have high pressure. that drifts further north. on sunday, that will allow some of those showers to push a little bit further north. perhaps northern ireland are parts of northern england seeing if few of their showers by the time we get a sunday. essentially further thunderstorms working into the south. there will be some warm sunshine between the showers as well. it's going to be a little bit fresher than has been recently. temperatures around about 16 or 25 degrees in sunnier spots on sunday. still, some of those heavy showers around. as we look ahead through into next week, it is fairly u nsettled. into next week, it is fairly unsettled. some showers and certainly those temperatures looking quite a lot cooler that they have been over the past week or so. hello this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the prime minister has defended the government's system for awarding grades for a—levels and vocational qualifications in england. there was anger among students and teachers yesterday after nearly 40% of teacher assessed marks were downgraded. one of those pupils was delilah hague, whojoins us now from london. very good morning to you. thank you for sharing your story with us. tell people, what were you expecting to get, and what happened? so, i was predicted aab by my teachers, i woke up predicted aab by my teachers, i woke up on results day expecting to be 0k, up on results day expecting to be ok, no surprises. i opened my e—mails, and my heart dropped. it was awful. it was like a nightmare. i was was awful. it was like a nightmare. iwas in was awful. it was like a nightmare. i was in disbelief, and i showed my mum, she had the exact same expression, complete shock and disbelief. it was just terrible. you went from a production of aab, to abd. what has been the result of that? what happened after that? well, i'm not going to university, it seems, because i've been rejected by all of them. i've tried e—mailing, i've called, the lines are all busy, because i expect many people are in the same situation as iam. and people are in the same situation as i am. and i'm just in a state of limbo and complete shock. it's terrible. delilah, i've got to ask, are you ok? because it has a lot to ta ke are you ok? because it has a lot to take on. you know, you had brilliant productions, and really disappointing results. you are in a state of limbo. i just disappointing results. you are in a state of limbo. ijust want disappointing results. you are in a state of limbo. i just want to check, how are you feeling? frankly, devastated. the past few months, i've been looking forward to going to university, i planned my career around it. where were you going? the university of bath. carry on, you have planned all sorts around it?” had planned what societies i was going tojoin, the had planned what societies i was going to join, the friends had planned what societies i was going tojoin, the friends i was going tojoin, the friends i was going tojoin, the friends i was going to make, the places i was going to make, the places i was going to make, the places i was going to go, thinking about where i would go on placement during my degree. i wanted to do robotics engineering, and bath had the perfect course for me. it's just been a complete shock, and it has thrown all my plans into disarray. i just don't know what to do. but one thing, obviously on the bbc website, there is lots of advice there, we've got dan johnson, at there is lots of advice there, we've got danjohnson, at a clearing centre in hull and we will talk to him ina centre in hull and we will talk to him in a moment. there are lots of places you can get information, which i know you have been trying, i imagine. what have you been told by your teachers, in terms of what you can think about doing next, if you say there are, at the moment, no university placements for you? we haven't had too much communication. i know they are trying to help us, but i think everyone is so confused, with the last changes, with the mocks, what can they do for their students? they seem so confused. we are not going to give up, i'm not going to let my future be thrown away by people making decisions which are completely unfair. yeah, just going to keep trying and not settle for second best. can i ask you, delilah, we were speaking to grant shapps, the transport secretary, but he is a government spokesman this morning. we put to him that people like you will be saying that the system has worked against you, and they are still saying, the government official line is that the system may put in place, the moderation, is robust. and it works, and it is fair. what do you say? i completely disagree. it is com pletely say? i completely disagree. it is completely unfair. you can see, 40% of stu d e nts completely unfair. you can see, 40% of students being downgraded is absolutely ridiculous. especially affecting people in poorer postcodes, schools that have historically not performed well. it seems like current students are suffering for past grades, past mistakes. the government doesn't ca re mistakes. the government doesn't care about that. i guess they don't wa nt to care about that. i guess they don't want to be accused of inflating grades, when they say they care about young people because knocker futures, it doesn't seem like that to me at all. delilah, what you can do at the moment is, with your teachers, your school, they can appeal your grades. that will go through a process, and we are waiting for quual to clarify how that will work. it means you have four weeks before the deadline of september seven to get into university. do you think you can manage, in terms of that extra stress now, to go through that process , stress now, to go through that process, and then hopefully have a place? i'll do whatever i can to get into university. i've been determined, i've worked hard, i've been studying every day since lockdown, because i really want to do well on my degree. if i have to go through some more hoops and keep trying, keep waiting, i'll do whatever i need to do to get to the university of my dreams. delilah, sympathy is with you. thank you so much for talking to us. good luck, and keep in touch, actually, keep in touch and let us know how it goes in terms of what happens next. i am sure it will turn out well. but thank you. let's catch up now with colin peaks, a principal at wilberforce sixth form college in hull, who we spoke to yesterday before the results were released. good morning. ijust wonder, you have had a chance, not only to talk to your students, you have maybe had a look at some of the statistics and some of the big picture stuff. you've seen the small picture stuff, the students you care about in your school. what can you tell us? the stu d e nts school. what can you tell us? the students are carrying the brunt of a system that doesn't work. what i am seeing, iam system that doesn't work. what i am seeing, i am part of the sixth form colleges association, they are running around to different colleges and looking at what has happened. in every college, all principals are reporting the same problem, there are in discrepancies across students that do not make sense. where the government saying the system is fine, itjust is not. i've got students, the colleges have got stu d e nts students, the colleges have got students that are bearing the brunt of this. they are left now to try to resolve the situation, almost themselves, with their school. this just seems really unfair. pagoda government this morning, sorry, i am going to say to you, they are concentrating on one statistic, which is that more students from deprived backgrounds are going to university this year than ever before. so, they are saying that makes everything else ok. that statistic stands, and they say that is happening, so it's ok? and on the ground example of this, ok, students are going to university, but you've got high attaining students at my couegein got high attaining students at my college in the bottom 10% of deprivation nationally, who are not getting to the universities they should be going too. it's as simple as that. yes, they might be going to some universities, a lot of them have gone through clearing, but they are not achieving what they should achieve. regardless of the topline figures, you can spin data on so many different ways, the on the ground problem is that students are losing out on good university places for the courses they want to do, and it is just and fair. for the courses they want to do, and it isjust and fair. can you break that down for us? i don't expect you to give names, obviously, but give an example of a student, one of the ones you expected to do best, who is now ina ones you expected to do best, who is now in a position that they weren't expecting to be in? yes, somebody you featured yesterday was a girl that got a distinction staff or engineering, looking to go to durham. and her other grades were down by two grades at least on the teacher predictions. i signed off the predictions, as the head of the centre, we had a thorough system and iam centre, we had a thorough system and i am very, very confident all our grades were right. this student is so far adrift of where she should be, she now doesn't even have a university place to go to. so she has got to think now what am i going to do next? that is just one example of many. i've seen another report from a different sixth form, where they have students who were in a small class, which is what the government said, in small classes they would look at the data properly and analyse, and they have dropped the grades of the students, 90% in one class, 89% and another, 50% and 40% respectively. they have not looked at the minute detail, where they should have done. what you talked earlier is you have independent schools where students are getting higher grades, but i guarantee you they will be sat in small classes, where they have looked at the data, compared to a big six form, where you have 25, 28 stu d e nts big six form, where you have 25, 28 students in a class, where they have just applied this matrix thatjust doesn't work. colin pics, we thank you for being with us throughout this journey. we will talk again, because i am sure there will be further developed and is. good luck to all of your students. —— colin peakes. let's return now to our education correspondent, dan johnson, who is at the university of hull's clearing centre. i don't know how much you heard, but we spoke to delilah, he was due to go to the university of bath. her grades were not as good as the predicted grades, she has been told there is no place for her and there was no place for her on her course, on any course she is trying to do, she wants to go into engineering. we heard from colin, he said some of his students have the same experience. already, they feel there is nothing on offer. tell me what can happen via clearing. it's really difficult, isn't it? really come placated situations to be resolved. the calls that come into centres like this are about having those discussions, trying to see what options there are. the message is that there is time, space and capacity to work this out, there are places. they got thousands of calls yesterday and have started giving places away, but there are still some remaining. the word is to get on the phone, get in touch, explore some options. you can even come on a visit to the campus if that is possible. there are ways of working this out. there is help available on the phone lines. and there are lots of places available through clearing this year. it's expected about 80,000 students will do places that way, which is a lot more than in previous years. we can have a quick chat with the vice chancellor, susan lee, how busy has it been? it's been very busy, but this is a very challenging time for students. many of them are wanting to appeal their grades, and we absolutely understand that. what we are saying to students is to get on the phone, there are places, universities are working flexibly with students and we understand the challenges they are facing. we really want to help them to get the place. it's not mutually exclusive. you can appeal your grades and secure your place at university for the best start. that's an interesting start, some people were determined to make appeals to improve grades, but they we re appeals to improve grades, but they were worried it might cost them a university place in the meantime, that's not the case? both things are possible. we understand that students are upset and cross about their grades, they want to appeal, but they can secure their place at university at the same time stop the start date is a month away, we are urging them to get on the phone. we are here to be flexible, we are offering visits. students can come, distanced, look at the campus and secured a place for the best start for their social life, which we know it is important, and also for the learning and teaching experience. it is important, and also for the learning and teaching experiencem isa learning and teaching experiencem is a frantic process and a difficult decision to have to make under pressure, in a difficult dilemma with added complexity this year. how is it being worked out? it is difficult, and what we have seen is a lot of students feeling upset, shocked and angry. often, you have experience of disappointment. we are just here to support them. our commitment is to supporting our students at all times and this is a time where they really need that support. we are saying, don't sit at home and hesitate, call your university, have that conversation, we will be flexible and we understand the situation. we want to help. in reality, what is the fax ability going to look like? will you ta ke ability going to look like? will you take people based on the predicted grades, rather than waiting for the appeal? we are waiting with each individual and their contact, we understand what their grades are, we look beyond grades and at the whole individual, and we want to see how we can secure them a place at university and realise their dreams. do you know how many places left you have? we have places left on places like computer science, law, biomedicine. there are places available and we would urge pupils to pick up the phone and have that conversation. any space as a media studies question of will most certainly! i studies question of will most certainly! lam studies question of will most certainly! i am sure we have some, give usa certainly! i am sure we have some, give us a call and have that conversation. may there is hope for me, too. we appreciate your time. the message is that you will be able to work something out, in the likelihood. a stressful time, a difficult process, but options and choices to make, and a bit of time to work things out. lots of calls coming into places like this, but a student is facing a tough dilemma with different options. thanks very much. here's mike with the sport. news of a sport coming back to life? they have been building up to it for a while, they've been back in training for six weeks at elite by training for six weeks at elite rugby union, with contact and scrums gradually phased back in. the latest tests this week, of nearly 1000 staff and players, there were four positive coronavirus cases, in spite of all of the contact. so the green light has been given for the youngest premier ship to start tonight, behind closed doors, as harlequins hosts the sale sharks. i was given exclusive access to sale to see what it has been like back in the thick of action and training. a world away from social distancing as bodies collide. rugby union is smashing its way back and these players are team—mates at sale! this is only training! it's amazing, we've been away for quite a bit. it's good to see the boys going after each other. while at grass roots they are a long way off being allowed any contact, at the elite end, safety protocols were put in place which now allow for 15 minutes of scrums, rucks and mauls in training to prepare them for the season restarting today. the restrictions have been correct. we've not been able to do more than 15 minutes contact in these weeks, which is difficult because we go into an 80—minute full contact sport. but, to be fair, we're intense, its short and sharp but, hopefully, we will be right. since training started again five weeks ago, they've been gradually building up levels of contact... ..while following the new safety routine. daily temperature checks on arrival and health forms to fill in, weekly covid—19 tests, plus the disinfecting of balls during each session and refreshments served outside. and also pleased to be back on the same team again, two sale sharks who haven't always seen eye to eye. it's all about getting that team spirit again and renewing friendships as well as rivalries. there is a good reason i'm between faf and tom here. had a couple of bust ups on opposing teams, as south africa won the world cup against england in that final. now, though, it's all about getting back together again, i think. and that's despite the relentless teasing by faf who brought his world cup medal into training and draped it over tom's shoulder. i wouldn't call it banter! bullying. a few of the boys wanted me to bring it in. ijust put it over his shoulder so he knows how it feels. there's a lot of players and a lot of great mates but on the field they turn into enemies but there will always be a beer afterwards a quick chat, and i think that's the amazing part of this game. after so long away, the teams are in this race against time to be match fit. what's more, they face the most intense period this sport has known domestically. sale alone have to play four times before the end of august. just as important as being match fit will be changing the team from game to game to ensure player safety. no disrespect to football, this is a contact sport, these lads can't do anything for 48 hours after a game. and player welfare is really important. it's notjust the scrums, the contact that's been missing but also the kicking, so, plenty of practice on is that before kick—off. lead the way, faf, show how it's done, and i'll show you how difficult it is. beautiful. despite all the challenges, rugby union is back, albeit without any fans but at least they will recognise the sport as it's always been played. there were times when some doubted they'd get it back over the line this year. the pro 14 league, for clubs from scotland, wales and ireland restarts next weekend. for once, i wasn't able to get involved in the tackling, due to social distancing... thank goodness! we've heard many remarkable stories of courage and bravery from world war two — here's another. when you sign the official secret‘s act — that's it — you don't tell anyone, especially if you're a codebreaker, not even your own sister. pat and jean 0wtram were both assigned that crucialjob to aid the allies' succes and they kept it from each other for 30 years. ahead of victory over japan day tomorrow — they've been sharing their story with graham satchell. sisters pat and jean are 97 and 95. the medals on theirjackets testament to a wartime past they kept secret, even from each other. the very first thing we all did on the course was sign the official secrets act, which is really quite fierce, and says, you know, if you betray the secrets, the ultimate penalty is death. so, you know, better be careful. i never knew what you were doing. it was years after the war when i got around to saying, "by the wayjean, what were you doing in cairo?" and she told me, and said, "what were you doing?" and i told her. but it was long after the war, wasn't it? years later. yes, years later. pat was just 19 when shejoined the wrens. because she could speak german, she was assigned to the secret y—service. they explained to me that i was going to be an interceptor, searching the german naval radio frequencies at little secret stations on the coast to pick up their messages. a lot of them were in the four letter enigma code, and you had to write those down absolutely accurately, and then immediately send them by teleprinter to bletchley park. jean became an ensign cadet at the secret soe, the special operations executive. herjob, to code and de—code messages to and from spies and resistance fighters in the field. she was posted first to egypt and then southern italy. i don't think at 18, 19 years of age, you really get scared by these things. it's all something new. we were aware that this was... ..it felt like a game in many ways, but it was not a game. lives were at risk, and therefore you give your very best effort to it. and sometimes in the early hours of the morning, you did get pretty upset if you knew something wasn't going to work. this is pat and jean's father, colonel cary 0wtram. he'd been serving in singapore when it fell in 1942, and was taken prisoner by the japanese. the treatment of british prisoners in the far east was brutal. thousands died building the railway from thailand to what was then burma. nobody knew what was happening to the prisoners that had been taken or if he was alive still. so it was a very bad time. finally, in august 1945, the sisters received a telegram telling them their father was alive and would be home soon. oh, it was, you know, wonderful to think that he was going to arrive back. and when he did, he really hadn't changed much. he was a bit thinner, wasn't he? but that was really all the difference. this photo of pat's father was taken by the red cross soon after he had been liberated. as the senior officer at its prison camp, colonel 0wtram stood up to the japanese and protected his men. he took risks with his own life in order to save other people. and i think this was very much remembered and appreciated by the other people in the camps, because he took a lot of risks to protect them. i think it's tremendously important to remember vj day. for one thing, it was the end of the war. ve day wasn't. but ve day seems to be the one everybody celebrates. i think vj day is at least as important, possibly more. so, it's called the sisters' secret. pat and jean have had their portrait painted by dan llewelyn hall, who, who has also painted the queen's portrait. oh, my goodness me! it's nice to think pat and i are both on the same picture, because i don't think ever in our lives we have been before. so it's nice to be together at least once. pat and jean have also written a book, codebreaking sisters: our secret war. after years in the shadows, their story is finally being celebrated. graham satchell, bbc news. let's go from one heroic portrait to another. tim muffett is at the national army museum in chelsea for us where first official portrait of captain sir tom moore is about to be revealed. captain sirtom captain sir tom moore captured our hearts with his fundraising efforts. asa hearts with his fundraising efforts. as a young man, he had an extraordinary military career as well. hejoined extraordinary military career as well. he joined the army in 1940, during the second world war he served in what was then burma as pa rt served in what was then burma as part of the far east campaign. ahead of comeback victory overjapan day, tomorrow, we are delighted to say a portrait of him is about to be unveiled. emma is from the museum, alex table and as the artist who created it. shall we go for it? the unveiling of the portrait. —— alex chamberlain. that is beautiful, isn't it? tell us how you came to paint this. i was approached by a colonel in the army, who saw the need to record this story in the kind of language of the portrait. and he knew my work, because i had painted heads of state, politicians and pop stars. so it was very exciting to be asked. and it has led to this. i am hugely proud to have been evolved. you are also an army vetera n, been evolved. you are also an army veteran, aren't you ? been evolved. you are also an army veteran, aren't you? when you met tom, what was it like? it was amazing. him and his grandson, benji, were incredibly accommodating. i think it was very exciting to get him in a place where he was most relaxed. it really helped getting image across. talked us through the details here. well, obviously we have captain tom, his medals, the blue peter badge, his regimental tie. i also added in this book, a first edition book from lord slim. george macdonald fraser, a book about life in the burma campaign. there is a moment of artistic panic, when he got a knighthood, because i was wondering how to deal with the medal. but i actually put in his box, there. because my daughter, heidi, has been so helpful painting the hands with me while i've been doing it, i managed to slip in her name, and my daughter, poppy. how important is it to have this in your collection? it's really important, helping to connect the public with our army. it sits in our society gallery at the national army museum. by a veteran, ofa national army museum. by a veteran, of a veteran, and it's important to commemorate vj. there will be more commemorations to mark it over the weekend. we will leave you with this wonderful image. enjoy the rest of your day, we will be back tomorrow at six o'clock. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. france is added to the uk's quarantine list, along with the netherlands and malta — from this saturday people arriving from those countries will have to self—isolate for 14 days. travel isn't as reliable as it once was, i'm afraid. the virus, in particular, when it's not in our hands, overseas, is an unpredictable beast. there are half a million people are said to be in france right now, i am in the northern french port of la habre. in calais as well, we will be looking