president trump declares deadly wildfires in california a major disaster and releases federal aid to help the state. thousands have been forced from their homes. england will look to secure a series victory against pakistan this morning after a record—breaking day. zak crawley‘s 267 and jos buttler‘s century helping the hosts take control heading into day three. good morning. recent gusty winds slowly easing today, but it's still a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. i will have all the details throughout the morning. it's sunday the 23rd of august. our top story: children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus — that's according to the uk's chief medical adviser. professor chris whitty also said it's unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due to return to school within weeks. schools in scotland have already gone back. health correspondent laura foster reports. this is how many schools have looked for months, but with the summer holidays nearly over in wales, northern ireland and england, many are busy changing things to keep pupils, staff and the wider community safe. scientific evidence shows children are unlikely to become severely ill from coronavirus, and some even suggest they spread the virus less than adults. of course the floor markers... at this primary school in east london, they are looking forward to having the children back. i worry about the lack of social interaction those children have had. i worry about the lack of development. i look at things like their fine development. i look at things like theirfine motor skills, the way they would hold a pencil, the way they would hold a pencil, the way they would hold a pencil, the way they would form their words, so their speech and language. some of those children won't have had those experiences over this time. any area that would normally see gatherings in groups have been closed — the staffroom, the library, the lunch hall. sta rt staffroom, the library, the lunch hall. start times will be staggered to stop pa rents hall. start times will be staggered to stop parents crowding the school gates. playtime is going to look very different. in order to keep children within their year group bubbles, here they've marked out different sections of the playground for them using these coloured barriers. that's to stop them mingling. the rest of the playground is going be used for pe, sub something that's still very important during these coronavirus times. the chief medical officerfor england says a vaccine is unlikely to be ready before winter next year, so to be ready before winter next year, so businesses such as shops and restau ra nts so businesses such as shops and restaurants may be forced to close to keep children learning. we are walking an incredibly narrow path between relaxing enough as individuals and as a society that actually transmission takes off or overdoing it and doing damage socially and economically, which we didn't need to. it's an incredibly narrow path we are working. there's not much room for manoeuvre. narrow path we are working. there's not much room for manoeuvrem means measures in schools like this one will be in place for several months yet. we can speak now to our political correspondent leila nathoo for more on this. we've heard from england's chief medical officers on the issue of schools. what are the politicians saying? is it broadly in line? i think it's worth costing your mind back a couple of months. there was a plan to get all primary schools in england at least back into classrooms for the summer holidays. that had to be abundant, and the picture ended up being pretty patchy across the country. so no i think it isa across the country. so no i think it is a real priority for borisjohnson to get schools fully reopened this term. he's talked about it being a moral duty to get children back in classrooms. there is clearly the economic benefit too to getting pa rents economic benefit too to getting parents back to work if the children are able to go to school, and the hopein are able to go to school, and the hope in government is that this statement will go some way to persuading parents and teachers that it is safe for children to get back into classrooms. labour are saying the government has put that planet risk because it spent the last couple of weeks dealing with the fallout of the exam results chaos, andi fallout of the exam results chaos, and i think that political context is significant, because if you look at happened over a levels, gcses, it's become a big political test for the government, for borisjohnson and gavin williams and the education secretary to be able to get children back into classrooms fully unsafely september. more to come later in the programme as well. we will be talking about how schools are preparing for people to return, particularly in england, but in scotland it has happened already, so we will look at how it is happening there too. 0rganisers of illegal gatherings in england could be fined up to £10,000 from next week as police are given more powers against those breaking coronavirus rules. the new measures could also see tougher penalties for those who fail to wear face coverings when required. andy moore reports. films from a police helicopter, an illegal party in a back garden at gorton in manchester. police said it was attended by over 200 people, and they were pelted with missiles when they were pelted with missiles when they tried to break it up. the women who organised it was fined £100. soon she and others like her could face much biggerfines. around 3000 people attended this event near bristol. arrests were made and equipment seized, but from friday ahead of the bank holiday weekend, the courts will have far greater powers. anyone organising a rave or an unlicensed music event of more than 30 people could face a fine of up than 30 people could face a fine of up to £10,000. anyone attending could be fined £100, with that fine doubling for every subsequent defence. the home secretary said these gatherings are dangerous and those who organised them show a blatant disregard for the safety of others. i am blatant disregard for the safety of others. iam pleased blatant disregard for the safety of others. i am pleased the police have already stepped up their response, andi already stepped up their response, and i am giving them the tools they need to continue to keep us safe. in london, police have responded to over 1000 illegal events since the end ofjune. at many of them officers were injured as they tried to break up the gatherings. police forces across the country are planning to step up their patrols next weekend to stop such events. they are warning the organisers that equipment will be seized and they could be prosecuted. they are also calling for the public‘s help in giving them early notice that an illegal gathering is starting. also on friday new fines come into effect for people who persistently refused to wear face masks where it sorted. those fines will start at £100 and then double up to a maximum of £3200 for each repeat offence. doctors in berlin are fighting to save the life of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny after he was flown to the german capital yesterday morning. he became seriously ill while travelling in siberia. his supporters say he was poisoned. let's get the latest now from our correspondent damien mcguinness, who is in berlin for us this morning. remind us of some of the background to this intriguing case. alexei navalny was taking an internal flight to moscow on thursday. he became ill on the plane. the plane was then diverted to another siberian city — he was in siberia at the time — where he was examined in hospital by russian doctors. the russian medical officials said they found no evidence of poison, but as you say his supporters are adamant he has been poisoned. they suspect that a cup of tea that he drank at the airport before taking off was laced with poison. the challenge for doctors here in berlin is to firstly save his life, because he is in a very serious condition, but also to find out exactly what happened. 0f course this is an incredibly politically sensitive case, because if it turns out that he was indeed poisoned, then the next question is — who would have done it? alexei navalny is the ferocious cricket of vladimir putin, for starters, who he has accused of political corruption, and he has made a lot of enemies in russia fighting corruption. the question is now, what is behind this illness and who caused it. that is the next challenge, and we will find out more over the next few days. we are expecting to hear more about that on monday. now two freak weather stories for you. in australia, antarctic air reaching the south—east of the country has triggered snowfall across several states. many people — and kangaroos — have been enjoying the rare event despite wild winds and heavy snow that closed some roads. the weather comes just days before the official start of spring. we were talking about the freaky weather — some really challenging weather — some really challenging weather conditions, of course in california. us president donald trump has declared that wildfires burning through homes and devastating precious forestry in california are a major disaster. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and at least six people have died. 0ur north american correspondent peter bowes reports from los angeles. some of the biggest wildfires california has ever seen. the north of the state is the worst affected. there are multiple blazes burning in the mountains around palo alto, in the san francisco bay area. and another complex of fires is wreaking havoc in wine country south of sacramento. in all, almost 600 separate fires, many of them started by a series of rare dry lightning storms. a blanket of smoke hangs over much of the state. 175,000 people have been told to leave their homes. some are nervous about taking shelter in crowded evacuation centres because of the coronavirus. there are more cases in california than any other us state. with local firefighters growing weary from the unrelenting battle, backup crews have been drafted in from neighbouring states and further afield. it is hoped teams will fly in from canada and australia, to help tackle the growing inferno. officials are warning that there may be worse to come, with more lightning forecast and blistering heat that could go on for another week. california is used to the annual threat from wildfires, but they are getting worse. record temperatures, the lightning, tinder dry brush — a perfect storm for a long, hot summer of destruction. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. we can speak now to mark massoud who has had to flee his home in santa cruz. and frank brugioni and wife gabrielle who have seen theirs burned down in napa. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. maybe we can talk to you, frank and gabrielle, first. devastating news for you. when were you first aware of the dangers of these particular fires? monday morning, on the way to work, we were able to see the lightning, and it was pretty evident at that point that we were going to have issues, probably. the lightning actually started saturday night, early sunday morning, and we got through sunday without any issues. and then the hennessey fire started on monday morning, and we thought we were going to have to prepare to evacuate monday. luckily we did not have to at that point, but we were ready to go. and then tuesday it really blew up, and we ended up having to evacuate tuesday as it approached oui’ evacuate tuesday as it approached our lakeside community. so there are probably about four or five communities around lake beriasa. we are very rural, and there's obviously a lot of and brush and everything, and it burns quite often, but this is definitely one of the worst that we've seen in most recent yea rs. the worst that we've seen in most recent years. the pictures we are looking at show almost apocalyptic scenes. frank, i know you've been staying in the safety of the hotel, but when you went back to check on your home, just describe what you saw. as soon as i entered the community, coming into the one road that goes to our group of houses, pretty much immediately all i saw was burnt down houses. standing, scattered, and as i got to our street, the first five or six houses we re street, the first five or six houses were still standing, and it gave me a bit of hope that ours might have been, but that wasn't the case. by the time i got to our house, our house was completely levelled. let's bring in market this point, whom you saw just there. mark, bring in market this point, whom you sawjust there. mark, i know you've had to evacuate your home — but let's bring in mark. what do you know about your home and the fires in the areas you live? i am at the university of california, santa cruz, campus. we evacuated, and they gave us cruz, campus. we evacuated, and they gave us a cruz, campus. we evacuated, and they gave us a few hours to prepare, which i'm really grateful for. the question is, what do you pack when you don't know if you are able to come home? the police came to our house on thursday morning and told us house on thursday morning and told us to pack our bags and get out as soon as we can. there will be a mandatory evacuation order coming soonin mandatory evacuation order coming soon in next 12 hours or so. it did come, 11 hours later. we left about an hourto spare come, 11 hours later. we left about an hour to spare before the mandatory evacuation order. as we left, the skies were full of ash. it was almost like it was snowing, but it was ash, not snow. the skies were orange, deep, foreboding orange colour. nothing like i'd ever seen in this beautiful coastal town where we live. you talk about the response of the fire services and their ability to give you a little bit of notice. they've also, we know, requested help from canada and from australia. do you get a sense that this is in control — that they can deal with this — or may there be further problems down the line? yeah, there are hundreds of fires in california right now. everyone is exhausted, notjust from covid—19 but from the fires and everything that's going on in politics in the united states right now. that said, lam united states right now. that said, i am hopeful, united states right now. that said, lam hopeful, and i am hopeful because there have been at least in our area ‘ because there have been at least in ourarea — the number of firefighters battling this particular set of blazes in the sa nta particular set of blazes in the santa cruz area has roughly tripled over the last few days. it's probably still not enough. the fire is somewhere between five and 10% contained. when we left it was 0% contained. when we left it was 0% contained. so i'm hopeful in that sense. i contained. so i'm hopeful in that sense. lam contained. so i'm hopeful in that sense. i am also hopeful because the fire, calfire has constructed or bulldozed two brakes running from the pacific ocean just bulldozed two brakes running from the pacific 0ceanjust north of sa nta the pacific 0ceanjust north of santa cruz up to the ridge of the mountain, and those two breaks — if one of them fails, there's another backup, and those should protect the university of california, santa cruz, as well as santa cruz city, where tens of thousands of residents live. that said, there is some concern, live. that said, there is some concern, because more lightning is in the forecast for monday, so there is some concern there. and frank and gabrielle, were you able to save anything from your home? any thoughts on rebuilding? we are actually veterans in this area, having been evacuated many times before. we have a box of paperwork and pictures by the door along with and pictures by the door along with a binder of receipts and manuals for our big purchases. so we grabbed our pets, grabbed our box and our binder and... clothes. clothes, and we left. as for what was left when we we nt left. as for what was left when we went back, when i was able to get back to our house, there was absolutely nothing salvageable at all. yeah. it was amazing. i could not discern almost a single item that might have been in our home, by the time we went up there, everything was completely destroyed. as far as rebuilding goes, we definitely plans to rebuild. we really love our community, and that is why we chose to live there, knowing the risk ahead of time. so, we are definitely planning to rebuild and thankful for our insurance. we lost a lot of material things, but our chickens survived, we survived, our pets, our hearts wear with us and they survived —— our cats. that is a really good piece of news, actually. and you can see from the pictures, your house as it was before looking beautiful and then completely gone. it must be an incredibly stressful and emotional time for you. i'm just wishing you the best and everyone in your community. argue for to us. it's worth saying as well —— thank you for talking to us, and it's worth talking about the impact on the forestry there as well. the redwoods there are half a millennium old, extensively damaged. and we saw those wildfires in australia at the end of last year, the toll on wildlife and forestry is absolutely huge. when you hear the stories like frank and gabrielle's it's astonishing. it is just frank and gabrielle's it's astonishing. it isjust approaching 20 minutes past six this morning. let's take a look at some of this morning's front pages. the mail on sunday leads with what it calls a "unanimous verdict" from the uk's chief medical officers, that it is safe for children to return to school next month, as they face an "exceptionally small risk" from coronavirus. this is one of the big things on bbc brea kfast this is one of the big things on bbc breakfast this morning. if you want to tell us about how confident you feel about children going back to school, they are back to school in scotla nd school, they are back to school in scotland already, you can contact us. we would love to hear from you. the sunday telegraph also focuses on children returning to classrooms next month, but it leads on a vow by the prime minister that a "failure to reopen schools is not an option". there he is with a picture with his fiancee, carrie symonds, and their son, wilfred, on holiday in scotland. 0n the front of the observer, the labour leader sir keir starmer criticises borisjohnson, accusing him of putting plans to get all children back to school in september at "serious risk". and on the metro, it's back to those pictures of borisjohnson on holiday. carrie symonds uploaded the images to instagram after the location of their getaway was revealed by the papers. let's have a look inside. there is a great story and you will know we have been talking a lot about this about all of the quarantine rules that are changing, first spain, then france and now croatia and austria. but in the paper this morning, suggesting that thousands of brits are refusing to be panicked by the prospect of a fortnight in quarantine and therefore choosing to stick to their plans, regardless. and suggesting a lot of people are able to work from home, then quarantining for two weeks doesn't necessarily mean you won't be able to work, and you will be able to carry on working from home. but what we all need to remind people of his the quarantine rules are really quite strict. it is different to self—isolating, isn't it? quite strict. it is different to self-isolating, isn't it? yeah, lockdown is one set of rules and you can go out for exercise and that sort of thing, but quarantine means you can only go out of the house for two or three specific things like medical attention, that sort of thing. people may be lulled into a false sense of security. for some people it is a way of extending their holiday and chilling out for a while, but that is only few can afford to take time off for work from home. —— only if you. and a renaissance of tinned food in the lockdown period. all of these sins, they have lined them up here but things in particular like corned beef, the sales of corned beef have gone through the roof. 0verall sales of cow and foods soared by 72% —— canned food. and there is a corned beef hash there. that looks good. i had corned beef for the first time last week, it had been in the cupboard for months. how old was it? it was still in date. returning to the wild weather, the snows in australia and fires in california. the earth is losing 28 trillion tons of ice in less than 30 years. a stark image there of some of the, i am assuming they are huskies of some sort, wading through water where it would typically be eyes. all part of climate change, freak weather we are happening. —— be ice. climate change, freak weather we are happening. -- be ice. we will talk about the weather here, now, which has been kind of all over the place, hasn't it, louise? it has. and dare i use that word on sunday morning, a bit more autumnal as we go through the week ahead, it is going to get noticeably cooler. that a slightly better than the last few days, sunny spells and showers but the winds we have seen recently, well, they are going to be easing down. can see the isobars opening up across the whole of the uk. this little weather front here is going to enhance some showers as we go through the morning, particularly for northern ireland, northern england, north wales and will gradually drift towards east anglia throughout the day. a few showers further south but few and far between, hopefully. a better day in scotland in terms of dry, sunny weather, but the wind direction playing a part in scotland, now picking up from the northerly which will make you feel quite cool. these are average wind speeds, so just should quite cool. these are average wind speeds, sojust should be no more than 25—30 miles an hour, lighter than 25—30 miles an hour, lighter than the last couple of days. top temperatures around 22 degrees, the high, but only 11—13 in the far north of scotland. if you are a keen follower of the cricket, i am going to stick my neck out and say to be a dry day today, really, if you do get a shower it should be isolated and clear through quite quickly. through this evening and overnight those hours are going to continue to drift steadily northwards and by the end of the night, southwards, sorry, and we will see a line of rain into south—west england and wales and some of that could turn quite heavy. cooler, single figures in scotland, may be low single figures, can you believe it, in glands of scotland. chilly start here but a sunny one, showers into the south—west, they are going to drift their way south—eastwards, so where we haven't got the showers today, we could have them tomorrow in southern and central parts of england. 21 degrees the hybrid temperature struggling in the hybrid temperature struggling in the north, 12— 16 degrees at the very best. as we move out of monday into tuesday, another area of low pressure will bring rain, widespread heavy waine fall is expected and a return to gale force winds on exposed coasts —— heavy rainfall. the possibility of some travel disruption, not great news if you are under canvas at the moment. still plenty of people taking a holiday. it does look like that wran will continue to drift its way steadily northwards, improving picture down in central and england into the afternoon, but the gust of wind in excess of 50 miles an hour on exposed coasts. in the afternoon we should get some sunshine with 20 degrees the high, but in scotland, northern ireland and northern england, the cloud and rain lingers into the afternoon. it isn't going to be particularly pleasant at all. back to you. thank you, louise, see see you later. the last surviving d—day landing craft has been forced to postpone its final voyage after a six—year renovation project costing £4] million. yes. because of choppy waters and gusty winds, the craft was unable to make its final landing at portsmouth, where it will be put on display. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has been keeping track of its journey so far. the dawn ofjune six comes up like thunder over the coast. it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. the day, 19114, bringing an ant allied army to france to defeat the nazis. and it would never have happened without these. hundreds of landing craft, the work because of the invasion. quickly built and just as swiftly discarded after the war. —— the workhorse of the invasion. this was britain's last known landing craft designed to carry ta nks landing craft designed to carry tanks into battle. lct 707a was eventually turned into a liverpool nightclub. and then left to sink in the mud and buyer of the mercy river. just six years ago, the painstaking restoration began. it's an absolute miracle, and it is so amazing. every step we have taken in this project, i feel like amazing. every step we have taken in this project, ifeel like we have given her a little bit of her dignity back stuff when i first met this year, she was a final sticking out of the water in birkenhead, covered in rust and barnacles was that we have had six years from recovering her there, weaning her, does cleaning her, pumping out 80 tons of gunk from her double bottom. she is staggeringly important. these landing craft are what make dd work. and until you see one and you stand on this one, and you realise there we re on this one, and you realise there were 800 just like this, only then can you understand the scale of d—day was that in 19114 it took three months to build her and it a cost than of £28,000. restoring her has taken much longer. and costs nearly £5 million. restored to her former glory. tell us what you think? gosh, look at that! but for this d-day n, it is now a wonder to behold. —— vetera n. it is now a wonder to behold. —— veteran. mickjennings was 18 years old on d—day, one of the crew of the same type of landing craft that stormed the normandy beaches. i'll be honest. i was a little bit scared. it's only until something goes bang then you realise like a sheu goes bang then you realise like a shell has dropped on the sand, you know, they weren't doing that for fun. mick didn't know whether he would survive that day. and now, nearly 95 years old, he didn't think he would be reminded of it in such a powerful way. i thought, i he would be reminded of it in such a powerfulway. i thought, i don't think, i'm going to live long enough to see it, which is another amazing thing, you know? and she'll be there to remain generations to come. in the early hours of this morning, the ghostly image of lct 707a made what was meant to be herfinal move by barge from portsmouth naval base to her new home at southsea, but with strong winds, her plans landing will have to be postponed till later this week. like d—day, it is the weather that has the final say. jonathan beale, bbc news, southsea. fingers crossed she will be in that location soon if the weather holds. yeah. stay with us. the headlines are up next. hello. this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. here's a brief round—up of today's main stories. children are more at risk of long—term harm if they do not attend school than if they return to the classroom despite coronavirus, the uk's chief medical officers have warned. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due back at school within weeks. schools in scotland have already returned. in a joint statement, the advisers said children have an exceptionally low risk of dying from covid—19. england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, also said it's unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. fines of up to £10,000 for the organisers of illegal mass gatherings will come into force in england next week. from friday, anyone attending events of more than 30 people will also faces fines of £100 each. it comes as police are handed more powers to deal with those flouting coronavirus lockdown restrictions following a rise in incidents. us president donald trump has declared that wildfires burning through homes and devastating precious forestry in california are a major disaster. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and at least six people have died. forecasters are warning there could be more blazes. let's get our first check in on the sport. john has all the details this morning. morning, ben and rachel. another day and another host of records for england's cricketers — in particular zak crawley and jos buttler. what can you say about their performances? the pair piled on the runs on day two of the third test against pakistan, england declaring on 583 in southampton. and with james anderson taking three wickets shortly after, they'll be eyeing victory today. maz farookhi reports. a moment to savour. len hutton, david gower and now is that crawly. at 22 the englishman becomes the third youngest to score a double century for his country. endings like his proved to be matchwinners, and crawley‘s record—breaking fifth wicket partnership withjos buttler put england in complete control. on a rain affected morning it was buttler reaching the landmark first, his second test hundred. crawley had to wait till after lunch for his milestone, this adds a rare nervy moment. the outside edge takes that crawly to his first double century — outstanding. pakistan, out of ideas, needed a part—time bowler and a stomping to remove crawley. he was eventually out for 267. buttler out hoot ‘s own ca reer—best eventually out for 267. buttler out hoot ‘s own career—best total of 252 before england captain joe hoot ‘s own career—best total of 252 before england captainjoe wyk declared with 583 on the board. there was time forjames anderson to rattle through three of pakistan's top order batsman before the close, but sunday's headlines will be about one man. it's a nice feeling getting that big school, and very humbling to be on that list, and i'm very proud. there's a lot of low points ona proud. there's a lot of low points on a cricketer‘s career so i'll be sure enjoy tonight, for sure. crawley was picked on potential but for now he has shown he has the stature needed for the test arena. great to see what was a sensational innings yesterday. it was october 2018 when britain's andy murray last played on the tennis tour, but the two time wimbledon champion is back — and winning again. at the bottom of your screen, in the white cap, he beat american frances tiafoe in three sets in the opening round of the western and southern 0pen. the tournament is a warm—up event for the us open, which gets underway in eight days at flushing meadows. fellow brits kyle edmund, cameron norrie and heather watson all lost, however. but a big win for andy murray ahead of the us open. as we know, a lot of big names will be missing the tournament this year. british boxer dillian whyte's world title hopes — and potential matchup against tyson fury — are over for now as he was knocked out in fight staged in a bio bubble in essex. whyte was floored in the fifth round by alexander povetkin. that's despite the russian being knocked down twice before. whyte does have a rematch clause, however. he could potentially get that much up he could potentially get that much up in the future. no such problems for ireland's katie taylor. she won her rematch on points, meaning she retains her four world titles. what a knockdown that was. steven gerrard's rangers are three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—0 win over kilmarnock. celtic returned to league action for the first time in 13 days with a 1—0 win at dundee united, new signing albian ajeti with the goal. celtic‘s last two games were postponed after a player broke self—isolation rules. elsewhere, hamilton won and the game at st mirren was a draw. it's the champions league final tonight as paris st germain take on bayern munich meanwhile in the women's tournament — arsenal are out. despite being level at the break they lost 2—1 to psg in the quarterfinals. harlequins' chances of making the play—offs in rugby union's gallagher premiership took a dent as they were beaten by saracens. the reigning domestic and european champions have already been relegated after breaking salary cap regulations, but are still making their presence felt in the league, alex lewington scoring in their bonus point win. there were also wins for northampton and bath. it's crazy seeing saracens do that. they've had that success, still winning matches, and yet they are going to be relegated — you can't get your head around that. you wondered what motivation they would have coming back, but the players, as we've seen, because of their loyalty to the club anyway — there's obviously something they wa nt to there's obviously something they want to prove, and my goodness, it's going to be tough in the championship, isn't it? you've seen how some of the players go already. some associate that loyalty with the club. have you ever seen a scenario like this with a tea m seen a scenario like this with a team that's so on top? i know they've broken the rules, but imagine immediately being relegated. it's one of those that you still can't quite believe it's happening. it's making for a slightly bizarre and to the rugby season, although exeter are still riding high. we are watching them. time now for a look at coronavirus: your stories from bbc news. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a program about how covid—19 is changing lives around the world. i'm philippa thomas and this week we're looking at hotspots — places in the world where the threat of coronavirus remains stark, where people still feel a real sense of emergency. very often when we talk about this virus, we talk about statistics, the numbers of rising infections. the stories, stories of grief and despair and of resilience, often get overshadowed. today we hear one of those stories from the united states which still leads the world in terms of covid infections and deaths. when angela kender lost her mother to the virus injune, she started a project to commemorate her, presenting their pictures to lawmakers in missouri to ensure, in her words, that loved ones are being acknowledged. we'll start with by far the hardest hit country in africa — south africa, where a state of emergency was called as covid—19 cases shot up past half a million. those restrictions have now been lifted, partly to try to revive a flagging economy. there's a real problem with rising unemployment and even hunger. but some of the fastest reactions to these multiple crises has come not from the authorities but self organising groups. they‘ re called ‘community action networks' or cans. we've been hearing from public sector doctor and health systems activist leanne brady, and community organiser nadia mayman, who've come together in the network cape town together. this is a health crisis of course with those social economic impact of this health crisis is really, really intense, and i mean, in the work that we've been doing, certainly, those kind of consequences of the crisis have been hugely difficult to manage during the lockdown. many people have been without income, without access to food, some without access to water as well. and nadia, what have you been seeing — what do you think has been most difficult? i think for our community that is basically a working class community, the assistance from the state has not been forthcoming and as a result, our people felt that they would die of hunger rather than of the disease, and that has made it extremely difficult for us because we've had to respond in various ways. when you tell me some people fear they might die of hunger, some of our viewers might think, ‘cape town — the cape town area is wealthy, what's going on?‘ that is not our daily lived realities on the ground. we have got areas where unemployment is rife and on top of that, we were faced with this pandemic and it has been extremely difficult for community— based organisations to respond during this difficult time at the best of our ability without any aid. so, leanne, tell us more about what you've been doing within cape town together to deal with these actual realities. the first thing to say to build on what nadia said is of course, cape town is an extremely divided city and what covid—19 did is it shone a light on and amplified the deep inequalities that we have in our society that are long—standing and historical. and cape town together kind of emerged in this context. so it was kickstarted by a group of social activist, community organisers and public health professionals as a rapid community—led response to covid—19. it is made up of self—organising neighbourhood—based groups who are taking action in their own local neighbourhoods, and many of us are part of the cans in our neighbourhood. so for example, i'm part of the salt river can and nadia is part of the bonteheuwel can. while we take action in our local, our local neighbourhoods, we also seek to connect across the city because in a city as divided as cape town, organising across race and class and social divides is extremely important always, especially at a time like this. what kind of actions have worked best? there is a huge multitude of things that have happened. because each neighbourhood is different, there is no one size fits all. and people have been responding in different ways based on what challenges they face, based on the challenges we face in our own neighbourhoods, and that has ranged from mask making to mobilising around access to water, to setting up community care centres, to going door to door with pamphlets safely to kind of spread information and awareness. so really, the kinds of actions we have seen have been, yeah, have been incredibly powerful and incredibly daring. there are also been phases of actions. for example, in the beginning when we were all still learning about what covid—19 was and what it meant for us as a society, there were a lot of activities that focused on mobilising around awareness activities. but after the hard lockdown, as food and security became such a challenge for so many people in the city, people started delivering food parcels. when food parcels couldn't go far enough, people set up community kitchens and hundreds and hundreds of community kitchens have sprung up across the city where people are cooking, often in their own homes, for their neighbours. what we now see is more and more cans working to set up sustainable food systems to keep these community kitchens going. we've also seen very powerful actions of providing covid care at the neighbourhood level. so with something like covid—19, 85% of people don't need hospital care but they still need care, and because many people in cape town are unable to isolate in their own homes, staying home safely if you have covid becomes incredibly difficult. nadia, this sounds like a remarkable collaboration. how has it felt to you the way things have come together? for us as a community, it has been absolutely amazing. there's no doubt that we as a community would've responded in our own little pockets but having been part of the cape town together network has strengthened us with regard to, has strengthened us with regard to, and not just resources, but also education and working together across race and class and spatial divides which leanne has highlighted. and one of our desires is that post—lockdown and post—covid, that we can continue working across these divides to building a better society for all. nadia, i remember reporting on the great hope that came with the beginning of the true multiracial democracy in south africa — that sense of optimism. there's been so much turbulence since. i wonder if you can put it in some perspective for us. does this bring back some of the optimism for you? it does in many ways. post—apartheid i — and this is my personal opinion — that we were enthusiastic and were looking forward to a better south africa. 25 years plus down the line, a lot of things have changed but a lot of things remain the same, especially for poorer communities, you know. nothing has changed for us. we are living in the same conditions, and maybe worse. we are afflicted with more challenges than we were before, meaning that gangsterism and drugs has taken its toll on many communities. the unemployment, the dropout rate of school—goers has increased greatly, our youth doesn't have alternatives and there are no opportunities for the young. we've been saddened by what we've seen not happening and what was promised to us many, many years ago. and it seems that the rich are getting richer and the poor is remaining where they are and our system of inequality isjust getting deeper and deeper. leanne, what do you think government, the authorities can learn from the way that these community action networks have come together and have generated results? quite often we see top—down solutions being developed very far away from the places where they will be implemented and from the people whose lives will be affected. i am cooking food for the whole community, so every day at 12:30pm, they have a dish. it doesn't matter what food there is to cook, i cook. this is my family cooking for our neighbourhood. something that my mum's been doing ever since i was born, she loves cooking. the collective energy and the collective wisdom that we've all drawn on as part of this movement has really been quite extraordinary in this time of crisis. i think what we've seen over the last five months is an incredible people—led, community—led movement. but of course, wider structural change is also needed. and i think that the kind of deep inequalities that have always been placed at the forefront of this time. so it is like covid—19 is teaching us many things and it's important that we listen to those things. doctor leanne brady and nadia mayman from the network, cape town together. you're watching coronavirus: your stories, a program about how covid—19 is changing lives around the world. i'm philippa thomas and this week we're looking at global hot spots. next, we'll go to the us midwest to the state of missouri, where angela kender has been gathering portraits of those who've died from the virus since she lost her own mother who was taken ill in her nursing home. she went into the hospital on may 31, it was the second time that she had gone. on may 20, she went for the first time and she had shortness of breath, rapid heart rate and a fever, but she was testing negative. and i talked to the hospital staff and said, you know, this doesn't make sense, she has all the symptoms but you are telling me that she is negative, and they said, "yeah, the tests are only about 70%—80% accurate, and you should expect her to switch to positive at any time." and then she stayed at the hospital for a few days and was tested a few more times, each time she was negative and then they released her, for a few days, and then she went back on may 31. that was a sunday night and then at that point she was positive and admitted into the icu. and as she got worse, you to take some very difficult decisions about a ventilator, for example. well, my mom had always said that she did not want to be kept alive by a machine, so a true ventilator was not an option. where she ended up was what's called a bipap machine, the bipap forced air in and forced air out. as they put it on her, she was fighting to get it off, she did not want it on her, so eventually when they said, you know, she's just had such low oxygen for so long and she's not a good candidate to recover from this, you can leave the bipap on for days, weeks, or you can take it off and she would die within15—20 minutes, so. i chose to let them take it off of her onjune 6. were you able to be with her? 0h. uh, no. they let me videoconference with her, so, she went in on sunday night, i got to videoconference with her on tuesday and wednesday. tuesday, i thought she was going to be ok, she was talking, putting together full sentences, and then wednesday it was totally different, she wasn't coherent anymore and it was very scary and i knew we had a really serious problem. and that was the last time taht i got to talk to her where she was responsive. and then on saturday, that's the day that we took the bipap off, they let me videoconference with her again just so that i could say the things that i wanted to say to her. and she didn't respond in any way, not even a finger twitch, nothing. she wasn't. .. there wasn't any more in her. they said that i could have gone in, i could have gotten completely decked out and gone in, but then i would have needed to quarantine. and at the time i had a three—month—old baby and a four—year—old son, and i could not risk, i couldn't be away from, you know, my three—month—old for weeks and i couldn't risk, hurting my immediate family and my home, so... angela, i really appreciate you telling us about what you've been through. i wonder what you would like us to know about your mother and her life, dr gaye griffin—snyder. she was a licensed clinical therapist here in missouri and i have had just so many people reach out to me after learning that she passed away telling me how she truly saved their lives, was such an amazing mentor for them. so, she did amazing good for people. for me, she was a single parent and i'm her only child, and so she was literally my everything. she taught me how to have fun, how to be strong. how to keep going when you're scared, and that's what she had always done. you, then, designed a project to remind others that those who die from covid are individuals and they are beloved. tell us a bit about your project, angela. you know, this pandemic has been scary, and even before i knew someone who was — who had lost their life to it, it was scary. but then, when my mother passed away and i couldn't mourn the way that i normally would have mourned, i couldn't see my family safely, i felt really, like, isolated. and i started thinking about how many of us out there that feel the same way. i wanted to put, like, have these people represented. have it not be for nothing. put faces to the numbers thatjust keep going up every day, and we just talk about it like it's not that big of a deal, and it's a huge deal. so i started posting in the support groups on facebook about wanting to gather pictures of missourians who had passed away from covid, and take them to the capital, because our state government was having a special session last weekend the week before, and they were not addressing covid—19. that's probably the only thing that they should have been addressing in a special session, but they weren't. so i wanted to take those pictures and i wanted to make them see the faces that — what we're really losing, and hope that that would encourage them to do the absolute bare minimum basics, which isjust require masks. it's not hard. how did they respond? well, i was very lucky in that i was able to have a press conference where i got to give a statement and get some media attention which, that part went very well. i head also printed out what i call flyers for each person that was shared with me that had their picture, their name, their age if i got it and their story, a brief story about them. and i took those to the top elected officials' offices. unfortunately, the front office staff at each one of the top elected officials told me that that official was not there. so i had to give my message and the flyers to front office staff and hope that they will convey it the way that i want it to be conveyed. so that part did not go as i had hoped, but i will be going back. and so, when i go back, i will work again to get face—to—face time with these people. angela, you're telling a number of stories. can you share anything with us that particularly stayed with you from all these different family memories that you're being sent now? what got me the most was a girl that reached out to me. she's 28 and her brother is 25, and herfather died, he was young, healthy, and her saying to me, "my brother and i, we needed so much more time with him. we had so much more to learn from him." and it hurts me and i know that there are so many people in this country, in this world, everywhere, that have lost people prematurely and they are scared to leave their homes because they know what this virus can do, they've seen it. and they feel that they're not being heard. here, we've had our loved ones taken from us, prematurely, and people won'tjust put on a mask to protect each other, and that's offensive. it's a slap in our faces because we have lost one of the most important things in the world to us. sharing these sorrowful stories, you are putting yourself through a lot. yeah, it's extremely painful to take on, learn these stories and be trying to deliver this message in a way that actually invokes change, but after being at the capitol last week and seeing how our leaders and their staff are behaving, i'm angry now, and that anger is propelling me to keep going. how do you know that what you are doing is helping? well, i don't know that it's helping my overarching goal of getting our leaders to mandate masks and things that will keep us safe, but i know for sure that i am helping the families that have reached out to me. they have thanked me for being strong enough for them to make their person's story known, and notjust a number, so if i don't win in this battle, if you will, with the state to try to get them to protect us, i at least know that i have helped these families who have reached out to me feel like it wasn't for nothing, and that there's more people out there that are experiencing what they are experiencing, and they are not alone. our thanks to angela kender, and for her courage in sharing her emotions with us. she is determined that her mother and others should be remembered not as numbers or statistics, but as individuals who lost their lives to covid—19. i'm philippa thomas, thank you for watching coronavirus: your stories. good morning. welcome to breakfast. the headlines this morning: schools are safe: the uk's chief medical officers seek to reassure pa rents as millions of children prepare to return to the classroom. many more are likely to be harmed by not going than harmed by going, even during this pandemic. a crackdown on illegal gatherings which break social distancing rules. new fines of up to £10,000 for the worst offenders come into force this week. president trump declares deadly wildfires in california a major disaster and releases federal aid to help the state. thousands have been forced from their homes. it was a record breaking day for england. zak crawley‘s 267 and jos buttler‘s century puts the hosts in control and eyeing victory today in the third and final test with pakistan. good morning. recent gusty winds slowly easing today, but it's still a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. all the details throughout the morning. it's sunday the 23rd of august. our top story: children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus — that's according to the uk's chief medical adviser. professor chris whitty also said it's unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due to return to school within weeks. schools in scotland have already gone back. health correspondent laura foster reports. this is how many schools have looked for months. but with the summer holidays nearly over in wales, northern ireland and england, many are busy changing things to keep pupils, staff and the wider community safe. scientific evidence shows children are unlikely to become severely ill from coronavirus, and some even suggest they spread the virus less than adults. of course the floor markers... at this primary school in east london, they are looking forward to having the children back. i worry about the lack of social interaction those children have had. i worry about the lack of development. i look at things like theirfine motor skills — the way they would hold a pencil, the way they would form their words, so their speech and language. some of those children won't have had those experiences over this time. any area that would normally see gatherings in groups has been closed — the staffroom, the library, the lunch hall. start times will be staggered at the school gates. playtime is going to look very different. in order to keep children within their year group bubbles, here they've marked out different sections of the playground for them using these coloured barriers. that's to stop them mingling. the rest of the playground is going be used for pe, something that's still very important during these coronavirus times. the chief medical officer for england says a vaccine is unlikely to be ready before winter next year, so businesses such as shops and restaurants may be forced to close to keep children learning. we are walking an incredibly narrow path between relaxing enough as individuals and as a society that actually transmission takes off or overdoing it and doing damage socially and economically, which we didn't need to. it's an incredibly narrow path we are working. there's not much room for manoeuvre. it means measures in schools like this one will be in place for several months yet. we can speak now to our political correspondent leila nathoo for more on this. we've heard from england's chief medical officers on the issue of schools. does that follow the advice from politicians too? i think the government is clearly hoping the message from professor whitty and his colleagues will persuade parents and teachers it is safe to get children back into classrooms. you may remember a couple of months ago there was a plan to get primary school children in england at least into classrooms before the summer holidays. that had to be abundant at the picture ended up to be abundant at the picture ended up being more patchy. we've been hearing from the prime minister in recent weeks — talking about a moral duty to get children into the classrooms in recent weeks. there is a clear economic benefit too in addition to the benefits for the children themselves of getting them back into classrooms. the parents would be able to get back to work now, so this is a priority for the government. but the labour leader keir starmer is saying, look, you should have been planning for the schools' return, accusing the government of putting the return address, and it is turning into a big political test for ministers given what's happened with the results in recent weeks to get schools opened fully and safely. for now, thank you. 0rganisers of illegal gatherings in england could be fined up to £10,000 from next week as police are given more powers against those breaking coronavirus rules. the new measures could also see tougher penalties for those who fail to wear face coverings when required. andy moore reports. filmed from a police helicopter, an illegal party in a back garden at gorton in manchester. police said it was attended by over 200 people, and they were pelted with missiles when they tried to break it up. the women who organised it was fined £100. soon she and others like her could face much biggerfines. around 3,000 people attended this event near bristol. arrests were made and equipment seized, but from friday ahead of the bank holiday weekend, the courts will have far greater powers. anyone organising a rave or an unlicensed music event of more than 30 people could face a fine of up to £10,000. anyone attending could be fined £100, with that fine doubling for every subsequent defence. the home secretary, priti patel, said these gatherings are dangerous and those who organised them show a blatant disregard for the safety of others. "i am pleased the police have already stepped up their response, and i am giving them the tools they need to continue to keep us safe." in london, police have responded to over 1000 illegal events since the end ofjune. at many of them officers were injured as they tried to break up the gatherings. police forces across the country are planning to step up their patrols next weekend to stop such events. they are warning the organisers that equipment will be seized and they could be prosecuted. they are also calling for the public‘s help in giving them early notice that an illegal gathering is starting. also on friday new fines come into effect for people who persistently refuse to wear face masks where it sorted. those fines will start at £100 and then double up to a maximum of £3,200 for each repeat offence. us president donald trump has declared that wildfires burning through homes and devastating precious forestry in california are a major disaster. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and at least six people have died. 0ur north american correspondent peter bowes reports from los angeles. some of the biggest wildfires california has ever seen. the north of the state is the worst affected. there are multiple blazes burning in the mountains around palo alto in the san francisco bay area. and another complex of fires is wreaking havoc in wine country south of sacramento. in all, almost 600 separate fires, many of them started by a series of rare dry lightning storms. a blanket of smoke hangs over much of the state. 175,000 people have been told to leave their homes. some are nervous about taking shelter in crowded evacuation centres because of the coronavirus. there are more cases in california than any other us state. with local firefighters growing weary from the unrelenting battle, backup crews have been drafted in from neighbouring states and further afield. it is hoped teams will fly in from canada and australia, to help tackle the growing inferno. officials are warning that there may be worse to come, with more lightning forecast and blistering heat that could go on for another week. california is used to the annual threat from wildfires, but they are getting worse. record temperatures, the lightning, tinder—dry brush — a perfect storm for a long, hot summer of destruction. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. australia is also experiencing extreme conditions of a very different type — a rare weather event has triggered snowfall across several states just days before the official start of spring. heavy snow has closed some roads and there are concerns that power cables could be damaged, though for many the unusual conditions have also proved a source of fun. phil mercer reports. a rare antarctic blast has turned parts of south—eastern australia white. blizzards have brought chaos to some roads, and the icy cold front has sent temperatures plummeting way below average. talents to the west of sydney in the blue mountains have been blanketed by late winter snowfall. a few months ago the region was battling bushfires, but this has been a treat for locals and visitors. it's brilliant, especially for the kids and other people that can't get to the snow or those that don't quite have the funds or the finance for the snow — this is absolutely brilliant for them. up to a metre of snow has fallen elsewhere in the state of new south wales. the wintry blast has hit victoria and local wildlife has had to contend with the icy conditions. but there are fears that trees and power lines could colla pse that trees and power lines could collapse under the weight. forecasters have said this is a one in15 year forecasters have said this is a one in 15 year weather event. australia isa in 15 year weather event. australia is a land of extremes. snowfall is on its mountains every year, but the amount varies. want to have a taste? no. the complex wintry weather system that brought this spectacle is expected to ease. a world away in the tropics, the temperature in the city of darwin on sunday will reach 34 city of darwin on sunday will reach 3a celsius. we are going to talk more about that a little later — extreme weather conditions. good morning to you. you are with breakfast on bbc news. more now on our top story. the uk's chief medical adviser has reassured parents it's safe for children to go back to school. professor chris whitty said missing lessons would do children more damage in the long—term and the risk of them dying from coronavirus is incredibly small. the chances of children catching covid and getting long—term problems asa covid and getting long—term problems as a result of it solely due to going to school are incredibly small — not zero but incredibly small. the chances of many children being damaged by not going to school are incredibly clear, and therefore the balance of risk is very strongly in favour of children actually going to school, because many more are likely to be harmed by not going than harmed by going, even during this pandemic. so how do teachers feel about getting back to work? do they have any concerns? we can speak now to teacher helen carter from the burnage academy for boys in manchester. good morning. how are you doing? good morning. how are you doing? good morning. how are you doing? good morning. fine, thank you. i've read covid secure return to school plans for a secondary school and primary school — i know how complex this is for teachers. how has it been for you and your colleagues?m has been a very intense process. we spent the latter part of last term planning a really detailed return programme. we've been planning throughout the summer to ensure children can return safely. we've been working hard with the site team to ensure we have hand sanitiser at every classroom. we now have five separate entrances for the five separate entrances for the five separate year groups. school will look very different this september. how different is your average school day going to be for students when they return? i know every school has different needs depending quite often on the physical structure of the school. what's it looking like for you? our children will be contained in year group bubbles, so children will no longer move around the school during the school day. they will stay in a specific area. for example, our year 11 pupils will have all their lessons in the english area, and it will be teachers who moved from classroom to classroom. the exception is when children have pe, because we class thatis children have pe, because we class that is very important, and the children will go to the pe area for that. and key stage 4 students, gcse, will also move to an area for their practical subject. for example, if they take design technology, that particular lesson will be delivered in the design technology room. but what children will see throughout the day as increase in cleaners, who will be cleaning these specific areas throughout the day. have you got any concerns you will spend more time managing this situation, getting children to keep apart and to use the hand sanitiser, than you will on educating them? no, ithink the hand sanitiser, than you will on educating them? no, i think the children are very aware of the importance of hand sanitiser, because it's become such a routine pa rt because it's become such a routine part of our lives now. i think the children will be aware that's what they have to do. it will be at every classroom. the government have said children aren't allowed to mix in those year group bubbles, so they won't be able to mix with their older brothers or sisters if it's a mixed school or friends in different year groups at break times, so we will be keeping the children apart like that. but in terms of the year group themselves, will they be allowed to mix with each other. we know some individual schools have been allowed to ask or insist that pupils wearface been allowed to ask or insist that pupils wear face coverings at all times when inside the school. a couple of schools in scotland as well have started looking at this, possibly wearing face coverings, as they move around the school in corridors or so on. is that something you've been looking at? we will follow the advice from the government. at the moment it states they just need to government. at the moment it states theyjust need to wear a face mask on public transport, so presently our advice is that students will remove those when they get to the school site. however, if remove those when they get to the schoolsite. however, if that remove those when they get to the school site. however, if that advice changes, we will obviously ensure that students do wear them around the school site. i think to teach in one could be quite difficult, because teaching is very active, very expressive. children read a lot from body language and facial expression, and certainly if you have pupils in your class who are hearing impaired, if a teacher is wearing a face mask, that might prove problematic for some students. all kinds of issues with that. so what about confidence on the part of pa rents ? what about confidence on the part of parents? you are going to really need them to be on board for this to work. have you spoken to parents? are they concerned about sending their children back, and do you think you will have everyone but at the start of term, a full register? i think we'll have to wait and see what happens in september. when we reopen for year ten students in late june, we experienced about 60% of the year group attended. the others didn't because their parents were concerned. we have written to pa rents concerned. we have written to parents and communicated with them at all times throughout this process , at all times throughout this process, as indeed all schools have done, keeping parents informed of their plans. i think we will see a large number of students return in september, and those parents who do have concerns — we will work closely with them to ensure they realise the site is as secure as we can make it and children do need to come back to school. it's been a long time. they need to re—engage with their learning. it's also the issue of their mental health issues. children need to be back in the classroom where teachers are best placed to look after them and help them make the progress they need for their learning. good luck with it all. thank you. alongside his advice for parents on schools, professor chris whitty also spoke about a vaccine for coronavirus. he said a working jab wouldn't be ready by the end of this year, but we may have one for next winter. we can speak now to the epidemiologist professor sian griffiths. sian griffiths, good morning to you. let's talk about that vaccine quickly. the idea that we don't get the vaccine for this winter, that sort of changes the timing, doesn't it, of us thinking about how we may emerge from some of these restrictions? not really. because we had been saying throughout that the vaccine development race is on. people are hoping there will be a vaccine but even if we find a vaccine, how we going to get it to everybody, how we going to make sure that it works. so all of those questions are for scientists stop our challenge now is to get children back to school in september in a way they can continue their learning and social development. we were hearing from the deputy head of one school. what you make of what we have heard about getting children back, getting them back safely, but also given the logistical challenges of schools we know it is difficult to enforce some of those rules, isn't it? it is difficult. but i think you heard there the amazing preparation plans that have been going ahead. and if you look at the guidance, the global guidance from the world health 0rganization guidance from the world health organization and other countries, very similar guidance from the uk. the key challenge is to reduce transmission in schools but to continue that educational development. and it is protecting children. if we don't get our kids back to school, it is going to harm their life chances, as chris whitty says, it is going to increase social inequalities and can be harmful to mental and physical health. so i think what we need to do is make schools as safe as possible. i mean, it will be a learning process. if you create bubbles here, bubbles and ta ke you create bubbles here, bubbles and take all of the steps described by helenjust now, take all of the steps described by helen just now, you take all of the steps described by helenjust now, you can reduce the risk of transmission in schools, but then there is also the issue of the interface between zone communities and parents and all of those sorts of issues. so you need to see schools within a wider context.|j wa nted schools within a wider context.|j wanted to ask you about that. while we may acknowledge it is less risky for children in schools, what about all of the associated things? pa rents all of the associated things? parents at school gates, for example? that's right. if you are going to go to a school gate to drop off your child, it will be staggered andi off your child, it will be staggered and i think you know you have to remember the messages about social distancing. you know, the good hygiene messages. if you're going to sneeze, all of those simple messages we had really apply even more. as chris whitty said, it's the narrow path we are trading. we want the children to go back to school but we don't want increased transmission in the community. i think some of the times when people forget about transmission are, for example, in the staffroom or in the works canteen or in coffee room at work. you must remember to wear a mask, to wash your hands and keep social distancing in those situations. because that is how the disease spreads, in situations outside homes. that is another place we have heard so much about in the last few weeks about transmission of disease between generations. so i think this is about everybody, putting kids first, that education is really important, and what we all need to do, whether it is at work or at home or collecting the kids from school or collecting the kids from school or on public transport, what we all need to do to play our part in this fight against covid. because looking for a vaccine, it would be fantastic if we can get vaccines into the community in the future, but we are not there at the beginning of the year, not there at the beginning of the yea r, let's not there at the beginning of the year, let's hope we can get actually the kids back safely. and i think people should be reassured. this statement has not just people should be reassured. this statement has notjust been signed by chris whitty but by all four chief medical 0fficers by chris whitty but by all four chief medical officers and their deputies. in the past we have seen some differences between the different countries in the uk, you know, wales or scotland or england doing slightly different things. this time they are all saying it together. sian, it's good to talk to you. thank you for your thoughts this morning. sian griffiths looking through some of the implications as we have pa rents through some of the implications as we have parents trying to get their kids back to school. the difficulty of enforcing that and the rules schools are having. for once i was diligent and read through the extensive document. i printed it off because i couldn't sit at a screen and read it. it is long and vastly consecrated. i know all individual schools are doing their best to get things back to some sort of normality, but as a parent, let here if you are confident about sending your kid back to school? nearly it has happened in scotland already, children will be going back to school in other parts of the united kingdom in the next few weeks. use the hashtag on social media. let's checkin the hashtag on social media. let's check in on what the weather is looking like this sunday morning. louise has the details for us. good morning, louise. hi there, ben. well, sport is trying to get back to normality but i struggled to watch yesterday in my local village because it was so windy. i felt for the fast bowlers. you will be pleased to hear today the winds will ease down a touch, still a case of sunny spells and scattered showers developing across the country. isobars opening up, which means the winds are easing right across the uk. this week little whether frontier is enhancing showers through northern ireland into northern england, and eventually across north wales and then pushing perhaps further east into parts of lincolnshire and east anglia as we go through the afternoon. 0ut lincolnshire and east anglia as we go through the afternoon. out of that the showers should be fairly isolated today. bill can't rule out the chance you would get one but they will be light and few and far in between. scotland should be good today. it is going to feel on the chilly side, lighter winds than the last couple of days, we shouldn't see gus more than 25—30 miles an hour, but this could be cool in the north, 11— 16 degrees, the highest 22, 72 fahrenheit for the south—east. through this evening and overnight, we have seen those clear skies by day in scotland, temperatures will fall away into low single figures in sheltered rural glens of scotland, but for the end of the night, we will see a band of showery rain developing in south—west england, south—west wales, some of the quite heavy. it will drift its way steadily east. the bases that are not going to see as many showers today will have more showers tomorrow, from central and southern parts of england and wales, heading east. top temperatures tomorrow afternoon of12— heading east. top temperatures tomorrow afternoon of 12— 21 degrees. heads up as we move into thursday, of change and perhaps for many, not for the better. an area of low pressure will bring rain as it moves north and winds will strengthen, gusting to go for is again on exposed coast. they will be the story through tuesday and potentially to wednesday as well as that low pressure really takes its time to clear away. let's take a look at that in more detail. you can see first thing in tuesday morning, a swathe of cloud and rain pushing its way steadily northwards, grinding toa its way steadily northwards, grinding to a halt in the middle of the afternoon into northern ireland and central scotland. even behind, once the bulk of the rain has cleared, gale force winds and squally showers following on behind. not a pleasant day, particularly if you are still on holiday, particularly if you are trying to gap in these weather conditions. 13-17 in gap in these weather conditions. 13—17 in the north, 20— 21 degrees, certainly could be a lot better. we'll get any warmer? no, it won't, as we go through the week. it doesn't like it will dry up but for northern ireland, and wales, we have a bank holiday. was that your own photo of the cricket at the beginning? it was staffordshire. i wasn't that clever! i was well impressed. 0h wasn't that clever! i was well impressed. oh well. sorry! let's talk about how we continue to manage the coronavirus situation, particularly with these local lockdowns all over the place. "we will continue to crack down on the small minority who think they are above the law" — that's the message from the home secretary priti patel as she gives police more powers to enforce lockdown rules across england. from next week, anyone organising illegal gatherings could be fined up to £10,000. we're joined now by inspector andy berry, chair of the devon and cornwall police federation. good morning. do you welcome the increase in these fines, will that be useful for you and your colleagues? good morning. well, i'm not seeing these proposed new regulations yet, again, the police are kind of the last people to find out about these legislative changes. but having said that, at a time when many of my colleagues are very frustrated around these sorts of interpretation of the different bits of guidance, what his guidance, what is law, anything that can provide us with definitive powers that we can use to control these large gatherings has got to be helpful.m you didn't know this was coming, then? well, we tend to be the last people to actually be told the guidance. when the face coverings became law, we only receive the legislation about three hours before it became law. that was a frustration for colleagues. and you we re frustration for colleagues. and you were mentioning on about the hundreds of pages of guidance around schools. people out there it is quite confusing about what you can do, what you can't do. that brings them into conflict with my colleagues, and they perhaps were doing that was ok, which perhaps is in. so, clarity is the key, that is really what we want at the moment. this is a huge part of the problem, isn't it? because if you look and the different parts of the united kingdom, for example, about who you can meet up inside your home with and the number of different households that can be involved in any one time, it is different wherever you are in the united kingdom, it's different within england, of course, because of these local lockdowns. evan and corn while not affected by that at the moment. —— devon and cornwall how many fines have you handed out in devon and cornwall? i can't give you the number, but it has been some number. the largest fines in the country, some of them. this extra work, the government expecting us to crack down on coronavirus breaches is just, you know, really difficult for us. at the moment we are seeing an unprecedented surge in demand on us. since last year we have had 5500 calls also during the week, last week was 6500, so a substantial increase in calls on our service and we are only funded, we are not funded for the holiday trade, tourism, generally. so we see a huge increase in people in devon and cornwall in the summer months, and we haven't got the funding of the stuff around. so summer is a struggle of the best of times, it a lwa ys struggle of the best of times, it always has been. i'm curious to ask. we saw images of illegal raves, we know that is associated with other types of criminality. at the lower level staff, manchester police, have come under stick for finding a household and the people who turned up, three families gathered for a child's birthday party. is that the kind of level of engagement that would want to be involved with, in your part of the country? —— finding a household. we are, you know, we area a household. we are, you know, we are a police force, we should be there primarily to deal with crime. that is what my colleagues want to do. what we don't want to do is break into children's birthday parties. that is not the kind of thing we want to do. but obviously if the regulations are there, then it is up to our with it. —— up to us to deal with it. it has brought us into conflict with people we would not normally come into contact with. and this increase for us was recorded as antisocial neighbours, and we have seen an unprecedented number of calls and where neighbours, other people are reporting these breaches and the additional demand is really bringing my colleagues and my members to, you know, fatigued and breaking point, almost, at the moment. well, thank you very much for all of what you are doing, inspector andy berry from devon and cornwall police, from the police federation there. they are increasing the fines as wellbeing handed out if you do not wear a face covering. £100 a time going up to a maximum of 3200 for each repeated offence. so if you are a consistent flouter, that is a problem. but whether they have the time or capacity to deal with this, that is a problem. we are going to speak to the residents who love their lockdown — street dancing — so much they've decided to keep it up for good. it's a wonderful story. we are going to talk to them just before nine o'clock this morning. stay with us. they had lines coming up stay with us. they had lines coming upforyou. —— stay with us. they had lines coming up for you. —— the headlines. hello. this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. children are more at risk of long—term harm if they do not attend school than if they return to the classroom despite coronavirus, the uk's chief medical officers have warned. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due back at school within weeks. schools in scotland have already returned. in a joint statement, the advisers said children have an "exceptionally low risk of dying" from covid—19. england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, also said it's unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. fines of up to £10,000 for the organisers of illegal mass gatherings will come into force in england next week. from friday, anyone attending events of more than 30 people will also faces fines of 100 pounds each. it comes as police are handed more powers to deal with those flouting coronavirus lockdown restrictions following a rise in incidents. let's get some more reaction now to those comments from the chief medical officers on schools with today's gp, dr ellie cannon. let's start with those comments from chris whitty. we know schools need to start to let adults get back to work, for example. what do you make of the advice? i think it's absolutely correct. the children have been out of school now for a long time, and we know for all children, but particularly those more deprived children, being out of education is incredibly damaging in the long—term, in terms of their literacy, in terms theirjob opportunities, and all of the things that will take them and give them a good life. when you compare that to the risks to them from coronavirus, really very, very much the benefit of being in school outweighs the risks. so it's absolutely the right guidance today. i know you have school age children yourself. how are you feeling is apparent about the kids going back?|j are you feeling is apparent about the kids going back? i am in a very fortu nate the kids going back? i am in a very fortunate position. my children were able to work online during lockdown. we have the resources to do that. i was around a little bit to help them. we have the garden, where they can exercise. and even they have felt low at times — they found it difficult, they found it difficult to catch up. they have missed all the normal things they should be doing — socialising and exercising. so of course if they are in a good position and they feel like that, there's a lot of children who haven't had those opportunities, who don't have the resources, who don't have the wi—fi, who don't have the digital enablement to be working properly from home. so it really makes you realise that all children need the opportunity to be at school. let's remember particularly from my work as a gp — and i do a lot of safeguarding — school isn't just about education. it's all about eating, education, it's about health. a lot of children feel safe when they are at school. it gives them the opportunity to speak to people. so it's a whole, holistic process for kids, and we really need to get them back into that. so let's talk about what else was in that advice on that update from professor chris whitty. talking about no vaccine before the end of this year. he should, he thinks, be ready for winter next year. does that affect the timing of how we emerge out of some of these restrictions?” the timing of how we emerge out of some of these restrictions? i don't think it well. we've always said the vaccination will not be one magic bullet. i don't think any epidemiologist has ever thought the vaccination will be the only answer. there will be multiple things that will take us out of this situation. we already have, for example, a medicine that works in the most severely ill people. my colleagues in icu are already much better than they were in march and april at treating the most severely ill patients. we know a lot more about the virus. they were testing, our tracing — all of these things — will go together to create the answer to coronavirus. i don't think we will be waiting for the vaccination. it will be a part of the story, not the whole story. let's talk about facemasks, because as part of the story we are looking up this morning increased fines for larger gatherings, but also for not complying with face coverings in public places where they are required. is that the answer, increasing the fine to make people comply? it's hard to say. in fact, when you look at the statistics, a lot of people do comply with the face coverings. perhaps we've made it too confusing. perhaps we have medicalised it too much. there's an interesting paper this week that talks about the way we have medicalised it in the uk, rather than making it a social action. at the end of the day, if we are wearing face coverings, we are doing that for each other — it's not about protecting ourselves. and it's important that the clothes shops in the fashion houses as they are are selling face coverings in order to almost make them trendy. i've been in restaurants where the waiters have face coverings that are branded to their restaurant, and that's really where we need to go. we have to look at fines, because that really is the only way that we can legislate this and we can really get people moving on it. but in fact the news is quite good in that a lot of people really are wearing those face coverings. good news. it's good to talk to you, as always. sunday morning — time for some sport. i know we will come to this ina sport. i know we will come to this in a moment, because we will start with the cricket, but i suddenly thought, my goodness, what happened in the boxing last night? i looked at some of the clips, and it wasn't at some of the clips, and it wasn't a great night for dillian whyte, was it? when he was knocked out, he was on the floor. he will be waking up with a sore head, but he will also be bitterly disappointed, because he's waited a long time for this potential shot at the world title, and he will be waiting a little while longer. what a day — a couple of days — it's beenin what a day — a couple of days — it's been in the cricket. what can you say about zak crawley? he called his 267 for england an achievemnet beyond his dreams. and it's hard to disagree when you consider he produced the tenth highest score by an english batsmen in the history of test cricket. and thanks to him and joss butler england will be hoping to secure victory in the third test with pakistan today. it was his first ever test double century, the 22—year—old becoming england's third youngest player to reach 200 in a test. at the other end buttler brought up 150, his highest score in a test, as the pair put on 359 together. england declared on 583, their biggest total in four years. you saw you sanimmy anderson doing his bit as well, taking three early wickets. they will look to seal a first test series win over pakistan in ten years. britain's andy murray has had his fair share of low points with injuries of late, but he's back and winning again as he gears up for the us open. he beat american frances tiafoe in three sets in the opening round of the western and southern 0pen, the tournament serving as a warm—up event for the grand slam at flushing meadows in eight days' time. not such a good day as fellow brits kyle edmund, cameron norrie and heather watson, who all lost. british boxer dillian whyte's world title hopes and potential matchup with tyson fury are over for now as he was knocked out in his latest fight. despite being on top early on against alexander povetkin, knocking the russian down twice in the fourth round. he was soon on the receiving end — floored by povetkin in the 5th. whyte should get a rematch. potentially he will get a tilt at that other much he wants. no such problems though for ireland's katie taylor. she won her rematch with delfine persoon on points, meaning she retains her four world titles. all staged in that bio bubble in essex. big game tonight — it's the champions league final as paris st—germain take on bayern munich in lisbon and in the women's tournament arsenal are out. despite being level at the break they lost 2—1 to psg in the quarterfinals, who are enjoying a great run in the men and women's competition. steven gerrard's rangers are three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—0 win over kilmarnock, while celtic returned to league action for the first time in 13 days with a 1—0 win at dundee united. new signing albian ajeti with the goal. celtic‘s last two games were postponed after a player broke self—isolation rules. saracens proved they're not going down without a fight as they beat harlequins. the reigning domesitc and european champions have already been relegated from the premiership after breaking salary cap regulations but are still making their presence felt. alex lewington scoring in their bonus point win. the pro—1a returned yesterday after five montshs, edinburgh sealing their semi—final spot after beating glasgow 30—15. charlie shiel with their third and final try. and wakefield are out of rugby league's challenge cup. they lost 36—24 to the catalans dragons. david mead with a hat—trick. they'll face salford in the quarters. we showed you yesterday on breakfast how to tackle tricky conditions when playing golf — thanks to eight—year—old flynn parsons. well, it turns out the american lindsey weaver was watching. she did this at the women's open on the 12th at royal troon. it really was a bit of a head in hands moment, wasn't it? unbelievable shot from her. she is however on one over par overall, five shots behind the leader sophia popov. the german's never won a professional title but could this be the day. a great shot — amazing, wasn't it? she's had a few troubles. she is not using a caddy this week, so she has been doing it all on her own. clearly it is potentially paying for her with shots like that. it's tough, isn't it? she's had a few problems with her buggy as well, which ended up at the bottom of the bunker. she has been fishing sand out of the bottom of her bag for the last couple of days as well. that's why you need a caddy explanation up exactly — someone to look after your stuff. ben has onejust look after your stuff. ben has one just to get him look after your stuff. ben has onejust to get him into look after your stuff. ben has one just to get him into the studio, for goodness's sake! nice to see you. gigs as we know them might be off limits for now — but one band has found a way to bring the party to the people without breaking social gathering rules. the party to the people? i love the band members share a home — as well as their love of music — and have just launched their first street tour. amanda harper has been to find out more. if you can't get to the band, how about they come to you? this is hyde park brass. the pandemic put a stop to their gigs this summer, so following the rules on social gatherings, they have taken their show on the road. we set up the crowdfunding and it got traction all over the uk. and it's a bit of a rollercoaster, but it's happening now, it's a thing. it's almost quite liberating in a sense, in a way, people coming out where they live, it's a different way to experience live music. and you are all living together? no followers yet. based in leeds, but the street were taken them across the country. it's all outdoors on the one thing they can control is the weather. —— but they have gone across the country. control is the weather. —— but they have gone across the countrym came down and i don't know how you felt, but i really enjoyed it. you're going through it on the street together, aren't you, it's like the lockdown, you're in it, in the street, in the rain. obviously the street, in the rain. obviously the challenges of bucketing yorkshire rain on top of them, but they were just brilliant. in terms ofa they were just brilliant. in terms of a modern uplift of what a brass band is, oh, wow an absolutely fantastic, loved it. even though it was dipping down in the middle, i don't think any of us get at all. it was brilliant. chris, you booked the band, did they deliver? they bring a big brass sound to our street in leeds. tremendous, when can you get live musicians on your doorstep, pointing and smiling at everyone's face? whether it's a special occasion or a chance to syrup your neighbours, alyssa naeher, they could be coming to a street near you, whatever the weather —— whatever the weather, they could be coming toa whatever the weather, they could be coming to a street near you. amanda harper, bbc news. the thing is, if you're a musician, you want to play, you want to get out there in whatever circumstances. you couldn't do that if that was a violin, that could end really badly. no, and it doesn't carry as far, does it? i love that, though, what a great story. good on them, even in the weather. louise can tell us if the weather. louise can tell us if the weather. louise can tell us if the weather is any better than we saw there was that is it a sign of things to come in southampton? yes, it has been causing havoc for the cricket. they have finally gotten under way, we got to see some test matches. u nfortu nately, see some test matches. unfortunately, you remember the second test in southampton, they we re second test in southampton, they were plagued by some torrential widespread downpours. i am pleased to say today that i think it should be dry all day, a very nice thing indeed. sunny and scattered showers, so whether it is professional cricket or amateur, i think games will get under way today. wind is easing as well, so that is good news. isobar is starting to open up across the uk, this fellow here will enhance some showers today and it could be a bit of a nuisance across northern ireland, northern england, gradually they are going to get their way towards the east of the pennines departed lincolnshire and east anglia through the middle part of the afternoon. south of that there will be a few showers but they should be fairly isolated. for scotland, it will be a better day, largely financial right, a few isolated showers here. looking at the wind direction from the north, never a warm source! these are the average wind speeds, we should probably getjust average wind speeds, we should probably get just that 20—25 miles an hour, for some, but that should impact the view of the weather. 11-16, impact the view of the weather. 11—16, may be 22 in the south. we will see new cells developing across the south—west and into south wales, some of those quite heavy as well. further north, we keep those clear skies, such as falling into single figures, low single figures believe it or not in sheltered rural glens of scotland, a bit of a shock to the system, really. dry with sunshine coming through, showers down to the south—west, they will drift their wave steadily —— drift their way steadily further east. top temperatures on monday, 12— 21 degrees, showers will hail in insignificance as a net area of lupus moves in on tuesday, wednesday feature to the flank about low —— insignificance as an area of low pressure m oves insignificance as an area of low pressure moves in. we are back to gales and potentially heavy rain. so there could be travel disruption around, i suspect, there could be travel disruption around, isuspect, through there could be travel disruption around, i suspect, through the middle part of the week. listening and watching the weather forecast, we will keep you updated. here are the thoughts, that rain will gradually drift its way into northern ireland and scotland, squally showers following on behind, gapless temperatures, do you want to know the temperatures? probably not, but here you go, 14— 21 degrees —— gale force temperatures. another blast of summer we may have been hoping for. thank you, louise. we will be back with the headlines for you at eight a.m.. time now for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. first up, the one we have all been waiting for — tenet, christopher nolan's action epic which was delayed due to the pandemic. and it's finally, hopefully, coming to cinemas this wednesday the 26th. we all believe we'd run into the burning building. but until we feel that heat, we can never know. you do. many multiplex opening dates have been decided by this release. it's the first major blockbuster to debut on the big screen since lockdown, and it's coming out in the uk before the united states. i've been lucky enough to see it in 70mm imax, and after months of small—screen viewing, it felt really special — and a little bit eerie — to be watching this on a huge screen wearing a mask. welcome to the afterlife. tenet starsjohn david washington, son of denzel, as a spy who is recruited to a top—secret mission to prevent a disastrous world event. after a spectacular opening establishing his fabulous skills, he's let in on the secret of inversion, a method of reversing the flow of time that can be harnessed by criminals and operatives. his code is tenet, a word that opens doors around the world. you want to crash a plane? well, not from the air. don't be so dramatic. he teams up with robert pattinson's debonair spy to infiltrate networks and stage daredevil heists, where they witness the effects of inversion. bullets fly backwards and there's a great deal of discussion around cause and effect. nolan is, of course, already the king of the intelligent blockbuster, and i think this is one of his most ambitious films to date. it's very heavy on verbal exposition and demands your complete concentration. he is effectively asking the audience to play at being spies themselves while providing the vicarious thrills of a slick, globetrotting mission. how would you like to die? 0ld. washington is excellent and handles drama, action and a smattering of comedy with aplomb. he may be american, but this is the closest we've come to having a black bond. he even comes up against a classic bond villain — who's overplayed by kenneth branagh — as well as the man's glamourous, unhappy wife, who is portrayed by an underused elizabeth debicki. in many respects, this plays out like an old—school bond film that's both elevated and complicated by a fantasy element. christopher nolan is known to be a bond fan — and if you're in the market for a visually dazzling, big—screen spy movie with fantastic music and gripping action scenes, this certainly delivers. for me, it's not christopher nolan's most involving piece of work, though. i didn't find the concept as fascinating as i did interstellar or memento, but its dense plot should bring rewards forfans keen to decode it over multiple viewings. buzzer rings the fragrant french comedy—drama perfumes stars emmanuelle devos as a former perfumer who now works as what they call a ‘nose'. anne's job is to sniff out problems in products and create a scent that customers don't turn their noses up at. from luxury leather handbags to cat litter, corporatejobs keep her busy enough to hire a chauffeur, guillaume, played by gregory montel. as a cash—strapped divorced father, he's reluctantly prepared to put up with a client who's both rude and demanding — which anne certainly is — but guillaume begins to take an interest in anne's work, and an unlikely understanding develops. cut from the same cloth as driving miss daisy and green book, perfumes pits two opposite characters against each other on journeys, making humourous work of their differences and tugging on the old heartstrings as they change each other‘s lives. there are moments of sharp comic timing. i definitely laughed out loud more than once. but generally, the film isn't quite witty or emotive enough to merit the leisurely pace. still, ifound it interesting insight into the job of a perfumer, which is a fabulously french job if ever i saw one, and it definitely doesn't stink. perfumes, or les parfums, is in cinemas and on curzon home cinema now. god created sex with boundaries and for a purpose. does anyone want to take a stab at what that boundary is? yes, wade. marriage. very good. and does anybody know the purpose? to have children. perfecto. 0nto the american midwest and yes, god, yes, a comedy set in a catholic retreat starring natalia dyer from stranger things. just as i suspected. over two and a half inches above the knee. dean's office. it's the early noughties, and 16—year—old catholic alice is browsing the nascent internet when a chance encounter in a chatroom turns her on. alice? dinner! when alice attends a residential religious retreat, she's the focus of judgemental gossip, which is very painful for her. awesome! this is a funny, entertaining satire that highlights the blatant hypocrisy of its sanctimonious characters. it's a classic case of those in authority preaching abstinence while secretly indulging, and it's also a warm, non—judgmental portrait of a smart young girl with raging hormones. while it doesn't tackle lg btq+ themes directly, this reminded me of two great films set in christian gay conversion centres — the comedy—drama the miseducation of cameron post and the more outrageous but i'm a cheerleader. like both of those films, yes, god, yes has a female director, karen maine, and you sense that this comes from a very personal place. and as someone who went to several catholic retreats as a teenager, i've got to say, it rang true for me. now to a young woman struggling with a more oppressive regime. ava is the story of a schoolgirl living in tehran. sadaf foroughi's film stars mahourjabbari as ava, a bright, characterful student who bets her friends that she can land a date with her male violin partner, nima. she begins finding ways for them to be alone together — something that's strictly forbidden. but nima is very much in the background of this story. most of the action takes place at home or in the girls' school, as ava continues her rebellion with a series of infractions. these might seem minor to western eyes, but they really worry her parents, and they enrage her imperious headteacher, a universally recognisable character played with relish by leili rashidi. in terms of visual style, foroughi takes a painterly approach, often using fixed frames that show portions of her actors as they move around a room. she refers to the cinematographic aesthetic of a country in which there are restrictions on portraying women, which is a very interesting idea, and she's also clearly influenced by ingmar bergman. in some respects, the cinematography keeps the audience at arm's length, but there are rewards for patient viewers and thought—provoking insights into the intensity of teenage emotion and a society determined to quell it. ava is on curzon home cinema now. finally, back to the states, where krystal sutherland's young adult novel 0ur chemical hearts has been adapted for the screen. you are never more alive than when you're a teenager. your brain is flush with chemicals that can turn your life into a story of epic proportions. and yet by the start of my senior year, nothing interesting had ever happened to me. then, something finally happened. hi, guys! come on in. simply called chemical hearts, the film stars austin abrams as henry, a 17—year—old romantic who longs to fall passionately in love and to be a writer. both his dreams mightjust come true when he's asked to co—edit at the school paper with a transfer student, grace, played by lili reinhart. ijust couldn't find the words. it's funny. because i can't find the words when i talk and you can't find the words when you write. grace is troubled but straight—talking, intelligent and far better—read than henry. he's instantly smitten. the pair's teenage angst is fairly by—the—book, though. i was much more interested in the supporting characters, personally. henry's friend la, played by kara young, is openly queer and attracted to cora, played by coral pena, who's a new character introduced by screenwriter and director richard tanne. an attraction between two non—white, same—sex characters is still relatively rare in mainstream teen fare, and the fact that it's such a positive depiction makes chemical hearts quietly ground—breaking. it's on amazon prime now. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. i'll be back next week. meantime, i will leave you with a clip from a kitsch ‘90s sci—fi that's coming to 4k and blu—ray on monday, luc besson's the fifth element. # the right size, right build, right hair, right on # right on, right on # and he's got something to say to those # 50 billion pairs of ears out there # pop it, d—man! # er, hi. unbelievable! good morning welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. 0ur headlines today. schools are "safe" — the uk's chief medical officers seek to reassure parents as millions of children prepare to return to the classroom. many more are likely to be harmed by not going unharmed by going, even during this pandemic. a crackdown on illegal gatherings which break social distancing rules — new fines of up to ten thousand pounds for the worst offenders come into force this week. president trump declares deadly wildfires in california a ‘major disaster‘ and releases federal aid to help the state — thousands have been forced from their homes. it was a record breaking day for england zak crawley‘s 267 and jos buttler‘s century leaves england eyeing victory in the third and final test with pakistan tody. and final test with pakistan today. recent gusty wind slowly easing today but sunny spells and scattered showers, all the details throughout the morning. it‘s sunday the 23rd of august. our top story. children are more at risk of long—term harm if they do not attend school, than if they return to the classroom despite coronavirus, the uk‘s chief medical officers have warned. in an interview, the chief medical 0fficerfor england, professor chris whitty, said the chances of children suffering long—term serious problems from coronavirus were "incredibly small". millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due to return to school within weeks — schools in scotland have already gone back. health correspondent laura foster reports. this is how many schools have looked for months. but with the summer holidays nearly over in wales, northern ireland and england, many are busy changing things to keep pupils, staff and the wider community safe. scientific evidence shows children are unlikely to become severely ill from coronavirus, and some even suggest they spread the virus less than adults. at this primary school in east london, they are looking forward to having the children back. i worry about the lack of social interaction those children have had. i worry about the lack of development. i look at things like theirfine motor skills — the way they would hold a pencil, the way they would form their words, so their speech and language. some of those children won‘t have had those experiences over this time. any area that would normally see gatherings in groups has been closed — the staff room, the library, the lunch hall. start times will be staggered to stop parents crowding at the school gates. playtime is going to look very different. in order to keep children within their year group bubbles, here they‘ve marked out different sections of the playground for them using these coloured barriers. that‘s to stop them mingling. the rest of the playground is going be used for pe, something that‘s still very important during these coronavirus times. the chief medical officer for england says a vaccine is unlikely to be ready before winter next year, so businesses such as shops and restaurants may be forced to close to keep children learning. we are walking an incredibly narrow path between relaxing enough as individuals and as a society that actually transmission takes off or overdoing it and doing damage socially and economically, which we didn‘t need to. it‘s an incredibly narrow path we are walking. there‘s not much room for manoeuvre. it means measures in schools like this one will be in place for several months yet. we can speak now to our political correspondent leila nathoo for more on this. we‘ve heard from england‘s chief medical officers on the issue of schools — what are the politicians saying? i think the government hopes this message from professor chris whitty will go some way to persuade parents and teachers it is safe for children to return in full to classrooms. you will remember there was originally a plan in england at least to get all primary school years in before the summer holidays, that had to be abandoned. the picture across the country was pretty patchy. this is clearly now a top priority for the prime minister, he talked recently about its being a moral duty to get children back into classrooms, school closures would be a last resort in any local lockdown is. there is also the economic benefit of helping parents get back to work. i think this is going to be top of the list in the weeks to come. labour leader keir starmer has said today the government has put the plans injeopardy today the government has put the plans in jeopardy because they have spent the past couple of weeks dealing with the exam result is chaos, i think that is a significant context because that has added to the political pressure for this to really get going in full. i think it will be a political test both for the education secretary gavin williamson and the prime minister to get schools reopen fully and safely. 0rganisers of illegal gatherings in england could be fined up to £10,000 from next week, as police are given more powers against those breaking coronavirus rules. the new measures could also see tougher penalties for those who fail to wear face coverings when required. andy moore reports. filmed from a police helicopter, an illegal party in a back garden at gorton in manchester. police said it was attended by over 200 people, and they were pelted with missiles when they tried to break it up. the woman who organised it was fined £100. soon she and others like her could face much biggerfines. around 3000 people attended this event near bristol. arrests were made and equipment seized, but from friday ahead of the bank holiday weekend, the courts will have far greater powers. anyone organising a rave or an unlicensed music event of more than 30 people could face a fine of up to £10,000. anyone attending could be fined £100, with that fine doubling for every subsequent offence. the home secretary, priti patel, said these gatherings are dangerous and those who organised them show a blatant disregard for the safety of others. "i am pleased the police have already stepped up their response, and i am giving them the tools they need to continue to keep us safe." in london, police have responded to over 1000 illegal events since the end ofjune. at many of them officers were injured as they tried to break up the gatherings. police forces across the country are planning to step up their patrols next weekend to stop such events. they are warning the organisers that equipment will be seized and they could be prosecuted. they are also calling for the public‘s help in giving them early notice that an illegal gathering is starting. also on friday new fines come into effect for people who persistently refuse to wear face masks where it‘s ordered. those fines will start at £100 and then double up to a maximum of £3,200 for each repeat offence. us president donald trump has declared that wildfires burning through homes and devastating precious forestry in california are a major disaster. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and at least six people have died. 0ur north american correspondent peter bowes reports from los angeles. some of the biggest wildfires california has ever seen. the north of the state is the worst affected. there are multiple blazes burning in the mountains around palo alto, in the san francisco bay area. and another complex of fires is wreaking havoc in wine country, south of sacramento. in all, almost 600 separate fires, many of them started by a series of rare dry lightning storms. a blanket of smoke hangs over much of the state. 175,000 people have been told to leave their homes. some are nervous about taking shelter in crowded evacuation centres because of the coronavirus. there are more cases in california than any other us state. with local firefighters growing weary from the unrelenting battle, back—up crews have been drafted in from neighbouring states, and further afield. it is hoped teams will fly in from canada and australia, to help tackle the growing inferno. officials are warning that there may be worse to come, with more lightning forecast and blistering heat that could go on for another week. california is used to the annual threat from wildfires, but they are getting worse. record temperatures, the lightning, tinder—dry brush — a perfect storm for a long, hot summer of destruction. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. australia is also experiencing extreme conditions of a very different type — a rare weather event has triggered snowfall across several states just days before the official start of spring. many people — and kangaroos — have been enjoying the rare event, despite wild winds and heavy snow that closed some roads. it is ten past eight. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due to return to school within weeks, so the statement from the uk‘s chief medical advisers, saying schools are safe to return to, is significant. scotland has of course already been through this — pupils there returned to lessons almost two weeks ago. let‘s speak to scotland‘s national clinical director, jason leitch. how has it all been going? it has gone well, good morning. it is not risk—free, chris is right, the english chief medical officer who you had in your piece. is no risk—free path. we have to learn at least for a while to live with the virus and we know how important schooling is. we might have to sacrifice some other freedoms in orderfor sacrifice some other freedoms in order for schools to be opened and stay open. just looking at some of the numbers, we know there have been a spike in positive cases, at their highest level in three months in scotla nd highest level in three months in scotland but i know there are other reasons for that. not particularly associated with schools, is it? reasons for that. not particularly associated with schools, is mm isa associated with schools, is mm is a mixed picture. the bulk of it is a mixed picture. the bulk of it is around a particular outbreak in a food processing plant, you have seen that around the world, one in wales and one in germany. it is called, poorly ventilated, fairly crowded. these kind of facilities are made for the virus, unfortunately. we do have a feud with two outbreaks around the country, as everyone does. some of them, although not related to school, to have school pupils in them. that is a worry that we have about people meeting up outside of formal arrangements in schools we have allowed back safely or office blocks or whatever else. and not quite following the distancing or hygiene guidance quite as much as we would like, so we are seeing a little bit of that. who could blame them? five months of lockdown, schools going back, thinking everything is going back to normal. if your life feels normal, you have misunderstood. the message loud and clear from this letter put out this morning, schools are safe to return to, but the concern is of course not the ill—health they might suffer but whether they are successful transmitters of the paris and how much that will cause a problem in the wider community. how much is that the significant factor in play in your mind when thinking about schools? it is. we know some stuff, not other stuff. we are in month six of this virus existing in britain. this is not through we have had for 100 years, the science and they know so much, i wish i could answer eve ryone's they know so much, i wish i could answer everyone's questions, how it will transmit with a 14—year—old compared to nursery child. we know young children do not transmit the virus very much. we know older children can transmit the virus more, that make sense. more symptoms, more transmission, it is droplet spread. if you are sneezing and coughing, you are more likely to spread the virus. we also know schools are a public health and intervention, schools particularly for vulnerable kids who have found scoring difficult or need free school meals or need the family that school meals or need the family that school brings them, we know that is a health thing. you can hear in chris' interview as well how important we think that is and why we think the risk, though minimal is worth it. with any school, you will have vulnerable children, parents who are more vulnerable and may be shielding. at what stage do you trigger a school lockdown? 0ne shielding. at what stage do you trigger a school lockdown? one case, two cases in the school? cases within the community? it is all of that together. in scotland, we have given almost all of that decision making to local health protection teams, we think that is right. just now there is an outbreak around the perth and kinross processing plant, the nhs tayside incident management team is making the decision and the choices about what to do there. they are giving us advice centrally about how we might change the advice for that region and then we, the central government, give advice to the first ministerand government, give advice to the first minister and she government, give advice to the first ministerand she and government, give advice to the first minister and she and the then decide. if it is one case in a school, i would expect that to be dealt with locally, the child to be isolated, tested, family to be isolated, tested, family to be isolated if positive. with higher numbers, he would host a winter meeting of the health protection team, you would have the head teacher and say, tell me what your school looks like, we might visit. then you might think we might have to send him a whole class. let's say there is a set of 15—year—olds in close contact, that class would have to go home, perhaps get tested and self isolated. there is a scenario where a school would have to close, of course, but we hope not to do that and certainly not across a larger area than that if we can manage. no hard and fast rules, that make sense. teenagers can be spreaders, the who has said 12—year—olds across the board should be subject to the same guidelines around mask wearing as adults, given that adults are required to wear face coverings indoors if they cannot be two metres apart, why is that will not being applied in schools? it is so, so difficult and we are watching very carefully a couple of things, what is happening in the rest of the world, schools have happened in other countries, schools have not closed in some countries in fact. we are watching the signs of spread and transmission in those schools, we are watching what has happened in scotland and we will win the other uk countries's schools open. right now we think it is safe enough and mitigation in place for adults being separated, lots of hygiene, lots of kids lining up lots of hygiene, lots of kids lining up and having hand sanitiser in the morning and at desks being wiped down but we keep it under constant review and will introduce it if we think it is required. jason leech, clinical director for scotland. that is very much a watching brief, waiting to see how the virus reacts when everyone is back in school. also that issue of parents at bates and things like that, not necessarily just about kids and things like that, not necessarilyjust about kids at school. no gossip at the school gate any more, that is the window. is that the bit you miss most? it all happens online now, i am sure you know that. mine are 19 and 21 and i do not miss the gossip of look at the beautiful story across parts of lincolnshire. blue sky and sunshine. unfortunately, some sharp showers in the picture ever little later. sunny spells, scattered showers, in comparison to you the wind is easing down and it might feel a little better out there for many of us, isobar is opening up, the weather front enhancing some showers, i have taken a look at the latest radar, showers at the moment moving into northern ireland, south—west scotland, drifting eastward, pushing to the east of the pennines, affecting lincolnshire and east anglia later this afternoon. south of that line, showers are few and far between. to the far north of scotland. not bad in terms of dry, sunny weather, but cool by day and night, 11th—... sunny weather, but cool by day and night, 11th—. .. some sunny weather, but cool by day and night, 11th—... some of those showers will continue through the evening and overnight. enter the south—west we will see a line of more sharp showers developing into south—west england and south wales, clearer skies into scotland, low single figures in sheltered rural cla ns single figures in sheltered rural clans in scotland, generally around 7-8 clans in scotland, generally around 7—8 first thing tomorrow morning, lots of sunshine in scotland first thing. the showers down to the south—west will drift through central and southern england and wales into the afternoon. that is where the sharpest of the showers are likely to be. top temperatures through the afternoon peaking 12—16 for the bulk of scotland, 20 into the south east, that is a bit disappointing for this time of year. we stay with the disappointing theme, remember the sunshine from theme, remember the sunshine from the beginning! wet and windy weather arrives on tuesday, real change to the gears, the return of gale force winds, potential for travel disruption, in excess of 50 mph in exposed coasts, on top of that heavy rainfall. not great news if you are camping at the moment is the wet weather pushes northwards. parking itself through tuesday afternoon across northern ireland, central scotland, northern england, anywhere south gusty, squally wind and sharp showers to come. temperatures feeling a little disappointing for the end of august, again 12—20. a state preview looking ahead, drying up state preview looking ahead, drying up towards banco de we can for northern ireland, england and wales. cooler for the time of year. we prefer the optimism! its almost 18 months since the terror attacks on two mosques in the new zealand city of christchurch. this week the gunman responsible for killing 51 people will be sentenced. in a hearing set to last four days, dozens of survivors will explain how the mass shooting changed their lives forever. shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. it was an attack that devastated new zealand and shocked the world. the quiet city of christchurch became the scene of the country‘s worst mass shooting. on march 15th 2019, a gunman opened fire in two mosques, killing 51 people and wounding dozens more, as they got ready for friday prayers. this man was shot three times in the leg at a mosque. his best friend died next to him. he struggles to walk and the horrors of the day still haunt him. he is now dreading facing the killer in court at sentencing. because i see the man at the time he shot me and shot my friends. that‘s too hard for me. i see him watching, looking. that is very difficult. earlier this year, brenton tarrant admitted 51 murders and a0 counts of manslaughter. the 29—year—old australian was also the first person to be convicted under new zealand‘s most recent terror laws. dozens of survivors and victims‘ relatives will address the court in the presence of killer. they will describe how his crimes changed their lives, but with new zealand‘s borders closed, because of covid—19, many families, as well as international media, will have to follow the sentencing remotely. despite the restrictions, some relatives were granted visas to attend. this woman‘s husband died in hospital almost two months after he was shot. she‘s travelled from singapore and has spent two weeks in quarantine. my husband is not here to speak for himself, so i am his voice. the children love him so much and of course i hope inshallah, when my boys are big enough to know this event or this day, they will be proud of their mother that she has travelled 500 kilometres in the middle of a pandemic to see to it that their father's killer is locked away in prison for a long time. how do you feel about seeing the killer in court? i haven't really had the time to think about how i feel about him or about how i feel about seeing him in the flesh. i hope i will be cool, calm and collected. brenton tarrant is responsible for one of new zealand‘s darkest days and will get a mandatory life sentence. the judge must now decide if he will ever be considered for release. it isa it is a 23. there are difficult conditions. a man who got into difficulty swimming off the coast of dorset has been rescued by the incredible actions of beach—goers, who linked together to form a human chain. more than 20 people stretched out into the sea where the man had been overcome by the strong current. thankfully he was brought to safety, but the incident has highlighted some of the dangers of swimming in the sea. let‘s get more on this now — we‘re joined by emily foote, who filmed the chain in action, and coastguard matt leat. emily, you films of those incredible pictures, take us back to that day, explain what happened. it was about midday on the beach, we had been there most of the morning and this man had been swimming for quite some time. it then became apparent that actually she was in trouble. he started waving his arms, he was not panicking but was not able to get back to shore. at that point a lot of people started gathering and forming this chain. how did that get organised? did someone bring eve ryo ne organised? did someone bring everyone together or a collective assumption you needed to do something? to be honest, i do not think there was any organisation, it was just we need to help this person. he did not seem to be panicking, just tried several times to get back and was unable to do so. emily, stay with us. matt, what do you make of this rescue? it is fascinating, clearly helping to save the man‘s life but also underlines people were potentially putting themselves at danger. absolutely, ultimately, the public have helped save that chap's life but as the pictures and video show, it is really dangerous, the sea can change ata really dangerous, the sea can change at a moment's notice, we say people should not put themselves in danger, dial 999 and ask for the coastguard. tell me about the beach, in the headlines for lots of reasons lately, a popular spot on the coast. looks can be deceiving? absolutely, there has been a lot of idiot interest but we have seen incidents all round the uk coastline this summer. people have been staying home and enjoying the beautiful british coast. but the conditions can change at a moment's notice as louise said in the weather forecast, conditions are due to change around the uk. dc is unforgiving. look out for your and family, do not take things like inflatables to the beach, they may seem like a good idea but can be blown offshore and we are deploying coastguard rescue teams, helicopters, lifeboats to rescue people. you said you would normally avoid that part of the coast, emily, friends were visiting then. the weather can change pretty quickly? that is what happened, in the morning it was a lot calmer. there were a lot of waves, freak waves coming in often. in the afternoon it quietened down as well, it happens so quickly, even if people want to swim, respect to the sea. look at the signs, it‘s quite clearly says not to swim, it is not a beach with lifeguards. why is it not, matt? would it not make sense to have more support on the beach itself when people are going there? not every beach in the uk can be life guarded. local authorities look at their beaches in their areas and make risk assessments, but you can get lots of information online where life guarded beaches are, there are lots around the uk, that is where you should go if you want to go into the sea. you have the protection and you can make sure you stay safe. the man who was rescued, emily, how did he respond? man who was rescued, emily, how did he respond ? what man who was rescued, emily, how did he respond? what do we know about his condition? clearly the people coming together to help made a big difference. as far as i am aware, he walked away, we did not see paramedics or coastguard come to the beach. i presume he was fine. everyone on the beach was clapping at the end so it goes to show that it was a whole team effort. really good to talk to you both, grateful for your time, matt and good to talk to you both, grateful foryourtime, mattand emily, and emily especially for the video we we re emily especially for the video we were able to show this morning. a lucky escape. incredible pictures. do not put yourself at risk, as we heard from matt. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main news. children are more at risk of long—term harm if they do not attend school, than if they return to the classroom despite coronavirus, the uk‘s chief medical officers have warned. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due back at school within weeks — schools in scotland have already returned. in a joint statement, the advisers said children have an "exceptionally low risk of dying" from covid—19. england‘s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, also said it‘s unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. fines of up to £10,000 for the organisers of illegal mass gatherings will come into force in england next week. from friday, anyone attending events of more than 30 people will also faces fines of £100 each. it comes as police are handed more powers to deal with those flouting coronavirus lockdown restrictions following a rise in incidents. those are the main stories this morning. we arejoined by we are joined by the shadow business minister, lucy powell. we are going to talk about schools, first, it is the big story of the morning and it looks like yourself, labour and the government are as one on this issue, the prime minister is committed, he said, to getting all pupils back in school this autumn. they have gone backin school this autumn. they have gone back in scotland. no different from your leader, keir starmer? well we have been saying for some time that the long—term damage for children being away from school is the biggest concern here and we have been asking for the government to have a really proper plan that‘s well communicated, that gives, pa rents, well communicated, that gives, parents, teachers and other it is confidence they need to make sure that all children are back in school from first day they‘re able to be in september. so we welcome this announcement by chris whitty. we do worry however that some valuable time has been lost over the summer. i know speaking to head teachers in manchester, this has been an unprecedented summer of stress with the exams chaos taking out two weeks of their time. two valuable weeks that could have been spent preparing for how things will work. because it won‘t be school as normal and there isa won‘t be school as normal and there is a lot of things that teachers need to put in place. to be fair, i think most schools would have already prepared their return to school prior to the results coming out, in my case, my children are at school in this area and i had that information before the results came out, i‘m not sure how much of a set back that would have been. it is down to these individual schools isn‘t it as to how they manage this. we have to trust schools that they are getting things right for their particular circumstances? yes, schools have done an amazing job. they have done an amazing job in providing online learning and teaching key workers‘ children. they can put the policies in place and like you i have three kids heading back to school, they can put the policies in place, but there is a lot of teacher training and run throughs and planning that still needs to be done. i know that teachers in secondary schools who have not had pupils in over the last few weeks, the secondary schools in particular, this has been an incredibly challenging summer, which the department for education i‘m afraid has really badly mishandled. so we need that extra support, clear guidance and communication and it is great to get the message from chris whitty, but there will be many pa rents whitty, but there will be many parents with unanswered questions. if you‘re in an area with extra new local restrictions coming in, what does this mean, if you‘re coming pack from a country and you‘re at the tail end of quarantine, what does that mean? we all know that sending children to school is not just simply a case of getting them to the school gates and picking them pup- "— to the school gates and picking them pup. —— up. it needs child minders and wrap around care and those things parents are worried about. the rules around quarantine are clear and as we were hearing from jason leitch, in scotland, where schools have gone back, he said you can‘t make hard and fast rules, so you‘re look for clarity, he is saying it usj going to have to be a case of suck it and see and looking at the individual circumstances of schools and if a child tests positive what, will the response be? that depends on the local conditions. it is not as simple as saying we need clarity, a lot will be working it out as we go isn‘t it? to some extent, if you‘re a parent and you‘ve got children and you‘re planning on them going back to school and you‘re going back to work, you do need to know about after school clubs and wrap around ca re after school clubs and wrap around care and if grandparents can pick up your children, they are critical issues in thinking about whether you can get children back to school. we fully support, we want to see all children going back to school as soon as possible in september when schools go back and local areas will need to make adjustments depending on what is happening in their area. but we could see much more clarity around communication and instruction and we could also see more confidence in the track and trace system, so that people have got that extra confidence and we would like the see more widespread testing, not just of those with symptoms, but of those with no symptoms as well, who perhaps just want that extra reassurance that they‘re not carrying coronavirus. so there is still some issues here. we did hear about the expansion of that big public health england survey, which tests a is asymptomatic people. you‘re calling for the reallocation for unspent business grants for businesses you felt have missed out. you will know that billions and billions has been ploughed into supporting businesses. can you explain why this in particular needs to be looked at? as we know, for hospitality and the high street in particular, the economic crisis is incredibly acute. we have seen already from m&s to pizza express to boots and debenhams and many others, well over 100,000 already announced redundancies and that is just the tip of the iceberg when you think about the small businesses affected. yes, the grant scheme has been an important part of the support network for these businesses. but there is still 1.4 billion of that grant money that remains unspent. and now the government have given local councils a week to spend that money, or it will be clawed back. but they haven‘t got the flexibility and the discretion they need to support their local areas in the way they might need to, with many businesses that have already lost out, a number of businesses that are still unable to open, because they‘re in an area of restrictions. we wa nt they‘re in an area of restrictions. we want the government to say to local councils they can have com plete local councils they can have complete discretion about how that money gets deployed and it can support hospitality and high streets in their local communities and we are calling that a fight back fund and we think that is what is needed. it is the final week of the eat out to help out scheme, which many businesses have found helpful. do you support the scheme. are you going out for lunch? yes, we have been supporting that and in my area for businesses it has been welcome. we are still seeing foot fall significantly down. bookings in restau ra nt significantly down. bookings in restaurant is down. and many businesses won‘t be able to use that if they‘re a pub and are not serving food, they won‘t benefit. there are a lot of gaps in the support and we are now seeing the furlough scheme being pulled away as well. and for those businesses, some sectors, particularly hospitality and retail, to name but two, those sectors that have been acutely hit by this pandemic and the economic crisis that follows, they need extra support and they need the furlough scheme to continue for a bit longer. thank you lucy powell. eat out to help out has had varying degrees of success. we were talking about the high street and i said i went into a big out of town shopping centre, into m&s, normally heaving with the back to school stuff, and it was empty. they have said in their results this week that actually once you changed consumer habits and they start getting things delivered, it is hard to change it. the longer term implications could be interesting. for you in the business world it will be hugely important. yes. time for sport with john who is there waiting patiently. morning. as day‘s go, it‘s not going to get much better for england. a record fifth wicket stand between zak crawley and jos butler, crawley producing the tenth highest score by an english batsmen with an astonishing 267 as england declared on 583. and thenjames anderson pitched in with three wickets to close in on another milestone. maz farooki reports. a moment to savour. len hutton, david gower and now is zak crawley. at 22 the englishman becomes the third youngest to score a double century for his country. innings like his prove to be matchwinners, and crawley‘s record—breaking fifth wicket partnership withjos buttler put england in complete control. on a rain—affected morning, it was buttler reaching the landmark first — his second test hundred. crawley had to wait till after lunch for his milestone, this edge a rare nervy moment. the outside edge takes zak crawley to his first double century — outstanding. pakistan, out of ideas, needed a part—time bowler and a stumping to remove crawley. he was eventually out for 267. buttler beat his own career—best total of 252 before england captain joe root declared with 583 on the board. there was time forjames anderson to rattle through three of pakistan‘s top order batsmen before the close, but sunday‘s headlines will be about one man. it‘s a nice feeling getting that big score, and very humbling to be on that list, and i‘m very proud. there‘s a lot of low points on a cricketer‘s career so i‘ll enjoy tonight, for sure. crawley was picked on potential, but now he has shown he has the stature needed for the test arena. britain‘s andy murray won his first official match in nine months as he gears up for the us open. he beat american frances tiafoe in three sets in the opening round of the western and southern 0pen, which serves as a warm—up for the grand slam at flushing meadows in eight days time. he‘s been out managing the recovery of hip. not such a good day as fellow brits kyle edmund, cameron norrie and heather watson all lost. british boxer dillian whyte‘s world title hopes — and potential matchup with tyson fury — are over for now, as he was knocked out in his latest fight. despite being on top early on against alexander povetkin, knocking the russian down twice in the fourth round. he was soon on the receiving end — floored by povetkin in the 5th. whyte should get a rematch. no such problems though for ireland‘s katie taylor. she won her rematch with delfine persoon on points — meaning she retains her four world titles. steven gerrard‘s rangers are three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—0 win over kilmarnock. while celtic returned to league action for the first time in 13 days with a 1—0 win at dundee united. new signing albian ajeti with the goal. celtic‘s last two games were postponed after a player broke self isolation rules. rugby union and we saw earlier how saracens — despite their impeding relegation due to breaking salary cap rules — dented harlequins hopes of a top four finish in the premiership. well the northampton saints took full advantage — closing the gap on fourth to just a point — with a bonus point victory over london irish. ahsee tuala with their fourth try in a bonus point 27—3 victory. elsewhere bath beat leicester. the premiership season getting back up the premiership season getting back up and running and it is going to be a really busy run for rugby. we will see the end of the premiership season and the six nations and then the international tournament featuring home and the home nations and then new zealand and the lions tour. it is a busy time and we will be talking about player welfare issues again. it is music to my ears. i know you love your rug bhi! by. the last surviving d—day landing craft has been forced to postpone its final voyage after a six year renovation project costing £4.7 million. due to choppy waters and gusty wind, the craft was unable to make its final landing at portsmouth, where it will be put on display. 0ur defence correspondentjonathan beale has been keeping track of its journey so far. imposing strings music. archive: the dawn ofjune the sixth comes up like thunder over the invasion coast. it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. d—day, 1944, bringing an entire allied army to france to defeat the nazis. and it would never have happened without these. hundreds of landing craft, the workhorse of the invasion. quickly built — and just as swiftly discarded after the war. this was britain‘s last known surviving landing craft designed to carry tanks into battle. lct 7074 was eventually turned into a liverpool nightclub. and then left to sink in the mud and mire of the mersey. just six years ago, the painstaking restoration began. it‘s an absolute miracle, and it‘s just — it‘s so amazing. every step we‘ve taken in this project, i feel like we‘ve given her a little bit of her dignity back. when i first met this ship, she was a funnel sticking up out of the water in birkenhead, covered in rust and barnacles. so, we‘ve had six years, really, from recovering herfrom there, cleaning her, pumping out 80 tonnes of gunk from the inside of her double bottom. she‘s staggeringly important. these landing craft are what makes d—day work. and until you see one and you stand on this one, and then you realise there were 800 just like this, only then can you really understand the scale of d—day. in 1944, it took three months to build her and at a cost then of £28,000. restoring her has taken much longer and cost nearly £5 million. all restored to her former glory. tell us what you think? gosh, look at that! but for this d—day veteran, it is now a wonder to behold. mickjennings was 18 years old on d—day, one of the crew of the same type of landing craft that stormed the normandy beaches. i'll be honest — i was a little bit scared. it's only until something goes bang and you realise like a shell has dropped on the sand, that, you know, they weren't doing that for fun. mick didn‘t know whether he‘d survive that day. and now, nearly 95 years old, he didn‘t think he would be reminded of it in such a powerful way. i thought, i don't think i'm going to live long enough to see it, which is another amazing thing, you know? and she‘ll be there to remain generations to come. and she‘ll be there to remind generations to come. in the early hours of this morning, the ghostly image of lct 7074 made what was meant to be her final move by barge from portsmouth naval base to her new home at southsea. but with strong winds, her planned landing has had to be postponed until later this week. like d—day itself, it‘s the weather which has the final say. jonathan beale, bbc news, southsea. well speaking of choppy weather, louise has the details. good morning. you‘re optimistic it will get better? i'm keeping my optimistic hat on. it won‘t get better, but it will get drier and cooler. look at this, isn‘t this beautiful? it is on my to do list, i need to go to north yorkshire. you‘re lucky, because there is a bit of cloud around and it is producing some showers. but fewer than yesterday and lighter winds. not a bad second half to the weekend. the showers largely across northern ireland, south—west scotland, into northern england and they will drift eastwards through the afternoon and parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire and down into east anglia could see and down into east anglia could see a few scattered showers. elsewhere fewer showers, some sunshine and lighter winds than yesterday. but the wind direction in the north means it could be on the chilly side. 0nly means it could be on the chilly side. only 11 to 13 degrees on the exposed north coast. 22 further south. tonight we keep some clearer skies and a few showers until the end of night we could see an area of more persistent rain pushing its way into south wales and south—west england. further north a chilly start to monday morning, low single figures in rural glens of scotland. but sunshine from the world go. that rain will drift eastwards. slowly improving through the latter stages of monday afternoon. top temperatures around 12 to 20 celsius. that is a bit disappointing really for the last week of august. we do change gear though as we move into tuesday and another significant low pressure and another very gusty day, with gale force winds on exposed coasts expected. so tuesday into wednesday there is the potential for maybe some travel disruption due to the wet and windy nature of the weather. that rain is going to push slowly northwards during the day on tuesday. a miserable start for many. the rain heavy, ling in northern ireland, central and southern scotland and northern england, squally showers piling in in the afternoon. gale force winds up to 50 on exposed coasts. not going to feel that great, particularly unther der the cloud and rain. you‘re looking for something drier, we could potentially offer that towards next weekend. but the wind direction a northerly and those temperatures mid to high teens, disappointing for the final few days of august. back to you two. we will take those flashes of sunshine where we can see them behind the clouds. gigs as we know them might be off limits for now — but one band has found a way to bring the party to the people without breaking social gathering rules. the band members share a home — as well as their love of music — and have just launched their first street tour. amanda harper has been to find out more. if you can‘t get to the band, how about they come to you? this is hyde park brass. the pandemic put a stop to their gigs this summer, so following the rules on social gatherings, they have taken their show on the road. we set up the crowd funder, then it started getting traction all over the uk and it was a bit of a roller coaster, but it‘s happening now, it‘s a thing. it‘s almost quite liberating in the way that everyone coming out right where they live, it is such a different way to experience live music isn‘t it. and you‘re all living together, how‘s that going? all right, there's no fallouts yet. the lads are based in leeds, but the street tour has taken them across the country. of course it‘s all outdoors and the one thing they can‘t control is the weather. it came down and i don‘t know how you felt. i quite enjoyed it. i enjoyed it, because you‘re almost in a... all going through it on the street together, it‘s almost like the lockdown, you‘re in it in the street, in the rain. obviously the challenge of bucketing yorkshire rain on top of everything, but they were just brilliant. in terms of a modern uplift of what a brass band is, wow! absolutely fantastic. loved it. even though it absolutely tipped it down in the middle, i don‘t think any of us cared at all, it was brilliant. chris, you booked the band, did they deliver? unique opportunity to bring a big brass sound to our little street in leeds, which made it tremendous, unique, when can you ever get live musicians on your doorstep putting a smile on everyone's face? and that's what it's all been about this afternoon. whether it‘s a special occasion, orjust an excuse to cheer up your neighbours, listen out — they could be coming to a street near you whatever the weather! it is raining jazz. i love that. it is such a good story. those neighbours are notjust the only ones who love the dance in the rain. some neighbours have loved their lock down dancing. we‘re joined now by nicola and craig grobety who came up with the dance on your doorstep idea. and also alison newman and gary leney. they‘re continuing to hold regular dance lessons on the street. they‘re ready for is already. nicola and craig, you came up with the idea. how did it come about? well we have been locked down for a couple of weeks and i had seen a post on social media about dancing on your doorstep. sol social media about dancing on your doorstep. so i said to my neighbour, shall we give this a go? we had only been here a year and didn't know the neighbours well. we put notes through people's door and said we are going to play a tune at seven o'clock and have a dance. would you like tojoin us? so that is how it began. then on the, at seven o'clock we had a look around and wondered if anyone would come out and join us and all the doors started opening and all the doors started opening and we had a dance at seven o' klok. that was our first moment. did you have that awkward moment when you thought it might be just me have that awkward moment when you thought it might bejust me bringing out the dad moves? yes, very much so. i have that awkward moment each week. am i right in saying your street was particularly sociable beforehand? it has an amazing history, in it was a self—build in the 60s and there was a huge community spirit and all the house we re community spirit and all the house were built together and they knew each other and many of the residents have grown old together and we have brought that back and a lot of new residents are keen to put a stamp on the street like our predecessors have. the comments that we get now are that it feels similar to what it was like back in the 60s. obviously there is a number of original residents still here and they take pa rt residents still here and they take part in the dancing. so, yeah, it's been great and we get to know each other's stories. how did you get involved? well we have had the leaflet dropped around explaining they would be dancing on the doorstep and we like tojoin in and... we enjoyed it and when they started playing 50s stuff, we started playing 50s stuff, we started doing our dancing and they seemed to love it. dance is a big pa rt seemed to love it. dance is a big part of your lives, alison, tell us about how much you missed it and what dance you‘re involved in? about how much you missed it and what dance you're involved in? we love our 40s and 50s music and the clothes and dancing and can lockdown we haven't been able to do it. being able to go out on a sunday and dance and the social interaction is great. it nice to share our style of dancing with the street. you had to adapt your dance style for social distancing, tell us about this, it almost looks like line dancing. distancing, tell us about this, it almost looks like line dancinglj distancing, tell us about this, it almost looks like line dancing. i is like a line dance. —— it is like a line dance and the thing is of course you can do it social distancing. everybody's course you can do it social distancing. eve rybody's got course you can do it social distancing. everybody's got the hang of it and picked it up so well and they love it and they want more. we just keep teaching them more. nicola and craig, how long do you think this will go on for? i think for as long as everybody in the street is happy to hear the sounds of the music and watch us dancing and enjoying ourselves. how do you deal with the self—consciousness, we associate that with a british trait, they will only dance after a few drinks ata they will only dance after a few drinks at a wedding?” they will only dance after a few drinks at a wedding? i have said to people, i said, drinks at a wedding? i have said to people, isaid, if drinks at a wedding? i have said to people, i said, if you don't want to dance, don't, just come out, and get involved and chat to people. i think the lack of pressure means if you actually feel like joining in, you just do. you can't help yourself with the music and people around you. there is no pressure for anyone to dance. we just want people to enjoy themselves, whether it is chatting or dancing. alison and gary, with your dance background, have you been giving lesson, do you assume a level of knowledge, or are you teaching people? we have both had lessons and we want to impart some of the stuff to the neighbours. they have picked it up so quick and it is something they can do. jiving isa it is something they can do. jiving is a lot more difficult and the social distancing, you can't do it. but the stroll we taught and the charleston stroll they also do is ideal and we can keep our distance and it keeps them fit ass well. -- fit as well. thank you so much. keep it up. i know it is appreciated by the neighbours. great story. thank you. time for us to hop off. thank you. time for us to hop off. thank you for being us with. have a great sunday whatever you‘re up to see you soon. bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. schools are ‘safe‘ — england‘s chief medical 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