good morning. last year was the hottest late august bank holiday on record. this year, it could well be the coolest. the forecast is a largely dry one. after a bright start, more cloud develops, but i will have all the details coming up. good morning. it's monday august 31st. our top story: labour is calling for next year's gcse and a—level exams to be delayed to give pupils more time to catch up on the work they've missed during the pandemic. teaching unions say the idea is worth considering, but warned that it could cause problems for university admissions. our political correspondent, helen catt, has more. it has only been a few weeks since this year's students got their final grades, but what to do about next yea r‘s grades, but what to do about next year's exams grades, but what to do about next yea r‘s exams is grades, but what to do about next year's exams is a question that's already testing politicians, and it is 1—dayer under pressure not to flunk. labour's answer, delay gcses and a—levels until at least june flunk. labour's answer, delay gcses and a—levels until at leastjune to make upfor and a—levels until at leastjune to make up for lost teaching time. it says otherwise pupils will have a mountain to climb. an idea that is worthy of consideration. our concerns is if you are going to push the exams a series back, you can't push back the date of publication of results because that would have a difficult knock—on effect for universities, colleges and employers. austcorp which sets the rules for england has made changes for what children have to do such as english angiography to allow more flex ability. it has already consulted on pushing back exams but hasn't yet made a decision was not the department of four education has said it is working closely with them to consider its approach but it says exams will go ahead next year. it says that students now starting 11 and 13 will have experienced disruption to their education. the scottish government is also consulting. whatever decisions are made, the pressures are on for decisions to be made quickly so stu d e nts decisions to be made quickly so students know what they are working towards. let's speak now to our political correspondent tony bonsignore. tony, what are the chances of these exams being pushed back? good morning, louise was of the honest answer is it is difficult to say was that there is a lot of uncertainty around this was obviously we have millions of people going back to school this week was the government will be looking closely to see how that pans out and also to see what happens with coronavirus, whether we have lots more local lockdowns, potentially schools being shot as well. i think the government will be very keen to make this year as smooth and as normal as possible as you heard there from helen's package, there has been disruption. there is an acknowledgement there has been a disruption. and i think what is certain is if a decision is going to be made, it has to be made relatively soon. you had the chairman of the education committee in the commons saying that decision probably need to be made by october so probably need to be made by october so within a month or so, a lot of planning ahead and if the government does do it, of course they will be a knock—on impact for universities and colleges and their admissions process next year. thank you very much. the charge on single use carrier bags in england is to double from 5p to 10p from next april, and all shops will have to charge for them. the government says it's part of a renewed drive to be greener, and cut unnecessary waste. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has the details. at the own —— at the moment, the 5p levy only applies to single use in large stores, those employing more than 150 people. but for next april, the charge will double and will apply in all shops. the government says the initiative and aims to protect sea creatures by reducing plastic pollution in the ocean. it claims that since the charge was introduced in 2015, that has been a 95% reduction in plastic bags sales in major supermarkets. but environmental campaigners dispute that. they say we're just buying billions of thicker so—called bags for life instead. the environmental campaign group greenpeace said the government should go further and set targets for reducing all single—use plastics by supermarkets. this is just a small step, when we should be taking big strides. we know the scale of our plastic pollution crisis. the government is well aware of the kind of action they need to take including on things like bags for life which could take more plastic. but ultimately, if we're going to make people, customers, you 01’ going to make people, customers, you ori, going to make people, customers, you or i, pay more, surely producers that make the plastic in the first place should be paying more as well and that is what we need to see that my government as soon as possible. the move has been welcomed by the association of convenience stores which represents small retailers. it says the charge is an effective way of reducing plastic waste. two men have been arrested at stansted airport under the terrorism act. raf typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a plane arriving at the airport from vienna. the pair were detained shortly after the flight landed around 7:00 last night. essex police say their enquiries are ongoing. all passengers on a flight to wales from a greek island have been told to self isolate after some of those travelling tested positive for covid—19. almost 200 people were on board the tui plane. there have been seven confirmed cases of coronavirus, with some other passengers reporting symptoms. police say they'll do everything within their power to prosecute people who organise illegal raves. more than 3,000 people attended an unlicensed music event on the edge of the brecon beacons this weekend, and two organisers have since been fined ten thousand pounds each. in norfolk, police were hit with bottles and cans as they shut down a rave in thetford forest. secondary school pupils in scotland have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal spaces and on school buses from this morning. they won't have to wear them in classrooms though, as connor gillies reports. masks in hand and ready for school. it is probably going to help us all in the long run. it probably should have been introduced from the start. there are quite a few pregnant teachers are so it is helping out. and people with underlying health conditions are so in the long run it does help everyone else. these guidelines come in from scotland today, secondary pupils and staff will be required to wear face coverings in corridors when it is ha rd to coverings in corridors when it is hard to stay apart. they can be exceptions on medical grounds and there will be still no need for coverings in classrooms. the other big change is on school buses. children over five years old will have to wear a maskjust as they would on a regular bus or train. young people return to school here in scotland earlier this month with no requirement for physical distancing among pupils and no requirement forface masks. distancing among pupils and no requirement for face masks. however, during this evolving crisis, the world health organization has updated its guidance to suggest that children over the age of 12 should now wear a mask and that has played a huge part in scotland making the changes it has done today. schools in northern ireland, scotland —— like scotland. they will need to cover their faces like scotland. they will need to cover theirfaces in like scotland. they will need to cover their faces in communal areas on return this week but head teachers in any school can introduce a measure if they wish. in wales, it is up to local councils and schools to decide. the goal across the country is to prevent this, the very images officials are trying to avoid. we want to see smaller class sizes and more physical distancing rather than face coverings in the classroom. but ultimately, if this increases outside of face coverings in the classroom will have to be looked at and potentially brought in. and that is the unpredictable reality when dealing with such a volatile virus. we're about to show you some astonishing pictures of a little girl being pulled into the air by a giant kite. before we do, let me tell you, fear not, she only suffered minor cuts and bruises. it happened at a festival in taiwan. the three year old got tangled in the tail of the kite, and was then thrown into the air. look at that. just a reminder, minor cuts and bruises. she was eventually caught, and i will reiterate that she only suffered minor cuts and bruises. the incident is being investigated by authorities in taiwan. terrifying for her. it's been five years since germany opened its doors to hundreds of thousands of people seeking asylum in europe. it was a moment that has left a lasting impression on the country, and angela merkel‘s decision still divides opinion today. our berlin correspondentjenny hill was at munich railway station five years ago as migrants began to arrive. she's been back to bavaria to meet some of those involved. applause. "we can do this", said angela merkel. it is five years since germany opened its doors and its arms to tens of thousands of people. many more would follow, hoping for the same warm welcome. people. many more would follow, hoping for the same warm welcomelj was hoping for the same warm welcome.” was proud of germany because germany wouldn't hesitate to help the refugees. carmen who speaks arabic is among the many volunteers who came to munich station to help. when we look back and today, the situation today, all the doomsday scenarios didn't become true. we could not have closed our doors. and it brought change to every part of germany. in abensberg, a conservative bavarian town, they had to accommodate and integrate around 200 refugees. translation: i still think it was a bit much for someone to sit in berlin and say we could manage, knowing full well it was up to each and every local mayor to have to manage. if other countries had shared the burden, we would not have had this level of political tension. if i could turn back time, i would ask much more of europe. instead, anger, fear in the german streets, fuelled by high—profile migrant crime, sexual assault of women in cologne, or the terror attack on a berlin christmas market. as angela merkel battled a backlash, the far right flourished. it is now an established part of german politics. but during that time, mohammed, who arrived in 2015, built a new life. he learned german, got a job, had a family. translation: it is like my home. everything is good. we have residency, like normal people. we have work. it is a good country and we have good neighbours. i like it a lot. but the story is not over — not for those still trying to come to europe and not for those we met in this specially built refugee home on the edge of the city. javid tells us he was 16 when he arrived in germany. he is 21 now and still waiting permission to stay. "i don't want to leave," he tells us in german. "my future is here." what we witnessed here in 2015 was extraordinary. the euphoria, the drama, the anger have now faded, but you can still feel the consequences of that moment. it changed politics, it changed society, and many of the people who arrived back then have begun to put down roots to they will shape this country's future. let's take a look at some of today's papers and trending news stories. the daily mail has a rallying cry to banish all plastic bags, illustrated by a picture of a swan with a carrier bag in its beak. as we've been hearing, the price of single—use bags will double in england from 5p to 10p in all shops from april next year. do you get in touch with us about that as well. let us know what you think. several papers lead with the rumoured tax hikes in the upcoming budget and the daily telegraph reports that chancellor rishi sunak has been warned by his own backbenchers that tax rises could "choke off" the uk's coronavirus recovery. it also carries a picture of police officers trying to break up an illegal rave in norfolk. one of the most read stories on the bbc website also concerns an illegal rave, after 25 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning during a party in an underground bunker in oslo. their conditions are said to be improving. and there's a weather story on the front of today's daily star, which claims that a so—called ‘polar plunge' has made this bank holiday weekend colder in some parts of the uk than it was last christmas. and i can tell you what, it is chilly out there. it is early as well so you probably haven't...” had to pop back in this morning to get a coat. i am going to read you a quote, try and tell me what programme it is from. you know i hate quizzes. there comes a moment when you realise that you have said nothing for 1.5 hours. i haven't thought about anything else. i haven't worried about the past of the future. no idea. that is bob mortimer during mortimer and whitehouse gone fishing which, have a look, has sparked a huge increase in the number of people who are taking upa in the number of people who are taking up a bit of angling. a p pa re ntly taking up a bit of angling. apparently there have been 100,000 more people angling this year than last year. there has been 117% rise in rods and the application for licenses. apparently these people are all, i didn't know this, david beckham, harrison ford, zac efron and rita ora, they are apparently all celebrity anglers. do you watch it? no. it is brilliant. sometimes three minutes goes past... it is really peaceful! what a wonderful thing. we couldn't do it on here. maybe we should! this is max, a spaniel, raising loads of money, and there will be a statue made of him, he is 13 and a springer and from keswick in cumbria and has been put forward for a public tribute after helping to raise £100,000 for the bpd essay in six weeks, and the most amount of money, most the charity has received quickly and apparently his exploits have been followed online and he has been to buckingham palace and meant the duke and duchess of cambridge. he is lovely and there will be a bronze, this idea of a bronze sculpture, max, a registered therapeutic assistance dog. he is rather gorgeous. some news about, they are calling at the casanova monkey. will we have a little look at this fellow? this is him here. his name is martin and he is at east sussex in the zoo and he was rejected by all of the females.” will! are use to leave him in the corner and tremble on him ——oh! will! are use to leave him in the corner and tremble on him --oh! pay him no attention at all and they call him a slow blooming casanova because he has now fathered three babies in one year! they don't exactly know what he did but he has perked up and everybody is happy about it. well done, martin! this is about it. well done, martin! this is about bumblebees, they are more hard—working in about bumblebees, they are more ha rd—working in cities about bumblebees, they are more hard—working in cities than the country, according to a new study, and researchers have found the body size of bumblebees in the city is larger than their rural counterparts and it means open bees are better able to provide better pollination service to the ecosystem. they can see better have larger brains and are better in learning and memory as well. got one final one for you. solar powered ice cream van. what is youridea solar powered ice cream van. what is your idea of heaven. i do love it. i will tell you about my latest ice cream that i had last week, actually. look at this bad boy! together by a farmer. —— put together by a farmer and the ice cream comes from somerset. david baker the owner, top and ice cream did not look right coming from a smoky van, he says, it was a health issue as well as a global issue so solar powered ice cream and i had one last week and i remember at school, like a 99 with a rocket lolly in the top of it. as well? significant! you always go for double. —— magnificent. then you walk through the park with one in each hand, ice cream with a nice lolly at the same time.” each hand, ice cream with a nice lolly at the same time. i cannot remember what they called it. as the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to have an effect on so many people's jobs and finances, you can understand the appeal of an offer to get rich quick. but, as the saying goes, when something seems too good to be true, it probably is. and with lots of people looking to re—train or learn new skills, scammers and con artists have started to take advantage, as theo leggett reports. whether it is from property investment, playing the foreign exchange market or buying and selling shares, the internet is rife with people promising to teach you how to become very rich. it is very easy to see the attraction of all of this. a quick internet search will reveal all sorts of courses promising to make you millions in six months or one year with very little effort and no funds up front. the problem is that many of them, rather than making you money, will end up costing you a small fortune. just a branded notebook. it was pretty poor, to be honest — $2,500. andrew signed up for a free course that turned out to be an exercise in hard selling marketing further courses that cost thousands. i spent about £2,400. while i was thinking about it and sitting there on my phone, looking at my good drive, you know, my budget, trying to work out if i could afford to do this, the guy was saying things like "come on". there was an element of guilt there placed on you, kind of shouting "do you not want to take control of your future?" and things like this. typically, they will sell you a shortcut to one of three things. this youtuber is a successful and wealthy businessman. he spends much of his time exposing the methods of what he calls ‘contrepreneurs'. people are using well established psychological techniques to sell you promises of easy riches. there is only one person getting rich quick in that scenario. if you can sell 1,000 people a £2,000 course, you are getting rich quick, but the actual success rates on these courses is so minute. some are scams, but some are just generally quite disappointing. in the uk, the cpd standards offers provides accreditation for genuine courses that lead to real qualifications. it says the covid—19 outbreak has provided a big opportunity for the scammers. there are a lot of people out there now with more time on their hands, who are keen to learn and who are keen and happy to put their hands in their pockets to pay for training themselves, and that does leave the market open for scammers to take the opportunity to take advantage. well, i guess the message is to be really careful. just because i promise you a pathway to riches and a lifestyle of luxury does not mean the training i provide is worth a single penny. and if something looks too good to be true, then it probably is. theo leggett, bbc news. ido like i do like the fact he makes it obvious that he is actually not on a desert island. very important, that. if you want to get in touch with us today, talking about parking later on, you have some questions for our guests, plastic bags, the potential chance of a levels and gcses being slightly extended next year, bbc brea kfast slightly extended next year, bbc breakfast e—mail us. shepherd james rebanks has become something of a social media sensation by posting pictures of life on his lake district farm. he's now written a new book which is part love letter to the countryside, part manifesto to save traditional farming. rory cellanjones has been to meet him. crows. come on! whistles. he's the lakeland sheep farmer who became something of a twitter sensation, posting pictures of his beloved herdwick flock in fair—weather and fall. —— in fair weather and foul. i'm first and foremost a shepherd, and i take my sheep rearing really seriously. but these days, james rebanks is a man with a mission. his new book, english pastoral, is part love letter to his farm, part manifesto for greener, less intensive approach to agriculture, with more emphases on local produce. i think it's good to have food produced locally to us because we can see it. we can see it, we canjudge it, we can comment on it and we can have more influence over the way things are done. it would be cheaper to do it from new zealand, though? there's more to life than cheaper, rory. you should know that. there's cheaper ways to do radio than the bbc! that's me told. and around the farm, he showed me what he was doing to practice what he preaches. hey! come on! first, diversifying. the cows are a recent addition to the farm after years ofjust focusing on sheep. it was sort of regarded by everybody as progress, that you were stripping down to something, specialising in one thing. and now we know that wasn't particularly good for nature, and it hasn't been particularly good for our bank accounts in many ways, so we're going back to a mix of animals. a couple of free range pigs have alsojoined the farm. on our farm, we're just trying to get back to the old model, where there's a few pigs, there's a few cattle, there's the sheep and then, yeah, have a good diversified business model. they are hit with his son isaac but he knows where they are headed. can i ask you a difficult question? do you like bacon? yes! and you know that these pigs will end up as bacon. yes. this is the soldier or a bit of a lifestyle choice for us, this is actually about putting a farm where the community can be to drive as much of nature, as much biodiversity as we can. james rebanks has been consulting environmentalists about antifreeze and setting aside grazing pasture for wildflowers as it tries to make his land healthier. it is an amazing time to be farmer, we can take these measures from the environmentalists from the chin and listen carefully and they know things that we don't and they know things that we don't and we can rise to the challenge and i want the british public to believe in us, backup and support us. hopefully we have a good chance that it comes back quickly. he argues much of the damage to the landscape is the result of farmers imitating american intensive methods, and he has one great fear — a trade deal with the us that gives free access to their farm produce. if we sign on the dotted line of this american free trade deal which is being proposed, we're gonna put all of these damaging systems into hyperdrive. we're gonna do the greatest act of vandalism against the british countryside that there's been for many, many decades. but, for the most part, james rebanks is an optimist. he believes family farms like his are showing us there is a better way of feeding ourselves without damaging the landscape. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, matterdale in cumbria. it looks lovely, doesn't it? absolutely lovely. when you see the countryside... in the uk? it has been a reminder, hasn't it, this year? it is quite a nice place! you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come: while the uk has to make do with socially distanced concerts for the time being, music fans were allowed to get much closer to each other in guernsey this weekend. look at this! we'll find out how they managed it. that's coming up shortly, along with the latest news. and loads of sport to talk about this morning as well. it is monday morning and it is 25 minutes past six. now let's get the weather with carol. carol, there is a chill in the air, isn't there? there most certainly is, yes! good morning. last year, bank holiday, and of course it is a bank holiday, and of course it is a bank holiday, and of course it is a bank holiday in england, northern ireland and wales but not in scotland, but last year we have the highest temperature for this late august bank holiday on record. it reached just over 33 degrees at heathrow and cambridge clinical gardens. this year, we could have the coolest on record, that is the late august bank holiday —— botanical. to do that it would have to bea botanical. to do that it would have to be a temperature lower than 18.1; which is the previous record. we may or may not do that but it certainly will be one of the coolest that we have seen of late. a cool, dry start, wetter, windier and warmer by midweek and called again by the weekend so the temperatures is going to be up—and—down. my day and by night. high pressure is firmly in charge, a weather front has slowed down in the atlantic but it is still coming our way eventually. a lot of dry weather to start, a few coastal showers are particularly off the coast of the south—east and clear skies particularly across the eastern parts of england but we do have areas of cloud in northern ireland, scotland, parts of wales, north—west england, parts of the day cloud will build and flatten out so it will be a cloudy afternoon we are seeing some brightness first thing this morning then we started with. temperature 13—17. this is the weather front, starting to come in from the west, probably not producing any rain for example in the western isles until this evening. this evening, still a fair bit of cloud around and clear skies as well. the weather front is here, eventually getting through us through scotland and northern ireland. these are the temperatures you can in towns and cities. as we head through the course of tomorrow, high pressure is in charge for much of the uk. this weather front though is very slowly pushing from the west towards the east, bringing more cloud with it as it does so and once again, some spots of rain but it is in no great rush. moving further south under the area of high pressure we are looking at drier conditions, still conditions and also some sunshine but still a fair bit of cloud around. these are our temperatures which are disappointing for the time of year, 1a in the north, 19 as we push towards the south but there will be a degree also up on what we are looking at today. as we had from tuesday into wednesday we have this more active area of low pressure coming in from the west, you can see the isobars, it will be windy. this area of low pressure has the remnants or some of the remnants of hurricane laura, and of course no longer a hurricane, introducing more cloud, moisture and warmth. all of this rain coming our way, not getting into the south—east until later, gusty winds particularly across the north—west, but if anything temperatures will be up but if anything temperatures will be upa bit but if anything temperatures will be up a bit on tuesday. i will have more later. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: pavement parking causes all sorts of problems for wheelchair users and parents with prams. we're going to be finding out about a plan to keep the pavements clear and safe. after 64—million meals in 84,000 restau ra nts a nd cafes, the eat out to help out scheme ends today. it's been hugely popular, so should it be extended? and we're going to speak to dr michael moseley after 7:30 this morning. he's back with a new programme where doctors turn detective, to try and diagnose some complex medical mysteries. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. labour is calling for next years gcse and a—level exams to be postponed, to give students more time to catch up on their studies. the party says pupils have a "mountain to climb" after months away from the classroom as a result of the pandemic. unions say the idea is worth considering, but warned it could have a knock on effect for university admissions. the government says it's working with the exams regulator on a plan for next year. the cost of single use plastic bags in england will double from five to ten pence from april next year. the government also says the charge will be extended to all shops to help tackle plastic waste. it originallyjust applied to shops with more than 250 employees. scotland, wales and northern ireland, already charge a minimum of five pence for plastic bags. all passengers on a flight to wales from the greek island of zante have been told to self—isolate after some of those travelling tested positive for covid—19. almost 200 people were on board the tui plane. there have been seven confirmed cases of coronavirus, with some other passengers reporting symptoms. secondary school pupils in scotland must wear face coverings in corridors, communal spaces and on school buses from this morning. they won't have to wear them in classrooms. similar measures are being introduced in northern ireland and parts of england. in wales, individual head teachers will be able to decide whether they think face coverings are necessary. donald trump has clashed with his presidential rival joe biden, over the ongoing violence in the city of portland in oregon. president trump blamed portland's democrat mayor for allowing the "death and destruction of his city" after a man was shot dead on saturday night. portland has become a flashpoint for demonstrations, following the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis in may. time to have a chat with our gp, this morning it's dr richard bircher who's in anglesey. good morning because of everything all right this morning? very well, thank you, dan. good morning. good to see you. we have a few issues to get through with you this morning. we know you were a university student to medical students. the return of students to campuses and how it might impact on the spread of the virus. is that a concern of yours, given one of the jobs that yours, given one of the jobs that you do? yes, it is a concern because things like coronavirus will come into general practice because people become unwell and yes, on the other hand, we do have to help these stu d e nts hand, we do have to help these students catch up so my first students catch up so my first student since coronavirus lockdown started starts on tuesday and he is a medical student but doing a bit of the fourth year to catch up because he has missed some very important clinical skills training though my job on tuesdays to pick up on that. i suppose there are all sorts of different opinions on this. i was reading one study, an article where they were talking about the university is becoming the care homes of the second way. what do you feel when you hear that sort of comment? well, universities are full of young people and of course they are not going to be so nastily affected by coronavirus. they may become vessels to carry it on to other people so i think if you are a medical student, you are involved in practice, which means going close to people for examinations, there will a lwa ys people for examinations, there will always be a chance he will pick up that virus so i think is a medical student, you need to be careful with mixing with your mum and dad and grandpa, great grandpa, people who are vulnerable. my heart goes out to medical students who are actually carrying long—term conditions because they have an awful situation where they are personally at risk but also have to learn the skills to become a good doctor. do you think there could be more done to protect stu d e nts there could be more done to protect students than the sort of standard preventative measures? because universities have had a lot of focus recently with all of the exams crisis as this is something. do you think it needs a bit more care and attention? well, i do lots of work on behalf of the university and they have thought very long and hard about all the clinical placements and have done a risk assessment on everybody and i think they're taking it very seriously. the medical stu d e nts it very seriously. the medical students are going to be wearing exactly the same ppe as i am and taking exactly the same precautions. something else which has been a big story over the weekend, 3000 people who gathered at an illegal rave in wales. i don't know if you saw the comments from the first minister of wales saying there was concern about the of young people not social distancing. do you think this is going to be, with your medical hat on, how do you see it in an issue going forward? 0h, on, how do you see it in an issue going forward? oh, i on, how do you see it in an issue going forward? 0h, ithink on, how do you see it in an issue going forward? oh, i think this is down to group psychology. i am a doctor so i am very much aware that people sometimes find it very difficult to follow health advice so people with bad chests will smoke and people with heart disease will add overweight or eat badly. i am aware some people will find it very difficult but when you have an infectious disease, that's different though if you are smoking and with a bad chests, that is down to you and damaging yourself but an infectious disease is very, very different. and i think at a rave, there is going to be people there that want to be belligerent, perhaps. people there who will be scared. people there feeling selfish and i think people there who think are frustrated by lockdown. i think people find it very difficult to believe in coronavirus because they haven't seen it. there are large amounts of the population that itjust hasn't touched and i believe in it because i've seen it, i've looked after patients one day and two days later they are no longer with us and i've talked to bereaved relatives as well doi talked to bereaved relatives as well do i believe in that illness and therefore i take it —— find it easy to ta ke therefore i take it —— find it easy to take it more seriously. i imagine the people at a rate may not. when you are talking to your patients, do you are talking to your patients, do you have people of that opinion, because they haven't seen it, it is not out there? -- i imagined people ata not out there? -- i imagined people at a rave may not. i tell them the stories of people who i've and who have died from it in my own practice and hopefully try and nudge them towards taking it more seriously and i think when you walk around the shops and public you see people with different levels of fear about it. there are people who still insist on shielding themselves and going out and relatives are doing a fantastic job looking after them and then there are people walking around as if it is not out there. how do your patients feel about foreign travel? we saw the flight arriving from wales with a number of positive cases and everyone on that flight has been asked to self isolate?” find it very difficult to comment on because the people on the flight we re because the people on the flight were doing what they were allowed to do. they didn't break any rules but i think anybody who goes out in public and mixes with lots of people have to be aware that they can potentially pick that virus up and i think a lot of people who are travelling at the moment are people who are fit and well and young anna because the people who can become asymptomatic carriers. —— fit and well and young and the people who can become a cement “— well and young and the people who can become a cement —— a symptomatically. they may mix with people afterwards, though, with underlying illness and may become very unwell. have a good week, thank you forjoining us will stop a fun day at the cricket, wasn't it, holly? it was a case of showing everyone what who watches the bbc what they have been missing. it was the first time was broadcast on the bbc since 1999 and they will have seen england pulling off what was a brilliant run chase it to be pakistan by five wickets in the second t—28 old trafford but it was a captain eoin morgan who stole the show. with another match winning knock to anchor a 196 run chase — their highest ever t20 run chase on home soil. alex gulrajani was watching. the perfect drama for your sunday afternoon. an english victory to crown it off. it went down to a final over at the match that had it all. it started at a canter, pakistan playing an attacking brand of cricket from the off. the boundaries flowed with relative ease. , jetta 50 up. it has gone hi! a__ ease. , jetta 50 up. it has gone hi! a —— england's target looked daunting. opening pairjonny ba i rstow daunting. opening pairjonny bairstow made inroads to give their opponents some headaches. pakistan showed up and turned england in a spin. jonny bairstow first to go and his partner not too far behind. eoin morgan picks up the button and got them back on track. david malan chipped into. was time for a brief england wobble, of course, as three wickets fell in quick succession but england had done enough. milan guided them home to victory. awesome. when you are betting on the top three, you don't get many opportunities to be there at the end was a great feeling. it was a great feeling. tomorrow these two sides will meet again as england's albeit different summer of cricket continues. staying with strong performances. lewis hamilton says he understands the frustration of fans watching him win practically every race — but it's different when you're in the driver's seat. victory in the belgian grand prix was his fifth in seven races this season — and he's just two wins shy of michael schumacher‘s record of 91. but he admits he got pretty bored with watching schumacher‘s dominance in the early 2000s. hamilton is also set to equal the german's seven world titles. celtic are up to third in the scottish premiership, after beating bottom side motherwell 3—0 at celtic park — christopherjullien with the last of those in stoppage time. during his celebration he paid tribute to black panther star chadwick boseman. we saw a lot of this over the weekend. celtic are now six points behind leaders rangers but they have two games in hand. lyon's dominance in the women's champions league continues. they comfortably beat wolfsburg to win it for a record seventh time and make it five in a row — sara bjork gunnarsdottir with their last goal in a 3—1win. among those celebrating was england's lucy bronze, who's now played her last game for lyon — she said she couldn't see their achievement being beaten. the punishing schedule of rugby union's premiership since the re—start has made for some extreme results. leaders exeter pummelled an understrength worcester — 59 points to 7, including 9 tries. they're now 1a points clear at the top of the table. cardiff ended the pro 1a season with a victory over bottom side ospreys, 29—20 — but neither side has made the play—offs, which start on friday. in golf, john rahm came from three shots behind to win golf‘s bmw championship in chicago. he flew to the top of the leaderboard with six birdies in an impressive six—under par 64 — the lowest round of the week. he did have to fight off world number one dustin johnson in a play—off but he eventually claimed his fifth tour title. rory mcilroy somewhat disappeared on the leaderboard. a lot of people have been talking about it. maybe a bit distracted over the last few weeks was not a very good reason for that which we found out over the weekend, is expecting his first child. i think one of the pundits let it slip on sunday and he says he will have to disappear off at any time if he gets a phone call i can't imagine it would be very easy to concentrate on the golf with that going on. good to get the priorities right, holly. did you see the pup thatjon rahm made. a monster, wasn't it? —— putt. thatjon rahm made. a monster, wasn't it? -- putt. jon rahm is fantastic to watch at the moment. a lot of people unaffected what is going on, no crowds, some at play a lot better. someone like rory mcilroy has been affected, he really needs the fans to drive him on but john rahm, no danger they are at all. i need to mention mr leonel messy. —— lionel messy. la liga who run the league and spain are saying he can't go on a free transport and they need to pay the buyout clause which is 623 million pounds. it is phenomenal! at least they know the price now. they have the bill so they know what it is. who is going to play it? two this is not even lottery style money, is it? they will have to wrangle something to see if they can get it down a bit. that is even too much for messi. there's normally loads of music and cultural events going on during the august bank holiday weekend. and whilst a few are still going ahead in a new socially distant format — things are a lot different in guernsey. the vale earth fair is the channel islands' longest—running music festival, and it went ahead yesterday without any social distancing because there have been no known cases of coronavirus in guernsey forfour months. euan duncan was amongst the crowd. looking at the crowds here, up close and personal, you would never know we we re and personal, you would never know we were in the middle of a global pandemic. there is no requirement for any form of social distancing as guernsey hasn't had any known cases of coronavirus in four months. and lockdown restrictions were dropped at the end ofjune. life is almost back to normal in this sunny part of the british isles. guernsey, it is pretty incredible. i don't know about anyone else but i keep getting shocked by it. for us, it isjust the most brilliant thing that we can carry on doing, putting on the fettle that we love. —— festival. it is all we want to do this year is put on a fantastic day for everyone so we are happy we can carry on with that. this annual festival, the longest running in the channel islands, would normally welcome acts from the uk and jersey. due to guernsey's current border policy where you could have to self isolate forup to where you could have to self isolate for up to two weeks, it means it is an entirely local lineup of artists. the fact we can come out with our mates, come out, get drunk, listen to good music, amazing, love it. mates, come out, get drunk, listen to good music, amazing, love itm is quite amazing and hard to realise that the rest of the world is still in lockdown. and we are able to come out and enjoy the festival. live music, be with friends, it is fantastic. it is a unique situation with no current restrictions in place for those that are in guernsey because of events like today's festival unthinkable anywhere else in the world. thousands of islanders have been here today enjoying the freedoms that many others currently don't have. of course guernsey hasn't faced the same issues as a bigger, more densely populated territories in coping with the coronavirus outbreak, but today is not just a coronavirus outbreak, but today is notjust a celebration of local artist, the community asset which has enabled guernsey to get to this point. euan duncan, bbc news, guernsey. i think a lot of people would be watching that with just a hint of envy. drivers could be fined up to £70 if they park on pavements in england as part of plans to make life easier for disabled people, the elderly, and parents pushing prams. it's already illegal to park on pavements in london, and ministers are considering extending that ban to the rest of the country. 49—year—old gavin from bradford is a wheelchair user. he told us how pavement parking affects his life. i've got to sort of plan my route every day to see what i am going to go. i have a set route when i go out to ta ke go. i have a set route when i go out to take my dog for a walk. every single day, it is an obstruction of some sort in my way. i take photographs of the vehicles and i reported to the police. and i can do that every day. i struggle to confront people because of my illness. i get the usual responses "i will only be five minutes" or "can't you get around?" or "olivia". i have had all of the excuses. —— i live here. drivers just i have had all of the excuses. —— i live here. driversjust don't realise they are causing an obstruction. not all pedestrians can walk, not all pedestrians are just one person, there are people in scooters, wheelchairs, parents with prams, double programmes, there are so many variants of pedestrian. on days because apart on the pavement obstructive lee, that could end, i just have to turn around, find another route. my anxiety rises to another route. my anxiety rises to an all—time high when i do come across it because it is a situation which i cannot personally change. i cannot move the car. i have burst into tears cannot move the car. i have burst into tea rs before, cannot move the car. i have burst into tears before, it causes serious mental health issues, especially to people in my situation. and as gavin mentioned there, it's notjust wheelchair users who have problems with cars parked on pavements. these mums told breakfast about their experiences with their prams and pushchairs. i've got no problems with people parking on the pavement as long as they leave room for a pushchair or a wheelchair to get past. it makes me so cross when i have to go out onto a busy road with the babyjust to get past a car that is parked too far over because i cannot squeeze pass on the pavement and it must be even worse if you are a wheelchair user because you cannot easily bump up user because you cannot easily bump up and down the pavement to get around car. i think if car is parked on the pavement, making it quite narrow, you have to go into the road which can be a bit dangerous if there is fast—moving traffic or it isa there is fast—moving traffic or it is a busy road, otherwise you are squeezing through trying to avoid scratching the car so it is not ideal, really. ithink scratching the car so it is not ideal, really. i think as well i have a very heavy pram and it normally has more than one child in it trying to get back to the pavement once you have got off it can be hard. i have three children including twins and so on a daily basis i have used a double prams. eating out and about with the double pram was hard enough but when you are faced with parked cars on the pavement it can be a nightmare, especially when i have my oldest child holding onto the pram to manoeuvre around the parked cars on the pavement, iwould have manoeuvre around the parked cars on the pavement, i would have to go into the road with all three children to get back onto the pavement. that is the view of some mums there. but some motoring organisations are worried that a blanket ban on parking on pavements will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get down some streets, and there are concerns councils will use new powers to raise money. so what do you think? you can get in touch and give us your experiences this morning. i cannot see that, that is too small. but is our twitter handle. you can use a hashtag. we're on social media, or you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk. we are on social media in various places. the eat out to help out scheme ends today. it's been enormously popular, with 64 million half—price meals dished up in 84,000 restaurants and cafes across the uk. i could not get a place in a restau ra nt last i could not get a place in a restaurant last week. no room at the end! —— no room at the inn! the idea was to help the hospitality industry get going again after the lockdown. the discount applied monday to wednesday throughout august, and there have been calls for it to continue, as our business correspondent katy austin reports. trade has been sizzling this august at the olive cafe in bournemouth. its owner and chef credits the eat out to help out scheme for being fully booked monday—wednesday. trade is well up onjuly. people are more comfortable coming out to eat and enjoy themselves. we do our best to make them happy. happy with their half—price breakfast on wednesday were this family visiting bournemouth for a few days, and it is not the first time they have used the discount. we have done breakfast, dinner, brea kfast, we have done breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner. four times we have done breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner. fourtimes now. we had to book the restaurants before we left home to get the availability, because it is so popular. they are not the only ones who have taken advantage more than once. over the course of august, probably ten times. by lunchtime, this pubjust out of town was filling up. it has been much busier than expected. the challenge has been getting the order in, —— ordering right obviously, getting the team levels right, but it feels good to have our pubs packed. especially after lockdown, you know, you did not feel that confident of going out, but this has encouraged us. industry body uk hospitality says one third of bars and restaurants have yet to reopen. this is our outdoor terrace and it has been busy like this pretty much constantly. but back in central bournemouth the boss of the south african restau ra nts boss of the south african restaurants as the scheme has worked. he has recouped some of his lockdown losses. trade is record—breaking at the moment. it is a bubble so we're not getting too excited about that but monday, wednesday are operably100%, the week is a probably 50%, thursday has pivoted, thursday is the new monday. slower weekend trade is not a problem for andy, social distancing means he could not cope with bump on saturdays. this is a vat cut has provided a further lifeline but once —— but he wants eat out to help out to return to avoid the slump. give september the breathing space with schools open and october and november were predominately it is going to be the quietest part of the year and that is where the biggest worry is. the boom in visitors and people on staycation is but bournemouth have seen this summer helps to explain why restaurants and pubs in the town have seen such a big boost from the government discount scheme. it is not the case everywhere though. location is key in determining how successful the past month has been for businesses. pubjoined greene past month has been for businesses. pub joined greene king past month has been for businesses. pubjoined greene king has 3000 pubs and restaurants. it says while is in and restaurants. it says while is in a benefit overall, city centre venues lacking the usual office workers and tourists are struggling. a lot of our businesses were 50, 70, 90% year on year. london, central london, was about 30% down year on year. so it is pretty stark. i have called for government to think about maybe doing a similar scheme for city centres and for london. we need to get people back into our city centres and particularly into central london. the government does not plan to extend the scheme, but says it is helping hospitality sectors in other ways as well. this london cafe is one of a number carrying on a discount. trade has been tough since reopening so a half—price offer in september, funded by the landlord, is designed to lure more people back. now we're telling everybody that we continue so you can see are extremely happy and i think it will help us a lot for the trade. and as well we can have a lot of people going back to work in the offices. with the furlough scheme coming to an end in october, businesses like these hope that people's interest in eating out will still be on the menu come the autumn. katy austin, bbc news. we would love you to get in touch with us this morning and tell us whether you have taken part in eat out to help out. let's talk to daniel and his six—year—old daughter luna. they're from hartlepool and have used the eat out to help out scheme i think every day possible. good morning daniel, good morning, luna. when you heard about it did you think right, i will give it a go? what was your thought process? it was not a massive plan, we thought lock down for myself and luna missing school, it is a chance to get out there and half price was better, we would have gone anywhere, we went every day so we have had a great time. what kind of restaurants and cafes did you go to? the big one is big and boo, a korean, japanese, chinese food and theyjust opened up toa chinese food and theyjust opened up to a larger premises as lockdown hit. brazilian, sushi, every cuisine possible. it sounds like you have have you enjoy this? it has been really really fun. with lockdown, luna did not see herfriends for five months and she is normally sociable so to get up there and see new people and patting dogs as we go into cafes, it has been a great time. luna, tell us about which food you especially enjoyed. well, when we went to edinburgh, the pizza place was amazing because they even had a desert pizza there. —— desert —— dessert. had a desert pizza there. —— desert -- dessert. she is only little and eating all of those different things must be amazing for her. for her sixth birthday... i know cold. i cold. i think i am sick. sixth birthday... i know cold. i cold. ithinki am sick. i know. she was eating beef tata, pierogi.” have upset you, luna. you are big, you are six. would you like to continue eating out like this? yeah! what sort of restaurants would you like to continue to go to, then? hmm, let me have a think. you have a think. where would you like to go back to? you tell the lady. big bamboo, the pizza place and the pizza hut that we go to after, daddy. i think you are getting a clear message. the brazilian place would be nice, that is where we had a pina colada. yum! i'm sure it was a pina colada. yum! i'm sure it was a non—alcoholic medical ardour! —— non—alcoholic pinnacle ardour. a non—alcoholic medical ardour! —— non-alcoholic pinnacle ardour. she expects them all the time now. luna, you are brilliant. can i ask, with ms, presumably you would have to shield so do you think it has changed your kind of attitude with feeling safe going out? i did not to shield until the end of august but before that i was using common sense are not before that i was using common sense a re not really before that i was using common sense are not really going anywhere, going for country walks, and we were not coming to busy places and no way will be going to bounce places play parks when this came up with thought fantastic. the first report —— restau ra nt fantastic. the first report —— resta u ra nt i fantastic. the first report —— restaurant i was apprehensive, we used a qr code and all of the menus we re used a qr code and all of the menus were cleaned and it was sterile and i felt safe. you are going up one more time today? yes, we're going to a little place in durham, lovely food, we have never been there before and it is normally a bit expensive but half—time gives us a chance to try it. luna, thank you for joining chance to try it. luna, thank you forjoining us, chance to try it. luna, thank you for joining us, and chance to try it. luna, thank you forjoining us, and daniel. you need to watch that back. did you see luna's i to watch that back. did you see lu na's i roll? to watch that back. did you see luna's i roll? it was the best! fair enough. i am not a little girl, i am six. and when you apologised she gave you the best role of the eyes i have ever seen! that is me firmly put in my place. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. how are you? not too bad, thanks! top that! the weather today though is fairly quiet. lovely weather watch a picture from warsaw but actually start. for example, only seven degrees inkatha. belfast 11. today temperatures are going to be below where they should be at this stage on the last day of august and it is also going to be fairly cloudy, even for some of us starting off with sunshine. high pressure is in charge, hence quiet but the weather front is coming in slowly from the west, slowing down a bit on what we were thinking yesterday. for eastern england, a beautiful start but for southern england and parts of wales, parts of the midlands, some areas of cloud but equally, some areas of cloud but equally, some sunshine. north, north—east england is seeing some sunshine and northern ireland, north—west england and parts of scotland having a bit more cloud. equally, some sunshine, particularly in the far north. heading on through the course of the day, a bit more cloud developing and it will flatten out so where you have had fun trying first thing you will have more cloud in the afternoon and temperatures are ranging from about 13 in the north to 17 or 18 as we push further south and infact to 17 or 18 as we push further south and in fact it could be the coldest bank holiday, late bank holiday in august, on record and of course it is not a bank holiday today in scotland. we have this weather front coming our way through the course of the night and slowly it moves into northern ireland and also western scotland. still a fair bit of cloud around but some breaks in the cloud and here, it will be cooler as a result, only six in newcastle. 12 in london. as we move through the course of tomorrow, starting off with some breaks in that cloud so it will start off with some sunshine. the weather front is here, fairly wea k the weather front is here, fairly weak and again cloudy with spots of rain on it. temperatures 14—19. temperatures up mr degree also on what we're at today. on wednesday, starting off on a dry note the further east that you are but a more potent area of low pressure coming away with the remnants what was hurricane laura no longer a hurricane, introducing a bit more cloud, some warmth and also moisture and a top temperature of 20. the headlines are next. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: labour calls for next year's a—level and gcse exams in england to be pushed back to help pupils cope with the impact of coronavirus. the cost of plastic bags is to double to ten pence and all shops in england will have to charge for them. 200 passengers on a flight from zante are told to self isolate after several tested positive for coronavirus. we'll talk to one of those who was on board. knock for 66. eoin morgan admits he's in the form of his life as his remarkable innings inspires england to a record breaking victory over pakistan in their second t20 intentional. it's monday august 31st. our top story: labour is calling for next year's gcse and a—level exams to be delayed to give pupils more time to catch up on the work they've missed during the pandemic. the party says students have a "mountain to climb" after months away from the classroom as a result of coronavirus. the government says it's working with the exams regulator on a plan for next year, and unions say the impact on university admissions also needs to be considered. it is an idea that is worthy of consideration. our concerns about it are that if you are going to push the exam series back, you can't really push back the dates for the publication of results because that would have a difficult knock on effect at universities, colleges and employers. and we'll be speaking to the shadow education secretary, kate green, in just a few minutes. the charge on single use carrier bags in england is to double from sp to 10p from next april, and all shops will have to charge for them. the government says it's part of a renewed drive to be greener, and cut unnecessary waste. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has the details. at the moment, the 5p levy only applies to single use carrier bags in large stores, those employing more than 250 people. but, from next april, the charge will double and will apply in all shops. the government says the initiative aims to protect sea creatures by reducing plastic pollution in the ocean. it claims that since the charge was introduced in 2015, there has been a 95% reduction in plastic bags sales in major supermarkets. but environmental campaigners dispute that. they say we're just buying billions of thicker so—called ‘bags for life' instead. the environmental campaign group greenpeace says the government should go further and set targets for reducing all single—use plastics by supermarkets. this is just a small step when we should be taking big strides. we know the scale of our plastic pollution crisis. the government is well aware of the kind of action they need to take including on things like bags for life which contain more plastic. but ultimately, if we're going to make people, customers, you or i, pay more, surely producers, the people who make the plastic in the first place, should be paying more as well and that's what we want to see from the government as soon as possible. but the move has been welcomed by the association of convenience stores which represents small retailers. it says the charge is an effective way of reducing plastic waste. justin rowlatt, bbc news. all passengers on a flight to wales from the greek island of zante have been told to self—isolate after some of those travelling tested positive for covid—19. almost 200 people were on board the tui plane. there have been seven confirmed cases of coronavirus, with some other passengers reporting symptoms. secondary school pupils in scotland must wear face coverings in corridors, communal spaces and on school buses from this morning. they won't have to wear them in classrooms. similar measures are being introduced in northern ireland and parts of england. in wales, individual head teachers will be able to decide whether they think face coverings are necessary. police say they'll do everything within their power to prosecute people who organise illegal raves. more than 3,000 people attended an unlicensed music event on the edge of the brecon beacons this weekend, and two organisers have since been fined ten thousand pounds each. in norfolk, police were hit with bottles and cans as they shut down a rave in thetford forest. if we finish the news bulletin, we will show you some astonishing pictures of a little girl being pulled into the air by a giant kite. also, let me tell you, she did only suffered minor cuts and bruises which is quite something. it happened at a festival in taiwan. the three—year—old got tangled in the tail of the kite, and was then thrown into the air. she was eventually caught, and i will reiterate that she only suffered minor cuts and bruises. the incident is being investigated by authorities in taiwan. gosh, lucky escape. let's go back to our top story this morning, that call from labour for next years gcse and a—level exams to be pushed back. they say it would allow students to catch up with the work they've missed because of the pandemic. we're joined now by the shadow education secretary, kate green. good morning. great to speak to you on the programme. can you explain to me how you think this will work and why you think we need this delay in england for gcses and a—levels next year. we know that the students who are going into year 11 and year 13, the exam years, in the next few days, have already had a lot of disruption to their education as it is important that we take all the steps that we can to give them every chance when it comes to assessment of their performance next summer. and clearly, one way we can do that is to give them time for study as much extension is possible. commensurate with being able to run university and college admissions processes , university and college admissions processes, too. we think it is possible to extend the exams back intojune possible to extend the exams back into june or even perhaps july possible to extend the exams back intojune or even perhaszuly to give the few extra weeks of study. obviously, it is only one thing that you could do and it won't be the only thing that will help those stu d e nts only thing that will help those students recover from the disruption that their education has suffered already and they may be what —— more disruption if we have local lockdowns in the coming year. but it is so important that the government sta rts is so important that the government starts to make contingency plans now so that we don't have a repeat of the fiasco that we saw just over the last few weeks in relation to this yea r‘s exam series. last few weeks in relation to this year's exam series. so you are saying potentially pushed back into june or even july. we saying potentially pushed back into june or evenjuly. we havejust heard from one head teacher talking about how that would knock on with universities and college admissions was not what is your way of getting around that? i think it would be ideal to not have to push the results stay back and not very far but these plans do need to be worked through with examining bodies and what we are saying though is that our first priority must be to give the students every possible chance to demonstrate their learning, their attainment and their potential and that absolutely ought to be the government's priority was not young people have never been front of mind when the government has been managing its way or failing to manage its way through the covid crisis and we think they need to be put first and there needs to be systems that give young people every chance at every opportunity to do well. we have a regular guest on this programme, geoff barton, from the association, he says it would create more problems than it solves and one things —— make one thing he mentioned was, i know you said you wa nt mentioned was, i know you said you want more of an understanding of the situation that young people are going but this could put a lot of pressure on markers and many of those are teachers as well, in order to get those grades ready for result stay and not cause a backlog in the system. do you think there is enough resources to make sure the timeframe you are talking about would actually work? well that is a very good question and it will be very important that whatever the government decides to do, it underpins it with adequate resources and of course that does include having, as you say, enough people to be able to manage the exams and to mark them. but we found money, quite rightly, the government has found money to mitigate the other very damaging impacts of the coronavirus of the furlough scheme for example, to keep people in workforce. absolutely the right thing to do. it a lwa ys absolutely the right thing to do. it always seems that when it comes to finding the resources to give young people the rights and every protection, the government puts them at the back of the queue and that isn't acceptable. we have to have young people and their futures is our absolute priority.” young people and their futures is our absolute priority. i am sure you have seen that quual has announced that some subjects will be reduced. is that a measure that could potentially be helping out in this area as well? it is important that stu d e nts area as well? it is important that students perhaps of a wider choice in terms of what exam questions they can take. —— perhaps have a wider choice was not it may be that some students, but generally, i don't think that shrinking the curriculum is the ideal solution because for some young people it might mean, for example, that they miss out on studying for a subject that they would have gone on into further post school study and done really well in and they may be missing out on developing real expertise in a more complex and technical area and we wouldn't want to shut students from that opportunity so i think there are ways we can look at making sure that students have more opportunity when it takes to make comes to taking exams. i do think it is less than ideal to start narrowing down the range of subjects that is available for study if that can be avoided. and just to let you know, i know you know this, the government has said that they are working closely with the sector and quual as well as the exam boards to look at the approach and quual are consulting on this precise issue so it could be they come back with a recommendation to push exams back anyway. it could indeed but they do need to make some relatively rapid progress because first of all, teachers need to know the situation. they need to know the way in which the academic year will be run and how they should arrange teaching over the coming weeks. this also so important that this year we have an incredible plan for the exam series this year. we saw what happened last month when there was no plan, no contingency plan put in place at all. it was utter incompetence and chaos. we really need to know that the quual and government plan this time around is going to be robust, going to deal with the possibility of further local lockdowns or what would happen if we couldn't have an exa m would happen if we couldn't have an exam series again next summer. the credibility of the government in relation to managing the exams process is very, very badly dented by the fiasco of the last few weeks and that is why it is so important that they start the detailed planning now and they do that with schools, with colleges and with the universities who will be relying on the results next summer. kate green, appreciate your time. the prospect of delaying exams has prompted a mixed reaction from students. let's hear from a few of them. the government have had months to think about the logistics and as of now, the 21 —— the 2021 exams are staying the same is unthinkable.” think i would benefit way more having some of the year 13 topic —— topics taken out rather than having exams pushed back because we have been expected to learn so much in the six months taken off and it is not the same is going to school, being motivated and being taught everything a tabletop obviously i have worked hard during lockdown but i haven't reached my full potential without teachers. i feel the competence going into year 11, i like the idea of the exams being pushed back. i think delaying the exams could end up being inevitable. it is already a stressful year for us and it could end up —— just adding more stress. this could create false hope unless there are robust plans in place as to how and when the a—levels will be taken, how the results will be issued and how universities will deal with the late delivery of these results. i don't think a statement like this should be made. interesting to hear those points of view. delaying exams could also have a knock—on effect for universities. we can say good morning to sammy weight, who is the vice principal of southmoor academy in sunderland. and mary curnock—cook who used to be in charge of ucas, which deals with the university application process. good morning to you both. thank you so much forjoining us. sammy right, you are vice principal. the idea that exams, gcses and a—levels should be pushed back, what is your reaction? i have two roles because i am also the lead for schools and ag on the commission. we called for this back in may when i spoke to quual and i think that it is part of something that can be useful. i think it certainly would add something to what we can offer stu d e nts something to what we can offer students this year. it will help us to keep our focus on them and to keep the impetus behind a kind of concerted effort to support people who have put this —— you have got this huge educational deficit. they will be logistical problems but i am sure we can get over them. i think the most important thing is to consider this as part of the solution, not the solution itself.” it will come back to other parts in a moment. mary, former head of ucas four. what will be the impact if the exams will be put back? it is important to remember that exams are about progression in —— progressing to the next stage of education or work and actually the whole education system is quite a delicately balanced ecosystem. so if you delay the exams by one month, you delay the exams by one month, you push the results by one month so for a—levels, that would be mid—september. then you could not start university until mid—october and if it was two months as was also suggested you get results mid—october ready to start university mid—november which shunts a whole term start into, you know, way beyond where it normally starts but also, you have got this massive task of matching results to offers for hundreds of thousands of students, deciding whether to accept them, whether they will go to a second choice or in clearing and all of this would have to be done simultaneously with opening admissions for the 2022 cycle. so it really is something you have to work it with accommodation, student finance and so on and also, for gcse results, which, if these were delayed one month or two, that would be pushing the results of gcses into the beginning of term and a term where students need to know whether they are staying in their school sixth form, going on to college going into an apprenticeship and they don't know whether they can do those things until they have got the results. can ijust ask those things until they have got the results. can i just ask you those things until they have got the results. can ijust ask you a question, sorry, mary, with the process be speeded up? the exams be postponed but the marking process sped up? the marking process is already done, you know, on a very, very tight timetable. there are literally millions, i think 7 million gcse scripts and 2 million a scripts that have to get marked in that time window. —— a—level scripts. it is a massive effort with actually teaches very often doing the marking during the summer holidays. —— the marking during the summer holidays. — — teachers. the marking during the summer holidays. —— teachers. if they are backin holidays. —— teachers. if they are back in school it will be difficult for them to do marking as well sol have every sympathy for kids, they need help catching up and there are various things that the tutoring programme, may be staying in school slightly longer, out longer hours and shorter holidays, butjust this balance, when you do a big system change like that, it has massive ripples of impact and i would be really worried about the risks of making a change like that in such a short time survey —— period.” making a change like that in such a short time survey -- period. i know you have been listening to that and i know you talked about other things being part of the solution, what kind of things do you mean? well, there are some obvious things which we can do straightaway which, for example, the tutoring programme that you mentioned, but needs to be extended to post 16, as we have heard, the 12th and 13th have this huge gap in their education and they need really the right support to help them with that. obviously we know that off: looking at content in exams and is something that we need to do but we need to take this time to do but we need to take this time to really reassess how the education system is working —— quual. it is very clear from what happened this summer that, you know, it was not like a lot of those issues came out of nowhere. they were exacerbated but they were already in the system. i think we need to look at perhaps changing the assessment model. we need to look at the burden of assessment, particularly for year 11. there really isn't a very good reason for year 11 students to do quite as many exams. and if we are able to finish out a little bit, but would already start to solve part of the problem. talking about a real seachange of that were to happen, sammy. you have people coming back to school, haven't you, students. you think as it stands, you can get ready for those really important exams? yes, absolutely. this is what teachers do. we are, for right or wrong, have been trained over the last 20 years to be very good at preparing students for exams and we will no doubt managed to do that again. but what will happen is that the most disadvantaged students will lose out the most because they are the ones who struggle the most with work during lockdown. this is documented. even though they have had their love tops, they came very late in the process, the end of term and they have not done a lot of work on the —— laptops. so we need to look out for them and what we do feel in the commission is that a lot of organisations including our own which have been talking about this for some time. we feel a bit of a ca nary for some time. we feel a bit of a canary in the coalmine because we we re canary in the coalmine because we were saying a lot of things that then proved be absolutely correct when the quual exams to buckle happened. and we just think when the quual exams to buckle happened. and wejust think —— exams the buckle happened. we think there needs to be non—partisan approach across the board, an expert opinion and chance to look at how to safeguard the opportunities for people who are still in the school system and university. let me pick up system and university. let me pick up that point with mary about disadvantage, you think this whole process makes it even more difficult for them? oh, undoubtedly. one of my roles, chair the access project which helps disadvantaged children who want to go to university, and we use tutoring and so on but it is clear from the feedback from our front—line officers that these kids have really missed out so i have a huge amount of sympathy. i do worry though that if you try to do a big syste m though that if you try to do a big system change within an academic year, that you may unwittingly put more risk and more disadvantage onto those very pupils who you are trying to help so i would look for other solutions, trying to leave the syste m solutions, trying to leave the system as it is and look for other solutions to make up for these real deficits. that these children have suffered through, the corona crisis. indeed mary curnock—cook and sammy weight, thank you for your time this morning. 21 minutes past seven. all 193 people who were on the flight from their vantage account of have been told to self—isolate. —— all 193 people who were on the tui flight from zante to cardiff have been told to self—isolate. stephanie whitfield was on board and joins us now. —— let's talk now to dr giri shankar, who is the covid—19 incident director for public health wales. i will read you a statement from tui later on but what do we know about the people who have tested positive and what is your advice on what they should be doing now? we know that this particular flight operated should be doing now? we know that this particularflight operated on august 25 from cardiff to zante and on arrival in cardiff and subsequently we identified that these seven individuals who have now tested positive but potentially infectious during the flight, therefore we had our advising passengers who have been on this particular flight to self—isolate until september nine. we also know subsequently that there are at least 16 confirmed cases now associated with the passengers on this flight and we believe all of them are —— acquired the infection in zante who have travelled on this flight so people self—isolate and if they are showing any symptoms, however mild they may be, we are advising them to ta ke they may be, we are advising them to take the test immediately. we have spoken to somebody who was on the flight. spoken to somebody who was on the flight. let me read you some of the things they said were happening. the chap next to me had his mask around his neck are not only did the airline not pull him up on it they said they gave him a free drink when he said he knew a member of the crew. lots of people taking their masks off and wandering up and down the aisles talking to each other and as soon as the flight landed a load of people took their masks off immediately, the flight was full of selfish people and an inept crew says this person on the flight, who could not care less. how do you feel about people seemingly not observing those social distancing rules on the flight? i think it is really important because we have to remember not so long ago that we made enormous sacrifices during the lockdown period, personal sacrifices, huge sacrifices, and we do not want to let go of the gains that we have made by exhibiting lax behaviour. i think it is really important for people who are travelling to be responsible for their own health but also be very considerate about their fellow passengers and the risk of passing on an infection. so it is extremely important to adhere to the rules.” should say tui said in response to the covid protocols that passengers complied for the duration of the flight complied for the duration of the flight including wearing face masks and they say their aircraft have state—of—the—art hospital standard air filtering systems and a deep clea n after air filtering systems and a deep clean after every air filtering systems and a deep clea n after every flight air filtering systems and a deep clean after every flight and fully disinfected at least once every 2a hours which is in accordance with european safety guidelines. the message more generally, doctor, to young people, particularly when it comes to rules, what is the message this morning? excuse me. i think there may be a misconception that evenif there may be a misconception that even if they get the infection, the symptoms may be less severe and they can let go of it which may be in a majority of cases but i think it is important that they can pass on the infection to other vulnerable individuals and that may be more serious and indeed for themselves, they can experience very severe symptoms and complications. therefore the message people would be it is important to obey the rules. it is important to show responsible behaviour in terms of adhering to the social distancing hand hygiene, interaction with their own group and other groups. and if they are symptomatic, come forward and takea they are symptomatic, come forward and take a test. many of the people who saw what happened with regards to the grave in wales with 3000 people in south wales over the weekend, do you think there are some clear indications that some people have given up on social distancing and following the regulations? that seems to be an emerging picture at the moment. it is very unfortunate and disappointing. it is particularly ha rd and disappointing. it is particularly hard also with people being restricted in their mobility in terms of what they can do, therefore once there is a sense of some control measures being used, there could be tendencies for them to go overboard a little bit but we recommend that should not be the case. do you think the message will get through after the weekend? there has been fined handed out, £10,000, to the two people who organised the brave. i hope so and it requires a collective effort. it is notjust about the strict enforcement of regulations but i think it is more about people taking responsibility for themselves. also, the wider family, friends and society at large. thank you, doctor. he is from public health wales, speaking to us about the flight coming back from za nte to cardiff about the flight coming back from zante to cardiff but also about the rave in south wales on the weekend which 3000 people went to. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come: dr michael mosley‘s back with a new programme where doctors turn detective to try and solve some complex medical mysteries. we'll speak to him in just a few minutes. now let's get the weather with carol. it is approaching six... seven! seven o'clock. good morning. shall we catch up with the weather? only one hour out. sorry, everyone! that is normally me! today we are looking ata bank is normally me! today we are looking at a bank holiday for many of us, not in scotland of course, and it could well prove to be one of the coolest late august bank holiday is on record. the record stands actually at 18.1; and that was way backin actually at 18.1; and that was way back in 1986. today, it is going to bea back in 1986. today, it is going to be a cool day, temperatures average, dry start but then midweek gets wetter, windier and warmer —— temperatures below average. it will not laugh because it is cooler by the weekend. we have high pressure in charge of the weather, weather front coming in from the atlantic which will eventually introduce some rain, a bit slower than we thought this time yesterday, so the rain will not arrive until much later in the day. some of us are starting off with a lot of sunshine and eastern england isn't bad at all and the far north of scotland, parts of wales and the south—west but also areas of cloud and if anything, the cloud will continue to develop through the morning into the afternoon so a cloudy afternoon than the start of the day but still some brightness around. temperatures 13 in lerwick. the weather front is coming in overnight, not very strong and as a comes in from the west, eventually it will bring cloud across northern ireland, western scotland with some patchy rain. elsewhere, some clearing skies but equally a lot of cloud around. these temperatures indicate what you can expect in towns and cities and in rural areas it will be much lower so six degrees in newcastle, ten in cardiff. 12 in london. through the course of tomorrow, this is the weather front, slowly pushing eastward, bumping into the high pressure. weakening all of the time. it is bringing the cloud and some patchy rain across western scotland, out of northern ireland, travelling further through scotla nd ireland, travelling further through scotland and then the rest of england and wales, yes, some areas of cloud at times but equally, some sunshine as well. temperatures if anything upa sunshine as well. temperatures if anything up a touch on today, 19 in cardiff, 18 in newcastle, 1a in lerwick. by the time we get to wednesday, we have this area of low pressure which is a bit more potent and if you have a look at the isobars, they are close together which indicates it will be in windy in this area of low pressure has the re m na nts of in this area of low pressure has the remnants of what was hurricane laura. it you're bringing all of this rain coming our way, some heavy. you can see the sustained wind speed in wide circles. gusty across the north—west with exposure 40-45 across the north—west with exposure 40—45 miles an hour and inland, 30-35. 40—45 miles an hour and inland, 30—35. temperatures up a touch so in whole, 20 degrees. also london. —— hull. the weather front pushes away then but the dregs of cloud and spots of rain in the south but north of it, something drier and brighter and also feeling warmer. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. the cost of single use plastic shopping bags in england will double from april next year from 5 to 10 pence. the government have announced the charge will also be extended to all shops to help tackle plastic waste — it originallyjust applied to shops with more than 250 employees. scotland, wales and northern ireland, already charge a minimum of 5 pence for plastic bags. we're joined now by the environment secretary, george eustice. we would talk to you about that of other things talk to you about this morning. the plastic bags, one of the impacts about the 5p charge was that people were buying bags for life instead. we have seen a dramatic reduction in overall since this charge was introduced and 95% reduction in single—use plastic bags in supermarkets. yes, it is true, that means more people sometimes will buy a bag for life but this has been a great success, a huge change in behaviour and once people have bought those bags for life, they do ta ke bought those bags for life, they do take them back, people are getting in the habit, everyone wants to play their part to reduce the scourge of plastics in our oceans and more and more people are taking those backs —— those bags back with them. environmental campaigners have said that many people use them only once and actually, because of the type of plastic they are made of, they are more damaging for the environment. welcome overall we don't think that is the case and we look very closely as “— is the case and we look very closely as —— at this and run this consultation and following that, we have chosen to do two things to increase the charge to 10p for those single—use plastic bags which i think will drive further behavioural change and make people think twice and try to remember to take bags with them. secondly, we are extending it to all retailers. it is not long ago that supermarkets were issuing a —— around seven carrier bags a year and that has been reduced to 95% and now we want to extend this approach to other retailers as well and between them, probably issuing at the moment around 3 billion bags a year. we think we can have a similar impact to reduce further the issuing of plastic bags and extends what has been a very successful policy supported by the public. what about extending it to cups, takeaway forks, spoons, things like that? well, there are other measures we are taking in october. we are going to introduce a ban on things like plastic straws which aren't needed. companies can use paper versions instead, and also things like cotton buds and plastic stirrers. also we need to get a general power to introduce charges on other types of plastic packaging. this has been a success that it has been the start and we want to gradually drive behavioural change from producers and manufacturers of foods so that they look for alternatives but also to try to change consumer behaviour as well. are you concerned about the impact, for example, from the pandemic, on uses of other single—use things like example gloves ? fa ce single—use things like example gloves? face coverings? look, there has obviously been an increase in the use of those face coverings and gloves and obviously those can be a problem and i know there has been reports of people not disposing of temporary face masks properly, disposable face masks properly. i think what i would say about those is look, we all hope that while we are going to have face masks in the short term and while we deal with this pandemic obviously you are going to see an increased use of those disposable ppe, we very much hope that is a short—term situation, not something in the long—term.” hope that is a short—term situation, not something in the long-term. i am interesting —— interested in what you mean by short—term in relation to face coverings, for example. well, i don't know but the reality is that as we deal with this pandemic we are having to monitor situations very closely. as things move on, we can drop some of the restrictions we have had in place but we sometimes therefore need to under —— introduce other compensating measures and that is why we have mandated the use of face masks and all of these public indoor spaces. but this is a rapidly changing situation and obviously at some point this pandemic will come to an end and we will get back to normality and get back to life as normality and get back to life as normal and people can put away the face masks and hopefully never have to wear them again. also, i am sure you have been watching the news this morning, labour has been talking about the gcse and a—level exams in england to be pushed back. would you welcome that? look, i know the department for education and gavin williamson will obviously be working with schools to identify exams next year but frankly, i think is far too early to be saying that you will delay them or cancel them. the focus now has got to be on getting those schools reopened, allowing them to reopen safely, adding parents to have the confidence in their children returning to school. that is the focus right now and one thing we have learned obviously from the last few weeks is that exam results area last few weeks is that exam results are a very personal thing to the individual. there is no substitute to ensuring that they can sit those exams next year and that is what we should be aiming to do as we try to return to life as normal. to have confidence in the system, people would need a decision, wouldn't they? these plans would have to be put in sooner. well yes, i think the reality is, we want to get schools back, we want students to be sitting there exams as normal next year. the precise timing and the approach of that will be something that obviously the department of education, quual and others will decide working with schools. it is far too early to be saying to postpone things or cancel things as the labour party seem to be saying this. that is the wrong approach. what we should be doing at this moment is focusing on getting schools back in the saddle, running again, so that young people can resume their education. we have seen the government change its mind on things several times over the past few months and one of your collea g u es few months and one of your colleagues saying that they need a decision by october in order to be able to do this, to change the exams or not to do so. look, the department for education will be looking at these matters and considering them. it is inevitable when you face a pandemic, as we are, where, as months go by, we learn more and more about the virus. this isa more and more about the virus. this is a worldwide situation, it is a new novel virus, we are learning about it and as we try to remove some restrictions like the full lockdown, we have to introduce others. some measures work better than others, you have to refine them, that is natural when you are trying to deal with a novel, new pandemic disease like this where every country in the world is wrestling with it. of course it is going to be quite a process where you have to change your approach at times. that is actually the right thing to do when you are dealing with a situation to like —— —— the right thing to do when you are dealing with a situation like this, rather than the wrong thing. talking about this flight from the greek islands to cardiff. the people that tested positive to coronavirus on one particularfight. tested positive to coronavirus on one particular fight. is tested positive to coronavirus on one particularfight. is it time to start testing on arrival?” one particularfight. is it time to start testing on arrival? i know that the department of health will be looking at this and as with all of these matters, they keep things under review. the advice of chief medical officer and chief scientist to date has been that testing on arrival doesn't really work because they could be people who have got they could be people who have got the virus but it is not showing symptoms and indeed won't necessarily show up on the test and they can go on to develop symptoms a couple of days after and believe that they are clear when they might not be so that is why to date we have taken the approach of saying where there are high risk countries, we will require quarantine of all passengers on arrival but obviously this is something we constantly keep under review and if there is a way of refining matters we have obviously expanded our testing capacity greatly now, there is something that can be considered and iam sure something that can be considered and i am sure that matt hancock and officials in the department of health will be keeping this under review. given what happened on that flight, review. given what happened on that flight, for example, is grease now a high risk country? -- greece. the judgement on whether a country is high risk is on the level of incidents in that country and you can't really base it on a kit —— single flight but we will want to look at what happened with this particular flight stop of course, we are never saying when we have these so—called air bridges and we don't require quarantine, we are never saying that the risk has been totally eliminated as you can never totally eliminated as you can never totally eliminated as you can never totally eliminate the risk in dealing with the coronavirus and we do of course having placed the test and trace a system where in sooner somebody becomes symptomatic, it is traced back to the source and indeed thatis traced back to the source and indeed that is something that has been managed to locate. one other thing, thousands of people travel to an eventin thousands of people travel to an event in wales yesterday for what you say to people who went to that? it is deeply irresponsible. none of us want to have the restrictions in place for a moment longer than is necessary. it is difficult for eve ryo ne necessary. it is difficult for everyone but we put these restrictions in place for a reason and having mass gatherings of that sort is very irresponsible, it does pose a serious risk and that is why we put in place sanctions and the ability to introduce some quite stiff penalties to somebody who organise events such as this. doesn't show that the message is not continuing to get through?” doesn't show that the message is not continuing to get through? i it shows that there will always be some individuals who will flout the rules that have been put in place and we will let regrettably in those insta nces will let regrettably in those instances need to issue sanctions. i don't think you can really read into that, that this is part of a wider change where society as a whole is deciding no longer to abide by the ridges and indeed go to any shopping centre anywhere in the country. where you see people are doing their utmost to control the virus. what we're seeing here is one or two who have chosen to flout the rules. thank you for your time here on brea kfast. a very busy weekend of sport. holly is here trying to wrap it all up for us. we will start with captain fantastic in the cricket. he stole the show, really, leading from this —— leading from the front. as his his side beat pakistan in the second t20 international at old trafford. after being put into bat, pakistan flew out of the blocks, setting england a victory target of 196. they lost a couple of early wickets but morgan hit 66 offjust 33 balls and dawid malan made 55 before scoring the winning runs, as they won by five wickets with a really strong performance which could make today's squads announcements for the september series against australia quite difficult. we have guys, a lot of people who could potentially get into our best 11 and that is where we want to be and we still have a year, we are aware “— and we still have a year, we are aware —— a year out from the world cup. we are looking at our team as much as we can in preparation for the world cup so it is all the positives today. we understand that england and wales cricket board are going to review the situation regarding delia bushell who is an ecb director after she resigned from the jockey club when ecb director after she resigned from thejockey club when an independent enquiry upheld allegations against her of bullying, racist comments and the circulation of offensive material. lewis hamilton dedicated his victory in the belgian grand prix to chadwick boseman, the actor who died on friday. after another dominant display, hamilton is nowjust two wins away from equalling michel schumacher‘s all time grand prix record of 91 wins. joe wilson reports. if the hardest thing in sport is to make it look easy, watch lewis hamilton. away we go! he is notoriously competitive, overtaking, undulating, hamilton began first and just kept the rest behind. remember, looks easy. here is the view from antonio giovinazzi, one error, race over. and then from george russell, just behind, nowhere to go. release that breath of relief as both drivers emerge unscathed. while the top three remained a top three, just a glimpse of frailty from hamilton's mercedes as he felt the tires grow weary no real damage, no real drama, just another vic stop it is develop —— belgian grand prix for lewis hamilton! if you want to, call that a superhero. joe wilson, bbc news. there was also a tribute to the black panther star at celtic park, where christopherjulien scored the last of celtic‘s goals in a 3—0 win over bottom side motherwell. that takes them up to third in the table, six points behind leaders rangers — but they have two games in hand. manchester city — or anyone else for that matter — wanting to secure the services of lionel messi could well be put off by the amount they'd have to pay barcelona to let him go. the spanish league has ruled that the release clause in his contract stands, meaning any club signing him will have to pay barca 624—million pounds. messi is fighting to leave on a free transfer, arguing that the coronavirus delay should be taken into account. british rider adam yates just missed out on the yellowjersey at the tour de france, afterfinishing third on stage two. yates was in contention for the race lead right until the end, but home favourite julian alaphilippe was strongest in the sprint to the finish line in nice. he leads yates by four seconds in the overall standings, as they go into today's 198—kilometre ride to sisteron. that is the longest section of the tour de france and a lot of it is actually quite flat, particularly right at the very end so if you are going to be watching the tour de france today, that is the bit you wa nt to france today, that is the bit you want to watch because we're going to have another sprint finish and we do enjoy them! excellent, thank you, look forward to it. i do love a sprint finish. did you ever watch the tour de france? they make me feel a bit sick. i used to love a fellow called mario cipollini. great technique! the tashkent terror! my misspent youth watching the tour de france! as the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to have an effect on so many people's jobs and finances, you can understand the appeal of an offer to get rich quick. but, as the saying goes, when something seems too good to be true, it probably is. and with lots of people looking to re—train or learn new skills, scammers and con artists have started to take advantage, as theo leggett reports. whether it is from property investment, playing the foreign exchange market or buying and selling shares, the internet is rife with people promising to teach you how to become very rich. it is very easy to see the attraction of all of this. a quick internet search will reveal all sorts of courses promising to make you millions in six months or a year with very little effort and no funds up front. the problem is that many of them, rather than making you money, will end up costing you a small fortune. just a branded notebook and it was just pretty poor, to be honest, for $2,500. andrew copson signed up for a free course that turned out to be an exercise in hard selling marketing further courses that cost thousands. i ended up spending about £2,400. while i was thinking about it and sitting there on my phone, looking at my google drive, you know, my budget, trying to work out if i could afford to do this, the guy was saying things like "come on" — there was an element of guilt there placed on you, kind of shouting "do you not want to take control of your future?" you know, stuff like this. typically, they'll sell you a shortcut to one of three things. youtuber mike winnet is a successful and very wealthy businessman. he spends much of his time exposing the methods of what he calls ‘contrepreneurs'. people who use well established psychological techniques to sell spurious promises of easy riches. there's only one person that's getting rich quick in that scenario. if you can sell 1,000 people a £2,000 course, you're getting rich quick, but the actual success rates on these courses is so minute. some are scams, but some of them are just generally quite disappointing. in the uk, the cpd standards office provides accreditation for genuine courses that lead to real qualifications. it says the covid—19 outbreak has provided a big opportunity for the scammers. there are a lot of people out there now with more time on their hands, who are keen to learn and who are keen and happy to put their hands in their pockets to pay for training themselves, and that does leave the market open for scammers to take the opportunity to take advantage. well, i guess the message is be really, really careful. and if something looks too good to be true, then it probably is. theo leggett, bbc news. clearly not on a desert island! for people who suffer from rare, severe or unusual medical conditions, it can often be a long and difficultjourney to find out exactly what is wrong and what can be done to help. for his new series, which is called the diagnosis detectives, dr michael mosley assembled 12 of the uk's leading medical experts to finally give patients the answers they desperately need. we'll speak to him shortly but first, here's a quick look at the show. believe it or not, i'm trying not to scratch. sorry. i each so intensely, i have scratched my pigment off. —— itch. constant scratching has caused widespread infection and open source. neill was recently found unconscious and rushed to hospital. i've been going to the dermatologist since 2016. he told me himself i need to get another opinion. since 2016. he told me himself i need to get another opinionm since 2016. he told me himself i need to get another opinion. it is certainly one of the most extensive cases i have seen. it is a very corrosive type of rash, erosive meaning at least part of the very top layer of this income of the epidermis, has been removed. of course you are at high risk of infection. and that is the concern. it could be life—threatening. exactly. let's talk about that case and other cases. and we can say good morning to dr michael moseley now. thank you forjoining us. talking about neilfirst thank you forjoining us. talking about neil first of all because he is really distressed, isn't he, by what was going on and for many years did not know what it was. absolutely, and you can see how distressing it is. he was in great difficulty, very confused and he was also inducing a sort of terrible sense of being unwilling to go outside because people would stare at him, along with everything else, so when we first saw him because he absolutely needed help and i have to say it is a remarkable series because we genuinely start off having absolutely no idea whether we can help these people or not. it is also a very emotional series because some of these people have been in distressing circumstances for up to 17, 18 years. they desperately, desperately need help. and diagnosis is at the heart of medicine and i guess the other thing which makes it so compelling is it is a sort of wonderful detective story because you know, it goes down quite a lot of blind alleys occasionally but our 12 experts from different fields, they often disagree with each other as to what the real diagnosis is, and then the challenge is to get together, get a small group of them per show, three of them get together to try and sort out each case. as i said, at the beginning we have no idea whether we will be successful or not. michael, it must be quite rare in any sort of medical situation to get together those sorts of brains in one room to try and find out what these particular people are going through.” and find out what these particular people are going through. i thought pretty well unique and that is another thing i would say, it isn't another thing i would say, it isn't a show that blames the nhs, people have not been failed by the system or something like that but it is the fa ct or something like that but it is the fact that we have been able to get 12 remarkable people into one space at same time. to debate this. and they fire off each other and these cases are by their very nature hard. so the fact that it has taken so long to sort them out, it is often the result of the fact that if it was easy, it would have been done a lot earlier! one thing i love about it is each of the different consultants is a moment to kind of say why they love their specialism and i'm not sure i've heard anyone what they why they love for example rheumatology. it gives us a lot of insight into their work. absolutely. you really understand, i mean, dermatology is not one of the more glamorous things but when you watch this, you understand just how difficult and how brilliant you have to be to be a dermatologist and it is the closest thing to being a sort of sherlock holmes as well because dermatologists, as one of them explained, it is about the eyes and looking for various subtle signs and being very sensitive to changes in colour and skin and things like that so in many ways, it is like watching a sherlock holmes unfold before your eyes or at least 12 different sherlock holmes with very different disciplines. they go through very vigorous test and diagnoses and all of these things but also, i was impressed by how much of it is done sort of on gut feeling and experience. 100%. when sort of on gut feeling and experience. 10096. when we talk about gut feeling, one of the things that it reflexes many, many years of experience and what they are doing is as soon as you come in the room, they have read your notes, they know a lot about you already but they are looking at the way that you walk, hold yourself, the way that you look. and all of this adds up. there is probably, you know, lots and lots of different diagnoses going through their brain as you go into a room and they are slowly sifting through them and i was told when i went to medical school that 90% of the diagnosis you make on the original conversation, the discussion, and then some of the details, the history you give, and 10% comes from the sort of more exotic tests you do. the testing in the end has to be done but quite often they already kind of know what they will do. i had a strange experience life, where i went had a strange experience life, where iwent swimming had a strange experience life, where i went swimming and i completely lost my memory. when i was in the water. and i came out and it only recovered a couple of hours later in casualty and a trend out i had a condition which was called total global amnesia which i've never heard of but the consultant recognised it straightaway. he was able to reassure me and my wife that i would return perfectly normal. he saidi i would return perfectly normal. he said i see about you know five or six cases a year. wow! i would like to get you back on to talk to length about that at some stage! it sounds fascinating, and terrifying, at the same time! what you said about some of the years the people had been living with these conditions and one thing that comes across in the show is the sense of relief when they find out exactly what it is and i think we can show something now from the show and this will give our view isa the show and this will give our view is a good idea of what the moment is like. cheers, thank you very much. it is quite emotional at the end. i found very much. it is quite emotional at the end. ifound it, you know, sort of... you realise how much people have suffered for years and years and years before they come and see you. hello. i have just and years before they come and see you. hello. i havejust seen the doctor and he thinks it is something called vagus nerve that is not working properly. 0k. and he thinks that there is a way that he can get me better. michael, by the time you have seen some of these people, they we re really have seen some of these people, they were really sick, won't they, and what a relief for them. absolutely. it is also when you have been ill that long, quite often even those who are close to you wonder whether you are who are close to you wonder whether you a re really who are close to you wonder whether you are really ill or making it up or whether it is some underlying psychiatric condition and again, thatis psychiatric condition and again, that is a huge relief to know that these symptoms are real because with a skin condition it is pretty obvious but with some of the other conditions where you feel dreadful, tired, and you wonder whether it is in your mind. and clearly, it is an important diagnosis to make as well. but when you discover something which you can do something about then yes, we saw a lot of tears in then yes, we saw a lot of tears in the programme and it was incredibly moving, i have to say. really really one of those wonderful theories to make because we were able to change so many people's lives. one of the other things i think coming out of this programme are discussions about trying to find out what is wrong with you is over the last few months, michael, as you have spoken to us about it before, lots of people have been suffering with various illnesses and have not been able to get those checked because of restrictions with covid—19 and coronavirus. what would be your message to them this morning about going back and when it will be safe for them to use the nhs and try to find out what they might be suffering without the moment? absolutely. i would say to back now. yourgp, you absolutely. i would say to back now. your gp, you may not be able to, it may be a struggle perhaps to get a face—to—face interview with a gp but you should be able to contact them over the phone and could be really really important because a lot of these conditions are if you sort them out early, it stops them going on and becoming sort of progressively worse and particularly if you have concerns around your heart or cancer, and it is very important to go and talk to your doctor sooner rather than later and doctor sooner rather than later and do not wait for things to get worse. deal with it now. thank you very much. thank you for your time and good to speak to you. and michael's show is called the diagnosis detectives and is on tonight at 9 o'clock on bbc 2. you can also catch up on the iplayer. it is some pretty amazing people on that. very impressive. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. a nip in the air this morning? certainly is. in fact, last night, temperatures in parts of the highlands and also northern england fell to just above freezing and at the moment it is about eight degrees in braemar and as we switch to the other end of the country in guernsey it is 13. what a range of temperatures. not a bad start for many and a lovely weather watcher picture sent in here of greater london. i cool day generally, temperatures below average for the last day of august, and also fairly cloudy, despite the fact some of us are starting off with some sunshine. high pressure is firmly in charge of the weather and we have a weather front coming in from the atlantic fairly weak, but eventually it will bring in some rain to the west but probably not until the evening. across southern areas including the channel islands, areas of cloud but equally, cloud three areas as well soafair equally, cloud three areas as well so a fair bit of sunshine for example eastern england. quite a bit of cloud north—west england, northern ireland, parts of scotland and the far north of scotland things and the far north of scotland things and sunshine. through the course of the day if anything, more cloud will be developing and then it will spread out so it will be a cloudier end to the day than it was to start when we had some sunshine. also, this front moving ever so closer to our shores. temperatures 13 in the north, 18 or 19 as we push down towards the south. through this evening and overnight there will be some clear skies around but quite a bit of cloud and the weather front eventually makes its way bringing some patchy rain across western parts of scotland and northern ireland. these are overnight lows in towns and cities and in rural areas it will be lower but you can see no heatwave in newcastle, six degrees. ten in cardiff. tomorrow, you will find we start off with brightness and sunshine, areas of cloud, and this is the weather front. it is wea k this is the weather front. it is weak and bumping into high pressure, ringing in cloud and patchy rain as it moves steadily eastward. temperatures tomorrow 14—19, looking up temperatures tomorrow 14—19, looking upa degree temperatures tomorrow 14—19, looking up a degree or so on what we were looking at today. on wednesday, a more potent area of low pressure coming away, introducing all of this rain and strong winds, are we are getting into the far south—east until later in the day, one thing you will notice as temperatures continuing to rise a touch. this area of low pressure actually has some of the remnants of what was hurricane laura. that is embedded in it. by thursday, the fronts around the low pressure move away but a trailing front in the south is still producing cloud and showers. further north, something drier and brighter but temperature on the up with highs of 22. headlines are next. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today. labour calls for next year's a—level and gcse exams in england to be pushed back to help pupils cope with the impact of coronavirus. the cost of plastic bags is to double to 10p and all shops in england will have to charge for them. parking on pavements — should offenders be fined or will it just allow councils to make money from motorists? magic morgan shines for england. the captain's remarkable innings inspires his side to a record breaking victory over pakistan in their seond t20 international at old trafford. it's monday, august 31st. our top story this morning is a call for next year's gcse and a—level exams to be delayed. labour say pupils need extra time to catch up on the work they've missed during the pandemic. our political correspondent is tony bonsignore. good morning. let's run through the labour plans first of all. what are they saying? good morning. they want exams planned for next may to be pushed back a matter of weeks tojune, perhaps even july. back a matter of weeks tojune, perhaps evenjuly. the reasoning is this, the first thing is they say there are too many students that have missed out on too much valuable teaching over the lockdown already. they have got a mountain to climb, they say, before the exams next year. in terms of why make the decision now? labour acknowledge making this a decision would have all sorts of implications. it would cause problems for employers, universities, getting enough markers in place, therefore, they say, those are problems but they can be overcome. they say the decision needs to be made, therefore, now, to plan for that. here is the shadow education secretary eight green. our first priority must be to give the students every possible chance to demonstrate their learning, attainment and potential and that absolutely ought to be the government's priority. young people have never been front of mind when the government has been managing its way, or failing to manage its way through this covid crisis and we think they need to be put first and we need to build systems that give young people every chance and every opportunity to do well. that is kate green from labour so what about the government's plan? what do they say? the government's line at the moment is that exams will go ahead next year. but they are looking at what they can do to help students because they can do to help students because they acknowledge that students have faced an awful lot of disruption and who knows what might happen over the coming months with coronavirus? but in terms of this particular push from labour, this is what cabinet minister george eustice had to say about it on this programme a few moments ago. frankly, ithink it is far too early to be saying that he will delay or cancel them. the focus now has got to be getting those schools reopened and allowing them to reopen safely, getting parents to have the confidence that their children can return to school. that is the focus right now. one thing we have learned from the last few weeks is that an exam result is a very personal thing to the individual. there is no substitute for ensuring that they can sit those exams next year and that is what we should be aiming to do as we try to return to life as normal. so far, the government is resisting the call to already make the decision to push back exams next year. but a problem for the government is, it is not just labour calling for this. robert halfon, the conservative mp, also chair of the influential commons education committee, in the last couple of days has been saying that the government and quual, the exams regulator, need to make the decision by october. he is pretty pessimistic, he thinks there is only a 50-50 pessimistic, he thinks there is only a 50—50 chance of exams next year going ahead anyway. quual, the exams regulator, executives have got to appear before mps on the committee on wednesday as mps return to westminster. we might get more of an idea of what they are thinking then. thank you forjoining us. all shops in england, regardless of size, will have to charge for single use plastic bags from next april. the charge is going to double, too, from sp to 10p. it's part of a renewed government drive to be greener and cut unnecessary waste. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has the details. at the moment, the 5p levy only applies to single use carrier bags in large stores, those employing more than 250 people. but, from next april, the charge will double and will apply in all shops. the government says the initiative aims to protect sea creatures by reducing plastic pollution in the ocean. it claims that since the charge was introduced in 2015, there has been a 95% reduction in plastic bags sales in major supermarkets. but environmental campaigners dispute that. they say we're just buying billions of thicker so—called "bags for life" instead. the environmental campaign group greenpeace says the government should go further and set targets for reducing all single—use plastics by supermarkets. this is just a small step when we should be taking big strides. we know the scale of our plastic pollution crisis. the government is well aware of the kind of action they need to take, including on things like bags for life, which contain more plastic. but ultimately, if we're going to make people, customers, you or i, pay more, surely producers, the people who make the plastic in the first place, should be paying more as well, and that's what we want to see from the government as soon as possible. but the move has been welcomed by the association of convenience stores, which represents small retailers. it says the charge is an effective way of reducing plastic waste. justin rowlatt, bbc news. all passengers on a flight to wales from the greek island of zante have been told to self—isolate after some of those travelling tested positive for covid—19. almost 200 people were on board the tui plane. there have been seven confirmed cases of coronavirus, with some other passengers reporting symptoms. two men have been arrested at stansted airport under the terrorism act. typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a plane arriving at the airport from vienna. the pair were detained shortly after the flight landed around 7 o'clock last night. essex police say their enquiries are ongoing. police say they'll do everything within their power to prosecute people who organise illegal raves. more than 3,000 people attended an unlicensed music event on the edge of the brecon beacons this weekend, and two organisers have since been fined £10,000 each. in norfolk, police were hit with bottles and cans as they shut down a rave in thetford forest. secondary school pupils in scotland must wear face coverings in corridors, communal spaces and on school buses from this morning. they won't have to wear them in classrooms. similar measures are being introduced in northern ireland and parts of england. in wales, individual head teachers will be able to decide whether they think face coverings are necessary. that is something we have been looking at on the last few days and i know we have loads of messages about that last week as well when we we re about that last week as well when we were mentioning it and interviewing some of the government ministers about it. something we will be talking about today is not only eat out to help out, how many of you have used it and found it helpful over the last month or so but also theissue over the last month or so but also the issue of parking on streets. i know lots of people have got in contact about that one. we spoke to one disabled gentleman who spoke how difficult he found it to get past ca rs. difficult he found it to get past cars. and also, lots of you who use pushchairs getting in contact as well. in response to that, some people say they have to park on the pavement on their street in order to make sure that other cars... and also emergency services. parking on pavements could be banned in england, under a plan to make life easier for disabled people, the elderly, and parents pushing prams. it's already banned in london, where drivers can be fined £70 if they stop on a pavement. 49—year—old gavin from bradford is a wheelchair user. he told us how pavement parking affects his life. i've got to sort of plan my route every day to see where i am going to go. i have a set route when i go out to take my dog for a walk. every single day, there is an obstruction of some sort in my way. i take photographs of the vehicles and i report it to the police, and i can do that every day. i struggle to confront people because of my illness. i get the usual responses. "i'll only be five minutes", or, "can't you get round?" or, you know, "i live here". i've had all the excuses. as far as drivers are concerned, it's all down to education. i think they don't realise that what they're doing is causing obstruction. not all pedestrians can walk, not all pedestrians are just one person. there's people in scooters, wheelchairs, parents with prams, double prams. there's so many variants of pedestrian. on days where cars are parked on the pavement obstructively, my walk could end. i could just... ..i have to just turn around, come home or find another route. my anxiety rises to an all—time high when i do come across it, because it's a situation which i can't personally change. i can't move the car. i have burst into tears before. it causes serious mental health issues, especially to people in my situation. you can really understand the difficulty it causes for him. joining us now from north london is stephen edwards from living streets. it's a charity that's been campaigning on the issue of parking on pavements. and jack cousens, who's head of roads policy at the aa and is in basingstoke. jack, first of all to you, we saw the real difficulty. what do you think can be done about it? we com pletely think can be done about it? we completely sympathise with that scenario. any driver who deliberately parts and obstructs any pedestrian, especially those with visual impairment, in wheelchairs or pushing pushchairs, and forces people into the road or abandon their walk completely deserves to be punished. however, a blanket ban could lead to unintended consequences. what we would like to see as local authority taking a street by street assessment and seeing where pavement parking could be allowed and where it could be allowed, to mark out specifically on the pavement how much space could be used. that way, everyone is clear how much could be shared and how much cannot be shared and ensure those pedestrians can continue their journey. jack, what is at the heart of this for you? irresponsible motorists or not enough parking spaces? it is a mixture of both. one of the things we really must stand out is the anti—social parking and thatis out is the anti—social parking and that is really what it is. —— stamp out. it is the lack of consideration for pedestrians. drivers do say and they do try to park in a manner where they are thinking about other vehicles like refuge trucks, fire engines and other emergency vehicles. they don't necessarily give thought to what pedestrians we re give thought to what pedestrians were doing regards to how they have pipe so we need an education bit around that but certainly there could also be an issue around the displacement of parking with outright ban. we were just move parking problems to neighbouring streets and potentially cause more problems. stephen, let's talk before we get those answers on those points about the real impact you have seen it causes on people, that cars are on pavements and people can't get past. we hear stories like gavin's every single day. pavement parking, quite simply, is dangerous. it forces some of the most vulnerable members of our society, disabled people, people in wheelchairs and on mobility scooters, the visually impaired, children, onto the road, into harm's way, into the path of oncoming vehicles. added to that, we hear from so many people that feel isolated in their homes as a result of pavement parking and feel unable to travel on the pavement as a result. aside from the physical harm's it could potentially cause people, it also has an emotional and social harm as well i put to you one point, so many people getting in touch, by the way, thank you, everyone for getting in touch. jain says she agrees it is not acceptable but in the cul—de—sac where she lives, they don't have an option to do anything else but park half on the pavement and half on the road so what should happen in that situation? what we are calling for at living streets is a default ban on pavement parking, so the first option should be, don't park on the pavement. but we accept there will be some situations where streets just are not... it is not possible to not park on the pavement so local authorities should have the option of assessing streets, assessing theirareas, and of assessing streets, assessing their areas, and exempting streets where pavement parking should be allowed but that should only be in a minority of cases and we should be thinking about those people that are being stopped from walking on the pavements at the moment and putting their needs first rather than the needs of people wanting to park. as louise said, so many people are getting in contact with varying points of views. robin in cornwall says, "being the father of a wheelchair user, i feel unless the person has a member of a family that has these one, the driverjust does not realise what problems their action causes. a wheelchair, a pram ora action causes. a wheelchair, a pram or a walking aid person all affected". chris and david are making a point that while it is not illegal to park on the pavement, it is illegal to drive in it as you have to drive on it to park, the laws are therefore already in place to deal with that situation. —— it is not illegal to drive on it. there are so need different ways to come at it, i suppose w yes, and that is why we are saying a street by street assessment would be the best way to go. local authorities are the best people in terms of understanding their communities and understanding what changes could be made. indeed, with the street by street assessment, it could underline that perhaps on one side of the street, pavement parking is banned. but on the other side of the street, partial pavement parking could be accepted. that is what we want to see here, real consultation, not only with residents but with the emergency services and with the refuse lorry providers so that everybody can be perfectly clear, we are looking at this residential street, how do we manage the parking issues, and how do we make sure we don't create more problems. that is really what we need to make sure we do, not only bring communities together but bring everybody together, drivers included, to make sure that we make our roads as safe as possible. this is a point for steven as possible. this is a point for steve n fro m as possible. this is a point for steven from chris, who says while it is not illegal to park on the pavement, it is illegal to drive on it, and as you have to drive on it to park, the law is already in place. would you agree with that? to park, the law is already in place. would you agree with that7m does beg the question as to how those people have parked on the pavement have got there in the first place, doesn't it? at the moment, the law is completely unclear. 65% of drivers say they have parked on the pavement before but an even greater number say they don't really understand what the law is at the moment. we have an ad hoc scheme that has developed, pavement parking band in london, a ban being implemented in scotland at the moment and then we have a mishmash of different schemes elsewhere in the country. having complete clarity on this is very important in our view, and a default ban, with the ability for local authority to exempt certain streets where they think parking should be allowed, is the right option. are really to you both. thank you forjoining us. and thank you to everyone who has been sending messages as well, lots of you interested in talking about that as well as the next thing we are talking about. this is something else that has got you going as well. the eat out to help out scheme ends today. it's been enormously popular, with 64 million half price meals dished up in 84,000 restaurants and cafes across the uk. the idea was to help the hospitality industry get going again after the lockdown. the discount applied monday to wednesday throughout august, and there have been calls for it to continue — as our business correspondent katy austin reports. trade has been sizzling this august at the olive cafe in bournemouth. its owner and chef credits the eat out to help out scheme for being fully booked monday to wednesday. trade is well up onjuly. people are more comfortable coming out, eating and enjoy themselves. we do our best to make them happy. happy with their half—price breakfast on wednesday were this family, visiting bournemouth for a few days, and it is not the first time they have used the discount. we have done breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner. so, yeah, four times now. we had to book all the restaurants before we left home to be able to get the availability, because it is so popular, yeah. they are not the only ones who have taken advantage more than once. over the course of august, yeah, probably ten times. by lunchtime, this pubjust out of town was filling up. it has been much busier than expected. the challenge has been getting the ordering right, obviously, and getting the team levels right, ok? but it feels good to have our pubs packed. especially after lockdown, you know, i did not feel that confident of actually going out, but this has encouraged us, you know? industry body uk hospitality says a third of bars and restaurants have yet to reopen. this is our outdoor terrace and it has been busy like this pretty much constantly. but back in central bournemouth, the boss of this south african restaurant says the scheme has worked. he has recouped some of his lockdown losses. trade is record—breaking at the moment. it's a false bubble so we're not getting too excited about that, but monday, tuesday, wednesday are probably up 100%. the week is up probably 50%. thursday has pivoted, so thursday is the new monday. slower weekend trade is not a problem for andy. social distancing means he could not cope with bumper saturdays. he says a vat cut has provided a further lifeline, but wants eat out to help out to return to avoid an autumn slump. give september that breathing space, let the schools open and bring it back in october and november where predominately, it is going to be the quietest part of the year — and that is where the biggest worry is. the boom in visitors and people on staycations that bournemouth has seen this summer helps to explain why restaurants and pubs in the town have seen such a big boost from the government discount scheme. that's not the case everywhere, though. location is key in determining how successful the past month has been for businesses. pub giant greene king has 3,000 pubs and restaurants. it says while it has seen a benefit overall, city centre venues lacking their usual office workers and tourists are struggling. well, a lot of our businesses were 50%, 70%, 90% up year on year. london, or central london, was about 30% down year on year. so it is pretty stark. i have called for government to think about maybe doing a similar scheme for city centres and for london. you know, we need to get people back into our city centres, and particularly into central london. the government does not plan to extend the scheme, but said it's helping the hospitality sector in other ways, too. this london cafe is one of a number carrying on a discount. trade has been tough since reopening, so a half—price offer in september, funded by the landlord, is designed to lure more people back. now we're telling everybody that we continue, so you can see people are extremely happy and i think it will help us a lot for the trade. and as well, we can are going to have a lot of people who are back to work in the offices. with the furlough scheme coming to an end in october, businesses like these hope people's interest in eating out will still be on the menu come the autumn. katy austin, bbc news. joining us now are karl drew, who's in the restaurant he manages in swindon. and craig beaumont from the federation of small businesses. he's in central london. good morning to you both. thank you forjoining us. i suppose, did you enjoy this game and did it help? very much so. for me, the government has really helped out hospitality. we have been fully booked through tuesday and wednesday, we chose not to open on monday. it has been amazing. it gave us an opportunity to showcase the safety, to give our guests the chance to see that it is still ok and good to come out. creagh, what about your perspective? how do you think small businesses have reacted, what have they been telling you? the scheme has been an overwhelming success. you mentioned 64 million meals but nearly 90,000 outlets have used it. we have seen a real effort from people to try independent cafe is, try and go somewhere new, to use the scheme to really try an experiment. i think when you have a great idea and it works, the government should really look at doing it again. you have seen families using it throughout august where other activities, they couldn't normally do. we have seen the behaviour change in people so they have gone out and tried their local small business, they have seen it operate safely and that has given them the confidence to go back. it operate safely and that has given them the confidence to go backm has been so good that you are going to continue to do it in some way, using your own cash? yes, correct we are going to do it throughout september, monday— wednesday. we are already fully booked for this tuesday and wednesday and near enough the following week. so just details, people can still get up to £10 per person? how do you find that? we're just going to run it through sales. is our chance for those that did not get the opportunity to come out in august and use it, it gives them an opportunity to come in and use the system. we are going to fund it because it is part of our way of giving back to our guests, giving them a chance to really get out and see what is not only my business but what the town is doing at the moment. i was listening to someone on the radio coming in this money, a restau ra nt on the radio coming in this money, a restaurant owner in the north—east of england, and he was saying he feels that if it was to be extended, the problem from his perspective was that it was a one month that eve ryo ne that it was a one month that everyone knew about and if it is extended, it loses their value and the wow factor and he does not think it will be as successful as it does matter if it went on. if it was open—ended, i think that is true. if you have a time limit, it gives it a sense of urgency but that is why a time limit exemption would be good through september. 0r time limit exemption would be good through september. or perhaps bring it in, there were some tourism areas who said they would rather see the other come through on a quieter month. we could easily bring it back. we have protected 2 million jobs and brought people back from fellow and that makes sense right now but keep it on for later, bring some life back into the high street is the economic recovery falters. i think it has been a real success and thank you to all of your viewers who have used this game and hopefully we'll use it again today and this evening. just looking ahead, i mean, presumably, there has been so many tests for people and businesses and presumably the real test is whether small restaurants, etc, independents, can get through until christmas because that is a really important time as well? yes, christmas is going to be the crunch. you normally start planning christmas about now but it is really ha rd christmas about now but it is really hard to guess what the economy will be doing. hopefully this has given a bit of a philip to them. people have missed out on government support at different points. there is a real crunch on the economy. we know we are ina crunch on the economy. we know we are in a recession. this is the kind of thing we would like the government to keep looking at, so perhaps as we get closer to christmas, this is something they could resurrect. what about from your perspective, what else could be done to help? definitely, something going into the autumn, taurus, as a rented come october, november, for us, and then going into january and early february can see a downturn in trade and that is what we saw before covid, let alone now. it does not have to be the same thing, but we could do something a bit different, but some kind of support going into the autumn time in hospital out —— in the hospitality industry will be needed and as you say, for more independents, it is going to be more challenging, for sure. just looking at people coming to your restaurant, you cite is fully booked, etc, but is there a sense that people are not afraid to go out? absolutely, the feedback we have had so far as people say they feel very safe coming in here, it is like the new normal and it feels basically like what we were doing before, which is what we were doing before, which is what i wanted to create. but it is also good for me because it is quite also good for me because it is quite a large venue so it's a bit easier for us to do social distancing on tables, for example, can lead to some of the smaller venues around. thank you forjoining us. karl drew, a manager in swindon, and craig moment from the titre gait federation of small businesses. th and if you are doing eat out to help out today, enjoy your meal. you're watching bbc breakfast. still to come... we've been talking about an increase in charges for plastic bags in england this morning. celebrity chef hugh fearnley—whittingstall will be with us before nine o'clock to give us an update on his own war on plastic. that's coming up shortly, along with the latest news. but the time now is 8.27. there is a real chill in the air, isn't there, carol? yes, temperatures by night and by day are lower than we would expect at this stage in august. looking at the forecast, a cool but largely dry start. in the middle of the week, things change and it becomes wetter and windier but also slightly warmer. then cooler by day and by night as we head back into next weekend. what is happening today is high—pressure in charge of our weather. a weather front which has slowed down compared to what we thought this time yesterday. eventually, it will bring thicker cloud and some rain but probably not until this evening to some western areas. many of us starting off with areas. many of us starting off with a lot of sunshine. areas of cloud around and through the course of the day, you will find more cloud developing. it willspread day, you will find more cloud developing. it will spread out so you will end up with a cloudy afternoon, cloudier than the morning you started with. 16 in glasgow, 17 in belfast and 18 in cardiff this morning. as we head through the evening and overnight, once again, some clear skies, still areas of cloud, this weather front making more progress, coming in from the west, bringing thicker cloud and rain into northern ireland and the outer hebrides by the end of the night. these temperatures you can see tell you what you can expect in towns and cities and in rural areas, they will be lower than this but in newcastle tonight, wrap up warm, especially if you are out, only 6 degrees by sam tomorrow. tuesday sees high pressure still in charge of the weather but the weather front coming in from the west, bumping into it and that will weaken it. tomorrow, we start off with some sunshine, again, like today, areas of cloud around. this is the weather front stretching through parts of the irish sea, in through scotland, but the rain turning patchy as we go through the course of the day. temperatures if anything up a degree or so on what we were expecting today. change afoot on wednesday. a deeper area of low pressure with all the isobars telling you it is going to be windy, comes our way. embedded in this area of low pressure are the re m na nts of in this area of low pressure are the remnants of what was hurricane laura. that means we will see more clout and moisture so the weather will be heavier and it will be warmer but it is also going to be windy, especially so across the north west, with exposure, gusts of 40-45 north west, with exposure, gusts of 40—45 mph, white circles indicating the sustained wind speed. inland, 30 or 35. this rain, the sustained wind speed. inland, 30 or35. this rain, pushing the sustained wind speed. inland, 30 or 35. this rain, pushing south and east, does not got into the far south—east until later in the day. that takes us into thursday, the rain goes through the south—east and pushes into the north sea, then a hang back of cloud across southern parts of england and wales, with the odd spot of rain in it. this could change because the front might wave a bit further north or south. but north of that, drier conditions with some sunshine and a few showers but look at the temperatures, picking up to 22 or 23 in the south—east. whatever you are doing, have a great day. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it is exactly half past eight. it is monday morning. secondary school pupils in scotland must wear face coverings in corridors, communal spaces and on school buses from this morning. children won't have to wear face coverings in classrooms. similar measures are being introduced in northern ireland and parts of england. connor gillies reports. masks in hand and ready for school. it's probably going to help us all in the long run. it probably should have been introduced from the start, like from day one. there's quite a few pregnant teachers are so it is helping out. and people with underlying health conditions are so in the long run it does help everyone else. this new guidance for scotland comes into force today — secondary pupils and staff will be required to wear face coverings in corridors where it's hard to stay apart. but there can be exceptions on medical grounds and there will be still no need for coverings in classrooms. the other big change is on school buses. children over five years old will have to wear a mask just as they would on a regular bus or train. young people returned to schools here in scotland earlier this month with no requirement for physical distancing among pupils are and no requirement forface masks. however, during this evolving crisis, the world health organization has updated its guidance to suggest that children over the age of 12 should now wear a mask and that has played a huge part in scotland making the changes it has done today. schools in northern ireland like scotland. in england, secondary pupils in areas under local lockdown will need to cover their faces in communal areas on return this week, but head teachers in any school can introduce the measure if they wish. in wales, it's up to local councils and schools to decide. the goal across the country is to prevent this, the very images officials are trying to avoid. we would like to see smaller class sizes and more physical distancing rather than face coverings in the classroom. but ultimately, if the level of infection increases outside of schools, then face coverings in the classroom will have to be looked at potentially somewhere down the line. and that is the unpredictable reality when dealing with such a volatile virus. connor gillies, bbc news. our reporter, jamie mcivor, is at a school in glasgow for us this morning. good morning, jamie. good to speak to you this morning. give us an idea of what it will look like there today? good morning, dan. schools in scotland have been back for three weeks. i will give you a sense of what the new normal was already like in schools in scotland. if you look behind me you will see some pupils gathering outside the door. different doors used for different students to keep people apart. there are hand sanitiser stations around the school to help protect staff and students alike. todayis protect staff and students alike. today is a big change with face masks in corridors. your to tell me what is the head teacher, alison mitchell. alison, what will this change mean in practice? in practice, from today, all students and staff should be wearing a face covering when they enter the school in busy areas, a communal area here, and when moving from class to class. some choose to wear them in classes. very important to remember how to wear your facemask properly, because if you are taking it off and on seven times a day between lessons? yes, students have been shown how to store it properly, they know they have to cover the nose, the mouth and the chin. there are some medical exemptions. what categories of stu d e nts exemptions. what categories of students may not need to wear a face mask? there are some who will have exemption for medical reasons and others who have additional support needs. we have had conversations with many students and families around issues of anxiety and will work individually with these students to make sure they are all feeling —— not feeling singled out. what if somebody refuses wear one to because they don't like it or they don't want to wear one? we have had conversations with all of the pupil support classes and talked about our response oddities to support each other in the committee and keep each other in the committee and keep each other say. it is about relationships and conversations and hopefully we will see the benefit of wearing the face coverings. do you think they will make a real benefit or is it about giving people a wee bit of extra confidence? a bit of both. we don't want the focus to be on the face coverings or the changes as a result of covid. the focus is on learning and if wearing face coverings means that people can learn properly, so be it. schools in scotla nd learn properly, so be it. schools in scotland have been back for three weeks. some of the students have been turning up bright and early to tell me about their experiences. cameron, how do you feel about wearing a face mask? slightly strange at work. but we wear them basically everyone else. it is something we need to do to stop this virus and lower every one's anxiety. is it important for senior students to be good role models? yes, students have been very supportive of it. and many pupils wear face masks to keep everybody say. in the long run it would be beneficial to keep... younger people are at risk —— where less risk from coronavirus. some young people may not feel the need to wear a face mask. we have had stories about teenagers not wearing the masks on trains. what would be your message to them?m wearing the masks on trains. what would be your message to them? it is notjust would be your message to them? it is not just about yourself, it is about protecting everyone else. you need to do your part to stop the spread. some of the practical issues in schools as well, what have things been like for the past three weeks? or were you feeling nervous in the school or did you relax quite quickly? at first many pupils were nervous, but the one—way system is accessible for everyone to maintain social distancing for both pupils and teachers. everyone has gotten used to it. everybody will get used to it. because of the practical changes we have seen in the school, like one—way systems, have they been conspicuous or heavyjust learned to get used them? -- where have you just learned? before, when we didn't have the one—way system, it is more e nforced have the one—way system, it is more enforced now. everybody should be following it now. i notice everybody seems to have a black and a white face mask on. would it be a good thing if we started to have a fashion contest with people may be starting to wear a brighter range of masks, is it better that people stick to the plain ones? we have not heard anything about there being a school uniform unmasks. it isjust your decision. i don't think it depends on a contest. it is how you feel about it. certainly that is the big change at schools in scotland the day. facemasks now mandatory in corridors and other environments. the other big change concerns school buses. pupils now need to wear a face mask on school buses. just as they would on regular public transport. certainly as education resumes in scotland this is a big step towards that new normal. really interesting to hear their point of use. thank you very much indeed. thank you. holly is looking ahead and looking back at what has been a very busy weekend of sport in general, but cricket on the bbc for the first time ina cricket on the bbc for the first time in a while? yes, the first time in 21 years. 1999 was the last time the bbc showed critic —— what my cricket. it ticked every box. we had good weather, plenty of drama and bring infans we weather, plenty of drama and bring in fans we got the result. england captain eoin morgan stole the show, leading from the front, as his his side beat pakistan in the second t20 international at old trafford. after being put into bat, pakistan flew out of the blocks, setting england a victory target of 196. they lost a couple of early wickets, but morgan hit 66 offjust 33 balls, and dawid malan made 55 before scoring the winning runs, as they won by five wickets with only five balls remaining. lewis hamilton says he understands the frustration of fans watching him win practically every race, but he claims its different when you're in the driver's seat. victory in the belgian grand prix was his fifth in seven races this season, and he's just two wins shy of michael schumacher‘s record of 91. leading from the front, as his his side beat but he admits he got pretty bored with watching schumacher‘s dominance in the early 2000s. hamilton is also set to equal the german's seven world titles. the first tennis grand slam starts today, but already the us open has been hit by coronavirus. french player benoit paire has been withdrawn after he tested positive. he's been in new york for the best part of two weeks, and had two negative tests when he first arrived, so it looks as though he contracted the virus while in the bio—secure bubble in new york. there have been many high—profile withdrawals from the event, due to fears over travelling to the united states, with rafael nadal and ash barty among those not taking part. sixteen—year—old coco gauff is playing, and she says it doesn't matter that fans can't attend. over the weekend, history was made at windsor when hollie doyle became the first female jockey to ride five winners on the same british card on saturday. the odds of that? nearly 900—1. i'm delighted to say holliejoins me now. hollie, congratulations. it is a remarkable achievement. not many people do this in general. what is the reaction been like? thank you. it has been a great few days really. everybody has been congratulating me. i'm just really grateful. just tell me what your mindset is like going into that fifth race? is it something you think about? were you aware you would be breaking a record? no, i didn't have a clue. i didn't know until i done it. i was interviewed afterwards and was asked, do you realise you've just broken a record? i said, asked, do you realise you've just broken a record? isaid, no, not at all! it was great. let me read you the words of frankie dettori, who needs no introduction. he was watching on television. he is in quarantine. he said, "she could easily be a champion jockey, quarantine. he said, "she could easily be a championjockey, why not? she has come a long way in a short time and is only going to get better." how does that make you feel? pretty good, for summary like frankie dettori to say that, it means quite a lot. do you agree that you could be a championjockey?” don't know. i am a realist. i know what it takes. but you never know, one day maybe. look, for a long time racing has been accused of institutional sexism and it all comes down to a lack of equal opportunities. you are getting those opportunities. you are getting those opportunities now. you are getting those races. do you feel the landscape is changing? yeah, definitely things are changing rapidly. when i first started riding nearly seven or eight years ago, i was one of few female writers. now the weighing room is full of riders. the doors have opened. you had a remarkable year last year. you are getting used to breaking these records. you had 116 winners. that broke the record last year. you said a few days ago you wanted to prove to people that that was not a fluke. you are already well on track. are you going to do it again?” you are already well on track. are you going to do it again? i don't know. hopefully. there's a lot of factors that come into play. hopefully if i stay clear of injuries and bands i might have a chance. you are having a fantastic year already. you rode yourfirst royal ascot winner. success at newmarket too. what is next short—term for you? newmarket too. what is next short-term for you? short-term i just want to keep doing what i am doing, improving and learning. just trying to write as many winners as possible. and i suppose long term it is to be a champion jockey. possible. and i suppose long term it is to be a championjockey. i have to bring your boyfriend into this as well. a lot of people will know him, tom marquand, also a jockey. that must be a competitive household? yeah, we're both competitive. but i wouldn't say we are competitive with each other at all really. we have known each other so long we don't really know any differences.” known each other so long we don't really know any differences. i have to ask you, it's great to break these records and to win, it is a very strange time right now. no crowds present. how does it feel rising with nobody there? obviously we arejust rising with nobody there? obviously we are just grateful to be racing again. that is the main objective. but yeah, it is strange and big days when there are no crowds there. they make it a big day. it is clearly having no impact on you whatsoever. keep on doing what you are doing. it has been a pleasure to have you on the programme. good luck with the rest of the year. thank you. fantastic to speak to hollie doyle. ican imagine fantastic to speak to hollie doyle. i can imagine what it is like in that household. she says there is no competition. i don't believe her at all. two jockeys living competition. i don't believe her at all. twojockeys living in competition. i don't believe her at all. two jockeys living in the same house, what do you reckon? i reckon you are right. i bet board games are a nightmare! thank you. all 193 people who were on the tui flight from zante to cardiff have been told to self—isolate, after several passengers tested poitive for coronavirus. stephanie whitfield was on board and joins us now. thank you very much for talking to us. give us an idea then, what was it like being on board the flight, what happened ? it like being on board the flight, what happened? it was quite scary, to be honest. as soon as we boarded we realised that many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of facemasks. many of them were wearing them around their chins, underneath their noses, they were taking them off to talk to fellow passengers and walking down the aisle with their mask off to speak to others. was anybody raising concerns about that on the flight and what were the cabin crew doing? the cabin crew obviously were offering a limited cabin service due to the pandemic. so they were not as present as that perhaps they might be on a normal flight perhaps they might be on a normal flight during normal times. but they did raise it with a couple of people. i was sat next to a gentleman who had the mask around his chin for the duration of the flight. his chin for the duration of the flight. and the cabin crew did not raise it with him. what was the response? obviously you are a bit distressed knowing what you know about that flight. have you developed any symptoms? a number of people have tested positive for the virus and everybody from the flight has been told to self—isolate. virus and everybody from the flight has been told to self-isolate. yes, we've developed a very mild symptoms. and we're taking a test tomorrow. my husband and i decided during the flight that we would self—isolate any way regardless of government advice. we decided that prior to the news breaking. i am glad now that we did. we are hoping we just glad now that we did. we are hoping wejust got a glad now that we did. we are hoping we just got a cold at the moment. but we are taking the test tomorrow to be on the safe side. particularly over this weekend quite a few, a bit of blame has been handed out to young people. there was a rave in wales attended by 3000 people. they been lots of talk about the young being educated, understanding the impact they can have another people. was it predominantly young people on the flight you are not wearing their masks properly and getting up talking to people, or was it a combination of things —— people?m was a combination of people. we had two groups of young people. they weren't really taking it seriously. i mentioned to the gentleman next to me. he was in his 50s to 60s. they we re me. he was in his 50s to 60s. they were fathers of young children who we re were fathers of young children who were taking their masks off, it was a real range of people. we have got a real range of people. we have got a response from tui. they say all passengers comply with covid protocols for the duration of their flight, protocols for the duration of their flight, including wearing face masks, and they say they have state—of—the—art systems and their planes are deep cleaned after every flight planes are deep cleaned after every flight and fully disinfected at least once every 24 hours. what do you say in response to that, having seen what you saw on that flight you we re seen what you saw on that flight you were on? i can certainly say the passengers were not complying with facemasks. obviously i can't comment on the filtering systems and the cleaning. what they weren't compliant. what happened when the plane landed, stephanie? many people seemed to think that since the plane had landed they could take their masks off. so yeah, we had a lady behind us whojust masks off. so yeah, we had a lady behind us who just discarded the mask immediately. you have a test and you are waiting for results? we have got the test tomorrow, yes. we will have the result in the next couple of days. you have chosen to self—isolate anyway. good to talk to you. hope you're ok. thank you for speaking to us. stephanie whitfield, who was on that flight that came back to cardiff from zante, where a number of people had tested positive for coronavirus. everybody has been asked to self—isolate. we will keep up to date with her as well. shepherd james rebanks has become something of a social media sensation, by posting pictures of life on his lake district farm. he's now written a new book, which is part love letter to the countryside, part manifesto to save traditional farming. rory cellanjones has been to meet him. crows. come on! whistles. he's the lakeland sheep farmer who became something of a twitter sensation, posting pictures of his beloved herdwick flock in fair weather and foul. i'm first and foremost a shepherd, and i take my sheep rearing really seriously. but these days, james rebanks is a man with a mission. his new book, english pastoral, is part love letter to his farm, part manifesto for greener, less intensive approach to agriculture, with more emphases on local produce. i think it's good to have food produced locally to us because we can see it. we can see it, we canjudge it, we can comment on it and we can have more influence over the way things are done. it would be cheaper to get it from new zealand, though, wouldn't it? there's more to life than cheaper, rory. you should know that. there's cheaper ways to do radio than the bbc! that's me told. and around the farm, he showed me what he was doing to practice what he preaches. hey! come on! first, diversifying. the cows are a recent addition to the farm after years ofjust focusing on sheep. it was sort of regarded by everybody as progress, that you were stripping down to something, specialising in one thing. and now we know that wasn't particularly good for nature, and it hasn't been particularly good for our bank accounts in many ways, so we're going back to a mix of animals. a couple of free range pigs have alsojoined the farm. on our farm, we're just trying to get back to the old model, where there's a few pigs, there's a few cattle, there's the sheep and then, yeah, have a good diversified business model. they're a hit with his son isaac, but he knows where they are heading. can i ask you a difficult question, isaac? do you like bacon? yes! and you know that these pigs will end up as bacon. yes. this isn'tjust sort of nostalgia or or a bit of a lifestyle choice fun. this is actually about putting back a farm to what it really can be, to drive as much nature, as much biodiversity as we can. james rebanks has been consulting environmentalists about planting trees and setting aside grazing pasture for wild flowers as he tries to make his land healthier. it's an amazing time to be farmer. we can just take these measures from the environmentalists on the chin, we can listen very carefully to the things they know that we don't and we can rise to a lot of these challenges. ijust think we need the british public to believe in us and back us and support us. nature's telling us that if we give it a chance, it comes back really quickly. he argues much of the damage to the landscape is the result of farmers imitating american intensive methods, and he has one great fear — a trade deal with the us that gives free access to their farm produce. if we sign on the dotted line of this american free trade deal which is being proposed, we're gonna put all of these damaging systems into hyperdrive. we're going to do the greatest act of vandalism against the british countryside that there's been for many, many decades. but, for the most part, james rebanks is an optimist. he believes family farms like his are showing us there is a better way of feeding ourselves without damaging the landscape. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, matterdale in cumbria. it looks absolutely lovely there. i'm pretty sure i've walked past that heard of couple —— cattle a couple of months ago. we have become obsessed with the yorkshire shepherdess. it might be a little early to be thinking about lunch, but on a normal day, many of us would head to the shop and pick up a sandwich. in fact, we eat around six million pre—packed sandwiches every day, but what happens to all the packaging? i have! it's been more than a year since the war on plastic documentary aired on bbc one, and the team are back to continue their investigation into the reality behind the "widely recycled" label on supermarket packaging. this has got this "widely recycled." what do you think it means that this sandwich skillet is widely recycled? that it means it's widely recycled. 0k. do you think the sandwich skillets are widely recycled? well, it's widely recycled according to the guidelines. we've done some alterations to the packaging actually to make it easier to separate the plastic part from the cardboard part... this plastic window? yes. can we do that? can you show me how it's possible to recycle that sandwich skillet? this is a real test for me, actually... give it a whirl. there a plastic lining, there, isn't there? which you should be able to separate, but as you can see, i'm struggling to do it, so... well i've tried it with half a dozen different... have you? right. ..companies, and supermarkets and, you know... yeah. i think you've made your point on that one. 0k. hugh fearnley—whittingsall joins us now. he is presenting that programme. good morning. really lovely to speak to you on the programme. i suppose thatis to you on the programme. i suppose that is a really good example of what the branding can say. you think you are helping but in actual fact is far more complicated? absolutely right. there's too much in the world that makes us feel we are doing the right thing but when it comes down to it the labelling is misleading, the packaging is not what it says it is. there is so much goodwill on this issue. people want less plastic in their lives. the big companies, the supermarkets, the manufacturers, have to make it much easier for us to do the right thing. they are still not doing that, are there, according to your findings? well, there is much, much more they could be doing. there are some interesting initiatives, which we reveal in the shell. nobody has cracked the totally plastic free sandwich skillet yet. they are changing that misleading labelling. they will no longer say "widely recycled". packaging generally will carry a new set of labels, either recycle or don't recycle. that is a step in the right direction. what we want is many more initiatives from the supermarkets especially to reduce their plastic. particularly their single use mastic packaging. there is an interesting initiative from tesco. we all know that online shopping for supermarkets has gone through the roof since the pandemic. that looks like it is going to stick around. so it's encouraging that tesco, for example, have started using refillable packaging and an option for their online customer stitch to choose refillable packaging, reusable packaging, glass and teen reuse packaging. packaging can be ok if it is reusable many times. but too many of these initiatives are window dressing. they are not really across the board. often there is an initiative in one or two stores, so the supermarkets can say, well, we have got a trial going. they love to tell us they have got a trial going. a trial is not real action. talking about real action, speaking to the government today about their plan doubling the price of plastic bags from 5p doubling the price of plastic bags from sp to 10p, notjust in supermarkets but all stores in england from next april. is that a good move? it's not a bad move, but it's not enough on its own. i mean, the government also made a commitment over a year ago, more than 18 months ago, to get rid of plastic straws, plastic steerers and plastic straws, plastic steerers and plastic cotton buds. they pushed that back to october. let's make sure it does go through in october. they said it was to do with the pandemic. i don't really see why the pandemic. i don't really see why the pandemic crisis should stop the government are pushing through legislation about plastic straws. in the supermarkets, in the case of bags, you know, the so—called bag for life is now a problem. too many people are using it at this if it was a single use bag. that is another problem of the supermarkets have to solve. and i totally understand that people are putting their own health and the health of their own health and the health of theirfamilies their own health and the health of their families above everything at their families above everything at the moment. people are rightly very anxious. but plastic in some insta nces anxious. but plastic in some instances is being wrongly touted as the solution to issues around the pandemic. one classic example is the facemask. we don't need disposable facemasks. reusable ones are ultimately cheaper and just as effective and of course they're much better for the environment. and effective and of course they're much betterfor the environment. and i think a lot of people don't realise that those pale blue disposable masks that look kind of papery, they are plastic and they are already turning up in huge numbers in the ocea ns turning up in huge numbers in the oceans as we reveal in our programme tomorrow evening. and on the side of streets. they seem to be discarded in many places. can we talk about tea bags? you looked at that specifically didn't you ? tea bags? you looked at that specifically didn't you? my fantastic co—presenter anita has taken on the tea bag story. it is pretty scary stuff. most of our tea bags for a long time had a lot of plastic in them. it is encouraging to note that that is changing. but it's a slow change. a lot of tea bags still have plastic in them and it dissolves into our tea. studies have shown that billions of particles can appear in our tea when we use plastic tea bags. there is a question about the methodology of some of those studies. nonetheless, this is such an avoidable problem. many businesses have already shown that you don't need plastic in your tea bags. that isjust that you don't need plastic in your tea bags. that is just one example of something that you think you could get rid of across the board and everybody could go plastic free on their tea bags. good to chat. tetleys say they will be switching to fully biodegradable tea bags by the end of the year. thank you. war on plastic: the fight goes on will be on bbc one at nine o'clock tonight. you can also catch up on the iplayer. we'll both be back with you at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, have a lovely day. bye for now. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. labour calls for next year's a—level and gcse exams in england to be pushed back to help pupils cope with the impact of coronavirus. the government says it's too early to decide. our first priority must be to give the students every possible chance to demonstrate their learning, attainment and potential. it is far to early to be saying we're going to postpone things or cancel things, as the labour party seem to be saying. i think that is the wrong approach. what we should actually be doing at this moment is focusing on getting our schools back in the saddle, running again, so young people can resume their education. 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