there s no decision yet on when non essential international travel, including holidays, can resume. in scotland, some easing began today with hairdressers, garden centres and car showrooms reopening. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. within the last hour, the prime minister has confirmed that the next step in england s roadmap out of lockdown will go ahead as planned. non essential shops, hairdressers and gyms can reopen and pubs and restaurants can serve customers outdoors from next monday. the prime minister said he was hopeful that foreign travel could resume next month as planned in the original roadmap, but no decision had yet been taken and the uk did not want to see the virus re imported to the uk from abroad. ministers have also confirmed they will make rapid coronavirus tests available to everyone in england. from friday, people will be able to take two lateral flow tests a week and receive results within half an hour. but borisjohnson warned that soci
ceremonies take place in thailand as part of three days of events marking the coronation of the new king. iand i and live at euston station where rail passengers are facing disruption this weekend. i will have the latest. they said they d live forever, now the kids from fame are making a comeback. a record breaking day ahead at wembley. west ham are looking to cause an upset and beat the might of manchester city, in the women s fa cup final, with over 50 thousand tickets sold. a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it s saturday, may the 4th. our top story: after its worst local election performance in nearly 25 years, conservative cabinet ministers are calling for the party to unite. after losing 1,300 council seats, calls are growing for theresa may to set a date for her departure. there were also heavy losses for labour, but big gains for smaller parties and independents. let s speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley, whojoins us from our london newsroom. not
brndi chastain after the championship really put soccer on the map for young women and girls inspires ring a generation. she s joining us in the studio to talk about her career and also what she s working on now. you mentioned concerns over concussions in soccer. yeah, she s donating her brain to science and whether or not maybe youth soccer should stop heading the ball. she s going in the hall of fame. wcl product, she graduated from there and coaches there. i wish we had sunshine but today will be okay but it s friday. yes, it is. gasia, no idea you were a soccer player. look, i was seven years old so a while ago but i loved it so much. did you head the ball? no, i wasn t that good. never too late. let s get a look at what s going on out soid the doors at this hour. not a good morning to be out playing soccer nlts you re playing indoors. a view from san francisco across the bay where it s gray and wet and windy for some. to the radar we go where we have it w
53 degrees in philadelphia. the numbers dropped in the last half-hour or so. 53 in allentown, 51 in wilmington. a couple of spots getting closer to the 40s, here the current winds waffling between ten and 15 miles per hour. we re at 10 in philadelphia. wind gusts scattered, but some are in the 20s, everybody will see that and maybe worse as we go later into the day. 8:00 a.m., 50 degrees, noon, 56. today s high, 58. a few degrees cooler than yesterday. the big story will be the wind which will be gusting in the 30s at times as we get past sunrise and as we move through the afternoon and evening for that matter. does it stay windy and chilly over the weekend? i ll have the details coming up from accuweather changes saturday and sunday that s coming up, karen. reporter: all right, dave we ll hit the roads, i-95 southbound traffic heading toward center city looking live approaching cottman. thinks are fine, building volume at cottman and girard, as well. no issues on the schuy
that one lane is blocked. taking a live look, it doesn t seem to be too terrible at least right now. single tracking. 66 is oklahoma. no problems on 95. same thing when you re looking at prince george s county. no actual incidents. starting to get the typical slowdowns. it s 6:00 a.m. after all. i ll see you shortly for travel time. we re following breaking news out of mali where there s a hostage situation at@a hotel. we re getting new information. an army commander said 20 hostages were let go 20 minutes ago. that means still 150 people are being held hostage by gunmen at the radisson blu hotel right now. guests and employees. gunmen stormed the hotel, throwing grenades. no words on whether americans are inside of the hotel. but here is a tweet from the u.s. embassy in mali on high a ale alert, of course. it says u.s. embassy staff has been asked to shelter and place americans. all should shelter in place. the hotel attack in mali is a fluid situation and we ll get the ne