katie prescott, bbc news. well, rain meant there was no play at the cricket today between england and the west indies. but in football, leeds united have been confirmed as this season's championship champions. the yorkshire side won promotion to the premier league last night. but when brentford suffered a 1—0 defeat at stoke this afternoon, it meant leeds — who play derby tomorrow — took the division title. lewis hamilton claimed the 90th pole position of his career as he qualified fastest for tomorrow's hungarian grand prix. despite the threat of rain, the six—time world champion set a track record time at the hungaroring in his mercedes ahead of his team—mate and championship leader valtteri bottas. there's more throughout the evening on bbc news. we're back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello. we have some big contrasts in the weather across the uk right now. the warmest weather will remain in the south—east of the country, temperatures are sti

katie prescott, bbc news. the uk health secretary matt hancock says he's very concerned about some of the working practices at clothing factories in leicester. it's after an undercover investigation in today's sunday times found some paid its staff less than the minimum wage and were operating without social distancing measures in place. speaking to sky's sophy ridge on sunday mr hancock said very significant fines can be handed out, or businesses shut down, if employment laws and government guidance are breached. there's some quite significant concerns about some of the employment practices in some of the clothing factories in leicester. they're important problems to deal with but the number one problem that we've got to deal with is getting this virus under control. and so we've put in a huge amount of extra resource into leicester, working with the local council. the teamwork there this last week has been very effective and i hope that we see the results of that come through in the numbers and the testing.

katie prescott, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world, and jane corbin returns to sri lanka where she meets three people whose lives were changed by a number of terror attacks. a warning, this film contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. sri lanka: a paradise island of many faiths, popular with tourists all over the world. but the peace is about to be shattered by a series of terror attacks. this is the story of the minutes that followed and how they changed the lives of three people from thousands of miles away. when you walk on a day like today, it's a holiday today. the people are here, looking at the beach, in a way, for hope. the only way we as a family and i think, as a world can recover, is if something good comes out of something so evil. easter sunday 2019, the luxury shangri—la hotel in the capital, colombo, was packed with visitors enjoying their holiday. i looked through the window, it was a beautiful morning, just like any other normal morning. i opened the door and could hear the

our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. summer holidays, a distant dream for the hundreds of thousands of people who have seen them cancelled because of the pandemic. such as jennifer and john who were supposed to travel to las vegas to marry injune. like so many others, they are still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we have rearranged. so, we're just chasing them. we keep asking them, "please, will you refund us?" but they are saying there is a queue. £6,000 which is what ours cost is not a small amount of money to anybody, to normal people like this, especially my partner has been furloughed for three months. travelers who see their holidays cancelled should get a refund within14 days. but given the sheer number of cancellations that have happened over the past few months, many travel companies have struggled to meet that, and so have instead been issuing credit refund notes for holidays at a later date. the concern is, though, that if those companies go under, travellers would lose b

our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. summer holidays, a distant dream for the hundreds of thousands of people who have seen them cancelled because of the pandemic. such as jennifer and john who were supposed to travel to las vegas to marry injune. like so many others, they are still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we have rearranged. so, we're just chasing them. we keep asking them, "please, will you refund us?" but they are saying there is a queue. £6,000 which is what ours cost is not a small amount of money to anybody, to normal people like this, especially my partner has been furloughed for three months. travelers who see their holidays cancelled should get a refund within14 days. given the sheer number of cancellations that have happened over the past few months, many travel companies have struggled to meet that, and so have instead been issuing credit refund notes for holidays at a later date. the concern is, though, if those companies go under, travellers would lose both their

that is katie prescott, our business correspondent. the chinese ambassador also questioned the authenticity of a video which has been widely shared on social media this week allegedly showing chinese police herding hundreds of uyghur men on to trains. this is not the first time you showed me, i remember last year you showed me, i remember last year you show me what is happening, but let me tell you this. have you been there yourself? no, i never have. there is a chinese saying that you do not know how big china is. that is not beautiful coverage however, is not beautiful coverage however, is it? you know, that is exactly what i'm going to tell you, since 1990 thousands of terrorist attacks have happened here. that was ten yea rs have happened here. that was ten years ago, can i ask you why people are kneeling, blindfolded and unshaven and being led to trains and modern china? what is going on?” unshaven and being led to trains and modern china? what is going on? i do not know where you get this video tape, you know, sometimes you hav

our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more details. jennifer and john were due to get married in las vegas injune. coronavirus put that trip on hold. and like many others, the couple is still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we've rearranged, so we're just chasing them, we just keep asking them, please, please, please will they refund us, but they're just saying there's a queue. £6,000, which is what ours cost, is not a small amount of money to anybody. to normal people like this, especially when my partner's been furloughed for three months. travellers who see their holidays cancelled should get a refund within 14 days, but given the sheer number of cancellations that have happened over the last few months, many travel companies have struggled to meet that and have been instead issuing credit refund notes for holidays at a later date. the concern is, though, if those companies go under, that travellers would lose both their money and their holiday. the government is changing this, pledging to under

katie prescott, bbc news. germany has been relying on testing, tracing — and now mobile phone technology — to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. more than fifteen million people in the country have downloaded a tracking app which automatically notifies users if they've been in contact with an infected person. jenny hill has sent this report. welcome to frankfurt airport. please remember to keep your... this is germany's largest airport. just a few weeks ago, it was almost at a standstill. now, well, this country's back on the move. but how to stop the virus spreading too? germany's testing more. 500,000 tests last week. here at frankfurt, for a fee, they are on offer to travellers, too. anyone can turn up here for a test. you get the results within three hours or around seven hours, depending on how much you are willing to pay. let's give it a go. three to five people test positive here every day, they tell us. many had no symptoms. so, really young travellers and especially those below 40, u

katie prescott, our business correspondence. a summit of eu leaders in brussels will reconvene later for an unplanned third day as they try to reach agreement on an economic stimulus package, and their next budget. the leaders are continuing to haggle over conditions that may be attached to aid for the member states worst affected by covid—i9. james ra nsley reports. negotiations long into the night but still no deal on the coronavirus economic rescue package. translation: we need to get a result. unfortunately, at the end of this day we have not achieved it, negative. leaders haggling over the proposed 750 billion euros recovering fund. translation: there is a proposal from the president of the european council now which i believe represents in a very smart way what we want but this doesn't mean that everyone accepted it so we don't have a deal yet. it was elbow bumps in the first face—to—face eu summit since spring lockdowns across the continent. pleasantries that masked a deep divide among eu countries over whether the

katie prescott, bbc news. let us bring you an update on coronavirus deaths, it is slightly complicated. the health secretary is worried about the data coming from public health england so they are not linking them. we have pieced together the four parts of the uk. in the 24 hours to saturday, the uk has recorded 40 deaths. that is across the uk, there are none in scotla nd across the uk, there are none in scotland and has confirmed a total of 827 new infections of coronavirus. germany has been relying on testing, tracing — and now mobile phone technology — to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. more than 15 million people in the country have downloaded a tracking app which automatically notifies users if they've been in contact with an infected person. jenny hill has sent this report. welcome to frankfurt airport. please remember to keep your... this is germany's largest airport. just a few weeks ago, it was almost at a standstill. now, well, this country's back on the move. but how to stop th

in a moment we'll hear from our health editor, hugh pym, and business correspondent katie prescott, but first let's get more from iain watson. iain, a double—edged message from the prime minister, announcing a lifting of restrictions, while also planning for the worst, as he put it? that's right and i think by planning for the worst, he can to some extent lift those instructions because effectively you think that if people still abide by the regulations, this is what the future will look like, something close to normality, perhaps even by christmas. but if not, he made it very clear he is willing to reimpose those restrictions, put on the brakes, as he said, again. i think also partially what he's doing with extra health service funding for example is to give people the confidence he is to give people the confidence he is getting on top of that virus, the same with the extra powers for local authorities in dealing with local lockdown is. let's be honest, what he would like to see for the good of the economy is more people leaving their homes and going back to workplaces but he does no

katie prescott, bbc news. music venues and theatres in england will be allowed to open again from the beginning of august. but there are lingering questions about how safe it will be to sing in public. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has more. the room is particle—free, super clean, filled with sensors. everyone is in medical scrubs, wearing masks. this is serious science. and what they are studying here... ..is singing. # happy birthday to you.# happy birthday. it just seems so innocent, doesn't it? but when there is so much uncertainty and anxiety about possible infection, we really need to know what's coming out of people's mouths. at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were descriptions of clusters of covid in choirs around the world and, since that time, we've been looking for science to guide us as to whether that is the case or whether it was the other non—singing aspects of those meetings that caused the problems. and now with a number of scientists raising questions about possible tr

katie prescott, bbc news. donald trump has declared the united states to be the "greatest and most virtuous nation in the history of the world", in a speech marking the country's independence day. black lives matter protestors gathered near the white house as the president spoke at a lavish fireworks party attended by thousands of people. he said the us was on its way to a "tremendous victory" over covid—i9, despite a big surge in the number of coronavirus cases in several states. chinese tech giant huawei will have to meet certain conditions before it can be involved in the uk's 5g network, according to the health secretary, matt hancock. it follows reports that the uk is about to end the company's role in developing the technology. it's claimed the government's communications headquarters, gchq, have reassessed the security risk that huawei poses. it's understood a study will be given to the prime minister this week. the lockdown has meant many families have struggled with food poverty, and we've reported

katie prescott, bbc news. a majorfire has broken out at a cathedral in the city of nantes in western france. dozens of fire crew brought the fire under control after several hours. the fire blew out stained glass windows and destroyed the 15th—century cathedral‘s grand organ. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomas. hello. we have got some big some big contracts on the weather right now. wales in the north of england you can see overcast on the satellite image here and on the radar in posed and you can see the app moving through wales and about the northern england but also parts of scotland and northern ireland within the picture there. early evening we have got showers across scotland in particular around the north west highlands. some decent weather for northern ireland, around 16 degrees at this stage and nice enough there in the north—east of england and the lake district and lancashire but wales, the north midlands, the peak district into parts of yorkshire still cloudy with outbreaks

katie prescott, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. various different types of weather on offer today depending on where you're spending a saturday. for some it is very cloudy and we have got some outbreaks of rain but for others there is something brighter to be had. on the satellite picture you can see the stripe of cloud bringing pulses of rain to parts of wales, northern england, the midlands particularly. to the south—east we have had some areas of cloud were also some decent sunny spells with some warmth in that sunshine as well. some showers to be found at the other end of scotland and northern ireland but with some showers and a cool fresh feel it will be quite windy across the far north of scotland as well. this is lunch time and we can see the rain will still be falling on and off across parts of england in the north midlands down into wales and then those sunny spells along the south—west south coast london area and into east anglia. as we go through the afternoon our band of cloud and rain does not make much more progre

katie prescott, bbc news. the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has said that 25 million iranians have now been infected with the coronavirus. the figure is nearly 100 times the official number. in a televised speech, mr rouhani did not explain the discrepancy, but said the figures were based on a new ministry of health report. 14,000 iranians have officially lost their lives to covid —nineteen. iran has been the country worst hit by the coronavirus in the middle east. president trump has vowed not to order americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. his remarks, given in an interview with fox news, appear to contradict the country's top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, who has urged all americans to wear masks to prevent a further rise in cases. there have been more than 139,000 deaths in the us, the highest death toll in the world. germany has been relying on testing, tracing — and now mobile phone technology — to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. more

katie prescott, bbc news. one of the leading figures in the american civil rights movement, the congressmanjohn lewis, has died at the age of 80. he announced last year that he'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. he was one of the organisers of the 1963 march on washington, where martin luther king made his "i have a dream" speech. 50 years later, lewis spoke at an event to commerorate the march. my brothers and sisters... we cannot give up! we cannot give out! we cannot give in! we must get out there and push and pull. a fire at a cathedral in the city of nantes in western france, is being treated as arson by police. around 100 firefighters have been tackling the blaze, which has now been brought under control. germany has been relying on testing, tracing and now mobile phone technology to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. more than 15 million people in the country have downloaded a tracking app which automatically notifies users if they've been in contact with an infected person. jenny hi

chessington world of adventures in surrey was one of them. 0ur correspondent katie prescott was there. a lot of things have changed about chessington now. there are social distancing markings on the floor, hand sanitising stations everywhere, and the staff are wearing face masks. but some things, like the queues, have not. if you want to go on one of these iconic rides you will have to wait about 60—90 minutes to do so because they have reduced the number of people allowed on and they have to be cleaned at regular intervals. in spite of all of this, in the main, people are just delighted to be out and about. it is actually my 40th birthday. happy birthday. thank you. what has the experience been like? so far we've have had a really good time. it is a bit strange. some bits are closed. it is a bit surreal being out and about, but we've had a good time so far. it is liam's best friend's tenth birthday and they have gone on all the big roller coasters but he doesn't like them, so we have come on this gruffalo ride instead. so, yes, for a friend's birthday. has it been fun? has it been

chessington world of adventures in surrey was one of them. 0ur correspondent katie prescott was there. a lot of things have changed about chessington now. there are social distancing markings on the floor, hand sanitiser stations everywhere, and the staff are wearing face masks. but some things, like the queues, really have not. if you want to go on one of these iconic rides, you will still have to wait about 60—90 minutes to do so, and that's because they have reduced the number of people allowed on and they have to be cleaned at regular intervals. but in spite of all of this, in the main, people we spoke to here are just delighted to be out and about. it is actually my 40th birthday. happy birthday! thank you! what has the experience been like? so far, we've have had a really good time. it is a bit strange. some bits are closed. it is a bit surreal being out and about, but, no, we've had a good time so far. actually, it is liam's best friend's tenth birthday and they have gone on all the big roller coasters, but he doesn't like them, so we have come on this gruffalo ride instead.

chessington world of adventures in surrey was one of them — our correspondent katie prescott was there. a lot of things have changed about chessington. there are social distancing marks on the floor, hand sanitising stations everywhere, and the staff i wearing face masks. and the staff are wearing face masks. but some things, like the queues, have not. if you want to go on one of these iconic rides you will have to wait about 60—90 minutes to do so because they have reduced the number of people allowed on and they have to be cleaned in between in the intervals. despite that, people are delighted to be out and about. it is actually my 40th birthday. what has the experience been like? we have had a good time so far. it is a bit strange. it is a bit surreal being out and about, but we have had a good time, haven't we? it is liam's best friend's tenth birthday and they have gone on all the big rides, but he doesn't like them, so we have come on this instead. has it been fun? has it been what you expected? yes, it has been really good. it has been a bit difficult with the children a coupl

and our business correspondent katie prescott is at chessington world of adventures, which opened its doors this morning. how are things looking there? despite the slightly grey day here, people have come out and there have been queues of around 60 minutes on this roller—coaster by me. that is because they have had to reduce the numbers of people and out on the rides and clean them every 30 minutes, all part of the changes to conform to the government guidelines. they are expecting a quarter of the number of people to turn up here as would normally do on ajuly turn up here as would normally do on a july summer day but they are really watching how those people will conform to the new guidelines, whether they follow social distancing for example, and that will govern how many more people will govern how many more people will be allowed to come over the coming weeks and months. it has been an expensive time for chessington, they have got their zoo here that they have got their zoo here that they have got their zoo here that they have had to pay for all the time that they have had no in

our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. summer holidays, a distant dream for the hundreds of thousands of people who have seen them cancelled because of the pandemic. such as jennifer and john who were supposed to travel to las vegas to marry injune. like so many others, they are still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we have rearranged. so, we're just chasing them. we keep asking them, "please, will you refund us?" but they are saying there is a queue. £6,000 which is what ours cost is not a small amount of money to anybody, to normal people like this, especially my partner has been furloughed for three months. travelers who see their holidays cancelled should get

prescott is there. despite the great day, people have come out to chessington. there have been tears of 60 minutes at this right behind me, and that is because they have had to reduce the number of people allowed, and they have to clea n of people allowed, and they have to clean them every 30 minutes. staff are talking about is a real sense of anticipation, that it is a bit like christmas eve here. they don't quite know what to expect. someone watching that very closely as the boss of chessington. he joins watching that very closely as the boss of chessington. hejoins me. what do you expect in terms of visitor numbers? our zoos have been open for the last few weeks, which has been very useful for us to observe guest behaviour. what we are intending as for the next two weeks to be ona intending as for the next two weeks to be on a reduced capacity, and then we will increase at following observing how things go. we will probably work at around 50% of normal summer capacity for the rest of the season. what

thanks, katie prescott. let's get the employers' view now. i'm joined by adam marshall, director general of the british chambers of commerce. i'm now being told that in fact we haven't got him, he hasjust disappeared from our screen. we will come back to him if we can but let's move on. the prime minister also spoke of preparations for a possible second wave of coronavirus this winter, confirming that the nhs in england will get an extra £3 billion of funding. scotland, wales, and northern ireland will also receive additional money. it follows warnings earlier this week that without counter measures, a second wave could lead to 120,000 covid—i9 deaths in uk hospitals this winter. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. as life begins to return to something like normality, at the height of summer, thoughts are turning to winter and the challenges that will bring. as we approach winter, we will need to go further, not least as many more people will show covid—like symptoms as a result of seasonal illnesses, and therefore require

katie prescott reports. jennifer and her partner were due to get married in las vegas injune. the coronavirus put that trip on hold. each couple is still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we have rearranged, so pay for the wedding that we have rearranged , so we pay for the wedding that we have rearranged, so we are pay for the wedding that we have rearranged, so we are just chasing them, wejust keep rearranged, so we are just chasing them, we just keep asking them, please, please, please, can you refu nd please, please, please, can you refund us? they arejust please, please, please, can you refund us? they are just saying there is a queue. £6,000, which is what hours cost, is not a small amount of money to anybody. to normal people like us, especially my partner has been furloughed three months. travellers who see the holidays cancelled should get a refu nd holidays cancelled should get a refund within14 days. but given the sheer number of cancellations the travel industry has seen over the past few months, many have struggled to meet that,

that is katie prescott, our business correspondent. the chinese ambassador also questioned the authenticity of a video which has been widely shared on social media this week, allegedly showing chinese police herding hundreds of uighur men on to trains in the north—west region of china. let's hear some of his exchange with the bbc‘s andrew marr. i do not know where you get this video tape, you know, sometimes you have a transmit, you transfer prisoners. in any country. butjust what is happening here? i do not know where did you get this video. these have been going around the world, they have been authenticated by western intelligence agencies and by australian experts who say these are uighur people pushed on to trains and taken off. let me tell you this, the so—called western intelligence keeping up making this a forced accusation against china. 1 million or bigger has been persecuted, you know how many population xingjiang has? 40 years ago, it was 4—5,000,000, now it is 11 million people, and people say, we impose, we have a