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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  March 20, 2020 10:30pm-10:46pm GMT

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here for the winter sun, she's already had three fights back canceled. my daughter, yeah. you know, she's getting upset. "i just want you home, mum." "you should've come home." phillida is 86, herfamily have been begging her to come home too. i've got 20 grandchildren, 16 great, six great great great, five generation, and they are all, "0h, why don't you come home?" you know, "how long until you come home? so, here we are, coming home. but there's one thing she's looking forward to. hopefully, now, i get to go home to a lovely roast and a big slice of beef, with all the lovely cabbage from the garden and everything like that, you know, whatever. so, today, fights to the uk were still running, but next week, there may be even fewer, leaving tough choices for those still here. we have enough food for maybe another 4—5 days. because of her dogs, the only way allison thompson can get home is by ferry.
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she worries about being on a ship with up to 2000 other people. would that be safe? she would have to cross spain to get to it. i have been quite anxious this week. we haven't left the house since last friday. and getting back to the uk poses real problems for you. it's a 12 hour drive, we normally stop in madrid on the way and stay in a hotel, but now we have heard the hotels are closing. for those who do stay, even the beaches are now closed. these are difficult dilemmas thousands are facing. is it better to leave before travel restrictions tighten even further or stay put? where is the best place to ride out the difficult times approaching? damian gramaticas, bbc news, malaga. iran's health ministry said today that on average one person was dying every ten minutes from the coronavirus and that around 50 people were being infected every hour. there are currentlyjust under 20,000 confirmed cases
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of covid—19 in iran, and 1,433 deaths. there's been another sharp increase in the number of deaths in italy. 627 people have died from the virus there in the past 2a hours. further restrictions have been imposed on the population, with some of the country's regions banning walks in the park, jogging and bike rides. the coronavirus crisis is particularly poignant for the small derbyshire village of eyam. here, more than three centuries ago, residents infected with the black plague took the heroic decision to seal themselves off, to prevent the disease spreading to other communities. hundreds died, but as fergal keane reports, their legacy is inspiring eyam's response to the coronavirus. in a crisis that reaches everywhere, even the remotest places can have lessons for us all. in eyam, derbyshire,
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the memory of lives lost centuries ago is motivating a response in the present. you might think that coming to eyam, a place so associated with plague and death, would heighten anxiety in these frightened times. 0r lead you to be pessimistic about our present. but, infact, it's quite the opposite. these are the names of long dead villagers, who, 350 years ago, became infected with plague. they sealed themselves off to stop the disease spreading. one of their descendants says that spirit of selflessness offers us a powerful example. you know, at the moment it's this, me and myself only, you've only got to watch the trolleys in the supermarkets. that can't be right for everybody to be doing that, otherwise there isn't going to be anything left. we need to make sure that we're watching out for each other and doing as we're told. 260 villagers died.
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it was the rector, william mompesson, who inspired his people to isolate and save others. today, the rector of eyam is himself in quarantine as his wife has symptoms of coronavirus. hi, mike. hi. how are you? i'm all right, thanks. we're standing back from you, as you can appreciate. are you awed or inspired by the example of your predecessor centuries ago? often when i walk through church and seen his name on the rectors‘ board, i thought, i wonder what would happen if it happened today and how i would measure up. and i guess i'm finding that one out now. reverend gilbert relies on social media to direct the parish response. already we've had lovely acts of kindness, of people collecting things, people supporting. next door, in the village school, the headmistress is preparing to send most children home.
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eyam school will stay open for the children of key workers in the health and emergency services. it is a time of painful choices. oona gilbertson‘s elderly father lived with her family, but she sent him back to his own home, fearful she might carry germs from school to him. i had to choose between him and my family and coming to work, and obviously there's a huge worry about where those germs are coming from. and i felt that he was safer somewhere else so that i could carry on coming into school. it is in the nature of this close—knit place that many children have grandparents who either live with them or nearby. the child's mind is only too well aware of what this crisis involves. they mean a lot to me. i love them so much, and if anything was to happen, i'd be so upset, you know? it's really weird.
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like, one year it's fine, and then just this really random virusjust pops up. it's made a big impact on the whole world. a piece of paper for you, sheila. the village committee is now visiting the elderly, like 95—year—old widow sheila. you can get in touch with us and we can ask somebody to help you. and we will be really careful, we won't come in your house. in world war ii, sheila was evacuated, away from her parents for four years. she's known this nation's darkest hours. i've got to be careful at 95! try and do things that help one to smile, or to laugh even. i've just fed the birds. yes, i must keep them happy. here, they are determined notjust to endure this crisis, but with humanity to transcend it. fergal keane, bbc news, eyam.
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that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. hello, i'm maz farookhi with the sports news. the sporting calendar continues to be disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic with the england and wales cricket board confirming that the season won't start before may 28th. the county championship was due to start on april 12th, but the ecb says it's begun working on a revised, condensed schedule across both the men's and women's game forjune, july and august. 0ur cricket correspondent jonathan agnew says today's announcement means no professional cricket will be played in england untiljune. the board will reconvene in mid april to assess how things have moved on, but there will be no professional cricket before june moved on, but there will be no professional cricket beforejune at the earliest. finest are crucial and commitments to broadcasters need to
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be fulfilled, so the hope is that money spent in the tests with the west indies and pakistan can be shifted, but preserved the condensed season shifted, but preserved the condensed season that runs into september. the question is the launch of the 100. the hundred ball competition that promise more than entertainment experience than merely cricket. which surely cannot be run behind closed doors. the rugby union season is officially over — for all levels below the premiership. the rfu confirmed the decision earlier. the move applies to "all league, cup and county rugby in england", meaning the championship — the tier below the premiership — will finish with at least seven rounds to play. the premier 15s — the top division of women's rugby in england — has also ended early following the decision. the welsh rugby union has confirmed its also cancelled all league and cup competitions this season too. well premiership rugby sides may be forced to take "drastic action" if the pandemic forces them to go without income for six months — that's according to gloucester‘s chief executive lance bradley. it comes as the club — along with saracens,
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wasps and worcester — all announced pay cuts of 25% from the start of april. sarries, wasps and worcester say these cuts won't apply, though, to their lowest paid workers. the world snooker championship has also been postponed — organisers hope they can reschedule next month's tournament forjuly or august. judd trump had been aiming to win a seventh ranking event in one season with the defence of his world title at the crucible in april, but the lack of tournament snooker at the moment is of real concern for those players further down the world rankings. world snooker tour chairman barry hearn insists he's mindful of the sport's lower earners. we are looking up behind closed doors, you know, a sterile environment. for a limited number of players to keep them occupied and playing over and earning. these are self employed people they don't get paid when they don't play. i know also that the governing body is looking at the size of their
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reserves and how they can help in the intermediate period. depending on the situation with the virus. the new chairman of uk athletics — nic coward — has suggested that the tokyo 2020 summer olympics should be postponed because of the pandemic. coward says to leave the situation as it is "is creating so much pressure in the system" and that it has "to be addressed". but preparations — as it stands — continue as normal, with british delegates currently injapan, finding out more about the facilities. one of those on the trip told us tokyo 2020 officials are "nervous" but that they will "undoubtedly be ready" to host the event — currently still scheduled forjuly.
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. they are getting ready. the olympic flame has arrived injapan too — as plans for the torch relay ahead of those olympic games continue — albeit scaled back with organisers closing daily ceremonies to the public and urging spectators to "avoid forming crowds" along the route. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes was there for us. japan seems to be doing quite a good job of controlling the epidemic here. and because of that the japanese government is saying, look, we still full steam ahead here for the 24th ofjuly. the relay and torch relay will begin as it is supposed to do next week. it will go oi'i supposed to do next week. it will go on this 121 day relay around the whole of japan. that on this 121 day relay around the whole ofjapan. that still plenty for all of this to go ahead, but i have to say there's many other voices here, many people to both express the former government
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officials, former governor of tokyo who said to me there's very little chance they think that it can go ahead as scheduled on the 24th of july. because even if everything is under control here, even if the epidemic locally here in japan under control here, even if the epidemic locally here injapan is well under control, or over, what about the rest the world? how can you hold the olympics when it still carries on elsewhere? is huge bed of uncertainty, we will wait for the ioc, and the who and the japanese government to make a decision but at the moment they say it's still too early to make that decision. and finally with schools across the country now closed, we know that parents are trying a bit of home—schooling with their children — and that doesn't change even if you are a premier league footballer. have a look at this, this is liverpool's james milner taking the preparation for his newjob very seriously. here he is sharpening pencils, getting them at the ready as he prepares for lessons. plenty of them there — look — no slacking off it seems — in mr milner‘s classes!
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and that's all the sport for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are olivia utley, deputy leader writer at the sun and nicola bartlett, political correspondent at the daily mirror. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mail marks this historic day, as the prime minister finally, it says, shuts down pubs, cafes and restaurants in a bid to tackle coronavirus. the telegraph shows boris johnson delivering his new measures earlier — which he says will save thousands of lives.
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the i weekend looks at the radical move announced by the chancellor to pay the salaries of people out of work. the times also focusses on number 11's new measures to pay 80% of furloughed workers' wages. as does the financial times which says the move is backed by the unions. you stay in, we pay out. the mirror also writes of the government's plans. and the sun says what i'm sure many of us were thinking — we all need a drink — in response to today's new measures to tackle coronavirus. those of the front pages. let's start off our chat, olivia and nicola we will start off with the front of the daily mail. and it's this emphasis on finally calling last orders, i suppose. olivia. the
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prime minister did everything he could not to put these frederictonian measures in place and i think what a lot of people understand why he chose to wait. he mentioned today that community can we feel as a free nation that we are british people feel the right to go to the pub, so he did not want to have to clamp down but itjust became clear as the week was progressing that people were not really taking it as seriously as perhaps they should be. so now he's gone and with this final move and i think it will get criticism for not doing it earlier, but personally i doing it earlier, but personally i do understand where he was coming from. i also think perhaps his relu cta nce from. i also think perhaps his reluctance by being his favour if the premise or did not want this to happen, didn't want to push it to this but it's come to this, perhaps people will see how serious it is more than if he had gone straightaway and look like he was keen to do it. sol straightaway and look like he was keen to do it. so i think it might be the right move at the right time. yes. it's been a really interesting week because the sheer pace at

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