a new $3 trillion relief package — republican senators and president trump say they will oppose it. the measure was passed by a vote of 208 to 199 — it was backed by some republicans who wanted more provisions for helping local governments. brazil's health minister, nelson teich, has resigned after less than a month in the job following disagreements about the government's handling of the crisis. over the past week, around 700 people a day have died of covid—19 in brazil. the rate at which coronavirus spreads has gone up across the uk and is now close to the point where infections may rise again. the reproduction or r number, needs to stay below one to control the outbreak. virus—spread in care homes and hospitals is believed to be behind the rise.

wales‘ first minister has promised a cautious route out of lockdown, that he says ‘puts people's health first.‘ mark dra keford outlined what he called a ‘traffic light‘ system, but warned he couldn‘t give a clear timetable for when restrictions would be lifted. our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. what would a second wave of the pandemic bring to a place like aberystwyth? largely sheltered from the first, in this county, they‘ve had the lowest infection rate in wales. the national lockdown arrived just in time to save us. at the local hospital, they feel they‘ve been spared for now. the lockdown slowed the spread of the virus from east to west, but lifting it could mean they would be hit much harder. it would not take a large number of cases to take up all our resources. so, we certainly survive on a limited bed base. we also have a limited number of physicians.

we‘re not close to other hospitals to bring people, staff, physicians, nursing staff from elsewhere if there was to be a major outbreak amongst the staff. the plan set out for wales today means aberyst prom will remain empty for now. it‘s a road map with destinations, but no dates attached. only when the scientists say it‘s safe will wales move from the current red phase to amber, allowing some pupils back to school and people to meet in small groups. the green light for unrestricted travel seems very far away. the journey has begun. but for all of us, thatjourney needs to be a journey taken carefully, ta ken cautiously, with a limited number of steps to suppress the circulation of coronavirus and to keep us all safe. that slow, almost static pace is frustrating for some. this caravan park has had a flurry of calls this week from people desperate for a holiday this year, but they still don‘t know when or even if they‘ll be

able to open. to close all tourism businesses for the entire season would be devastating not just for ourselves, but for people who rely on the business that we bring. pretty much all businesses in town and across the county. this spring shutdown may well spread into the summer, with lives and livelihoods here both still in the balance. hywell griffith, bbc news, aberystwyth. now on bbc news, irish society has changed in recent years, but discrimination against travellers remains widespread. our world meets three women fighting to bust the myths about their community. ireland. a place long associated with religion and conservative violence. but over the last few yea rs, violence. but over the last few years, the country has reinvented itself as a new and progressive ireland. in 2017, the irish

government extended this period of inclusivity to its traveller population. as taoiseach i now wish to formally recognise the travellers asa to formally recognise the travellers as a distinct irish group within the irish nation. three years on, has anything changed 7 irish nation. three years on, has anything changed? that's 2017. but 2020 is still the same. discrimination is getting worse than before. were not criminals, were not trying to do anything bad. we are not the people the people are trying to portray us as. the fact that there is so much adversity faced by travellers in ireland today is a shame upon us all. the o'reilly

family have lived here for the past four years. they currently live on family owned land in a makeshift holding site with no toilet nor shower. double red dong caster. she is number one. —— dong caster. —— doncaster. she is mine there. there is my brother, his wife, my family, my mother and there is my brother, his wife, my family, my motherand my there is my brother, his wife, my family, my mother and my four younger brothers and sisters. two girls and two boys living here at the moment. this is the little baby

margaret. currently there are no men on the site. noreen‘s father and eldest brother are both in prison. they are well known in the traveller community as the robber going. they are well known in the traveller community as the robber goingm they are well known in the traveller community as the robber going. it is a nickname to call us the robbers. i haveit a nickname to call us the robbers. i have it printed here. my husband, robert rogue. the family say that police attention has always been intense. when the guards were here earlier, that is a big deal like the rubber gang is back and when they hear the 0‘reilly‘s in town, the guards are told to come back on. if something goes missing, they think it is the first target. it is all down to gang members, to the

brothers. the name on my family for yea rs, brothers. the name on my family for years, it is down to them. my father is locked up in my brother is locked up is locked up in my brother is locked up so everything is based around my family. it is notjust one, it is all the travelling community. and no matter how much they try to get out there, to accept people, it will never happen because in 50 years time, my granddaughter be here telling the same story. it is hard to fatten them. it keeps you occupied. it keeps you from going out on the town. getting messed up and fighting. the kids get it in their head that the guards keep picking at their father and their brother. but we deal with it. if the

travelling community could get work, if they could getjobs, there would not be as much crime going ahead. unemployment within the travelling community in ireland currently stands at 80% 18—year—old noreen would like to get a job that fears it is not possible. every girl would like a job. i would love to be a beautician but i know even if i start courses, we will not get any further because i will get no job and get nowhere. even if she had the qualifications be able to offer her from home to other travellers because she believes people would not hire a traveller woman full. working from home as the one thing you will be doing. because you are not going to be doing things every

day. it is not nice for travelling girls to have a dream and all it is isa dream. girls to have a dream and all it is is a dream. the hardest knock and i stood up and looked out the window here and there are two guards down there at the front. stayed away panic came over me and i screamed. and there were two detectives at the door and i was genuinely waiting for them to tell me that someone was dead. 0r there had them to tell me that someone was dead. 0rthere had been a them to tell me that someone was dead. 0r there had been a terrible accident. and i looked and they said they were from kilkenny city council and they were here to service an

eviction notice to tick star stokes and her husband chris purchased their first home in october last year and moved in with their eight children. but less than two months later they were given an eviction notice from the local council who claimed they were in breach of a planning condition. they believe it is only being enforced because they are travellers. i like it because it is bigger and we can do our own thing here and there is a lot of space. there will be a time to come when one of them gets married and gets a wife, there is loads for room for them to build a caravan here. you can have yourfamily for them to build a caravan here. you can have your family around you at all times and that is what travellers like. my main dream growing up was owning a house in the country and having a big large family. that is what my dream was

and. to have their eight children have disabilities and the house has been life changing for the eldest son paddy. it feels more comfortable because, obviously, i have a wheelchair because i only have one leg. but the doors of the house of the last house, they were too small and not wide enough. this is perfect because everything is downstairs for me. the kitchen, even my bedroom is downstairs and the tiles, everything. the family purchased the property from a local auctioneer who was happy to sell to the stokes family. but when people in the local area found out, they tried to stop sale. people were not aware of how bad it was. the auctioneer went through complete hell. is it true?

other travellers moving in? you didn‘t sell them the house, did you? he said he did. a family needed. didn‘t sell them the house, did you? he said he did. a family neededm parts of ireland, planning rules have a requirement for local connection to the area, which they say helps conserve and protect agricultural land. he said there is agricultural land. he said there is a bit ofa agricultural land. he said there is a bit of a clause, the previous owner apply for planning on the front entrance and she was granted planning to make it wider. she was meant to hold onto the house for seven meant to hold onto the house for seve n years meant to hold onto the house for seven years but she only held onto it for two years. the bbc spoke to several locals who preferred not to go on camera. they confirmed complaint go on camera. they confirmed com pla i nt letters go on camera. they confirmed complaint letters had been sent to the council and while they acknowledged they knew nothing about the stokes family, they spoke of travellers having a reputation for

criminality and their fears that the area would become unsafe. others mentioned that the planning rules we re mentioned that the planning rules were made to protect the area and travellers should not expect to get around these rules. you are in a trailer at the side of the road, they will come along and send you on your way because they don‘t want you there. ok, no problem. but we own there. ok, no problem. but we own the property and we are still not allowed to live in peace. that is me and chris about three years ago now. family friend noel murphy, who is not a traveller but lives in the local area, has been horrified at the level of complaints due to the family moving into the in the area where they lived, they were involved

with people in the community and all that kind of stuff so they don‘t lead the traveller life that we think travellers do. chris and star don‘t. they have settled —— they are settled people but they have heritage. i think country people are a lot less likely to give travellers a lot less likely to give travellers a chance, rather than city people, because city people again used to them. they have been integrated with travellers for a long time. country people are not. they can be snobbish about their area and they don‘t want outsiders, least of all travellers. we are used to our life and it is something we learn to accept but when it hits home like that, with an eviction notice, it attacks where you live and where you want to live... you have to fight back and thatis live... you have to fight back and that is what we are doing. fighting

back. my biggest fear is that they bought up the house and make us leave. that is my biggest fear. ireland‘s relationship with its traveller population has never been an easy one. for years, the government worked on a policy of assimilation and enacted laws to try and bring travellers into the general community. three years ago, the irish government changed position and recognised travellers to be an indigenous and distinct ethnic minority. since then, there have been moves to educate the population on traveller history. you have 12 minutes to outline your case, please. senator culleton kelleher is behind a government bill that is still in

its early stages — to teach traveller culture and history in schools. today i‘m presenting the traveller culture and history and education bill, to write some of the roms in the education system that particularly affect those in the traveller community. when you look at the hard facts about and statistics about employment, health, accommodation, education, if you look at those hard facts, really the situation travellers find themselves in in ireland today is nothing short ofa in in ireland today is nothing short of a scandal. there is a group of people living in our republic who are being treated very, very badly. its the last a cce pta ble very, very badly. its the last acceptable form of racism. there's a gaping hole in our history around our only recognised ethnic minority. when we know better, when we are

better informed, then i think the chances are of that prejudice and of that discrimination and that, kind of, stigmatising and othering of people would diminish. 19—year—old tamira is a student at manooth university. so many different people all over the place. all different accents. this college does absolutely everything, there‘s, like, 60 subjects to pick from. last year she was on a course designed to prepare students from marginalised communities to become teachers. this year, she is embarking on a degree in the hope of making her dream of becoming a teacher a reality. ifi making her dream of becoming a teacher a reality. if i was asked, i wouldn‘t say i wasn‘t, but i never

really bring it up unless i knew the person, kind of thing, so it‘s not like something, "hi, nice to meet you, i‘m a traveller", no, it‘s not something you say. well, i wouldn‘t say it. something you say. well, i wouldn't say it. tamira up in bray, a townjust outside dublin. most of her family are settled travellers. not all travellers are exactly the same. i‘m a traveller, i‘m a young traveller in college wanting to be a primary school teacher. when i talked to her i thought she knows it all... i know it all! who knows it all... i know it all! who knows it all... i know it all! who knows it all? tamira was aborted on the teaching course by director and mentor katrina. they‘ve stayed in touch since. you have to get connected with the access office because you can text me in the middle of the night and all, but they are the people that can lick you and get the

information you need much quicker thanl information you need much quicker than i can —— link. i met tamira in an interview and it was probably the funniest. she came in, she had fake tan on her hands, which i can relate to, because i have fake tan stains myself. and ijust remember clearly in the interview, obviously i know the stereotypical information about travellers, young traveller women get married, don't have an education, tony blair blah, and you're not about to ask about that stuff in interview but i wanted to if tamira had family support. so, "what do your family think about you being here?" and she said off—the—cuff, "my nanny and my money support me here, i'm17 now anyway, so support me here, i'm17 now anyway, so i'm too old to be married, so i might as well become a teacher.|j

would get married but there‘s no rush. would you marry a traveller? no, i don‘t think so. rush. would you marry a traveller? no, i don't think so. why? i don't know. it‘s not like i‘m saying i wouldn‘t but it depends on the person. it‘s not like i‘d be going out specifically looking for a traveller husband. like, if i found him and then he was a traveller, right, but if i found him and he wasn‘t a traveller, it‘s not a big deal either, do you know what i mean? . come on, you have to have a go now. can you flip pancakes? no. you said you can cook and clean. go now. can you flip pancakes? no. you said you can cook and cleanlj would burn an egg. only 1596 of traveller women stay in school after 16 compared 69% of the general population —— 50%. but this hasn‘t put tamira off suing her dream as a teacher. you got the call because

there was a young, vibrant female that demonstrated the ability to speak and you had motivation. —— pursuing. it wasn't about you being a traveller, that's a box we take for the course. i'm pressuring you to bea for the course. i'm pressuring you to be a teacher because i know little girls like you need to see people like you. i was on the course last year and there was one traveller, me. in the space of me graduating, in the space of three months, four more travellers are on that course. my sister is only 12 now, so she has a good, like, eight years to go. hopefully by the time she gets to it, it isn‘t something she will have to put up with. by then there will bea to put up with. by then there will be a good few travellers in education where it‘s literally a normal thing, like, you shouldn‘t have to be standing up in a class and say, my name‘s tamira, i‘m a traveller".

two weeks have passed and the stokes family have heard back from the council. this was an eyesore in the community for the last 16 years. council. this was an eyesore in the community for the last 14 years. but it‘s not good news. community for the last 14 years. but it's not good news. the minute a traveller buys the house, he‘s disgraceful. very bad news really. the response we got two days ago, we‘re no further on. basically the response we got in the letter and in the e—mail is we don‘t fit the criteria, we have no links to the area. it's area. it‘s not fair in this modern world that we have to highlight our children‘s disabilities, explain to you that we live in caravans and tents in and out of this place. we are all married a mile away from this place. it‘s not fair that we have to do that. the family have been told to either apply for new planning, despite already being told they don‘t fit the local criteria, or sell the house. am i meant to look for

another local in the area? i don‘t know. another local in the area? i don't know. because that's the only market we are allowed to obviously sell to if that's the case, if you're only allowed to live here if you're from the area, so only someone from the area can buy it so we are already restricted to how many we can sell it to, but that's not even an option. we are not animals, we are not criminals, we're not to do anything bad... you know, we are not these people that people are trying to portray us as. the typical travel away, everything we do is illegal and how we do things is illegal but we are trying to do the right thing. things is illegal but we are trying to do the right thinglj things is illegal but we are trying to do the right thing. i thought by buying our own house and moving into it everything will be fine. never in a million years... i knew there would be an uproar, oh my god, the traveller has moved in the side me, what‘s going to happen? fair enough! after a couple of months i thought it would be fine, everything will be fine... that we are human! it has

started to affect us more now because we are sick of the rejection after rejection. it‘s looking to me that they want us to just throw in the town and back off —— towel. she is saying i don‘t want to live in that area and bring up my kids in that area and bring up my kids in that area, but it‘s not working for me. i‘m going to stay here as long asi me. i‘m going to stay here as long as i can, i‘ll fight it as long as i can because no matter where we go, we‘ll deal with that. can because no matter where we go, we'll deal with that. just looking at him, i'm genuinely afraid. i have said it to him — "you're going to have a mental breakdown". this case is going nowhere in court and we need to put it to an end for the family‘s sake, will you do that? probably sounds a bit too far—fetched but i'm afraid the best pa rt of far—fetched but i'm afraid the best part of our years, the next ten years, 20 years, the important years for the children to set them up for the future, it'sjust going to be consumed with all the racism, the

house thing, all these things that shouldn't be happening to us. kilkenny county council‘s planning department has told the bbc that it deals with all complaints impartially and entirely rejects any suggestion that it has acted in a discriminatory manor. they say it considered all necessary information in the categories set out in the local area plan that doesn‘t allow for this cremation of exceptional health circumstances or disabilities. since filming, kilkenny county council has agreed with the stokes that there will be no legal proceedings, including action towards eviction, until all possible nonlegal solutions have been explored and exhausted. three weeks after filming, noreen surprised everyone. she got married.

hello. if it‘s warmth you‘re after, there is some in this forecast, eventually for all. if it‘s rain, that‘s only coming for some. now saturday‘s weather looks to be a complete repeat of what we had on friday. warm sunny spells at times, from cloud, the chance for a shower. things are steadily changing. we‘re going to bring warmer air into the uk, as that weekend goes on, more widely into next week. there will be a bit of rain in places as that transition takes place, more especially though across parts of scotland and northern ireland. let‘s take a look at things first thing for saturday morning. not as chilly to start the day. there‘s still the chance of a touch of ground frost

in one or two spots. so by day and by night, temperatures are heading up. gardeners and growers can relax, unless of course you‘re waiting for some rain. there will be a bit of rain at times, across the far north of scotland, into orkney. a few showers to northern and western scotland. south—east scotland staying mainly dry. cloud building into northern ireland — one or two showers around here. we could see one or two towards northern england and north wales, but much of england and wales will stay dry, with temperatures edging towards the high teens. but in the northern isles, we are stuck in some fairly chilly air. but wherever you get to see some sunshine, it is strong may sunshine. it will feel quite warm. into the evening, though, some rain pushing in across northern ireland overnight into sunday morning, reaching into western scotland. still some rain in the far north of scotland, too. overnight temperatures, though — well, there‘s no frost as we go into sunday morning. so for part two of the weekend, there are some weather fronts close by. most of the rain will be falling in western scotland, especially into the north—west

islands, where it would be very wet for a time. but we could well see a spell of rain moving right across scotland on sunday, even effecting parts of northern england, and a bit of patchy rain still possibly in northern ireland. but for the rest of england and for wales, it does look mainly dry. there will be some hazy sunshine around. it is here temperatures are starting to edge up. some spotsjust into the low 20s. that warmth will push across the uk more widely as we go through the week ahead. it‘s towards the end of the week, there is a chance of seeing a bit of wet weather moving in from the west. that‘s not guaranteed, though. we‘ll keep you updated on that. for much of the week, it‘s high pressure and dry.

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