tv Wales in Lockdown BBC News May 16, 2020 1:30pm-2:00pm BST
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you are watching bbc news. the headlines. the children commissioner for england calls for the teaching england and the government to stop score group “— england and the government to stop score group —— squabble over plans to return people to school. there are warnings to day—trippers not to visit rural areas this weekend as they could bring a increase in the number of infections. people in italy will be able to travel in and out from around the country from the beginning ofjune as the government go to ease one of the world was much strictest lockdown. this german football league will be back i will be the first major phenolic to return, much is being held in empty stadiums. rebecca jones will be here
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at the top of the hour, but now, forming their own time in lockdown. this is for families and businesses and what —— front line workers as they try to beat the pandemic in the first part of wales in lockdown. strict restrictions have been put across people to beat covid—19. among the measures, people must be at home. good morning. iam good morning. i am amy clark and i am 25 and i am currently in
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isolation. i am classed as one of the high risk people to covid—i9 and probably would not survive it. i am a palliative care patient and i have beenin a palliative care patient and i have been in it since i was ten. my condition is known as the multisystem disease, which is a really fa ncy multisystem disease, which is a really fancy way of saying that nothing in my body works and how it should. we have no idea why. nothing in my body works and how it should. we have no idea whylj nothing in my body works and how it should. we have no idea why. i am steve and i am her dad. i am should. we have no idea why. i am steve and i am her dad. lam in isolation at the moment because i have rheumatoid —— rheumatoid arthritis which puts me in the vulnerable group. i am her mum and i am in isolation because i have multiple autoimmune conditions, sol have biological therapy which i am i'iow have biological therapy which i am now having to learn to do at home. that is me. and my babies. now having to learn to do at home. that is me. and my babieslj now having to learn to do at home. that is me. and my babies. i am emma andi
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that is me. and my babies. i am emma and i am steve's sister. i am part of this family. i have got very vulnerable mental health issues. i am just going with the flow.|j vulnerable mental health issues. i am just going with the flow. i hope --. they are all getting used to the new normal. people are getting on to be because i'm trying to get them on a schedule of activities, which has been semi—successful. isolation dances, that is our playlist! we have begin yoga and playing with the dogs and doing art and just making the best out of a very bad and a scary situation. emma has gone to sleep on the floor and i am doing yoga! hi! look at all the bags! this
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is the most exciting part of the day. absolutely. have fun! we love you! by! surprise! we are set up yearfor you! by! surprise! we are set up year for a few days. just so eve ryo ne year for a few days. just so everyone knows, we did not panic by this. we always have things stashed up this. we always have things stashed up because we this. we always have things stashed up because we are this. we always have things stashed up because we are chronically ill. we can avoid the apocalypse, we have got cheese. are you going to stop shouting as before rushing cheese? no! with life limiting illnesses, they are all too aware of the risks. in ourfamily we they are all too aware of the risks. in our family we talk about death and dying people talk about roast dinners because it has been a part of my life for as long as i can remember. we do not know any different. i got out the fridge ready! long term that means they
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cannot risk travelling to hospital for treatment today a nurse is face time on caroline for instructions on how to inject herself. make certain it has gone in. absolutely! i want all my drug, 0k? it has gone in. absolutely! i want all my drug, ok? i am going to flash my pants now. it is ok, i am blocking friends. yay! you are a start. i have done it. all, no, he has posited! on deposit and then i can see you! what! --? you pause the video so i can't see you!|j
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can see you! what! --? you pause the video so i can't see you! i can't hear you! it is looking more and more like, at least for vulnerable people, like me and my mum and dad to our high risk, will not be able to our high risk, will not be able to leave isolation until there is an effective vaccine, so we are in it for the long run. you will be stuck with me making these videos. letters are being sent to over 70,000 of the most vulnerable people in the country to stay indoors for 12 to 16 weeks. they have been warned not to leave home at all.|j belong to the older sector of society and the town need to go on the nhs websites. thousands and thousands of people of my age have not got computers. we are not computer literate and this is so frustrating!
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what is lockdown like if you are not tech savvy? hi! how are you doing? chris can't risk going to his pa rents chris can't risk going to his parents home because they are too vulnerable. 95 and 89, this could affect me very big and that is why we isolated straightaway. i am slightly afraid with my asthma because i get near anyone, it is going to kill me, i know it well. without gadget or social media to help, dave is battling through with his wife, diane. can you remember anything like this before? no, never. when the war was on, we could get out and we could see people and talk. this is completely alien. it
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is very different. but nevertheless it isa is very different. but nevertheless it is a war against nature. what do you worry about with your health?” try not to worry about anything! i worry about people i love more than anything. i'd be ok? what are you doing? that is my constant concern. they put a circle of green card on the window, that means they are ok. if they have a problem they have got a red one that they can stick up on the window. it does play on your mind. you think about all the reports of people getting ill, you are not going to be going to the hospital with them with a bag of grapes. don't go —— don't go too new the window. i can go through the window. we love you, you know that?
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my dad get emotional about it. we try not to say goodbye when we go, we see that will see each other later. what a marvellous day it is. you look like tom cruise! you look like tom cruise, the film stars.” have had not this much attention for some time! families across wales have had to make tough decisions. this house is going into lockdown from tomorrow. i am moving out because she is so isolating you with the kids and it might up —— be isolating you with the kids and it __ up isolating you with the kids and it might up —— be up to 12 weeks or longer. ross and his wife leanne run
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the local pharmacy. their son, mason, as type one diabetes and is vulnerable to infection.” mason, as type one diabetes and is vulnerable to infection. i children told it was like health and safety is paramount, especially mason, he seems to contract anything. ross is moving to a friend was my case while the family south isolates. this is where i have been sent to live now. about 400 yards from my own house. now i am the man of this house. last night was horrendous, to be honest, because we never experience being without ross. it hit home how some could easily happen and this would be our lives without him. we really,
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really, really hope that ross stays safe. ross is here! there he is! they still try to have dinner together, even if it is online. their son rohan, at cardiff university, joins in. it sounds like something from a dystopian movie, it is so surreal, but hopefully all of this will blow over as soon as possible and we can be reunited and ican see possible and we can be reunited and i can see the dog. all that matters isi i can see the dog. all that matters is i get to see the dog, really. by! the welsh first minister has warned that april will be a difficult month for everyone in wales, as the death toll continues to rise. in newport,
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beauty business jana has to move out of the home she shares with her pa rents of the home she shares with her parents because the home she shares with her parents because they are self isolating. i am still living with my mum and dad, they are over 70, people have underlying health problems, nothing serious, with the coronavirus you just don't know what is going to happen. i know i am trapped in this shop by myself but my parents's trapped in this shop by myself but my pa rents's safety comes trapped in this shop by myself but my parents's safety comes first. i will take you over to my shop. it is usually quite busy. at the moment i have moved in here and i have converted one of the beauty rooms u psta i rs converted one of the beauty rooms upstairs into a badgerfor myself. this is going to be my home, i have a stash of food. i have got a microwave and a cattle. it is going to be fine. the last few days have been quite scary because this whole
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covid—i9 situation... last week, i make a decision to send all my staff home. spring is one of the busiest times, but 17 brides have cancelled their weddings and has left thousands of pounds out of pocket.” have lost a lot of money already. i am quite worried about how i'm going to afford wages for this month. but it is fine. everyone is in the same boat. backin back in swansea, palliative patient amy is not about to lose out on a weekly catch up with her friend. amy is not about to lose out on a weekly catch up with her friendm is weird times, to be fair.” weekly catch up with her friendm is weird times, to be fair. i am doing all right because i have accepted in my head that this is how
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it has got to be for however long, soi it has got to be for however long, so i have just it has got to be for however long, so i havejust got it has got to be for however long, so i have just got to it has got to be for however long, so i havejust got to make it has got to be for however long, so i have just got to make the best of it. and lockdown does not mean she can not have her dance class, evenif she can not have her dance class, even if they are 30 miles apart. this is -- even if they are 30 miles apart. this is —— stop. even if they are 30 miles apart. this is -- stop. this is lucy, she usually does dance class with me, so we are doing facetime dance class in the living room. right, ready? that is more like it, ladies! and pose! you've got to get the legs involved! does anyone want a break before we do the next one? i think it has helped having my aunty with us, because it does make a difference. we do not have been through is, but having that other person... does that make sense? essays me getting depressed. —— it saves me getting
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depressed. —— it saves me getting depressed. ijust think that i want to do something for the hell of it. lam going to do something for the hell of it. i am going to learn the lyrics to the wrap house of paine. pack it up, pack it in, let it begin! it is going to be seriously hilarious. the social distancing change to lockdown, transport companies began suffering as well. quite a start to the rose this morning as more of you are expected to work from home. the travel advice for the uk government is to stay at home and not make any journey by road or public transport are less for food, health reasons are less for food, health reasons are essential work. do check travel advice before you set off this
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morning. last day of school is on the shutdown. part—time drivers here only school run. bus company boss, phil, is struggling to keep the family business open. we intend to keep on running as long as we possibly can. what we are doing in desperation, taking a quantity of data, so suck it, squeezing out —— all, put it into the bag, and that is our driver's ppe for tomorrow. here isjohnny. is our driver's ppe for tomorrow. here is johnny. are you busy? not really. phil wants to help others during the crisis. from today, every nhs worker jumping on
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during the crisis. from today, every nhs workerjumping on our buses will go free of charge. but before lockdown, despite warnings, some people were determined to travel. health officials are warning that people who ignore social distancing advice that they risk causing the coronavirus to spread even more widely. while i was indoors browsing social media, i came across a post on how people elude the police to get to tear gas to their second homes. really? why would someone go to break the curfew? we are in lockdown. this man and his family's have been feeding the people of the people are taboo for decades. here
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we are on monday. how to marital meeting and we have decided that we have to close. it is a hard decision, business—wise it is crazy, but it has to happen. it is a pandemic. people are travelling here without regard for the locals in the area. we are also bringing people to pembrokeshire, but not at this time. in parts of the north wales, m essa g es we re in parts of the north wales, messages were not getting through. after seeing the people passing our roads over the weekend in convertibles, in motorbikes and gangs, pushbikes, people werejust using the not going to work are not going to school as the extension to their holiday and it was wrong. i am
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41 their holiday and it was wrong. i am 4i yea rs old their holiday and it was wrong. i am 41 years old and i am a farmer and i am in north wales and my wife lives with me, we have two children, we have a lot going on. thumbs up! this father is a key worker, supplying supermarkets with eggs. he is trying to keep his family eggs. he is trying to keep his fa m ily safe eggs. he is trying to keep his family safe and business going at the busiest time of year. emma and myself decided not to put them in school, even though the it workers. but this creates other problems. —— we are but this creates other problems. —— we a re key but this creates other problems. —— we are key workers. it is a busy time of year with loving, so i take there with me because i have got to check the sheep. but these interloper, there is bad news.”
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just had a text saying that the price of lamb has dropped by 72p per kilo. it has just wiped nearly £10,000 of my income with that i had left to sell. that is a great worry, because lamb prices were really high before covid—19. backin back in newport with the news that all weddings are counting for the foreseeable future, jenna is struggling. i do not know what to do. i want to pay my staff because they are so good. but ijust... i
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have no money. i have got nothing. sorry. look at the state of being. i ama sorry. look at the state of being. i am a really ugly cry. oh, god, the state of me. phone rings i want everyone to see the reality of the situation. i have never cried in front of a camera before. my brides, everyone is counselling, which is fine, because they can't stomach i am scared to carry on anyway. thus i am scared to carry on anyway. thus i am scared to carry on anyway. i am going to have to try and answer people. i have got to stay level—headed with it all. sorry for having a meltdown.
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i have calmed down a bit now. i have calmed down a bit, it is going to be fine, wejust calmed down a bit, it is going to be fine, we just have to stay positive and stop crying. i am going to have and stop crying. i am going to have a hot chocolate and some food. jenna has just found out she can freeze the mortgage on her shop for three months. it is a huge relief.” decided to do this instead. i have got it in a nice, big glass. four minutes to get your coat on, boys and girls! we are heading out to know. we are three minutes early.
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customers. the shop has been a mental week, a mental fortnight. customers. the shop has been a mentalweek, a mentalfortnight. i had one here for 25 years. after work, ross brings a surprise to his family. but he cannot come in. put them down! get back! are missing the kids and missing leanne. and missing them terribly. i'm going to go and try and get some rest, ready for tomorrow's onslaught.” try and get some rest, ready for tomorrow's onslaught. i really miss you. i hope the coronavirus goes away. good night. mason takes to social media to get his message across. i really hope this is augur
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soon so across. i really hope this is augur soon so he can across. i really hope this is augur soon so he can come across. i really hope this is augur soon so he can come home to us. all i ask is that people listen to the important health advice. to save lives, lockdown has become a way of life for all others. —— for all of us. singing amy and her family are determined to stay upbeat. always load on the bright side of life! —— look on. they whistle goodbye to you all and stay safe and i love you.
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hello. there has been a fair bit of cloud across the uk today, particularly in scotland and northern ireland, also showers. over the next few days we have more cloud but it is going to be warming up. these south—westerly winds are drying up warmerairfrom these south—westerly winds are drying up warmer airfrom the southern climates but quite often it is also very moist and that means outbreaks of rain. this cloudy area is out in the atlantic and clipping the north—west of the uk. to the
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south, it is generally dry and bright. fine into the day, a clear night for eastern and southern areas, but we do it all over again tomorrow. more cloud in the north—west, it looks like it will be down in belfast and glasgow. the rain could be heavy in the western isles of scotland. temperatures will be rising the further south and east you are, we are further away from the wider system up here, so temperatures will be approaching 20 degrees in london. possibly 16 degrees in london. possibly 16 degrees in london. possibly 16 degrees in newcastle. sunday will be quite warm on the site of the country with this south—westerly current of air, but on the boundary between the cooler air on the north atla ntic between the cooler air on the north atlantic there is always a weather front, so on the western fringes again of northern ireland and scotla nd again of northern ireland and scotland and the north, there will be some rain. but in the south, closer to the warmer current of air, the temperatures keep on rising, so
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by monday it is easily widely it the low 20s across the south—east, added to yorkshire. high pressure is responsible for the settled weather into next week across the site of the uk, we have got weather front present in the north. scotland and northern ireland will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain early in the week. in the south, temperatures will rise again and we could be talking about again and we could be talking about a26or again and we could be talking about a26 or27 again and we could be talking about a 26 or 27 degrees. these arejuly and august tablatu res. a 26 or 27 degrees. these arejuly and august tablatures. it is really going to feel like the middle of summer. going to feel like the middle of summer. you can going to feel like the middle of summer. you can see how going to feel like the middle of summer. you can see how beautiful the weather is in london. a bit more cloudy in the north.
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