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are closed, the more children miss out, as the government presses forward with plans to re—open them. people heed warnings not to overwhelm beaches, beauty spots and parks on the first weekend after lockdown rules in england are eased. president trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic comes under attack from former president obama. travel to and from italy, and between the country's regions will be allowed from the beginning ofjune as the country's strict lockdown eases. and football, but not as we know it. germany's bundesliga becomes the first major european league to restart. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is chief sports reporter of the sun, martin lipton and the broadcaster, penny smith. let's start with the daily telegraph, who are hailing the discovery of what they call a ‘brea kthrough treatment‘ using blood thinners to prevent deaths from coronavirus. the mirror covers the story of an eight—month—old baby who died of a rare childhood disease related to covid—19. the observer leads with what they say is a revolt over the easing of lockdown measures and a subsequent drop in borisjohnson‘s approval ratings. the mail on sunday accuses doctors of being ‘at war‘ with schools as the debate surrounding pupils‘ return to classrooms continues. the independent says that tory mps are calling on the government to scrap new immigration rules, suggesting the nhs and social care is at risk from the crackdown. and "britain on fast—track to virus recovery" is the express‘ headline.
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and the sunday times says that britain‘s wealthiest people had seen 5a billion pounds wiped off their combined wealth during the two months of the coronavirus outbreak. so let‘s begin. but start with the observer. the revolt over easing of lockdown spreads as poles slump hit the prime minister. not traditionally a conservative supporting paper. i‘m not sure what the pole has asked, but it seems according to what they are saying that people are not feeling confident and happy with how the government is lifting the restrictions. this is the latest of the weekly surveys carrying about —— carried out about how the government has handled the coronavirus. a month ago at easter, 61% approval and 22%
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disapproval. today‘s pole is 42% disapprove and 39% approve, so it‘s been i think what they call a crossover. this is of course one pole. the polls found that certain keir starmer‘s performance, boris johnson plus ten. i don‘t think it‘s proof of a total change of direction. but it comes amid the other story on the front page. a series of northern councils. liverpool and manchester particularly. also gateshead, newcastle and hartlepool, questioning the government policy suggesting it‘s been to london centric. saying they will not open
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in the case of liverpool and hartlepool schools. in the case of the two northeast councils, they are not going to use the government advice and they will stick to staying at home. it suggests there‘s been a sticky few couple weeks for the government. a lot of people do seem to view that last sunday‘s statement by the prime minister didn‘t entirely clear things up. there was mixed messages. i think government say otherwise. they ensure they are pushing very hard to sort things out. they are determined to follow whatever the correct scientific advice is a. isn't that the point, we don‘t always get to see all the scientific advice. it‘s ha rd to see all the scientific advice. it‘s hard to make an informed opinion over what the government is saying. exactly. particularly when one keeps
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reading contrary advice. the mail on sunday story for example, two doctors disagreeing on measures. we don't know. this hasn't been around for long enough to know exactly what we're doing and how we should be doing it. or anything we're doing and how we should be doing it. oranything else. you could say this isjust... to be a politician at the moment, there is one suggestion from andy herndon saying why do we not have people from different areas around england on the emergency committee? this announcement was made without asking anybody else. gateshead for example, which martin mentioned. it has one of the highest infection rates of covid—19 in the uk.
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of the highest infection rates of covid-19 in the uk. stay with you, penny, sunday telegraph. can prevent virus deaths, some people found to have clots in their lungs when they have clots in their lungs when they have covid—i9. have clots in their lungs when they have covid-19. when we first started looking into this after lockdown on march between third, —— march the 23rd, it's very odd. people are not reckless and yet they have no oxygen in theirsystem. reckless and yet they have no oxygen in their system. this anti—clotting medicine stops the clots, seems to bea medicine stops the clots, seems to be a problem when you talk about the dangers as you go along with covid. it seems to be that if you get these blood thinners and quite quickly, it does have a degree of success. so
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for the first time, in terms of getting it as a pose of organising a vaccine and seeing how many people actually don't actually have it. it's actually don't actually have it. it‘s daunting, the amount of effort going around the world. to tackle covid—i9 from a variety of angles of. there's been huge scientific cooperation. a lot of independent and individual scientific research as well from all over the world. i know the university of oxford has worked very hard. at the moment, we are still hoping some of these treatments work for finding a vaccine. anything that could... this is right. if by some use of a blood thinning agent, you could limit the damage and keep people alive, this has got to be a positive side. there will be some really aggressive testing on this to see if it is something that can be sorted out.
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she‘s in charge of this project, and seems very positive that this could bea seems very positive that this could be a significant development. let us hope so, because we are aware of thousands of people who have died, and may be if this had been developed earlier, that might have saved not all by any stretch, but some of those lives. we hear about consistently new issues. the childhood thing, the issue there of a particular strain of illness. inflammatory disease. but look at that now. you mentioned it a moment ago. penny, the mail on sunday. now it‘s doctors at war on schools. a different opinion on when and how
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children should start going back to school again potentially. again, come back to that point. we don't know enough where you can point —— but you can point to various studies. it seems to suggest that children get covid—19 about the same rate as anybody else. they didn't seem rate as anybody else. they didn't seem to be passing it on, but do we know that? do we know that for a fact? you have two doctors here who are arguing about it, one saying absolutely, the teaching unions, absolutely. stick to your guns, don't go back. another one is saying you don't have it right. you can understand why parents are so desperately worried. to quote a few teachers who we‘ve spoken to here on bbc news for the last few weeks, schools haven‘t actually close. teachers have still been working to
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keep vulnerable children in school and also to teach those children whose key worker parents need to be at work. it's a hugely difficult issue. the teachers have been working in an incredibly trying circumstances. no questions about that. they are not designed to teach locally. they are supposed to have people in front of them. for the pa rents of people in front of them. for the parents of kids who are now at home, even those with the advantages of having devices, stopping boredom is an issue. no doubt at all about that. it‘s difficult to focus. for those who haven‘t got any electronic devices to access the system, they lose out on education. it‘s a horrific scenario for everyone. there are no answers here. also, there‘ll be a lot of parents will look at this and think, i‘m not going ask my children to go back into a school where they could come home with something that could kill
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them, and i‘m afraid that‘s what will be a genuine concern. some teachers as well. they will are not —— they aren‘t saying at the moment that it will be mandatory. this is the rich list. a few suggestions on social media, this is rather vulgar and tasteless at a time like this. who paid what tax? if you redound to the story and obviously it is very difficult for people who are on the rich list who have lost money, although there might be a few people who have issues with extraordinarily rich people with lots and lots and lots after the initial # with numbers in front of them. the fact that some of them are playing off the taxpayer to
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further their staff. but there are also good people out there who are doing great things. steve morgan, the founder of roadway construction, well done to him because he's pledged £400 billion a week for 12 weeks for charities dealing with coronavirus cases. another chap, he's given £118 billion to use becca stand. there are good people —— use becca stand. also as we know, there have been announcements of job cuts. also as we know, there have been announcements ofjob cuts. virgin has announced to cut 3000 jobs, jcb says 900 jobs at the risk. tell us about
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the bond this picture of empty stands when germany started playing again today —— the bundesliga. there‘s nothing like a huge crowd in the sports event. at the it should be particularfor the sports event. at the it should be particular for players. that should be one of the biggest difficulties, getting used to playing in front of nobody. 322 people maximum allowed into the stadium‘s entirety in dortmund and elsewhere today. that includes the players and referees. there‘s about 213 inside the stadium itself. that‘s just abnormal. when you look around and all you can see is empty spaces and cardboard cutouts of fans and your team—mates, when all you can hear is the ball being kicked and the screams and shouts has lost its marker, it will be very difficult for the players. yet that
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is where we will have to be for months. no expectations of having crowds back this side of christmas realistically. maybe even longer. if and when the premier league comes back, what we saw in germany today is what we are going to see in the premier league. if it gets played in the championship and other divisions, even potentially in scotland, it is going to be extremely odd. yes it is. it is sport. something for you to write about. yes. it be nice to write about. yes. it be nice to write about what i‘m supposed to be being paid to write about! if the weather continues like it‘s been, it will be quite nice to sit out and have a meal. lovely. i did it's quite nice to sit out and have a meal. lovely. idid it's a quite nice to sit out and have a meal. lovely. i did it's a really good idea. everywhere else is close.
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obviously it's a problem if you got restaurants and pubs where you are queuing knee—deep. it will be slightly difficult but nevertheless, ijust think it's a great idea. i can't wait for pubs to open. what about you ? where can't wait for pubs to open. what about you? where would you had first? the kids love going to an italian restaurant. we will head there as soon as they open. we just wa nt to there as soon as they open. we just want to see business, restaurants, pubs, etc starting again. we all wa nt to pubs, etc starting again. we all want to be able to have a meal out. we all want to, even if we can‘t be what we were before in the short term, to have some more of a sense of normality and be able to reclaim what has been part of our life for so long. we are all missing those aspects of it. if that means closing off town centres and making the pedestrian only to ensure people can
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