tv Wales in Lockdown BBC News May 17, 2020 10:30am-11:01am BST
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this is bbc news, the headlines... barack obama has launched a scathing attack on the trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis. more than anything, this pandemic has fully finally turn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they are doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. borisjohnson has acknowledged the new lockdown guidelines in england are more complicated than the previous message to "stay at home" — saying he understands people will feel frustrated with the new rules. the government is to spend millions of pounds on accelerating the mass production of a vaccine — but the prime minister has warned a vaccine may never be found. this the italian prime minister admits the country's taking a calculated risk by easing a number
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of lockdown measures from next week. know is where our latest headlines. —— those where our latest headlines. now on bbc news... in wales in lockdown — we catch up with families, businesses and frontline workers to find out how they are coping with the restrictions. strict restrictions have been put across people to beat covid—19. covid—19 has changed everything about the way we live our lives. this is the first day of home—schooling. this is the first day of home-schooling. i'm trying not to worry about anything. tonight, we go behind closed doors across wales. self isolation has drove me insane. people have filled their lives as they try clue that my coping with
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lockdown. we see life on the front line... staff are becoming infected with coronavirus. is very important we all stick together. meet those who, in the worst of times, doing oui’ who, in the worst of times, doing our best beat this. trying to get on toa our best beat this. trying to get on to a schedule of activities. we will come back fighting stronger. the first minister says the coronavirus restrictions will need to be extended beyond the easter holiday in order to bring the outbreak under control.
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good morning from isolation station. the davis family have been in lockdown for nearly a month now, shielding themselves from coronavirus. we are very unique but we all have really high risk so we still carry the risk if we go out, and we will get covid—19 and we all die. hello. hello. they've been relying on the goodwill of others to help with deliveries after some supermarket goods didn't turn up. we didn't get half of it, which is a little bit worrying obviously end is not just food, little bit worrying obviously end is notjust food, toiletries and some medical type stuff. don't know what you're going to do there. we will have to rely on family and friends. we are lucky to have people who will put to the shop for us but it's going to be a lot more tight than
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used to. we have to put gloves on to come and collect it. there is money there. this is new nearest we will be for however long. is very weird not hugging. it's not right, is it? i don't like it. social distance hug, do yoga again. yell went by, guys. —— do the hog again. —— mike goodby, guys. take care, guys. isolation is throwing up some unexpected problems. things are very bad because we are getting short on custard. what will we do? absolutely fio cream , fio custard. what will we do? absolutely no cream, no custard. there is no cream either. help me. get me out of this house. i can't cope. you need
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to send custard. all schools in the uk are closed but key workers are still able to attend. —— children of key workers are still able to attend. my 20 price family orjuggling home—schooling with a few extra curricular activities. i am sam. lockdown day nine. how it going? go to? me, i'm bored. ilike lockdown day nine. how it going? go to? me, i'm bored. i like the fact i can make a youtube channel because i've been looking for a reason to
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make one for a while and i realised, why not just make a make one for a while and i realised, why notjust make a diary make one for a while and i realised, why not just make a diary about make one for a while and i realised, why notjust make a diary about my lockdown? today i'm getting my hair cut by my sister. my sister. young like the first week of lockdown was really tough because all his friends are still in school and sam is a complete and utter social animal. he has a fantastic group of friends, ease into his football, his out all the time so that was the concern. i'm really proud of the way he has stepped up to the challenge and got the most out of it. parents, college lecturers gavin and janine, making sure the kids knuckle down to their schoolwork. they are at work right now and i have my friends. i'm glad we have technology because of this was happening before we had technology, i would have no idea what i would be doing. we went into
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elective lockdown because he felt that the risks were too high as our daughter who is 14 has a very serious heart and lung condition which is pulmonary hypertension. we didn't really want to take another low wing role of the dice, if i'm honest. it has a massive -- we did not want to take another roll of the dice. i have good days and bad days. most of the time i forget about it. ijust grabbed most of the time i forget about it. i just grabbed my most of the time i forget about it. ijust grabbed my pump, clip it on me and it's just part of the routine changing my meds every night. i know i'm different but i'm 0k changing my meds every night. i know i'm different but i'm ok with that.
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we have limited things to do and you're trying to find new things to do. we thought we would try a new game. sam has discovered you can buy virtually anything online. you'll likely dinosaur gets up and walks the dog. the dinosaur will usually ta ke the dog. the dinosaur will usually take part in a work—out. the dinosaur obviously has to do a bit of work around the house. after a long, productive day, the dinosaur will go to bed. anyway, goodbye. a letter from the prime minister, borisjohnson, urges a letter from the prime minister, boris johnson, urges everyone a letter from the prime minister, borisjohnson, urges everyone to follow social distancing rules, saying the closer they are adhered to, the sooner life can return to normal. the new normal is affecting
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every aspect of life. my name is edwin and i'm a priest in the vale of glamorgan. i was the prison chaplain before and i used to carry keys then only on the basis of keys opening doors, not locking them. it is strange looking up this place and i'm not sure when we can reopen again. father edwin is having to find new ways to keep in touch with parishioners. there is no cake, we a lwa ys parishioners. there is no cake, we always have cake. this is our first attempt at an online coffee afternoon. are you all more than two metres apart from each other? no. no. it is a shared concern of people who have all been bereaved in recent times. nine people met in the video conference which was really good and
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there is genuine fellowship and support there. this is the kit i need for church these days. i've got about three or four minutes before i doa about three or four minutes before i do a worship for easter sunday. you can see all the wires and stop people cannot see. it's all set up for facebook alive. good morning. we would expect on easter morning to have our church overflowing. people coming with joyous expectation in oui’ coming with joyous expectation in our hearts and semi times in the last couple of weeks, it's just me and a mobile phone. well, that was easter day. i'm just going to upload the video we've done to facebook. 0h, the video we've done to facebook. oh, gosh, don't press delete now.
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238 views are 96 comments. we had around two and a half thousand people view the first week online. it be nice to have that in church after a ll it be nice to have that in church after all this, wouldn't it? white ross carpenter are still working flat out. another busy week in the pharmacy. morale are still high, we are all in this together. he had to leave his home to protect his son mason who has type one diabetes and is vulnerable to coronavirus. two weeks into low and
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ross received some bad news. his sister's husband has been admitted to hospital. he was sweating, we thought he was dying. his last words we re thought he was dying. his last words were to me, if i close my eyes and go to die... ross is also facing problems in work. being hampered a little by a difficulty in getting hold of ppe, face masks. it is a worry about getting these masks. coronavirus has passed 1 million. more than 50,000 people have died and more than 8000 people have
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re cove red. and more than 8000 people have recovered. it's been on the news now that we have the highest death toll. i have left on come to hiding here. doing my video diary. because there's not anything can do about it other than doing what i'm already doing, which is staying inside, isolating, washing my hands. anyone want tea or coffee? english breakfast because i'm gasping. my mum asked what i wanted to drink, i set a cappuccino sashay but she said, when they are gone, they are gone. i said, said, when they are gone, they are gone. isaid, if said, when they are gone, they are gone. i said, if i die tomorrow, i am going having my cappuccino. look what we've got. cappuccino sachets.
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this cafe goes, not even the normal ones, and moca, and then that has got vegetarian sweets. i've told i've not like them because they are his. you will chop my arm off, he just said. we are having a bit of a disagreement in our house because look at my plate, empty. mum's plate, empty. emma's on second, empty. look at that's plate. when we can't get before food shopping delivery next week... that, when their courgettes invented? sign that god did itjust to spite people i think. we are on wartime rations.
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eye surgeons are warning of a rise in injury because of too much diy. you'll it's also a concern for this surgeon. you'll it's also a concern for this surgeon. we would appreciate it if people didn't start doing diy that might cause injury or by seven different trampolines for their back garden. it's important we protect out garden. it's important we protect our nhs and the resources that we have in it. just days after filming this morning, he found himself ill at home with coronavirus.|j this morning, he found himself ill at home with coronavirus. i was off with the full house of symptoms of coronavirus. with the fevers, the aches. and the lack of sense of smell. unfortunately my son has also got coronavirus and i must have passedit got coronavirus and i must have passed it on to him before i was
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displaying any symptoms. this has obviously happened despite all of the ppe we've got and all the hand washing but it's probablyjust a likely thing that is going to happen when you're faced with such numbers of patients coming in with coronavirus. in a moment, we only the national anthem so people across wales can sing together. this is our way of showing support for all the key workers who are helping to keep wales safe.
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artist. this is my little one. peyton. she is my one—year—old. this is my wife is a staff nurse at prince charles hospital. today, i'm going to try and paint a superhero slash key workers not max i've got one the women in the middle, superman and flash. beaumont wonder woman is going to be an nhs nurse and superman is going to be a shelf stacker. 0bviously for flash, and superman is going to be a shelf stacker. 0bviously forflash, i'm going to do a delivery guy. i'm here now with my one—year—old, i've got down to three minutes ago so i think i got about an hour max. ijust want to thank everybody that is a key worker, so to thank everybody that is a key worker, so everyone to thank everybody that is a key worker, so everyone working at the nhs, who is all working so hard these days.
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this man from the cattle, chicken and cheap. there is bad news about his holiday home. someone booked for munden but cancelled straightaway because it's just wrong munden but cancelled straightaway because it'sjust wrong —— like we cancelled straightaway because it's ethically wrong, people travelling and infecting a rural community like this. white met but it will make paying the bills that much harder. we've got a mortgage to pay so it's putting more strain on our finances, that income not coming in but we will use the three months holiday,
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which is not really a holiday because you are paying for your mortgage. it is will impose my birthday today, is years old. granny and grandad weren't to be able to come and celebrate his birthday but i don't think it will affect him that much. he's only two and he was opening his presence this morning. i don't think it seems to bother him that much. while lamb prices have dropped, free range egg production is still in full flow. it's nine o'clock every morning the doors open and the ends are allowed to go to 20 acres of land. it's been a positive because people have not going to work and a lot of people have
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started to bake because you may have noticed when you went to the supermarket, they were restricting eggs and flour, so it's kind of a positive one for us. you'll make the community, when it comes to vulnerable neighbours being on facebook everyday, people phoning each more than you probably would because they cancel each other face—to—face. because they cancel each other face-to-face. we are delivering all across the city to the elderly, homeless, families, those who can't access food banks or food parcels. tarik khan is doing his bit for
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charity to make sure some of the most vulnerable people are getting replies. food shell donations from asda and tesco are going to make the basis of our food parcels. that one is going out to somebody who has appealed for some help. he's waiting for universal credit. his main concern was his dog. he's only got one tin of dog food so we are looking at a few extra bits for the dog as well. if it was not for tash, -- if it dog as well. if it was not for tash, —— if it was not for him, i would be struggling. sign like this is one of the basic parcels. we work with what
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we have at the moment. aisha and abigail are delivering parcels today. this is for a gentleman who is diabetic. i might have to leave the house to get ill. it is a huge help for a lot of people. we have extra carrot so people are getting to have carrots and it is meaning a lot to so many people because sometimes you cannot get out, you cannot get the food to eat. it is hard, it is. what like they've been trying their best to help others but now they are running out of money. we are going to give it till april and then we will have to give notice and then we will have to give notice and you'll see what we can do from there. it's going to be really emotional, heartbreaking in fact to
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close down this place, to be honest. so many good memories, to be honest with you. stay safe. thank you. write like we've just dropped off a parcel to this gentleman and he said we will volunteer his time today to help with the community, even though help with the community, even though he struggling with no food. it really puts into perspective the community that we have because this gentleman has got no food and he's still volunteering his time for others. sorry. please help everybody you can because it's very important that we all stick together, we are all united in this. once you're united, we can overcome this. as a
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community, we very strong. rose's brother continues to recover from home. is buried on monday night when he went into hospital.|j couldn't breathe. i couldn't take any breath in. before this, i was on prime health. it's one of those things that people think it somewhere else, your say. in wales, it is your. —— it is here.
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they sing daydream believer. love you. goodbye. good morning. quite a lot of cloud and rain to come across northern ireland and scotland, england and wales brightening up the sunshine and what a glorious start to the day it was across our south coast. this will sell see this morning. over the next few days, the weather is going to become drier, sunnier and warmer
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indeed, by wednesday temperatures reaching 27 celsius. the artist weather we've seen so far this year. 27 into the early 80s fahrenheit. not that hot today. extensive crowd across the north and west of the country and that is rain bearing clouds, damp weather this morning affecting northern ireland and scotland, and if you patch across wales and northern england but increasingly into the afternoon you will see sunny skies and the south, though sunny rachel develop across england and wales with most areas enjoying bright conditions. rain eases off in scotland and your cover there will be some sunshine this afternoon. in northern ireland, staying pretty cloudy throughout. although the rate will ease off for a time, more wet weather anyway to the latter part of the afternoon and evening. overnight, that rain spread to scotland, in across parts of northern england, maybe the midlands and wales seeing some damp weather. temperatures of 9—11dc. then into
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the week ahead, the high pressure will slowly drift eastwards. as it does, you'll start to more of the southerly winds bring in the warmer airor southerly winds bring in the warmer air or across the uk. monday, some of that warm air arrives. temperatures boosted here. otherwise, across wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland, a bit of crowd and further outbreaks of rain at times. temperatures 18 celsius in aberdeen so feeling pleasant in the sunshine here got up to 24 celsius across london and south—east england. tuesday, more than seeing or dry weather and more of us seeing more sunshine in those temperatures. still some rain affecting western scotla nd still some rain affecting western scotland with that where the front being steered out of the way. in belfast, turning over here. 18 celsius. 27 around london. more u nsettled celsius. 27 around london. more unsettled around the northwest some rain returning.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government defends plans to begin reopening primary schools in england from next month. it says there'll be measures to ensure the safety of children and teachers. it is the case that it is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a covid outbreak and if, for any reason there are risks, then we can take steps to mitigate them. barack obama has launched a scathing attack on the trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis.
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