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from this important first step. from this afternoon clubs will be allowed to bring players in for small group playing, meaning a maximum of five players training together at the same time for a maximum of 75 minutes. but they will have to observe social distancing so there will be no tackling, no contact and no shared equipment. things like balls and even the pitch may be disinfected under these plans, and the players will have to pack three parking spaces apart and arrive and leave already in their kit. when we get the first batch of results of tests on the players and the training staff, clearly any players testing positive would not take part in training. the watford captain troy deeney had said he actually will not be returning for training because of fears over his family's health, and the premier league will be able to launch no notice inspections to make sure clubs are complying with these new restrictions. laura, thank you very much. laura scott.
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time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. thank you. this is shaping up to be quite changeable. we started off with cloud and rain in northern areas but the warmth and sunshine of the south will spread north from tomorrow then the chance of thunderstorms on friday. by the end of the week low pressure suites and to bring some windy and cooler weather to our shores. the early radar on the satellite shows quite a bit of cloud across the country and most of that moving back to the coast but the cloud remains thicker gci’oss coast but the cloud remains thicker across north—west england, northern ireland and scotland, particularly western scotland would light rain and drizzle two. an improving picture with sunshine breaking through across eastern scotland, north—eastern england and elsewhere, but again it is central and southern parts of england and wales that will see the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures already around 23 in london, and pretty high, 2526 there, generally high teens further north with more cloud. high—pressure starting to build in
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-- 25-26 high—pressure starting to build in —— 25—26 there. this is where we see the peak of this current warm spell, drawing up this warm and dry air from the near continent, spain and france, right across the uk. we could start with a little cloud across central and northern areas, early rain across the northern isles tending to clear away into the afternoon. lots of sunshine across the board, little low cloud and mist and mark mac, but those temperatures, a much warmer day for scotla nd temperatures, a much warmer day for scotland and northern ireland, —— mist and murk. but a cold front such a petition on thursday, bringing rain to western areas. we could see some hit and miss showers and thunderstorms developing across the south—east, and some could be heavy, if you catch one. temperatures, another warm one for england and wales. down just a another warm one for england and wales. downjust a notch another warm one for england and wales. down just a notch though for scotla nd wales. down just a notch though for scotland and northern ireland and thatis scotland and northern ireland and that is because we have this pretty deep area of low pressure but this time of year moving in to bring outbreaks of rain and lots of isobars on the charts as well so it
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will be windy with gales in fact across scotland and northern ireland through the day. a band of rain spreading eastward through friday morning and that could bring some useful rain to some other gardens across the south, but not that much across the south, but not that much across southern and eastern areas and plenty of blustery and heavy showers in scotland and northern ireland with those winds. a cooler day, mid to high teens in the north, 20-21 day, mid to high teens in the north, 20—21 across the south—east. another blustery day on saturday with sunshine and showers. high—pressure building back and i think on sunday into the following week. looks like it isa into the following week. looks like it is a warmer and sunnier won again. simon. stav, thank you very much. that is all from the bbc news at one and on bbc one we hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. surprise inspections, gps tracking and video analysis — they are methods that could be used
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to ensure clubs adhere to new safety guidelines as they prepare for the resumption of the premier league. teams agreed to start non—contact training in small groups from today. all clubs carried out coronavirus tests on sunday and monday and the premier league will announce today how many, if any, positive tests were recorded. newcastle goalkeeper martin dubravka said on social media he can't wait for training. this is him in full kit prior to going in. players are required to arrive and leave in their kit rather than change on site. some players are not happy to return yet. watford's troy deeney has said he will continue to train at home for now because of fears for his family's health. cristiano ronaldo has reported back tojuventus' training center after a io—week absence. ronaldo observed a two—week isolation period at his home in turin after spending the lockdown period in his native portugal. the italian league is hoping
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to resume playing in mid—june. this season's challenge cup final has been postponed after the rugby football league conceded it will not take place at wembley on 18th july. the rfl do say they remain hopeful of staging the competition this year and playing the final at the national stadium, even behind closed doors. the sixth—round draw was made only days before rugby league was stopped. formula i says it would be unable to hold a british grand prix if personnel are not given exemptions from government plans to quarantine international travellers. fi has drawn up plans to ensure its races are coronavirus—safe as much as possible. it is hoped silverstone could host one of the first races of the delayed season. the uk government says it will "soon" impose a requirement on all arrivals from abroad to self—isolate for 14 days. if that happens fi say it would make it impossible to have a british grand prix this year.
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former world champion ricky hatton says he is thriving under lockdown. the boxer, who has struggled with his mental health for long periods of time, points to being able to ask for help as key to coping with any issues that come up. it was very, very hard for a former world champion boxer to go to someone world champion boxer to go to someone and say, listen, i'm on my knees, i'm crying every day, i don't know what is up at me. to open up and tell them about your problems and tell them about your problems and how you feel is very hard. the more things that we are doing for mental health now, more people are coming out and opening up. i think thatis coming out and opening up. i think that is why we are saving lives now. i think that is why we are saving lives now. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport the first minister of scotland,
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nicola sturgeon, today announced that a scottish government fund of £33 million will be spent on helping the young, disabled and lone parents get back into work. today, we are taking further action to tackle the employment challenge created by covert. our enterprise and skill strategic board, first established and a half years ago, will now coordinate rapid action across enterprise and skilled agencies. in doing so, it will ensure that your actions not helping to equip people with the skills they need for the future. it will report back to us injune on what additional measures we need to take. however, we confirm today that we will be investing a further £33 million to support people back to work as we gradually get the economy opened up again. this initial funding, most of which will be allocated to power start scotland, will have a particular focus on helping those most adversely
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affected in times of economic downturn, which are young people, disabled people and lone parents. the first minister has hit back at suggestions that a coronavrius outbreak at a conference in edinburgh in february was covered up. at least 25 people linked to the nike event may have contracted the virus, but people who shared facilities with delegates were not told. the first minister said details were not made public at the time because of patient confidentiality guidelines. ina in a situation like this, and this happened in this case, and incident management team is established. that is an incident management team that is an incident management team that is comprised of very experienced public health professionals and it is they are tasked to investigate the incident and decide what follow—up is required in order to protect public health and minimise the risk of en route infection. as pa rt the risk of en route infection. as part of that, they will do contact tracing. i don't have the figure you ask for right now, we will see if we can get you that, but i would say in
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this case this was an international contact tracing exercise because there were delegates from a number of different countries. the point i am making is that incident management team will do everything it thinks is necessary to protect public health and it will have contacted people who fitted the definition of contact. had they believed that there was further action required to take, they would have taken those actions because they are experts in these matters. the second issue, which enables related, but they are not entirely the same, is the information that is put into the public domain. in this case, the reason that more information was not put into the public domain was to do with patient confidentiality. i want to be clear, this is not a made up reason. it was the real reason and a legitimate reason when case numbers were so low and when the numbers of attendees
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from scotland at this conference were also so low, that to have named the event would almost certainly have identified the patient‘s. patient confidentiality is a legitimate reason. that said, i think it is also legitimate, and i wa nt to think it is also legitimate, and i want to be very clear about this, for people to question whether that should have been the overriding consideration. certainly, as first minister, and the government reflects on that and listen carefully to those views. at different stages of the kind of situation we are dealing with now with this virus, different balances ofjudgment will with this virus, different balances of judgment will be with this virus, different balances ofjudgment will be made. for example, one of the things we are considering right now as part of our test, trace, isolate programme is what the balance ofjudgment in these situations will be between patient confidentiality and information made available to the public. these are not always fixed considerations right throughout a different situation. around nine million easyjet customers have had their e—mail
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and travel details compromised by hackers, in what the airline has described as a "highly sophisticated" attack. more than 2,000 passengers' credit card details were also accessed. easyjet says there's no evidence that any of the information has been misused, but that it's contacting everyone affected. professor alan woodward from the surrey centre for cyber securityjoins me. on the face of this, 9 million, it looks a significant attack. yes, although i have to say, i don't think the 9 million other bits to worry about in some ways. people cosmic e—mails can be used for armoured scamming, fishing attacks, things like that, but the bit that is interesting in this attack are the 2,000 odd credit cards because what we saw today in the announcement to the stock exchange was they simply said 2,000 credit ca rd was they simply said 2,000 credit card details have been stolen, but thatis card details have been stolen, but that is all they said. there is evidence if you look online, people have been posting e—mails from
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easyj et have been posting e—mails from easyjet back in april where they were alerted to the fact that credit ca rd were alerted to the fact that credit card details, including the number on the back, had also been stolen. if that is true, then there is probably only one where they could have happened, which is the so—called magic art attacks, which is where the hackers managed to get a little bit of script, the code come onto the payments page. you don't normally store that number. that is the only place they could have got that from. we were told they first were made aware of this attack back injanuary, so what have they been doing since? that is a very good question. we don't know, to be honest. they sent it to the information commissioner and we would assume they have got involved the national centre for cyber security. they will be doing the forensics to try to understand what happened. if they protected the script, and i think it is one of
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these attacks were to get a little bit of script onto the payments page, the first thing they have to figure out is where did it come from? there should be no way of getting it on there in the first place. it is probably what is a supply chain attack. the use, easyj et, supply chain attack. the use, easyjet, a bit of software from somewhere else, and they had their softwa re somewhere else, and they had their software meddled with and then was imported into their site. there will be rushing around trying to figure out forensically where that came from. a lot of people will not be pleased to hear the details that these hackers have good access to. how likely is it that money has already been taken from accounts? magic art, if it is them, they have a reputation for moving quite quickly. the details they get a roomie of any use until somebody blocks the card. easyjet did say today that there was no evidence that the details had been misused,
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but frankly that doesn't fill me with confidence. i think everybody should be checking their statements religiously anyway. it does suggest that those 2,000 people, those 2,000 credit card owners, really should be doing a check and making sure there are no strange transactions. those are no strange transactions. those are the ones i would be worried about. if this was due, you would change your card, wouldn't you? about. if this was due, you would change your card, wouldn't you ?|j have a separate card for doing online transactions, as it happens, sol online transactions, as it happens, so i knew quickly if somebody has been misusing it. one of the things that the card processing companies are brilliant at is finding out when there are strange transactions. i once had my card clones and a new way before i did that something odd was going on, simply because of the pattern. petrol bought from petrol stations i don't normally buy from, kids shoes, things like that. they
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can spot patterns that are out of the usual. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. the headlines on bbc news: latest figures show there were more than 40,000 coronavirus related deaths in the uk up to the end of the first week of may. more than 11,000 of those deaths happened in care homes — that's more than a quarter of the total number. the number of people claiming unemployment benefit soared to 2.1 million during the first few weeks of the lockdown. france and germany have proposed a european recovery fund that would distribute more than half—a—trillion euros to the countries worst affected by coronavirus. the money would gradually be repaid through the eu budget, although the deal will have to be agreed by other european countries. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in munich, the beer gardens are finally reopening.
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plenty of restrictions are still in place, but it's a sign the german economy is slowly coming back to life. the lockdown has had a devastating impact, and now, the european union's two richest members are proposing a potential way forward. translation: europe must stand together, which means we need to aim for a swift economic recovery, and that is why we want to set up an open—and—shut fund to the sum of 500 billion euros. we're convinced this is not only justified, but also necessary to make money available on a european level. in what looks like something of an about—face, angela merkel, along with emmanuel macron, is proposing a fund of 500 billion euros, which, crucially, will be given out in the form of grants rather than loans. the money will be raised by the european commission, borrowing from the financial markets
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in the european union's name. and it won't have to be directly repaid. instead, the funds will be recouped through the eu budget. effectively, richer countries will subsidise the less well off. translation: europe must not close itself off from world trade. it must provide better support for the most strategic sectors, and we believe that we must share a common strategy of autonomy, industrial and economic cooperation. the plan is already facing criticism. austria's chancellor kurz insists any money must be given as a loan and not a grant. and then there's the question of whether it will be enough. europe, like much of the rest of the world, is facing its worst downturn since the great depression. will 500 billion do the trick or will much more be needed? tim allman, bbc news.
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this only is ordering all access to one of its games to be closed down. the game had 200 million users that it was closed down three years ago. but during a lockdown, one fan run site received a surge in popularity. joe tidy reports. by joe tidy reports. by modern standards, it is not what to look at, but club penguin, discontinued years ago, became an unlikely hit. unofficial fan discontinued years ago, became an unlikely hit. unofficialfan run websites are surgeon players from syd ney to websites are surgeon players from sydney to portugal, to new zealand. the largest of these private servers that are put on more than a million new players in april alone. now
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disney has had the site shut down after a bbc investigation found that the game was not as innocent as it appears. the original club penguin was heavily moderated by people and computers. this is not. there are tonnes of swearing and almost all conversations end up about sex. there are also some pretty toxic chap in billings. i saw some horrible anti—semitism and racism. at one stage i was invited to an igloo, which was decorated by spelling out the n word with chairs. it only says this is a mature server, are you sure you want to join? any clip can click on it and they see all this and appropriate stuff. i met this boy on the forum for this game.
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i met kayden on the lively discord forum for the game whilst we were both playing. he is 1a. in igloos, i have seen people say strip club igloo, pimps needed, strippers needed, there's a lot of swearing on there. i feel like there's probably gonna be someone on the other side that is not who they say they are at all. i have been asked a lot of crazy things so i try not to go on the mature servers any more. his dad assumes club penguin was like it used to be. he's not happy with what it has become. i was shocked, i didn't know that. i thought if saw club penguin, he is in a pretty safe place. that was just the way i thought. but now that i learn this, i wanted to talk to him. and it's notjust what has been happening inside the game. behind—the—scenes, in some elements of this community, it's truly toxic. since disney dropped the game a few years ago, there has been a nasty battle for supremacy and ownership of these penguins and their fans. rival versions of the game servers are accused of intimidation and stealing and in order to get one over on each other. but as well as this warring between the different games, a british man involved in club penguin online has been arrested on suspicion of possession of the indecent images of children.
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police say has been bailed pending further enquiries. disney has also issued legal notices to all fan run sites and it seems club penguin online has shutdown. disney said in a statement... it looks like the unexpected rise of this strange online community could ultimately have letterheads fall. many families across the uk have struggled financially during the coronavirus pandemic. kamila ferry and her husband, michael, both lost theirjobs in hospitality when the lockdown began. neither of them qualified for the government's furlough scheme, leaving them without an income. they've been speaking to our scotland correspondent,
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lorna gordon. kamila ferry and her husband michael work in hospitality, but when lockdown happened they lost their jobs. because he recently changed jobs he's not eligible for the furlough. i am a seasonal worker, so i'm not eligible for furlough either. so we have had the whole month with no income. the couple and their two children, isabel and oliver, live within sight of loch ness the north of scotland. kamila said the sudden unemployment means that had to cut back to make ends meet. just trying to buy not as much food. we had to cut on our bills quite a lot. everything that we could have cancelled, pretty much, we've cancelled. we've ta ken advantage of the mortgage holidays. we've taken our car off the road. yeah, like everything pretty much we could have cut down we cut down.
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her husband has now got some work, but money's still tight. i am a bit relieved now when he picked up hisjob, because i know we have some money coming in. it's definitely not — nowhere near what we need. but the past two months has definitely not been easy and i think it obviously gives you stress, it gives you anxiety. this is an area where many work seasonally in jobs related to tourism. kamila was not alone in finding herself newly unemployed. i've been quite lucky, to be honest. i've even had people bringing me some shopping and that. it was really nice, actually. there is nojobs. there are so many people struggling. i don't think for me, at the moment, for another three orfour months i don't think it will get anotherjob. and how does that make you feel? anxious. i've never been without a job. never, ever in my life. grateful for the help from friends and neighbours
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in their small community, but kamila, like others now left looking for work, these are anxious times. lorna gordon, bbc news. last year, ballerina rachel hernon from manchester got her big break. she joined the moscow city ballet to star in swan lake and the sleeping beauty. her tour was interrupted by the pandemic and rachel has been unable to perform. but she's still making sure she gets her practice in — in her dad's garage. stuart flinders has more. rachel hernon, the swan queen, it doesn't get much better than this. she's in sleeping beauty and the nutcracker, too. but her tour with moscow city ballet was halted by the virus, now she's back home in dukinfield, stuck inside. where would you rather be stranded? moscow or dukinfield ? dukinfield, because i have my father here.
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even making a brew is a bit of a song and dance. after all, rachel is a performer. i'm always breaking into a dance, whether it's ballet or doing something really weird and getting caught in the act. it's just who i am. rachel's quite happy to improvise, the neighbours don't bat an eyelid. but she needed her own dance workshop. before you came, ijust stretched for an hour, which is what i do. so that's one hour a day. a bar would usually take me another hour or an hour and a half because i'm a barfanatic. her workshop is in fact, her dad's garage. you don't think you get in the way? no, he comes in and out and he knows what time
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i'm usually going to be there. he's been great with it. rachel is used to a bit more space back in russia, even when she is putting herfeet up. but in return for the use of the garage, she is helping with the daily chores. rachel's never really stopped dancing. when the stage calls her back, she'll be ready. applause. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello, there. this week is shaping up hello, there. this week is shaping up to bea hello, there. this week is shaping up to be a mixed week. we started off with cloud and rain across northern parts of the uk. over the next couple of days it'll warm up
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significantly, the warmest weather of the year so far. showers and thunderstorms on thursday, then cooler and windier on friday. through this evening and tonight, most through this evening and tonight, m ost pla ces through this evening and tonight, most places will stay dry after a fine day with variable amounts of cloud. the rain will be confined to the northern alp at the end of the night. elsewhere, another mild one with temperatures no lower than ten or 11 degrees. into wednesday, this is going to be the peak of the heat. the high pressure establishes itself across the uk, drawing up this warm airfrom spain and france. all areas will be warmer on wednesday, noticeably sew across scotland and northern ireland. the rain will clear away from the northern isles, lots of sunshine, little bit of low cloud missed and mark affecting southern areas throughout the day. temperatures climbing up to the mid 20s, temperatures climbing up to the mid 205, 28 temperatures climbing up to the mid 20s, 28 in the south—east. it will be warmer as well in scotland and northern ireland. through wednesday
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night, this week all the fun starts to move in, bringing a cloud and rain to northern ireland, western scotla nd rain to northern ireland, western scotland and the irish sea coasts. thursday, dry and sunny to start, but as this weather from start to move eastwards there could be hit and miss heavy showers and thunderstorms in the south—east quadrant of the country, maybe the odd one in eastern scotland. another warm day for england and wales, we could see 26 in the south—east, but temperatures comment on a touch across scotland and northern ireland. it changes to end the week. on friday, there is no pressure will move bringing strong winds, especially in the north and west. the band of rebel spread across the whole country. useful rain, maybe not enough in parts of england and wales. gilts across scotland and northern ireland with plenty of heavy, blustery showers. temperatures coming down, mid teens in the north, packed with afternoon sunshine we could see 23 degrees in
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this is bbc news. the headlines... latest figures show there were more than 40,000 coronavirus related deaths in the uk up to the end of the first week of may, with more than a quarter of those in care homes. we will not rest from doing whatever is humanly possible to protect our care homes from the appalling virus. the number of people claiming unemployment benefit soared to 2.1 million during the first few weeks of the lockdown. nine million easyjet customers have their details hacked. the airline has apologised. the self—medicating president, doctors express dismay as donald trump admits taking an anti—malaria drug to prevent coronavirus. what do you have to lose? ok, what do you have to lose? you take medicine? i have been taking it for about a week and a half. every day? at some point...
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