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so i stocked up with food, what i can, and then locked the door, and that was it. what do you miss most? what i miss most of all from my friends is a hug. feels lonely? uh... it does. i get depressed with it. because i can't see an end to it. steve is suffering alone, but say goodbye to him and drive the short distance into town, and you see that cleveleys is contending with wider problems too. the venue is a restaurant and weddings complex right on the seafront. this should be its busiest time of year. it couldn't have happened at a worse time... jakki has run the venue for 20 years. she can see it prospering for many more but says she needs the green light to reopen safely
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as soon as possible. if we don't open at the beginning ofjuly, there isn't a seasonal business in any resort that can survive two winters back—to—back. we just need to get through this, and if we get the help that we need to do that, i think it will thrive afterwards. nearly half of people who work in cleveleys are employed in businesses which have closed during lockdown. that in itself is a cause for worry here. but there is defiance too — a refusal to let the coronavirus crisis define or even destroy the future of this town. in fact, if you go for a wander down the high street here, it's so busy you can hardly tell there's a lockdown on. the only clue is the long supermarket queue. other shops remain shut, like this travel agent's. but its owner is confident that cleveleys will bounce back
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because shopping locally is important here. people want to get back out and try and get some sense of normality. we've actually had customers requesting that we keep their holiday on hold until they can come and see us. obviously, with the age range of the local population, they may struggle to get to other towns, so we're going to where our customers need us to. cleveleys isn't the only town with a long recovery ahead of it, but its strong sense of community may prove its biggest asset — a confidence which will help this place to get back on its feet, back to how things were before, when life felt good under these lancashire skies. judith moritz, bbc news, cleveleys. earlier this evening, for the ninth week in succession, people across the uk have been determined to say thank you and to pay tribute to health and care workers, byjoining the coordinated applause at eight o'clock.
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and the event has become, for many, an essential part of life in lockdown. our correspondent danny savage has been talking to one family in greater manchester with a particularly poignant reason for taking part. at eight o'clock tonight, marie marshall was one of millions of people outside her home, clapping for carers. she's one of an ever—growing number of people with a very personal reason for doing so. for my dad, who died of covid. for the nurses, doctors, all the staff on that ward looking after my dad at the time. for my friend, nikki, who is a nurse, who was stood outside waiting for me after my dad had passed, so i wasn't my own. grandma. hello. hello, sweetheart. she now has to try to console her mum with regular video calls. she says this way of mourning is just another part of the worst experience of her life. see you later. love you, bye.
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i'd give anything to go and spend some time with her. i could go and technically drive two hours and sit in a park with my mum, but i wouldn't, because i wouldn't want to put her at risk still. this ninth thursday of applause was marked across the uk. he sings opera back in oldham, this weekly salute is still this everyone is working really hard to keep things going, so it's really important we still recognise that. they will keep doing this here for as long as it takes. danny savage, bbc news, oldham. that's it.
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hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world, it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist rachel shabi, and political commentator and former conservative party press chief giles kenningham.
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welcome to you both. let us have a quick look through the first editions we have got in. borisjohson being forced into a u—turn on nhs charge for foreign health workers is the headline in the i. it says number ten backed down 2a hours after the pm had defended the surcharge, following pressure from labour and tory backbenchers. they had threatened to vote with the labour party. the new york times assesses president trump's likely response after the us saying it "will react strongly" if china follows through with a proposal for a new security law in hong kong. we will have more on that later on as well. the international edition of the ft also focuses on hong kong saying "china risks reigniting protests by imposing security law". the paper also headlines, "astrazeneca securing orders for 400 million doses of a still unproven vaccine being developed with oxford university."
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the mail, "could this be the biggest virus hope we've had?" and ponders if the ten million antibody tests being rolled out from next week together with a 20—minute swab test could get the nation back to work. alongside the main picture story in the times is the headline "sun—seekers could return lockdown to square one." you can see why, given that picture there. the paper also says so—called immunity certificates to free people from social distancing are being considered again by ministers. the express leads on the "ten million tests to defeat coronavirus" alongside today's news that borisjohnson won't face a criminal inquiry over his relationship with his us pal, jennifer arcuri while he was mayor of london. so let's begin.
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welcome again to you, rachel, let us start with the times, not the picture story but the immunity form is planned for coronavirus survivors. i was not clear that the scientists were clear whether the antibody is necessarily meant immunity anyway. well, i think that is right. i don't think the scientists are clear of whether that isa scientists are clear of whether that is a guarantee of immunity or sustained immunity, but there are a lot of front—page stories about immunity passports in some shape or form, whether they are, as the time are leading on, given to people who have survived the coronavirus all people who have had antibody tests that show that they have had the virus. now there are problems with a media passports, as we know, this is a story that keeps coming up. one of
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the main concerns is that it almost incense advises people to get infected so they can get the passport —— incentivises people. it will have more of an onus on people who cannot afford to be out of work. there are other problems such as if access to the antibody tests then gives you the opportunity to have the passport, than how fairly is access allocated 7 the passport, than how fairly is access allocated? also i think an article in the land said he recently suggested in a way immunity passports gives the government a get out from providing... honouring commitments to things like protection employment, housing projections, and you could argue that it would also remove the incentive for employers to make workplaces safer as well. giles, what are your thoughts on this? when
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you hear immunity, it does seem that london is a long way ahead from the rest of the country at the moment, no room for complacency. no, ithink no, i think a lot of businesses are going to welcome this development. they are desperate to get the economy moving and get people back to work, and it seems an eminently sensible move. none of these are full priest but i do get a look towards the positives in the situation and —— none of these are full prey. the current situation is unsustainable and we need to get people back to work i think it is something we should cautiously welcome. when you look at the death rate so far, rachel, i.2%, lowerthan the worst—case scenario far, rachel, i.2%, lowerthan the worst—case scenario that had been predicted a few weeks ago, but still quite troubling because there is
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a lwa ys quite troubling because there is always that risk, isn't there, the second wave? that is right, that is something that epidemiologists keep raising right now is how worried they are about the second surge in the autumn. i think the point that you mentioned earlier is very significant, that london has a lower infection rate at the moment and thatis infection rate at the moment and that is great for london, but it is almost double in some other parts of the country. and this idea of past porting raises an issue about a regional disparity in recovery as well. of course we all want to get back to work and return to whatever rivers and bills are usual life —— whatever resembles a usual life as soon as whatever resembles a usual life as soon as possible. i think the passport issue distracts a little bit from the way back. the way back is not necessarily this passport thing that keeps coming up. the science community, of course there's lots of uncertainties, but they are all seeming to say pretty much the
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same thing, which is to get out of lockdown you do need a testing strategy, yes, but you also need a tracing strategy in place and that is something that the government has fallen short on repeatedly. they say they have recruited 2a,000 people to do that. charles, looking at the sun—seekers, —— giles. are you confused about this? they are allowed to travel around with england at the moment, not allowed to stay overnight, on a day trip presumably they can go to a beach?|j am presumably they can go to a beach?” am not convinced about this, but i think there's an air of complacency around people. a friend said he had beenin around people. a friend said he had been in greenwich park and people we re been in greenwich park and people were not observing any form of social distancing, where drinking. i think that is a problem. this situation is compounded bit by the you have got different messages coming out of scotland, different messages coming out of wales and that does not help with a sense of
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unity and getting people all in one place. it is hard enough getting people into lockdown, the movement out of lockdown has more nuance. i think that is in air of complacency and, we have got to guard against this threat that there could be a second way. people floating that is going to feel that we will be back to square one. i suppose the only condition i had that if you wanted to drive on a day trip to london from, you could do that, but you cannot stay overnight. let's move on, to the telegraph. police spot checks to enforce quarantine. this will be handled by public health england on the border force. that'll be quite a task, if and when these quarantine measures come in. it is going to be quite a task, but this keeps coming back to the same thing. it is one thing to enforce it legally and have penalties for
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people flouting quarantine, but again in terms of making sure people are complying with quarantine, in terms of making sure that people who need to isolate our isolating, they are monitoring their symptoms every day, reporting them, they are telling you who they have been in touch with, that is something that is the work of manual traces. that is the work of manual traces. that is what they are skilled and equipped to do. it is still a mystery why the government is not using, first of all, stop that results in mid—march from taking place on second is not using that resources this is widely available nationally. giles, which we need to have quarantine for arrivals in the uk if the testing routines were in place, surely if somebody could be tested there and then either for antibodies or if they had the virus, you would not need quarantine? that is a time like with this whole virus which you can carry it for a
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certain amount of days and it can lay dormant before it actually kicks in. ithink lay dormant before it actually kicks in. i think they can have said they think it is necessary, that they say they will keep the whole situation in review every three weeks. i think you need a sense dotted people need to feel that they will feel the full force of the laws they do not adhere to things. we have seen people flouting the guidance during this pandemic. they have unveiled a 20 minute test, two types of tests and we also looking at the track and tracing as well. let us move on to the ft, the vaccine. astrazeneca, 400 million doses of the still unproven oxford vaccine, three quarters though heir to the us, rachel.
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