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for many parts of the uk, it's still essential travel only. but in england, you can drive as far as you want for some exercise. however, the message from lots of seaside resorts, including the authorities here in scarborough, is not to. if you don't have to come to the coast this weekend, exercise locally, stay home and save your visit for when we're at our best and we can welcome you properly. special measures are also being taken here this weekend to help with social distancing. this main road along the seafront in scarborough will be completely closed to all traffic, to give people a chance of keeping two metres apart. a1% of adults say they currently feel unsafe leaving home because of coronavirus. we can't social distance at all, because the visitors arejust coming in droves. ruth lets out a holiday home in this north yorkshire resort and is losing money, but she feels strongly that the policy in england is wrong. we're quite naturally isolated in scarborough
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and we've been quite safe, we felt quite safe. but now, the visitors are potentially bringing in more coronavirus. in the new forest in hampshire, though, some people are more relaxed. i think if everyone obeys the rules and keeps their distance... i think it's nice for people to be able to come out again. i don't see anything wrong with it and i think people will be sensible. beaches are expected to be busy, but a row is brewing over lifeguards. the rnli says there will be none on duty around the coast. a government minister says he can't understand why, as the risk of transmission is low to those working outside. so when will coastal resorts and beauty spots be prepared to welcome people back? this is phase one, coming out of lockdown. phase three, hopefully, will be the first week in july, and that's when many of our businesses will be open, and we hope to be able to have some summer season and to welcome all our visitors back.
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hello to viewers in the uk joining foes 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 the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown, and david bond, who's the brexit editor at the financial times. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the daily mirror and guardian are reporting that the prime minister's chief aide, dominic cummings, has come to the attention of the police after travelling to his wife's parents
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home while suffering coronavirus symptoms. a source close to mr cummings denies he was spoken to by officers. labour is demanding a "very swift explanation" for what it calls an apparent breach of lockdown rules. "china acts to tighten control over hong kong" is the headline in the new york times, which says the us has indicated it would respond strongly to any crackdown by the chinese authorities. the paper also focuses on italians returning to their agricultural roots. firms will be required to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed staff under treasury plans to unwind the state subsity scheme, according to the times, which says the chancellor will make an announcement next week. tensions between boris johnson and the chancellor are reported in the ft. it says treasury alarm over finances has led to rishi sunak pushing the pm to lift the lockdown. it also reports that pet prices soar as pandemic loneliness sparks a serious outbreak of puppy love.
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the telegraph says it's learnt that the prime minister is to scale back huawei's involvement in the uk's 56 network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. the japan times looks at how tokyo will attempt to reboot the city's economy while preventing a second wave of coronavirus infections as state of emergency measures are eased next week. "let's all go on a british summer holiday" is the express‘s headline after the home secretary announced strict quarantine measures which the paper says could lead to a boost in uk tourism. but the sun's take on priti patel‘s announcement is "don't book yet, but ‘jet your hopes up‘" as the paper says talk of ‘safe corridors‘ could mean fresh hope for foreign holidays this summer. welcome to you both. starting with
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you, jasmine, the mirror in a joint investigation with the guardian about dominic cummings point out what you make of this? we must point out it is not our investigation but there has been some reaction from there has been some reaction from the police force involved and indeed sources close to borisjohnson‘s key aid. the thing that surprised me was that this was a while ago. did people know and did they not run the story? why didn't we know if the police had been questioning him?|j think police had been questioning him?” think they had made requests for information about this on at least one other occasion but had not got anywhere on it to answer that question but please do continue. i'm a bit perplexed as to why it is happening now and if he did have the virus and went up there, it is more
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serious than just breaking rules, isn't it? this is incredibly irresponsible, if true, i repeat, if true. and i read somewhere that the reason they gave was that both he and his wife were unwell or whatever. one of the things is timing and the other thing is, i have to say, i can't get too hot under the collar about this. there is so much that dominic cummings, and unaccountable, unelected, incredibly powerful presence in our political system has done, and got away with, and has never been answerable, he does not answer questions to select committees... hang ona questions to select committees... hang on a minute, let's not discuss his reputation. that's not the issue. the point is... sorry about the breach in lockdown. i'm sorry is
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that i cannot get that exercised by somebody when it so much other stuff has not been covered properly. 0k. david, what do you think of this? they had approached number 10 before but this is a joint investigation and itappears, but this is a joint investigation and it appears, there is no denial by dominic cummings, that he was in durham, but the minutiae of what is being argued about, how does it look if you step back from this? in terms of the fact that he was there.” think it's incredible awkward for borisjohnson —— think it's incredible awkward for boris johnson —— incredibly think it's incredible awkward for borisjohnson —— incredibly awkward. and incredibly embarrassing point of just a couple of weeks ago niall ferguson, one of the leading epidemiologists in the country and the person behind the paper that led to the uk introducing the very stringent lockdown on the 23rd of march, he had to resign from the scientific advisory group to the
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government, sage, because he was found to have not been following the lockdown rules and was visiting a girlfriend. and he had to quit his post. i think this really will pose some difficult questions for boris johnson and already a lot of people are sharpening their knives for dominic cummings. clearly, a very divisive figure in government and in the conservative party as well with quotes surfacing already tonight are people saying he has been incredibly stupid in doing this. whatever the circumstances and again we have to stress that this is the guardian and the mira'sjournalism here. but i think it will be very interesting to see if borisjohnson can hang onto him -- see if borisjohnson can hang onto him —— the mirror'sjournalism.” think one of the things is, niall ferguson was a scientist and not pa rt ferguson was a scientist and not part of the machinery and power
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group behind boris johnson. part of the machinery and power group behind borisjohnson. i'm willing to bet tenets that nothing willing to bet tenets that nothing will come of it. —— bet £10. willing to bet tenets that nothing will come of it. -- bet £10. number 10 is refusing to comment at the moment but the point david made, and a lot of people especially on social media are saying this, when neil ferguson resigned, number 10 was quick to say that this was exactly the right thing to do. matt hancock, the right thing to do. matt hancock, the health secretary, said he was speechless when he heard that the quarantine lockdown had been broken. i know. this is dominic cummings. and think to you that whatever was said about neil ferguson and whatever would be said about other figures, dominic cummings will not pay for this is my prediction. he should and i know what david has just said, that there are murmurs to me isa
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just said, that there are murmurs to me is a divisive figure and hated by many tories as well as quite a lot of people outside the power circle, but i think you will see the ultimate hypocrisy playing out here. what they said when the scientist had to go will not be said about dominic cummings publicly. people close to him again on social media are saying that number 10 will fight this very hard but i think it could ta ke this very hard but i think it could take a few days to be battled out in the papers. moving on to the times come firms must start paying a quarter of staff wages whether or not they are still getting the full furlough scheme. this is a science that number 11 is saying it cannot go on indefinitely. and one of the big question is when rishi sunak, the chancellor, extended the furlough scheme into october, one of
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the questions that came up was how oi'i the questions that came up was how on earth, what are the companies and employers going to be asked to do to contribute to the extension of that scheme? now, if this story is right, we now know that they will be asked to pay a quarter of the wages of those furloughed staff. is worth remembering the scale of the numbers involved, we saw it reflected in how the public finances lurched into the red in april with the new figures released today. 80 million people have been furloughed that 18 million people and the cost could be as much as £80 billion. increasing noises from the treasury and rishi sunak that this will cause immense economic damage. the idea that firms will have to contribute towards some of the subsidies they have been receiving should not come as a great surprise. but it is staggering, the scale of this point and if i could
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mention, the ft has its own story tonight talking about the tensions between borisjohnson tonight talking about the tensions between boris johnson and tonight talking about the tensions between borisjohnson and rishi sunak on the speed with which the lockdown is being eased. clearly rishi sunak is seeing the economic havoc the lockdown is causing to the uk and he wants to move more quickly butjohnson is being much more cautious. what you make of this, yasmin? i think it is a really interesting ft story about the emerging divide between sue nack —— rishi sunak and johnson. i personally think until now rishi sunak has been on a kind of, you know, he has had a halo around him given everyone big sweeties and now he's going to go back and there is a genuine and in some ways unresolvable argument between those who want to open up far too quickly and those who think we should be
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cautious because lives are at stake. i would not want to be in anybody‘s shoes who has to make those choices. but it's interesting to see that rishi sunak is pushing, maybe because, as david said, the figures are so alarming. and that initial generosity is going to have to be pulled back a bit. i think companies should pay a bit, i really do. and interesting to see which people have been applying for this furlough scheme because in certain circumstances they include some of the wealthiest individuals in the country. that is another issue. moving on to the telegraph says pm to scale back huawei 5g role. a big row about this internationally and within the ruling tory party as well, for the roll—out of 5g. huawei
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i think has 35% of the network, they we re i think has 35% of the network, they were due to built it but boris johnson wants to scale that down pretty dramatically in just two or three years. this is a fascinating turn of events. ever since the decision was made by borisjohnson, long awaited, it all seemed to be held up over the election in decemberand held up over the election in december and finally the decision was made that huawei could play this limited role, ring fenced role within the new 56 telecoms networks. and the feeling is that coronavirus and the way that china has handled it and the amount of information it has given to the international community has led to a rethink. it isjust really community has led to a rethink. it is just really interesting community has led to a rethink. it isjust really interesting given how much, how long it took
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