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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with sima kotecha and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: a defiant response from downing street over new allegations that the prime minister's chief aide breached lockdown rules. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with sima kotecha and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: a defiant response from downing street over fresh reports claim new allegations that the prime dominic cummings made more than one minister's chief aide trip from london to durham breached lockdown rules. during the lockdown. the government says the allegations are false. fresh reports claim a new test—and—trace system dominic cummings made more than one to track coronavirus cases trip from london to durham is set to launch at during the lockdown. the government says the end of the week. the allegations are false. good morning. a new test—and—trace system a boost for project restart in to track coronavirus cases the latest round of premier league is set to launch at testing — just two new cases of the end of the week. the virus have been found — as the us gets close to 100,000 deaths increasing hopes the season from covid—19, the new york times could start again next month. fills its front page with the names and details of victims. prince william admits that becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mother's death. good morning. your emotions come back a boost for project restart in the latest round of premier in leaps and bounds, league testing. just two new cases of because it's a very different the virus have been found, phase of life and there's
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increasing hopes the season no—one there to, kind of, help you. could start again next month. after such a windy start prince william admits that becoming to the weekend, the winds a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mother's death slowly ease today. in a new documentary. where you start with rain, that dies out. it gets a bit brighter and warmer today. i've got your forecast for today and the bank your emotions come back in leaps and holiday coming up. bounds, because it's a very different phase of life and there's good morning. it's sunday, may the 2ath. our top story: no—one there to, kind of, help you. the prime minister's closest aide, dominic cummings, is facing further allegations this morning after such a windy start to the that he breached lockdown rules. both he and the government insist weekend, the winds slowly ease today. where you start with rain, that dies out. it gets a bit he'd acted " reasonably brighter and warmer today. i've got and legally" by driving from london your forecast for today and the bank to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. holiday coming up. good morning. last night, the government it's sunday, may the 24th. emphatically denied two further our top story: claims of rule—breaking, the prime minister's closest aide, dominic cummings, is facing further allegations this morning that he breached lockdown rules. as simon jones reports. you're supposed to be more than 2m apart. he insists he has no intention both he and the government insist he'd acted " reasonably and legally" by driving from london of resigning and downing street to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. is standing behind dominic cummings last night, the government despite new questions
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emphatically denied two further claims of rule—breaking, about his movements. as simon jones reports. the observer and sunday mirror claim that mrcummings, after travelling to durham, you're supposed to be more than two was seen at a beauty spot around 30 miles from where he was staying, metres apart. he insists he has no intention of resigning and downing street is standing behind dominic where he was believed to be self—isolating. cummings despite new questions about and they allege he made a second his movements. the observer and trip to durham from london last month after he recovered sunday mirror claimed mr cummings, from coronavirus symptoms. downing street said after travelling to durham, was seen this was inaccurate. it insisted: ata after travelling to durham, was seen at a beauty spot around 30 miles from where he was staying, where he the government had was believed to be self isolating. spent yesterday defending his decision to travel to and 60 miles and they allege he made a second to the north—east in march trip to durham from london last month after he recovered from after his wife became unwell, rather coronavirus symptoms. downing street said this was inaccurate. it insisted: than staying at home in london. he said he feared he would become government had spent yesterday defending his decision to travel to ill and the couple wanted to ensure their young child and 60 miles to the north—east in could be properly cared for. he stayed in a house near his extended family his sister march after his wife became unwell, and nieces needed to help out. rather than staying at home in i was doing the right thing.
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the government guidance london. he said he feared he would become the all and the couple wanted on self—isolation says: to ensure their young child could be properly cared for. he stayed in a house near his extended family his sister and nieces needed to help out. i was doing the right thing. ministers insist mr cummings acted legally and reasonably. it's not about what you guys think. what most people will probably be the government guidance on thinking watching this would be self—isolation says: what would i do in that situation? i've got a young child, my wife is unwell, i'm worried about the ability to support the child as a father. do you then end up saying, well, ministers insist mr cummings acted we'll take the best possible option legally and reasonably. in order to provide the ongoing what most people will probably be care for that child, and therefore go to where there's thinking watching this would be what a network, but not go would i do in that situation? i've to inside the parents' house got a young child, my wife is but rely on the younger generation. unwell, i'm worried about the ability to support the child as a but opposition politicians say he must go. father. do you then end up saying, for him to then break the rules well, we'll take the best possible that he was probably setting himself option in order to provide the and the rest of us have had ongoing care for that child, and to follow is just beyond belief. therefore go to where there's a
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network, but not go to inside the tomorrow, the cabinet will meet pa re nts' to discuss how to ease the lockdown network, but not go to inside the parents' house but rely on the younger generation. but opposition politicians say he must go stop low for him to then further, but ministers will be convinced new questions break the rules that he was probably about mr cummings may make it harder to convince the public to stick setting himself and the rest of us to the guidelines currently in place. have had to follow is just beyond simon jones, bbc news. our political correspondent belief. tomorrow, the cabinet will meet to is helen catt. discuss how to ease the lockdown further but ministers will be commenced in new questions about mr a is helen catt. lot of the papers reporting it, of cummings may make it harder to course. helen, downing street has issued convince the public to stick to the a swift rejection of these new claims, but that's not guidelines currently in place. simon the end of the story is it? no, it isn't. as you say, there has jones, bbc news. 0ur political reporter been that very strong pushback from downing street against the claims is helen catt. made in the papers, but equally no helen, downing street has issued a sign of them backing down. equally, swift rejection of these new claims, but that's not the end of the story, no sign of the opposition leaders is it? it isn't. backing down either. labour, the downing street showing no sign of backing down here. as you said, a liberal democrats and the snp have all written to the most senior civil pretty punchy response to these allegations. but opposition leaders servant in britain, sir marks said also aren't showing any sign of well, and asked for an enquiry into backing down on this. labour, the the allegations to see whether or snp, the lib dems have called for not mrcummings
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the allegations to see whether or not mr cummings broke the special advisers code by allegedly breaching britain's most senior civil servant to hold an enquiry to see weather or the guidance on self—isolation. the not dominic cummings broke the special advisers this postcode for snp leader in westminster ian allegedly breaching the guidance on beckett wanted to know when the prime minister found out about the travel to durham, so no sign of the lockdown stop the s&p leader ian pressure letting up there. we have blackford wanted to know what the prime minister knew about mr cummings's travel plans to durham. also had what doesn't appear to be a complete denial of that specific the opposition pressure is still allegation that mr cummings was very much on. we had a good 2a hours spotted in barnard castle. there is for public reaction to drop into that too. downing street's approach conservative mps' inboxes, so to this seems to be that it's a interesting to what comes out of westminster media story that isn't that today. no sign downing street going to cut through elsewhere. of is backtracking at all, but it appears officials don't seem to have course what we've had now is a good 24, 36 hours for conservative mps to officially denied the allegation about mrcummings being officially denied the allegation about mr cummings being seen in look in their inbox to see if that barnard ‘s castle. is true but no sign of downing the easing of coronavirus street backing down at the moment. restrictions goes on, what can we expect from the cabinet meeting? looking at the e—mails and the it's another big week. on thursday tweets, something it's a westminster bubble and the media getting it out we hit a three week deadline where the government is legally obliged to of proportion, and others think it is outrageous when others are staying indoors. review the lockdown restrictions, but tomorrow is a week from june the meanwhile, the business of easing lockdown restrictions goes on.
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thirst, which is, if you remember in what can we expect from boris johnson's roadmap for easing tomorrow's cabinet meeting? lockdown restrictions in england, it will, that's because we are that's when he talked about phase approaching this week another two potentially being able to start, rolling three week legal deadline so two potentially being able to start, so looking at the phased reopening when the government has to decide whether or not to keep lockdown of schools, perhaps non—essential retail, but it was based on the data restrictions in place, and more importantly, tomorrow will be a week and what was happening with the away from june the first. in boris infection rate. and tomorrow's johnson's roadmap for easing cabinet meeting we would expect them to look at those issues and look at lockdown restrictions in england, what the data is telling us about that's the day when he suggested how people are complying and what's phase ii that's the day when he suggested phase i! might come into play if the happening with the infection rate, conditions are right, and that's and the possibility of what might happen or could happen potentially looking at things like partially reopening schools and potentially in england from next monday. reopening schools and potentially reopening non—essential retail. the thank you, helen catt. an exciting cabinet will certainly be discussing that, and we would expect during the week ahead i think in westminster. week to hear more about those plans another 282 people in the uk have died after testing positive and also about the data behind them, for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 36,675. because the government has always globally, more than 3ai,000 people said they will only do it when the have died after becoming infected with the virus, conditions are right. helen, thank but more than 2 million you very much. another 282 people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total people have recovered. number of deaths to 36,675. globally, more than 3a1,000 people have died after becoming infected with the virus, but more than 2 million
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the united states is approaching 100,000 coronavirus—related deaths, and this morning the new york times has dedicated its entire front page to victims. the paper carries the people have recovered. names of 1,000 people who've died, along with a short biography for each of them. the us has the largest number of infections in the world, but the number of deaths continue to fall in new york, the united states is which has been the worst approaching 100,000 coronavirus related deaths, and this morning the new york times has dedicated its entire front affected state. page to the victims. the paper carries the names of 1,000 people who've died along muslims across the world are with a short biography for each of them. celebrating ed, the end of the the us has the largest number of infections in the world, fasting month of ramadan, but the but the number of deaths continue to fall in new york, which has been the worst pandemic means celebrations will be different this year —— ei. affected state. greece will reopen its islands to domestic tourists tomorrow in the latest in a series there will be no morning of measures to end prayers at mosques, lockdown restrictions. the country closed its borders early and no close contact with family and has had just 170 and friends to celebrate the most deaths from coronavirus. important festival in the islamic calendar. lina sinjab is in beirut for us this morning. lina, eid wil be slightly more subdued across the middle east this year? but greece's tourist industry has been badly hit by the pandemic. quentin sommerville joins us indeed, many countries around the now from athens. muslim world are still observing
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lockdown because of the coronavirus thanks for coming on, quentin. so pandemic and are very careful about theirfamilies pandemic and are very careful about their families and beloved pandemic and are very careful about theirfamilies and beloved ones, will brits be able to return to however some countries have eased some of the restrictions. of course, greece on holiday any time soon? big gatherings at mosques or public not immediately, no, because greece, spaces where usually it's the custom for people to gather and celebrate as you mentioned, was one of the is not going to be the case today. first countries with a very hard and we have heard the morning prayerfor title lockdown, it's coming out of that lockdown now and hoping to eid today but no—one is at the welcome back doris. you can do mosque to answer the prayers, normal things in the city. —— especially here in beirut. iran said tourist. from monday you can go to it would open up the masks and the, bars and restaurants. —— tourist. i you know, prayer places for people got my haircut yesterday. they want to gather in. however, some countries, especially in lebanon, to welcome back tourists not from and in syria and egypt, there's been high infection countries. one easing of restrictions where family can visit each other and celebrate a government official said to me yesterday britain is one of the last little bit, but they have to take their own responsibility of bastions of disease in europe, and asa bastions of disease in europe, and as a result it will take a bit observing the measures to protect longer before british tourists are against the coronavirus. welcome here but other tourists will be welcome from july the first when lina sinjab in beirut, thank you. greek airports all across the police in hampshire have confirmed that they've found country will be reopened, welcoming
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the body of a teenager who'd been holidaymakers. missing for more than two weeks. thank you, quentin somerville reporting from athens. 16—year—old louise smith was reported missing on the 8th police in hampshire have of may, which was ve day. confirmed that they've found her body was found in woodland the body of a teenager who'd been in havant, and her death missing for more than two weeks. is being treated as suspicious. 16—year—old louise smith was reported missing on the 8th of may, which was ve day. prince william has revealed that her body was found in woodland becoming a father brought back in havant, and her death the painful emotions is being treated as suspicious. of his mother's death. speaking in a new bbc documentary about men's mental health, the duke of cambridge also admitted that he found parenting overwhelming at times. sean dilley reports. prince william has revealed that becoming a father brought back the painful emotions of his mother's death. speaking in a new bbc documentary about men's mental health, when you've been through something the duke of cambridge also admitted that he found parenting traumatic in life, and that is, like overwhelming at times. sean dilley reports. you say, your dad not being around, when you've been through something traumatic in life, and that is, my mother dying when i was younger, like you say, your dad not your emotions come back in leaps and being around, my mother dying when i was younger, bounds because... the duke of cambridge is speaking your emotions come back in leaps and bounds because... about his struggles with parenting asa about his struggles with parenting as a father of three. the duke of cambridge is speaking i definitely found it very, at times, overwhelming. me and about his struggles with parenting catherine particularly, we support i definitely found it very, each other. we go through those at times, overwhelming. moments together and we kind of evolve and learn together. prince william opened out in a we go through those moments together and we kind of evolve
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conversation with former and learn together. professional marvin sordell for a prince william opened up in a conversation with former documentary, football, prince william and our mental health, which professional footballer willairon william and our mental health, which will air on bbc william and our mental health, which willairon bbc one william and our mental health, which will air on bbc one on thursday. marvin sordell for a documentary, marvin sordell quit football last football, prince william year a successful career that saw and our mental health, which will air on bbc him play for the england under want one on thursday. marvin sordell quit football last team, bolton and burton albion. when he retired at 28, he pointed to his year after a successful career that mental well—being, describing saw him play for the england football as a ugly persona. sordell, under—21 team, bolton and burton who has previously spoken of his albion. poor mental health and suicide when he retired at 28, attempt in 2013, said being a father has been difficult stop it was the ha rd est has been difficult stop it was the hardest time of my life, i found it he pointed to his mental well—being, really, really tough. i grew really, really tough. igrew up really, really tough. i grew up without my father and i've describing football as an ugly game not had a father to look up at, and with a beautiful persona. sordell, who has previously spoken of his poor mental health 110w not had a father to look up at, and now i've got a child looking up at a and suicide attempt in 2013, father and i don't really know how so being a father has been difficult. i'm dealing with this. i really it was the hardest time of my life, i found it really, really tough. struggled with my emotions at that i grew up without my father and i've time. not had a father to look up at, the programme features conversations and now i've got a child looking up with footballers, fans and managers from all walks of life. prince at a father and i don't really know
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william said he wants his how i'm dealing with this. i really struggled with my emotions at that time. emotionally charged documentary to the programme features kick off the biggest conversation of conversations with footballers, fans and managers mental health through football. your from all walks of life. dad would be very proud of you. as prince william says he wants his emotionally—charged documentary your mum would. i appreciate that to kick off the biggest conversation stop you will make the right on mental health through football. decisions, you will be absolutely your dad would be very proud of you. fine and you will be a great dad. as your mum would. sean dilley reporting there. i appreciate that. you will make all the right decisions, i know will. i can see you can watch the kind of man you are, you'll be football, prince william and our mental health on bbc one this thursday absolutely fine, and you will be a great dad. sean dilley reporting there. you can watch football, evening just after 8pm. prince william and our mental health on bbc one this thursday you are up—to—date with all the main evening just after 8pm. stories this morning stop a good morning if you havejustjoined us. for weeks, it was the defining message in the government's coronavirus response — stay home, protect the nhs, save lives. so when it emerged the prime —— this morning. good morning if you minister's most senior aide, dominic cummings, had not stayed home, have just joined —— this morning. good morning if you havejustjoined us. a charity which helps people but had in fact travelled 260 miles with obsessive compulsive disorder with his family to durham, says it's had to double it's online questions, inevitably, emerged. help services to cope with increased demand during lockdown. 0cd affects more than 500,000 people in the uk. people who suffer with it have obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours, hard enough to manage in normal circumstances, but even harder in lockdown. meghan 0wen reports. let's hear what cabinet secretary
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grant shapps had to say when asked by the bbc‘s iain watson it's the end of week nine of about the trip. the important thing is that everyone lockdown and for many, the days have all felt the same. but repetition is nothing new to those with 0cd. for remains in the same place while they are locked down, which is exactly me, my main compulsion is something what happened in i think the case you're referring to with mr called... it's official name is cummings. the prime minister will have known he was staying put and he trichotillomania. i will essentially feel a really strong urge to toys, didn't come out again until he was feeling better. whether it's my eyebrows, my arms, the guidance says — if you're living my legs, any part of my body. with children, keep following this advice to the best of your ability, lockdown has definitely made these however, we are aware that not all compulsions worse. a lot of it i these measures will be possible think is genuinely because i'm not depending, therefore, on at work all day, i don't have the circumstances, adding those last few everyday distractions of other people. i'm certainly not as busy as words. in other words, circumstances, adding those last few words. in otherwords, if circumstances, adding those last few words. in other words, if you are in a position where you have a young i was. i've got a lot of time to child, in this case four years old, ruminate and worry and feel anxious, and you're worried about the welfare and the problem with having 0cd is of that child and your ability to that these intrusive thoughts just don't seem to stop. theyjust go throw around them the wider network round and round and round. of support, then you're clearly being somewhere where other members you've both said lockdown has had a of the family can assist, by which i negative impact on your 0cd, how have you managed this? mean other younger members of the my have you managed this? my key advice would be finding family, then that might be the best
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distractions, because the more place for you to settle and stay distracted you are, the less you can throughout the time that your ill. i act upon compulsions. and i think think that's all that's happened in also meditation has been a really this case. i get what you're saying, good one. so there's loads of apps mrcummings is in this case. i get what you're saying, mr cummings is in the public eye, like calm and headspace and all of but the reality of the matter is those ones. even when i don't there is a a—year—old child's particularly feel like it, just welfare that's the important thing. reaching out to thermally and friends. having a day out where i pa rents would welfare that's the important thing. parents would ask themselves what try to relax and try not to think they would do if they had no other too much about work. but emily has support around, and eventually you would either have to turn to had a different experience. just external support, not from your family, or either turn to your before lockdown, my contamination family, or either turn to your 0cd was starting to creep back in family to provide that care, which again. i was wanting to wash my is what happened in this case. hands all the time and i had grant shapps speaking at the downing compulsions like tapping the side of street briefing yesterday. dominic cummings says he did the car in ten lots of ten so my the right thing by travelling family doesn't get the virus. during with his wife and young son to be near to relatives when she developed coronavirus symptoms. lockdown, my 0cd hasn't been as bad but is he right when because i'm not leaving the house so it comes to the law? let's speak now to the former greater manchester police chief i'm not worried about contamination. constable, sir peter fahy. i'm not worried about contamination. i'm worried about going back to normal but i'm confident i have the skills to cope. while lockdown may be easing, the thank you for your time this challenges will continue for some. morning. set out to the best of your understanding whether this was ok
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meghan 0wen, bbc news. within the rules or not. the word is tough time for anyone dealing with 0cd at the moment. let's take a look at today's front pages. 0ne story dominating on the front page of most of the sunday papers confused. one reading is no it this morning. isn't, you can't be outside, there reports that dominic cummings broke lockdown rules dominate many of the papers today day. are specific exemptions, which in the sunday mirror leads one reading do not include with allegations that mr cummings made two trips from london to durham childcare, unless specialist while britons were under strict instructions not to travel. childcare, unless specialist childcare, or caring for a downing street has called the stories "inaccurate" vulnerable person, or whether that's and "false". a child per se. vulnerable person, or whether that's a child perse. on vulnerable person, or whether that's a child per se. on the other hand, the sunday telegraph is also leading on those allegations, there another reading, and there's but on its front page there's government guidance that confuses another story about the planned the picture. that's the problem here reopening of primary schools. — you've got regulations and legislation the police would look through but then you've got different forms of government guidance, pronouncements of it says that councils will need ministers and even now to publicly justify themselves pronouncements of the deputies if they've decided not to reopen primary schools next week. adviser who has further muddied the water as to what is and isn't the sunday express leads on a safety plan ready to unlock britain. the paper focuses on a series allowed and that bit of legislation of crucial moves to ease lockdown, isn't enforceable because there's including cash to help high streets reopen. too much confusion about the a photo of mr cummings is the lead image on the front page. meaning. a question of the letter of and the scottish mail on sunday says the law that isn't clear, and the
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police have launched inquiries spirit of the law, which for many into two scottish care homes where large numbers of residents people, not everyone, but for many have died with the coronavirus. people, not everyone, but for many people, they say it's pretty clear — stay at home, protect the nhs, save lives. yes, they think that is the problem for the police. it is the individual let us take a look at the weather police officer who has to explain for some this morning. nick, how it this on the street. to a member of looking out there? good morning. it's not as windy as it was the public, young person going about yesterday. quite breezy out there. their business. obviously it is a it has been such a windy couple of situation where other people feel days but the wind will gradually other people are doing things, ease. not is down completely today, but ease. we're starting the day was particularly public people. it makes some rain that's going to die out. thejob much more difficult. you have to remember the rules around it will brighten up a bit warmer social distancing and the rules today as well. the weather settling down as well. low pressure has been about people who have got the virus staying in one place. they are bringing the wind, some rain, and high pressure is now building in. rules, they are guidance, they are that settle things down. we will see not the law. so that further confuses it for the police. spoke to this weather fronts get closer to your successor a few weeks ago in greater manchester and he was northern ireland in western scotland. generally speaking more on telling me about a party they had to break up that had a bouncy castle in the way of sungshan the next couple of days. and one. start the day was
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it and break up that had a bouncy castle in itand a dj, break up that had a bouncy castle in it and a dj, clearly on a different some rain in north—west england and scale from what mr cummings is western parts of scotland. as we go accused of doing. but i'd guess it's deeper on through the day that difficult, isn't it, it has been slowly dies out. brightness goes a difficult, isn't it, it has been difficult for the police to police time for eastern scotland, northern ireland, sunny skies this afternoon these rules over the last couple of for england and wales. a lot of months. yes, i think the issue about cloud around, slowly breaking up big gatherings for people, that's towards wales and south—west england pretty clear that that is not this afternoon. these are your allowed and it may well fall under winds. they are average speeds. we will get gusts up around a0 mph other public order acts and social education, but these rules about towards northern and eastern where people can travel to and the scotla nd towards northern and eastern scotland and north—east england. rules about travelling for exercise, yesterday we were talking 50—60 isa rules about travelling for exercise, is a difficult issue that i think a mile—per—hour gusts, that is a not lot of parents will face. a lot of down and the wind will is down pa rents lot of parents will face. a lot of parents on a great strain looking further into tonight it is warmer after young children and feel today. there will be sunny spells frustrated that they cannot access the widerfamily. developing here and there. we are frustrated that they cannot access the wider family. so this is where it does cause issue for the police talking around 18— 22 degrees for the top temperature it will feel and some of the legislation is now confused. but when you talk about much warmer way yesterday was so big gatherings of people in public very wet, especially in western scotland. into tonight, remember places, that is clearly against the law. it those sort of situation is that area of high pressure building now i think the police will m, that area of high pressure building in, what cloud there is should go concentrate on. and difficult for away and the windfalls alive, to your colleagues in durham, where hardly anything across much of the
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uk. we may just hardly anything across much of the uk. we mayjust see if you fog they say one thing, downing street says something else, and they have patches developing towards parts of to come out and issue more details cornwall, into south—west wales, but to come out and issue more details to prove that what they were saying under clear skies temperatures, is correct, but there is still semantics about the language light winds, temperatures back down eve ryo ne semantics about the language everyone is using in the treatments. into single figures for many of us yes, that's right. whenever the and overnight to the morning. this is how your bank holiday is shaping police get drawn into politics and up. remember, again, thatarea is how your bank holiday is shaping public figures is difficult. it also up. remember, again, that area of high pressure. a lot of dry and shows the challenge for the police sunny weather to come, that cloud that when a neighbour or somebody here and there. we willjust see else makes a complaint about a this weather fronts getting closer to northern ireland in western fellow neighbour, the police then get drawn into it, have to deal with scotland. clouding up here through the afternoon and some of us will in the allegation, and make sense of it. and again that is where the the afternoon and some of us will in the day here with outbreaks of rain. the warm spots in northern ireland confusion about what is guidance, what is rules, what is the law, and and scotland close to 20 degrees for what is rules, what is the law, and what a minister may have said or england and wales talking low to mid guidance is, just as to the computer 20s. high pressure pretty much in control for the rest of the week, puts police a very difficult position. what of your former collea g u es position. what of your former which means where mae has been so colleagues in the police, i am sure very dry so far there won't be in you speak to many of them still, the rain this week. that's how it have they said that this has been a looking. back to you. we will catch very difficult period for them up looking. back to you. we will catch up with you a little bit later on. policing by consent, rather than amid the coronavirus crisis, a group having a black—and—white situation? of mums from across the south of england have been documenting their everyday lives to be fair i think they have tried for an online exhibition on motherhood during lockdown. to do the best they can, certainly it's called isolation,
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and captures moments ofjoy, in the early stages explaining and boredom, home—schooling and a new found love of rainbows. educating and most of the public let's take a look. have clearly conformed and cooperated with the police but there has always been this challenge around exercise, open spaces, and, # it's times like these you learn to you know, is also about the fact that the legislation is really poorly drafted and came in really, live again... i think it helps you really quickly and that has caused a challenge for the police. there have discover the hidden gems that are in been at least five cases where your everyday life. it's about convictions have been overturned, because not only the police but the capturing the moments that matter and memories that they have not it's courts were confused. that has caused confusion for the police. they will have seen a lot of public just raw, is just real, and memories that they have not it's just raw, isjust real, and just and memories that they have not it's just raw, is just real, and just a snapshot that is history. cooperation and support from the public about what they are trying to just raw, is just real, and just a snapshot that is historylj just raw, is just real, and just a snapshot that is history. i think it will be really emotive when we look do. sir peter fahy thank you for back on these photographs. your time. will be really emotive when we look back on these photographslj will be really emotive when we look back on these photographs. i was very conscious that they didn't want let's bring injonathan haslam, who was the downing street director it to be pretty pictures. it was of communications underjohn major. thank you for coming on. we saw definitely documentary, whatever that meant. so that definitely included happiness and joy, but it those tweets yesterday from government ministers defending dominic cummings, how do you think government has handled this so far? also included frustration and drama good morning. pretty badly, all and really emotional moments. # i'm things considered. i think the thing that bothers me most is that it's
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and really emotional moments. # i'm a little divided... in the picture quite clear from the way the government has dealt with this, is my friend katie who got diagnosed right from the outset, that they recognised that dominic cummings with cancer and it obviously puts going away to durham was going to be her ina with cancer and it obviously puts her in a very vulnerable group at the moment so she is not even an issue which would undermine the allowed to leave her home. the other message of which he is part. let's person in the photo, the girl, is look at the facts. he took a woman, her daughter, who at that moment was still doing her paper rounds and it his wife, who was sick with covid, meant that katie and nieve were not 202 miles away from their london allowed to be in the same room place and to durham, with their together, they were not allowed to hug each other. five days after lock small son. we sympathise with the down, it was my dad's funeral, he only died two months ago, quite small son. we sympathise with the small son, any child, that is going suddenly, so for lockdown for me, it to be an issue for them. if they had taken the excuse or the reason that has been quite a difficult process grant shapps gave in the press where you would normally be surrounded by your friends and lots conference yesterday and said to people, quite openly, he has gone of yourfamily surrounded by your friends and lots of your family members, surrounded by your friends and lots off with his family, that is allowed of yourfamily members, we have been under the rules because of the unable to do that. so i think this secular circumstances, he will now exhibition and being part of this project has really helped me focus self isolate, then that is a matter on something really positive and of co m plete self isolate, then that is a matter of complete transparency and you creative. # together we make a would challenge people to say he had done the wrong thing. it is the fact better life. i'm lucky enough to that there has been an apparent live up the road from my mum and
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cover—up, that there has been one dad. while dropping off essentials rule for people in downing street to them, they are both isolating, we and one for the rest of the country. took a chance to raise merits for that's the thing that sticks in a freya and mum, and they would play book, i think, that's the thing that sticks in a book, ithink, of that's the thing that sticks in a noughts and crosses on the front book, i think, of the british people. and they have got a reason door. took a chance to capture it, to expect a little bit more from because it was just an amazing moment, really, seeing them laughing government, because this is all and playing stop one of my about trust. how can we trust people photographs as my little boy sitting on his bed. and he is really who will apparently bend the circumstances to suit themselves and screaming. and we have a lot of days if you don't have that degree of when they can be like that. transparency, people are going to capturing the intensity of the emotions, right now, so we can look say, well, look, 36,000 plus people back and, you know, in some ways, have died, i wasn't able to hold the very fondly, and think about, yes, hand of my father, my mother, my brother, my sister, as they left this is a great time because they have been able to be more with my this world, i have obeyed the rules boys. # in times like these you and that is so undermining of the learn to live again... is creating effort against this terrible the visual memories for the future disease. and that's why i think mr for my children. if the house is a cummings really should, at the very, mess because they've made it a mess, and that's what they remember, me very least, expressed some telling them off or asking them to contrition. and i would have up thought, actually, resign, because telling them off or asking them to upfor telling them off or asking them to up for the umpteenth time that day, thenit up for the umpteenth time that day, then it is what it is. there's no not doing a good job and is a
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point hiding it or changing it, massive destruction to something waiting for the fancy moments when which is damaging our country.“ they are in their best clothes. it's all about getting the moment there and then. those pictures, some of you were back in your old job working at number 10, what would you advise the government to do here, you have just said there that you think you should resign, is that what you would be telling government to do? i think you've got to come to the point where we see, yesterday, a them are great. it is like something whole bunch of cabinet ministers and from a glossy magazine. let's focus on the situation others taking time out of their day when they should be actively in the united states for a few minutes, because the front page working, it is a seven—day weekjob of the new york times this morning is particularly moving. now for government ministers, that it lists the names of 1,000 people when they should be actively working who have died after contracting on getting the testing right, making the virus along with a short biography for each person. sure we understand the scientific almost 100,000 people have died from covid—19 in the united states, advice, not trying to pull the wool but the death rate is falling in new york which has been over our eyes and defend somebody where the situation is not the worst affected state. julia manchester is a reporter particularly defensible. just look at the hill, which is a website that at one example, we found out covers us politics. shejoins us now from florida. recently that a mouth swab and a nose swab count as two test and that helps you get up to 100,000 to and beyond. it is a fog of thanks so much for coming on, julia. thanks so much for coming on, julia. thank you for having me. would misunderstanding and if you are going to demand of the british morning. quite a front cover this public that they act in a certain
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way, and we have done, morning. quite a front cover this morning. absolutely. and i think it overwhelmingly, you heard from sir ca ptu res a morning. absolutely. and i think it captures a lot of the mood that's really been existing in parts of the peter fahy just a united states that have been hit overwhelmingly, you heard from sir peter fahyjust a moment ago, overwhelmingly the public has got ha rd est, united states that have been hit hardest, like downstate new york in the message and obeyed it. when you the new york city area. and really have those situations you have got the new york city area. and really the fatigue that a lot of americans, to go and repay the trust. and the as well as people all over the stench of sort of hypocrisy and do world, feel about this virus. however, there is already a deal as they say, don't do as they do is about the second wave of the virus, something which undermines that if you look at certain regions of collective effort. aside from people the country like where i am and the who have lost family and friends, south—eastern part of the country, there are thousands of young people, where we are already seeing more millions of young people, whose futures may be blighted by this. businesses and, you know, just community centres just really start there are millions of people who are to reopen. so definitely different furloughed, who are uncertain about their jobs, furloughed, who are uncertain about theirjobs, and furloughed, who are uncertain about their jobs, and we furloughed, who are uncertain about things popping up wherever you go in theirjobs, and we are spending much the us. and it looks like america is time and ministerial energy defending somebody. dominic going to reach agreement milestone cummings, whatever he has been able this week. 100,000 deaths. what do to achieving campaigns, is, in fact, you think about that? yes, it is becoming the story. it's a something we heard talk, including distraction. we shouldn't be the story. the story should be the british public and how government should lead us through this. doctor anthony fauci, a member of jonathan, is he entitled to his the corona voice —— coronavirus privacy? is he entitled to have a
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private life... of course! taskforce, predict that. it also comes, really, at the weekend that start —— marks the start of summer, (crosstalk). please carry on. of course he is a long weekend, memorial day weekend, a week and we use the entitled to a private life. he also has to recognise he is a public americans typically travelling all over the country to be with loved rigour, he has volunteered to become ones 01’ over the country to be with loved ones or to go on a short holiday or boris johnson's most rigour, he has volunteered to become vacation, not seeing nearly as much borisjohnson's most special advisor. and there are travelling this weekend, but we will responsibilities that come with it. be on the lookout for any americans you can't have all of your cake and who hit the beaches or go to the eat it. i'm sorry, borisjohnson, national parts, we will be looking you may feel that, but you can't. if to see if people actually follow you may feel that, but you can't. if you take on those responsibilities social distancing guidelines or rules or if we see that really kind you take on those responsibilities you also accept the responsibility to be accountable for all of your of ignored, because they are actions. if you had been open and fatigued being cooped up right now. upfront about it in the first that brought a lot of the fear of instance, think a lot of people the second wave. what do you think would have understood the circumstances, they might have said, actually, if you work at downing this is about the trump street, you are never going to be administration and how he has handled this crisis because yellow without support, so if you felt you could not look after your son, a well, it's hard to tell what would call to downing street and things have happened if it was another would have been put in place for president in charge. because there you, but nonetheless he has taken a different point of view. if you area president in charge. because there are a lot of factors impacting this. upfront about it in the first
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insta nce we we know that president trump's upfront about it in the first instance we wouldn't be having this response has been met with a lot of conversation. we would be concentrating on trying to get this criticism. we know that president disease conquered. the government trump did not impose a nationwide has responded to the latest allegations by saying we will not lock down, left a lot of this up to waste our time answering a stream of individual states to do on their false allegations about mr cummings own. and we saw that really imposed by campaigning newspapers. the right differently. so in new york city and to say these newspapers have an new york state, for example, as agenda, that is what number 10 are governor andrew cuomo very much impose a much stricter lockdown saying? there have gotten agenda to bring out stories which are measure and keep that in place for a important in the public domain. so while. however if you go down to we're not going to take too where i am in florida, texas, seriously these bits of bluster from georgia, the southern part of the downing street. they obviously want united states, we see that governors to kill this story as much as have had had more of a last possible and they are embarrassed by it. i was struck by the fact that response. we were some of the last one of the words they used about the places to shutdown and some of the most one of the words they used about the first places to open up. it has m ost rece nt one of the words they used about the most recent allegations of a second actually become a very political trip and other sightings is that they are inaccurate. well, thatjust issue with conservatives and republicans pushing to open up more, begs a whole series of other questions. this is the problem, when citing the economy and the economic downturn and wanting to get more you have a cover—up, as richard people back to work, however nixon knows all too well, it's not democrats and liberals are saying necessarily the first offence that put on the brakes, this is a public causes you the difficulty, it's the cover—up. and we shouldn't really be health crisis. we need to move more spending so much time onjust
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slowly. that leads onto the last cover—up. and we shouldn't really be spending so much time on just an question, we have seen that donald advisor, who can be replaced, who is trump has been playing golf for the not currently doing such a greatjob first time since the pandemic, how and we have more than 36,000 deaths do you think that has gone down when in this country, and millions of you are looking at this rising death people furloughed, millions of toll? it's interesting. reactions on people furloughed, millions of people worried about the future. so for somebody who allegedly spent a twitter last night and social media, lot of time writing about and i saw twitter last night and social media, isawa of twitter last night and social media, i saw a of this. president trump looking up pandemics, we're seeing very much return for our investment criticised former president 0bama as taxpayers. thank you, jonathan for playing golf during his presidency. so i think this is something that is definitely going to fly back in his face. definitely haslam. the former director of communications at number 10. andrew not great optics, not great public marr will be speaking to grant relations right now full up and a shapps who did the downing street lot of people are being told to stay briefing yesterday. he is here on bbc one at nine a.m.. also the in. there was social distancing practices in place while he was newspaper review has the political playing golf. but i think it really just feeds into this idea that he is editor of the daily mirror, the sunday mirror on. they are on the not taking this as seriously as he forefront of this developing story. could be. remember, he does not here's nick with a look regularly wear a mask while at this morning's weather. officials around him do. we know good morning. let me showers you that here in the united states, at some not sunshine, cloud in suffolk least, it is highly encouraged that this morning. as a cloudier start americans put on masks to really across much of the uk today. it is
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slow that spread, but our leader still quite breezy out there. but isn't necessarily doing that. thank you so much for your time, julia. the wind is going to be easing julia manchester. through today so it is a notch down hospices are at the forefront of the battle with covid—19, compared to yesterday. whether cloud continuing to care for the most is producing a bit of rain this vulnerable people in society while also trying to ease morning, a lot of that will die out the burden on the nhs. and it will gradually brighten up but the pandemic has dramatically during the day because it is goodbye changed the way they deliver that low pressure and hello high now vital support, and it's also hitting them hard financially. building in across uk that means the breakfast‘sjohn maguire has been given special access to a home care weather is settling down. once again hospice visit in the the wind is easing. certainly a type of tomorrow there will be quite a bit of sunshine and warm weather out there as well not let's look at south—west of england. today. we're starting some rain. parts of wales a midlands in northern ireland, especially north—west england and through the western side of scotland, notice how hello! hello! great to see you! a lot of that dies away into the afternoon, john fullington was the far north and north—west of scotland every day throughout lockdown and as the afternoon comes to an end. for as long as they are needed, the jesse me charity nurses are visiting some brightness skies in eastern families. they are a lifeline. today scotland, breaking up in northern ireland are gradually through they are seeing one—year—old family. england and wales. the best of the afternoon sunshine in wales and so we will do all of his clinical south—west england. these are the average wind speeds today. they will still be gusting up to around a0 mph care, anything he needs clinically, play with him is well, entertaining, cuddle him. it takes them a bit of also especially across parts of
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scotla nd also especially across parts of scotland and northern england, but yesterday they were gusting nearer time to warm to us with all this gear on faces, hence i've got some 60 mph. you can see it has come down stickers on my mask. takes about ten a bit. and with the help of a bit of minutes, quarter of now, then we get sunshine arriving at times this this miles from finley because he afternoon, temperatures are a bit can recognise our voices. filming at a safe distance and using footage higher, particularly where yesterday was very wet and windy across the from the family, we can the nurses western side of scotland full so treating him. he has an extremely that here wants what's up to around rare genetic disorder that affects 18- 22 that here wants what's up to around 18— 22 degrees celsius today. into his muscles and he depends on a tonight, the wind eases down even ventilator to breathe. 0ne his muscles and he depends on a ventilator to breathe. one of the further, so barely any of the wind challenges is to keep his lungs drained offluid. arrows showing up across the uk. it challenges is to keep his lungs drained of fluid. the nurses' dbe becomes largely clear. there may helps protect them and him —— ppe. just be a bit of patchy fog, parts of south—west england and wales. an attempt is, because it is clear, it it takes time to learn to breathe in will be dropping down into single as masks, but we do get used to it. figures. for tomorrow will be dropping down into single figures. fortomorrow again the masks uncomfortable to wear. we will be dropping down into single figures. for tomorrow again as high pressure a cross figures. for tomorrow again as high pressure across uk. there will be a are lucky we only have to keep them lot of dry and sunny weather around on for three hours. if you are doing once more. just the week with a the night shift or anything longer system approaching northern ireland than that, it is quite challenging, and was in scotland as the day goes i have denotes with them on and it's on and a cloud over again and some not very comfortable. finley can't of us will end the day with a bit of patchy rain. warmer still tomorrow, be left alone. he needs to monitor close to 20 in the warmer parts of around the clock. so when thejesse
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northern ireland and scotland, low minas azalea the family has a rare to mid 20 in england and wales. that moment of respite, some normality. is how your bank holiday is looking. thank you. —— mid—20s. thank you! i couldn't cope without thanks very much. it is 28 minutes jesse may. they are an integral part past seven. of my family. they are an extension it looks set to be a bumper summer for bargain hunters, with clothes shops expected to offer to my family and they come into our huge discounts when they're allowed to re—open. one industry expert says it will be house and they are there to support an ‘absolute bonanza' for shoppers, with stores desperate to empty their warehouses of stock and guide. it is so much more than that could now be out of season. maria malone is a lecturer looking after finley. they allow us in the business of fashion at manchester metropolitan university and kristabel plummer is a fashion and lifestyle blogger. to have some of our life back because looking after a complex child really is a 24—hourjob. it's simple things like sleeping. they thank you both very much indeed for get to sleep, which becomes a hugely important part of life. covid has joining us this morning. we are really grateful to you. maria, do you think we will see big discounts when the shops eventually open?” added extra pressure on already stretched resources stop in common do. i think they will be some with other charities, they have lost bargains to be hard. stock has been on its way and that has stopped. in badly needed money from races and fundraising events. by the beginning of this crisis we estimate we have a lot of countries that manufactured three orfour months for the uk market have also been in
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of this crisis we estimate we have three or four months left to survive. things are looking a little the town, but that stock was on its better at the moment. but we're way, it will be getting the warehouse and then we have gone into certainly not out of the woods yet. lockdown. there will be some iam certainly not out of the woods yet. i am grateful to the numbers of our bargains. unfortunately we have not loyal supporters who already put hands in their pockets to send in gone on holiday to buy our summer bargains. that is the big problem, some donations, but it's very difficult times. the nurses are isn't it? and also the retailers have lost at least two months of committed to working throughout this crisis, continuing to make a revenue, certainly from the shops, difference, continuing to help so they need to try to make some families with already very difficult lives. money. that got to get some cash john maguire, bbc news. into the business to be sustainable, in a statement, the treasury acknowledged the importance of hospices and said it had pledged obviously we have seen people go by a support package of up the wayside in the last few weeks to £200 million. and tried to prevent any more going. we'll get more on this story when we speak to hospices uk they have got to get some money in ataround 8:30. so there will be enticing the customer through the door and try to get rid of that summer stock that was already on its way or had lots to come. already landed before we see what stay with us. the headlines are next. they have developed, if we can get, urgently through the sum of the winter stock being made in these countries and through the doors at the end of summer. kristabel, how has life and in lockdown for you? have you been writing about unusual trends, and if so, can you tell us a
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bit about those unusual trends? yes, they have been observing what people have been buying online full there hasn't been as much close shopping. some people are still dressing up. they want to look fabulous even if staying at home, some people are hello, this is breakfast celebrating birthdays at home, but a with rogerjohnson and sima kotecha. good morning, here's lot of us are buying food and home a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: bits and beauty. there has been a pivot, but i think fashion, ultimately, it makes us feel good. the prime minister's closest aide, dominic cummings, is facing further allegations even today i've put on this blue that he breached lockdown rules. dress, they are men lockdown, i want both he and the government insist he acted "reasonably to look good on the tv. think it's and legally" by driving from london about rethinking our content, how to county durham in march can you celebrate summer occasions while his wife had coronavirus. at home, it will be stripped back but you can have a festival in your the observer and the sunday mirror garden, for example. think we need are now reporting that he was seen to think positively and work with in the north east on two what we have. you are looking more occasions in april. gorgeous. loving the blue. tell us the government's test, track and trace system to monitor about the unusual trends. other things that are in fashion at the the spread of coronavirus is set moment, other bargains we had? what to launch at the end of this week. should people be looking for or a team of 25,000 contact—tracers will track down looking online? people who have been near someone with coronavirus. an app which tells people they may at the moment, anything goes. people
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need to self—isolate is also expected to be part of the plans. are wearing their occasional wear at home, loungewear, a lot of gym wear, another 282 people in the uk have and it's getting hotter and trying died after testing positive to make a bit more of an effort. i for coronavirus, taking the total wa nt to make a bit more of an effort. i want to feel like myself and there will be amazing sales. but i want number of deaths to 36,675. people to be mindful, we want to globally, more than 3a1,000 people shop, but maybe you could buy a have died after becoming wedding dress for next year. i have infected with the virus, but more than two million people have recovered. three weddings next year now, so you could be looking at occasion where, brands you've always wanted to buy and even you could cycle some of the fabrics, but we need to get let's have a look the sport and have creative. the fashion producing has a first look of the morning with been —— industry has been over holly at the bbc sport centre. a producing for some time and we don't need to buy for next summer or this couple of floors below us in our summer, we can use what we have and broadcasting centre. how is it think differently. looking at the looking? there's talk of tests and the premier league this morning. point that christabel made about that's right, keeping my distance overproduction, there's been a down here this morning, roger. movement for more sustainable we have the latest clothing and less of a carbon coronavirus testing figures. something we were expecting from the footprint, bringing staff halfway premier league. around the world to sell it in our shops, safeguarding the people
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it's good news, as far making it in the factories where as project restart is concerned. it's made, are we going to a less only two positive results from almost 1,000 tests, globalised fashion industry perhaps so they're on firmer ground asa as they move towards the next step globalised fashion industry perhaps as a result this? yes, i think so. of allowing contact training. it's unlikely the premier league will be back as quickly customers drive change and the as the spanish top division, though. customer attitude has changed. a lot la liga's been given the go—ahead more people are talking about to resume onjune the 8th. shopping in their own wardrobe and lionel messi's barcelona side has been back in group training this week. they're two points ahead lots of young people are talking of real madrid at the top about vintage clothing as an option. of the table. lots of people will think about leagues across europe are keeping whether they need something before they buy something. it's a great a close eye on germany to see how their return continues. idea to buy out of season for a subsequent time — that's brilliant — and remember we showed you how borussia monchengladbach i think that we have become a were planning to keep a fan different society. and i think this presence in their stadium? well, here it is. will continue post post lockdown. 13,000 cardboard cut—outs of supporters around the ground again, we are really going forward with the sustainability agenda and for theirfirst home match since the restart. asking the question — who's made my they did lose 3—1 to bayer leverkusen, though, so perhaps there's a flaw clothing? do i need it rather than in the idea, because those fans doi clothing? do i need it rather than do i want it? i agree we need to are still smiling. have new purchases but there's a balance now. other industries drive the change. looking at what's we've talked at length about the uncertainty around happening in the car industry, more
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footballers at the moment. people are thinking electric and in the food industry, local and organic, and i think fashion will it can be a difficult time for those who struggle follow. christabel and maria, thank you very with their mental health. as part of mental health much. interesting to hear maria talking awareness week, i spoke about shopping in your own wardrobe. to everton's michael keane, who opened up about his own battles nobody would want to go shopping in as well as why getting back my wardrobe, that's for sure! to training last week felt like christmas eve. i was feeling really down. i didn't still to come on breakfast this morning: don't be tempted to travel. a warning to stay put wa nt to i was feeling really down. i didn't want to go out, didn't want to see as the temperatures soar this bank holiday weekend. anyone. i was a bit embarrassed with stay with us. headlines coming up. how things were going on the pitch, soi how things were going on the pitch, so i didn't want to be seen anywhere, didn't want to do anything, and! anywhere, didn't want to do anything, and i was giving it in often trying to work hard and turn things around on the football pitch, but in the end it sort of got on top of me and ended up sort of not having a full on breakdown, but i was basically in tears telling my family how i felt and stuff. that was a big rake through moment where i sort of got to my rock bottom at
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that time, and from there on, i've got better and better with the help of my family, my friends and i started speaking to a support psychologist, which i still do now regularly just to psychologist, which i still do now regularlyjust to keep on top of it. all them things added together really helps. you don't have to be a top—flight footballer to relate to some of the things you mentioned, that kind of need to keep on going and the hello, this is breakfast embarrassment you felt, a lot of with rogerjohnson and sima kotecha. young men will feel that day to day, good morning, here's a summary of today's main and they almost feel it's stories from bbc news. embarrassing to reach out and ask for help. i think it's hard when you've never done it before. the prime minister's closest aide, dominic cummings, is facing further allegations pride sometimes might stop you doing that he breached lockdown rules. it, you might feel reticent to speak both he and the government insist he acted "reasonably and legally" by driving from london out and show your soft side, but to county durham in march it's completely normal and fine to while his wife had coronavirus. the observer and the sunday mirror do that and once you do it once, you are now reporting that he was seen will realise that yourself. a lot of in the north east on two people do keep it in and i would just urge them if they are more occasions in april. struggling really badly to speak to someone, because i know from personal experience how that helped me stop you can see with other another 262 people in the uk have
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died after testing positive people as well around the country, for coronavirus, taking the total around the world, who are giving number of deaths to 36,675. this advice — it's because it's a globally, more than 3a1,000 people have died after becoming infected with the virus, big advantage if you can do that. but more than 2 million speak to someone you trust, whether that's family, friends, and you will people have recovered. get through it. for your mental health, getting back into that routine again, that must be a great help? massively. the night before the government's test, track and trace system to monitor the spread of coronavirus is set to launch at the end of this week. training was coming back a couple of a team of 25,000 weeks ago, i was so excited, like contact—tracers will track down people who have been near someone with coronavirus. christmas eve. i have my kit ready an app which tells people they may to go for the morning. its uncertain need to self—isolate is also expected to be part of the plans. times, we don't know when or if we the united states is will be back but all we can do is ta ke approaching 100,000 will be back but all we can do is take it day by day. getting back to coronavirus—related deaths, and this morning the new york times has dedicated its entire front page to the victims. training has given people a massive the paper carries the names of 1,000 people who've died along left. with the guidelines we will with a short biography hopefully get back to football for each of them. within the next month also. that's the us has the largest number of infections in the world, but the number of deaths continue the aim and if everyone is sensible, to fall in new york, and lives in the right way, i don't which has been the worst see why that can't happen. it must be difficult at the same time, when affected state. you hear other players coming
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forward and talking about their concerns, how does that impact on it's time to check in you? i 10096 with our gp to answer some concerns, how does that impact on you? “0096 agree concerns, how does that impact on of your questions. you? i 100% agree and concerns, how does that impact on you? “0096 agree and understand people's concerns, i think everyone is in the same circumstances, so if joining us today from wilmslow is dr fari ahmed. players don't feel comfortable going that's in cheshire. into training, you have to accept that. i think that's just past and good morning and thank you very much parcel of. we are not obviously an for taking the time to talk to us this morning. schools potentially essentialjob. if parcel of. we are not obviously an essential job. if people parcel of. we are not obviously an essentialjob. if people think that's risking our health and it's starting to go back in the next few not essential work, then that's up weeks, or at least to some schools to them and you got to respect that. and some children going back, what some people have vulnerable members are parents saying to you about in theirfamily some people have vulnerable members in their family who they live with, so they don't want to bring that that? this has been an ongoing risk home. you'vejust concern i think with some parents, so they don't want to bring that risk home. you've just got to take it individually and treat each particularly if their child has got person differently and get as many a medical condition — i think they players as you can back in training have been a bit worried about it. i and fit and raring to go when the season starts again. think also schools are so variable, great to hear michael keane speaking some will probably have the space to accommodate more children, and some about his mental health. are probably doing more to try to now, they say disney world is "where make sure they are safe, so it's all your dreams come true." well it could be for basketball quite a hard one to talk to parents fans, wishing the season would get about and work out what the risks back underway. the nba is in talks
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with disney in orlando, florida to start matches again would be, but, you know, a lot of it in latejuly at their wide world of sports complex. players would also be is people working out how they could based at the site. possibly be affected and what risk the season has been on hold their happy to take. some are doing since the 11th of march. great with homeschooling, others not so! so it's trying to put that all slightly disappointed, i have to say, that it didn't have it outside together and working out the right path for that family. a few questions from viewers if you're kingdom. i have a great image of happy to take them, they have been basketball courts outside in touch via e—mail or social media. cinderella's castle. can you debbie is talking about the accuracy |magine? cinderella's castle. can you imagine? a glimpse into your fantasy and efficacy of temperature checks. world, holly! a little bit. i've she's concerned people with raised said too much, haven't i? write to you, holly. -- great to you, holly. temperatures for other reasons, for example menopausal women, may be adversely affected. what is the view on temperature checks? so, your now on breakfast, it's time for talking movies. temperature can be raised for a number of reasons. i'm not sure what she means by menopause, i guess she means if he's having a hot flush, hello from new york. does her body temperature go up? hopefully when the person is taking i'm tom brook, sitting on a bench here in central park, not farfrom my home, to bring your temperature, you can explain
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you a special festival and that and they can understand. i the pandemic edition don't think it is something to be too concerned about. it's not a of talking movies. in today's programme: great test, its not completely accurate, so that... it's almost we'll be looking at how top film festivals around the world are in crisis. many have been cancelled, like a crude tool to work out if we postponed or moved online. should be worried about a person or also, the oscars race thrown not. you have to gauge it and use it into total disarray by the pandemic. as needed. just for a bit of what films will garner nominations? guidance and. yeah. and will the academy awards be moved ian has e—mailed in. a lot of people to possibly the middle of 2021? and with blockbuster season usually now, as we are able to go out a lot more, are starting to wear facemasks kicking off this time of the year, and he asks if microwaving a facemask after you where it will we look at some movies just clea n facemask after you where it will clean it of any coronavirus right for holiday time, contamination. —— put it on. and how an ingenious new project clean it of any coronavirus contamination. -- put it on. that is in berlin has been unifying a new one to me! i'm not sure communities in these pandemic microwaving it would work. if you times by bringing cinema into people's backyards. are you are using a fabric mask, when you remove it you could wash it if these were normal times, this weekend would mark the end of the cannes film festival, one of my favorite movie events ata when you remove it you could wash it at a high—temperature. of the year. when you remove it you could wash it at a high-temperature. may be that is what he was thinking. suzanne has
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but this year, cannes was canceled a question about sanitising because of the covid—19 pandemic. surfaces. " how affected is spraying nowjoining me from close to her home in west london is my colleague emma jones. antibacterial spray with a cloth and now, emma, you're going to be doing wiping numerous surfaces with the a report in a minute on the impact same cloth? does the antibacterial of cannes being cancelled work anyway if it is a virus, not a on the film industry. but i want to know, what is it that you like about cannes? bacteria?" whatever you are using, because i know you're a seasoned veteran. for me, i love the fact that you can be guaranteed on the side of it, it should explain of actually getting to see excellent what it is effective against. if you cinema, which isn't true of a lot of film festivals. go on the government website, they then there is the sheer physical do have guidance that tells you when beauty of the place. it's on the french riviera. you are cleaning up after a what can beat that? and then i have to admit it — potential infection, what would be i love the food, the baguettes, useful and how to use it. it depends the cheese, the fresh french butter. on how much of the cleaning solution is on the cloth when you are it's all delicious. what is it that you cleaning multiple surfaces, so these like about cannes. are all things to take into account. like you, tom, i no—one fixed rule applied to all. love the riviera depends on what you are using, what lifestyle that includes the surfaces you are cleaning. food, the drink and the weather. but what i really love well done, because you didn't get about cannes is the atmosphere. foresight of those questions and i
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admit they are slightly tangential it feels like summer camp toa gp. for the entire film industry where we all get the privilege admit they are slightly tangential to a gp. these final two are slightly more in your ballpark. an of getting to go down to the french riviera together and be together in that community experience. there's such a frenzy e—mail, somebody is in the clinically vulnerable nhs category of activity going on. due to prescribed steroid use. she and then there's this discovery of films that we can all discuss right says, "what cautions should i take after seeing them for the first time. over and above those for the general it's such a joy. population? and as i work and home, one of the things that is quite remarkable about cannes is that over time, it's launched cani population? and as i work and home, can i continue to do that even if some incredible cinema. staff are asked to go back to work?" i mean, i'm thinking films like pulp fiction and the piano just to mention two films. there's two categories for vulnerable people — one is the i mean, it's a very potent people who normally get the flu jab, platform for premiering good cinema, isn't it? and one is the shielded, so they are there's also parasite, which won the palme d'0r last year and went more vulnerable. i'm not quite sure on to be 0scar conqueror. from hearing that which one she falls into. if you are in the the cannes film festival shielded category, you should stay is really priceless in terms at home and not going out and of exposure of world cinema. getting your shopping, trying to get people help you bring it in. they are very if you think that three out people help you bring it in. they of the five finalists of best are very vulnerable. then there's people less than rubble than them — international feature film at this year's oscars premiered the advice is to do your social at cannes. now, since the second world war,
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distancing but be very strict about it -- distancing but be very strict about it —— less vulnerable. you are the cannes film festival has only been derailed once, minimising your exposure when you do in1968, by the protests in france. go to the shop, so you do have to go but in 2020, it's off again. so what happens next? out, maybe pick a time. make sure well, emma, thank you very much indeed. you're doing your hand washing. if now let's take a look at your report. people are, you know, if you're having to hold things, make sure you the star—driven spectacle of cannes use hand sanitiser. so be a lot more stringent about it. work is always with all its extravagance and excess more complicated because it depends on what your assessment is like at might be, for the many fans it attracts each year, work — can you work safely when primarily you're stringently social a parade of celebrity. distancing? that's really up to each employer to do a risk assessment and 2019's world premiere of quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood delivered see if a person could work safely brad pitt and leonardo dicaprio to its famous red steps — from here, or are they better off at a frenzy that seems home? almost poignant compared the final one, this is definitely with the sad spectacle right in your remit. darren on of the empty festival in 2020. e—mail says, "as a gp, how useful do but cannes is also where you think phone consultations are?" he's only been able to have a phone consultation and he says, "do you masterpieces are launched. recommend following up in person?" that depends on the case i suppose,
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but how good are the phone consultations? as a gp, our working the most recent example life has changed 100%, most initial is bong hoon—ho's palme d'or—winning parasite, which went on to collect four oscars contact is via phone. we've also got and $200 million plus in cinemas. video consultations up and running, neon, the film company that took which is a good compromise, and we parasite to its oscar glory, would have premiered films at cannes are still seeing some people face to and will participate in the online film markets. face, because sometimes you do need to examine them and you do need to one part of the festival that will run injune. touch hands and see what's going on can it replace the real thing? it'll have to because this and work out what you need to do for is what we're left with. and so for the same reasons that, them. i suspect this virus is going you know, we've never released a film without the to be with us for a fair few months, benefit of theaters. we must find a way forward. and we are actively buying films and we're actively looking at films possibly a year, if longer, so i and we're actively releasing films. think phone consultations with your the festival director, gp will become part of normality, thierry fromot, says injune, the official cannes 2020 stamp but we will still have the ability of approval will be put to people face—to—face. we're doing on some of the films it would have selected, while the festivals also been invited to travel to autumn film festivals. that. i had one with my gp. he's great cannes and venice might even anyway, but it worked perfectly. present films together, which would be unprecedented. very straightforward bit of but which films? technology. thank you very much, we're technology. thank you very much, we' re really grateful, technology. thank you very much, we're really grateful, and thank you for with those somewhere out of left
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certainly the loudest artistic voice of his rowdy generation. field and you didn't know they were it was an open secret that coming. thank you, dr fari ahmed, wes anderson's the french ourgp this coming. thank you, dr fari ahmed, our gp this morning talking to us dispatch, set around the french from wilmslow in cheshire. bureau of a fictional don't put your mask in the newspaper, was going to premiere at cannes. today started out as microwave. maybe boil it! don't listen to me! the best day of my life. good morning, holly, how do you get pixar soul would almost your hairso good morning, holly, how do you get your hair so bouncy? she doesn't put certainly have screened. it in the microwave! i'm not quite so would top gun: maverick. sure, especially at this time in the morning! i will have a chat with you later and give you some help with it! the blockbusters don't good morning to both of you. it's need the festival's help to find an audience. dozens of other films been an interesting turn of events, in world cinema will. director ken loach we know we are trying to get the and writer paul laverty premier league back up and running are in a small club of double palme d'or winners at cannes. and this needs a bit of admin, i yet their films are made on shoestring budgets. suppose, and one of those is coronavirus testing. it's a big loss because if a film we have the latest coronavirus testing figures. it's good news as far as project restart is concerned. can make its mark there, only two positive results from almost 1,000 tests, so they're on firmer ground as they move towards the next step the word gets passed around, of allowing contact training. it's unlikely the premier league will be back as quickly as the spanish top division, though. la liga's been given the go—ahead to resume onjune the 8th.
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lionel messi's barcelona side has been back in group training this week. it's likely to be shown. it is a big boost, a pivotal moment. they're two points ahead it is a big loss, for all similar, of real madrid at the top but especially for independent cinema. of the table. cannes has a reputation, for instance, towards modernity. it bans selfies on the red carpets. leagues across europe are keeping a close eye on germany and controversy raged over women having to wear heels to see how their return continues. and remember we showed you how to their premieres. the other man in all his glory. borussia monchengladbach were planning to keep a fan yet this year's presence in their stadium? well, here it is. spike lee is dueling. 13,000 cardboard cut—outs presidents would have brought his new netflix film defi floods of supporters around the ground to screen out of competition, dental exams marking a cannes truce with the streaming service. for theirfirst home match since the restart. netflix films were they did lose 3—1 to banned from were banned competition unless they also had a french cinema release. the good thing about not having cannes in 2020 would leave time for the organizers bayer leverkusen, though, perhaps to reflect. and it seems to me already that they had sort of made their peace with streaming so perhaps there's a flaw in the idea, because those fans are still smiling. platforms such as netflix. i can't ican't imagine i can't imagine that is true to there's no doubt that whatever real—life. we've talked at length the short term hits to world cinema cannes couldn't go about the uncertainty around ahead at this point. footballers at the moment. it can be a difficult time for those who struggle but perhaps missing in addition with their mental health.
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gives us an even greater mystique, as part of mental health even for the regulars. awareness week, i spoke hello, emma. to everton's michael keane, hey, how's it going? who spoke candidly i'm okay. it's good to see you. about his own battles. let me ask you about cannes, because you're such a big supporter of it. i was feeling really down. i didn't want to go out, didn't want to see anyone. immediately. i felt a bit embarrassed with how i miss the ritual. things were going on the pitch, you know, we go into this place, we everyone exciting. so i didn't want to be seen we've seen things for the first anywhere, didn't want to do time in theirlives, anything, and i was keeping it you know, and that's so wonderful about films, the way that cannes embodies it. is that what you're in for a long time, trying to work hard and turn things around in for is a discovery. on the football pitch, but in the end it sort of got on top i'm sure when cannes again begins, of me and ended up, sort of, it'll be hopefully very emotionally not having a full—on breakdown, charged and with new hopes. but i was basically in tears telling my family how i felt and stuff. nearly all cinephiles would echo his that was a big breakthrough moment, where i, sort of, got to my, sentiments as they missed sort of, rock bottom at that time, the annual display of egos and and from there on, i've got better and better with the help excellence on the french riviera. of my family, my friends and i started speaking it's notjust cannes that's to a support psychologist, being cancelled, the fate of other which i still do now regularly, major film festivals around just to keep on top of it. the world remains uncertain. and all them things added venice is hoping to hold a physical festival later this year, but that could change. together really helps.
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and nobody knows for sure what's going to happen with the telluride, toronto, new york and london film festivals, all of which spells chaos for the oscars race. .--it and that's our focus today. . —— it was great to have a chat last year, the venice film festival with him. we will hear more of that catapulted joker into the oscars lead in the programme. organisers of the french open tennis are still hopeful race by giving it its top prize. of being able to stage the tournament in the autumn. telluride in colorado gave it was due to start today, renee zellweger a huge oscars lift but it was postponed for her portrayal ofjudy garland when the prime minister ruled that by granting her special recognition no sporting events could take for her performance. place until september. andy murray has already said he'd definitely play at roland garros, if it were to go ahead the toronto film festival gave later in the year. we are at the point where every time the anti—nazi satire we get a tidbit of information that there might be a huge sporting event jojo rabbit its people's happening anywhere in the world we choice award, boosting boosting its oscars chances. will take it with both hands. roll and the new york film festival opened with martin scorsese on, september. thank you very much and the irishman, endowing that movie with great academy awards momentum. indeed. thank you. here's nick with a look so what's going to happen this time at this morning's weather. around with a reduced film festival hello! good morning and good news on presence in the offing to propel films to oscar glory? the weather front. it is nowhere near as windy as it was yesterday, there will be an awards conversation. though it is still quite breezy out people like me, people like you are there, particularly to start the going to be looking at movies
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day. there's a lot of cloud around and saying that's an awards contender and writing about them. as well. a damp start for some of i mean, how else does it happen? us. if it's raining where you are it it's just that it won't happen will probably die away before the in a big screening room with lots of people. it'll be happening more virtually. afternoon, just a few spots will see is continuing beyond that. most important thing today is that wind the end of the year is likely to be crammed full of pictures whose is continuing to ease. that's release has been delayed because we've got high pressure now by the pandemic. building in. goodbye to the low there may be a huge crush of movies pressure that brought some of us the competing for the attention of oscar wind and the rain and here is the voters, and will also include films that have been streamed high pressure settling things down. that were originally destined for release in cinemas, which the academy has now deemed of the bank holiday tomorrow quite a bit of sunshine. the weather fronts will change things later for parts eligible for awards. of scotla nd will change things later for parts of scotland and northern ireland, as we will see in a moment. that's where most of the rain is falling so how are the stars going to feel without the film festivals far. northern ireland, parts of around to help them promote wales a midlands, especially themselves to oscar voters? north—west england and into western scotland. a slow process for this to publicists who run awards campaigns for actors and movies die out today, rain was the far are going to have to work north of scotland even as the extra hard and creatively afternoon answer. brighter skies in as are the big studios. scotland, running up in northern ireland, sunny spells slowly breaking through across england and wales, the best of this sonjohn for wales, the best of this sonjohn for wales and south—west england. these are your average wind speeds today. there is an industry, not just the film industry we will still be gusting near a0 mph
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in hollywood, but there's also an industry in places. it is still blustery, in getting films nominated and voted on. that's down compared with yesterday the juggernauts of the studios lead that industry. but at the other end of and temperatures have just crept up the spectrum, there are many, many and temperatures have just crept up a little bit as well. even though firms in la that specialising oscar awards campaigns. there is a fair amount of cloud they're good at it. around, for most of us the range of is it going to be harder? 18- 22 around, for most of us the range of 18— 22 degrees today. into tonight, of course it's going to be harder. but remember, the oscar awards the wind really falls late. this season for publicists is like christmas for retailers. mainly clear. could be a bit of a this is where they get most of their business. much of their business, fog, see fog around some of the maybe not most. coast of south—east wales. —— and this is how they make their money. south—west wales. temperatures for will it be harder? much harder. will they be paid for it? many of us down into single figures yes. then, of course, there's the date is how we start the day tomorrow. of the academy awards set remember that area of high pressure. there will be a lot of fine weather for february 28th, with so many films perhaps being released in late through the bulk of england, wales, 2020 and early 2021, the awards ceremony and into eastern scotland. northern could be postponed. ireland in western scotland starting with sunshine, but that with the system starting to nudge in will there's much talk of that, but no confirmation yet from the academy. bring more cloud and some of us some i spoke to the ceo of the academy, outbreaks of rain as the day draws toa don hudson and president david outbreaks of rain as the day draws to a close. warmer parts of scotland and northern ireland will be 20 rubin, and they let me know that degrees. low to mid 20s in england while it is scheduled and wales. temperatures stay pretty for february 28th at this point, much in this range as we go through
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it is possible and abc is making the week ahead. that's your weather. it an open conversation that they could change that date and push it back. thank you, nick. i'm off tomorrow, are you? i am! you can enjoy that there's a lot of pressure on them to move it back so that some weather then. feet up. so am i. of the films that are coming out in a very crowded corridor at the end of the year have a little more time to play in theaters. and what of the ceremony itself? hgppy weather then. feet up. so am i. happy days. we will be back at with what will happen on oscar night, especially if social distancing still prevails? the headlines at eight o'clock. time now for this week's it will hardly be technology news in click. a traditional oscars. i don't think that you'll be able to get 300 famous people and their assistants and their, you know, publicists and managers and agents. i don't think you're gonna be able get all those people in one room safely. maybe there will be a zoom oscars, hello, you. hope you're doing ok. maybe it will look different. lara's on the end of this line, but i'm honestly not confident you're looking well, that the oscars will happen mate, how have you been? in the same way that we are expecting. but let's keep all of how's the first week of this in proportion. not—quite—so—lockdown lockdown been? it has been good being able to go the oscars' race has been thrown into disarray. out and do more exercise. but how much does it really matter? i did 30,000 steps yesterday. it's a vitally important aspect wow, is that good? to the movie business. i have no idea, no—one's ever it sheds light on great movie talent explained this step business to me.
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and movie magic, but it hardly seems but talking of health, that significant when you consider another issue that has been we're in the midst happening over the past couple of months is that when people have of a devastating pandemic that's needed to go to the doctor claiming many, many lives. or hospital, they have been nervous about either catching the virus i think there are more important or playing their part things to worry about than the kind in overwhelming health systems. of dress that scarlett johansson might wear or this yea r‘s scarlett joha nsson. on the other hand, so that has meant in some cases, it is an annual public event. it gives people a lot of pleasure. that people have missed urgent care i'd love to see the oscars that they really needed. happen in some form. sojen copestake has been i think what we have to realise to harrogate district hospital and a gp surgery in london to find is that the oscars, like everything else, is going to be very different out how staff has been trying to see more patients remotely where they can. when coronavirus hit the uk, than what we've known so far. we saw hospitals being rapidly set up to take more patients and even new ones were built. in the us, it's the memorial day but in the last month, weekend — traditionally seen as the start of the summer movie season, but this year there isn't admissions to hospital emergency just summer movie season, at least rooms have dropped to the lowest in cinemas because of the pandemic. point since records began. many hospitals have seen a decline in the number of patients coming but it is the time of year in for emergency care or scheduled when people do begin to think of holidays and noah has been appointments due to the coronavirus. looking at some films but technology is enabling safe which you can watch from the comfort social distancing while also of your home that will make you feel ensuring that important
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like you're thousands of miles away. issues aren't missed. whether your ideal trip is laying finding ways to quickly adapt nhs system to remotely check on patients on a sandy beach or roughing it in the mountains, it's probably with acute or continuing illnesses has been an urgent task. not going to happen this year, we have been shown some of the ways but no worries. doctors are working to carry the movies have got you covered. on seeing patients without physically seeing them. something as simple as sending an image on a phone is incredibly complex for the nhs. is it far? a few miles. there are rules surrounding patient lonely and secluded? naturally. data that make it difficult to share scans, even between hospitals and doctors. but with coronavirus doctors had to quickly find ways around this to enable them to work from home. when covid occurred, the approach to catch a thief, the 1955 mystery romance to the deployment changed. by alfred hitchcock displays its opening credits over the nhs has a number of challenges the front window of a travel around governance arrangements, agency where brightly colored they have a lot of sensitive posters advertise exciting trips to france. information and sometimes that can it's a clever way to indicate be a barrier to deploying technology in the nhs. the appeal of the film, which is set it was a very pragmatic approach in the french riviera. taken by the guys across this region while viewers may delight than to make sure that those final in the twisty plot and the unending appeal of stars cary remaining steps were accelerated. grant and grace kelly, at its core, to catch a thief is a vacation movie, the yorkshire imaging collaborative were already working with agfa a film whose lead characters travel from home healthcare on ways to share x—rays to an exotic locale and give viewers
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the chance to tag along. and scans among six hospitals i bought as two first—class tickets to iceland. if you're in the market using the xero exchange for a trip to europe, you might want to watch network browser. land ho, about two seniors who take a trip to iceland to get their groove back. but now the system is entirely are you still there? accessible from home, still there? meaning doctors can consult on radical patient care including go. for cancer from their living rooms, with no ppe required a no risk of spreading the virus. but because no vacation is complete without a hint of romance. i think everything's escalated, my top choice would be over the last month i have really richard linklater‘s before trilogy. these three films before sunrise, integrated it into my house so i can before sunset and before midnight work almost exactly as i do track the evolution of at the hospital. a relationship between an american man and a french woman. with each film set in just a single all the data regarding the patient day and in a different area is all kept on hospital servers, which are all very secure, of europe — vienna, paris, there is high level encryption, i have to use a special and the southern coast of greece. vpn network to access it, as soon as i log off there is nothing on my computer i've asked other people but they're all too to identify that patient, busy so, will you come? or any images remaining whatsoever, perhaps you'd rather take a holiday so if i had my computer stolen with a friend, in which case there's no data on there. the series of films starring the only potential risk steve coogan and rob brydon. is when people come around sticking cameras through my window the trip, the trip to spain and the new release, and have a look at what's the trip to greece on the screen. is more your speed. gps are also finding new ways to see patients remotely.
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we're all now familiar with apps the two comic actors and real—life friends play fictionalized versions like gp at hand and push doctor of themselves who trade barbs, which allow you to see a doctor wisdom and impressions of famous british celebrities while traveling by video call on your mobile. the medicspot takes things further. these se machines are used in 318 through gorgeous countryside. pharmacies and and 86 nhs care homes and gp surgeries, ra ra ra ra ra ra ra bet against. including dr yasmin razak‘s clinic in west london. it moves beyond the simple video of course, hollywood doesn't have a monopoly on vacation movies. call with a doctor by giving tamasha, a hit hindi language film, opens with a gorgeous sequence set the patient access to a blood on corsica, watching the two young leads sing, pressure monitor, pulse oximeter... dance, and fall in love in a sunny paradise might make the french island your next did you get a reading? travel destination. ..stethoscope. .. for a trip through a more diverse ..contactless thermometer... ..and even a light to check landscape, you might consider their ear, nose or throat. the motorcycle diaries, based on the memoir by cuban revolutionary leader che guevara. the film stars gael garcia bernal obviously we're doing everything as che, who, along with a friend, remotely and digitally as much takes a long trip through as possible for patient safety, but there are times we really do south america by motorcycle in 1952, traversing the mountains, need to examine our patients. desert and rainforest. what starts out as a pleasure—filled and so it gives us also that safety vacation becomes a coming of age aspect that we can listen story, with the young medical to the heart and lungs, student learning a series of lessons look inside the throat and ear that would inform the and make a proper diagnostic
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assessment rather than just rely on a conversation over the phone or a remote video. revolutionary he became. the system cuts down on the use of vital ppe as the doctor does not need to wear it and change if all this beautiful scenery for each consultation. and passionate romance inspires this is very helpful as at this too much longing, cinema also surgery, ppe is in short supply. reminds us that vacations can be dangerous. while we were filming, a volunteer from a 3d printing charity dropped off a donation. in another hitchcock film, the man who knew too much, an american couple played this is a face shield, byjimmy stewart and doris day and these are 3d printed, are in the midst of a vacation to morocco when they become embroiled the black part has been 3d printed by somebody locally, in an assassination and then we have cut the visor plot and eventually have their son kidnapped. and attach the elastic and we are disturbing them to frontline health workers. it turns out there is a distributed manufacturing capacity across the uk equally troubling is what happens to make 1a0,000 so far. we have a need, and it's wonderful to the group of friends from deliverance, whose plans that you have come to support us for some good old fashioned male bonding are thwarted when their rafting trip is interrupted by murderous locals. because unfortunately as we were saying, through normal film has always offered viewers an escape from their sometimes dreary lives. procurement lines we can't actually access ppe, and so gps are having but these days, a vacation movie to do their best to find it feels like the ultimate fantasy, from everywhere available with many around the world to support their staff. i think it's amazing that still unable to travel. you've come and helped us, i'm really, really grateful. cinema offers them the chance to see
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new apps are also allowing patients the world through the eyes and doctors to interact remotely. silo allows doctors to communicate with enhanced security, cinema offers them the chance to see allowing them to annotate the world through the eyes photographs and blur patient records so they don't have of a tourist without ever to meet in person. leaving their homes. while zesty helps patients what you need is something i have access their medical records, neither the time nor book appointments and even attend the inclination to give you. oh, and just what is that? consultations online. two weeks with a good man at niagara falls. berliners have been able to enjoy we are often guilty about being a creative response to lockdown slower to adopt technologies with a new adventurous project in health, but sometimes it takes which brings the magic of cinema a crisis like this to come out to people's backyards and helps to unify communities. with a positive change, from the german capital. and i think it's really shown us that the benefits of adopting remote technologies to deliver healthcare, and we won't be going back. in times of a locked and, if you cannot go to the cinema, they may be the cinema can go to you. at least that's the logic behind the inventive new project in berlin that brings the power of movies straight into your backyard. i have to be honest, i have really struggled with my motivation during the lockdown, and i'm just not the kind of person that goes for a run — i'm not a jogger — so for the last week i've been family friendly classics travelling to exotic locations like the artist, loving vincent and working out in virtual reality. and shaun the sheep are projected onto the blank wall of a residential block for all neighbors to enjoy.
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free popcorn is even distributed before every screening this is supernatural, by a local popcorn maker. a vr fitness experience, it's the imaginative brainchild and the company promises of an architecture and lighting it's the most fun firm. you can have working out, although that's what everyone who tries to trick me into exercise says. i'm in machu picchu today and i we are playing with the name of netflix. have to strike these orbs as they come towards me, we wanted to inspire the people and when i see triangle, to get out of isolation. i have to squat into it and you have you don't have to sit behind your screen and see a movie. to forgive me if i don't put my back into it today because turns out you can also open your window now and to be you are in a community. after doing this for a week, your legs really hurt, and it's also the image for open so i guess it's kind of working. the window, open your heart, open your mind and be you might notice a striking similarity with a popular vr game, beat saber, together with other people. which is one of those breakout vr for a coveted balcony or window hits, and it is very similar, seat, all you need to do although the developers of supernatural have tried to distinguish it make it appeal is drop to more thanjust a gaming crowd, and they've done it by having them an e—mail and if it ‘s a fitness trainers in the game. suitable location, they will set a screen up. this is what this woman did to set up the event for her neighbourhood. i thought, what can i do? today i'm doing full i cannot live without big body work with raneir. screens. enough talk, let's get into some warm—up. and they're using big—name cinema plays a big role in artists and songs. ‘take on me' by a-ha plays my life.
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i do not know how i can replace it. but they're hoping to charge a monthly subscription, and that has annoyed some oculus qwest owners, who are used to paying just once to own a game. 0k. when i saw it on the instagram that windowflix well, online from the company is chris milk. chris, i've been doing this for a few days and my thighs it was for me such a big opportunity. are killing me! because i like movies, is that normal? i like big screens, and they are coming in my house, we hear that a lot. in my yard. a lot of people aren't used to lower she called me and said, body bodyweight exercises. would you like to come over and we will what i'm excited about is people watch a silent movie? say that they are... i know that you're totally into their lower body is sore silent movies and we but they don't actually remember can watch the artist. the workout being hard. i thought, how am i going to come over? we are in social distancing, i cannot come over. she said, i've got nobody likes multiple a screen on a big wall in my yard. squats in a row. if you can hide it i thought, i have to come. inside of a fun activity, living in a big metropolis you don't remember the pain like london, new york, of the workout because moscow, tokyo, you are living with the idea to achieve it wasn't painful. something and how are you going to make it appeal to more than just gamers? you forget about the idea to be because i suspect most people who have one of these united. headsets are gamers. we are isolated. some people with their children, we're trying to bring the husband, but most virtual reality to a different demographic. are alone and in this moment the oculus quest is we are reconnecting. what we've launched on. i think it is also putting so much we're getting a lot of people that are saying they bought a headset
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either off of ebay or a off romance into a a third—party for the purpose of exercise using supernatural, and we are engaging horrible situation where with all of them — we are worrying so much. we've learned so much in the last and suddenly forget about that. month from having thousands of people inside of it. at the moment this is only available windowflix has already won over in the us and canada, audiences and directors. where the earliest adopters are about to end their free like revered german film maker trial month, so the company is about to find out if people are prepared to pay. inventors. he gave a personal video message before each film asking those to donate to a thumb campaign. he has also screened his own film one obvious downside to working out about isolation in berlin, wings of with vr is you get really sweaty desire. in the headset, although supernatural‘s offering a free silicon face shield to anyone who signs up for the free trial. more recently, the film—maker and his wife the i've been comparing the experience photographer, made a 122nd movie to ring fit, it's nintendo's latest about the pandemic while in fitness game for the switch, lockdown. and you use your body and this ring to control a character on the screen, and it has you doing jogging, sports and yoga poses, even stretching and squeezing though lockdown measures this ring to defeat an evil dragon in germany have now listened, in the game who wears a wrestling singlet. they are not completely lifted. as you would expect from nintendo, organisers see the crisis as an opportunity and it's very cute and a little bit have great ambitions weird. by the window flicks project. what's even cooler is the controller we are talking now to can measure your heart many possible partners. rate to if you're working up because we want to bring 100 courtyard a sweat, and i certainly did,
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simultaneously movies, but also concerts. behind that, our idea is to bring although like a lot of nintendo games, democratically the culture this one is full of text to everybody. from you have to skip, skip, skip your way through and a lot of the time ijust feel like, "get on with it!" a lot of these might be a passing phrase, like wii fit was, but i'm determined to lose my lockdown to the pporest and the richest weight and at least they got me moving every day and sweating it out. how absolutely fantastic was that? we've got to talk to chris, he's online now. mate, how do you feel people of berlin. after all that? i'm exhausted! we hope you have enjoyed the programme. please remember you can reach is online and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so from me, doing that for a few days in a row has tom brook, and the rest of the left my thighs so sore talking movies production team here in new york, london, anne boleyn, it's goodbye, as we leave you with a i could barely sit down. selection of images from the cannes 00:59:53,003 --> 2147483052:06:42,614 film festival is of the past. —— and 2147483052:06:42,614 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 berlin. 0h goodness! but was it better than doing a youtube workout? it can't be very
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comfortable wearing a vr headset for it? ok, yeah, it's definitely gross having the headset on. you get sweaty with vr at the best of times, and doing a full workout with it on, you do get very warm and steamy in there, it's not nice. at least with this, you're forced to do what it's telling you, rather than if it was just a youtube video, i could just ignore it. don't you think this is alljust a bit of a novelty, really? would you keep doing it? ok, yeah. it might be a fad, i'm not sure yet, but ultimately it's got me working out. before i was doing nothing, i wasn't going for a jog, now i'm doing these exercises every day. so i'm going to stick at it and work on my ‘fad' bod rather than getting a dad bod. nice! brilliant! chris, you're such a great sport. it's always brilliant to talk to you, thanks for doing that for to us! that is it from us for this week. check out the full—length version waiting for you right now on iplayer. you can keep up with the team throughout the week on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter — @bbcclick. thanks for watching, and we'll see you soon.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with sima kotecha and rogerjohnson. our headlines today. a defiant response from downing street over new allegations that the prime minister's chief aide breached lockdown rules. fresh reports claim dominic cummings made more than one trip from london to durham during the lockdown. a former downing street advisor tells us he should resign. there has been one rule for people in downing street and one for the rest of the country. that's the thing that sticks in the craw, i think, of the british people. a new test and trace system,
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to track coronavirus cases is set to launch at the end of the week. keep away form beaches and beauty spots — the warning to anyone tempted to travel this bank holiday weekend. good morning. a boost for project restart in the latest round of premier league testing. just two new cases of the virus have been found, increasing hopes the season could start again next month. morning. after such a windy start to the weekend, the wind slowly easing today. we are starting with rain. that will be dying out. gets a bit brighter, a bit warmer today. i've got your forecast for today and the bank holiday coming up. it's sunday, may 2ath. our top story. the prime minister's closest aide, dominic cummings, is facing further allegations this morning that he breached lockdown rules. both he and the government insist he'd acted "reasonably and legally" by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus.
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the government has denied two further claims of rule—breaking. but a former downing street advisor has told this programme mr cummings should resign. simonjones has more details. you're supposed to be more than two metres apart. he insists he has no intention of resigning and downing street is standing behind dominic cummings, despite new questions about his movements. the observer and sunday mirror claim that mrcummings, after travelling to durham, was seen at a beauty spot around 30 miles from where he was staying when he was believed to be self isolating and they allege he made a second trip to durham from london last month after he'd recovered from coronavirus symptoms. downing street said this was inaccurate. it insisted we will not waste our time answering a stream of false allegations about mrcummings from campaigning newspapers. the government had spent yesterday defending his decision to travel 260 miles to the north—east in march after his wife became unwell, rather than staying at home in london.
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it said he feared he would become ill and the couple wanted to ensure their young child could be properly cared for. he stayed in a house near his extended family in case his sister and nieces needed to help out. it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think. the government's guidance on self isolation says if you live with others and you are the first in the household to have symptoms of coronavirus then you must stay at home for at least seven days. but all other household members who remain well must stay at home and not leave the house for 1a days. ministers insist mr cummings acted legally and reasonably. what most people will probably be thinking watching this is what would i do in that situation? i've got a young child, my wife is unwell, i'm worried about the ability to support the child as a father. do you then end up saying, well, we'll take the best possible option in order to be able to provide the ongoing care for that child and therefore go
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to where there's a network, but not go inside the parents' house, but rely on the younger generation. but opposition politicians say he must go. there has been one rule for people in downing street and one for the rest of the country. that's the thing that sticks in the craw, i think, of the british people. and that's why i think mr cummings really should come at the very, very least, express some contrition and i would have thought, actually, resign. tomorrow the cabinet will meet to discuss how to ease the lockdown further, but ministers will be concerned that new questions about mr cummings may make it harder to convince the public to stick to the guidelines currently in place. simon jones, bbc news. our political correspondent is helen catt. helen, downing street has issued a swift rejection of these new claims, but that's not the end of the story is it?
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no, downing street showing no signs of backing down on this, but neither are opposition leaders are so labour, lib dems, snd, they've all written to britain's most senior civil servant and asked him to examine if mrcummings civil servant and asked him to examine if mr cummings might have broken the special advisers code by appearing to break isolation guidelines. of course, yesterday, downing street said he had acted within the guidelines and earlier the former chief constable of greater manchester police told us that that room for interpretation can cause difficulties. one reading would say it's not, the regulations are clear, you can't be outside and that's a very specific exemption, which does not include childcare unless it specialist childcare for a vulnerable person, but on the other hand, there is another reading and
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there are certainly government guidance which further confuses the picture and i think that's the problem here, you've got regulations and legislation the police would look to but lots of different forms of government guidance. this will become particularly important over the next week as we move towards genderfirst, a week the next week as we move towards gender first, a week tomorrow. the next week as we move towards genderfirst, a week tomorrow. you might remember that the data boris johnson said in his road map for easing lock in england was when we might look to move into phase two, so things like reopening skills, partially reopening nonessential shops, if the conditions and the data are right. the cabinet is meeting tomorrow to discuss that and we should hear more about that over the week but another thing which comes at the end of this week as pa rt comes at the end of this week as part of that is going to be this track and trace programme where people who test positive coronavirus, people they'd been contact with for prolonged periods will be contacted and told they need to isolate and the government has described this as putting in place targeted specific very small knock—downs and sad for that to work everybody needs to play their part
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and so they can't really afford for there to be any confusion about what people can and can't do if they are asked to do isolate as part of this programme, because it's an integral pa rt programme, because it's an integral part of their scheme to control the virus and enable us to move into phase two and potentially phase three injuly of easing the lockdown restrictions further in england. helen, thank you very much indeed. interesting division of opinion and the people getting in touch with us this morning. some people say a media witchhunt. but others are saying we have been abiding by social distancing and not travelling, staying at home, etc, and it's outrageous one rule appears to apply for some and not for others. grant shapps is on the andrew marr programme on bbc one and will be talking on behalf of the government after nine o'clock. another 282 people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 36,675.
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globally, more than 3a1,000 people have died after becoming infected with the virus, but more than two million people have recovered. the united states is approaching 100,000 coronavirus related deaths, and this morning the new york times has dedicated its entire front page to the victims. the paper carries the names of a thousand people who've died along with a short biography for each of them. the us has the largest number of infections in the world, but the number of deaths continue to fall in new york which has been the worst affected state. police in hampshire have confirmed that they've found the body of a teenager who'd been missing for more than two weeks. 16—year—old louise smith was reported missing on the 8th may, which was ve day. her body was found in woodland in havant, and her death is being treated as suspicious. prince william has revealed that becoming a father brought back the painful emotions of his mother's death. speaking in a new bbc documentary about men's mental health,
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the duke of cambridge also admitted that he found parenting overwhelming at times. sean dilley reports. when you've been through something traumatic in life and that is, like, your dad not being around, my mother dying when i was younger, your emotions come back in leaps and bounds. the duke of cambridge speaking about his struggles with parenting as a father of three. i've definitely found it very, at times, overwhelming. me and catherine particularly, we support each other and we go through those moments together and we kind of evolve and learn together. prince william opened up in a conversation with former professional footballer marvin sordell for a documentary, football, prince william and our mental health, which will air on bbc one on thursday. marvin sordell quit football last year after a successful career that saw him play for the england under—21 team, bolton and burton albion. when he retired at 28, he pointed to as mental well—being, describing football as a beautiful
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game with an ugly persona. sordell, who has previously spoken of his poor mental health and his suicide attempt in 2013, says being a father has been difficult. it was the hardest time of my life. i found it really, really tough. and i grew up without my father and i've not had a father to look up at, and now i've got a child and they are looking up to a father and i don't really know how i'm dealing with this. i really struggled with my emotions at that time, you know. the programme features conversations with footballers and fans and managers from all walks of life. prince william says he wants his emotionally—charged documentary to kick off the biggest ever conversation on mental health through football. your dad would be very proud of you, he would. as your mum would. i appreciate that. you'll make all the right decisions, i know you will. i can see the kind of man you are and you will be absolutely fine and you will be a great dad. sean dilley reporting there. you can watch football, prince william and our mental health
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on bbc one this thursday evening just after eight o'clock. good morning. you're watching brea kfast good morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the first bank holiday since the lockdown restrictions were eased in england is upon us and its expected to be a scorcher, with highs of 25 degrees forecast tomorrow. but the warm weather brings with it a warning — stay away from beaches and beauty spots to make sure social distancing rules aren't broken. let's bring in dan visser, who is vice—chair of cumbria tourism, and ross macleod who's a water safety manager from the rnli. thank you both for coming on. going first to ross, give me a synopsis of the moment what the situation is and how you are responding to it. at the moment, there are no lifeguards on the beaches this weekend and for the next couple of weeks at least. the rnli is subject to the same lockdown
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restrictions to our lifeguard service so we are not in a position to offer lifeguards on beaches where we would do normally, so we are encouraging people this weekend to think twice about heading to the coast and we are offering basic advice, if you do choose to come down to the coast this weekend, there are more dangers of the moment on they would be normally. are you saying no to people to go on the beach? is that your message? we have seen pictures over the last couple of weeks or so of people going there, seeing friends, spending some time with their families. people do have to make their own decisions but there are some additional dangers, obviously coronavirus is still present, so people know there can be open space but on beaches they can become quite crowded, so just think about the risk of infection to yourself and the risk of bringing that into the community who may not have been affected badly by covid—19 so far. also there's the normal
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dangers you would expect to find in the beach environment. water can be unpredictable and with that additional layer of lifeguard protection up there, we would urge people to think twice. the water at this time of year particularly, there's a few brave swimmers behind me but there is no more than 12 degrees so if you get into trouble in the water, you can suffer from shock which can cause you to grasp uncontrollably and stand your heart rate up which can cause drowning, so simple advice like staying close to children when they are near the water, not using inflatables, don't use those at the beach this summer without the additional assurance of lifeguard there. if you do find yourself in difficulty, relax in the water, try to float to live and lean backin water, try to float to live and lean back in the water and if you see somebody else in the water, dial 999 and ask for the coast guard to come to your rescue. done, let's talk to you in the lake district. i saw a tweet yesterday from somewhere in grasmere and it was virtually empty,
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a local person, saying thank you for staying away. grasmere is one of my favourite places in the world. is that still the message from cumbria tourism? good morning. the lake district has been experiencing responsible visiting by those who have not come here. the numbers have been manageable. so a lot of our public around public toilets and car parks are open in a different way if at all, and we have not been overwhelmed by visitors this week, since the lockdown was released, and the weather may have been a factor. it hasn't been as sunny as it is predicted to be tomorrow, so tomorrow will be interesting. certainly, the visitors have been generally very responsive and respectful of our community, many who have. do you still want people
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to stay away? we want people to make their decision very carefully. people are welcome to come to the la ke people are welcome to come to the lake district in manageable numbers. we certainly asked people to plan ahead, the national park authority do have some advance information about car parking capacity and so on. it's really important people are prepared and if there isn't capacity for them, then stay away. where there is capacity, people can come and enjoy the wonderful landscapes we have in a safeway but what we need to remember is, apart from some other takeaway facilities, all of our businesses remain closed at this time and there are still restrictions, very strict, like overnight stays which at the moment will remain in force until the ath ofjuly at the earliest. so anybody visiting cumbria and the lake district will have a different experience to the past and they need
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to prepare for that. if you want to experience things like visitor attractions, bars and restaurants, in whatever format they are able to open from the ath ofjuly if that goes ahead, maybe save their visit until later on in the year. when there will be a much wider range of facilities open. i wasjust about to say, you lead me to this question, but when do you think people will be ready because people are becoming impatient at the moment, some people at least? can you give a time frame? certainly the hospitality industry has been told by government that the earliest we can open, including overnight stays in bars and restaurants and caravan parks and so on, the ath ofjuly is currently the earliest date we can open and we are all working very, very hard in the
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background to plan our business is to open on that day. unfortunately, we don't have any detail on how we can open, what specific restrictions may be in place related to the hospitality industry. the quicker we get notice from government, the quicker we can be ready and have fantastic experiences for all of our visitors in a really safeway and we can communicate to people so they can communicate to people so they can plan ahead, so they can keep themselves safe, and of course we need to continue to keep our communities safe, as well, and people can enjoy the wonderful landscapes and visitor attractions and lakes we have got here sitting and lakes we have got here sitting and waiting to welcome visitors back in the right way and a safe way when the time is right. ross, a quick run to you, dad beach were standing on very well, beautiful part of the world in dorset, when do you think you might be starting to get back to normal in terms of providing the
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kind of provisions along that stretch of beach you normally do? do you have any idea? we are currently working very hard with the local authorities and landowners to provide lifeguard services on any given normal year, but we did find out about the easing of the lockdown restrictions by the government at the same time as everybody else so we we re the same time as everybody else so we were forced to slow down the lifeguard service which is normally 250 beaches, 1200 paid lifeguards, and it's not a small undertaking to turnit and it's not a small undertaking to turn it on overnight, and we need to make sure safety is a priority not only for the public but also for the lifeguards we are putting on beaches to ensure they can adhere to those social distancing measures and for all life—savers, the fire, ambulance, police, there is a requirement for potential close contact with people who may have come into contact with covid—19, so we need to make sure our ppe is there and present, our working
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environments are as safe as they can be given the situation because we all want to have a safe and enjoyable time the sum at the coast, but we need to make sure safety is a priority for our own people is one of the public to come to the beaches. ross, thank you very much indeed. dan, as well, in cumbria, thank you both for talking to us this morning. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. give us some good news, please. to you both. good news from highlands of scotland, a brighter view this morning whereas yesterday of course it was so wet, particularly west of this location. since thursday, about 1aa millimetres of rain, so clearly extremely wet across this part of the uk and the rain is now easing. notjust in western scotland but elsewhere where you can start with some rain today and the wind is easing, as well, so very blustery.
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those changes are all down to high pressure which is building back in a cross of the uk, so that means the wind is easing where we have had rain, and that a lot of people who would like to see some rain and it has not come but where we have had it it's dying out and there will be a lot of fine weather for the bank holiday. this is where most of the rain is at the moment of the north west england and into western parts of scotland, slowly dying out today, but still further north this afternoon, elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, more cloud in eastern england compared with yesterday. some sunny spells in eastern scotland, brightening up in northern ireland, afternoon sunshine for wales and south—west england. these are the wind speeds, gusting around 60 miles an hour in some spots yesterday. these are average speeds today, around a0 miles an hour. the wind is easing. not as globally as it was yesterday. it's going to feel warm especially where yesterday was very wet. much of the uk today around 18—22. even in glasgow, 15,
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warm oven yesterday. in tonight, the wind fall at night, largely clear skies, keeping a bit of cloud in northern scotland. the rain will die out and fold on the coast of south—west wales. cornwall. otherwise clear. temperatures down into single figures are so cool and out going into the morning. this is how the bank holiday are shaping up. remember, high pressure in control, soa remember, high pressure in control, so a lot of fine weather across england, wales, eastern scotland, western scotland and northern ireland. we started in sunshine. a week weather system heading in here, and we are expecting it to cloud over and eventually get to see some outbreaks of rain arriving. a warmer day particularly through parts of england and wales, but of course, with that sunshine, and the warmth, very important to have a socially distant and safe bank holiday. back to you. thanks, nick, and back to you. antibody tests which show
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whether or not someone has had coronavirus will be rolled out to nhs and care staff from next week. but what happens if your test comes back positive, even if you didn't have any symptoms? our medical correspondent fergus walsh says he was "gobsmacked" to find himself in that exact situation. he joins us now to tell us more. thanks for coming on. i read your article yesterday. i'm very intrigued to hear about your experience, so have you had coronavirus because your antibody test ca m e coronavirus because your antibody test came back positive so does that mean you had the virus?” test came back positive so does that mean you had the virus? i can't be sure because i have had several antibody tests, but they are not the antibody tests, but they are not the antibody tests, but they are not the antibody tests being rolled out to nhs workers, we've got to be clear about that. the ones which are being offered to nhs workers are from next week are from companies roche and abbott, and they involve rolling up your sleeve, giving a blood sample which is then sent off to a lab and
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public health england has evaluated those tests and found them to be highly accurate in not giving any false positives and that's really important because you don't want to tell someone, yes, you have had coronavirus when they may not have. the test that i have had are the new fingerprint tests. these are the ones we heard about at the end of march, the government bought three and a half million of them and then they were evaluated and found to be not so accurate. they were giving some false positives and negatives, but i have had several of them. i won't say how many, but several of them, and they all come back positive and there is a team at imperial college london who have been reevaluating those fingerprint tests a nd been reevaluating those fingerprint tests and they said if you had three tests and they said if you had three tests all positive from different manufacturers than, yes, you have had coronavirus. you were not very
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well in january and you had coronavirus. you were not very well injanuary and you think it was pneumonia, tell me about that.“ was pneumonia. the big question is not that my health is of any consequence, really, in the great scheme of things, but i did have pneumonia back in january scheme of things, but i did have pneumonia back injanuary and, at the time, my lovely gp here in windsor said its bacterial pneumonia, you're not getting better, i had one course of antibiotics which didn't do anything and later i had the second course. the reason why i had doubted that being coronavirus was because essentially i could have been the first coronavirus case in england, because i was ill from the 1st of january but we didn't get the first cases in the uk until late january, two chinese travellers in york, and that we didn't have the first
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domestic transmission until late february. now there were cases proceeding those almost certainly, as we know. there were cases in wuhan probably in november, so it's not impossible, but what i would like to know and i'm sure this work is being done, people who were thick in intensive care in december and january, but doctors can retest their tissue samples and find out whether retrospectively they had coronavirus and that would be useful because it would maybe rewrite the history on when this disease first came in. i've spoken to some people who are convinced they did have it before christmas time. are you com pletely before christmas time. are you completely ruling it out, fergus, you could have had it? i'm not com pletely you could have had it? i'm not completely ruling it out, i could be the first uk test, but i didn't have
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any lung samples taken, i had some blood samples, but it won't be possible to test those, i don't think, for coronavirus if they still exist. much more important that we do check people who were made thick in intensive care very early on in the year and see whether coronavirus was here because that was done in france and there was a man who was ill who live near the airport, whose wife worked in a supermarket right next to the airport and he was in intensive care in december and his sample was retested and found to be positive for coronavirus. why are these tests are so important because if you have had coronavirus, we are still not sure whether that makes you immune from getting it again? exactly, and that's the crucial thing, because back in march, in the early days, we were talking about immunity passports, the virologist
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is disease i've spoken to have there's no guarantee having antibodies will protect you against coronavirus, but it may well do. and if you do get infected it may well give you a less serious disease, but what we don't know is how much protection it would give or how long that immunity may last, but it will be really interesting once it's rolled out to help care workers to then track those health care workers to next winter when we may well see another resurgence, if not sooner, of the coronavirus because remember, it's still out there, still the majority of uk population rethink the vast majority of not seeing this virus, not been infected, so if we get another resurgence, we could track those health care workers and say, well, this proportion were protected and we have more understanding of how antibodies may protect us. mike fergus, i could sit here and talk to you all day but
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u nfortu nately i here and talk to you all day but unfortunately i got to go. you are doing a fantasticjob for us, thank you so much. fergus was, our medical correspondent. we are on until nine o'clock this morning. the andrew marr show is on bbc one at nine o'clock. what do you have lined up this morning, andrew? i can't ican't imagine i can't imagine what you'll be talking about. i'm starting to feel a little bit jealous, talking about. i'm starting to feel a little bitjealous, we have two great scientific voices on the show, the chief executive of astrazeneca, who will be manufacturing 1 billion doses of the oxford vaccine, and the chief head of the royal society, the masked man, so we are talking a lot about i'll be going to wearing masks and on the political side, i got grant shapps, who will no doubt be responding to the dominant coming story in great detail and also the shadow home secretary. i got nicola benedetti, the wonderful violinists soa
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benedetti, the wonderful violinists so a crammed show and the director—general of the bbc, tony hall, talking about the funding and politics of this organisation. all of that at nine o'clock. andrew, thank you very much. stay with us. headlines coming up. don't go anywhere.
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hello, this is bbc breakfast. here's a summary of this morning's main news. the prime minister's closest aide — dominic cummings — is facing further allegations that he breached lockdown rules. both he and the government insist he acted "reasonably and legally" by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. the observer and the sunday mirror are now reporting that he was seen in the north east on two more occasions in april. in the last few minutes, conservative mp steve baker said mr cummings must go. the government's ‘test, track and trace' system to monitor the spread of coronavirus is set to launch at the end of this week. a team of 25,000 contact tracers will track down people who have been near someone with coronavirus. an app which tells people they may need to self isolate is also expected to be part of the plans. the funeral of a student who was killed in a drive—by shooting in blackburn has been held in lebanon.
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aya hachem was 19 and had been studying law. she died when shots were fired from a car last sunday. five people have been charged with her murder, and the attempted murder of their intended target. those are the main stories this morning. let us catch up with all the sport news. the project restart team trying to get the premier league up and running again will be really pleased with the latest coronavirus testing figures — only two positive results from almost a thousand tests. that will give them confidence as they move towards the next step, of allowing contact training. the spanish league are further forward — la liga's been given the go ahead to resume onjune the 8th. lionel messi has been back in training with his barcelona team—mates this week. they're two points ahead of real madrid at the top of the table. leagues across europe are keeping a close eye on the return
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of the bundesliga in germany, where borussia monchengladbach have managed to get fans in theirstadium. well, cardboard cut outs, anyway — 13—thousand of them in place for their first home match since the restart. they did lose 3—1 to bayer leverkusen, though. but the fans still have smiles on their faces! maybe they need to double sided images to flip when they get beaten. we've talked at length about the uncertainty around footballers at the moment. it can be a difficult time for those who struggle with their mental health. as part of mental health awareness week, i spoke to everton's michael keane who opened up about his own battles as well as why getting back to training last week felt like christmas eve. i was feeling really down and i did not want to go out or see anyone. i
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felt embarrassed about how things we re felt embarrassed about how things were going on the pitch, so i didn't wa nt to were going on the pitch, so i didn't want to do anything. i tried to turn things around on the pitch but, in the end, itjust got on top of me so ididn't the end, itjust got on top of me so i didn't have if break but ijust had to tell my family that it was a big breakthrough moment where i got to my rock bottom at that time and from then on i have got better and better, with the help of my family and my friends. i started speaking toa and my friends. i started speaking to a sports psychologist and just keep on top of it. all those things together really helped. you don't have to be a top—flight football to relate to what you have mentioned. the embarrassment that you felt, a lot of young men will feel that on a
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day—to—day basis and will find it embarrassing to ask for help.” think it is hard when you have not talked about it before, your pride might hold you back from showing your soft side, but it is completely normal and trying to do that. once you do it once, you realise that and a lot of people keep it in, and if they are struggling really badly, i advise them to speak on some —— to someone, and that is based on personal experience. it is a big advantage if you can do it, so speak to someone you trust, family or friends, and you will get through it. for your mental health, how good has it been to get back into your routine? yeah, the night before training, iwas routine? yeah, the night before training, i was so excited. it felt like christmas either. i got my kits
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and the night before, and all we can do is take it day by day. i think it has given everyone a massive lift and hopefully, following the guidelines, we will be back to point football within the next month or so. if everyone is sensible and lives in the right way, i do not see why that can't happen. it must be difficult when you hear other players coming forward talking about concerns. how players coming forward talking about concerns. how does players coming forward talking about concerns. how does that impact on you? i completely understand that eve ryo ne you? i completely understand that everyone is in different circumstances. i think you just have to a cce pt circumstances. i think you just have to accept that going into training. i think that is just part and parcel of it. we are not an essentialjob, so some people will see it as i was risking our house and it is not essential work, but that is up to them will stop you —— risking our
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health. you have just them will stop you —— risking our health. you havejust got them will stop you —— risking our health. you have just got to take it individually and treat each person differently and get as many players as you can back in training in time for one season starts again. it was great to talk to him about his experiences with his mental health. now they say disney world is where all your dreams comes true. well, it could be for basketball fans, wishing the season would get back under way. the nba is in talks with disney in orlando, florida, to start matches again in latejuly, at their wide world of sports complex. players would also be based at the site. the season has been on hold since the 11th of march. one basketball movie we all know, it is space jam.
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one basketball movie we all know, it is spacejam. in one basketball movie we all know, it is space jam. in terms of disney, there is one called glory road, double team from 2002, and it would be great but called eddie. —— whoopi goldberg was in it. maybe there will be another one. holly, thank you for the sport. it is 8:38am no. —— now. hospices are at the forefront of the battle with covid—19, continuing to care for the most vulnerable people in society whilst also trying to ease the burden on the nhs. but the pandemic has dramatically changed the way they deliver that vital support, and it's also hitting them hard financially. breakfast‘s john maguire joined a team of hospice nurses in the south west of england as they visited the home of 1—year—old finley and his family
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hello! how are you doing? it is lovely to see you! every day through lockdown, and for as long as they are needed, these charity nurses are visiting families. they are a lifeline. today they are seeing a one—year—old finley. so, we will do all of his clinical care, anything he needs clinically, we will play with him as well and entertain him and cuddle him. it takes him a bit of time to warm to us with all this gear on our faces. hence i have got some stickers on my mask. takes about ten or 15 minutes and then we get smiles off him when he recognises our voices. filming at a safe distance and using footage from the family, we can see the nurses treating him. he has an extremely rare genetic disorder that affects his muscles and he depends on a ventilator to breathe. one of the challenges is to keep finlay‘s lungs drained of any fluid. the nurses's ppe helps protect them
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and him from infection of all kinds. it takes a while to learn to breathe in these masks but we do get used to it. the masks are not very comfortable to wear. we are quite lucky that, when we are doing these visits, we only have to keep them on for three hours, but if you are doing a night shift or anything longer than that i would imagine it would be quite challenging. i've done it before and it is not very comfortable. finley cannot be left alone as he needs to be monitored around the clock. so, when the nurses are here, the family has a rare moment of respite. some normality. i could not cope without them, they are an integral part of my family. they are an extended part of my family and they come into our house and they are there to support and guide. they do so much more thanjust looking after finlay.
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they allow us to have some of our life back, because looking after a complex child really is a 24—hourjob, and it is simple things like sleeping... i get to sleep, which becomes hugely important. covid—19 has added extra pressure on already stretched resources. in common with other charities, the nurses's charity badly needed money from fundraising events. at the beginning of this crisis, we estimated we would have three or four months left to survive. things are looking a little better at the moment but we are certainly not out of the woods yet. i am very grateful to the numbers of our loyal supporters who have already put their hands in their pockets to send in some donations, but it is very difficult times. there we are. the nurses are committed to working throughout this crisis, continuing to make a difference, continuing to help families with already very difficult lives.
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in a statement, the treasury acknowledged the importance of hospices and said it had pledged a support package of up to £200 million. let's speak to tracey bleakley, who's the chief executive of hospice uk. thank you for coming on. tell me how hospices have been affected by this pandemic. like many charities, the fund raising almost stopped overnight, so things we were reliant on, like i'm charity shops and fundraising events, they all had to stop. we are reliant on the public to donate over £1 billion to keep this going, so it was a huge shock. how do you change the way you work? providing comfort for people with very big issues, helping them while following guidelines? you heard that
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in the film. i think we have found so difficult is that we are very tactile people. a lot of our care is giving hugs and holding hands or giving hugs and holding hands or giving a smile, so having ppe changes things. also, with the children hospices, these are some of the most vulnerable families in the country and they are shielding. one of the things we are talking about at the moment is how do we change our services so that those families feel safe to use them? more telephone support is available, more online support, we are working with families to change what we do. we think covid—19 is going to be with us for a while, so this is a long—term change. us for a while, so this is a long-term change. do you think this changes the way you work going forward ? changes the way you work going forward? might you adapt some of these measures now?” forward? might you adapt some of these measures now? i think in some cases they work better, actually.
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imagine the government support there, and the government stepped in very early because they didn't want hospices to cut back on their services due to their essential nature in this pandemic. we still wa nt nature in this pandemic. we still want our fundraising from the public, but instead of worrying about making people redundant we have the time and space to work with families to change our services and actually, when we looked at data in april, we had a three times as many people as we expected to, three times as many people we helped last yearin times as many people we helped last year in april, so we can do more on telephone and video and use our services sparingly to go into homes. we are actually making more families feel safe and secure with the same money, so we will probably keep some of those changes as we will help more people. thank you for speaking
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to us about that, have a lovely weekend. let's return to our top story this morning, criticism of the prime minister's closest aide dominic cummings who's facing further allegations that he breached lockdown rules. we can bring in the conservative mp steve baker. he worked with dominic cummings on the leave campaign for brexit. good morning. you said very categorically that dominic cummings should resign, why? boris johnson's programme cannot afford to be under this sustained attack and i just can't see how this will stop while dominic cummings is in post. i always felt that dominic cummings should be kept out of number ten and cummings should be kept out of numberten andi cummings should be kept out of number ten and i think this will just get worse. reading people who
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are getting in touch this morning, there are some people that you very strongly that they have been updating the lockdown and have not seen theirfamilies updating the lockdown and have not seen their families and not attended family funerals and are furious about this. there are others who are saying, look, this isjust a media storm over an advisor and it does not matter. move on, he was just trying to do the best for his wife and child as he said yesterday.” trying to do the best for his wife and child as he said yesterday. i am afraid that people who have stayed at home have missed out on all those things you suggest. dominic cummings suit all these slogans. it is no slogans that have firmly kept people at home, including one they have children and covid—19 has entered their household. it has been very clear to people that where covid—19 to get into their household, isolate
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seven days for a person, 1a days for the household. it was a revelation that the government are i seeing that the government are i seeing that you can jump that the government are i seeing that you canjump in a car with symptoms, drive four hours, trying to get better childcare. i don't judge him on childcare, but it is his slogans, he is at the centre of government, he is at the centre of this storm, and every day this goes on there will be further questions on there will be further questions on this. i watched yesterday, members of the cabinet going out there with flimsy lines to try and save dominic cummings, and it hasn't worked out it is clearly not going to work and i just think worked out it is clearly not going to work and ijust think it worked out it is clearly not going to work and i just think it will get worse and worse and it will still get worse for the prime minister. the country can't afford this pantomime right now. dominic cummings should go and we should
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move on to do with things that matter. do other people that you spoke to in the conservative party and the government share your view? i have had some feedback from collea g u es i have had some feedback from colleagues having messages this morning, thanking me. what they put their heads above the parapet as well? i am afraid that they will have to do. i am hoping that they will, if they don't then, you know, this will have been a brave effort that did not work, but i am going to be proved right in a few days as it is going to rattle on. the media aren't buying this. i watched the bbc yesterday, ian watson talking about how the rules are no subject to extremely wide interpretation. i
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am afraid that people have been fined. people with children who care for their children, we have isolated at home and felt that they had to do so. they have foregone the care of their extended family due to the slogans by dominic cummings. those people are now looking at an adviser co nsta ntly people are now looking at an adviser constantly in the media over having travelled to get access to childcare and they will be fuming. i am afraid it has not been a success trying to save him yesterday. how important is heated boris johnson save him yesterday. how important is heated borisjohnson his leadership? it is not indispensable, no one is. the graveyards are littered with people thought indispensable, and with all that we have done to
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deliver a brexit was happening, at no point was dominic cummings advising us. if we take his advice, we would have destroyed the conservative party and handed leadership to the labour party. i am very grateful we did not take his advice and he is not indispensable. the impression that was given was that dominic cummings was keyed to be final delivery of brexit at the end of january, but be final delivery of brexit at the end ofjanuary, but you be final delivery of brexit at the end of january, but you are saying that he was knocked keyed to what borisjohnson is trying to do now? i'm very clear that david frost is a negotiator and doing a fantastic job. iam negotiator and doing a fantastic job. i am certain that dominic cummings wasn't behind getting eurosceptic mps behind it to back the deal. it wasn't dominic cummings persuading nigel farage not to stand brexit party candidates to incumbent mps, and it wasn't dominic cummings
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that spoke to those mps to tell the public to vote for the conservatives. do you think boris johnson has what it takes to sack tim? of course, he is the prime minister. but what i would say is that it has to learn the lessons from the vote to leave the board and accept quite a large number of resignations, because when they tried to sack dominic cummings, he arranged to a lot of what of —— he arranged to a lot of what of —— he arranged for a lot of royal collea g u es arranged for a lot of royal colleagues to him to another —— resign with him. dominic cummings should save as all this trouble, he should save as all this trouble, he should go and he should go today, and if he does not we willjust be talking about this until he goes. thank you very much. grant shapps will talk to and remark year on bbc one after 9am. —— talk to andrew
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moore. now for the weather. bright skies in the highlands, very wet yesterday in western parts of scotland. hundred and aa millimetres of rain. what rayner is to begin the day is slowly dying out, but across the uk, after it when you start to the weekend, that windy day is starting to ease. high pressure is now building in across the uk, that will kill off the wind, and where it has been worked on it will be drier, but these weather fronts will bring a bit of rain to parts of northern ireland and western scotland. rain todayis ireland and western scotland. rain today is following across scotland, slowly dying out. it will take some time in the far north—west of scotland. brighter skies in eastern scotla nd scotland. brighter skies in eastern scotland and it will brighten up in
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northern ireland and there will be a bit more closed in england and wales. these are your wins, average speeds. gusts up to a0 mph, definitely a notch down from yesterday. the temperature will reach to the high teens for many, 19 degrees in belfast. what cloud is left at the end of the day will melt away overnight, patchy cloud in northern scotland and rain will have died out there. you may see some sea fog brushing parts of wales at the south—west of england. temperatures willdip south—west of england. temperatures will dip down to single figures. an area of high pressure will give plenty of fine weather across england and wales and east of scotland. but for ireland and were scotland, you will see some
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workload. there will be some warmth for the bank holiday,. closer to the mid 20s in the southern parts of england. it is six minutes to nine. whilst the lockdown has it's obvious restrictions, for thousands of people it has inspired them to dust off their trainers and get running. in the last two months more than half a million people have downloaded the ‘couch to 5k' app that's been developed by bbc sport and public health england. we can now talk to celebrity coach jo whiley and nick wall who's doing couch to 5k at the moment.
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jo, jo, you are a running coach! who would have thought? i would never have thought of myself as a running coach, but i am just like everybody else who has struggled to run in the past and just fancy giving it a go. how does it work, jo? you download the app, i am the voice in your ear, because i started running and i ran with a guy who gave me words of encouragement. i channel him, i say things like, keep on going. i give people mad tries and keep you company i'd encourage you along the way, so it does not matter if you have never run before.” way, so it does not matter if you have never run before. i presume you are describing very gentle tones of encouragement? absolutely. i amjust here to encourage and i do not mind
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if people swear at me. you can shout at me as much as you want! i have m essa g es at me as much as you want! i have messages from people on my radio show —— show saying that they are feeling better about themselves and thatis feeling better about themselves and that is so important. you can do it with your kids, you can do it if you are recovering from something or if you are feeling pretty rubbish i need a boost to your mood. anyone can bea need a boost to your mood. anyone can be a runner, if i can be expert nick, has it turned her life around having her encouragement? yes. having her running beside me rectally having her running beside me re cta lly ha s having her running beside me rectally has really helped motivate as he has done wonders —— beside me has really helped motivate me. it
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has really helped motivate me. it has really helped motivate me. it has really been amazing and i have a double transplant and other health issues, i have managed to work at it at my own pace and it hasjust been amazing hitting goals. it is very flexible, you can go back to things and take it at your own pace, it is not about going quickly. we are watching pictures of you going. explain the health issues —— with the health issues you have, how has it helped? my stamina has been increased. i had a stent if years ago with pneumonia, so it has really helped with my lung capacity. i also suffer from depression, which is quite common in transplant patients and those waiting for a transplant, and those waiting for a transplant, and itjust and those waiting for a transplant, and it just really and those waiting for a transplant, and itjust really improves your
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mental health and the endorphins are released and you might look horrible at hot and sweaty, but the fact he managed to do something and that you've risen to the challenge, it is just a great viewing and i never thought that before and now i know why people run and it is really enjoyable. we wish you really well with it. thank you so much for talking to us. that's all from us this morning. breakfast will be back tomorrow morning from six. have a lovely day, goodbye.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a senior member of the uk's conservative party calls for the prime minister's top aide to resign, as dominic cummings faces fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. he insists he acted reasonably
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and legally by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. but new reports suggest he was seen in the north east of england on two further occasions. the country can't afford this nonsense, this pantomime, now. dominic should go and we should move on and deal with the things that matter in people's lives. police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters who are angry at china's plans to introduce tough
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