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from monday, anyone arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks, says the government, as it's forced to defend its controversial plans. everyone arriving from overseas will have to give an address where they'll stay in quarantine. breaking the rules risks a £1,000 fine — even prosecution. now that we are getting the virus under control in the uk, there is a risk that cases from abroad begin once again to make up a greater proportion of overall cases. if these measures are necessary from the 8th ofjune, why have they not be necessary in recent weeks or from when they were first announced by the home secretary on the 22nd of may? the quarantine policy will be reviewed every three weeks. we'll be asking if it's workable.
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also tonight... lecture theatres will remain almost empty this autumn, as universities prepare for a return to campus. students may have to live and study in small, socially—distanced groups. all schoolchildren in wales will go back to their classrooms at the end ofjune, but only a third will be in school at any one time. cooking up some community spirit — the volunteers who signed up to help those shielding say they'll keep the new community spirit alive. and the moment an nhs medic was reunited with her daughters, after two months away, working on hospital coronavirus wards. and in the sport on bbc news... borussia dortmund footballer jadon sancho and other bundesliga players will not face any further disciplinary action after antiracism gestures last weekend.
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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. from monday, anyone arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for m days. the home secretary has confirmed that the government's plans will go ahead, with people in england being fined up to £1,000 if they break the rules, or even facing prosecution. if they break the rules, but the plans have been criticised by mps on all sides, with many questioning why the quarantine measures weren't introduced earlier, and others expressing serious concerns about the impact on tourism and the economy. priti patel accepted the new policy would mean "challenges" for the industry, but she said the measures were necessary to contain the virus and the country owed it to the thousands of people who have died. 359 more deaths have been recorded in the uk in the last 2a hours. the death toll now stands at 39,728.
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here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. the experience for people arriving into the uk is about to change. from monday, almost everyone will be expected to self—isolate for two weeks. so what does it mean for holidays this summer? should anyone be booking a holiday anywhere in europe right now? what is your assessment? 0ur holidays abroad this summer assessment? 0ur holidays abroad this summer going to happen? the foreign office guidance is that everybody at the moment should avoid nonessential travel. everybody should avoid nonessential travel. we have to knock this virus on the head. so how will quarantine work? when you book your ticket for a plane, train or ferry abroad, you'll have to provide auk ferry abroad, you'll have to provide a uk address when you will self—isolate on your return. when home, you will have to spend two
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weeks at that address. government officials will carry out random checks to see if people are self—isolating. anyone who breaks the rules might have to pay a £1000 fine. enforcement rules might differ in scotland, wales and northern ireland. airlines say the quarantine adds uncertainty, and the boss of one of the world's biggest travel websites told me brits are looking but not booking. we saw in the uk a lot of searches of people who want to travel outside, but they are not booking like in the other countries because they don't know what will happen when they have to come back. tens of thousands of people travelled into the uk during the lockdown. the government insists the quarantine wouldn't have been effective at the height of the pandemic because any cases imported would not have had any real impact on the overall prevalence of the
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virus. labour and conservative backbenchers disagree. u nfortu nately, backbenchers disagree. unfortunately, like too much of the home office handling of the crisis, the management of arrivals to the uk has lacked urgency and coherence.” simply cannot get my head around the public health mental gymnastics of this policy. if such a barrier was required, why was it not introduced earlier in the outbreak? portugal wa nts earlier in the outbreak? portugal wants brits to travel there this summer wants brits to travel there this summerand wants brits to travel there this summer and says it is negotiating with the uk so, byjuly, people might not have to self—isolate when they travel home. tom burridge, bbc news. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. many are wondering how workable the policy is and the government is under pressure on all sides. hardly any support for the policy today, not just from labour any support for the policy today, notjust from labour but conservatives either. 0ne conservatives either. 0ne conservative said the credibility of the policy was hanging by a very thin thread. partly because the timing, and mps think it's illogical at the moment. the mp has more cases
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than most other eu countries so why would you want to stop people coming from their here. and then there is theissue from their here. and then there is the issue ofjob losses, with some mps warning of hundreds of thousands ofjob mps warning of hundreds of thousands of job losses mps warning of hundreds of thousands ofjob losses in the aviation and tourism industry was the prime minister was clear that he entered downing street are sticking to this policy. they think it will be effective and they think it is popular. their priority is to stop reinfection. there will be a review at the end of the month but, as things stand, a real question over the possibility of summer holidays abroad this year. play coburg delete the head of the government's test and trace programme has admitted programme has admitted that she is unable to reveal how many people who have tested for coronavirus have had results back within 2a hours. facing a grilling by mps, baroness harding also refused to provide data on test and trace, saying that it had not yet been validated. after pressure from labour, the prime minister said that results would be available within 2a hours for all testing by the end ofjune.
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here's our health editor, hugh pym. if you test positive, nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. with the government advertising the new tracing system in england there is continuing debate over whether it is working. some contact process hired to call those people who have tested positive say they have had nothing to do since the launch last thursday, including one who wanted to be anonymous who spoke to the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire. to be anonymous who spoke to the bbc's victoria derbyshire. it's frustrating to know that i am sat idle when there are people that need contacting. i can't understand why we haven't had any contacts. the issue was raised at prime minister's questions. the prime minister promised we would have a test, track and trace operation that would be world beating and, yes, it will be in place by the 1st ofjune. but it isn't. as a result of our test,
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track and trace system, which was up and running on the ist ofjune, as i said, contrary to what he said, it was up and running, as a result of their efforts, thousands of people are now following our guidance. there were heated parliamentary exchanges about testing for the virus, with a select committee pressing the system's boss to tell them how many results came back within 2a hours. them how many results came back within 24 hours. don't think there is any citizen service of this scale which would take six days to share 24 hour turnaround data. that can't be right. you are saying you don't actually know how many tests come back within 24 hours, and you are in charge of nhs test and trace. know i have not had the data. you've got data but it's not been validated.” have not had the data validated by the authority he was expressed
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concern over previous testing data. rob had to wait three weeks for a result in a care home after one test was invalid and had to be repeated. it was negative but a friend told me the experience had been upsetting.” feel really angry because he hasn't got a voice. the home has been brilliant but it is length of time waiting has been really traumatic on him asa waiting has been really traumatic on him as a vulnerable person. the prime minister said, by the end of june, all test results will be back in 24 hours, another new target which will be closely monitored by mps. hugh pym, bbc news. all schools in wales will reopen on the 29thjune for all schoolchildren, but only a third of pupils will be allowed in school at any one time. the welsh government has extended the summer term by one week. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, is outside a school in cardiff. so how will this work in practice? it means every school like this one will open its gates at the end of
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june and welcome back smaller groups of pupils, whose days will be staggered, their lunch times and break times might be staggered as well, so means no more than a third of the school's pupils will be here at any one time. it's fair to say this plan has caught a lot of pa rents this plan has caught a lot of parents and teachers by surprise. wales had been cautious and most people didn't expect to come back before september. i've been at a school today where the head teacher was trying to work out how he'd make every single classroom conform with social distancing. how does he get just a third of his pupils in safely? will it need a deep clean every safely? will it need a deep clean e . safely? will it need a deep clean every night? what about school transport? there are lots of questions but teachers haven't yet been given the guidance and grand roles, they won't get it until next week. one teaching union has said this is the most dangerous option but the education minister says that is inflammatory to stop she says if there is any the plan could be pushed further into the future.
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meanwhile, universities are trying to work out what student life will be like when campuses reopen in the autumn. social distancing could mean that students are forced to live and study in the same small group, or "bubble", with online lectures and even a virtual freshers‘ week. danjohnson has been speaking to a—level students in loughborough who are considering their options. i'm hoping to study english at bristol university. i'm hoping to go to leicester to study physiotherapy. i'm hoping to study business management at york university. imagine making one of life's biggest decisions, when everything is up in the air. i did consider deferring. the worst thing i could do would be to take a gap year, and then i can't go on and do the things i wanted to do. if i'm not going to get away from home, is there any point in paying all that money, if it is not something that i 100% want to do? i am also nervous about the idea of losing out on the student experience a bit, because i feel like that is a bit part of university. and across the road at loughborough university. so, welcome to our brand—new unused 580 seater lecture theatre.
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even the most modern facilities already feel redundant. we miss our students and we are keen to have them back and give them the best experience we can, given the current government restrictions, so we may not get 580 in, but we could probably get 50 or 60 in. the timetable's been redrawn to help social distancing, and students may have to live and study with the same small group, to limit who they mix with. freshers' week is going online, like most of the lectures — no wonder some are reconsidering. i would just urge students if they are thinking about deferring, is not to make that decision just yet. gather as much information as possible, before making that final determination. a lot will change between now and september. they will go through an airport—style scanner, which measures their temperature. a lot‘s changed already, here in bolton, as they try to keep students on campus. fortunately i have cleared so i can go through. what we have done is followed all the social distancing guidelines and rules for workplaces,
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and indeed for social space to ensure that that student vision a covid secure environment. these students are valuable, especially if international numbers fall, so universities need to ease their anxiety. it is stressful and it is, it is confusing at times, but, there is not, you've sort of got to get on with it. you do pay a lot of money to be there, you are put in a lot of debt afterwards, the idea of going through all that and not quite getting what you hoped for is is a bit disappointing. danjohnson, bbc news, loughborough. nissan has warned that its plant in sunderland will be unsustainable if the uk fails to agree a trade deal with the european union. the japanese company says the jobs of the 6,000 workers there won't be safe without tariff—free access to the eu. our business editor, simonjack, has been talking to the nissan boss. hejoins me now. we had good news from nissan in sunderland last week and now this.
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last week, a massive cost—cutting programme was unveiled, taking billions out and plant closing in spain and indonesia, but not in sunderland. there was even the idea floated that there 43% shareholder and partner renault would move some production to take up capacity in sunderland. since then, two things have happened, renault have said they have no such plans, and one of they have no such plans, and one of the senior executives told me, refreshed the message that, without terror free access to the eu, the plant would not be sustainable because you get 10% tariff on the experts there. and saying that at a crucial moment, because we know trade negotiations are going on as we speak. make no mistake, nissan loves the sunderland plant, it's one of its most efficient, but they say that isn't enough if they have to put the tariffs on for it to be economically viable. a reminder that, rather than smothering the covid—19 smothering all other issues, in the case of brexit, it's amplified it for some companies.
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the us defence secretary has put himself at odds with presient trump by saying he does not think the military should be used to control protests over the death of george floyd. it comes as tens of thousands of people continued to demonstrate, mainly peacefully, for an eighth night following his death in police custody. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, is at the white house. 0ne one thing to look out for in the next couple of hours is the attorney general of minnesota. that is where the killing of george floyd took place. the attorney general is due to make an announcement and it's thought that announcement may relate to whether more charges are going to be brought against the police officers involved in that incident. it is something being called for by protesters taking to the streets across this country, including here in washington, dc. it is clear the violent dispersal of
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protesters and threat of even tougher action by police has not been enough to keep demonstrators from coming back to have their voice heard. at exactly this time yesterday, this area in front of st john's church, close to the white house has been cleared with tear gas and with force of legal, peaceful protesters. you can see what happened today, hundreds of people are once again on their knees and with their hands up in memory of george floyd. given what has happened, did you feel apprehensive? definitely, but as a white person, my life is much more productive right now than other people's lives. i felt right now than other people's lives. ifelt apprehensive, right now than other people's lives. i felt apprehensive, but i think for me it was important to come out no matter what. what we are seeing is law enforcement is being used to antagonise us and they are the ones being violent. we are coming here to
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protest against police brutality and we are facing it at the protest. security forces weren't as visible here, a definite factor in taking the heat out of the situation. this is what things had looked like the night before, sound bombs and smoke canisters and pepper spray. and the president has been threatening the use of the military, something his own defence secretary now says he does not support. the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used asa enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. we are not in one of those situations now. i do not support invoking the insurrection act. a feature of the last week has been a tax on the media as well. cameramen charged down by an officer close to the white house. a cnn reporter arrested live on air. an
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australian cameraman punched by an officer in riot gear. and a german reporter shot at by police with a pellet gun. and yet, thousands are still taking to the streets across the country. these scenes from the latest protest in portland, oregon, featured demonstrators laying on their fronts featured demonstrators laying on theirfronts in silence featured demonstrators laying on their fronts in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of timea minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time a police officer knelt on the neck of george floyd, killing him. the mother of his six—year—old daughter said he'd been a good father who had provided for them. he will never see her grow up, graduate. he will never walk her down the aisle. a picture of george floyd has now been added to the spot where he took his last breath. america's stroking, strangled rallying cry for change.
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here, thousands of people have taken to the streets of london to join in the protests at the death of george floyd. the event was organised by the black live matters group and began in hyde park. chi chi izundu was there. the gesture of a generation. a protest against needless death. thousands gathered at london's hyde park two march against racism in solidarity with the protests in the united states. this is luiz, her mum margaret and her son. luiz says she dreads the day when she will have to sit her son down and explain why he may face discrimination. the truth of the matter is i will have to have that typical conversation. i will have to say there are certain things you should do and certain things you should be mindful of, who you are, your race and how people might see your race and how people might see you and judge you and treat you. and
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if that treatment that the star wars actor is also angry about. black lives have always mattered. we have always been important. we have always been important. we have always meant something, we have always meant something, we have always succeeded. and now is the time. people here are angry, they say this has been a long time coming and the death of george floyd in minneapolis in the united states is just a catalyst to express how they are feeling. they say that the uk is no different when it comes to racism. organisers thought only up to 1000 people would walk with them today, so this is a turnout of support they didn't expect. this is a demand for change, echoing around the world and the voices from the uk also want to be heard. rolls—royce has revealed the extent ofjob cuts in the uk. 3,000 job losses are expected by the end of this year,
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with half of those expected to be at its derby—based headquarters. a further 700 jobs will be lost at its plant in inchinnan near glasgow. it's due to a downturn in the aviation industry because of the coronavirus pandemic. the firm has begun the process by offering voluntary redundancy to everyone across its uk civil aerospace division. around a third of all coronavirus deaths in the uk have been in care homes. at the height of the pandemic, thousands of elderly people were still being discharged from hospitals and taken to care homes, without being tested first to see if they had the virus. it contributed to a perfect storm, says the care association in england. more than 19,000 people were admitted to care homes from hospital in the 25—day period between march 23rd to april 16th, according the nhs england. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. bernard curtin need to be moved to a care home after a hospital stay in march.
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the first place his family found would only take him if he'd been tested for coronavirus. i push the hospitalfor a covid test repeatedly and eventually one of the doctors said to me, we cannot do it, public health england will not allow us to do it. the 80—year—old languished in hospitalfor two more weeks while his family scrambled to find another care home. within hours of him moving to the new place, he began showing signs of the virus. he died a week later leaving his daughter bereft. he was alone and he was confused because he had alzheimer's and he was frightened. he needn't have died in that way on his own. all i heard him say was, "get me out of here, get me out of here". and i couldn't get him out of there. had he been tested he would have been brought out of there. bernard curtin was one of more than 19,000 people discharged from hospitals in england into care homes in the first three weeks of the lockdown.
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the figures are down on the same time last year and nhs bosses say that shows that they were working to protect the care sector. the social care leaders say sending patients either untested or with covid—19 into homes are full of ill and elderly residents lead to unnecessary deaths. i think it has to have been a contributory factor, to the way that the spread happened in the services that people were discharged into. there can be no doubt about that. so despite assurances this wasn't going to have a huge impact, we then found ourselves with the lack of ppe as well as that was being requisitioned away from the care sector. so actually it was a perfect storm. nearly 15,000 people have died of covid—19 in care homes across the uk. figures out today show that scotla nd uk. figures out today show that scotland there have been more deaths in social care than in hospitals. at this care home near durham they take
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in people recovering from the disease by segregating them from other residents, they show it can be done. but if it is risky and if they didn't need the money they would be less inclined to do it. we first and foremost decided to take it because there was nowhere for them to go. of course, there is in the background, this massive elephant in the room which is the financial pressure and the cliffs we are all facing. the family are full of praise for the hospital staff in the care of bernard in his dying days but they wa nt bernard in his dying days but they want a public enquiry because they feel their father and many others we re feel their father and many others were badly let down. michael buchanan, zee news. it's been six months now since this virus first came to light, and scientists are learning more about it every day. so—called superspreaders are of particular interest — the 10% of infected people who are responsible for 80% of all cases. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. an outbreak in a nightclub district in south korea.
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one man with covid—19 is linked to more than 150 new cases. coronavirus clusters aren't unusual — as few as 10% of people could cause 80% of all infections. this is how coronavirus spreads. if the virus is left unchecked, one person will infect three others, who will then pass it on to three more, and this keeps on repeating. but this is the average picture. in reality, some people won't pass the virus on at all, especially if they are self—isolating. others, though, will spread it more widely, so one person could give the virus to ten people, and a few of those could do the same. this is a superspreading event. some people mightjust shed more virus than others, but i think a lot of it is going to depend on what people do when they are infectious, so if someone particularly, just before symptoms, when they are most transmissable, happens to go to an all—day meeting
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with a large number of people and go out for dinner afterwards, you may well see a superspreading event. right now, this is the only way to sing together. but prelockdown, choirs saw several superspreading events. bars and restaurants also had clusters, and gyms too. it is notjust about close indoor contact. there are more classes linked to zumba classes than pilates, for example, so it might be not only the noise level in the settings, they have to shout to expel more breath, that might cause more transmission, or you are engaged in an exercise that requires you to breathe more and heavily and deeper, as opposed to more gentle breathing. with lockdown easing, we are being encouraged to spend time outside. but what is the risk? definitely being outdoors is less risk, for transmission, than being indoors, but if you spend a lot of time
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together in a group, and sharing food, and if you don't maintain social distancing, or hand hygiene, then there's still risk of infections. it is crucial to know where superspreading is most likely to happen. scientists say targeted restrictions will help to control covid—19 spread. rebecca morelle, bbc news. across britain millions of people have been volunteering — shopping for others, picking up prescriptions and checking on people who are living alone. many say they'll continue to do so after the lockdown ends. as charities celebrate volunteers week, judith moritz looks at what the long term legacy may be. the restaurant may be closed, but the kitchen is still open. without customers to cook for, these chefs have become volunteers, making 14,000 meals for nhs staff and vulnerable people. they are part of eat well
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manchester, a community project which began when restaurants closed for lockdown, but which has ambitions to become a permanent charity. what we want to happen is we want hundreds and hundreds of restaurants to be involved. as the crisis situation lessens, we may end up feeding nhs wards less, and we may end supporting food banks more. the chefs and operators that have been involved in this have been doing something they really relish, and they want to it to continue long into the future. it's that compassion and urge to help which may be a lasting legacy. amidst all the despair which the coronavirus crisis has wrought, there has also been hope and positivity and energy from all those who flocked to volunteer — something that charities want to harness for the long—term. charity shops like this one on merseyside need to make the most of this. they are preparing to re—open safely, and know many of their traditional elderly volunteers won't be
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able to return to work. we wouldn't want them to come back and be in sort of any risk if they don't feel they can, so what we need to do is think about how we are going to focus on getting perhaps a different kind of volunteer, that we haven't traditionally thought about, and that might be the younger generation. they have an eye for something different, that perhaps our more traditional volunteers don't always see, and they might enjoy dressing that window in a different way that we have not thought about before. next week, a scheme will launch to encourage older teenagers to volunteer in charity shops in england. it is estimated that 10 million people across the uk have volunteered during the crisis. many have joined local projects, supporting those close to home. that's the new reality that we are operating in, and that is a good one, you know, we now need to look at how these different community groups that respond to the basic needs
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in their own communities becomes part of our society in a good way, and then what the roles are of charities to work with those groups. this crisis has forced everyone to adapt. charities are no exception. number two, who is next in line after prince william ? this online quiz is run by a group in brighton, which supports older people at risks of isolation. a new kind of virtual volunteering, without losing the old fashioned fun. judith moritz, bbc news. and finally at the start of this pandemic, an nhs medic working on hosptial covid wards made the difficult decision to send her young daughters to her sister's house so they wouldn't get infected. she didn't see them for more than two months — but now they're back together. as daniela relph reports it was an emotional reunion. hetty and bella had not seen their mum for more than two months. this was the surprise reunion. mummy!

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