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how will you survive when you are 30, 40? council leaders say they need to know what practical support they will get as lockdown eases. the government says it's committed to ending rough sleeping and is planning 6,000 new homes. june kelly, bbc news, birmingham. britain's mass market vegetable and fruit growers, are appealing for people to help harvest their crops. the coronavirus pandemic prompted the government to launch it's ‘pick for britain‘ initiative, hoping many would step in to help, but there's still a significant shortage of workers, needed to bring in this season's harvest. claire marshall has more, from worcestershire. a plea has been made for a land army to help pick british crops. on one of the largest farms in england, there's one already at work. everyone in it is from eastern europe. during the pandemic, it's not been easy to get here.
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evelyn is from bulgaria. were you worried that you couldn't make it at one point? man translates. the government has recognised how crucial migrants are. now they don't have to follow the two—week quarantine rule. so what about home—grown labour? british workers, to date we've taken on 31 and we've lost 31. it's a great shame, really. why have they left? they've left because it's not for them. we don't see them again, they don't give us a reason. theyjust take their ppe and go. there are many different languages spoken here, bulgarian, polish, russian, romanian, but not english. migrant workers have been key to the farming economy for the last 20 or 30 years here, and that can't change overnight. being out in the fresh air... many thousands of british people have answered this appeal.
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but so far, fewer than 10% have ended up injobs. pick for britain. we had a fantastic response across the sector, and then we've seen furlough payments stop and workers having the opportunity to go back to their previous employment, and they've taken those opportunities. and the farms understand that, but that's difficult and costly for them. still, more brits are needed. teresa brooks was a professional japanese drummer. now she is working on this family—run farm. with the pandemic going on, i think people are becoming more aware of where their food is coming from and the importance of british growers and british farmers. however, this kind of spirit is not enough on its own. growers say migrants are as vital to farming as they are to the nhs. claire marshall, bbc news, worcestershire.
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london's world —famous abbey road studios has reopened, after closing its doors during the coronavirus lockdown for the first time in its 90—year history. celebrated for recording the likes of edward elgar, the beatles and lady gaga, the studio is now having to work very differently because of social distancing. our arts editor will gomperts reports. it's june, 1967. the beatles are at abbey road studios in london recording their latest number, all you need is love. the place is absolutely packed. that was then. this is now. the corridors of the legendary studios are empty, save for the ghostly presence of past glories. but all is not lost. hello. covid—19 has battered the arts, but not into submission. the players are returning, albeit in limited numbers and operating within strict social distancing protocols. nevertheless, abbey road is back in business. it feels great.
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it's so wonderful, i mean, you know, closing the doors, it's the first time we have closed the doors since opening in 1931. we didn't even close for world war ii. so, this is a real moment in history, actually, reopening again. we are fortunate that our studios has really big spaces, like this one, so where ordinarily we would have an 80—100 person orchestra in here, we have reduced that right down to a0. the string players of the royal philharmonic orchestra are the first musicians to return to the famous studios that they know very well. this is strange, but very exciting. it's quite odd to be back in somewhere that is so familiar to us, here in abbey road, with our wonderful colleagues, and yet under such difficult circumstances. the orchestra is here to record some tracks for a new album for the american jazz singer, melody gardot. # there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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she won't be joining them, though. not in person, anyway. she is stuck in paris and dialling in from there. this is a strange way to make an album, right? yeah, this is pretty strange, but you know, one of the reasons why we have been pushing forward, in the last little bit of time, is in the spirit of trying to maintain a level of creativity. it feels incredible to know that we have not lost this, everything we were planning to do didn't have to disappear into silence. it is a case of baby steps for abbey road studios, which knows a future is far from certain, both in terms of covid—19 and the damaging impact it has had all musicians, record labels and producers, right across the entertainment business. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time
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for the news where you are. have a very good night. welcome to bbc news. welcome to our us and britain. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. quite a few front pages already in. with me are faiza shaheen, director at the centre for labour and social studies — and the brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, asa bennett. welcome to you both. let's have a
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flick through some of the papers we have already got in. while the timing of the george floyd memorial in minneapolis means it hasn't made the early editions of the front pages yet, the guardian features a striking photo of protesters taking the knee — as they unite in the memory of george floyd. germany's der bild leads with the 43—year—old german man being investigated on suspicion of the murder of madeleine mccann in 2007. the suspect is currently serving a prison sentence there. we are not naming him because germany has some very strict rules on the naming of criminals and we are broadcasting to germany so we are broadcasting to germany so we are not going to name him. the financial times says european countries including turkey, greece, spain and portugal are keen to adopt "transport corridors" as soon as next month, which would allow british tourists to visit mediterranean resorts without having to face a 14—day quarantine on their return. the independent reports that the uk government has announced that face
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covering will become mandatory on public transport. the japan times features a photo on its front page of a group of pro—democracy activists chanting slogans as they take part in a protest near the chinese embassy in tokyo to mark the 31st anniversary of the demonstrations in tiananmen square in beijing. and the new york times examines how venice could be — as it shows the city devoid of tourists as the country eases its lockdown. that is a site that not many tourists would have seen over the past few decades. so, let's begin. welcome to you both again. faiza can i start with you? what's look at the german paper, i was explaining that because of strict privacy laws in germany and we are broadcasting to
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germany and we are broadcasting to germany at the moment, we are not naming this prime suspect in the madeleine mccann disappearance. but it is interesting to see german police and british police and i think now portuguese police are working together in what seems to be the biggest weed in 13 years. yes this has been a long—running saga. spare a thought for the families, 13 yea rs not spare a thought for the families, 13 years not knowing what happened to their daughter. -- the biggest lead. i think for a while the police here in portugal and germany had been working together. what i was reading from the article, the suspect was brought up earlier on but was dismissed. this is a horrific story in which there has not been an end for the family. and now is the story returns, let's just hope that there is some finaljustice returns, let's just hope that there is some final justice for this family and some final into the story so family and some final into the story so they can find out what happened.
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asa i was explaining about the strict privacy laws, all the german player —— german papers we have seen have the face of this man balked out on the front page there. but it does seem quite a lot of information has come up from the prosecutor about a string of convictions and i suppose some of the big questions are going to be wide the suspect wasn't on the radar of portuguese police in the immediate aftermath of madeleine's disappearance. the answer to that in the telegraph was that the portuguese police dismissed it very sooi'i portuguese police dismissed it very soon after within the early months of their investigation because the controversial officers in charge of the initial investigation seemed to be rather obsessed at trying to cobble together a case pointing the finger at the mccanns themselves rather than anyone else. but certainly what we see with this portrait of this individual is yes, as you are saying, he was convicted
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for all sorts of things, i believe he is currently injail on rape charges. he is a sex offender, a convicted drug dealer, and the account we have thinks of the prosecutors was that a couple years ago for the tenth anniversary of madeleine's disappearance when footage and images will have been beamed on tv and all over the place, he was said to have basically admitted to a friend of his in the pub that he think he took her. and was involved. obviously, the investigation will be full pelt. i have no doubt the sooner the mccanns get closure on this, the better. just moving on to the mirror, the tabloids have been following this story from day one. it is difficult to forget, faiza, the saturated show that the mccann family endured on this and the terrible columns affecting them as well and have
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eve ryo ne affecting them as well and have everyone hopes that there will be closure. the mere end of the tablets are picking up the camper van and the jaguar as well. it is still circumstantial evidence so there is this conversation of where the suspect has claimed that he did do this. but now they are really trying to build up that picture and look around this camper van which is memorable and displaying that information now. it has been horrific for the family and they we re horrific for the family and they were also accused with a number of conspiracy theories that emerged her yea rs conspiracy theories that emerged her years and years that i have been following this story. —— over the yea rs. following this story. —— over the years. it seemed that the strongest suspect, we just have to hope that they're able to build a case around they're able to build a case around the sub —— this is suspect and see if it was him. asa you are
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mentioning that he is now injail, i think he is being sentenced to seven yea rs think he is being sentenced to seven years for a rape carried out about two years years for a rape carried out about two yea rs before years for a rape carried out about two years before maddie went missing. when you look at the cooperation between the police forces and then you look ahead to how this might change, i know you are the brexit editor for the telegraph, will things like this, what this corporation exists if there is a no—deal brexit? what this corporation exists if there is a no-deal brexit? obviously there is a no-deal brexit? obviously there will be... they are talking about international cooperation with crime. i have no doubt borisjohnson has the intention to continue these sort of initiatives given with seeing the fantastic breakthroughs they can yield. let's move on to the guardian faiza because we have a strong picture in the front page of the guardian. i am not sure if we can bring you that, in fact
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not sure if we can bring you that, infacti not sure if we can bring you that, in fact i have been told we can for legal reasons because of the naming of this german suspect. but take the knee, thousands unite in memory of george floyd. we had the first of the memorial services today, faiza. very strong speeches from his family and civil rights leaders. this is going to go on over the weekend before his burial finally. going to go on over the weekend before his burialfinally. do you think this is galvanising america in a way that previous deaths in police custody happened ? a way that previous deaths in police custody happened? yes, there have been a number of horrific deaths or murders we can say at the hands of police in america. and there has been huge anger about that and then something about what happened to george floyd in that video and that we have to remember came a day after the amy cooper saga that happened in the amy cooper saga that happened in the parking new york whereby a phone call was made, just a black man
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walking around. and it comes after many murders and in the missive covid—19 whereby we know they're in the us and here the uk, it is disproportionately affecting the black community. this deep, deep pain that is coming out. i watched a bit of the moral service and george floyd and what happened to him and the pain that his family feels has come to represent something much wider about racism, structural racism. yes about police battalion and there are demands but defunded the police and moving that money towards more new services, etc. but a wider stance of we have had enough and we need real structural change. asa what is so striking after years after segregation
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