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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the return of the foreign holiday. from july 6th, british tourists will be allowed to travel to european countries including spain, france and greece, without having to self—isolate when you fly back to the uk. more mass gatherings as liverpool fans are urged to stay at home after huge crowds descended on the city centre last night. in west london there were clashes as police tried to break up an illegal street party. praise for the actions of a police officer who was one of six people injured during a stabbing attack at a glasgow hotel in which the suspect was shot dead.
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liverpool's title—winning captain jordan henderson says there's plenty more to come from his side, as liverpool are on course to set a premier league points record. we know strictly‘s on its way back, but what does the future hold for socially—distanced dance? mike has been finding out. good morning. all that heat and humidity is out of the way and it is a weekend of sunshine and showers. still some heavy downpours out there. it is cool, fresh and unusually windy for this time of the year. i have all your weekend weather on the way. it's saturday, the 27thjune. our top story: british tourists will be able to go on holidays abroad this summer, after the government announced a major change to its quarantine rule. from july the 6th, people coming back to the uk from countries that are classed as "low risk" such as france and spain won't need to self—isolate for 14 days.
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the foreign office is also expected to relax its current guidance, which advises against all non—essential travel. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. after a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad. we just want to get away from the familiarity of home, you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly. like others, john is relieved that he and his family won't have to quarantine once they travelled back from their holiday in spain. —— travel back. the self isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday. when we get back, we haven't got 14 days before oui’ back, we haven't got 14 days before our little ones need to go back to school. you know, they have missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more. a series of travel corridors are planned from
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july six. it will mean that people from low risk countries like france, spain, italy and germany, the netherlands, greece, norway and finland will not have to do self isolate after their travel. —— have to self—isolate. a final list will be confirmed next week. portugal and sweden are expected to be given a red rating because of concerns about the prevalence of the virus. anyone travelling on from there and much of the rest of the world will still be subject to the quarantine rules. the republic of ireland has always been exempt. we believe it can be safe to operate without the need for quarantine. for airlines, which have been battered by the pandemic, it is a move in the right direction. we really need to move quickly to establish some safe corridors, and we're not talking about throwing it open the entire world, but where it is safe to operate, we fundamentally believe that we are also safe to operate and we need to do that
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quickly. we will now begin boarding by seat rows. row by row boarding this summer should be a more orderly affair. there will be new rules on board. it is required of all passengers to wear your facemask or face covering. there is an exception for children under the age of six. and no trolley service, although you hopefully will get water. welcome, anybody else? but with quarantine removed, for many destinations, travel companies hope they can land more bookings. tom burridge, bbc news. police were called out last night to deal with a number of public gatherings including an illegal street party in london and a second night of celebrations for liverpool fans in the city. police and politicians have urged people to stay home and maintain social distancing, as jon donnison reports. for a second night, the pool fans
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have been partying hard. —— liverpool. but the message from the authorities, it has gone too far. the fire service had to be cold out after a blaze at the famous liver building, apparently caused by fireworks. the city's now, joe anderson, tweeted that there were too many intoxicated people making it unsafe, saying covid—i9 was still a real risk. merseyside police have now put a dispersal order in place until sunday to try to stop people gathering. and around maida vale in west london, there were clashes as police tried to break up a mass block party, one of several across the capital this week. but it ended up the capital this week. but it ended up going on into the night. well, police have tried to break up this party several times tonight. they have confiscated the sound system. but there are still a lot of people milling around on the streets, and as you can see, a lot of offices. it has been pretty good natured so far
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but police are definitely encouraging people to go home. and with lockdown restrictions about to be further eased over the next few weeks, there will be fresh questions about what signal but sends to the public about what people can and can't do. —— that sends. the police officers who responded to yesterday's attack in glasgow have been praised for their "bravery, selflessness and commitment to protect the public". one constable, who has been named as david whyte, was seriously injured in the knife attack. his condition has been described as critical but stable. connor gillies has more. carnage in the city. a place in shock after a traumatic day. the focus is a hotel home to asylum seekers. inside, victims wounded by a nice man, whom armed police shot dead within minutes. —— knifeman. a nice man, whom armed police shot dead within minutes. —— knifemanlj think that was maybe 100, 150 police
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there within 35 minutes. it was a really incredible response. there within 35 minutes. it was a really incredible responselj there within 35 minutes. it was a really incredible response. i went across the street and saw people running here and there, loud noises we re running here and there, loud noises were heard, and lots and lots of screaming there. this was the first time police scotland have killed a suspect with a firearm, and while terrorism has been ruled out, this is now the centre of one of the biggest investigations in scotland in many years. this is a situation that has undoubtably shaken glasgow today, and shaken scotland today, but the police have dealt with it. there is no ongoing threat to the public. the assessment is that it is not a terrorist related incident. that said, there are six individuals ina that said, there are six individuals in a critical condition as a result of injuries they have sustained, and all of our thoughts and good wishes this evening should be with them. the hospitals where six people, including a police officer, are being treated, remain heavily guarded. while police say there is now no threat to the public, this is a city waking up with questions. who was the attacker? what were his
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motives? and why did he stab her he did? —— who he did?. the number of new coronavirus infections in the united states has reached a record high, with 40,000 cases reported on thursday. the recent surge has prompted two of the biggest states, texas and florida, to pause reopening plans. 0ur correspondent david willis joins us from los angeles. david, what's the reaction to the current spike in cases? david, good to see you. the reaction, i suppose, david, good to see you. the reaction, isuppose, to david, good to see you. the reaction, i suppose, to the current spike in cases? well, i have to say, naga, but the man who heads the white house coronavirus task force was trying very hard to put a brave face on it today, but he didn't look very convincing. mike pence, the vice president, said that the administration was flattening the curve, as he put it, and saving lives. but the problem is, the curve is not flattening. take florida, for example. nearly 9000 new cases of
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the coronavirus there within the space of 2a hours. and texas, another state that was very quick to lift restrictions, now they are saying that some icu clinics are close to capacity. both texas and florida are closing bars and putting your restrictions on restaurants there. vice president mike pence did concede that 16 southern states have seen a rise in coronavirus cases, but the country's top infectious diseases expert, doctor anthony faucl diseases expert, doctor anthony fauci, went further than that. he said there were serious problems in those 16 southern states and he said that they could in part have been caused by the fact that those states simply" too early. david, thanks very much. david willis there. there are concerns that civilians in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the covid—19 pandemic. the
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country's years of civil war has already led to a humanitarian crisis. two—thirds of women's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. —— yemen's children. unicef says it needs almost half $1 billion to save children. the queen and the prime minister have paid tribute to veterans and serving military personnel as the nation prepares to mark "armed forces day." normally, events are held across the uk, but coronavirus means most of the celebrations will be online for the first time this year, as our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the bag sealed, please. the armed forces have played a key role in helping tackle covid. setting up the nightingale hospital ‘s, as well as delivering protective equipment to the nhs and conduct in testing. a contribution that has given many people another reason to show their appreciation for what they do. but the pandemic is also why this year's celebrations won't look like the ones before. most of the planned
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events have been cancelled. instead, armed forces day 2020 is largely being marked virtually, on social media. the queen has sent a message of support banking and recognising the dedication and the risks faced by those serving in uniform. as well as defending the nation, thousands of military personnel are still deployed all over the world. from troops in estonia to royal navy sailors in the golf and raf aircrews flying over iraq and syria from their base in cyprus. —— the gulf. borisjohnson said he was proud to salute the armed forces. this weekly has been talking to representatives of the services to thank them the work they do. —— this week he has. despite the more muted celebrations, the red arrows will still be taking to the skies of north yorkshire, culminating in a fly past over
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scarborough, which was due to host the main event this year. jonathan beale, bbc news. million pounds from the government to help them deal with the financial zoos and aquariums in england are set to receive up to £100 million pounds from the government to help them deal with the financial fallout of the pandemic. it's an expansion of a relief fund announced in may. zoos and aquariums in england were allowed to reopen two weeks ago, but still remain closed in scotland, wales and northern ireland, as our business correspondent katy austin reports. queues outside london zoo on the 15th ofjune. that was the day all zoos and aquariums in england could reopen their outdoor areas after being shot for weeks as part of effo rts being shot for weeks as part of efforts to stop the virus spreading. that closure had a big financial impact. concerns have even been raised that some struggling zoos might be forced to put to sleep animals to cut costs. a £40 million relief front for england was launched in may. the government is now adding £86 million more to the pot. based on the current situation
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this feels like we're on the right place, it feels like we are delivering the right level of support at the right and in the right form. but this is a very fast moving situation, and it is very ha rd to moving situation, and it is very hard to predict where our economy, where our country is going to be in 12 months' time. so we are very much open to continuing those discussions. for zoos and aquariums it is not only the well—being of human employees at stake. the welfare of animals is two. so the money is meant to help cover costs such as food, heating and security. then using the greatest need are expected to take priority. in scotland, where zoos can open from monday, there is a separate emergency funding package. zoos in northern ireland can open from next friday, and while there is no date yet for wales. the chance to have visitors back is welcome, but many zoos visitors back is welcome, but many zoos will still need this extra financial help to keep going. katie austin, bbc news. let's take a look at today's papers. "holiday season is back on" announces the times. the paper says tourists will be able
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to visit more than 15 countries as travel restrictions are eased. the front page also includes a photo of emily eavis, co—organiser of glastonbury festival, which was due to mark its 50th anniversary this weekend but has been cancelled due to the pandemic. the daily mail also leads with summer getaways and suggests some tour operators could offer discounts of up to 70% cent on trips to european holiday destinations. the daily express features a warning from the prime minister about the dangers of flouting social distancing rules, after what the paper describes as "chaotic scenes" on beaches earlier this week. borisjohnson "warned the public not to put the lives of the elderly at risk" by becoming "cavalier" about the coronavirus threat, the paper reports. the scottish herald describes the scenes in glasgow yesterday as a "bloodbath in the city", after a man was shot dead by police after stabbing six people at a hotel.
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interesting, is we talking this morning about people getting away, this is the express talking about people returning to the good life, all the things people have become engaged with things they did not do before. number one, these are the new pledges. number one is grow your own vegetables. redesign your garden, assuming you have the space to do that. learning how to cook. numberfour, to do that. learning how to cook. number four, a driving to do that. learning how to cook. numberfour, a driving cinema experience. number five more numberfour, a driving cinema experience. numberfive more drastic moving to the seaside. coming in at number10, moving to the seaside. coming in at number 10, install a hot moving to the seaside. coming in at number10, installa hot tub. moving to the seaside. coming in at number10, install a hot tub. that has been i thought. many people are talking about that. and people who are lucky enough to have gardens.
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that is because of the good weather. mind you, some people would think a hot tub is better in the cold weather. this is in the daily star. this dog is three years old and this isa this dog is three years old and this is a butterfly on his nose. that said, it isjust is a butterfly on his nose. that said, it is just pretty. is a butterfly on his nose. that said, it isjust pretty. he's is a butterfly on his nose. that said, it is just pretty. he's a gentle giant apparently. how much would you pay for a sheepdog? you meana would you pay for a sheepdog? you mean a top—notch. .. would you pay for a sheepdog? you mean a top—notch... £25,000. would you pay for a sheepdog? you mean a top-notch. .. £25,000. the last two weeks, every time i have asked you a question you have known an answer... is that a surprise? it is no fun and it is a surprise. this is no fun and it is a surprise. this isa is no fun and it is a surprise. this is a record, £19,459. she was sold
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after loads of cliffs were on youtube. 19 —month—old, quality lady with a lovely temperament. they are highly trained and the value to farmers who use them, they are absolutely hugely valuable. this story i noticed in the guardian and maybe some people are already familiar with it. this oriental cuckoo, they tagged it on a trip from mongolia to see the migration. lastjune, he is tagged and returns so the internet tracking returns after 26,000 kilometre migration in may of this year. so goes out in june, comes back in may, goes all the way from mongolia to zambia in
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southern africa and then returns. a 10—month period. 26,000 kilometres. have we got some pictures of it? there are a number of these oriental cuckoo is that were tagged and this one was the only one who returned. people were able to track it. they we re people were able to track it. they were able to watch where it was going and it went through across 16 countries, 27 border crossings. across some really extensive bits of ocean. people asking the question, what happens when a bird is flying over the ocean, how do they stop? the answer they cannot stop unless there is an island... or a boat. an extraordinary journey. amazing there is an island... or a boat. an extraordinaryjourney. amazing and it is not very big. beautiful,
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beautiful. i nearly made the mistake of asking people for pictures if they have installed a hot tub. please, don't say that. but now it is out there. you are not on social media so you are not going to be getting the pictures of people in a hot tub... nick has the weather for us. good morning, is it hot tub weather? i have never been so happy to not have a hot tub. you would never get a picture anyway. it is not really hot tub weather because we have low pressure in charge. heat and humidity is out of the way with plenty of showers on the way this weekend. it's cooler, fresher and the winds are picking up. unusually windy for the time of year. not quite finished with the
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thunderstorms. very lively start to the weekend in aberdeen. north—east scotla nd the weekend in aberdeen. north—east scotland seeing thunderstorms. it is low pressure which will park itself towards the north—west of the uk throughout the weekend and bands of wet weather around that, moving on through with the brisk winds as well. these are the thundering downpours north, north—east scotland this morning. showers in the east. thundering downpours in places. the chance of some hail and prolonged downpours into northern ireland and scotland. the picture this afternoon, if you are out and about, showers moving through quite quickly. very blustery. winds are gusting at 35 miles per hour. not as windy in northern ireland and scotland. this is why the downpours will last longer. 10— 20 millimetres
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of rain in a small passage of time. temperatures mostly high teens and low 20s, clearly a lot cooler and fresher. staying blustery overnight with more showers to come. in fact, they will merge give longer spells of rainfor they will merge give longer spells of rain for northern ireland, north wales, north—west england and scotland. easier for wales, north—west england and scotland. easierfor sleeping. 0vernight temperatures coming down as well. tomorrow, the low still very much nearby. it has moved further north and will take some stronger winds to parts of northern ireland and scotland tomorrow. the bulk of the rain coming through northern ireland, north wales, south—west ireland and north—west england. looking really wet at times tomorrow. if showers for south wales in southern england compared to today but, as you can see, 30—40 and temperatures coming down. you can
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see where it is all heading this weekend. unsettled, showery and cool weekend. unsettled, showery and cool. that is how we start the week. mid—week it quite as dark but no sign of heat and humidity coming back for now. that is your weekend and into next week. a lot of people quite relieved because that heat was intense. absolutely, into the low 30s. intense. absolutely, into the low 305. it intense. absolutely, into the low 30s. it is not like property. i'm looking forward to a better nights sleep tonight. and your hot tub. no, no, leave that out. pregnant women from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are to receive more support, after research highlighted they're at a greater risk from covid—19. the nhs has written to all maternity units in england calling on them to take specific action, including making sure pregnant bame women are taking vitamin d.
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0ur health correspondent lauren moss has this report. they have just welcomed their baby son into the world but being pregnant during the pandemic was stressful, especially with minority women found to be more at risk from coronavirus. when the lockdown started it started with over 70s and vulnerable people with underlying conditions and then they added pregnant women to the list and that is when things kicked in and then we are four times more likely so it was not fun, to be honest. it was really scary. you're just thinking, not fun, to be honest. it was really scary. you'rejust thinking, please, don't let it hit our doorstep. here at this hospital in hackney, some consultations are done remotely to reduce the time women need to spend in hospital. maternity units in england have been given a four point plan to ensure there is greater
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support for women. they advised taking vitamin d and data will be collected on other factors such as living conditions and overcoming language barriers. if you cannot talk to them, how is woman going to highlight her concerns. how will she let you know if she is not feeling well. the use of gestures is not good enough. this woman says she is being well supported but has concerns. how being well supported but has concerns. how are being well supported but has concerns. how are you feeling in yourself? physically i am totally fine. definitely periods of anxiety going into hospitals for appointments stop i can completely sympathise with anyone who is having to do that as well. a study which looked at more than 400 pregnant women admitted to hospitals between april and march with coronavirus found that more than half were from bame minority back grounds. it is hoped we can reduce the risk of
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covid—19. hoped we can reduce the risk of covid-19. we responded to the data. the letter going out to maternity services now, during the pandemic, is really encouraging more vigilance, more diligence, because these data are startling. the pandemic has shown a light on health disparities and the priority is to make sure women who have any concerns are able to get the support they need. lauren moss, bbc news. time to talk to jane and find out what is happening in the sport. lots of people still revelling in the fa ct of people still revelling in the fact that liverpool are champions at last. it has taken 30 years and that is why the celebrations are still ongoing. liverpool captain jordan henderson says there is more to come from his side, after they won their first league title in thirty years. the players have been posting on
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social media after what we know it was a rather large celebration. liverpool sit 23 points clear at the top of the premier league table with just seven games remaining. look at those smiles. if they win those matches they'll set a new premier league pointsrecord. ijust hope this i just hope this journey ijust hope this journey can continue for a long, long time because at the minute it is pretty special. 0ver because at the minute it is pretty special. over the past few years, we have achieved unbelievable things andi have achieved unbelievable things and i feel there is have achieved unbelievable things and ifeel there is still have achieved unbelievable things and i feel there is still more to come from this team. we still want more trophies in the future and we need to stay with the same mentality and desire, which i have no question we will. and what about the man who orchestrated it all? managerjurgen klopp has had a bit of time to let the achievement sink in. he says there's one over—riding emotion. the amount of relief shows me how big the pressure was before so, yes, iam big the pressure was before so, yes, i am mostly relieved. it was
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absolutely overwhelmed and i did not understand anything with what happened with my body and my emotions. i realised it is obviously very big and i do not think you can be prepared for a situation for this. maybe you can but i was not. it hit me in full, in my face. a bit of dancing from jurgen klopp. the manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer has admitted it "hurt" to see liverpool win the premier league title. united are one of liverpool's fiercest rivals, but solskjaer offered his congratulations. his side take on norwich this afternoon as the fa cup resumes at the 6th round stage. they deserve credit. it is a hard leg to win so well done tojurgen klopp and his plays. for me, every time you see anyone else left a trophy, it hurts, so i reckon that is the feeling that everyone
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associated with manchester united, player, staff and supporters, of course we want to get back to winning ways and that is our challenge. just one game last night, it was in the championship, where brentford moved to within five points of leaders west brom after beating them 1—0. 0llie watkins scored in the first half, right on the goal line, to help his side move up to third place. leeds stay second, equal on points with west brom, but they have a game in hand. lewis hamilton has expressed his disappointment over comments from former formula one boss, bernie ecclestone, who's said that black people were often more racist than white people. hamilton wrote on social media that... the "ignorant and uneducated comments shows us how far we as a society need to go before real equality can happen. it makes complete sense to me now that nothing was said or done to make our sport more diverse or to address the racial abuse i received throughout my career." formula 1 said in a statement
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ecclestone left the sport in 2017 and that his comments had no place in sport, or society as a whole. rory mcilroy is still in with a chance of winning his first tournament since the return of golf. he's tied for fourth at the halfway point at the travelers championship in the us — four shots behind leader, phil mickelson. mcilroy is the world number one, but is still waiting for his first win of the year. and rugby league is the latest sport to announce a comeback from behind closed doors. the last super league game before lockdown was played on march 15th, and it'll be back injust over five weeks' time. it'll start with three games played behind closed doors at a single venue on saturday august the 2nd, including defending champions st helens against catalans dragons. that is your spot. thank you so much, we will see you later on. stay with us, headlines coming up.
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hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. restrictions on non—essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the uk from the 6th ofjuly, ministers have said. holidaymakers are expected to be allowed to travel to certain european countries without having to spend 14 days in quarantine when they return. they are thought to include spain, france, greece, italy, and turkey, but not portugal or sweden. the full list of travel corridors with the uk will be published next week. police last night had to deal with a number of public gatherings, including an illegal street party
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in london and a second night of celebrations for liverpool fans in the city. police and politicians have urged people to stay at home and maintain social distancing, as jon donnison reports. for a second night, liverpool fans have been partying hard. but the message from the authorities — it's gone too far. the fire service had to be called out after a blaze at the famous liver building, apparently caused by fireworks. the city's mayor, joe anderson, tweeted that there were too many intoxicated people making it unsafe, saying covid—19 was still a real risk. merseyside police have now put a dispersal order in place until sunday to try to stop people gathering. and around maida vale in west london, there were clashes as police tried to break up a mass block party, one of several across the capital this week. but it ended up going on into the night. well, police have tried to break up this party several times tonight. they have confiscated the sound system. but there are still a lot of people
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milling around on the streets, and as you can see, a lot of officers. it has been pretty good—natured so far but police are definitely encouraging people to go home. and with lockdown restrictions about to be further eased over the next few weeks, there will be fresh questions about what signal that sends to the public about what people can and can't do. a police officer that was seriously injured in a multiple stabbing in glasgow has been praised for his bravery. constable david whyte's condition has been described as critical but stable. he was one of six men injured in yesterday's knife attack, in a hotel housing asylum seekers. the suspect was shot
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dead by armed police. the attack isn't being treated as terrorism. the number of new coronavirus infections in the united states has reached a record high, with 40,000 cases reported on thursday. the recent surge has prompted two of the biggest states, texas and florida, to pause reopening plans. the us has more than two million confirmed infections, more than any other country. but the trump administration has stressed that the situation is stabilising in most of the country. there are concerns that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war that's already led to a humanitarian crisis. and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. two million of yemen's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. unicef says it needs almost $500 million to save children. the queen and the prime minister have paid tribute to veterans and serving military personnel as the nation prepares to mark armed forces day. normally events are held across the uk, but coronavirus means most of the celebrations will be
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online for the first time this year. military bands will commemorate the day with performances streamed on the armed forces' facebook and twitter pages, and the red arrows display will also be shown. zoos and aquariums in england are set to receive up to £100 million pounds from the government to help them deal with the financial fallout of the pandemic. it's an expansion of a relief fund announced in may. zoos and aquariums in england were allowed to reopen two weeks ago, but still remain closed in scotland, wales and northern ireland. while many places experienced soaring temperatures and clear blue skies this week, parts of yorkshire saw hailstones the size of two pound coins. photos shared on social media show people in leeds and sheffield holding huge chunks of hail that fell during thunderstorms yesterday. according to weather experts, hailstones are bigger in the summer because of the higher temperatures.
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they would hurt. they would really hurt. it would be good to know how big that person's hand was. to fully understand. um... yes. well, i don't think they would use more people's hands. my children's oz. we were talking about the weather, it being really hot, and you was saying it was hot tub weather, and you ask for pictures to be sent to charlie's email account. stuart, thank you, pictures to be sent to charlie's emailaccount. stuart, thank you, i have had the hot tub picture and i need no more. thank you very much. it is 635 a.m. all the sport, weather and news coming up for you a little later. now it's time for a look at this week's coronavirus news, presented by annita mcveigh.
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hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm annita mcveigh. 0n today's programme, we have exclusive access inside and mumbai hospital's icu is the city struggles with coronavirus cases. plus, how new restrictions on distance rules and the use of facemasks is making the world almost impossible to navigate for many deaf and blind people in the uk. and a reminder that you can keep up to date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. but first, india has more than 400,000 cases of coronavirus, the fourth highest number in the world, and its financial capital, mumbai, is one of the worst affected cities, with nearly 70,000 covid infection so far. temporary beds have been made available, but the city's hospitals are still overstretched. the bbc‘s my rash cannot and cameraman sharad
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badi have been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state—run king edward memorial hospital in central mumbai. the sounds of battle between life and death. the city of mumbai has nearly 70,000 coronavirus cases. some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital. known as kem, it is one of the city's largest state run hospitals. we have been granted —— a granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this doctor shows us around. she has worked here for ten years, but the last three months have been the most difficult. we have to act on critical patients critically. it is a very big challenge. mentally, physically, it is very tiring and it ta kes a physically, it is very tiring and it takes a toll on the body. finally, we we re takes a toll on the body. finally, we were ready. this is the covid—19
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icu centre in mumbai's heart, the king edward memorial hospital. 15 to 20% of the people here are infected with coronavirus. they need an emergency bed here. and out of them, one in three people eventually fall to covid—19 and around three persons as the mortality rate. these are the 1596 as the mortality rate. these are the 15% with serious symptoms. the award is calm and quiet. with relatives in quarantine, patients in the unit are alone. the doctors here are their only link to the outside world. translation: the family of the patients cannot be here. they don't even know, what is the condition of theirfamily even know, what is the condition of their family member inside the even know, what is the condition of theirfamily member inside the icu? this has increased mental stress for both patient and us. because we meet the patients every day. we become their only immediate contact. but it
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is not just their only immediate contact. but it is notjust the patients who have the virus. doctor washpahi and her family of nine, including her one—year—old twins, have all had it too. she got info in april.|j one—year—old twins, have all had it too. she got info in april. i came too. she got info in april. i came to know during our screening that i was positive, and then, while the contact tracing was done, we found that my entire family had got infected. by god's grace, we all had mild symptoms and recovered from covid—19. many doctors have struggled to cope. in another part of the same hospital, feeling overwhelmed and understaffed, resident doctors have been filming the wards and posting videos on social media. extra staff have been brought help the doctors since the video was made public. but their boss says seems
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like this are common in state run hospitals like this. translation: our hospital is crowded and one that is shared by two patients, then you will find this sad situation, and private hospitals as well. we have admitted all patients who spend nights in private hospital waiting but couldn't get a bed. kem is one such hospital that said, come to us, and never turns away anyone. the monsoon season is just beginning and never turns away anyone. the monsoon season isjust beginning in mumbai, and that means for health workers are now faced with two challenges. treating seasonal infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, and fighting the virus. as the lockdown eases in the uk, social distancing rules designed to keep people safe are having a huge impact on all our lives. but for many deaf and blind people, the
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new distance rules and wearing a facemask has made the world impossible to navigate. as our disability affairs correspondent nikki fox reports, many campaigners say the uk government has forgotten deaf people and people with other disabilities. i think i would describe it as failing to help us. i feel cut off, disconnected. ifi feel cut off, disconnected. ifi feel somebody bump into me, other times when i leave the house, i get really stressed, i get really scared, too. for both these women come alive as we eased out of lockdown has become a charter. measures designed to keep us safe are having a negative impact on the lives of people with hearing and sight loss. for aisha it is a routine appointment she is dreading. i'm quite nervous. nurses, doctors, you know, they will all be wearing masks and i will not be able to understand what they say. along with sign language, ayesha relies on the breeding and facial expressions to fully understand what is going on.
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but now, the interpreter will also be wearing a mask. i don't know what is happening, what they are saying. it takes quite a lot of your power away and your self—esteem, i think. knowing that you can't communicate with anybody. part of the nature of my eye condition is that i don't have any depth perception and it is also difficult for me because i don't have any peripheral vision, so i'm really relying on other people being good at following the rules, because i can't. with a husband who is shielding, it is down to my colleague to do the basics like shopping. but safety measures designed to keep us safe have made her world almost impossible to navigate. there is nothing about being visually impaired that makes me more vulnerable medically. to covid. but the situation has made me more vulnerable. charities supporting people, sensory loss, have seen a dramatic increase in calls to their helplines as we eased out of lockdown. they are struggling
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with the facemasks, with needing public transport, and getting out and about. they kind of feel forgotten about. they are not understood by the public and the government. we feel these people have been really disadvantaged with the easing of the lockdown. do you think disability has been thought of? we are constantly learning and receiving advice. in coverings, visors are being across transport networks. we are investigating tactile signage as well. importantly, discrimination law has not changed in the pandemic. you know, people have to be treated appropriately. and equally. following pressure, the department of health and social care has said it is looking into the possibility of securing transparent face coverings which would help ayesha. but three months into the pandemic, and with many reasonable adjustments yet to be made, many deaf and blind people fear they will be the last to get out of lockdown. a group of scientists in thailand are collecting samples from a colony of
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bats to test them for coronavirus. it is thought to be coronavirus originated in china before somehow jumping to humans, before that —— although that theory has not yet been proved. a bbc team spent a day with them on their research trip.
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from thailand to america now and, as the global pandemic spreads, businesses around the world were forced to shut up shop. some of the creative industries depended on human contact and collaborations have been particularly badly hit but one is not just have been particularly badly hit but one is notjust surviving but thriving. the film sets of hollywood remain closed but in the world of animation business is booming. production houses are actively recruiting. many believe the pandemic has had a positive effect that will change the way they work forever. while businesses around the world have been forced to take on a welcomed rest, in the world of
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animation, production has been gathering pace. we were always set up gathering pace. we were always set up to be able to be digital. by the pandemic has done is it has accelerated the transformation into being able to really have a virtual network. there are of course challenges, like lodging a feature film when cinemas are close. even more so for this one. jungle beat tells the story of a young alien who learns about the power of a hug, potentially a difficult sell with social distancing. we kind of panic a bit when we realise the message of ourfilm a bit when we realise the message of our film was loving and a bit when we realise the message of ourfilm was loving and hugging, at a time when the world has been told to stay away from each other, stay home and don't go near anybody else. we thought, let's just spin it and bring hope, we will hug again, you
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know. the idea of promoting hope brought other creative minds together and even the film's title track was made during the peak of the pandemic. it was a bit daunting. we did vocals the night before... untilfour in we did vocals the night before... until four in the we did vocals the night before... untilfour in the morning. there are lots of harmonies. at the last chorus, there is a bit of a choir thing happening and it is actually us thing happening and it is actually us doing the choir. while remote working has created an opportunity for a diverse table full, virtual writers do have their limitations. you can have this very, very intimate conversation but, as soon as you are trying to hear laughter, it can be hard to hear the laughter and talk over it which you would normally be doing in a stand—up environment. you want to scream at
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your mother and then laugh at your tears. but in terms of demand for animation that could be a bit of a doctor stampede! and a reminder perhaps that is planted earth hopes to hug again, it takes darkness to see the stars. could global efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic lead to other diseases being overlooked was make a survey by the world health organization across 160 countries found a huge reduction in the services and treatment offered to other diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. that is significant considering that non— commutable diseases account for 71% of global deaths each year. people living with such diseases are at a higher risk of suffering and even dying from covid—19. the doctor who
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wrote this report, and two other guests wrote this report, and two other gu ests we re wrote this report, and two other guests were asked about the report. it was 160 countries that took time out and answered this survey. i think it is extremely important because this involves us and all the countries that there is a high need to plead the essential services into the national preparedness and response against covid—19. the national preparedness and response against covid-19. given we know this and this survey now indicate how vulnerable these people are, what advice is that the who giving these countries? what is it doing? first of all, we need to
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continue to prevent the disease is because having the disease is already a high risk in addition to getting covid—19. you have to reduce factors, stop smoking, alcohol, physically active even during confinement. we have done a lot of guidance on campaigns to mitigate against this information during covert. the state disinformation. we have been developing guidance on how countries can tackle the situation with both covid—19 and at the same time uphold essential services to these kind of patients. katie, you deal with people on the ground and see these people every day. how are they struggling at this point in time? i think seeing, from our
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perspective, for main wiring trends on how covid—19 is impacting these people. living with a chronic and cd has become more difficult and people are more vulnerable and at higher risk so they have been asked to isolate and shield. as health systems and workforce deploy to respond to the pandemic, we are seeing the mcds being squeezed and essentially demoted in many countries and for people living with mcds it is not about being left in the lurch but about life and death. for example, type! diabetes, sufferers rely on a regular supply of insulin and when you that it was in affordable for many people in
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developing countries even before the pandemic and what the pandemic has doneis pandemic and what the pandemic has done is make this a lot worse. you focused mainly on india. is this something you are seeing in recently in the country? certainly. india has a special problem because, despite the fact we have a younger population, we have a high prevalence of risk factors like that, hypertension, chronic respiratory disease even from 30 years onwards stop therefore, despite the demographic advantage of having a younger population, which is generally supposed to be protected against covid—19, we find vulnerability in the mid— life year and that is a major cause for concern. and secondly having a syste m concern. and secondly having a system of health services which is relatively weak across different parts of the country, both chronic
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and emergency care is for sufferers... the professor is giving us sufferers... the professor is giving usa sufferers... the professor is giving us a sense sufferers... the professor is giving us a sense of a picture in india but globally, we talked about some of the numbers. before the pandemic, what sort of impact and pressure was this putting on health in a normal environment? even in a normal environment, these diseases are really the big diseases in the healthcare really the big diseases in the healthca re system really the big diseases in the healthcare system and that is also why all heads of state and government have committed themselves to both prevent and manage these diseases better. i think it is no reason to discuss any more, that we really need to work harder, we have a lot of tools developed from who and with countries so there is a
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possibility. actually, the investment for mitigating and managing mcds is not so high. for every dollar you invest, you would have a return of $7. tell us more about the first hand experiences you have had. one thing is obviously the challenges around disruption of care and the other thing is people are receiving care. people rely on in person ca re receiving care. people rely on in person care and this has been ripped apart by covid—19 and a sense of anxiety among people with dementia but i also wanted to bring in a point around inequalities. because i think what covid—19 is showing us is something we have known for a long time, these deep—rooted health inequalities in society and that people are facing the virus from
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very uneven starting point. we have seen this in the uk, the us, in brazil, exposing the racial inequalities so what we need government doing going forward, we need to also address the deep—rooted reasons for poor health and for ncds and ensuring governments are investing in things like social protection systems that will really support vulnerable communities and address the deep underlying inequities. which brings me to my next point. is this a big moment now to bring about fundamental change to the existing system ? to bring about fundamental change to the existing system? yes, very much so. the existing system? yes, very much so. health system itself, it is clear you cannot have an efficient and equitable response if it is not functioning well in the state prior to an emergency situation that we
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need to build universal health cove rage need to build universal health coverage and have an equitable health system. the social systems and social determinants of health are also very critical to address in order to have a healthy general and particularly ncds. these often lie outside the traditional sector. thirdly, it cannot just outside the traditional sector. thirdly, it cannotjust be government lead. what we need is not a classical government public— private partnership. many people are struggling with homeschooling due to the coronavirus pandemic but one man in south korea has a particular challenge. he has fostered ten north korean boys, most of them have little experience with internet and computers. we have been hearing from him and his children about this
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unprecedented on line schooling.
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that's it for now. you can follow me on twitter or head to the bbc news website for the latest information. take care and thanks for watching. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the return of the foreign holiday. from july 6th, british tourists will be allowed to travel to european countries including spain, france and greece without having to self—isolate when you fly back to the uk. more mass gatherings as liverpool fans are urged to stay at home after huge crowds descended on the city centre last night. in west london there were clashes as police tried to break up an illegal street party.
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praise for the actions of a glasgow police officer who was one of six people injured during a stabbing attack at a hotel in which the suspect was shot dead. liverpool's title—winning captain jordan henderson says there's plenty more to come from his side, as liverpool are on course to set a premier league points record. we know strictly‘s on its way back, but what does the future hold for socially—distanced dance? mike has been finding out. good morning. in weather or that heat and humidity is out of the way. it isa heat and humidity is out of the way. it is a weekend of sunshine and showers. still some heavy downpours out there. it is cooler, fresh and unusually windy for this time of year. i have got all your weekend weather on the way. it's saturday, the 27th ofjune. our top story: british tourists will be able to go on holidays abroad this summer, after the government announced a major change to its quarantine rule.
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from july the 6th, people coming back to the uk from countries that are classed as "low risk" such as france and spain won't need to self—isolate for 14 days. the foreign office is also expected to relax its current guidance, which advises against all non—essential travel. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. after a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad. we just want to get away from the familiarity of home, you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly! like others, john is relieved that he and his family won't have to quarantine once they travel back from their holiday in spain. the self—isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday. when we get back, we haven't got 14 days before our little ones need to go back to school. you know, they've missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more.
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a series of travel corridors are planned from july 6th. it will mean that people from low risk countries like france, spain, italy, germany, the netherlands, greece, norway and finland will not have to self—isolate after their travel. a final list will be confirmed next week. portugal and sweden are expected to be given a red rating because of concerns about the prevalence of the virus. anyone travelling on from there and much of the rest of the world will still be subject to the quarantine rules. the republic of ireland has always been exempt. we believe it can be safe to operate without the need for quarantine. for airlines, which have been battered by the pandemic, it's a move in the right direction. we really need to move quickly to establish some safe corridors, and we're not talking about throwing it open to the entire world, but where it's safe to operate, we fundamentally believe that we are also safe to operate
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and we need to do that quickly. we will now begin boarding by seat rows... row—by—row boarding this summer should be a more orderly affair. there will be new rules on board. it is required of all passengers to wear your facemask orface covering. there is an exception for children under the age of six. and no trolley service, although you hopefully will get water. welcome, anybody else? but with quarantine removed for many destinations, travel companies hope they can land more bookings. tom burridge, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent nick eardley. what do you make of these plans, and the fact the quarantine rules are going to be scaled back less than a month after they were introduced? originally, of course, it is why those measures were not brought in
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sooner. but now the questions will be around which countries, and why now? i think that is absolutely right. good morning, charlie. there has been a lot of criticism over the way the government handled this so far, why quarantine wasn't brought in right at the start when the virus started to take off in europe, why then there was this blanket policy brought in three weeks ago, and now, why some countries are so quickly going to be exempt from it. that said, ithink going to be exempt from it. that said, i think they will be lot of people who feel a sense of relief that this decision is finally coming. there will be viewers who are desperate to get away, like the ones you heard in tom's piece there, there is the travel industry, which has been absolutely desperate to find some sort of compromise that would allow it to set up these travel corridors with the least risky countries. that seems to be exactly what is happening. likewise, tourism domestically, i suspect, will be relieved that people can finally come from many european
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countries to have a holiday in the uk over the next few weeks. the government is acknowledging that a lot of people just won't feel ready to travel. they might not think it is safe, they might feel a bit anxious about some of the changes that are going to be made, indeed, if this happens from the sixth of july, it is going to feel very different, being on a plane and going on holiday, to what it was like before the pandemic. but as i say, after all that criticism of the government, from politicians, from the tourism industry and from others, i think there will be some this morning saying, hopefully, they have got to a place where this makes some sense and can have some sort of long—term impact. some sense and can have some sort of long-term impact. nick, thanks very much. the police officers who responded to yesterday's attack in glasgow have been praised for their "bravery, selflessness and commitment to protect the public". one constable, who has been named as david whyte, was seriously injured in the knife attack. his condition has been described as critical but stable. connor gillies is at the scene in glasgow city centre this morning. connor, what's the latest?
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obviously there was a big police presence yesterday and lots of concern is the reports came out. what is happening now? yeah, this is a city unsettled this morning. of course, please have remained here at the scene, following that prolonged knife attack yesterday afternoon, and tributes are also now starting to gather here as well. the focus of this investigation is just to gather here as well. the focus of this investigation isjust over to gather here as well. the focus of this investigation is just over my shoulder here at the park inn hotel, and that was home to asylum seekers. there are 91 rooms in that hotel, and eyewitnesses in that building described seeing victims gasping for airduring the described seeing victims gasping for air during the moments of this attack, describing seeing pools of blood on the floor as well. as the suspect ruthlessly targeted people in his path. we have also heard of people barricading themselves inside the rooms of this hotel, trying to
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protect themselves, trying to keep themselves shielded from the attacker, who was elsewhere. now, asylu m attacker, who was elsewhere. now, asylum seekers were then pulled out one by one and they are being spoken to by police. in terms of the victims, we know that there were six victims, we know that there were six victims, they were all men aged between 17 and 53. that includes a 42—year—old police officer, you mentioned there, critically injured. his name is constable david whyte. he has been praised for his actions. we also know that the 17—year—old, it is believed, is a man from sierra leone. he has sustained injuries to his foot during a struggle with police and what is now one of the biggest investigations here in scotla nd biggest investigations here in scotland in many years. conor, thank you very much. police last night had to deal with a number of public gatherings including an illegal street party in london and a second night of celebrations for liverpool fans in the city. police and politicians have urged people to stay at home and maintain social distancing, as jon donnison reports. for a second night, liverpool fans
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have been partying hard. but the message from the authorities — it's gone too far. the fire service had to be called out after a blaze at the famous liver building, apparently caused by fireworks. the city's mayor, joe anderson, tweeted that there were too many intoxicated people making it unsafe, saying covid—19 was still a real risk. merseyside police have now put a dispersal order in place until sunday to try to stop people gathering. and around maida vale in west london, there were clashes as police tried to break up a mass block party, one of several across the capital this week. but it ended up going on into the night. well, police have tried to break up this party several times tonight. they have confiscated the sound system. but there are still a lot of people milling around on the streets, and as you can see,
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a lot of officers. it has been pretty good—natured so far but police are definitely encouraging people to go home. and with lockdown restrictions about to be further eased over the next few weeks, there will be fresh questions about what signal that sends to the public about what people can and can't do. the number of new coronavirus infections in the united states has reached a record high, with 40,000 cases reported on thursday. the recent surge has prompted two of the biggest states, texas and florida, to pause reopening plans. the us has more than two million confirmed infections, more than any other country. but the trump administration has stressed that the situation is stabilising in most of the country. there are concerns that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war that's already led to a humanitarian crisis.
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two million of yemen's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. unicef says it needs almost $500 million to save children. nick is going to have the weather for us ina nick is going to have the weather for us in a few minutes, but many have been experiencing and enjoying soaring temperatures, clear blue skies this week. however, we are going to show you a part of yorkshire, or something that happened in a part of yorkshire, where hailstones came down and were the size of £2 coins. these are some of the images that were shed on social media. leeds and sheffield, we are told, had pitted newly heavy hailstorms there. it all happened during thunderstorms yesterday. according to whether experts, hailstone —— hailstones are bigger in summer because of the higher temperatures. there were some dramatic storms yesterday, as we
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will hear from dramatic storms yesterday, as we will hearfrom nick dramatic storms yesterday, as we will hear from nick a little dramatic storms yesterday, as we will hearfrom nick a little bit later on. there is quite a bit of rain expected today as well. nick will have that. of course, we are talking about holidays. many holiday pla nts talking about holidays. many holiday plants have gone by the wayside, of course, because of the pandemic. but there is some hope that some may be able to enjoy a break this summer, because, after all, even if it means you have to stay in the uk. from july 4th, hotels and b&bs can finally welcome guests again, and many are reporting a surge in interest, as navtej johal reports. open countryside soon to be open again. ho grange holidays offers a rural escape in the hills of the peak district. but it has not been able to offer much at all recently. probably able to offer much at all recently. pro ba bly lost able to offer much at all recently. probably lost somewhere in the region of between £50,000 and £70,000 of income, if not more. but is roughly a third of our income for the whole year. after a great deal of preparation it will come along with much of the hospitality sector, finally reopen on july four. the
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remote will be in a plastic bag and changed between guests. we are taking out ornaments, books, games that are not really necessary. and we will be reducing the cutlery and crockery and cleaning the dishwasher. within two minutes of the news on monday, when they made the news on monday, when they made the announcement that the phone started ringing. we can't wait! it's going to be great. we can't wait. it isa going to be great. we can't wait. it is a little worrying because it is all different and we've got to work out how it is going to work for us all, but yeah, we're desperate to get people back on site. sarah copley owns a holiday let nearby. she too has been inundated with bookings from holidaymakers keen to escape. they are coming from cities, even sheffield, which is only three quarters of an hour away. manchester, lots of people from manchester. london, obviously. and people are wanting to come away because, well, they can't go abroad or they feel they can't go abroad, and they just want to get or they feel they can't go abroad, and theyjust want to get out. there is pent—up demand out there stop across derbyshire and the peak
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district, tourism and hospitality are reporting a welcome surge in interest. the visitor economy to the peak district and derbyshire is really, really important. it is worth, on our last figures, £2.3 billion. it supports over 30,000 jobs. we do still have some challenges facing us, but as things stand at the moment i would anticipate that it would take a good 3- anticipate that it would take a good 3— four years for some of the businesses to recover, and sadly, we may lose some along the way. reminder that restrictions may be easing, but the toll on our economy is likely to be felt for a long time to come. and we can now talk to patricia yates from visit britain, who joins us from kent. patricia, a very good morning to you. so, i mean, this has been a very bleak time for anyone who is in the holiday business in the uk, but also in terms of travel overseas, which is changing a bit. so tell us
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how you see that period from fourth july? well, we know that businesses are very july? well, we know that businesses are very keen to open, as you have heard that stop a certain nervousness, about what this is going to look like. and from people who are thinking of travelling as well. so we have been doing a market so that businesses can go online, they can see what the guidelines are, they can check that they comply with those, and then they get a "we are good to go" symbol, which they can display which shows that customers, their staff, that they understand infection control and social distancing. and it gives that ring of confidence that we think people want as they travel, because the important thing now, as you were just hearing, is not only to get people travelling through just hearing, is not only to get people travelling throuthuly just hearing, is not only to get people travelling through july and august but to really extend the season, the holiday industry has lost since easter, we are talking about a lost since easter, we are talking abouta dip lost since easter, we are talking about a dip of about £37 billion on an industry that employs millions of
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people right across the country. so to get tourism kickstarted and to work really ha rd to get tourism kickstarted and to work really hard to extend the season, good to go, is that correct? yes. you saying that they put restrictions and measures needed. what about when it comes to feedback from people going into this new world who are seeing things done differently. are you expecting their feedback to be as important? we will obviously have a spot check system in place and use right across the uk. we're talking about england opening on four, obviously in scotla nd opening on four, obviously in scotland and wales are a little bit further behind that. this is a
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market that people will see right across the nation and we have had it running for two days and over 600 businesses have signed up already. evenif businesses have signed up already. even if you are used to going to holiday cottages in england and the rest of the uk eventually, it is going to look very differently in terms of the client now?|j going to look very differently in terms of the client now? i think it is going to look very differently. i love hotel by faye breakfast but they are a thing of the past. hotels will have to have social distancing so they will not be opening at full occupancy and businesses will have to look at the sort of services they provide and really pruning those down to make sure that infection control and the cleansing regime is right and that they can have social distancing. i think be prepared for not to look quite as you would expect them. one of the great
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unknowns into this is these places, hotels, restaurants, b&bs, they can make many preparations and get themselves sorted to the extent that they can welcome guests. what we don't know is whether the guests will show. fundamentally, albeit people say we would like to go somewhere, come the moment, will they want to travel and stay somewhere? that is one of the things we just somewhere? that is one of the things wejust don't somewhere? that is one of the things we just don't know. we have been doing weekly consumer sentiment and we have seen a real nervousness about travelling, even domestically, through the summer. with the change in government advice we are hoping that will change and obviously the mark is there to try and convince people and we are doing a reassurance campaign in the short—term, persuading people they can travel, that they can look out for the mark and know that businesses know what they are doing
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and longer term getting people to go out and explore more of the country. the opportunities are that we have a whole new audience who have not had a domestic holiday for some years andi a domestic holiday for some years and i think they will be really surprised by the quality and well, they find a british establishment so a good opportunity for us and all the industry to showcase the very best of the country. thank you very much. i suppose one of the things you might want is a hot tub. we were talking about this earlier.m you might want is a hot tub. we were talking about this earlier. it came in at number10 talking about this earlier. it came in at number 10 of what people might be thinking of doing. even though you are not on social media you kindly asked for pictures. technically i us the pictures and thought about it and said don't send pictures that make you knew what you we re pictures that make you knew what you were doing when you said send some pictures. i love this one. this is
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karen's and not a traditional hot tub. i thought you might like that one, charlie. waste not want not. if you're lucky to have a garden, you can have a hot tubjames says, you do not need it... look at that. i think... iam do not need it... look at that. i think... i am going to assume the bin is clean and i'm going to assume he is enjoying a gin and tonic. that is improvisation. i reckon that would get really warm although i do not know how you would sit in it. what do you mean? if you are in the bin, you cannot sit because it gets narrower at the bottom. you are sort
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of semi— sitting. you are perched, really. nick has a slightly despairing look kind of don't involve me in the conversation. you are going to have to stand, basically. i am are going to have to stand, basically. iam more are going to have to stand, basically. i am more concerned where this is going because it is only 7:20am and there is a lot of this programme left and you think you have stretched the limit with the really been, i am not sure we have but we will find out. should we make it official we are calling a halt to it. no, no, bring it on. tell us about the weather. the hot tubs may be filling up by themselves because a lot of wet weather around with showers and longer spells of rain. it is windy, low pressure in control, bands of wet weather. if
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you're not a fan of the heat and humidity, that is out of the door. we have not finished with the thunderstorms just yet. across parts of north east scotland to start the day. it may be thundering in places and the chance of hail. england and wales, brighter skies between showers. the bridge is much lower compared to where we have been. downpours on gusty winds with 40 miles per hour winds. in scotland, the windsor are not at ——of the winds are not as strong so prolonged downpours. the risk of flooding with these as well. showers continuing overnight with longer spells of wet weather coming back into northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and north wales. a cooler and fresher note to come. northern ireland, parts of scotland, west of the pennines, north wales, probably fewer showers in the
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southern half of england but it looks to be a windy day tomorrow. gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour. tomorrow looking cooler than today. that is your weekend weather. are you missing dancing, nick? no, i ama are you missing dancing, nick? no, i am a terrible dancer. it is going to be one of those mornings, nick. brace yourself. quickly getting that impression. i feel for him already. this week it was confirmed strictly come dancing will return this autumn, although there will be changes to the format due to coronavirus. the professional dancers will start rehearsing at the end of next month, and the cast and producers will isolate together to work on the first group dance. but before that, head judge shirley ballas, has another focus — she's campaigning to get the government to reopen the hundreds of thousands of dance studios that remain closed due to the pandemic. to look at how dance can return,
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and how it will look going forward, we allowed mike to put his dance shoes back on. let's take a look. remember the dance floor before they all became empty? the way we used to be we canjoin hands and brace all became empty? the way we used to be we can join hands and brace the music together and feel the joy of reason? strictly come dancing my journey came to an end in the world—famous tamme journey came to an end in the world —famous tamme ballroom journey came to an end in the world—famous tamme ballroom but my life had already been transformed by the power of dance. i was a stone and a half later, physically and mentally sharper and the concern is,000 good miss out on those benefits if danceable and studios do not reopen and some folder. my concern is we will lose maybe more than half of the studios that we have in this country. the human consequence of this is that what
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about the person with mental health problems or osteoporosis or anything they need to get out, keep moving. i mean, we know that moving to music can really enhance the whole body, it can give you an endorphin release, it can socially help you when you are going into the studio. well, the social distancing rules would need to be fully relaxed for some of the couple classes at the postponed british open to go ahead stop for the vast majority who just wa nt to stop for the vast majority who just want to improve that dance moves, it is claimed studios could open safely tomorrow. the problem is the government perceives ballroom dancing is people who don't together, which is exactly true in some cases but, when you come in as a social dancer and as a kid at the bottom of the pyramid, there are thousands and thousands of kids doing this and they are doing it
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solo. the government has aspirations to open gems and leisure facilities in mid—july. if dance studies are included it would be music to the ea rs included it would be music to the ears to those who kept classes going during lockdown. shirley ballas has been helping a school in wales. the squad have performed whole routines individually from home. harry has continued his learning alone on his computer. while others have been dancing separately. but from next week, the weekly session will move to an open—aircar week, the weekly session will move to an open—air car park with socially distance group of six. mental health challenges will happen after this. being in that live environment creates that happy hormone. that is why it is so important and even if we are socially distancing, it will be a
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lot better than just being on line. at the community dance studio in winchester, outdoor one—to—one classes have started again, observing social distance guidelines and ending the need to dance alone at home. i havejust and ending the need to dance alone at home. i have just been stressed, really. it is a bit hard. what does dance give you ? really. it is a bit hard. what does dance give you? it gives me joy, a chance to express myself. coming out from that, here's is buzzing, back to his old self. for most kids, it is their life. without that, it is like a piece of you is missing. at this studio, parents and volunteers are building an outside stage so more can return. we pasted 12 dancers. we can safely run a dance class. to really see how different
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dance might be, i was reunited this week with my strictly come dancing partner. you know from dancing with mei partner. you know from dancing with me i only needed to shout at you to do things. it worked and you are here to do more so we could demonstrate right here that you can still dance and learn everything you need with distance. so gimme five keyboard changes, please. good, point that foot. had higher, shoulders down. if we do run classes with reduced numbers, we can have boxes taped down on the floor. yesterday in your box and you learn heaps of dance moves. in fact, katia was able to give me a refresher lesson while keeping the distance. it might be odd but it is still a
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great way to feel the benefits. we cannot wait to open our doors because it is an amazing workout for your whole body. strictly come dancing on we're going to have a new set of rules, you're going to be able to see how you can dance one metre apart. better without you? and when studios like this reopen, it will be a lot more about holding your own on the dance floor. a bit like the start of the dance the week i was knocked out... keep dancing. he is an impressive man. he is so at home with his glitter. see you shortly.
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hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. restrictions on non—essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the uk from the 6th ofjuly, ministers have said. holidaymakers are expected to be allowed to travel to certain european countries without having to spend 14 days in quarantine when they return. they are thought to include spain, france, greece, italy, and turkey — but not portugal or sweden. the full list of travel corridors with the uk will be published next week.
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police have been called to break up a number of public gatherings as people continue to disobey coronavirus restrictions. a fire broke out at the liver building in liverpool during a second night of celebrations for the club's premier league title win. in west london, police were called to an unlicensed music event on harrow road. police and politicians are urging people to stay at home and not attend large public gatherings. let's get some reaction to both of those stories from dr sarah jarvis, who joins us now from west london. good to see you, dr sarahjarvis. are you well? i am very well, thank you, hoping to stay that way. good, well, ok. you just had the last couple of stories we were informing people about. you have seen the pictures, bournemouth beach, the beaches around the country, you have seen those who were celebrating in liverpool, you have seen the street parties in london and various places and the police having to deal with that stop what are your thoughts?” am very worried indeed. at the moment we have had some very, very hot days and people have been gathering in vast numbers outside stop that is a concern, but not as much of a concern as it would be if
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people start gathering inside and start having parties and raves inside, but it is still a real concern, especially when you get that many people together for significant lengths of time, because it is not just significant lengths of time, because it is notjust in terms of how likely you are to catch it, it is not just likely you are to catch it, it is notjust in terms of a question of two metres or one metre plus a less than one metre, the risk is dramatically higher than between one and two metres. it is notjust a question of outdoors and indoors, because the risk is low outdoors. but there is still risk. it is also how long you are in face—to—face contact with each other, and whether you are face—to—face and side—by—side. now, lots of those parties or on beaches, people will be next to each other for a long time. they then go home, they don't know they have the virus, they take it home to their elderly relatives because they think they are fine but they have got other people they see, because they don't know who they are next to, then we're not going to be able to trace it. so, drjarvis,
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when it comes to how people are feeling at this moment in time, we are reporting today, we are reporting holidays, july six, we are expected to know from the government which countries people can go to without having to self isolate when they get back to the uk. what is the feeling, do you think, that people have at this moment in time in terms of the measures that have been eased and when they look on venues or go out on the street or go to their local park and they see other people behaving, or deciding to behave in certain ways? i think there seems to be three very different groups of people. one is the people who go, well, i have done it for three months and i can get out now, i've had it. and those other ones were driving three or four hours each way to get to a beach what our packed like sardines and putting everybody else at risk and abusing the people who come to pick up the rubbish and relieving themselves in mcdonald's pots on the beach. some horrendous stories have been heard there. then
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we have got the people who are looking on in horror and saying, you are going to bring the level up for all of us, and frankly we are in a perilous position. the latest surveillance statistics suggest, well, they say it is levelling off, but actually comedy levels two weeks ago where one in 1700 people at any one time, and now we're looking at one time, and now we're looking at one in 1100 people. now, that is a pilot, so there is a wide margin of error. but there is really a chance the levels could be going up again. and then you have got doctors who are going, you are doing this too fast. put the brakes back on. dr jarvis, what does putting the brakes back on look like? professor niall ferguson, he was one of those advisers which led the government decision to impose lockdown, he has said he would expect to see targeted restrictions to contain outbreaks. he was talking on radio for, he said the uk should be prepared to row back a bit. what does that look like? how receptive do you think,
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talk to patients all the time, how receptive do you think people would be to that? well, again, i think it is very varied. i have got shielded patients, patients from the very vulnerable category, and patients we re over vulnerable category, and patients were over 70, patients who know they are at high risk, and they are desperate for things not to open up because they see people behaving as if lockdown is over. then we have got people who go, that's it, i've had enough. bring it on. i would rather get coronavirus. and of course the worry about that is, if our relatively young, if they haven't got underlying conditions, if they are not of bame origin, they might be fine, but they will give it to other people. and i really worry that if we have, as we do at the moment, for instance, outbreaks in leicester, yorkshire, anglesey, that people there might be pretty good for a little bit, but when they get a cost, or when they get a call from somebody saying, you've been in touch with somebody who has proven symptoms, please stay home, they are going to go, yes, absolutely, put
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the phone down and think, i don't think so. i'm sure it will be fine, i'll be ok. and that really worries me, because that is the way we're going to end up in the position of the united states is in, hundreds of thousands of people are dying.” the united states is in, hundreds of thousands of people are dying. i am going to take a stab at this, i don't think it is a stab in the dark. you seem quite annoyed at the moment. i am really quite cross, and i genuinely think that the government has made a lot of mistakes. i think scotland, actually, and wales and northern ireland, have dealt with it in a better way. i think they have all decides more closely. i am very worried that with the fourth ofjuly coming up, the government kept saying, we won't hesitate to roll things back, but actually, there is no sign that they are prepared to do that. i think they should have taken another couple of weeks before they eased each step and i certainly do not think that they should have announced the next easing step ten days or two weeks in advance with a hot weekend between now and the date that they want people to change
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their behaviour. doctor dr, always good to talk to you. i hope your weekend is a good one. take care. —— dr sarahjarvis, weekend is a good one. take care. —— dr sarah jarvis, always weekend is a good one. take care. —— dr sarahjarvis, always good to talk to you. time for sport. after all the delightful liverpool fans, it is very delightful liverpool fans, it is very message from delightful liverpool fans, it is very message from the top. jurgen klopp saying, do you know what? this is just the klopp saying, do you know what? this isjust the beginning. you wait klopp saying, do you know what? this is just the beginning. you wait and see what is coming next. a very ambitious man, isn't it? and so was the little captain as well, jordan henderson. he says there is more to come from his side after they won their first league title in 30 years. some of the players have been posting on social media in the last few hours, including trent alexander arnold, after what we know was a rather large celebration. liverpool sit 23 points clear at the top of the premier league table with just seven games remaining. if they win those matches they'll set a new premier league points record. now we are premier league champions,
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which was obviously the goal at the start of the season. we still have seven games left and we are going to win all seven. that is not easy. that is tough, of course, in the premier league. but that is our mentality. we want to win each game from now until the end of the season, and if we can do that, of course, you are talking about records and talking about the points and things like that. so we can't obviously think too far ahead, which i don't like doing, we will take it game by game. the next game is a huge game for us, against city, who are amazing side. well the man who orchestrated it all is managerjurgen klopp. he's been talking about the special relationship between the club and their fans. having a successful football team in the city always lifts the mood in a city, so it helps everything. it is good. and this moment in time, the biggest crisis we have probably ever had, our generation has ever had. it is so important we don't forget that there is something we can really look forward to. and, yeah, it means
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everything. lewis hamilton has expressed his disappointment over comments from former formula one boss bernie ecclestone, who's said that black people were often more racist than white people. hamilton wrote on social media that the "ignorant and uneducated comments... shows us how far we as a society need to go before real equality can happen. it makes complete sense to me now that nothing was said or done to make our sport more diverse or to address the racial abuse i received throughout my career." formula 1 said in a statement ecclestone left the sport in 2017 and that his comments had no place in sport, or society as a whole. andy murray's back in action at the battle of the brits later. he plays dan evans in the semi—finals. it's after evans beat ryan peniston in his final group match at the national tennis centre in roehampton. the 30—year—old is the current british number one, a title that murray says he'd like to get back in the not too distant future.
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and rugby league is the latest sport to announce a comeback from behind closed doors. the last super league game before lockdown was played on march 15th, and it'll be back injust over five weeks' time. it'll start with three games played behind closed doors at a single venue on saturday august the 2nd, including defending champions st helens against catalans dragons. i was just i wasjust thinking, i was just thinking, how nice, i wasjust thinking, how nice, i am a tennis fan, and how nice to see players playing, you know? just good to see. yes, safely, obviously, because there was the tournament novak djokovic organised where social distancing wasn't really observed and there were quite a few players, including novak djokovic himself, who tested positive to covid—19. so, yes, it is very nice to see in britain playing back again, because we're going to miss wimbledon this year. absolutely. it
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is interesting, isn't it, jane, i was thinking about the golf welcome you see the contrast. because you saw andy murray's comments when it came to novak djokovic's tournament and the celebrations, rory michael roy's comments when it came to the golf, and there was fist pumping and i think bubba whatley was diagnosed with coronavirus and all of that. —— i think watney was diagnosed. it is interesting see the attitudes among sportspeople. quite a few players at that tournament in connecticut where rory michael roy is playing, not just them, but they are counties tested positive for they withdrew as a precaution because of their counties testing positive. —— rory mcilroy. now, ithink, doesn't matter if you are in this bubble. there has been just matter if you are in this bubble. there has beenjust thought matter if you are in this bubble. there has been just thought process that if you are in a bubble and everybody in your bubble was tested, you will be all right, well, that is not necessarily true, because somebody might such a surface here or there and then shake hands of this pump and it is very difficult to contain, as we are seeing. yeah,
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and are trying to navigate a quite difficult situation. we all are, aren't we, really? nick has the weather. i think that is still, as usual, you have got to be maps, you have got the data, that doesn't change. it doesn't change, although the weather changes, and this weekend it is changing from hour to hour and minute to minute across some parts of britain. a few from north—east scotla nd of britain. a few from north—east scotland this morning into aberdeenshire, where we have thunderstorms to start the day, pushing into murray is well with torrential downpours around in places. with low pressure in control this weekend, we are going to see more rain at times, and if you are not a fan of the heat and humidity, when that is out of the way, it is cooler and fresher this weekend. much more to show you, this recent rainfall, you can see the showers coming in towards the west of the uk, buta coming in towards the west of the uk, but a touch of lightning appear, this is where it has been a noisy start in north—eastern scotland, with those thunderstorms which are continuing to push north. low pressure is in control. it will park
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itself towards the north—west of the uk throughout this weekend. circulating around that will be these bounds of rain or showers, some pretty brisk winds in particular across england and wales today, it is looking very blustery. thunderstorms continue to push across northern scotland over the next couple of hours. we will see these showers spreading north across these showers spreading north across the uk. england and wales in particular, some sunny spells in between those showers. let's take a look at things into this afternoon. with the showers, it is not raining all the time but they will be some heavy downpours around, maybe with a rumble of thunder, maybe with some hailand rumble of thunder, maybe with some hail and sunshine rumble of thunder, maybe with some hailand sunshine in rumble of thunder, maybe with some hail and sunshine in between, but if you look at these temperatures they are much lower than they have been. northern ireland and scotland the winds are somewhat lighter here. that means when it does rain, it will last longer. you could see 10-20 will last longer. you could see 10—20 millimetres of rain in a fairly short space of time, perhaps more over a few hours in scotland and northern ireland, which brings the risk of seeing some flooding. a few sunny spells in scotland at times, mainly cloudy and northern ireland. overnight, you can see
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these showers keep on coming. it looks to be turning which are still in northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england and north wales, later in the night. if you have found it hard to sleep over the past few nights, these temperatures are coming down. it will be easier sleeping around 10— 12 degrees. just another look at this low pressure area tomorrow, it is still very much in control and closer to that, across parts of northern ireland and scotland and northern england and northern wales, not just showers, but northern england and northern wales, notjust showers, but it looks to be quite wet at times tomorrow. in south wales, and the southern half of england, probably fewer showers than today. more in the way of sunny spells. tomorrow looks to be a windy day, gusts in excess of 40 mph, and tomorrow is looking even cooler than today. an unsettled weekend. back to your forecast. the mother of two sisters who were found stabbed to death has accused the police of dehumanising her children and treating them as if they were nothing. bibaa henry, who was 46,
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and nicole smallman, who was 27, were found dead three weeks ago in a park in london. two police officers were arrested and suspended on suspicion of sharing inappropriate photos from the murder scene. our religion editor martin bashir reports. on the first friday injune, social worker bibaa henry along with her sister nicky and some friends celebrated her 46 birthday by the morning, they could not be contacted. so i then phoned the police. i said, contacted. so i then phoned the police. isaid, we contacted. so i then phoned the police. i said, we don't even know if there has been foul play here. we have no idea. we are now 36 hours on and they have not turned up. impatient with the police response, nicky's boyfriend, adam, went to the park. then adam said, we have found
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a knife. iam park. then adam said, we have found a knife. i am going to need you to sit down. i found them. a knife. i am going to need you to sit down. ifound them. i have found them but they have gone, they have gone. so i understand this, your family is effectively running a search? yes. your family has driven the investigation? yes. your family has found your daughters? yes. police sealed off the area and recovered their bodies but for the family their grief was about to be compounded when they met with a police commanded and a member of the independent office for police conduct. —— police commander. independent office for police conduct. -- police commander. they saidi conduct. -- police commander. they said i do not know how to tell you this but police officers were taking selfies and posing for pictures with
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your dad daughters. in the deep south, when they used to lynch people and you would see smiling faces around a hanging dead body, those police officers dehumanised our children. almost three decades after the murder of stephen lawrence, this case raises the same questions about institutional racism in the police. if it is as it appears to be, it is shocking, it is disgusting and the whole of the met would condemn what has happened here. if ever we needed an example of how toxic it has become, those police officers felt so safe, so
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untouchable that they felt they could take photographs. the first female black archdeacon in the church of england says she is only been sustained by her christian faith. the police investigation into her daughter continues. we are very grateful for her talking to us ata we are very grateful for her talking to us at a difficult time in her family's alive. let's take a look at this week's click, looking at the changes being made to the hospitality industry because of coronavirus.
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hey, welcome to click, hope you're doing ok. i don't know what it's like where you are, but over here, restrictions are being lifted, and many, many more places are going to be able to reopen soon. which, if i'm honest, feels a bit strange. i don't know how you feel about it, lara. yeah, i think i've already adapted to some things about lockdown, although i'll be very pleased to get this fixed, and also hospitality is reopening. so it means we can go to a restaurant. ijust don't know how normal it's going to feel sitting down and eating in one. yeah, i don't think i'm ready to eat out yet, it's weird, isn't it. it is, but i suppose it has been such a strange few months. the coronavirus has really affected pretty much everything, and the food and drinks industry is no exception. in the uk, by some estimates, up to 80% of our food is imported. so travel restrictions and controlled borders could be a real problem unless we can produce more food ourselves. sojen copestake's been to visit a world—first project where the aim
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is to create more food but cause less damage to the environment. one word — sewage. yes, sewage. every year we produce! million tonnes of it in the uk. and it produces its own waste — heat. interest is growing on how to use this waste heat as a sustainable energy source, and here in east anglia it's being used in the building of a unique greenhouse project which could revolutionise our country's farming industry. this will be the world's first greenhouse that is using heat from a water treatment plant, and that has the benefit of not only reducing the impact on the environment but also reducing the uk's need to import produce. in the uk we consume over 500,000 tonnes of fresh tomatoes every year. 80% of this, around 400,000
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tonnes is imported. the same goes for cucumbers and peppers. we import 75% of our cucumbers and 90% of peppers. these new greenhouses could not only help make the uk self—sufficient in produce, but also reduce carbon emissions by 75%. so ben, we're now walking into the greenhouse, blimey, it's really, really big. certainly one of the largest in terms of the uk. for every hectare of normal land, a greenhouse like this can produce ten times more food using ten times less water. we'd be looking at growing probably about 23 million peppers a year in this particular facility. wow, so what is that as a percentage of the amount of consumption of peppers in the uk? i'd say probably 5%. a conventional greenhouse might use fossil fuels to provide its heat by burning gas or oil, but here the waste heat from the nearby sewage works is pumped 2.5 kilometres via an enclosed loop system to the greenhouse. the idea to use this waste heat came from thermal engineer neil lawson.
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well, it was inspiration from nature really, walking down the river with the dog on a winter's day, saw a stream coming in from the left and it was steaming and the ducks were sitting there enjoying the warmth, so i followed that stream to its source, and came up to the sewage treatment works. they were discharging 1000 litres a second of clean water into the river, at up to 25 degrees centigrade. that equates to 54 megawatts worth of waste heat. that's enough heating for about 15,000 homes. using geographic information system mapping, 43 sites close to wastewater centres have been identified around the country, including the anglian water treatment plant near bury st edmunds. so we're now at the water recycling plant, where this treated water will then be pumped into a station and the heat will be removed from that process, and then the heat will be transferred to the greenhouse. we're taking a low source of energy which is otherwise a waste energy,
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using heat pumps to upgrade or compress that low—grade heat to make it useful heat to heat a greenhouse. a greenhouse uses a lot of energy, here we have an abundant source available. another benefit to this new farming technique is reducing reliance on countries where water is no longer so abundant. parts of southern spain, actually, their groundwater now is saline. and they're having to develop saline resistant crops. whereas here in the uk we don't have that problem, it rains all the time. we can get all the water we need from capturing it on the roof and recycling it. and that's not all the roof can do. and the entire roof is designed to maximise the amount of light that comes into it, so much so that the glass is diffuse and it enables the light to be spread evenly across the entire crop. it is actually quite remarkable, it might look unassuming but actually there's a lot of artificial intelligence included in the environmental computers.
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all the vents are controlled by by artificial intelligence. they‘ re constantly scanning met office data for prevailing wind directions. the trend for computer—driven farming is growing. a six—month autonomous greenhouse competition was recently held in the netherlands. teams fully automated the process of growing tomatoes. sensors, camera detection and models provided the needed information to get the plants their exact nutrients. and of course robots play a role in greenhouse production and here they will be deployed to help carry vegetables around the central aisle to the pack house. there are no plans to use robots like this sweeper bot to help pick produce, yet. but the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need to think about growing food locally and perhaps with limited human involvement. no—one knows what the future holds, so with this particular pandemic, let's say, it could, the virus could mutate and all of a sudden we don't have enough food. we've benefited from unrestricted movement and free movement of goods as well, and that may be set to change. if we don't have a bit more
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resilience in the uk on ourfood production, there could be issues down the line. these issues could disappear depending on the success of this project. if all 43 sites were up and running, low carbon farming say they could produce all of the uk's tomato requirements and at least half of its peppers. until then, the first shipments from here are expected to hit the supermarkets next spring. ok, before we go, wejust had to get our hands on some tech. a few months back, we sent our resident baker, omar mehtab, to play sous chef to an a! controlled pizza robot and this is what happened. pizza, arguably the comfiest of comfort foods, and it's eaten by the millions daily around the world. and this one here was put
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together by a robot. developed by picnic, this modular machine is set to put together around 300 pizzas per hour. that is so many that you'd need three of those big ovens to cope with that amount. but those still need to be prepped by human but from there, it's completely automated. now, to get this machine running, first you select what kind of pizza you want on this tablet. once you've done that, you place the dough inside, underneath this sensor right here, and what that does is it works out the exact location of that dough. why's that? because it needs to work out where exactly those ingredients need to be placed on the pie. there are four modules for sauce, cheese, vegetables and meat. but a restaurant offering more on the menu can add however many they want. in between each ingredient module is a camera and this camera takes pictures of each stage of the pizza—making process.
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it then sends those pictures back to the ai so it can analyse them and improve itself over time. so the more pizzas it makes, the better it gets. so what you should get in the end is the perfect pizza. but there's one thing that i still have to do, which is take it from this machine and put it in here so it can bake. what we're doing is we're digitising what has been a completely manual process. so we're capturing data about ingredient usage, ordering patterns, eliminate — sometimes you have food waste because you bought too much of an ingredient, you didn't use it. people can order directly off of their phone and the system can tell the customer exactly when their pizza will be ready because it'll know where it is in the queue. right, now, i'm going to put this machine to the test. a taste test. i dabble in a bit of baking myself so i'm going to bake my own pizza and compare the two and see which one comes out better. two, one... and it's ripped, oh! hey.
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and this means i can be as specific as i want as i go along, like taking out some black olives, and adding extra cheese on top. things the machine can't do, but, if you're inexperienced like me, that may come with a price. i can't get it off. oh, no... the reason why we only have a third of a pizza in this box is because the rest of it is, um, it's stuck to the mesh... laughs. and now, to taste. i think you can tell which one's which. first, mine. yeah, all right, i'll be honest, it was awful. mmm! and the machines? oh, sod it! ok, i lost. the company plans to create new systems to make a wide variety
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of foods including sandwiches and salads. but is there a danger that the restaurants who use this machine could have very similar food to each other? when we encounter a customer, we want to use their ingredients, their style, however they like to make their pizza. it's not a uniform one size fits all pizza. it's not like a manufacturing set up. we want to make the same pizza that the chef is already making, just make it much more consistency and make it much more easily, with lower food waste. so these machines could fill up the kitchens of pizzerias in the future, unless you want to stick to a human's touch... well, not mine. can someone help? man loves his food, man loves his food! that was omar. and that's it for the shortcut of this week's click. the full length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. you can keep track of the team throughout the week on social media, on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. bye— bye.
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good morning and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the return of the foreign holiday. from july 6th british tourists will be allowed to travel to european countries including spain, france and greece without having to self—isolate when you fly back to the uk. more mass gatherings as liverpool fans are urged to stay at home after huge crowds descended on the city centre last night. in west london there were clashes as police tried to break up an illegal street party. praise for the actions of a glasgow police officer who was one of six people injured during a stabbing attack at a hotel in which the suspect was shot dead. good morning. "we will not stop." that's the promise from the liverpool managerjurgen klopp after delivering their first league title in 30 years. we know strictly‘s on its way back, but what does the future hold for socially—distanced dance? mike has been finding out.
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morning. in weather, all that heat and humidity is out of the way. it isa and humidity is out of the way. it is a weekend of sun sign and showers, still some heavy downpours. it is unusually windy for the time of year. all your weekend weather on the way. good morning. it's saturday the 27th june. our top story. british tourists will be able to go on holidays abroad this summer, after the government announced a major change to its quarantine rule. from july the 6th, people coming back to the uk from countries that are classed as "low risk" won't need to self—isolate for 14 days. the full list will be published next week but is likely to include the likes of spain, france and germany. the foreign office is also expected to relax its current guidance, which advises against all non—essential travel. here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. after a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad.
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we just want to get away from the familiarity of home, you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly! like others, john is relieved that he and his family won't have to quarantine once they travel back from their holiday in spain. the self—isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday. when we get back, we haven't got 14 days before our little ones need to go back to school. you know, they've missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more. a series of travel corridors are planned from july sixth. it will mean that people from low risk countries like france, spain, italy, germany, the netherlands, greece, turkey, norway and finland will not have to self—isolate after their travel. a final list will be
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confirmed next week. portugal and sweden are expected to be given a red rating because of concerns about the prevalence of the virus. anyone travelling in from there and much of the rest of the world will still be subject to the quarantine rules. the republic of ireland has always been exempt. we believe it can be safe to operate without the need for quarantine. for airlines, which have been battered by the pandemic, it's a move in the right direction. we really need to move quickly to establish some safe corridors, and we're not talking about throwing it open to the entire world, but where it's safe to operate, we fundamentally believe that we are also safe to operate and we need to do that quickly. we will now begin boarding by seat rows... row—by—row boarding this summer should be a more orderly affair. there will be new rules on board. it is required of all passengers to wear your facemask or face covering. there is an exception for children
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under the age of six. and no trolley service, although you hopefully will get water. welcome, anybody else ? but with quarantine removed for many destinations, travel companies hope they can land more bookings. tom burridge, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent nick eardley. nick, good morning to you. these rules were announced less than a month ago, and now they are being scaled back for certain countries? yes, good morning. it is interesting because there has been a lot of criticism politically about the way the government has dealt with this, about not bringing in a quarantine backin about not bringing in a quarantine back in march when the virus was spreading in europe but hadn't really reach the uk yet in a meaningful way. then the blanket ban coming in under three weeks ago, actually. lots of criticism that just apply to everybody, no matter how bad the virus was in some of the
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countries in europe. so what i think the government's tried to do here is find some sort of compromise where they say, look, there are some places where we think that the virus isn't spreading all that much, that it's fairly safe to travel to, so we're going to let people go there without having to quarantine themselves for 14 days when they get back. that's going to be a huge relief to the travel industry, to airlines and to many of our viewers, some of whom i expect ijust absolutely dying to get a holiday after what has been a pretty difficult period. the government is acknowledging that not everybody is going to want to do this. some people might still feel quite anxious about going on holiday. it's going to take a while to get things back to anything like what they were like before the pandemic hit. in many ways, things are going to feel very different as well. you heard in tom's piece there, for those who like a
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tom's piece there, for those who likea drink tom's piece there, for those who like a drink on their way to holiday, that is not going to happen at the moment because there aren't going to be the trolley services like there have been, everybody‘s going to have to wear a mask. but the hope in government is that after three months where we have been stuck in the country and the tourism industry has been pretty much dormant, that it can start getting up dormant, that it can start getting up and running again. nick, thanks very much. nick eardley there. police last night had to deal with a number of public gatherings including an illegal street party in london and a second night of celebrations for liverpool fans in the city. police and politicians have urged people to stay at home and maintain social distancing, as jon donnison reports. for a second night, liverpool fans have been partying hard. but the message from the authorities — it's gone too far. the fire service had to be called out after a blaze at the famous liver building, apparently caused by fireworks. the city's mayor, joe anderson, tweeted that there were too many intoxicated people making it unsafe, saying covid—19 was
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still a real risk. merseyside police have now put a dispersal order in place until sunday to try to stop people gathering. and around maida vale in west london, there were clashes as police tried to break up a mass block party, one of several across the capital this week. but it ended up going on into the night. well, police have tried to break this party up several times tonight. they have confiscated the sound system. but there are still a lot of people milling around on the streets, and as you can see, a lot of officers. it has been pretty good—natured so far but police are definitely encouraging people to go home. and with lockdown restrictions about to be further eased over the next few weeks, there will be fresh questions about what signal that sends to the public about what people can and can't do. jon donnison, bbc news in west
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london. the police officers who responded to yesterday's attack in glasgow have been praised for their "bravery, selflessness and commitment to protect the public". one constable, who has been named as david whyte, was seriously injured in the knife attack. his condition has been described as critical but stable. connor gillies is at the scene in glasgow city centre this morning — connor, what's the latest? much praise for the police officers involved? yes, the police investigation has continued through the night here in glasgow, that painstaking recovery of all of the evidence following that attack on the street yesterday afternoon. floral tributes has also been laid here at the police called in. what we know about the victims eyes that there are six people, all men aged between 17 and 53. they remain in hospital. and among that number is a 42—year—old police officer,
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co nsta ble 42—year—old police officer, constable david white, again being praised by scotland's chief, is to before his bravery, running towards the danger when everyone else was running away. we understand the 17—year—old i mentioned there is a boy from sierra leone. he remains in hospital and is said to have sustained injuries to his foot during a struggle with the attacker. this was the biggest deployment of police in scotland since the glasgow airport terror attack in 2007, and the police were quick yesterday to rule out terrorism as a factor, which may indicate that they have some idea as to the motives here. but clearly the suspect was shot dead very quickly by armed officers, and that will add to the complex nature of not being able to question him, and again adding to the difficulties in this investigation. connor, thank you very much. connor gillies there.
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there are concerns that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war that's already led to a humanitarian crisis. two million of yemen's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. unicef says it needs almost half a billion dollars to save children. the number of new coronavirus infections in the united states has reached a record high — with 40,000 cases reported on thursday. the recent surge has prompted two of the biggest states, texas and florida, to pause reopening plans. the us has more than two million confirmed infections — more than any other country. but the trump administration has stressed that the situation is stabilising in most of the country. zoos and aquariums in england are set to receive up to £100 million from the government to help them deal with the financial fallout of the pandemic.
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it's an expansion of a relief fund announced in may. zoos and aquariums in england were allowed to reopen two weeks ago, but still remain closed in scotland, wales and northern ireland. the time now is 11 minutes past eight. all the weather and sport coming upfor eight. all the weather and sport coming up for you a little later on. if you are planning a holiday, wish you could go on holiday, perhaps there is some good news coming for you. from july the 60 will be able to travel to a number of european destinations without needing to quarantine for 14 days when you get back. the list of countries is set to include italy, turkey and spain — but portugal and sweden are expected to be left off the list because of concerns over the infection rates there. we're joined now byjonathan smith, from the trade body for the travel industry, abta, and robert owen, who owns a bar in la cala de mijas in southern spain. jonathan, i suppose we should start with you, before we find out how excited robert is about this. we should start with you in terms of notice and the timing of this, it is less tha n notice and the timing of this, it is less than a month since the quarantine measures, and rules were
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introduced? we are very excited about this too, it is clearly good news for the travel industry. we have been calling on the government to put out a road map on how to restart international travel for some time. the industry has been going through a difficult period, but this will start bookings for the summerand but this will start bookings for the summer and people can look forward toa summer summer and people can look forward to a summer holiday. but we need confirmation of those list of countries, the date and the change of the fco travel advice, which currently advises against all but essential travel. what you will be advising and your what your operators will be keen to know is the responsibilities they have to ta ke the responsibilities they have to take when it comes to advice on safety. safety is important, people need to know they can travel with confidence. operators have been preparing for some time. people's holiday experience won't be the same as they have expected. they will be
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rules in place around airports and aeroplanes, around style restaurant systems, and there will be table service in place, so they will be changes but it is all about making sure that the holiday experiences safe and enjoyable. so, robert, you area barand safe and enjoyable. so, robert, you are a bar and snack bar owner, in la ca la are a bar and snack bar owner, in la cala de mijas, and we can see the beautiful blue skies there. why wouldn't somebody want to come to where you are in spain. are you very optimistic that as these restrictions around quarantine coming back to the uk, that that will mean a lot of people do travel? yes, i will mean a lot of people do travel? yes, lam, will mean a lot of people do travel? yes, i am, and we are here and ready and waiting for friends and family to come back over and see us again. but you will be aware that even those who are prepared to get on a flight those who are prepared to get on a flight and come out might be worried about in practice what it will be like, how different it will be from the experience they may have had before. how are you handling that
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side of things? we have social distancing on our terraces. we have to hand sanitiser everywhere for people. the toilets are checked and cleaned on an hourly basis. but on the beaches as well, the bars are now open, there are people guiding those on the beaches, giving them advice, and we are here and waiting. i don't know whether you saw it, we had a very hot day, i never when he jammed the beaches in bournemouth. can you paint me a picture of what the beaches are like? they are safe, and they are patrolled regularly to give people advice on distancing and keeping apart from each other. there won't be as much overcrowding because there is a lot of space here and people will be here to enjoy themselves. how concerned are you about the nature of having a bar,
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and alcohol being served. something we have spoken about in terms of people go in with good intentions, you have a couple of drinks and perhaps those intentions can waver. i agree with you, but in the cafe but i have, it is easier to control. but you are right, people can get a little loose once they have had a few drinks, but we have good staff who can ask them to sit down when they have to, and there is still social distancing in the bar. do you think you are going to need to be more interventionist with your customers, or your staff are going to be? possibly. we will be firm but fair. there are some areas of this, andi fair. there are some areas of this, and i know the official announcement of the countries is on monday, and there is this curious period of time, and this has happened once or twice during the pandemic where we are told that there is going to be an announcement, so we are in this
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strange area. for example, though, we are told that portugal is not expected to be on the list. but obviously anyone who knows those parts of the world knows you could fly to spain, and you could go to portugal and then fly back from spain? part of this in practice doesn't make much sense.” spain? part of this in practice doesn't make much sense. i think we will have to wait and see what countries are on the list when it is announced on monday. but what is important is that government are taking a risk based approach to this, there is a blanket ban at the moment irrespective of the prevalence of the pandemic in each country, whether they were similar to the uk or even less developed. so what we are now going to have at a traffic light approach with countries opened up for travel, and thatis countries opened up for travel, and that is the main thing. can ijust ask, on a practical note, i know that the official rules are no one is able to go on holiday. all
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nonessential travel has been banned. have you had british holiday—makers who have been out there for a week who have been out there for a week who have been out there for a week who have told you their stories, who have just done it anyway? we haven't, actually. we haven't had any tourist at all as of yet, so the people who are here are obviously the locals or expats, or people who got stuck at lockdown while they we re got stuck at lockdown while they were here. but no tourists as of yet. robert, what are the locals and ex pats were yet. robert, what are the locals and expats were already there, have they quite enjoyed not having a swathes of tourists around ? quite enjoyed not having a swathes of tourists around? obviously in a business sense you need it, but it is important, of course. butjust in terms of peace and quiet and enjoying their local community, how have they felt about it? it has been a different experience for all of us who live here, but it is a family that we have, the big expat community, but we miss our friends coming over, and we want to have them back here. jonathan, can ijust ask you one last thing. there is
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something curious about this in a way, which is of course we are opening up these corridors to all these countries which have less risk than us currently, by and large. for them, you would be thinking, why would they want brits in their country? their governments will be looking at this as well, however a lot of these countries are hugely dependent and reliant on the economy of tourism, especially over the summer. there are 16 million brits that tend to head to spain every year, and they will be desperate to get us over there for their businesses and their communities that haven't been in a position to welcome tourism for the past few months. i have got one more question to rob, actually. it is good to see the sun and the smiling face, it is good! come over and see me! i will soon as i am allowed. i notice are
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wearing the mask. is that one of the things that if customers are coming, is that one of the rules there? wearing masks? not for the customers, no. you don't need to wear them inside the restaurants and bars, just when you are out, if you go in bars, just when you are out, if you goina bars, just when you are out, if you go in a taxi or into the shops themselves, they do ask you to wear them. but it becomes part of you, you get used to and do it. it has been a really good talking to you both. take care, good luck, robert owen in la cala de mijas, and jonathan smith from abta as well, thank you very much for your time. 20 past eight now. we were talking about foreign holidays there, and a lot of people are talking about staycations, for which you might be interesting in the weather changing. would that be fair to say, nick? yes, although if you don't like the heat and humidity here, it is not a bad
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yes, although if you don't like the heat and humidity here, it is not a bad thing that it is changing, because it is cooler and fresher. the heat and humidity is back to where we would normally expect it to be, more towards mediterranean europe, but it is an unsettled picture here this weekend. a little fog around eastern scotland to start the day, low pressure in control and quite a bit of wet weather at times. showers, longer spells of rain and quite windy in places as well. in fa ct, quite windy in places as well. in fact, much of england, wales, northern ireland have seen some rain so far today. this is the recent rainfall picture, look at this, we have had more thunderstorms pushing it in north—east scotland over the past few hours, so still some torrential downpours out there for some of us to start the day. this is what is in control of our weather this weekend, low—pressure parking itself to the north—west and it is around that that we are going to spiral these bands of wet weather coming through. so it is a messy looking picture out there today, but whilst it won't be raining all the time, you may not have to wait too long before another shower comes along, and then it brightens up. looks to be at its windiest today in
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england and wales, and showers will move through with heavy downpours at times. maybe with a rumble of thunder, a chance to see a bit of hail, but then you see some sunshine too. this is the picture at four o'clock this afternoon, gusts of up to 40 mph and temperatures considerably lower compared to where they have been. northern ireland and scotland, similarly cooler and fresher, the rain when it comes may well hang around for longer, still heavy at times, could see up to 20 millimetres of rain in a fairly short space of time, may be a little more building up over a few hours, soa more building up over a few hours, so a risk of seeing flooding in some places here, and you notice as we go through tonight, the shower still with us and it looks quite wet at times later on the night, northern ireland, south—west scotland, parts of northern wales. a cooler, fresher night as well, making it easier for sleeping. another look at this area of low pressure, it has gone a little further north tomorrow, on the southern flank the wind is stronger. it gets a little windier
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tomorrow, into parts of scotland, further south and into parts of northern ireland too, and still clearly with some rain here for northern ireland, parts of scotland especially in the south—west. showers elsewhere but probably tomorrow, slightly flick —— fewer showers. a little windy tomorrow as well, gusts in excess of 40 mph, and temperatures a little lower tomorrow, so it mayjust squeeze out a20 tomorrow, so it mayjust squeeze out a 20 some way towards the east and south—east of england, but many of us south—east of england, but many of us towards the mid—teens, a high of 14 in belfast tomorrow, that will feel really quite cool. into next week, we start cool and showery, it does ease and turn a little quieter by mid week, and temperatures do come up by mid week, and temperatures do come up a by mid week, and temperatures do come up a little bit, but we are not expecting the return of the heat and humidity any time soon.
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nick, thank you very much. 23 minutes past eight is the time. pregnant women from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are to receive more support, after research highlighted they're at a greater risk from covid 19. the nhs has written to all maternity units in england calling on them to take specific action, including making sure pregnant bame women are taking vitamin d. our health correspondent lauren moss has this report. keturah and her partner have just welcomed their baby son into the world but being pregnant during the pandemic was stressful, especially with black, asian and ethnic minority women found to be more at risk from coronavirus. when lockdown started it started to be just over 70s and vulnerable people with underlying conditions, and then they added pregnant women to the list so i was like, ok, that is when things kicked in, and then we are four times more likely to pass it so it was not fun, to be honest. it was really scary. because you're just thinking, please, don't let it,
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basically, hit our doorstep. i can see that you're 16 weeks pregnant... here at homerton university hospital, in hackney, hospital in hackney some consultations and midwife catch—ups are done remotely, to reduce the time women need to spend in hospital. maternity units in england have been given a four—point plan to ensure there's greater support for women. they'll advised taking vitamin d and data will be collected on other risk factors, such as health and living conditions. overcoming language barriers is also important. these women are high—risk. and if you can't talk to them, how is that woman going to be able to highlight what her concerns are — if she's not feeling well, how will she going to be able to let you know that? and actually the use of gestures isjust not good enough. jazpreet is 33 weeks into her pregnancy. she says she's been well supported but has had concerns. how are you feeling in yourself? physically i am totally fine. i think there's definitely periods of anxiety, just going into the hospital for appointments, at times so i can completely sympathise with anyone who is having to go through that as well.
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a study which looked at more than 400 pregnant women admitted to hospitals between april and march with coronavirus found that more than half are from a black, asian or minority ethnic background. it is hoped the four steps that all trusts in england have been asked to take will reduce the risk of covid to women and their babies. we have a moral imperative to respond to the data. the letter that's going out to maternity services now, during the pandemic, is really encouraging more vigilance, more diligence, because these data are startling. the pandemic has shone a light on health disparities, the priority now is to make sure women who have any concerns are able to get the support they need. lauren moss, bbc news. it is 8.26. we are going to talk about the situation in glasgow
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yesterday. the knifeman was killed at the scene. cameron whyte was at the scene. we saw police just running around and trying to cordon off the area, and heavily armed police running up to the area of the hotel. the police we re the area of the hotel. the police were telling everyone to get back for their own safety, so me and my partner just decided for their own safety, so me and my partnerjust decided to move back and listen to the police. and for those who don't know the area, can you describe it to us? what kind of area is it? it is a pretty built-up area. it is right in the centre of
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the city, a lot of hotels and restau ra ntss. the city, a lot of hotels and restaura ntss. it is the city, a lot of hotels and restaurantss. it is not a huge shopping street, but it does get a lot of regular traffic. when we were there there was a lot of buses, taxis and cars on the road, pedestrians in the area. and of course it is not obviously a familiar sight seeing that many police cars and that much activity. did you have any idea at the time what was happening? everyone else on the street was just as confused as i was, whispering to each other about what was happened, have you seen anything, is everyone ok? it was difficult to find out what was happening until an hour afterwards when it was on the news. and i think there were lots of reports coming through. cameron, thanks very much for giving us your experience. david hamilton is the chair of the scottish police federation. good morning to you. we know that the constable, now named as david whyte, the police
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officer seriously injured in the attack. can you tell us a little bit what you know about his condition?” haven't has an update this morning as to how he is, but we are expecting a further update very shortly. it has no doubt been a shock for many people, people in glasgow themselves but also fellow officers as well. it has been, and it has been remarkable the amount of support we have had from across the world. from people saying that their thoughts are with our colleagues just now, and it is very much an example where the police family pulls together to get support. an incident of this nature, and we are seeing a picture of the constable there. these are unusual circumstances. fortunately and very much so in scotland. absolutely, and when you think there is a large
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number of casualties involved, anything like that is unusual. just last week we had some officers who we re last week we had some officers who were attacked by somebody with a machete and hospitalised, so there is an issue here with bladed weapons out there, but there is very little you can do about it, because there are very you can do about it, because there are very often legitimate reasons for having these types of weapons, so one of the things we have to contend with as police officers in society. in terms of the nature of the work that police officers have to be prepared for on a daily basis now, i noticed something your colleagues have been dealing with for a long time, but it has changed now. have been dealing with for a long time, but it has changed nowm have been dealing with for a long time, but it has changed now. it has been a difficult time for policing. to beat the front line of the public
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health crisis with covid—19, then of course there has been the difficulties with the black lives matter protests and counter protests to that. all i can say is we are absolutely committed to serving the public and protecting people. the actions of david and its colleagues yesterday demonstrate that amply. maybe you are in your garden, the bird song from your garden is coming across bird song from your garden is coming a cross very bird song from your garden is coming across very beautifully, if i may say so. thank you, they are a bit noisy this morning, i'm afraid. lovely to speak to you. the headlines are coming up. see you shortly.
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good morning and welcome back. restrictions on non—essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the uk from the 6th ofjuly, ministers have said. holidaymakers are expected to be allowed to travel to certain european countries without having to spend 14 days in quarantine when they return. if they are thought to include spain, france, greece, italy and turkey, but not portugal or sweden. the full list of travel corridors with the uk will be published next week.
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police have been called to break up a number of public gatherings as people continue to disobey coronavirus restrictions. a fire broke out at the liver building in liverpool during a second night of celebrations for the club's premier league title win. in west london, police were called to an unlicensed music event on harrow road. police and politicians are urging people to stay at home and not attend large public gatherings. a police officer that was seriously injured in a multiple stabbing in glasgow has been praised for his bravery. constable david whyte's condition has been described as critical but stable. he was one of six men injured in yesterday's knife attack, in a hotel housing asylum seekers. the suspect was shot dead by armed police — the attack isn't being treated as terrorism. there are concerns that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war
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that's already led to a humanitarian crisis. two million of yemen's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. unicef says it needs almost half a billion dollars to save children. the queen and the prime minister have paid tribute to veterans and serving military personnel as the nation prepares to mark armed forces day. normally events are held across the uk, but coronavirus means most of the celebrations will be online for the first time this year. military bands will commemorate the day with performances streamed on the armed forces' facebook and twitter pages, and the red arrows display will also be shown. those are the main stories. james has the support for us now. all eyes on liverpool and that amazing success. at 30 year wait, but now it is about what is to come. liverpool just had to is about what is to come. liverpooljust had to wait for manchester city to just lose or
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draw. liverpool captain jordan henderson says there is more to come from his side after they won their first league title in 30 years. a few players have posted on social media this morning, including trent alexander arnold, after a rather large celebration. liverpool are 23 points clear at the top of the premier league table with seven games remaining. if they win those matches, they will set a new premier league points record. managerjurgen klopp says there's a great deal more he wants to achieve with this team. as long as we stay humble, everything is possible for us. as long as we are ready to still write the stories we want to tell our grandchildren in the future, we are a team who could play some good stuff and not be a joy to play against. that's what we want to be. that's what we want to be. i'm sure that will be the main topic of conversation on football focus, dan walkerjoins us for a look ahead to the programme. dan, the end of liverpool's 30 year title wait and the start of many celebrations.
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i get the feeling it might feature on football focus! lots to talk about. you hurt there from jurgen klopp. quite a few of the liverpool players have been reacting and giving interviews over the last couple of days. the fans have certainly been celebrating, as well. on the programme today we will have dion dublin and mark lawrenson. mark knows about the 30 year wait, as well as knowing about winning the league. dion dublin spoke to one of the title winners. if you had to mark your manager does 's dancing out of ten? he is a good dancer. i'm not sure. you don't like it? i think it does quite well. my daughter is going to come in. as an ex
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manchester united player, this is my daughter right here. my wife just passed her to me. daughter right here. my wife just passed herto me. my daughter right here. my wife just passed her to me. my wife has a liverpool shirt on as well. people are saying you need to get a dna test with alex 0xlade—chamberlain! it is not just test with alex 0xlade—chamberlain! it is notjust about test with alex 0xlade—chamberlain! it is not just about the test with alex 0xlade—chamberlain! it is notjust about the premier league today, of course. there are a couple of games this weekend. the main focus is on the fa cup, it is quarterfinal stage. newcastle are taking on manchester city this weekend and gary lineker has sat down with kevin de bruyne. we have all the goals for midweek for you. we will hear from ben chilwell, as well. leicester city take on chelsea in the fa cup. there is lots to discuss from the other leagues going on across europe. i know we concentrate a lot on the premier
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league and this weekend we are focusing on the fa cup, as well, but there is also the small matter of a league 2 play—off final, as well. we have been to see the northampton. we will bejoint life by have been to see the northampton. we will be joint life by the exeter boss on the programme, as well. we are with you from big day. liverpool fans, yes, we will be reflecting on the 30 years of pain. dion dublin and mark lawrenson on the programme. lots to cram in. see you from midday on bbc one. how cute was dion dublin's torture? very cute. he will happily talk about her as much as he does the football. the difficulties of the state as well. the past few weeks has seen an increase in the number of illegal large gatherings, with people ignoring the official guidance for england, which allows up to six people to meet up outdoors.
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last night, crowds of liverpool fans continued their celebrations following their clubs premier league win, while officers in west london were called to break up another street party in the capital. let's speak to mike barton, the former chief constable of durham constabulary. thank you very much for talking to us. always good to see you. we spoke to sarah jarvis us. always good to see you. we spoke to sarahjarvis this morning, our gp, and herwords, she was to sarahjarvis this morning, our gp, and her words, she was cross. she feels there are mixed messages, and the groups of people who have taken this differently. how do you feel about how some people are now behaving? can you still hear me? i can. maggie, you shouldn't have
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turned the tally on! i'm so sorry. it is such a serious subject, but this always happens technologically. mike had tears at this moment in time. we will talk to mike a little bit later on. we are talking about people gathering in various places, we saw the celebrations after liverpool won the premier league, then we saw those incidents in west london, where police were needed to break upa london, where police were needed to break up a street party. we were also talking about bournemouth beach. it is causing some concern. mike barton, he was clearly asking his technical assistant, maggie, to sort out something technical. it will probably be resolved. maggie
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will probably be resolved. maggie will sort it out. we have every faith in maggie. we have every faith in maggie. here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. he is your technical fixer, he is your technicalfixer, nick? it is me! the weather is all change compared to what we have had. we have had the heat, humidity and thunderstorms. it is cooler, fresher out there and there is some fog to start the day in scotland. it is windy out there, as well. it particularly for england and wales to start the weekend. i wa nt to and wales to start the weekend. i want to show you what has been going on over the past few hours. many of us on over the past few hours. many of us have seen rain overnight and into this morning, but look at the thunderstorms that have been running across parts of north and north—east scotland. a noisy start, perhaps some of us here haven't had as much sleep as we would have liked last
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night. more of these showers to come through the day because it is no pressure in control. here it is, sitting towards the north—west of the uk. it will be around all weekend long. it is around that we will see these bands of weather moving through on an ever strengthening wind. torrential downpours in the far north of scotla nd downpours in the far north of scotland for a few more hours, then these showers will move on through. that is how the whole of the day is shaping up. we will take a closer look at things into the afternoon. it will be blustery in england and will. we will feel it very much cooler out there with temperatures just a few spots getting into the 20s. the showers move through, bright skies in between. the showers could be thundery with hail. in scotland, the winter lighter, that means when the rain comes and lasts longer. it will still be heavy at times and it could build up 20 millimetres of rain, may be more in
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some spots. there is a risk of flooding with met office rain warnings coming into force. into tonight, we will keep a lot of these showers around and some of the longer spells of wet weather will stay with us. if you find it difficult to sleep with the heat and humidity, you will be eyeing up the temperatures here. better news for you overnight, between ten and 12 degrees overnight. i fresher start to the day tomorrow. still with the low pressure hanging around. the winners will be stronger across parts of scotland and northern ireland compared to today. it still looks very wet for some of us. in northern ireland, scotland, north of england and north wales. brighter skies for the south of england. it will still be windy, if anything windier than today, and it will feel cooler, as well.
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the mother of two sisters who were found stabbed to death has accused the police of dehumanising her children and treating them as if they were nothing. bibaa henry, who was 46, and nicole smallman, who was 27, were found dead three weeks ago in a park in london. two police officers were arrested and suspended on suspicion of sharing inappropriate photos from the murder scene. our religion editor, martin bashir reports. on the first friday injune, in north london, social worker reba henry, along with her sister nicky and some friends, celebrated her 46th birthday. about the morning, they couldn't be contacted. so i then phoned the police. i said we don't even know if there has been foul play here. we have no idea. we are now 36 hours on ants they have
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not turned up. in patient with the police response, nicky was my boyfriend, adam, went to the park. then adam said, meaner, meaner, we have found a knife. mina, meaner, i'm going to need you to sit down. i find them. ifind i'm going to need you to sit down. i find them. i find them. i'm going to need you to sit down. i find them. ifind them. but i'm going to need you to sit down. i find them. i find them. but they have gone. they have gone. just so i understand this, your family have gone. they have gone. just so i understand this, yourfamily is effectively running a search. yes. yourfamily has effectively running a search. yes. your family has driven the investigation. yes. your family has find your daughters. yes. police sealed off the area and recovered the bodies, but for the family, their grief was about to be compounded when they met with the police commander and a member of the independent office for police
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conduct. the lead person said, i don't know how to tell you this, but police officers were taking selfies and posing for pictures with your dad daughters. in the deep south when they used to lynch people, and you would see smiling faces around a hanging dead body, those police officers dehumanised our children. almost three decades after the murder of stephen lawrence, this case raises the same questions about institutional racism in the police. if it is as it appears to be, then it is shocking, disgusting, and the whole of the mats will condemn what
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has happened here. if ever we needed an example of how toxic it has become, those police officers felt so safe, so untouchable, that they felt they could take photographs. mina smallman, the first female clutch archdeacon in the church of england, says she has only been sustained by her christian faith. meanwhile, the police investigation into the death of her daughters continues. it's armed forces day today, an annual celebration of the contribution made by servicemen and women, but coronavirus has meant most commemorations have been cancelled. scarborough was meant to host this year's national event, but in place of that, virtual events are happening instead.
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we are nowjoined by warrant officer class one glenn haughton, senior enlisted advisor to the chiefs of staff committee. very good morning to you. give us an idea... this is a day when there are events, normally, a series of events and it is an important day, a symbol in many ways. i will this year be different? good morning to you. it isa different? good morning to you. it is a national celebration for us. we are ina is a national celebration for us. we are in a 12 year now. it is an opportunity for us to show the nation what we do and also a chance for them to celebrate the part that they play. normally we would have a main event in the country with a series of others around the nation where people can do just that, but of course because of covid—19 we will be virtual this year and much of it has been scaled back. there will be stuff going on, still have the red arrows flying in scarborough this morning. there will also be
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some virtual stuff going on that people can take part in and show their support. i am very mindful as we talk to you that even now through the pandemic and the way things have been over the past few months, here in the uk, the army has had a key role in some of those elements, as well. their work goes on in areas possibly that you wouldn't envisage before. exactly. ourjob is to protect the nation and its interests. we will always protect the people of a nation and covid—19 isa the people of a nation and covid—19 is a prime example of that. we had to be resilient, like we always are, learn new skills and help the front line services get the nation through this pandemic. what will be happening today? there will still be some lovely celebrations. there will bea some lovely celebrations. there will be a red arrows display. people will be a red arrows display. people will be connecting online. the heart of
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the celebration are still the same, isn't it? yes. people can support their —— show their support online, that would be fantastic. the royal air force are playing some music. you can hear from air force are playing some music. you can hearfrom the air force are playing some music. you can hear from the crew of hms queen elizabeth. the army or doing a virtual tour. there is a real chance for people to get on there, to salute our forces, show their support and learn more about what we do. we appreciate any support. we need it and we love it and we really appreciate the support we get from the people of our nation. support is so important. he will be aware about captain tom, and harry billings, two gentlemen that we have embraced and spent time with on this programme and what they do and the importance
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of celebrating the military and the contribution it makes. exactly that. it is not just contribution it makes. exactly that. it is notjust about contribution it makes. exactly that. it is not just about those contribution it makes. exactly that. it is notjust about those currently serving, it is about our regulars, reserves , serving, it is about our regulars, reserves, cadet forces, veterans and all of the families, past and present that has served the country. we are proud of everyone that is put on the cloth of the nation. examples of captain tom, sir tom, and all of the veterans that have played their pa rt the veterans that have played their part to look after our country. we are immensely proud of all that. you don't get to avoid the question we ask all of our people, how is lockdown for you? both on a personal level and in terms of the work you do. i have benefited from lockdown ona do. i have benefited from lockdown on a personal perspective. myjob is very peaceful facing, on a personal perspective. myjob is very peacefulfacing, but on a personal perspective. myjob is very peaceful facing, but i have managed to spend more time with my family. managed to work in different ways and use new methods of working and reaching different organisation.
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i have managed to get a lot of fitness in, so personally, i have got a lot from it. i am certainly going to draw some real benefits from the lockdown period and having been at home longer than i normally would be. i can't help but notice, you said you enjoy sports, is that a by you said you enjoy sports, is that a rugby picture on your wall? we are very nosy here. yeah, it's a london wasps picture. you must be missing watching some of the sports. you guide your cells are sporty in your downtime, you get together and have a few matches in various sports. you must be missing that, too.” a few matches in various sports. you must be missing that, too. i do. i'm an active guy anyway, and there are lots of sporting competitions and rivalry between the services. we miss the army and navy this year, so we are looking forward to getting
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back to normal. it has been a joy talking to you this morning. happy armed forces day and i hope you enjoy the commemorations today. thank you for talking to us. thank you for your support. we have had a wealth of lovely people on the programme this morning. it is interesting people's attitude. as glenn was sent very eloquently, a lot of people are finding things very tough and your approach to things can make a difference. zoos and aquariums in england are set to receive up to £100 million from the government to help them deal with the financial fallout of the pandemic. it's an expansion of a relief fund announced in may. zoos and aquariums in england were allowed to reopen two weeks ago, but still remain closed in scotland, wales and northern ireland, as our business correspondent katy austin reports.
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queues outside london zoo on the 15th ofjune. that was the day all zoos and aquariums in england could reopen their outdoor areas after being shut for weeks as part of efforts to stop the virus spreading. that closure had a big financial impact. concerns have even been raised that some struggling zoos might be forced to put to sleep animals to cut costs. a £40 million relief fund for england was launched in may. the government is now adding £86 million more to the pot. based on the current situation, this feels like we're on the right place, it feels like we're delivering the right level of support at the right time and in the right form. but this is a very fast moving situation, and it's very hard to predict where our economy, where our country, is going to be in 12 months' time. so we are very much open to continuing those discussions. for zoos and aquariums it's not only the well—being of human employees at stake. the welfare of animals is too. so the money is meant to help cover costs such as food, heating and security. venues in the greatest need
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are expected to take priority. in scotland, where zoos can open from monday, there is a separate emergency funding package. zoos in northern ireland can open from next friday, while there is no date yet for wales. the chance to have visitors back is welcome, but many zoos will still need this extra financial help to keep going. katy austin, bbc news. let's speak to the chief executive of marwell zoo, james cretney, and the chief curator of skegness aquarium, chris gamble. chris, good morning to you. just so we can get an idea of where you are, talk us through the fish and the marine life we can see behind you. can you give us a little illustration? we have a zebra shark,
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stingrays, and lots of wonderful cobalt fish and the coral reef habitats. all of which people have not been able to see for quite some time. how is it looking now? u nfortu nately, we time. how is it looking now? unfortunately, we have been shot for some time and we have one more week of closure. we are looking forward to being able to open up one week today, on saturday. you have already won best backdrop on bbc breakfast this morning. the money that is being put forward for you to receive, but will that do? it is an expansion of a plan already in place, isn't it? it is really good news. it costs a lot of money to keep this going. the electrics, the pumps, filtration, chillers and heaters necessary to provide the
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optimal habitat for the animals. the veterinary costs, it all adds up. so this really helps to fill that gap, reduce the overheads, it will give us reduce the overheads, it will give us that lifeline. it will not be a normal summer, even though we are opening again. it isa it is a fantastic background, so thank you very much. that is chris campbell, there are, the chief curator at skegness aquarium. now we can go to the chief executive of the more wells too. you, too, james, have a wonderful backdrop there. tell us a little bit about the sea and about what your prospects are in terms of reopening. we are a large soup. we welcome about half a
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million guests a year. we will open our doors on monday. we can't wait for that to happen. we have been closed for three months. we missed easter, a key period, and lost several million pounds as a result. when i was looking at some of the figures for some of the sousse like yours are purchased for a cost in terms of upkeep. for example, you have rhinos there, and the cost per day are huge. i don't think people think about that that much. whilst we we re think about that that much. whilst we were in lockdown not taking any income we still had 60 staff working every day looking after the animals. there was no income coming in. whilst we had about 200 people on furlough, we had to fund key roles here at the zoo. the unfortunate situation of being outside with a
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gorgeous back running sometimes the wind will captain the way. positive news that you're getting some support and are able to open up. and james, the chief executive of morell sue, and chris campbell, the chief curator skegness aquarium. sue, and chris campbell, the chief curator skegness aquarium. stay with us, the headlines are coming up.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the return of the foreign holiday. from july the 6th british tourists will be allowed to travel to european countries including spain, france and greece without having to self—isolate when you fly back to the uk. more mass gatherings as liverpool fans are urged to stay at home after huge crowds descended on the city centre last night. in west london there were clashes as police tried to break up an illegal street party. praise for the actions of a glasgow
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police officer who was one of six people injured during a stabbing attack at a hotel in which the suspect was shot dead. good morning. "we will not stop" — that's the promise from the liverpool managerjurgen klopp after delivering their first league title in 30 years. we know strictly‘s on its way back, but what does the future hold for socially—distanced dance? mike has been finding out. good morning. in weather, all that heat and humidity is out of the way. it isa heat and humidity is out of the way. it is a weekend of sunshine and showers, still some heavy downpours out there. it is cooler, fresher, and usually windy for the time of year. all your weekend weather on the way. good morning. it's saturday the 27th june. our top story. british tourists will be able to go on holidays abroad this summer, after the government announced a major change to its quarantine rule.
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from july the 6th, people coming back to the uk from countries that are classed as "low risk" won't need to self—isolate for 14 days. the full list will be published next week but is likely to include the likes of spain, france and germany. the foreign office is also expected to relax its current guidance, which advises against all nonessential travel. here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. after a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad. we just want to get away from the familiarity of home, you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly! like others, john is relieved that he and his family won't have to quarantine once they travel back from their holiday in spain. the self—isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday. when we get back, we haven't got 14 days before our little ones need to go back to school. you know, they've missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more.
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a series of travel corridors are planned from july 6th. it will mean that people from low risk countries like france, spain, italy, germany, the netherlands, greece, turkey, norway and finland will not have to self—isolate after they travel. a final list will be confirmed next week. portugal and sweden are expected to be given a red rating because of concerns about the prevalence of the virus. anyone travelling in from there and much of the rest of the world will still be subject to the quarantine rules. the republic of ireland has always been exempt. we believe it can be safe to operate without the need for quarantine. for airlines, which have been battered by the pandemic, it's a move in the right direction. we really need to move quickly to establish some safe corridors, and we're not talking about throwing it open to the entire world, but where it's safe to operate, we fundamentally believe that we are also safe to operate
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and we need to do that quickly. we will now begin boarding by seat rows... row—by—row boarding this summer should be a more orderly affair. there will be new rules on board. it is required of all passengers to wear your facemask or face covering. there is an exception for children under the age of six. and no trolley service, although you hopefully will get water. welcome, anybody else ? but with quarantine removed for many destinations, travel companies hope they can land more bookings. tom burridge, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent nick eardley. good morning to you, nick. there was a great deal of discussion about when these quarantine regulations came in, some said they came too
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late. and now they will be debate about the next decision. absolutely, charlie. there has been a lot of criticism of the government's handling of this, frankly, questions over why a quarantine wasn't brought in back in march when the virus was spreading in europe but hadn't really reach the uk yet, and then criticism of the blanket quarantine brought in around three weeks ago when the rates were actually falling in some european countries. the government thinks it has come up with a system now that it hopes will allow easing back of tourism, and allow easing back of tourism, and allow us to go on holiday again. so they have set up this joint biosecurity unit, which is going to look at every country and give it a rating. if it is red, if you travel there you will still be forced to quarantine when you come back. if it is amber orgreen, quarantine when you come back. if it is amber or green, there won't be any need to do that. and as you say, the hope is that we can agree the travel corridors with these countries and that means you can go
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on holiday without having to self—isolate either side. i've got to say, it's going to be a huge relief to many in the tourism industry, to airlines. i suspect to many of the public as well, some of whom will be dying to go on holiday. not everything is going to look the same, and there are some people the government is acknowledging who might still be anxious about the idea of going abroad. but the government is hoping that this will ease tourism and ease foreign travel back to us all. nick, thank you very much. the police officers who responded to yesterday's attack in glasgow have been praised for their "bravery, selflessness and commitment to protect the public". one constable, who has been named as david whyte, was seriously injured in the knife attack. his condition has been described as critical but stable. connor gillies is at the scene in glasgow city centre this morning — connor, what's the latest? obviously there was a lot of police presence, and a lot of people very shocked at what was happening in
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this area. this is now starting to sink in here in glasgow, the traumatic events of yesterday. there was a significant police presence over night, the investigation is very much continuing, and it is focused entirely on the park in hotel, home to asylum seekers during this coronavirus shutdown, and also it is where a number of people were attacked by this man wielding a knife yesterday afternoon. what we know about the victims are that they are six men aged between 17 and 53, and that number includes a 42—year—old police officer, you mentioned him there, david whyte. he isa mentioned him there, david whyte. he is a constable, and the chief co nsta ble of scotla nd is a constable, and the chief constable of scotland has issued a statement praising the bravery of that officer running towards danger while others fled the scene. we understand that the 17—year—old who is injured is a boy from sierra
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leone. he is understood to have sustained injuries to his foot during a struggle with the attacker. there was a significant police presence here. the biggest deployment of officers in scotland since the 2007 glasgow airport terror attack, and police were also quick to rule out terrorism within hours, and that may give us some indication as to the understanding here. they may know the motive of the attacker here, but clearly this isa the attacker here, but clearly this is a complex investigation. he was shot dead, and the investigation will continue. connor, thank you very much. connor gillies there. police last night had to deal with a number of public gatherings including an illegal street party in london and a second night of celebrations for liverpool fans in the city. police and politicians have urged people to stay at home and maintain social distancing, as jon donnison reports. for a second night, liverpool fans have been partying hard. but the message from the authorities — it's gone too far.
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the fire service had to be called out after a blaze at the famous liver building, apparently caused by fireworks. the city's mayor, joe anderson, tweeted that there were too many intoxicated people making it unsafe, saying covid—19 was still a real risk. merseyside police have now put a dispersal order in place until sunday to try to stop people gathering. and around maida vale in west london, there were clashes as police tried to break up a mass block party, one of several across the capital this week. but it ended up going on into the night. well, police have tried to break this party up several times tonight. they have confiscated the sound system. but there are still a lot of people milling around on the streets, and as you can see, a lot of officers. it has been pretty good—natured so far but police are definitely encouraging people to go home. and with lockdown restrictions about to be further eased over the next few weeks,
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there will be fresh questions about what signal that sends to the public about what people can and can't do. jon donnison, bbc news in west london. the number of new coronavirus infections in the united states has reached a record high — with 40,000 cases reported on thursday. the recent surge has prompted two of the biggest states, texas and florida, to pause reopening plans. the us has more than two million confirmed infections — more than any other country. but the trump administration has stressed that the situation is stabilising in most of the country. there are concerns that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war that's already led to a humanitarian crisis. two million of yemen's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. unicef says it needs almost half a billion dollars to save children.
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the queen and the prime minister have paid tribute to veterans and serving military personnel as the nation prepares to mark armed forces day. normally events are held across the uk, but coronavirus means most of the celebrations will be online for the first time this year. military bands will commemorate the day with performances streamed on the armed forces' facebook and twitter pages, and the red arrows display will also be shown. foreign holidays have been given the green light. the government is lifting the requirement to quarantine when you return from abroad — but it will only apply to some countries, including spain, italy and greece. the new rules are set to come into force onjuly the 6th. so what happens next, and how does it affect your holiday plans? we're joined now by the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder, and haris theoharis the greek tourism minister. simon, maybe you could start,
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because immediately people are thinking, which places? and we have had an announcement that an official announcement will take place. give us announcement will take place. give us the list that we think we know. we are playing lockdown destination bingo, frankly. the government wrote down yesterday spain, greece and france, and they let it be known that business destinations will also be on the list of destinations we can go to. but that is all we do know. there is talk about portugal. what is going to happen there? are all kinds of concerns about how they are going to run this, because we had suddenly found out two days after we were thinking that they we re after we were thinking that they were going to be all these complicated air bridge agreements with greece and portugal and everywhere else that actually have thejoint everywhere else that actually have the joint biosecurity everywhere else that actually have thejoint biosecurity centre instead deciding what is what. but basically, as from a week on monday, the 6th ofjuly, we will be able to
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travel abroad to a select number of places because the double lock which at the moment is a foreign office advised against travel anywhere and the quarantine rules requiring you to self—isolate for two weeks when you come back, both of those will be dropped from that list of countries. but you and i can only speculate about it, although i think mr theoharis will be fairly confident that greece will be near the top of that greece will be near the top of that list. then let's talk to haris theoharis of the greece tourism ministry. thank you for talking to us ministry. thank you for talking to us today. are you confident that greece will be on the list, and why? greece will be on the list, and why? greece has had an excellent track re cord greece has had an excellent track record in dealing with the crisis. we still have lifted most of our internal restrictions, and we have also opened our two main airports. and we still have the situation under control. so this gives us the confidence that as we move as well
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to lift further the restrictions that we have, we are a safe destination for travellers, the uk included, to have their vacations this year. what about concerns, because we have seen the government imply that the restrictions won't be lifted for countries that have a worse rate in terms of the r rate, the transmission rate of coronavirus, then we have. but how does greece feel about countries which are allowing their citizens in to your country, which have higher r rates than yours? yes, of course this is something of concern, and we are always discussing with our health experts to see how we can do this ina health experts to see how we can do this in a gradual way. we have lifted for the past 15 days almost, and the importing of cases has been minimal, so this is a very positive sign for us. to slowly, as i said,
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venture out. the important thing is to not necessarily rush things, but what we do we do not take back, because i think we would like to have a clear signal of what is allowed and what is not allowed, and doing two steps forward, one step backis doing two steps forward, one step back is creating more problems than it solves. mr theoharis, can i be clear, given that the uk has more of a problem currently than greece does, and indeed in many other european countries, will there be any different restrictions, any difference for the travellers from the uk going to greece than there are those coming from other european countries? the uk and sweden as you mentioned are the most difficult cases for europe, and we are currently consulting with health experts. but i think given the fact that the uk is going on the right
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direction, it is a matter of a few days or a few weeks to ensure that all restrictions are lifted. sol feel the way things are now, and we always have to put this asterisk that the health situation has to continue to be on the same track as it is now, that we can certainly lift the restrictions to england in the next few days or 2—3 weeks. lift the restrictions to england in the next few days or 2-3 weeks. and, mr theoharis, how prepared on the greek authorities from what you have heard to rescind the opening up, if you feel or if it is felt that any country, any european country, hasn't got it under control or there isa hasn't got it under control or there is a second spike? well, of course, this year we have to live with the consta nt this year we have to live with the constant monitoring of the situation. we also have to live with the hygienic rules, with the protocols that ensure that even if there is a case, it does not spread
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to other tourists or to the employees or the establishment. it is important to ensure that everybody has a peace of mind that they can have a vacation and be safe at the same time, so we cannot re move at the same time, so we cannot remove the responsibility to monitor the situation, and we are hoping that every country, especially europe but in the whole world as well, we'll actually move in the right direction. certainly the uk does move in the right direction, and the rest of europe as well. sol think everybody now has the situation more or less under control, and in a few days, as i said, that will allow most of the countries to lift restrictions amongst themselves. mr theoharis, u nfortu nately we amongst themselves. mr theoharis, unfortunately we don't have a government spokesperson speaking to us government spokesperson speaking to us this morning here in the uk, but i'm trying to correlate the dates.
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we understand that on monday this announcement is to be made about your country. i think a moment ago your country. i think a moment ago you said it could be three weeks before you are happy to open the corridor. i'm not quite sure where that leaves us. there seems to be, is there a difference in the dates? there is a possibility. we will still be waiting for the uk announcement. the current thinking in greece, if you like, there is a process ongoing within the european union to discuss other countries, and that forces everyone to think about the kind of restrictions that we will have from the 1st ofjuly and for the next couple of weeks, so asi and for the next couple of weeks, so as i said, for us, the discussion is open during the weekend to ensure that we make the final decisions on a government level and at the level of the prime minister, and as soon
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as we have more clarity, then we will be able to convey the right dates in the right message. so that is why it is not easy for me to pinpoint exact dates. i'm just giving you the feeling of the advice that we get from the experts currently. simon, really interesting, isn't it, listening to haris theoharis there. i suppose the question is if the discussions are still ongoing, let's just question is if the discussions are still ongoing, let'sjust think about what we are being told and what we understand is going to happen. discussions are still ongoing between various european countries, governments and tourist boards etc. if you are sitting at home watching breakfast this morning, and you think, can i, should i, but my holiday to greece for the 6th ofjuly or wherever, which might be on the list. what do ido? which might be on the list. what do i do? exactly. it is still confusing, and so interesting that mr theoharis was saying guardedly it might be up to three weeks. if you
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are going to spain, to france, italy, to portugal, then is no question that you will not be allowed in, welcomed, even. however there are going to be some unintended consequences from this. the first one is that i think a lot of people were think, ok, we've been told we are going to be dodging quarantine from the 6th ofjuly, lets go away this weekend, which will be against the foreign office advice, and therefore their travel insurance will be void, and the other one is, there is already talk on social media about the so—called spanish swerve to avoid quarantine if you are in portugal, you just come back via a spanish airport or indeed the paris pause, which is where you just get rooted from pretty much anywhere else in the world via the french capital and try to avoid it that way. there is a lot of u na nswered to avoid it that way. there is a lot of unanswered questions about this, and the travel industry meanwhile is absolutely furious. they say targeted quarantine, having countries on a red list, is a really good idea. why on earth didn't you
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just do that in the first place rather than saying that everywhere in the world is regarded as dangerous and making everybody quarantine, therefore effectively wiping out bookings for all ofjune and it could be half ofjuly. simon, thank you very much. good to speak to you again. and haris theoharis, greek tourism minister, thank you. i know that a lot of uk citizens will be very much looking forward to getting to greece as and when that moment comes. we will be looking forward to hosting them again, our friends from the uk are always welcome in our country. good to speak to you, thank you. but the weather here in the uk has not been bad, so perhaps if you are not been bad, so perhaps if you are not keen or you just simply haven't got the means to get on holiday this year, we may be able to enjoy some sunshine around the uk. but it is changing, isn't it, nick? oh, no, the finger to the chin!
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it is changing. the sunshine will come back again at some point, we know that, but our summer weather goes through cycles, we have had one burst of heat and humidity, and now we have moody skies and we are catching up with a bit of rain. let's ta ke catching up with a bit of rain. let's take a look at the main story, and that is that it will be wet at times this weekend, clearly cooler thanit times this weekend, clearly cooler than it has been, and it is going to be windy as well. just looking at what we have had over the last few hours, we have seen intense thunderstorms running through parts of north—east scotland to start the day to day, and elsewhere many of us have already seen a bit of rain, and there will be more to come at times today because of this area of low pressure parking itselfjust to the north—west of the uk throughout this weekend. it is around that that we will see these bands of wet weather moving through, and if anything the wind picks up more as the weekend goes on, it gets a bit cooler too. it won't be raining all the time, there are gaps between these areas
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of wet weather moving through, and particularly this afternoon in england and wales there will be some sunny spells occasionally. to catch any of these showers, they may be heavy and come with a rumble of thunder, the chance to see little hail as well, moving through fairly quickly on brisk winds that are gusting 30—40 mph, with temperature blue mightjust creeping into the low 20s at the very warmest. it is for northern ireland and scotland there will be more prolonged downpours with lighter winds here that could bring a risk of flooding, you may see 10—20 millimetres in an hour, a bit more building up over a few hours here, and in fact for northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england, north wales, again we will see a little surge of rain moving as we go into the night as well. overnight, temperatures are coming down, so if you are not a fan of the heat and humidity, if that is easier for sleeping, temperatures around 10-13d. he sleeping, temperatures around 10—13d. he is the low pressure tomorrow, nudging a little bit further north, it will allow more of scotla nd further north, it will allow more of scotland and northern ireland to see some stronger winds tomorrow too, so another blustery day tomorrow, showers, spells of rain, i think it looks wettest in northern ireland,
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north—west england, north wales and south—west scotland, but anywhere will see some showers. probably tomorrow if you are showers for south wales in the southern half of england. it does look windier tomorrow, i think some of us will see some gusts in excess of 40 mph, and it is going to be a bit cooler tomorrow as well. most of us just in the mid teens. that is your weather. nick, thank you very much. it is 24 minutes past nine. as we have been seeing, the police have been caused to deal with quite a to deal with quite seeing, the police have been caused to deal with quite a few incidents of the public gathering over recent days. a fire broke out at the liver building in liverpool during a second night of celebrations for the club's premier league title win. in west london, police were called to an unlicensed music
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certain people have very different attitudes at the moment to lock down. how your office is feeling about broaching the situation is? clearly it is an unprecedented period that we are in, we have had lots of things over the last few months tojuggle, not lots of things over the last few months to juggle, not least the coronavirus, but we have had pop—up events such as these unlicensed, com pletely events such as these unlicensed, completely unregulated events, that stifle and really cause concern in our communities. so our officers are obviously responding the best way they can, and we need to work with our communities to try to understand how we can best make sure we can ta ke how we can best make sure we can take a preventative approach with our partners and local authorities, and our officers are doing i think a very good job in some very difficult circumstances, and i applaud the way they have been able to tackle some really tricky situations. let me quote you david jamieson, the police
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and crime commissioner for the west midlands. i know david. excellent, so you will understand where he is coming from as well. what he has spoken about is the upcoming summer holidays, and he has described them asa holidays, and he has described them as a ticking time bomb. in inner—city areas. he has said, and i quote, we are not going to be able to arrest our way out of this unrest. are you in the same position? yes, i think what david is trying to say there, and i do com pletely trying to say there, and i do completely agree, is our first line into any community, particularly with the style of policing we have in the uk is engagement in building relationships, and you don't do that by walking into every situation with a riot helmet and shields. we need to build relationships and engage with communities, and we are only as good or as effective as our relationship with those communities, so we are not going to arrest our way out of situations like this, but what i can be clear about is if the situation do descend into chaos and
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violence and disorder, which is unacceptable, we will take a much more thorough and robust position. what does that look like, because i'm thinking of the images that we have shown in brixton where there was obvious hostility towards the police, looking at images in liverpool as well where people have been, the police have been trying to disperse crowds. what are your officers saying to you about how people feel about them going about theirjobs and following the advice, trying to ensure the measures that have been put in place by the government? first and foremost, let's get some context, and that is in terms of the day—to—day policing, but also in events like we saw in brixton a few days ago, on the whole, the large majority of these occasions and interactions with the police are positive, these music events a re police are positive, these music events are shut down without any violence, as was the one in brixton
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a couple of days ago, but it re—occurred later in the night. so the positive steps in shutting them down early and having compliance with communities is built on the back of those relationships i've talked about. so i think you have got to strike the right balance. like i talk about those engagements and relationships, it is so important in the model that we operate. to do your officers still feel there is a positive relationship between them and those they need to shut down who are flouting the rules? absolutely. on the whole, there is. i'm talking about general communities here. clearly there will be some people in the communities who are very intent on having these unlicensed and unregulated events, and that is where it becomes completely unacceptable. and also let me make clear that it is the communities that are very, very upset by this. as much as the police are. this is much more about the impact it is having on those communities that these people live in themselves, and they need to show their own social
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responsibility and take some personal accountability here as well. so when there were suggestions, and you have seen it, people are talking and there is suggestions that military help is needed with these big gatherings. you are not there yet? no, of course not. we are prepared for them. so if you take this weekend as an example, we are much closer to understanding and being more preventative with our actions, but i think in terms of our own response and capabilities, we are absolutely capable of dealing with the situations. it is really interesting talking to you this morning, and really interesting to see how positive you are, actually, and reassuring to see that there is and reassuring to see that there is a good relationship between the police and a positive attitude about approaching these issues. what would you say to anyone today, and it is around the country, who is thinking, actually, lockdown is over. i can go out. it's done now. that is the
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impression we've got. look, first of all, it isn't over. we have seen some easing of the restrictions, and my big push to people, particularly those who have taken to disregard current health regulations, is to very much comply with those health regulations. they are there for your own safety as well as that of your family and communities. lockdown isn't over. restrictions have been eased, and when we have big gatherings such as the ones we have discussed, it is absolutely i think one individual to take accountability for their own actions and for their own health and safety. what is your day involved today? today i will be going to the special operations room, working with my collea g u es operations room, working with my colleagues to place in a safe way. i think the weather today is going
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to bea i think the weather today is going to be a better day in terms of weather, and i hope you will have some good interactions with the public. thank you forjoining us today. a real pleasure to talk to you. a real pleasure to talk to you. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one unti l0am this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen. matt, what's on the menu for us? we have got all the good food today. our special guest today is rebecca front. i loved your new sitcom. we will talk all about that later. i'm obsessed with it. let's talk about ingredients. what ingredients do you have? i ingredients. what ingredients do you have ? i have ingredients. what ingredients do you have? i have rummaged in the pantry, making new innuendo. cannellini beans and kidney beans. we have tomatoes and garlic here. ras—al—khaimah notes, and some
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weight. what a pantry selection. two great chefs here as well.” weight. what a pantry selection. two great chefs here as well. i am going to do great chefs here as well. i am going todoa great chefs here as well. i am going to do a delicious caesar salad with roasted langoustines is. orly, good to see you. i am cooking at chard flatbread with a factor. how are you, ollie? i am draped in flamingos, all is well! i am making festival food for watching classic glastonbury on tv later. you guys at home are in charge of what i will make with rebecca's ingredients. see you at ten o'clock. what is festival food? dirty food. food you can eat with your hands, fright stuff, i could charge them out ten quid a portion and get a real feel for it, if you like. your command of
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language of the food you are selling, stuff you can eat with your hands, dirty, you should maybe be in a different profession. i should get my own show! have a brilliant programme. the flamingo shirt, did you see that? how about that? now the sport. when he said dirty food, i thought he meant that he dropped on the floor! liverpool's title—winning celebrations may be taking a breather after a few heavy nights, but they're already looking to the future. managerjurgen klopp has warned other premier league clubs that his clubs' desire for silverware is as strong as ever, and that there's plenty more to come from his squad. klopp has also spoken about the emotion of delivering a league title that was so desparately wanted by theirfans.
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the amount of relief shows me how big the pressure was before so, yes, i am mostly relieved. i was absolutely overwhelmed and did not understand anything what happened with my body and what happened with my emotions, stuff like this. it was just — i realised it is obviously really big. i knew that before, i do not think you can be prepared for a situation for this. i was not. or maybe you can but i was not. and so it hit me in full, in my face. well, the liverpool legend kenny dalglish has revealed that one of the first people to get in touch after their title win was sir alex ferguson. the former manchester united boss famously said that knocking liverpool off their perch was his finest achievement as manager of the club. dalglish said it was a great compliment from a great rival. manchester united are in action in the fa cup this afternoon. their match against norwich is live on bbc one from 5.10pm.
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saturdays in the summer normally mean club cricket around england, but that's still not possible. test cricket though will go ahead injuly with england hosting three tests against the west indies in these so—called ‘bio bubbles' in southampton and manchester. the players are continuing their preparations on the south coast, but could be without captain joe root at some point. he is awaiting the birth of his second child, but he says his vice—captain, ben stokes, would be more than capable of stepping up. he isa he is a natural leader. you look at how he speaks to the group, the way he holds himself on the field, the way he leads from the front with his performances, the way he trains. everyone watches what he does and they want to copy him, to emulate him. when he speaks, people listen. another great trait to have, i suppose. he is a very good thinker about crickets. let's just hope thatjoe root‘s why.
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just a little while longer. that is your sport. that is your sport. many people who have had covid—19 have experienced a loss of smell and taste. in fact, both symptoms are now on a list, meaning people should self—isolate if they lose these senses. but how long does it take for them to come back? and what if that never happens? let's speak with cara bartlett, who lost her sense of smell and taste in march after displaying other symptoms of coronavirus. she isjoined by chrissi kelly, who founded the charity abscent, after she lost her sense of smell a number of years ago. kara, are you well now? you lost your smell and taste in march. i'm assuming you did have coronavirus? we assume so, yes. unfortunately, when my symptoms first came about
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their words —— they were not officially recognised as symptoms. they withdrew testing, so i have never had it officially confirmed. yet massive —— it must have been very frustrating for you. does it affect your everyday life? it does have quite a big impact. you jump in the shower, you cant smell your shampoo, you can't taste your brea kfast. shampoo, you can't taste your breakfast. all these little things that you take for granted has quite a big impact on your life. medically, what have you been told, will it come back, what you can do to their was not very much information out there. as we all naturally do, i talk to the
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internet, to facebook, and find the abscent support group on facebook. so many people are in the same situation. at that time, the symptoms hadn't been officially recognised as a symptom of coronavirus. chrissie was good enough to put up helpful hints and tips, so things like smell training. that is for different essential oils that you smell for 30 seconds at a time twice a day. some days you can smell a lot and someday she can't. i wouldn't say that you could smell it completely, but that is one of the things i'm doing. basically anything ican get things i'm doing. basically anything i can get my hands on that would normally have a strong smell, like a bottle of tcp or some curry powder, for example, i try to smell them every day. chrissie, you are the founder of abscent, the charity. you
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have been directly linked to research into smell and taste relative to covid—19. for a long time, it was almost anecdotal, wasn't it? then evidence that you are helping and gathering together and made it official is one of the symptoms. yes, that's right. i am on a group of scientists and clinicians who formed on an emergency basis internationally. we come from all different countries. they launched a survey and on the back of that the uk group started to do their own research. we were very active in trying to get policy change in the uk. you lost your sense of smell and
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2012. can you explain to us, you lose your sense of smell and possibly test at the same time, but there are things you can do that can maybe help you gain some of them back. we are talking here about smell training, which has been very well researched. there are over a dozen studies and they show that people who smell train for a period of 16 weeks perform better in smell tests than people in control groups who don't. this has been tested over all different kinds of populations including people who lost their sense of smell. how do you do it? it is simple. you can easily make your own kid. i recommend the use ofjars like this. these are 30 millilitres amber glass jars. into each jar i
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put our circle of some kind of blotting paper or watercolour paper. you take your bottle of essential oils then you apply enough drops to saturate the pad. applicants are smell training jar. i recommend saturate the pad. applicants are smelltraining jar. i recommend for jars. it is great to have more jars than that. so you just melt that routinely? yes, you do that twice a day even if in the beginning you don't feel you smell anything at all, you have to persevere. you open the jar, bring it to your news, you spend about 20 seconds sniffing intently. don't take deep breaths, little tiny brats that draw the air up. when you are done with that, laid on, and onto next jar. you want to do that twice a day without fail. carra, i know you have been doing
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this as well. i notice your husband lost his sense of smell, but he got it back. as someone who really enjoys their food and tasting food, thatis enjoys their food and tasting food, that is the thing i would miss. you must be a little bitjealous of him getting it back on you not. yes, he hasn't regained it fully, but he is much more advanced than i am. yes, i ama much more advanced than i am. yes, i am a little bitjealous. for example, if we are having a curry he can example, if we are having a curry he ca n taste example, if we are having a curry he can taste the spices and flavours, whereas i can just taste a can taste the spices and flavours, whereas i canjust taste a bit can taste the spices and flavours, whereas i can just taste a bit of salt or maybe a little bit of space. we are salt or maybe a little bit of space. we a re pretty salt or maybe a little bit of space. we are pretty much done for time. is there as smell that is like a breakthrough smell? is there one particular thing that you have seen in your research that breaks through and people are losing their sense of smell? when you say breaks through,
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as they recover? ijust smell? when you say breaks through, as they recover? i just wonder if there are sense of smell is that if somebody is suffering from a loss of sense of smell, are there certain smells not two breakthroughs other things are not? no, i think it is very individual. i think that is very individual. i think that is very difficult to say i would definitely recommend smell training for anyone out there who has lost their sense of smell. there is more information on the website, so people should inform themselves and not feel hopeless about their smell loss. there is a good chance of recovery, as professor hopkins has said. it has been really interesting. chrissie kelly, founder of abscent, and carra, for sharing your story with us. i hope things improve. what would be the smell he would miss the most? food is the thing you think about
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essentially. smell and taste are so intimately linked. for me, it would be coffee. the smell of coffee, even the coffee grounds. freshly baked bread is a nice one. nick, what would you miss the most if you lost your sense of smell? do you have finished me off they are talking about bread. hot cross buns. just an excuse to have the better for me, to be honest. you can smell rain on ground that has been dry and has been warned. that is what some of us have at the moment. rain has returned and will be around this weekend. windy, too. cooler, fresher. low pressure is
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driving or weather throughout the weekend. it has parked itself to the north—west of us. many of us already today have seen some rain. thunderstorms in northern scotland are pulling away northwards. some showers today will be heavy, possibly thundery. there could be some hail. this afternoon in england and wales there will be some sunny spells after a cloudy started the day. look at these temperatures, high teens to low 20s with the wind gusting up to 40 miles an hour. winter later in northern ireland and scotland, but it does mean if it here to showers will last longer. you could see 20 millimetres of rain and an hour, which does bring a risk of flooding. into tonight, longer spells of rain from northern ireland, scotland, north—west england and will. it is cooler overnight, which will make it easier for sleeping. tomorrow will be a windy day, fluently is rains through. longer periods of rain for
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northern ireland, scotland, north western england and north of wales. it will be windier tomorrow, and it will feel cooler. public toilets across the uk were closed at the start of the pandemic, but as restrictions begin to ease, which toilets have reopened, and where can you access this potentially vital information? two brothers have created ‘the lockdown loo', a website which includes the locations of around 3,000 public toilets which are open so you won't be caught short. we're joined now by tom and charlie riley. good morning to you, tom and charlie. there is a need for what you have come up with. who's idea was this? it was a joint idea. we had been at the park enjoying the sun and when we needed... when
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nature calls, we ran home because there wasn't any vertical nearby. we started discussing afterwards and thought, well, there has got to be a better way of finding out which is open and which isn't. the idea stemmed from that. some of the databases out there at the moment are not up to date. we thought we would try to crowd source which ones are open. the response has been amazing. so, you rely on people saying... it is local information. them literally sang, this is open, this is shot. pretty much. people can go online and submit information. we will check it ourselves, then added onto the map then be for anyone to see. so the information is, hopefully, saturday morning, people might be going out
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today, hopefully it will be concurrent. i don't know what you're witnessing, presumably a lot of public toilets which are starting to reopen. yes, there are some public toilets had been submitted. we are talking to some of the councils that have been very helpful in telling us which ones are open. some are still closed, but mostly we get cafe is, some takeaway pubs which have a toilet open, and supermarkets, service stations. that is how we have managed to get such a huge reach across the uk from the southern tip of cornwall all to the very north of scotland. they also graded as to how nice they are?m has happened with a couple of them. some have said, lovely blog, great facilities, but most of them are just standard toilet, socially
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distant, all of that. thank you very much, tom and charlie. first —— the lockdown loo is what it is. first —— the lockdown loo is what it is. this week it was confirmed strictly come dancing will return this autumn, although there will be changes to the format due to coronavirus. the professional dancers will start rehearsing at the end of next month, and the cast and producers will isolate together to work on the first group dance. but before that, head judge shirley ballas has another focus. she's campaigning to get the government to reopen the hundreds of thousands of dance studios that remain closed due to the pandemic. to look at how dance can return, and how it will look going forward, we allowed mike to put his dance shoes back on. let's take a look. remember the dance floor, before
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they all became empty? the way we used to be when we could join hands and embraced the music together, and feel the joy it brings? my strictly journey came to an end just a week before the show came here to blackpool. by week eight my life had already been transformed by the power of dance. i was 1.5 stone lighter, physically and mentally sharper, and the concern now is that thousands could miss out on those benefits if some dance halls and studios don't reopen on some fold. my studios don't reopen on some fold. my concern is that we would lose may be more than half of the studios that we have in this country. the human consequence of this is what about the person with mental health problems, osteoporosis, or anything that they need to get out, keep moving? we know moving to music can really enhance the whole body, you
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can give you an endorphin release, you can socially help you when you are going into the studios. while the vast majority who just want to improve their dance moves, it is claimed to studios could open tomorrow. a lot of people, the government and a lot of other people, see ballroom dancing as people, see ballroom dancing as people dancing together. when you come in as a social dancer, actor kate at the bottom of the pyramid, we have thousands of kids doing this and they do it solo. the culture secretary tweeted this week that the government has aspirations to open gyms and leisure facilities in mid—july. if dance studios are included in this would be music for the ears for those who have dancing
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going in online classes nationwide. surely pallas herself has been helping to lauren james surely pallas herself has been helping to laurenjames school in wales. the urban straight street dance scott had performed whole routines individually from home. harry has continued his learning alone on his computer. in brighton, the out of puff daddy is happy dancing separately, next pandemic after this. being in that life environment creates that happy hormone that we get will be around other people. even if we are socially distant, it will still be a lot better than just being online. at the community dance studio in winchester, outdoor one classes have started again, observing social distance guidelines on ending the need to dance alone at home.”
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distance guidelines on ending the need to dance alone at home. i have just been stressed, really. it hard. what is done is give you? it gives mejoy. it gives me what is done is give you? it gives me joy. it gives me a what is done is give you? it gives mejoy. it gives me a chance what is done is give you? it gives me joy. it gives me a chance to express myself. coming back from that he is person, back to his old self. for most kids that answer, it is their life. they go to school, and they dance. without that, a piece of you is missing. at this studio, parents and volunteers are not built an outside stage so work in return. we have worked out the stage based on 12 dances on a two metre social distance basis, so that we can safely run a dance class. to really see how different dance might be worth one metre plus distancing being observed, i was reunited this week with my strictly come dancing partner, katj. you know week with my strictly come dancing partner, kat j. you know from dancing with me, i didn't need to touchy, just to shout at you to do
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things. it works. we can demonstrate writing here that you can still dance and learn everything you need with distance. give me five changes, please. the point that fit! hand higher! shoulders down. if we do run classes with reduced numbers, we can have boxes taped out on the floor, stay in your box and you can learn heaps of dance moves. in fact, katia was able to give me a whole quickstep refresher lesson while keeping her distance. it may look a bit out with me doing a ballroom dance on my own, but it is still a great way to feel the benefits. we can't wait to open our doors because it is an amazing work—out for the whole body. you are going to see on strictly come dancing this year, a new set of rules. you will be able to see how we can dance one metre
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apart. better without me. better without you? when studios to reopen like this, just like in the new series of strictly come dancing, it will be more about holding your own on the dance floor, like my pasta do play, you know, on the week i was kicked out? he is not better! —— better! —— better! let's now speak to two people who are desparate for dance schools to re—open. lisa mcnally runs the cornwall dance school and oscar is one of her pupils and a dance champion. oscar, what did you make of mike! think it was very good. really funny it is good that he is keeping fit and everything. very diplomatic, may i say? carrick, you are getting there, is that diplomatic of him, is that typical of him? yes. tell us
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about your dance studio, the plans in place and how much you're missing it? for me, it is a second family. many of her parents and students call us their second family and spent six nights a week here. we have been pulling together all of the dance studios have been talking to each other and trying to come up with ways of keeping everything safe. we will have to tapered spaces, are antibacterial up on the wall now. we have set guidelines that all students have to follow when they go to the toilet. we have a quarantine room. we are ready to go. we are hoping —— where are hoping for that good news on the 4th ofjuly that didn't come. this is theirfamily, their ofjuly that didn't come. this is their family, their home, ofjuly that didn't come. this is theirfamily, their home, it is so good for them socially. mental health will be huge after this, i think, because we are in that lockdown situation. it is such a
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strange scenario for children and this is their release, their home. to have that space where you can be creative and deal with your friends and talk to your teachers and have that interaction, as well as learning and growing. you outline some of the things that you can set up some of the things that you can set up in orderto some of the things that you can set up in order to fit with restrictions. what is the feedback you're getting in terms of what more could you do. what is lacking that means you can't reopen as other places are? i have heard it is to do with our respiratory slipstream that the government are trying to work—out space —wise how we would be able to do that, set up the space safely. i have been in talks, as i know lots of people have been thinking out of the box, in terms of how to set this up safely. it is not just us, other performing arts school and classes, as well. space
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wise, we have been talking to schools from germany, international schools. here there is a lack of guidance, there is no set guideline for anything like us, which is a shame, really. we see the guidelines coming out for other businesses and retail, but for our industry we seem to have been missed. outdoor sports have been focused on, but not us. oscar, you must be missing them so much. what do you think it will be like when you get back into the dance school? you were dancing seven days a week, i think. well, for days a week, seven classes a week. i think when we get back to it, it will be refreshing to get somewhere else. it will be very restricted in our moving around in formations and stuff, but i think the dance moves,
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we will still be able to practice, train and keep fit. i am excited for that. we wish you all the best when you do finally get back together. keep dancing, as the phrases. thank you both so much. have a lovely weekend. have a lovely weekend. that's all from us for today. join us again tomorrow morning from 6.00am. goodbye.
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