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woohoo! and i'm twisting around again. they've taken my photo, but they can't see me scream. down to the helicopter here. he laughs hopefully, you can still see me. man, this is good fun. 0h, upside down again, and around, like a corkscrew. 0h... we're out on the side. as i was saying, this is the only winged roller—coaster in the uk, so the only one where the people if you're riding on board sit on either side. but that was really, really good fun. didn't look like it! rather him than me. john maguire, what a brave man. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller.
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hello, jane. we are facing more low— pressure hello, jane. we are facing more low—pressure close to the uk, meaning cloud, wind, rain at times, and it is taking a turn for the wetter in cumbria. notjust here, ta ke wetter in cumbria. notjust here, take a look at the rainfall over the past few hours, very wet across parts of scotland, especially into the south—west, and the hills of north—west england and wales this afternoon, that rain will be pretty relentless. most of us will see some rain at some stage of today, but in south—west scotland, 20—30 millimetres, flooding in places and some disruption. the best of it today for the channel islands and shetland, mainly dry with sunny spells. temperatures creeping into the low 20s in the south—east before the low 20s in the south—east before the rain comes in later, and the wind picking up all the while. parts of england and wales gusting up to 40 of england and wales gusting up to a0 mph. further outbreaks of rain tonight, patch in nature again, but it does clear away from those parts of scotland, very wet at the moment, but with clear spells in north—east
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scotla nd but with clear spells in north—east scotland it turns quite chilly. but look how mild and muggy it will be across large parts of england and wales, and further patchy rain, more especially tomorrow across the north and west of the uk. not raining everywhere all the time. if you are to the east of high ground, you may get to see a few breaks in the cloud, and it could be warmer than this. it is going to be humid even though it is still windy. potentially windy are still going into sunday, because low pressure looks like the path going into scotland, but the isobars get close together on the southern flanks, so the wind looks as if it is going to be potentially quite stormy for some during sunday. the low—pressure push a weather front southwards, clearing away a lot of that cloud and humidity, turning things brighter on sunday with sunny spells and showers, especially in scotland and northern ireland. it looks as if it could be windier on sunday for some
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of us. uncertainty about exactly where and how strong the winds will be, but most at risk parts of scotla nd be, but most at risk parts of scotland and northern ireland and england, 50—60 mph, may be a little more in the worst affected areas, so potentially disruptive wins on sunday. it is turning cooler and fresher from the north on sunday, and then looking into next week, it looks like things quieten down, especially the further south you are, it gets a little warmer, but low— pressure are, it gets a little warmer, but low—pressure never far away from scotla nd low—pressure never far away from scotland and northern ireland. nick miller, thank you very much indeed. a reminder of our top story. a change to travel rules — people arriving in england from more than 50 countries won't have to quarantine, from next friday. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.
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good afternoon. the formula one season finally got under way earlier — four months since an aborted opening race weekend in australia in march. and it was the british driver lando noris who completed the first lap at the red bull ring in spielberg, ahead of the austrian grand prix. lewis hamilton went quickest in a black mclaren, to show support for diversity and anti—racism. he's bidding to equal michael schumacher‘s record of seven world championships. hamilton's boss at mercedes, toto wolff, has told the bbc that the us and brazilian grands prix are unlikely to take place this year. manchester united are enjoying one of the best runs in the premier league — they're unbeaten in 15 games in all competitions, eight in the league, going into their match at home to bournemouth tomorrow. since the lockdown, they've had comfortable wins over brighton and sheffield united,
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as well as a draw at tottenham. we are feeling confident, we are feeling in good form. they should be, because they have worked so hard over the lockdown period and they arejust over the lockdown period and they are just getting over the lockdown period and they arejust getting their over the lockdown period and they are just getting their sharpness and fitness and match fitness back. and of course, when you perform like you have done, sheffield united, brighton games, i thought they were really good. so they should be confident. it'll be interesting to hear what liverpool managerjurgen klopp has to say at his press conference later, after his side were thrashed at manchester city. he took exception to some questions from the media after the game, saying he saw a "brilliant attitude" from his players, despite their a—0 defeat — this the pick of city's goals, a great team effort, finished off by phil foden. that's only the second time they've lost in the league this season — and klopp denied liverpool
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were in a post—celebration slump. it has not changed the result of the season but it influenced this result today massively and i liked the attitude of the boys, they were there. but when we got the knocks, it was a tough day and stayed a tough day. we were still in the game and had our moments, not the clearest chances but they were there. tottenham managerjose mourinho says football is going in the wrong direction, after yet more var controversy in their defeat at sheffield united. they were 1—0 down when this goal from harry kane was ruled out... a var check showing lucas moura's hand made contact with the ball as he fell in the build up — even the sheffield united manager chris wilder said it was a farce. mourinho was unhappy that his side didn't recover after that, as the home side went on to win 3—1. i think in the second half my players were not mentally strong enough to cope with that
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disappointment, and they have to be. so i'm notjust going to say that goal is the cause of everything, because that would be very easy for me to do that because everybody saw what happened, but i don't want to go in that direction. i have to say that mentally we were not strong enough. andy murray may be brilliant at tennis, but he's absolutely shocking at drawing. ahead of a special bbc programme, looking back at his greatest moments, the former wimbledon champion's been telling us about the challenges of home schooling. it's been rough for me because they're always asking me to draw things for them, "draw me a dog so i can colour it in", draw us a house... i'm horrendous! it's pretty embarrassing when a a—year—old and a 2—year—old are saying, "that's rubbish,
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daddy, that's not a dog, that doesn't look like a dinosaur", or whatever. i have to agree with them, because they are right. he has to be bad at something. i'll have more for you in the next hour. holly, thank you very much indeed, we will see you a little bit later on. i don't know what it is, i keep causing camera problems. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. i am jane afternoon, you are watching bbc news. i amjane hill to take afternoon, you are watching bbc news. i am jane hill to take you through the next few hours of coronavirus news and more besides. let's start with the main developments today. scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has criticised the uk government for what she called "shambolic" decision making on opening up to international travel. she said she hoped to make a decision on travel
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restrictions for scotland soon. the uk government has announced a list of countries that it intends to remove from quarantine restrictions in relation to travel to england from the 10th of july. in relation to travel to england from the 10th ofjuly. i explained yesterday some of the reasons why it has been really quite challenging for scotland to come to a position on the uk's proposals with any speed. we have often had limited or no notice of the uk's proposals and that matters because some of the judgment involved here are difficult and complex. and just to illustrate the point about the shifting sands of the uk government's position, the list of countries they were yesterday demanding that the scottish government signed up to and suggesting we were a barrier to getting agreement on, is not the same as the list they have shared with us today. so, we need, as the
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scottish government, to analyse these proposals properly and rationally. i am willing to do that from a public health perspective but we need to do that from a legal perspective. all of these decisions, open to legal challenge. and when so much is at stake, as it is right now, we can't allow ourselves to be dragged along in the wake of another government's, to be quite frank about it, shambolic decision—making process. so we will take time to properly and rationally consider this before, hopefully very soon, setting out our own decision. i want to briefly share it with you why it is important to take care because of the complexity of the issues that we are dealing with. the first thing i wa nt to are dealing with. the first thing i want to make clear, just in case there is any doubt, i hope there is not, but let me be absolutely unequivocal about this, we want to welcome visitors again from around the world and we also want to allow oui’
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the world and we also want to allow our own citizens to travel. that is important for our tourism sector, it is important for our aviation sector and it is important for our economy generally and scotland has a long—standing reputation and one that i hope will go well into the future of being an open and welcoming country. we also want, if possible, for obvious, practical reasons, to have alignment on these matters with the rest of the uk. but, and i hope this is a point that everybody can understand, we must make sure we open oui’ everybody can understand, we must make sure we open our country up again safely and we absolutely must make sure the decision we take don't put at risk the progress we have made in tackling covid. that progress is significant, as you know, but it has also been very, very ha rd know, but it has also been very, very hard earned and it is important we protect it in the weeks ahead. speaking during his daily briefing in cardiff, the welsh first minister mark drakeford, also voiced his frustration at the communication he's received from the
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government in westminster. dealing with the uk government over the last few days has been an utterly shambolic experience. if ever there was an example of making an announcement first and then trying to work out what you meant by it, that is what we have seen since this announcement was first trialled in the press. 0n this announcement was first trialled in the press. on day after day, we have attempted to get a sensible a nswer have attempted to get a sensible answer from the uk government of how they intend to make these changes, which countries they intend to extend the new arrangements to and i just have to say, it has been an impossible experience to follow. we still don't know, even as i stand here, the list that the uk government will finally publish. when we have it, then our chief medical officer will provide me with advice. provided he says to me there is nothing on that list that he believes would cause harm to the
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health of the public here in wales, it will be my intention to take regulations to the floor of the senate to implement those changes here in wales. my last understanding was, this is another thing that has moved about all week long, the current date for implementing these changes is friday now of next week, the 10th ofjuly. changes is friday now of next week, the 10th of july. that changes is friday now of next week, the 10th ofjuly. that will give us the 10th ofjuly. that will give us the time that we need and i expect, that we will put regulations to the senate to make the changes available to people in wales. —— said. but i wa nt to to people in wales. —— said. but i want to tell you it has been an experience of dealing with the government that never appears capable of making up its mind, let alone communicating that sensibly to devolved administrations. so mark dra keford devolved administrations. so mark drakeford there devolved administrations. so mark dra keford there and devolved administrations. so mark drakeford there and earlier we had matt nicola sturgeon and the prime minister's spokesman was asked about this during the lobby briefing and a couple of lines that came out of that saying number ten saying it is
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for devolved administrations to make and explain their own decisions around the measures they are putting in place. we have been working with all devolved administrations on quarantine from the outset and we continue to do so. so, that there's a couple of comments from downing street following the criticism from mark drakeford street following the criticism from mark dra keford and street following the criticism from mark drakeford and from nicola sturgeon. labour has called on the government to do more to help ease the stem ofjob losses across the uk in the wake of the pandemic. thousands ofjobs have been cut in recent days with many companies trying to reduce costs. the shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds has demanded ministers extend the furlough scheme to parts of the country that may become affected by local lockdown as seen in leicester. back in march, as lockdown began, hastily written notes were placed on the windows of shops and businesses on high streets across the country. they announced an unavoidable shutdown, with no certainty about how or when they could reopen. this is every business‘ nightmare, but for three long months it has been their waking reality.
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now, for some parts of our economy, the notes are beginning to come down and the shutters are beginning to come up, but for others the crisis is still not over. we're still in the middle of the greatest crisis in a generation. one where our government, sadly, has been too slow to act. too slow to lock down, too slow to ramp up testing and too slow to get ppe to our brilliant frontline workers. as lockdown restrictions begin to ease, attention is turning to the economic impact of coronavirus. labour are very clear — the government cannot afford to be too slow again. britain needs a back—to—work budget with a focus on jobs, jobs and jobs again. we also called for an exit strategy, but as with the lifting of lockdown, what we have now is an exit without a strategy. first, government must abandon its one—size—fits—all wind down, with the job protection and self—employed schemes.
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we need a targeted strategy that acknowledges that workers in struggling sectors can not and should not be treated in the same way as workers in sectors that are already back to full capacity. this is not about picking winners, in the chancellor's words. it is about protecting those who have lost through no fault of their own. it is about giving people across the country a fair chance. the reward for months of sacrifice cannot be a redundancy notice. this week, we saw a wave of companies announcing enormous job losses because the government is refusing to shift from its one—size—fits—all approach. smaller companies have a shorter redundancy period. to avoid the same flood of redundancy notices for workers in smaller companies later on, government must act now and abandon its one—size—fits—all approach. it's emerged that some people taking
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a test for covid—19 at the height of the pandemic did not have to give their home postcode. more than a5,000 tests, which were carried out by private firms outside of hospitals, did not require the patient to submit the information. public health england is now trying to retrospectively link positive tests to home addresses. a group of hospital doctors has warned that pressure on nhs staff over covid—19 may get worse before it gets better, and have called for flu jabs for all over—sos. the royal college of physicians warns that a normal winter flu season, on top of a potential second wave of coronavirus infections, could bring the health service to what it calls a grinding halt. it also wants to start the flu vaccination programme earlier than usual. the headlines on bbc news... a change to travel rules — people arriving in england from more
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than 50 countries won't have to quarantine, from next friday. a woman has been jailed for life for planning to blow herself up in an attack on st paul's cathedral in london. borisjohnson warns people to act responsibly when pubs are allowed to re—open in england tomorrow. one of the many side effects of the covid pandemic has been a dramatic drop in the number of organs being offered for donation. doctors at one of the uk's leading transplant hospitals say that at the height of the crisis, the scarcity of organs meant that more patients than usual died on the waiting list. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott reports. it's busy again now, but covid cast its long shadow over these transplant wards. not because patients were getting it, but because the supply of donor
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organs almost dried up. pauline desperately needed new lungs, but she went on the donor list just days before the country locked down. as the hospitals braced themselves for covid, she expected a long wait, but then the call came. it was 9:30am and just about to have breakfast and the transplant nurse called me and she said to me, she said to me, "we believe we have a pairof lungs foryou." and she went through everything and ijust burst into tears, because, obviously, you think of the donor, theirfamily, because somebody has lost their life. so, you don't really know how to feel. we're filming with the doors shut to keep her safe. pauline has this incredible description of her new life. i woke up and i had a huge gasp, because i was only used to a very small amount of air within my lungs and i could take in a full breath. just amazing.
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but pauline knows she was lucky. caroline, hello. nice to see you. doctors here say the number of donor organs available fell by around 90% as the pandemic struck. meaning more patients than usual died whilst waiting. it's because most organs come from intensive care units and they were struggling to cope with covid. so, the number of donors remains lower than it would be normally, which impacts on the number of transplants we're able to perform. but the number of donors is increasing and, actually, the number of transplants that are able to be performed as a result is increasing. we're not yet back to normal levels but we hope to be in the not—too—distant future. in fact, transplant operations across the country are now about two—thirds of the way back to normal. applause. thank you! upstairs, pauline's finally ready to go home. it's a moving moment for her and the staff. husband colin's waiting anxiously outside. because of the virus, these two haven't been
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able to meet for weeks. pauline says first up, she wants a cup of tea in her own home. longer term, believe it or not, with her new lungs, she says she wants to climb mount snowdon. richard westcott, bbc news, royal papworth hospital in cambridge. many of us have resorted to diy hair cuts since lockdown began but as of tomorrow, salons and barbers in england will reopen. in northern ireland they'll resume on monday, in wales it's the monday after and for scotland it's wednesday 15th july. but it won't be a hair cut as you know it — with new rules in place around disinfecting equipment and wearing ppe. jayne mccubbin has been speaking to people in liverpool. after three months, cut—throat pete is getting ready to reopen and he's
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very happy about that. but very little here will be as it was before. for starters, fewer customers are allowed in at any one time. and when they do come in for a cut, hand sanitiser is compulsory here, as are facemasks for clients. many, but not all, salons and barbers are insisting on that. government guidelines only mandate visors are worn by staff. prices have gone up 8% to cover the cost of ppe. and extra time built in or around appointments to wash down each chair and client station. and one last change — those beards men have cultivated over the last five years, like this on barber matt, well, they are going to have to go uncultivated for a little while longer, because shaves are out. matt, no more beard trims! yeah, unfortunately not, at the moment. hopefully, i think we're looking around september, possibly. you are itching to get back to the barber's chair, aren't you?
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100%. erm, i'm dying just to socialise a little bit more with people, apart from my kids! plenty of clients, like brad, are itching to get back, too. so, we've got the bbc recording you. hiya, brad, how you doing? hiya. am i right in saying you're the first name on the list? i made sure i was! jayne laughs. i made sure i was, yeah. i booked myself in from now i think it's til2025, innit, pete? i made sure i was in. this doesn't look like a lockdown hairdo, is there a massive ponytail at the back? well, as you can see it's... ah, right, yeah... it doesn't get much worse than this. it's the longest i've ever gone without a haircut. across the city, susan has been calling her clients in gearing up for going back into business. as a freelance stylist, she unpacks the tools of her trade in clients‘ homes. that is still allowed. for now, though, she will try, where possible, to stick to gardens. i'd rather be outside. it's safer, isn't it? if it's raining, though? so, some of them have got
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a conservatory, the doors open. if they're in the kitchen, the door and the window will be open. so even if it's a rainy day, the door can be open, the window can be open — there's a way. i've noticed the temperature gauge. that's not in the guidelines, is it? no, this isn't in the guidelines, however, i'm going rogue with this. um, just to do everything i can to keep my clients safe. and the key question is — will people feel safe? um... mm, that's the million dollar question. i've got all the ppe, all the sanitising and sterilising equipment, i've got procedure to follow. hope for the best. but what about clients? how do they feel about getting back in the hairdresser‘s chair? only one way to find out. let's take the chair to them. off the phone, come on, in the barber's chair. have you got time to get into the bbc breakfast barber's chair?
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we've got to discuss your hair! carl, tell us how long has it been? three months. three long months. or should i say too long? jayne laughs. how serious have things got, michelle? it needs a good cut. this isn't hair any more, it's not a haircut, this is a mane, i've gone to a lion, now. i'm imitating ken dodd, yeah, it's the start of it, really. you're itching to do it for him? oh, yes. mine, too, look at mine, i'mjust as bad! mrs dodd incorporated. when are you booked in? the second week injuly. and you're counting down the days? the minutes! tuesday, you're in? tuesday, yeah. so i'm having a few pints this weekend, on saturday, with the mo salah hairdo. and hopefully get a few autographs back in there. jayne laughs. but not everyone is in a dash to get back to the salon. i normally get my roots done about every five weeks. and i know it's open now
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for bookings, but ijust haven't made that move yet. i've waited this long... you're going to wait a little bit longer? ..i can wait another month or two. some will wait because they want to wait. others because they can't get an appointment. tomorrow, places like this are back in business. don't worry, i am not waiting. i am banging on the door, next thursday isa banging on the door, next thursday is a big day, for everyone. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. cloudy, wet, very wet for some, windy, about to get windier over the weekend, let's take a look at how friday and the weekend is shaping up. starting by looking back at this morning in cumbria, already some heavy rain into here and for much of scotland as well, heaviest in the south—west, rain at times for northern ireland, northern and western england and wales and spreading further
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south—east as the day goes on. there will be some areas of scotland that sees some breaks in the rain occasionally, right at the end of the afternoon towards the north west for example. 20 to 30 millimetres of rain. in south—west scotland, more on hills, there could be some disruption. wet at times then for northern ireland, the rain for western england and wales, heaviest and most persistent into the hills. 0ccasional rain for north—east england and the midlands, then feeding into east anglia and across much of southern england then as we go through the late afternoon and into the evening. it is windy throughout as well, parts of wales and the middle seen some gusts in excess of a0 mph. 0ccasional rain staying for many overnight, but notice how northern scotland is turning drier and a bit clearer as well and cooler. notice also how temperatures hold up across much of england and for wales, quite a warm and muggy night to come with plenty of cloud, low cloud so some mistiness around the coast and into the hills and we keep a lot of that cloud tomorrow, again with some occasional
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outbreaks of rain. not necessarily raining everywhere all the time, but if you are to the east of high ground you mayjust see a few sunny breaks. it is still windy out there but if you do get to see some sunshine, temperatures may end up a little bit higher than this, though most of us will not see that sun and stay cloudy. problem saturday night into sunday with the area of low pressure which moves just close to scotland on the southern flank of that and a bit of uncertainty on how strong the winds will be but it does look windier into sunday for many. we see a cold front moving southwards taking away this cloudy, humid air and on sunday it will brighten up for many. there will be showers, heaviest into scotland and some thundery for parts of northern ireland as well. the winds pick up overnight and into the day and we could see some gusts of up to 50 to 60 mph so there could be some disruption because of the wind in places on sunday. so we are going to keep you updated with that as we get closer to sunday. it may turn out to be windier and it will feel cool and fresh from the north on sunday.
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this is bbc news. the headlines... a change to travel rules — people arriving in england from more than 50 countries won't have to quarantine, from next friday. the most important thing is people who were hoping to get away, perhaps for a summer holiday, will have options when they see that list. borisjohnson warns people to act responsibly tomorrow as no 10 says pubs are allowed to re—open in england from 6am tomorrow. new figures reveal nearly 20,000 care home residents died in england and wales between march the 2nd and june the 12th. a woman has been jailed for life for planning to blow

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