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this is bbc news. the headlines at four: gyms and swimming pools reopen in england, but there's a warning up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. for us it has all been about balancing the experience the members had prior to coming, or prior to lockdown, and making sure that they feel safe and secure. it comes as experts warn being overweight or obese brings a greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—19. all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people, when they contract covid, if they are also overweight, have these extra chances of being really sick. further restrictions introduced in spain's catalonia region, amid fears of a second wave
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of the virus. the grime musician wiley is dropped by his management following a stream of anti—semitic comments on his social media accounts. details of a royal rift as a new book claims harry and meghan felt deliberately cut off from the royal family. and england are on top against the west indies in the final day of the third test at old trafford. good afternoon. gyms and indoor swimming pools in england have started to reopen,
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as part of the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown. all venues are having to adhere to strict hygeine and social distancing measures — but the industry is warning that financial concerns mean that many facilities will remain closed. katy austin reports. another area of life is opening up again with some changes. at this david lloyd club, people came to do exercise classes this morning, used the gym and swim in the pool for the first time in four months. to be honest i am a bit overwhelmed. i have done a bit of cardio, a bit of weights, a bit of everything today and one of the managers saw me and i was talking to a friend and he said, you haven't been here forfour months. work out. i said, no, this is part of it too. it is not mandatory to wear a face covering in the gym but the need for social distancing means equipment is spaced out with some machines out of use, there are limits on the number of people who can be in one class or in the swimming pool at any one time and there is extra cleaning in place as well. gym users are also being asked to arrive in their gym gear to avoid
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using changing rooms. the chance to reopen is important for fitness businesses but the income lost during lockdown while some fixed costs remained means many are in financial difficulty. the owners of this small health club hope people who have cancelled their memberships will feel confident enough to come back. certainly the first few weeks will be a balancing act. between making sure we get the members back and for us it's all about balancing the experience the members had prior to coming, prior to lockdown, and making sure they feel safe and secure. but people's exercise habits have changed during lockdown. this zumba instructor started doing sessions online. they have been such a hit, she will carry on. we usually have 45 subscribers and then we have pay—as—you—go, so theyjust pay for each class. we usually have like,
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it could be from 30 or 50. in the gym, you would, maximum, fit in 22. a huge difference obviously having it online. as the exercise machines get going again, there are warnings that not all sites can afford to open just yet and that many public leisure centres will need financial support to avoid permanent closure. being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—19, according to experts. public health england found excess weight put people at higher risk of complications from the virus — and they say this is just one part of the toll obesity is taking on the health of the nation. the government is expected to announce new measures to curb obesity in england next week. simon jones has more. the warning from health officials is clear. if you are overweight or obese and get coronavirus you are more likely to end up in hospital,
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more likely to become critically ill. this graph illustrates the scale of the problem based on a study of over 19,000 people who have tested positive for covid—19. it shows the bigger the bmi or body mass index the risk of intensive care increases. someone who is severely obese has over four times the risk compared to someone who is the normal weight. being overweight increases the chances of insulin resistance, it puts up your blood pressure, and all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people when they contract covid if they also overweight have these extra chances of being really sick. although some of us have been using the extra time we have had on our hands during lockdown to do sport, evidence suggests overall exercise levels haven't increased. what has is the amount ofjunk food and alcohol we have been buying from high street shops. at this park in london despite no shortage of keen exercisers,
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people admit the past few months have been challenging. i made a conscious effort to do more exercise and obviously with a little one, we have been getting out to the parks pretty much every day but i would say i have probably eaten more as well. once the bars opened, we have been overindulging probably back in bars and restaurants, i think it will settle down and we will get a balance. looking at the rate of obesity per 1000 people in european countries, the uk is among the most obese with 26.2 people out of every thousand considered obese. there is a call for more government support. we know people have the intention to improve things but you get tripped up all the time. go to checkout and you are faced with bars of chocolate on special offer for example and those undermine what you intend to do, so we know people need help. the government is expected to unveil a long—awaited obesity strategy
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for england next week, which could see snack food promotions limited and a ban on tv adverts for junk food before the watershed. public health england is warning the case for action has never been stronger. simon jones, bbc news. police turned away around sixty cars from the base of snowdon this morning, to prevent overcrowding. cars were also towed away after police warned motorists against parking illegally in the snowdonia national park over the weekend. police have now placed cones along the route following chaotic scenes last week following the easing of lockdown restrictions. politicians and musicians have condemned anti—semitic tweets by the grime artist wiley, which prompted his management to drop him. he's also been banned from twitter for a week, after posting a string of messages last night and this morning. police say they are assessing the material. charlotte gallagher reports.
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wiley is one of the biggest stars in the uk grime scene. so influential that he was dubbed the godfather of grime and awarded an mbe for services to music in 2018. but in a series of rambling tweets posted over a number of hours, the 41—year—old musician shared anti—semitic conspiracy theories, insulted jewish people and compared the community to the ku klux klan. we have chosen not to show the comments because of their content. the musician has now been dropped by his agentjohn woolf who said, following wiley‘s tweets we have cut all ties with him. there is no place in society for anti—semitism. wiley maintains it was his decision to leave the company. look at this. you liar. look at this man. i cut ties with you, you fool! "we have cut all ties with him." i cut ties with you.
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wiley has now been banned from twitter for seven days though the anti—semitic comments are still visible. many want social media firms to go further. this is a deluge of hatred. many, many tweets, on instagram as well, there is some hateful stuff. it breaches their conditions. wiley remains unapologetic despite widespread condemnation. some are now calling for him to be stripped of his mbe. we have had a couple of statements about these social media accounts from those responsible. a spokesperson from facebook, which owns instagram has said: "there is no place for hate speech on instagram. we have deleted content that violates our policies from this account and are continuing to investigate. twitter has also issued a statment saying: "abuse
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and harassment have no place on our service and we have policies in place — that apply to everyone, everywhere — that address abuse and harassment, violent threats, and hateful conduct. if we identify accounts that violate any of these rules, we ll take enforcement action. this account has been temporarily locked for violating our hateful conduct policy." rhiannon williams is technology correspondent for the i newspaper. i don't know if you thought before yesterday you would be talking in depth about wiley‘s account, but what do you make about the action that has been taken? we have had state m e nts that has been taken? we have had statements but in terms of the concrete action to ensure this stuff isn't disseminated, because the tweet started 2a hours ago now. isn't disseminated, because the tweet started 24 hours ago now. yes, certainly we started seeing the original tweets around friday evening, around 5pm or so and
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twitter has placed wiley‘s account ina read twitter has placed wiley‘s account in a read only mode. a way of quarantining an account, the sort of limited time, the lowest time they can put it into his 12 hours or this account has been put on their maximum seven days, so they are going through the tweet at the moment, some have been removed but the majority are still available to read and they are in violation of twitter‘s hateful policies. read and they are in violation of twitter's hateful policies. some confusion in the mind of twitter, at least of the people who do the reviewing about what is and isn't hateful speech. it seems like the prime example of what twitter has been criticised for, for their failure to curb this kind of hate speech. it doesn't tend to employ algorithms to detect these kind of, this kind of language. twitter
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relies upon ordinary users, people flagging it for their attention to be brought and then identified, assessed to see whether it does violate the policies, but that these m essa 9 es violate the policies, but that these messages are still up there and still attracting a great deal of attention, people can still interact with what wiley‘s has tweeted. why has it taken twitter so long to do something especially when it has had yea rs of something especially when it has had years of these kinds of issues and they are still continuing to happen despite the company saying, we are trying our best and we judge anything on a case—by—case basis, but a lot of people are outraged that they were allowed to go up in the first place. as part of the issueis the first place. as part of the issue is because this is an international company, obviously audiences worldwide. wiley has something like 400, 600,000 followers. that there is a difficulty because the legal tests in differentjurisdictions are different and therefore they are
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trying to say, are we in danger of legal action in the states, in europe? and that complicates the process of assessment. it doesn't make anything easier. i suppose, territory to territory, what is defined as hate speech should broadly be accepted under the same kind of parameters by different countries will have different approaches. but the tweets, nobody could argue that they were not grossly offensive but it does highlight the huge problems that we have with silicon valley, international multi—million dollar corporations having to deal with audiences from all around the world, policing vast amount of content going up every single day. twitter something like 330 million users which pales into comparison with facebook but it highlights what the difficulties r. what differences if
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any would have made if there was a law now? the online harms spill is mps wanting to instil 0fcom, the broadcaster regulator with the powers to regulate social media to hold companies to greater responsibility for the kind of content they host. the issue at the moment is this being a prime example of, it is difficult to police what does go up and how the companies are held accountable for what they are hosting. the online harm bill wants to impose a pretty hefty financial fines on facebook, twitter etc but there is still a difficulty in seeing how that will effectively leverage, will be companies pay the fees, how seriously will they take it? the is a tendency to see the bill as a silver bullet to solve
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suddenly we are having these new restrictions introduced. 0ther suddenly we are having these new restrictions introduced. other areas of the country are seeing spikes and infections, that is very frustrating for people but it is also worrying, people are concerned about the possibility of a second wave, and we had a couple of days ago an official from the health ministry said this could be the beginning of a second wave of the virus.
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we heard that french prime minister earlier saying the advice was don't cross the border into north—eastern spain if you possibly can avoid it, we've got the norwegian saying now people will have to quarantine if they are flying in from spain, other countries raising concerns, presumably this is the last thing spain needs to, just at the point it thought its tourism industry was going to come back into play this year. at a time when, i can't remember the figures, the economy has shrunk an extraordinary amount, hasn't it, this year? yes, that is right. normally, spain would expect to see around 80 million foreign visitors to the country. 0bviously, we are not going to see those kinds a figure that all this year, we talk about the economy there, we are expecting to see the economy shrank by around 12% or upwards of 12% by the end of this year, so they are real concerns about the economy in
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the tourism industry which is so important for the economy. i think spain held off a little bit in terms of lifting its restrictions until the end ofjune because it was hoping that by doing that, it could have something like a normal tourism season through july and have something like a normal tourism season throuthuly and august, the peak season, but that simply hasn't happened. with these new spikes in the comments from france and the worries in the way in other countries, that it really is very bad for the rest of the season for spain, it relies so heavily on tourism. thank you. india has recorded big jump in viruses. the chief minister of the state of british says —— he is the first minister to who have contracted covid—19. it has the highest rate in the world after the united states. experts warn the
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worst is yet to come. south korea has recorded its biggest increase in one month. 113 new infections were reported on saturday — the highest number since the end of march. the majority are people who arrived on two planes carrying south korean workers evacuated from iraq, and an outbreak on a russian fishing vessel docked in busan. just 27 cases have been caused by local transmission. the headlines on bbc news: gyms and swimming pools reopen in england — but there's a warning up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. it comes as experts warn being overweight or obese brings a greater risk of serious illness or death from covid 19 further restrictions introduced in spain's catalonia region, amid fears of a second wave of the virus.
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let's get a round—up of the sports 110w. let's get a round—up of the sports now. it's the only story in town today, the third and deciding test between england and the west indies. england started day two in a strong position on 258—4, but lost 4 quick wickets. 0llie pope the first to go, unable to add to his overnight score of 91. jos buttler was caughtjust a short time later for 67, to leave england in a vulnerable position. but stuart broad helped steady the ship with some impressive big—hitiing. he made england's third fastest half—century off just 33 balls, on his way to 62 as england made 369. and england got off to the perfect start with the ball.
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broad in the action once again with the early wicket of kraigg brathwaite injust the second over. west indies are 61 for 5, still more than three hundred runs behind. follow that on test match special and on the bbc sport website, where there are in—play video highlights. some indoor gyms, swimming pools and sports facilities in england have reopened for the first time since march in the latest easing of lockdown rules. swim england has published guidance for how operators can welcome swimmers back and mike bushell spent the morning with some at a pool in london. it has a 30 day —— it has been a
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busy day. groups of swimmers are allowed at a time. it has got everybody back in the water again. let's talk at some of the swimmers who have had theirfirst let's talk at some of the swimmers who have had their first experience in swimming pools for months. how do you feel getting in a pool? it's been quite a change, as we haven't swu m been quite a change, as we haven't swum for quite a long time but overall it has been a good experience. what about all the different measures? you don't get changed in the changing room, you come swim ready and get unchanged by the side of the full and you have the side of the full and you have the one—way system around the pool as well. it is very different but we have been able to swim easily as well because everyone has space between. let's bring another swimmer n. as someone who has done something for the past eight years of the life. it is weird, coming back, it is hard, after not doing it for such
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a long period of time. so, quite physically demanding? how did the social distant measures work for you? it is convenient, there is no time wasting, you get to poolside, you take your clothes off, and you are in the pool. fantastic. if you wa nt to are in the pool. fantastic. if you want to book a session, you have to book online. at least people are in the pool once more. on monday, the diving starts once again. so, lots of the indoor pool event starting up again finally in england. marc marquez is out of the andalusian grand prix after retiring injured from today's qualifying. the reigning champion remarkably got back on his bike after having surgery for a broken arm on tuesday. but afterjust one lap of qualifying he returned to the pit lane — clearly struggling with his injury. frenchman fabio quartararo finished on pole injerez with maverick vinales in second. dart player, vincent van der voort has apologised
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that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the west indies are 62 fettle, trailing by 307 in the first innings. apologies, i think in the headlines as it was the final day but there is another day is action to look forward to. thank you so much. we look forward to talking to you again later. southern texas is bracing itself for the first atlantic hurricane of the year. hurricane hanna is expected to make landfall along the gulf of mexico, bringing heavy rain, a storm surge and flash flooding. libraries and museums in the coastal city of corpus christi have been closed. the state is already struggling to deal with a surge in the number of coronavirus cases.
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people are being warned not to book holidays abroad unless their passport is up—to—date. staff are working to read backlog but that is estimated to be more than 400,000 applications. it is all a result of the disruption caused by the pandemic earlier in the year. he is a home affairs correspondent. the latest advice from the passport office is that people should not book to go abroad until they have received the documents and those who do not need to renew their passports should wait until after the summer. minister said the backlog had built up minister said the backlog had built up because passport offices had fewer staff, due to social distancing reels. earlier this week, the home office revealed that passport staff were working through 126,000 applications, with a further 284,000 still to be processed. 0fficials 284,000 still to be processed. officials say they have issued 6500
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passports to individuals on compassionate and emergency grounds, and say some overseas applicants who have experienced delays will be able to claim refunds. passports will be delivered within five days a people have been waiting longer than four weeks, and if they produce evidence they are due to travel in the next fortnight. danny shaw, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have denied contributing to a new book about their life in the royal family. the duke and duchess — who now live in california — made their last public appearance as working members of the royal family earlier this year. the book called finding freedom — which is being serialised in the times newspaper — claims the sussexes and cambridges were barely speaking by march. for the past four months, more than two million people across england have been shielding themselves from the coronavirus, but next week the rules are set to change. for many people, that will mean an end to extra support like food deliveries, and some are concerned that their families still need help.
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hi, matthew. hi, are you all right? a welcome sight. from next week, rebecca and poppy will continue to shield. they won't get free food boxes so volunteers like matthew are all they have. staying at home is a tough decision but for them it is necessary. it is really worrying because although they have lifted the ban there is always the thought of a second wave coming. and obviously i want to protect my daughter as much as i can, especially with her immune system being so low, it will be really scary to ever let out the house again, to be honest. when will that be? i don't know. when there's a cure. do you think shielding should be lifted at all? yes, but not for the really vulnerable ones like me. i should have a seatbelt! in gateshead, 95—year—old elizabeth is desperate to go to the shops
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but the garden at her sheltered accommodation is the furthest she will go. because i don't want to catch the virus, isn't it? i mean, how many people who have lost their lives to it? and i have come to a big age now and i don't want to lose it to a virus now, really. for four months, these food boxes have been a lifeline for people who don't leave the house but when shielding stops, they too will stop. that is why this charity on teesside is stepping in. i'm at the supermarket. is there anything else we need this morning? pip buys food and collection donations from the supermarket. it is then packed here. they have even made up meal kits, all delivered to people's homes. when the covid pandemic hit, i couldn't get a food delivery online. the woman behind it is shielding herself.
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she knows how difficult it is. this is people who are so terrified for their health going out that they would literally starve. we've had messages from people who have shared a packet of super noodles between three school—age kids for dinner. it is such a massive issue that needed to be solved and ijust didn't see how the government was going to sort that so quickly. there is also concern that some people behind closed doors may be struggling with their mental health. i actually got a telephone call from a patient's sister because the patient themselves are really fearful that they might be spied on, they'll get into trouble, when in fact, they are being shielded and they absolutely need to be shielded, so shielding has been a huge damaging experience to her mental health. and she is only one. the pause in shielding makes no
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difference to some people. the government says nhs volunteers are still there to help. how h ow ofte n how often have you heard stories about a big financial when ruining french ships? not in wisconsin. a lottery winner in the us has split his jackpot of $22 million dollars with an old friend because of a "gentleman's agreement" they made nearly 30 years ago. tom cook and joe feeney played the wisconsin lottery separately but they'd made a pact in 1992 to share any major wins. tanya dendrinos has the story. it's the stuff dreams are made of — cheesy grins and a cheque for $22 million. it's not every day you win the lottery.
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