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this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... ' quarantine? the whole house after quarantine? you might be worried about it but holiday plans up in the air for millions as strict quarantine you don't have the quarantine. you rules are reimposed at short notice can go out and do normal things. on travellers returning from spain. u nless can go out and do normal things. unless of course you have been on all hell broke loose. the family are holiday with that person, in which case you face the same quarantine panicking. what are we going to do? requirement as them. so that is no. do we have to quarantine if we cancel rugby, netball, but the travel back to the uk through parties. a shock to the system. france? yes, if it is within 14 days the government says it had to act that you have been in spain. france "rapidly and decisively" to avoid a second spike of the virus here. if you're coming back from spain, will be viewed as a transit stop and anywhere in spain, you must you should say you have been to quarantine for 14 days. that is the spain within like the last 14 days and you will have to make up that only effective way to ensure that we time. simon gompertz, thank you. have at the greatest possible level of support and defence for public time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. health. buy one get one free deals will be banned and junk food adverts so farjuly has been unsettled and restricted as the government's tries to tackle obesity in england. on the cool side. that's how this week is starting but by mid week we start to see high pressure building and it will turn hot by the end of the week for some of us when we could see more than 30 celsius in july for the first time in the
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south. this afternoon, this vigorous and deep area of low pressure is bringing a lot of rainfall across the country. this is the rainfall from earlier and you can see how much there is, barely making out the land apart from northern scotland where we have the place names to pinpoint where you are. in the last few hours it is very wet across scotla nd few hours it is very wet across scotland and northern england and further showers will develop across the south. if some sunshine breaks through the cloud across wales and england we could see heavy and thundery showers across north wales, north england and into the midlands. could be drier across the far south and south—west by the end of the day but the wind will become a feature. gusting at 30 and 40 mph across central, southern and western areas. this evening and overnight, the heaviest of the rain and strong wind becoming confined to the north—east of scotland, the northern isles. it remains blustery across the board and we will see further showers push into the north—west so with the showers, variable cloud but drier in the south and with the breeze that shouldn't be too cold with
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temperatures in double figures for most. tuesday is largely better for many of us. still have a low pressure from today across the north sea with wet and ready weather in northern scotland. showers in north and west areas with the odd one travelling to the east, otherwise dry in central and southern areas with some sunshine but still disappointing temperatures for the time of year, the mid to high teens, maybe 20 in the south. that area of low pressure clears away and we have another low pushing to the west but high pressure will start to build across southern high pressure will start to build across southern areas so high pressure will start to build across southern areas so breezy conditions for north—east scotland and the northern isles as low pressure clears away. increasing cloud and may be showers across the west tha n ks cloud and may be showers across the west thanks to that other low i was showing you pushing in off the atlantic. high pressure building on the south, increasing amounts of sunshine, lighter winds, starting to see temperatures are rising, and they will rise further through thursday and into friday as we start to tap into some very warm and hot airfrom the near to tap into some very warm and hot air from the near continent. initially across central and southern parts of the country but
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spreading north on friday. that area of low pressure could bring rain on thursday to the north and west, starting to turn very warm in the south and then all areas, warm and sunny south and then all areas, warm and sunny on south and then all areas, warm and sunny on friday with the potential of the low 30s across the south—east. a reminder of our top story... holiday plans up in the airfor millions as strict quarantine rules are re—imposed at short notice on travellers returning from spain. airlines and travel agents have warned the blanket measures are out of proportion to the risks. 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. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. the weather has got in the way of england's charge towards a series win over the west indies. it's been raining at old trafford this morning, so the start of day
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four has been delayed. england are in a really strong position having set the windies an unlikely 399 to win it, and they lost a couple of wickets last night too, 10 for 2 they'll resume. so england 8 wickets away from winning this deciding test, but at this rate they may have to wait until tomorrow to get it done when the forecast looks better. staying with cricket, we've had confirmation there's going to be a new men's international one—day super league. and our cricket reporter henry moeranjoins me now, how's this going to work? the idea is to give a bit of context and one—day international cricket, no bilateral series as dead rubbers and every match matters. quite similarto and every match matters. quite similar to the icc women's championship we have seen in the last few years, acting as a qualification tournament ahead of a major world cup, so the 50 over
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world cup played in india at the back end of 2023 is the event that this is building towards. so, the top seven teens in this super league will qualify automatically for that tournament and what we should see is a continuation of this icc desire to give importance and context to every single match is that is played. so it starts with england against ireland in southampton on thursday, and england have named their squad for that one day series? they have indeed, a couple of surprises in there as well, david willey and rhys topley are the standout names. rhys topley hasn't played for england since 2016, but he is back in the squad now. david willie of course missed out on world cup selection despite being... joe denly is in the side as a batsman. he was dropped from the england test side during the west indies series and it is worth noting that a number of the big—name players you might
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expect to see playing in 50 over cricket won't be present as they prepare for the test series between england and pakistan. this condensed, meaning that the likes of ben stokes, joe root, chopper archer, they all miss out. an interesting —looking squad, all gets under way with three matches, starting in southampton on thursday. we look forward to that. thank you, henry. next, to the fallout from the final day of the premier league season. aston villa surviving by the skin of their teeth, but no such luck for watford and bournemouth, who both drop out of the league after five years. the bournemouth boss edddie howe was tight lipped on his future after their relegation to the championship was confirmed. but one of the club's former managers says that howe has to stay if they're to have any chance of bouncing straight back up to the premier league. he has done such an amazing job. people forget that this club, in 100 yea rs, people forget that this club, in 100 years, had never been out of division two or three. championship
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football was punching way above their weight, let alone getting into their weight, let alone getting into the premier league and that's where he has taken them, through the divisions, to the premier league, five years in the premier league, never been in relegation trouble before this year. the job he never been in relegation trouble before this year. thejob he has done has been one of the most incredible stories i think in football, what eddie howe has achieved at bournemouth. and finally there's some live tennis going on right now which we can show you a bit of... this is the latest battle of the brits event, the tournament organised byjamie murray. this week is the team event, so there will be two teams of 13 playing for points in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. this is the british number one johanna konta againstjodie burrage, burrage winning the first set 6—4. you can watch it live now via the bbc sport website and app. that's all your sport for now, next it's your questions answered.
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now, i'm going to introduce our three guests. with us, the share of the travel trade association, alistair roland. the group editor of... paperjacks. alistair roland. the group editor of... paper jacks. and alistair roland. the group editor of... paperjacks. and kevin poulter. welcome all three of you. just before you get started with the conversation, let's get some more on the quarantine restrictions the passengers arriving in the uk from spain. 0ur news correspondent andy moore has been at gatwick this morning and explains the latest rules. a lot of people thought that the door on foreign travel had opened a little. a lot of people now, especially in the travel industry, think that door has been slammed shut again. a lot of the airlines here, like individual travellers, trying to figure out what this guidance means. some of them will continue to fly to mainland spain, others won't. now, that quarantine, for people coming
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back from spain here at gatwick today, what does that actually look like? well, first of all, you have to provide an address that you will be going to. if you don't provide an address, you could be fined £100. you are supposed to avoid public transport impossible to get to that address, so hopefully you might have your own transport or get a lift with somebody. when you get home, you really do have to stay at home, apart from exceptional circumstances. it is a much more stringent lockdown than the quarantine we all experienced earlier in the year. you can't go out to walk the dog, you can't go out to walk the dog, you can't go out for exercise. you're not even supposed to go out shopping, unless you really have to do, so hopefully, somebody can provide you with the food you need or you can do online shopping. we are told by the government that about one in five people, there will be checks, so you will be contacted by text or phone to see that you are in quarantine,
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there could be a fine of £1000 for breaking it, so quite a serious situation if you break the quarantine regulation. lets hear from our guests now. this question is to paper. and he says, we have beenin is to paper. and he says, we have been in spain for nine months now. andy asks: if i travel form spain to france for 14 days, will i need to quarantine? ijust i just tried to fill in the for myself but i couldn't complete it. as far as myself but i couldn't complete it. as farasi myself but i couldn't complete it. as far as i know, they don't know where you have been in the last 14 days. technically, you wouldn't have to declare that you had been in spain but it is important to note that at the moment, the french authorities are quite concerned about the situation in spain. the government is talking about not going to catalonia and talking about is limiting the numbers of arrivals from spain into france and so they could find themselves in a situation of having to quarantine in france instead, unless your travel
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insurance covers you for that, that would be at your own expense, so trying to cheat the system does create additional problems and isn't advised. alistair, this is one for you. you represent the industry to a degree. mike harris asks, i am booked on brittany ferries in september. they say they are carrying on with a against fco advice. can i cancel and get a refund? it depends on the terms of the operator. many of the savings will be essential, so i think brittany is saying that they will support customers with claims on their travel insurance if indeed they have pandemic cover on their travel insurance, but they are not at this moment offering any form of refund. this one, kevin, for you. it comes from mandy. she says she is due to travel to the canary islands next weekend. she will have to
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quarantine on your return. can my employer asked me not to go and could i use lose myjob? employer asked me not to go and could i use lose my job? yes. they can ask you not to go. they can compel you not to go as well. it is difficult to short notice, but it is an option. could you lose yourjob? well, this is a difficult question. if you have been employed for less than two years, you can be dismissed for many reasons quite fairly by your employer. if you have been there over two years then there has to bea there over two years then there has to be a fair process and reason for that. but what is important i think now it's having that conversation with your employer, there may be some policies in place, but try and have that engagement and make your concerns known. of course, if you can work from home, not too much of an issue and there are certain exemptions to the quarantine rules which are also worth having a look at. paper, this question is for you from rose in essex. she says, my
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partner is coming back from spain tonight. then we are flying to portugal on friday, knowing that we will have to quarantine when we are back. can he still go? so the way it works with the quarantine is that you have that serve the full 14 day sentence, so his quarantine from spain, he would have served some of that and would have to serve the rest when he gets back from portugal. 0bviously, rest when he gets back from portugal. obviously, in portugal, you have to quarantine when you get back from there as well to the 14 days would begin again. interestingly, with portugal, that is still one of the countries that the foreign office is advising against all but essential travel to and too much of the frustration of the travel industry, so almost a bigger concern here is whether or not they should be travelling on to portugal and travel insurance is almost certainly not going to cover them for flying to portugal on friday, so that is something to consider. you don't want to be travelling without insurance and the, and climate. tour operators
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aren't offering to portugal and now more than ever, you need to be travelling on a package, so that you get the package travel directed protection and booking with a travel agents to make sure you are not flouting the rules and that you are travelling safely and will be protected as possible. alistair. this is a refund question from gemma. she says, my insurance company no longer covers is due to the fco stating essential travel only. i booked flights and accommodation separately with easyj et accommodation separately with easyjet and holiday lettings. what cani easyjet and holiday lettings. what can i do to get my money refunded? i already changed of light with easyj et already changed of light with easyjet once without charge, but the accommodation provider is stating that i cannot get a refund. well, the message for the viewer really is that you are much more protected booking a package with an atoll certificate but in this case, it is
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likely that you will be offered a change of flights again, although there may be a cost and depending on where the accommodation came from, the consumer would have to follow the consumer would have to follow the cancellation conditions. but if there is no cancellation conditions hundred percent to be paid, then the consumer, the viewer will lose their money on the accommodation. so, i would suggest to do whatever you can with easyjet and lobby the accommodation provider. but much less safe than if you had booked a package. and kevin, the employment law questions again. this is from peter. can my wife's employer force her to take time off from work when ourflight from her to take time off from work when our flight from spain landed her to take time off from work when ourflight from spain landed on saturday, ten hours before the cut off? well, the good news is that they wouldn't be banned by the quarantine rules. what they might be
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an issue with is that if there is any risk and the employer believes there is a risk to other people within their organisation, they may ask them to take that time, just to be sure, maybe even take a test, just to check, because there is also the obligation to protect everybody else at work. so although they wouldn't be caught by the government's guidance, it may well be that the employer ask them to do it. if they asked them to do that, there will be an expectation that there will be an expectation that the employer would pay them to stay away. if they are ready and willing to work. and pippa, this is from debbie. my parents live in spain and they are coming back to the uk for a holiday. they are staying with us in our home. do we need to quarantine for two weeks as well? so, i check that out on a government website and it does state that people that you are staying with do not necessarily need to self quarantine. so i think debbie and her family would be fine to go out to the shops, although the responsible thing to do is obviously
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to ta ke responsible thing to do is obviously to take extra precautions right now. but importantly, there should be nobody else coming round the house and no other friends or nobody else coming round the house and no otherfriends orfamily, apart from debbie and her immediate household, so there are some restrictions still that debbie will need to live with for at least two weeks, if not slightly longer because her 14 day period will start when her yes. now, alistair, this question from wednesday is looking ahead to next year. wendy says she is due to fly to malaga on the 22nd of august. if the quarantine stays in place and they are permitted to change their flights with easyjet, they would like to move them on a year to next august. however, the same flights next year are significantly more expensive. is there anything we can do? probably have a look at changing the dates outside of the peak season next year. certainly the flight pricing, it is more expensive next year. you can kind of understand that, as the
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market settles down. but i would suggest to have a look outside of the school holiday period and you should find flight pricing slightly more sensible. thank you. kevin, this is from l. she says how is the government supporting employees you can't go to work for 14 days? that isa can't go to work for 14 days? that is a good question and what the government to say might be two different things. there is a suggestion that ssp, statutory sick pay, may well cover the circumstances but at the moment, even due to the changes, given the changes that happened in april, it doesn't quite go far enough. it only cove rs doesn't quite go far enough. it only covers people either have coronavirus, have the symptoms, have been told to shield, or have been told to sell buy is led by a doctor through track and trace. it doesn't quite extend this far, so that unless there is a change through the government to extend it through parliament, then that might not be the case. one option that might be
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available at think about in pro she and heremployeragain to available at think about in pro she and her employer again to speak about potentially being re—furloughed for the period of the quarantine. that might be a solution that works for everybody, but other than that, i am struggling to think of what they're doing to right now. we arejust we are just hearing that a pet cat has fallen ill with coronavirus in the uk after catching it from a human. it is the first case of a domestic cat testing positive for coronavirus in the uk but should not be cause for alarm. that is from the director of public health england. there is no evidence that pets can transmit the disease to humans. the case has been reported to the world health organization. they have been a small number of confirmed cases of
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pets in other countries, north america and asia, but the uk's chief veterinary officer says tests conducted by the animal health agency says that coronavirus has been detected in a pet cat. a very rare event. showing mild symptoms and recovering within a few days and most importantly, there is no evidence to suggest that pets can directly transmit the virus to humans. so that is just a bit of news coming over the news agency wires and we will keep an eye on that story for you. now two of the news. "buy one get one free" deals for unhealthy food have been banned as part of the government's bid to tackle obesity in england. the prime minister said the plans would help "reduce our health risks and protect ourselves against coronavirus". a ban on junk food adverts before nine in the evening has also been confirmed for the whole uk. earlier my colleague carrie gracie got the thoughts of childhood obesity campaigner and chef, jamie oliver. today is a really important, i think a pivotal moment actually.
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we have been working on this for five years, all of these points were in the first chapter of the obesity strategy with mr cameron. we've gone a long way since then. ups and mainly downs. this feels like a joined up, more holistic approach, it feels bold and it feels that finally, we have a prime minister who is taking this seriously. how it came to be, who knows? but i think the environment at the moment now is amplifying the importance of good health and a good immune system, it probably has given it a little push needed. when you say the environment at the moment, do you mean the link between obesity and covid—i9, severe illness and death? absolutely. i think there is an intrinsic link between diet and disease and the severity of covid—i9. i think we want to arm ourselves against that but going back before covid—i9, diet —related disease is the biggest driver for people through the nhs,
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the most powerful thing we can do to support the nhs is not need to go there in the first place. so, for nearly 20 years, and certainly on the strategy, in the last five years, i think what we are looking at is kind of environmental selection of, you know, strategies that have the extra power to make change, for all children, especially our most vulnerable communities. i suppose the inspiration nearest to us is in holland, where they have reduced childhood obesity by i2% in three years, with a similar selection of interventions. one of the things this morning that doctors have been saying to us is, good try, but not enough. that's what some of them say, they say we need taxes on the ultra—processed foods that are the worst for us and we need to put some of the cash raised into subsidising healthy food. what is your view on that? look, i think anything that can help
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balance up the inequality between our most affluent communities and our poorest. if you are a poor child in britain, you are twice as likely to be overweight and obese, suffer from diet —related disease. you will do less well in school, you will get paid less money and you will probably die about seven to 11 years younger than your affluent counterparts, so if we want a fair country, if we want everyone to flourish, then how we view children, how we send to them in government, all ministries, how we support teachers. how we support school lunches and, of recent weeks, with the marcus rashford intervention which was really important, along with bite back 2030, we see the importance of holiday hunger. so for those 1.3 million children who are on school lunches, those parents have to earn less than £7,000 a year. so, what happens in the school holidays? of course, we know a lot of poverty and we see health go down and plummet. there are a lot of issues out there,
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i think what you have suggested is another way forward, of course the devil is always on the detail. how? and how do we make it so that we are giving people more choice not taking stuff away, so actually the things that are happening today for the regular person, reallyjust help the truth, clarity, the speed of information for busy, hard—working people and i think empowers parents and ultimately, it is notjust the effects of what these interventions will do for the customer, out there in the general public, it is also back in the big food industry and business, they will absolutely reformulate and, as we saw with the sugary drinks tax, where all of those funds go directly to primary schools. you know, we see how those businesses have very quickly pivoted, reformulated and, actually, interestingly with the drinks federation, there business is up. they are making more money
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because of healthier choices, the public want healthier choices and they are taking them. so, i think what they don't want is government controlling. so you will hear nanny state and i think most people recognise that our kids deserve good parenting, love, care attention and when things are going awry, we need to intervene. that is what a good civilised community and government should do. could i ask you to just take off your hat for one moment as childhood obesity campaign and put on your hat as restaurant owner. because obviously one of the things on the measures is calorie labelling in restaurants. as we know right now, people who go to restaurants to eat are facing greater hygiene, greater social distancing, they are taking risks, judging risks themselves and now they will have calorie labelling on top. it is not a problem or a necessity, do you think? well, it's for the bigger businesses, the franchises. i don't think it will affect the restaurants where you go for one—off meals and luxury
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occasions and a small family business, but anything over 250 people, chains basically, these are the places where hard—working british people go on a daily basis the daily nutrition and, of course, they deserve daily clarity. certainly my restaurants have had nutritional information for quite some time. we haven't seen any ill effective it. what it does actually is, once you legislate against the truth of, even if you just look at calories, it could be more detailed than that, but if you look atjust calories, if you look at a menu and it is all over the top, then you realise that you are not giving customers choice. so we're looking at lots of things now and the restaurant industry, vegan diet, vegetarian diet. 30 or 40 years ago, these were left out. now, it's really important to stay commercial, to stay and i think that this is a really positive move. a lot of businesses are doing it already. what we require is a fair playing field. what that was jamie oliver speaking
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to my colleague earlier. let's have a look at the weather now. there hasn't been much hot weather injuly with there hasn't been much hot weather in july with temperatures below there hasn't been much hot weather injuly with temperatures below par. by by the end of the week though, it looks like we could have some very warm or even hot air on any continent, with some parts of the south seeing around 30 celsius or more on friday. low pressure is with others as we start the week. quite a deep area below as well, spreading its way northwards and eastwards as we head on through the afternoon, the latter part of the day, we could see some heavy or thundery showers across parts of wales, northern england and the midlands come in response to any sunshine developing. it will turn wendy as well, particularly across southern and western areas. gusts there of around 30 or 35 miles an hour, may be more than that. onto this evening and overnight, it looks like the heaviest of the rain becomes confined to the north—east in the
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northern isles, blustery showers further south and west but many southern areas drier, quite blustery though with variable clouds and because of the breeze, nowhere will because of the breeze, nowhere will be particularly cold. for tuesday, a marginally better day, more dry weather around, sunshine as well, lots of showers across the north—west of the country, being blown in on that fresh, north—west wind and remaining quite wet across north—east scotland and the northern isles. temperatures forjuly, disappointing, the mid to high teens, could make 20 degrees in the southeast with some sunshine. the area of low pressure putting off in scandinavia, this feature moving into western areas, but it is this area of high pressure that will be the big player as we move towards the big player as we move towards the end of the week. wednesday then, it isa the end of the week. wednesday then, it is a bit of an in the middle of the weather system day, a lot of dry weather around, fairly breezy across the north—east, we start to see clouds developing, some spots of rain in northern ireland and around the irish sea coasts is that area pressure m oves the irish sea coasts is that area pressure moves in. as the high
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pressure moves in. as the high pressure starts to build across the south, one of the south east england. this area of high pressure really establishes itself across the near continent and we draw some very warm hotairof near continent and we draw some very warm hot air of the near continent, initially into southern areas and in spreading northwards to many places on friday. that area low pressure could bring some rain to the west on thursday, one in the south and turning warmer of all becoming very 00:29:22,739 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 hot in the south—east.
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