and i think with fir i iiiifi vlli vii” enile i iti‘if‘a’iti qiiit'zx fii‘rfii‘rfi‘i august and i think with what's been going on in the last two months, as a parent, you've got to take that into account. i think they will be a lot of viewers that won't have a huge amount of sympathy in that way. but i think there has been, i think we are all aware of the risks. the rest, just that desperation of the few months of lockdown with people just wanted a holiday. maybe some people were slightly more reckless but just decided people were slightly more reckless butjust decided to hell with it. i think that will be a lot of people who will see that headline in the mailand this is bbc news. who will see that headline in the mail and who have kids and think i don't care, we went to this waited i'm maryam moshiri with for this holiday for so long the the latest headlines for viewers in the uk kids were taking out of school out and around the world. of our will anyway. a few more days striking in support is not to hurt. daily telegraph, of the protesters. workers in belarusjoin the public testing could and the quarantine outcry over disputed elections, roulette. this is what you were as more stories emerge of torture talking about, rachel? it's about safe scientists advising ministers and abuse by police. politics and the post office. ahead of holiday—makers coming back how the mail has become a hot—button political issue in the lead—up from france that reckless countries should be tested to and what they to the us presidential election.

called the quarantine roulette. in other words, those coming back from a desperate dash to the french port of calais as britons scramble this country should get a test instead of having to stay home for to get home before the uk's new quarantine measures two weeks. i think there is a few on france come into force. we'll speak to one holiday—maker things going on here. it is certainly true that the governments hoping to get back on time. test and trace scheme is not up to a lesson in public speed. but that is about to mastic health management. how images from a crowded school hallway in the us state of georgia test and trace. so the idea of opening up yourself, your country to risk of infection from other countries when your own rate of infection is already so high, or even when it's low, the idea of doing that when you have a test entry system that is not working effectively, so it's not able to squash outbreaks as they occur, that's where the risk is. that's where the government negligence is in my view. some of these scientists are saying that the government should put a test and trace system in place for people coming back so that you test returning travelers.

and then test them again five days later so that potentially their quality not quarantine needs only la st quality not quarantine needs only last for one week instead of two weeks. that is the suggestion that we re weeks. that is the suggestion that were seeing from sage scientists today. what do you think michael? it does seem to make sense. there was a few people mentioned, one of the deans of medicine at university and the mps saying as well, it does seem to make sense. these idea that that you can test people when they arrived back and then a few days later and it could cut the quarantine to have. the government said, mentioned in the telegraph a few weeks ago that they were thinking of cutting it down to ten days. but nothing ever came of it as a result of that. i think this story is, over the next few weeks once we get through holiday season which hasn't got that much longer left then this idea will go away. because people will be back and will be looking forward to winter. so i

don't think the cause will be as grateful stop and think to everyone watching it just makes grateful stop and think to everyone watching itjust makes sense. and we wonder why the government doesn't just bring it in. talk about the times, free appeals for pupils over those poor exam grades. every school in england will be able to appeal against a level ng csc grades free of charge. the education secretary has said. it's really has been a lot of criticism thrown the governments way over its handling of the a level results. of course gcs these are coming up as well. michael, what is your take on this? at the moment we we re your take on this? at the moment we were going to say there is no u—turn like scotland where they go back to the teachers grades. they are slim that they do seem to be standing firm on that. williamson saying in the times that there will be free appeals. it will cost up to £15 million, the government. but they are going to foot the bill because they don't want to see shocking

injustices. a lot of parents will be watching this thinking well, we got these shocking injustices, why it doesn't have to cost money? why don't they just doesn't have to cost money? why don't theyjust go back to estimate a grades? he believes that's the way of doing things. we are told there's going to be this gold command task force, whatever that means. always sounds good at task force in a moment of crisis so it sounds like something is happening. my daughter's gcc results to look forward to next week. she has worked very hard, i was working from home, she was on the kitchen table working from home doing some of her coursework for some i hope that's not to get planned out by an algorithm. it's quite a worrying time. you have an algorithm on one hand, you have teachers marked grades, doesn't that put too much power into the hands of teachers? ultimately they say that a lot of the times when teachers do predict mark grades or do predict a levels are gcs these that's not always the

case. it's not always true to what could really happen. case. it's not always true to what could really happenlj case. it's not always true to what could really happen. i think that is a ridiculous argument, respectfully. we are looking at an unprecedented year. this is not something we can judge by last year of the year before. this is a year they have not been able to sit exams because of the pandemic. they are already stressed and under huge strain. and i think the government isjust massively underestimated, the level of fury and discussed across this country. it is just of fury and discussed across this country. it isjust wall—to—wall. the airwaves and the people's sleep my papers are jammed at people just looking at the way the government has treated these kids. and just been appalled and shocked. itjust seems like the fairest thing to do would be tojust u—turn. just do it. say sorry and except teacher assessments. so what if they've been over a generous? so what. surely that mitigates all the lack of

generosity that these kids have experience by living under lockdown for six months. itjust seems a really bizarre approach. to penalise deprive children even more as rewarded privileged children even more. it is absolutelyjust grateful and the government just more. it is absolutelyjust grateful and the governmentjust needs to reverse it. but there have been studies that black children would suffer most from predicted grades because they are more likely to outperform their predicted grades. rachel. is that adjusted me? yes. there is going to be variations for sure. i'm not saying that system is perfect for the top there will be people who will be able to appeal. but that is much better than having an algorithm essentially is culminate against waves of people from disadvantaged backgrounds. and reward people from privileged background. surely that is a better idea. let's move on and talk about

lockdown. this story in the daily telegraph, the tiny little story at the bottom but it's very interesting. the firm schroders is going to be allowed inc. delete not allowing thousands of its staff to permanently work from home. and that is quite incredible, is in a? thousands of staff working forever from home if they want to. is that the future do you think?|j from home if they want to. is that the future do you think? i think there is going to be a split for many companies between having some in the office and some working from home. it has for people some more than others. i'm working from home wearing a suit and other wearing a suit even when i'm not on camera. you wear a suit all day long don't you? you you wear a suit all day long don't you ? you sleep you wear a suit all day long don't you? you sleep in your suit. of course. i do worry though because obviously, there is going to be this huge impact on the city centres and the death of the city center. as all the death of the city center. as all the people moves out of the office. i also think personally social mobility will also be hit if automatically people move out of

offices. kids from various backgrounds who have been able to get into officers and impress people face able to do that anymore. it's a lot harder to do that if you just do that i meeting the boss for a zoom chart every few hours. so i do think that it will impact. but it's all right for people managers been doing it for 20, 30 years just ringing right for people managers been doing it for 20, 30 yearsjust ringing up certain people and bringing in a lot of money. at people starting out now are going to find it very hard to climb the ladder. i see you nodding at that rachel. yeah, it sounds absolutely right. i think we need a bit of flexibility in this approach was stop there will be some working from home and it has been better and there will be many people for whom that has not been the case. a lot of people who describe office work now, just say it's ten times more labourious beef because you haven't got people in the room. so you just can't make ten rounds of phone calls

oi' can't make ten rounds of phone calls or have a long conversation on eight messaging device. so there is convocations of people working from home as well. ijust think we need to have a more flexible approach. let's turn to our final story, princess and. she is 70 years old today. on the front page of the daily telegraph. wonderful picture of the princess royal. she does look rather marvelous. 70 years old big birthday for her, michael. yes, big birthday. she has got a promotion as well from the queen. she's chief marshall anna general. i'll tell you it's not what you know these days is a? very it's not what you know these days is a ? very pleased. it's not what you know these days is a? very pleased. even if you're not a? very pleased. even if you're not a royalist, i'm not the biggest royalist in the world, she does seem to be one who does usually apart from the last few weeks of people going on about being 70 which he probably doesn't really like. apart from that she does do a lot of hard work. she seems to be always doing

charitable work. i know for instance she does a lot of the motor neuron disease association, things like that. a lot goes under the radar you might not be the biggest royalist but i think a lot of people have a lot of respect for her. rachel, understated royal? i mean, i'm not a huge role either sol understated royal? i mean, i'm not a huge role either so i never really know. it's a lovely pic. and happy birthday. i was looking at that, actually i want to do the paper reviews from that share. it looks really great. it looks really uncomfortable. do you think so? yes i think so. i think i'll make you feel really regal. it would take more than a chair to make me feel regal. thank you so much for coming on and talking to us. we will of course be talking to you again very shortly. from us here that is it for the papers. thank you very much indeed for your company bye—bye.

hello. i suspect my windows will be rattling just as they were last night as the thunderstorms roll on by across the southern parts of the british isles. that is a fraction of the weather story. other areas have had a lot of low—level cloud hanging around for the greater part of the day. and elsewhere, some warm, pleasant sunshine until maybe 1—2 thunderstorms roll on by. not a great deal of difference in the pattern overnight, much of the activity will be found towards the south and high pressure keeping it more settled through scotland and northern ireland. quite a lot of low—level cloud creeping back in from the north sea here, and itjust depends on whether you catch one of these passing thunderstorms or hefty showers. further north, that cloud really pours on in, so it will be a grey old start to the weekend for many.

it won't be that cold in the north, 10—13, another humid night in the south with the humidity still up, despite the fact that temperatures are coming back a degree or two. the weekend is mostly cloudy, a prospect of a wee bit of sunshine, there will be spells of rain or hefty showers and it will still feel really quite humid in the heart of both england and wales. so, we start saturday looking a bit like friday in the fact that we still have these thunderstorms across the south, and then after a grey old start for the north, the best of the sunshine in the afternoon, north west england, parts of scotland and into northern ireland, temperatures responding to the sunshine and if you don't see it on the coast, it will be back at 15—16 celsius or so. here we are on sunday. 0nly real differences with the high pressure giving ground to the low pressure coming up from the south a wee bit more and pushes the showers into northern ireland, into the south west of scotland, but the bulk of them again going to be found towards the south.

and there are met office warnings about these, so please keep up—to—date with those if you're out and about. a humid feel with a high of about 25 or so. here we are into the start of next week. not a deal of difference. the same area of low pressure until the middle part of the week. we look to the atlantic for wet and windy weather coming in from the atlantic, and once that feature has passed on through, it is only then that we really may freshen things up across the british isles, but i expect it 00:13:29,767 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to stay pretty unsettled.