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good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today: pressure grows to reconsider face coverings in secondary schools in england, as scotland is set to announce they will become compulsory in corridors and communal areas. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin after officers shot a black man in the back. president trump tells republican supporters the democrats are using the coronavirus pandemic to steal the election as his party formally confirms him as their candidate. a big jump in returns. the lockdown boom in online shopping has meant a lot more stuff being sent back. what are your rights and how does it
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affect company profits? andy murray beats alexander zverev in new york. it's his first win over a top ten player for more than three years, as he hits form ahead of next week's us open. and meet baby nev, the latest addition to a sporting dynasty — but will he follow in the famous family's footsteps? i don't know. it's something that we won't pressure him into, but i think for us if he doesn't actually be able to play sport we'd be absolutely gutted. good morning. storm francis will affect much of the uk today, bringing torrential rain and unseasonably strong winds. this robson is likely. details later. —— disruption is likely. it's tuesday 25th august. our top story. head teachers are calling for clarity over whether staff and pupils could wear face coverings
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in schools in england as students prepare to go back to the classroom. in scotland, the government is already proposing making them compulsory in secondary school corridors and shared areas, but a downing street spokesperson has ruled out a similar review in england. andy moore reports. in some schools in scotland masks are already being worn. but the government's most recent advice to schools in england says the use of face coverings is not recommended based on current evidence. that view is supported by a senior adviser on the government's scientific committee. for teenagers we don't have the evidence that this is useful. i think we need to look at the way that teenagers transmit this virus. the evidence that they transmit in schools is not very high. there's interesting issues about the difference between in—school and out—of—school. and i get that actually people are worried about young people and teenagers and their behaviour, but actually very little evidence for the use of masks in schools.
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but that official view is coming under pressure, especially after the announcement by scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon that coverings were said to be used in secondary schools in corridors and shared areas. the ascl headteachers‘ union said the guidance in england was silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils wanted to wear a covering. the union is calling on the government to review its guidelines, bearing in mind the advice from the world health organization. it says in areas where there is widespread transmission, everyone over 12 years old should wear fabric masks where they can't guarantee a distance of at least one metre from other people. a downing street spokesman has ruled out any review on masks in schools. a department for education spokeswoman added that coverings would were not necessary, because there were a range of other protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups. cleaning and hygiene measures, she added, would further reduce the risk of transmission.
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andy moore, bbc news. lockdown restrictions in parts of england could soon cover smaller, more targeted areas. under the plans, measures would only be introduced in places where the number of coronavirus cases is expectionally high. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning. how clear is this in terms of how it is going to work? good morning maiga. in terms of the specific detail i'm not sure we are quite there yet. but broadly one of the government is trying to do, it doesn't want another big national lockdown like the first one we saw, which was catastrophic for the economy, it has been moving towards these regional lockdowns where you see cities in parts of the country being told to take extra precautions. it wants to go even further in going to local areas and the same, there is an area where we are worried in a spike in cases,
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let's introduce precautions there. we know for example that when the restrictions were brought in in the north of england, some were saying, why is this area being told to lockdown when this area isn't? the idea here is to go to the local mp and to the local authority, say to them, how can we do this even more locally? granular detail is what ministers have been talking about in recent days. it is designed to minimise the impact that local restrictions have and the government hopes that bigger areas don't have to face those restrictions in the next few weeks and months. nick, thank you. protests have continued in the us city of kenosha overnight, despite the introduction of an emergency curfew. it comes after violent demonstrations began, following the shooting of a black man in the back by police on sunday. jacob blake remains in a stable condition in hospital. the city mayor has called for a full investigation.
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what occurred the other day is something that we will hold police and the public responsible. everyone is responsible for our own actions. and the investigation of the police department will go forward. donald trump has warned his fellow republicans their opponents may use the coronavirus crisis to steal the election as he was formally nominated for a second term. the us president made an hour—long, unscripted speech on the first night of the republican national convention, where he accused the democrats of trying to rig the presidential election. family members of the victims of new zealand's worst mass shooting have been addressing the court, in the trial of gunman brenton tarrant. he killed 51 muslim worshippers, and faces life in prison without parole. we can now speak to our correspondent shaimaa khalil, who has been following the hearing. thank you forjoining us on the programme. what is the latest on the second day? well, another emotional
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day in court, really. we had more detail, distressing detail, from family members of the victims, from survivors, about the extent and the devastation of what went on in those two masks in 2019. people speaking about just starting prayer and feeling the strike of pain, knowing they had been shot, watching friends and other worshippers being shot and killed in front of them, looking at pools of blood. some are still suffering with these physical injuries. i think what is also coming out is the extent of the psychological and mental health affect this has taken on so many of the survivors and the family members. we heard from fathers, mothers, siblings, who said they couldn't go back to normal. they had a problem interacting with other family members and the rest of the world. almost everyone spoke about flashbacks. about hearing noises and
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feeling very, very scared as well. and they also spoke about the two masks, the fact that before the attack they were places where they went to worship, they went to pray and meet other members of the community. now they've become places of devastating memories, places they are still afraid to go back to, including one of the imams, who said, i tried to be a leader in the community but i still find it hard to go back to the mosque. some of the mothers and the relatives confronted brenton tarrant. 0ne the mothers and the relatives confronted brenton tarrant. one of the mothers said, you are a monster, you deprived me of my son, what gave you deprived me of my son, what gave you the right to take away the life of my son? another told him that whatever punishment was going to be inflicted upon him was not enough. 0ne inflicted upon him was not enough. one of them pointed out his failure, actually. he said your act of hate, your act of terrorism, failed to spread hate because as a result of these actions, of the attack, there
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was a lot of support, notjust in new zealand but in the whole world for the muslim community in christchurch. thank you very much for that update. the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown have been a source of anxiety for many of us, but charities say people with obsessive compulsive disorder have been particularly badly affected. mental health organisations say they've seen a huge rise in demand for support, with 0cd action saying it had to double the services it provides since the outbreak. luxmy gopal reports. lynn's obsessive compulsive disorder affects nearly every aspect of her life — at home, at work, evenjust sitting down for a chat. i have to put cream on, which is a barrier which enables me to come out. it protects me from the germs. as well as fears around contamination, her symptoms involve repeatedly checking, for example, that the door is locked.
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come out, lock the door, go to the gate, go back to the door, go to the gate, cos it's always three times. and then if i set off to, say to work, and i get to the end of the street, if someone has parked a car that i know shouldn't be there, then i have to go back gate, start again. things deteriorated after her daughter died of sepsis. my eldest daughter passed away in 2004 of septicaemia, which, i know, is something to do with germs in the blood. and that made it worse. then i got depressed. i started to clean at two o'clock in the morning because i thought germs would get into the house. when my grandkids come, when my daughters come, they have to strip off at the door so i can put their clothes in the washer, so they don't contaminate the house. lynn is far from alone. around three quarters of a million people in the uk have 0cd. it's used in quite a throwaway terms in modern language, and actually the condition of obsessive compulsive disorder is something when your symptoms become enduring, when it's causing you pain,
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when it's causing you upset, that's when it's bordering on a mental health condition and one that can be quite serious. and their mental health has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, according to a study by the charity mind, which found that compared to people without the condition, those with 0cd were 16% more likely to get anxiety about contracting coronavirus, 11% more likely to worry about their family getting it and 70% more likely to find it harder to get mental health support during the pandemic. we have to double the amount of groups that we're running and our volunteers are doing extra shifts to try to meet that demand. and we only expect that demand to keep increasing as we ease out of lockdown. for a lot of people with 0cd it might feel like their fears have become very real. and i don't imagine that for a lot of people coming out of lockdown will necessarily mean, you know, the end of their worries about the pandemic. lynn fears she may have to take more
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precautions as lockdown eases. there are a lot of people helping to stop the germs because they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. when they stop doing that at the world will get back to where there are still a lot of germs out there. luxmy gopal, bbc news. incredibly brave of them to talk about that and show us that moment where she is going to the gate, back to the front door, and it can even extend, it is often used as a throwaway phrase, but obviously lynn is really experiencing it. and the increase in support of that is needed mental health wise as well. if you have any empathy, issues with that, the report we'vejust if you have any empathy, issues with that, the report we've just had there, details of organisations offering mental health information and support are available online. that is something we will be talking about at about ten minutes to aid this morning. if you have got any questions, send them through. let's take a look at today's papers. the mirror is leading on a study
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which suggests pregnant women should cut out all caffeine. it claims researchers found that drinking tea or coffee raises risk of birth problems. we'll have more on that in the next half hour. the bbc‘s decision to play instrumental versions of rule, britannia! and land of hope and glory at the last night of the proms features in the daily telegraph. they say the broadcaster defied the government by "effectively censoring the traditional anthems", after announcing that they would be played but not sung at this year's event. the times reports that military chiefs have drawn up plans to mothball all of britain's tanks "under radical proposals" to modernise the armed forces. it says the government faces a battle over the controversial idea, which aims to cut costs and focus on cyberwarfare. the huffington post leads their website with concerns from teachers that pupils could be forced back to remote learning within days, because of what they're calling a lack of "clear government
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guidance" on the return to schools. that is very much a hot topic of debate. what have you got? my debate. what have you got? my themes are lips and sneezing. 0k, where are you going to start? i'm going to start with sneezing. these are four pictures of the super nothe —— super nova betelgeuse. it is something that you can see, because it used to shine brighter than a full moon, and it was even visible at mid—day. what you are seeing here is a series of pictures. this dark mass here is effectively being described as a cosmic sneeze. because when these gases, they kind of gathered, it was a patch of dense heated material and it moved out at 200,000 mph, if you can envisage that, and it's effectively being described as a big sneeze and its as last mass at a rate of 30 million
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times higher than our own son. twice the normal amount of material. the lips will have to be good to live up to sneezing. the worst wheat harvest in four decades could send bread and flour prices soaring again. this is an annual one. heavy rain and flooding last year meant only 40% of seed was planted. therefore there has been a poor quality crop. plus, throw—in failed brexited talks and that could lead to higher costs in bread. and is this something that might be happening at your school, if you are going back next week or you are back already? kids could avoid detention because of covid safety rules. pa rents because of covid safety rules. parents rest having more than a slap on the wrist by being fined. we talked about this with nick gibb yesterday. many schools say they will be unable to have detention rooms because they can't mix year groups. how many detentions did you have at school? i met a ——
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how many detentions did you have at school? i meta —— i how many detentions did you have at school? i met a —— i bet you can count them on one hand. regular. mr wilkinson was our head teacher. i regularly had to stand outside his office. i'm not going into those details. general tomfoolery. i was never horrible. i was just a tomfoolery. i was never horrible. i wasjust a bit tomfoolery. i was never horrible. i was just a bit near the knuckle. should we talk about snogging? yes! i'm not going to remember —— ask you if you remember them days! a lot of snogging in soap operas. how do you do that with the pandemic at the moment? a handshake?! no, that's not snogging. there is going to be a clear plastic sheet put in front of your mouth... i want to demonstrate, don't worry! and then you kiss. i just happen to have one here! and then you kiss, their case, through then you kiss, their case, through the plastic sheet and in the edit they are taking out the plastic. so
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we won't be missing out on any romance. how interesting. yes! just to get around the distancing. and i the change could see the entire cast and crew quarantining together away from theirfamilies. and crew quarantining together away from their families. that would and crew quarantining together away from theirfamilies. that would be tricky. that is what they have been doing with the cricket and the gulf. kissing on plastic gets me thinking about people who are dating. that is how it is done. they were trying to do it with camera angles, so it looks like you are closer than you are. production companies are trying to get things started again. a lot of repeats out there at the moment! the us president has hit out at his opponents as he accuses the democrats of "using covid to defraud the american people". he was speaking on the first day of the republican convention in north carolina. let's speak to brett samuels, who's the white house reporter at the hill. brett, thank you forjoining us on brea kfast. brett, thank you forjoining us on breakfast. was it a bit of a
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surprise appearance from the president? good old seemed to be building up to him arriving and speaking on the final day of this event. yes, good morning and thanks for having me on. there was an expectation, i think, for having me on. there was an expectation, ithink, that for having me on. there was an expectation, i think, that the president would make an appearance in charlotte to have this coronation of being him officially re—nominated as the republican nominee for president. i think it was a little more surprising that he used that opportunity to essentially give something akin to one of his rally speeches. he was up there for close to an hour, sort of launching his usual attacks about mail—in voting, by the democrats. i think his appearance was not surprising. what was more surprising was how fully he took advantage of that spotlight to essentially hold sort of a mini rally in charlotte. you mention to the voter fraud. rally in charlotte. you mention to the voterfraud. he rally in charlotte. you mention to the voter fraud. he spoke a lot about that. also aimed at the —— aimed the presidential cannons squarely atjoe biden, didn't it?
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yes, certainly. he set the tone for what we saw later in the evening of the first night of the republican convention, where these lawmakers at these conservative allies of the president are really putting joe biden in their cross hairs, really trying to hammer home this idea that he is going to be, as they say, sort ofa he is going to be, as they say, sort of a puppet to the more radical and far left members of the democratic party. it's a difficult sell given joe biden pies might likely career. that is the message we will continue to hear from the that is the message we will continue to hearfrom the president of that is the message we will continue to hear from the president of this week. how confident do you think trump micro—supporters are? he was behind in the polls four years ago to hillary clinton, just as he is now. what are the chances of him getting a second term in office? yeah, well sadly i think that underdog position that he is in, it's almost a familiar role, almost a comfortable role for him. i've talked to some people with the
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campaign who almost think it serves them well to be in opposition in the sense that it motivates his supporters. he read the first time on this idea that he is an outsider, people didn't believe that he good win and they believed that the media and the democrats are downplaying his chances once again. he's got a tougherfight his chances once again. he's got a tougher fight this time because his opponents, joe biden, is not hillary clinton. he doesn't have the same baggage that she had four years ago. the pandemic is certainly complicated things. now it's a little tougher for president trump to run as an outsider when he has a record of four years for voters to judge him on. one of the hot topics at the moment is the shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. it is interesting thatjoe biden did speak about that when he gave his speech and talked about how they needed to bea and talked about how they needed to be a full investigation. yet the president was on stage for 52 minutes and didn't even mention the name. how do you think that will be seen? yeah, it's interesting timing
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in the sense that the president and his supporters have really kind of dug in on this pro—police message, on this idea that systemic racism in law enforcement is not the issue, it is just law enforcement is not the issue, it isjust a law enforcement is not the issue, it is just a few bad apples, as we hear. there was no mention of that lace this shooting from the president. tonight we heard a lot of rhetoric that was pro—police officer, talking about backing the blue, that sort of rhetoric. it will be interesting to see how the president tries to balance those two m essa 9 es president tries to balance those two messages in the coming days. white house staff have mentioned he will be briefed on the latest shooting in wisconsin but we have yet to hear the president speak about it at length. really interesting to hear from you, brett samuels. thank you for coming on breakfast. thank you. with nonessential shops closed for months during lockdown, many of us turned to online shopping. have you? i've done a bit of online
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shopping. have you and nina bin to the same place? and sally. got a bit of animal print on. i heard you've got animal print on too. somewhere, yeah! no, i haven't, sorry! it's not your socks! maybe dan would want to return those online. how easy would it be? let's find out what your rights are. this comes down to the massive increase in online shopping during lockdown. you remember the closure in march of all nonessential retailers pa rt of in march of all nonessential retailers part of the wider efforts to limit the spread of covid—19. before lockdown online sales accounted for a fifth of total sales by value. but byjuly that had gone up by value. but byjuly that had gone up to almost a third. that is a big shift in shopping habits because of covid. but it has also made a big
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increase in the number of items being returned. royal mail say it has seen a 25% increase in returns compared to last year. good news for them. but think about the added admin and processing for retailers. it can be a headache for them. something a lot of consumers have gotten into his buying a number of the same item in different sizes and returning those sizes that perhaps didn't fit, or serial return ares that may be buying an outfit, where it once and return of the next day. it isa it once and return of the next day. it is a big issue. they have to have returns logistics processes in place to try to recoup some of the value by reselling maybe the marking down and reselling goods that are returned online. under consumer contracts regulations you can return online orders within 14 you can return online orders within 1a days and you don't have to give a reason. you should expect a refund within 1a reason. you should expect a refund within14 days of the retailer receiving them. the toing and froing
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of millions more items has led to tens of thousands of new delivery jobs recently. tesco, hermes, among others. but some are wondering how long the free service can't last and whether additional taxes are coming to make things a little bit fairer for the high street. many of you may have questions about your rights. you might have something she wanted to return. to get in touch. we will speak to the consumer group which micro—later. this reminds me of a story in the newspapers at the weekend. a six—year—old in time and weekend. a six—year—old in time and we are, logged on to his dad's computer. big fan of monster truck. he bought an answer will monster truck for more than £90,000. —— an actual monster truck. strictly he has to buy it. your rights as a consumer and auction the situation are very different to returns. is that to get in touch with the
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company. that is a lot of pocket money. he will look very cool rocking up to school. have the monster truck! i mean, it's a lot of money. it's an investment, nina! his son is happy. you have to draw the line somewhere. i'd love a monster truck. 0h, line somewhere. i'd love a monster truck. oh, my kids would. they'd love me forever. you've got to think about parking. you've got to think about parking. you've got to think about the practical issues. you wouldn't have that problem. boring dad! i've got one daredevil story for you. i know you're like a bit of adrenaline. have you everjumped out ofa adrenaline. have you everjumped out of a plane? are yes, bungeejumped. have a look at this fella. this is tim howell. the first ever wing suit jump tim howell. the first ever wing suit jump from the top of the uk mountain. he spent years... he is
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from yeovil. he spent years trying to find a mountain where he could do it safely and he got to the top of lord berkeley's seat in the scottish highlands. and just with this on, just went for it. the big duvet. don't do that with a duvet. he is safe, he is fine and he is trying to find somewhere else he can do it. he spent years researching way to do it. not a bad picture as well. brilliant picture. that is one for the wall of the living room. it is mission impossible, isn't it? this is the first one off uk mountain. i would love to do something like that. i can imagine you'd enjoy that. i can imagine you'd enjoy that. it would take a little time for me to go overboard once i went overi for me to go overboard once i went over i would love it. i'm not a fan of heights. it wouldn't be my ideal day out! still to come... he was once voted the greatest living scot, the best ever
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james bond, and even the sexiest man alive. we'll be discussing the life and work of sean connery as he turns 90 today. we ll be discussing that shortly and bringing you the latest news. the time is 6.27. now let's get the weather with carol. she's got a big wave, causing lots of havoc. morning, carol. that's right. good morning everybody. storm francis is going to be wreaking havoc as it crosses much of the uk today. very strong winds. we have just had a gust of wind of 5a mph in pembrey sands wales. 50 miles an hour elsewhere. heavy rain pushing from the west, north eastwards. just over half an inch of rain fell in parts of pembrokeshire this morning. disruption is likely. here is the storm, storm francis, named
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yesterday by the met office. look at all the isobars around that area of low pressure. that tells you it is going to be windy wherever you are today. the winds continuing to increase through the morning. as well as that, look at all this rain moving steadily northwards and eastwards. it is across northern ireland, most of england and wales at the moment. wherever you see greens and yellows, that is telling you you can expect some heavy bursts. a lot of surface water on the roads. some very large puddles. the risk of localised flooding. this will all push northwards. we have got a wraparound occlusion around that area of low pressure, so we will see some more rain as we go through the afternoon. behind the main band of rain across southern england, south wales, some showers. these circles in black indicate the wind strength. 70 mph, 46 miles per, and for northern ireland, northern england and north wales and scotland, for the rain this
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afternoon, with strengthening winds. eastern scotland could have 50 mph gusts. some of the trans— pennine routes will be very unpleasant if you are crossing them today. take extra ca re. you are crossing them today. take extra care. temperature was very academic. we have got a 12 in lerwick, 22 in london. and of the far north of scotland will stay the driest for the longest, with a little bit of sunshine. as we head through the evening and overnight there will still be some heavy rain. they will be gusty winds coming down a tad on what we are looking at today. you will still hear the wind howling. it is not going to be a cold night. nine to 16 degrees. digging that up and heading through tomorrow, here is the storm moving away. but look at those isobars across eastern part of the uk. we start off on a very gusty note tomorrow morning. 30 to a0 mph winds. a very slowly as we go through the day that wind will start
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to abate. the rain moves away. we start off with it in eastern areas. behind it there will be some dry weather, the best of which will be in the west. still some showers knocking around. more details in half an hour. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. as high schools in scotland look to bring in face coverings, all this morning we'll discuss the best ways to stay safe in education and just after eight we'll put some of your questions to the experts. netball star tracey neville has been bringing up a newborn during lockdown. we'll hear what life is like with baby nev. and antiques roadshow is filming again but with a bit of a difference. we'll talk to fiona bruce about bringing back the sunday night favourite in a socially distanced way.
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earlier this year the government announced that the flu vaccine would be extended and would be the "most comprehensive" programme of its kind in history. but now bbc breakfast has seen a letter has been sent to gps which indicates this may not be possible. doctor rosemary leonard, shejoins us now. good morning, doctor rosemary. how are you? fine, thank it's a very wet outside. we will blame carol for that, stems answers. you can find out what's happening with this letter about vaccinations. yes, so when the announcement was made about extending the flu vaccine programme for the people from 50—6a, my surgery, for the people from 50—6a, my surgery, along with all the gps, so where is this vaccine coming from? things which are made over time,
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place our batting orders back in april. based on how many i've come to be given, how many we are going to be given, how many we are going to need, so when this announcement was made, we thought the government must have secured more vaccine. but then, no one to behold, we get a letter saying actually you only can give to the 50—6a —year—old age group if you've got enough left over, which is very, very misleading for those people who think they are going to be to get it. when will you know if you have enough? well, they said don't give any flu vaccine to the 50 plus group until at least november, so that's when we will know. we have been told to prioritise those people with asthma, heart disease, diabetes, who needed first, and, interestingly, normally we do have plenty. we order and allow for spares, but this year we
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are expecting a lot more people to say this year i'm going to have the flu vaccine so certainly in my surgery we are not flu vaccine so certainly in my surgery we are not expecting to have much left overfor surgery we are not expecting to have much left over for the 50—6a —year—olds. much left over for the 50—6a -year-olds. the department of health and social care says it's pretty odd additional vaccine to increase u pta ke additional vaccine to increase uptake in those who are in at—risk groups and the additional cohorts announced including those aged 50—6a and guidance will be issued further to gps and pharmacists in september about how the additional flu vaccine can be accessed. we will hear more from you. you shrug your shoulders but we'll hear more in september about that. lots of other stories. your message to your patients in that age group is no point calling up that age group is no point calling up now? no, wait for us to call you once we know we've got the vaccine, please, yes. there is some reports in the papers today looking at
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pregnancy and caffeine intake. women being told that if they are trying for a baby or in the early stages of pregnancy they should avoid caffeine altogether. how are you taking this guidance? pregnant women can add 200 mg of caffeine a day which does not seem mg of caffeine a day which does not seem to do any harm, about two cups of coffee a day, and this is a new research project being done in iceland looking at other studies, it's not new research, they polled other studies together over the last 20 years and they have come to the conclusion that any caffeine could possibly be linked with adverse pregnancy outcomes, low birth weight, miscarriage, stillbirth, however the risk is still extremely small, about the other thing with this study is the guidance about caffeine has been around for at least 30 years, so most pregnant women haven't been drinking caffeine anyway, so these studies are based
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on women who are drinking access caffeine and could that be a mark of actually they have other unhealthy habits? that always the problem studies. is itjust the one food, just the caffeine or are there other things going on? as it is always the case, you have one study come out in then you say we need much more research to find out what really is the picture. and, at the moment, i would say to pregnant women, if you have had a few days when you've had a bit more coffee, please, please don't worry. a quick word on the face coverings, we are talking about it all mornings, as the debate continues over whether they should be warned, by whom and where in school buildings. what is your medical opinion on this? the big danger i think is in the staff room. the school in scotland yesterday, teachers passing from one to another, there may be a place for teachers wearing face masks when they are moving around the school,
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and the other big question is about older secondary schoolchildren. should they be wearing face masks to? it may be that they have some protective roles. doctor rosemary leonard, always good to talk to you. thank you very much for taking us all the way through this and look after yourself. we were talking about online shopping early on and you mentioned you have your animal print on today. sally has gone for a brown affair. like a leopard. i want to know where is your animal print, done? some things are best left imagination, sally. can you stop bullying me, please, you lot? we are taking a keen issue in you, dan. a throwaway comment is coming back to haunt me now. talk to us about the tennis. i want to talk about andy murray because this is a significant moment. andy murray heads into next week's us open off the back of one
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of his best wins since his return from a hip injury. he beat the world number seven alex zverev in three sets in a warm up tournament at new york's flushing meadows. murray's been awarded a wild card to play in next week's major. this western & southern 0pen is the first atp event since the tour was suspended in march. meanwhile, johanna konta looked in extremely impressive form in her win over kirsten flipkens, losing just two games in the match. not such good news for dan evans though, as he was beaten by former wimbledon finalist milos raonic. england hope to finish their test match summer with a win and a landmark 600th wicket forjames anderson in southampton. pakistan are still more than 200 runs behind in their second innings, but england still need eight wickets for victory on the final day of the third test. anderson got his 599th wicket yesterday, but rain could restrict both him and his side as they look for a first series victory over their opponents since 2010. it's gone brilliantly. i was looking at my stats earlier
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and to have two people above 500 test wickets in your side and one closing in on 600, it's a brilliant achievement. for somebody to get that many wickets is just amazing. we've been locked up now for the best part of ten weeks and i think our attitude and effort towards everything they've done have been superb. we'll have one last push to try and win this test match. let's carry on as we've been going really. gareth southgate has a big decision to make today on whether to include harry maguire in his england squad following the manchester united captain's arrest in greece. maguire has pleaded not guilty to charges after being arrested on the island of mykonos, with southgate today naming his squad for the nations league. a host of young players could be in contention to be picked including united's mason greenwood and manchester city's phil foden. one of sports biggest icons, usain bolt, says he's self—isolating as he awaits the result of a coronavirus test. the eight—time 0lympic gold medallist says he was tested as a precaution despite having no symptoms,
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and has urged friends he's been in contact with to also be checked. i was waking up and, like everybody else, checks social media. saw social media saying i'm confirmed of covid—19. i did a test on saturday to leave, cos i work, trying to be responsible so i'm going to stay in and stay here for my friends. and also i'm having no symptoms so i'm going to quarantine myself. they're one of english sport's most well known families and now the nevilles have a new addition to the team. just over a year ago tracey neville gave up herjob as coach of england netball to have a baby. now, at the age of a3, after a number of cycles of ivf she has the child she had always wanted. i went to meet them both.
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one of the lovely things you've been able to do is you've been able to name nev in honour of your dad. when we were discussing about boys names, my partners dad had also died and we just sad it's actually a great tribute to some great man in our lives. interestingly enough, i'm actually called nev in the netball circles and gary and philip are called nev and my nephew harvey is called nev, so we actually said it's representing some really great people in our family, but he's now the real nev. that's what we say, he's the real nev. it was a long road for you to get to this point where we are sitting here today with a gorgeous baby on your knee. how has the reality of that being for you? you know, you think that it's never going to happen, but to get to this point and to have a healthy baby it's just turned our world around. i think the big surprise was that, you know, no mother expects two weeks after having a baby to go into complete lockdown.
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you know, even though i am an older mum, i've never had a child before. to not have the support from my family was pretty much shocking. did you find after nev was born that all the things you had been able to control for a long time they came out of your hands? you know, iwish. the one thing with motherhood is my itinerary that i've been living to, that completely goes out the window. that has been a completely crazy time, particularly for a neville. we attack the day from about 5am, but not when you've not been asleep between one and five, as well. can you look back at the last few months and give us an honest assessment of how you have felt about it? when i had nev, you know, you have this aspiration about motherhood. i got a great example of home of what my mum is, you know, how she automaticallyjust knows exactly how i'm feeling, what to do.
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i didn't know that. i really struggled. particularly in the first few months. you know, you really learn on your feet. the one thing that probably upsets me to say, i absolutely love being a mum and it's something i aspire to be, but i also miss my work. hi, i'm tracey neville and i'm the former head coach of england netball. over the next six weeks, hopefully i'll be putting out a free series on one of our instagram channels that enables women to be able to pick up a ball with their baby and be able to do some fun challenges and hopefully start getting them mentally and socially into netball. as a new mum it's really normal to be anxious. you had a whole other level of anxiety, wanting to look after your baby and keep him safe. although you wanted people part of your life, you also wanted to keep them at a distance. my family have been an absolute dream with him. i say it's been tough for us not having access to them,
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but it's also been tough for them and hopefully soon things will resume back to normal and i can call on a lot of favours they've called on me over the last probably 16 years. because you've done a lot of work as an auntie, haven't you? you have worked hard? you feel that you're not going to have children. you feel that you have a lot more time to spend with your nieces and nephews. i absolutely love and adore them so now i do actually say to gary and phil now its actual payback. so i, like, book nights in, but they've actually not happened yet so hopefully we'll get to that, but i know, for me, it will be a case of keeping them away from him. giving me some space, because wherever baby nev goes everyone seems to follow. and any early sporting ability? any signs of sporting talent? 0n holiday we got him into trying to catch. hands together. ready? catch! you ready? catch! yay!
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he's so little. yeah, i don't know. it's something that we won't pressure him into, but i think for us if he doesn't actually be able to play sport we'd be absolutely gutted. we're hoping got the neville genes. no offence to michael, but we are actually hoping he has actually got my genes and that. it was so lovely to be able to catch up it was so lovely to be able to catch up with her. 0bviously it was so lovely to be able to catch up with her. obviously you might remember we spoke to her right at the start of her pregnancy about how tough it had been for her and the journey to get to that point and all the sacrifices that she had made to finally be able to conceive this are very much longed for baby, so it was great to go in to meet baby nev who, as you can see, is just gorgeous. very cute. you've both got kids, do you have a look at baby something, maybe one more because they are so cute? rarely. no.
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laughter that horse went away a long time ago. i'm glad we showed some pa rental ago. i'm glad we showed some parental solidarity there, sally. ago. i'm glad we showed some parentalsolidarity there, sally. it was very parentalsolidarity there, sally. it was very emphatic. i think this is the lovely thing about talking to tracy, as any man will know, you know, sitting there with a baby on your knee, but i can't believe that she did most of that interview with nev on her knee managing to feed him, keep them happy now than when he got bored, it's a gorgeous time and it's really hard work. it looks it. very well put, sally. see you later on. sturm francis is heading parts of the uk. carol will have a little bit more about that in about 15 minutes. it is 635. you are watching breakfast from the bbc. ellie gould was a bright and popular sixth form student who should have turned 18 earlier this year. but in may, she was killed in her own home by a former boyfriend.
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now, the government is said to be considering increasing minimum sentences for 15 to 17—year olds who commit murder, as herfamily campaign for reforms referred to as ellie's law. breakfast‘s john maguire reports. the tributes to her that came from the other children at school sort of reinforce that fact, really, how kind she was and smiley and always incorporated everybody into a group orfriendship group. she didn't like anyone to be unhappy, and as she was, she was that girl with a smile, really. ellie gould should have been embarking on the next chapter of her life. she should have recently received her a—levels alongside herfriends. but in may last year, she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, stabbed repeatedly in her own home. this is the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent and especially taken in such a brutal way by somebody that i suppose we trusted, that was supposedly fond of her.
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and to take away such a beautiful person, such a beautiful soul, is just unforgivable, his actions, unforgivable. her killer, thomas griffiths, had tried to cover his tracks, but he later admitted ellie's murder and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 and a half years. although he was 17 at the time of the attack, he was an adult when he went to court for sentencing. ellie's mum is campaigning for a change in the law. we want sentencing for child killers to be tougher, particularly for mature killers. so somebody like griffiths, who was only five months off being 18, who came from a very stable background, very stable parents who, you know, cared for him, who was intelligent, who did not have any mental health problems, he was cleared by a top psychiatrist, by his barristers. somebody like him who carried out a most brutal, frenzied murder
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just because he couldn't have his own way, just because ellie didn't want to be his girlfriend any longer, somebody like that should have a much tougher sentence than what he received and should be treated more like an adult. however, he does have a right because he was under 18, to apply to get his sentence reduced halfway through if he behaves himself in prison and we would like to scrap that as well and have that within ellie's law. and carol is welcoming recent reports saying the change named after ellie will be included in a government white paper next month, a precursor to a new law. it is a relief. you know, it does feel ellie will be remembered for the wrong reasons, but a positive thing going forward. and, you know, other victims will get more justice than we have received for their lost ones. if the law is changed
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and if it bears ellie's name, it will provide some small solace for her friends and family. john maguire, bbc news, wiltshire. and how clear they are about what needs to be done. it's really driven how eloquent they are. it's about legacy for those who are no longer here. it's coming up to 650. more lightning has hit parts of california, after already sparking nearly 600 wildfires in the past week. firefighters are continuing to battle the blazes which have killed at least six people and forced thousands of people to leave their homes. one of those evacuated is 0la mugnier whose home in bonny doon has been destroyed by the fire. shejoins us now.
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thank you for talking to us this morning. i'm so sorry that you are experiencing this. just to tell us all where you live and the situation you are in and what's been happening. the yes, thank you, we live in a very small community in the santa cruz mountains, and we we re the santa cruz mountains, and we were affected by the lightning storm which happened last saturday. starting on wednesday is when it really started erupting come on the 19th, into a huge firestone, and so many people lost their homes com pletely many people lost their homes completely along with me and my family. tell me about the land you are living on, because of course, as well as family, you have animals there where you are, as well, and u nfortu nately there where you are, as well, and unfortunately some of those have succumbed to the fire damage? yes,
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well, we only have one dog that we could bring the best, luckily, but a lot of other neighbours have horses and chickens and cats, but speaking further town, etc community, so much outreach for the animals, there have been text messages and on facebook about have you seen this animal? there's been some good news coming through that it's a really brave and strong community that are doing everything they can to help the animals that have been stranded up there too. i know that your brother stayed to fight the fires. i have no comprehension of how it must have felt and what it must have looked like, this overwhelming blazes surrounding you. yes, actually my brother, he didn't fight the fire he went up after the fires to film the aftermath of what happened because i
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had heard from a neighbour at her house was destroyed and it was hard for me to imagine, so he bravely went up there and shot some video, but they have been many people who've stayed behind, not firefighters are fighting to save their homes, california fire is doing a wonderfuljob and there are so doing a wonderfuljob and there are so many fires happening in california right now they lack the resources that they need so u nfortu nately, resources that they need so unfortunately, a lot of homeowners have had to stay behind and protect their homes, as well, and that's been really, really heartbreaking. how much learning did you have? there was a mandatory evacuation order, but how much moaning did you have? —— learning. —— learning. order, but how much moaning did you have? —— learning. —— learninglj have? —— learning. —— learninglj have to say i'm so impressed with the evacuation notice. everyone here
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had at least 2a hours to get out of there. living here, it's a fire risk and it's our biggest fear that a fire is going to happen and we would have been in our homes with no warning and that was my biggest fear, that i would have been at home with my family and having the house destroyed, but we had enough time. when we left, we left with plenty of time, and! when we left, we left with plenty of time, and i didn't think our house was going to be destroyed, so we grabbed a few things. my daughter grabbed a few things. my daughter grab some photos which i'm so grateful for, but we did grab some photos which i'm so gratefulfor, but we did not grab some photos which i'm so grateful for, but we did not grab everything. but, yeah, ithink the best news out of this is everyone on the mountain had plenty of warning. i think thatjust the mountain had plenty of warning. i think that just speaks the mountain had plenty of warning. i think thatjust speaks to the california fire and how wonderfully they did warning everybody. so that i don't think anybody could be more
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grateful, getting out alive and safe. still, it doesn't take away the fact that your home, with memories and great experiences with yourfamily, has memories and great experiences with your family, has gone memories and great experiences with yourfamily, has gone now, so what is the situation you are in right now? yeah, obviously that's devastating. there is a lot of memories that have been destroyed but again, ijust memories that have been destroyed but again, i just feel so grateful. i feel so grateful that my family got out 0k, they were all alive, and the outpouring of support from family and friends has just been amazing. people reaching out, offering money and help and their homes. it's brought us together, as a community, so much stronger. i
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couldn't be more grateful for family and friends and their outpouring of love and support, so ijust hope i can pay it forward to the rest of my community and all of the other communities affected by these fires. it's really overwhelming. it's really tragic. it's a lovely thought that you are thinking of others at this time a lot of things are going on in august this year and one was a boat to find the greatest ever actor, james bond. third place, pierce brosnan. second place, timothy dalton. top of the tree, i don't know if it's the same for you, sean connery. he was once voted the greatest living scot, the best ever james bond, and even the sexiest man alive. he got that twice, didn't it? there was a poll around the office, how
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old do you think sean connery is? no one guessed. today, sean connery turns 90 years old. so, how did he go from edinburgh milkman to hollywood royalty? let's take a look back at his career. bond. james bond. a martini, shaken not stirred. tell me, miss trench, do you play any other games? choose your next witticism very carefully, mr bond. it may be your last. do you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to die. looking for shells? no, i'm just looking. you've asked for this. i'm heartily ashamed for getting you killed instead of going home rich like you deserve to. on account of me being so bleeding high and mighty. can you forgive me? want to get capone? here's how you get him. he pulls a knife, you pull a gun.
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he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. that's the chicago way and that's how you get capone. i suddenly remembered my charlemagne. let my armies be the rocks and the trees, the birds in the sky. there is one question you haven't asked me yet. why? he is the idol of every woman. who are you? bond. james bond. i'm all yours. my name is pussy galore. i must be dreaming. imean, i mean, without objectifying, you can't ignore that was a very handsome james bond. can't ignore that was a very handsomejames bond. these a very handsomejames bond. these a very handsome man. here's a quiz question, what was his last film he appeared in? the last film? i don't know.
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we'll talk more about that illustrious career a little bit later in the programme with the film criticjason solomons, just after 8.30. he apparently once played golf with sean connery. why wouldn't you? i wonder if carol knows the answer to that? do you know the last film sean connery was in? no, it would have been a james no, it would have been ajames bond one. would it be a james no, it would have been ajames bond one. would it be ajames bond movie? there are many people in your camp, carol. anyway, tell us about stormer francis. that's right, yes, there's a lot going on with the weather today. macro—attack is making its presence felt across our shores today. some heavy rain, 30 millimetres injust today. some heavy rain, 30 millimetres in just an today. some heavy rain, 30 millimetres injust an hour in parts of pembrokeshire between four i am and five m this morning, half an inch, disruption quite likely. the recent wind gusts we have had in the last hour or so, you can see milford
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haven quite exposed, 5a miles an hour, plymouth, a8, yeovil, 50 miles an hour, so you hour, plymouth, a8, yeovil, 50 miles an hour, so you are hour, plymouth, a8, yeovil, 50 miles an hour, so you are getting the idea. low pressure, look at the isobars, and as it takes its own methods, it could lead to quite a bit of disruption actually. you can see the amount of rain moving across northern ireland, england, wales and southern scotland in the last few hours, so there was a lot of surface water on the roads. there is the risk today of some localised flooding and couple that with the wind, some treacherous travelling conditions. you can see the rain moving northward curling back to northern ireland, north wales and northern england through the afternoon. if you take a look at the kind of wind gusts we are expecting, they will be pretty strong, so the storm is still developing. the low pressure deepening. you can see 66 mile an hour gusts of wind across south wales this afternoon. 50 even
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inland moving north across the trans— pennine inland moving north across the tra ns— pennine routes. inland moving north across the trans— pennine routes. pretty pleasa nt trans— pennine routes. pretty pleasant for the combination of wind and the rain. 38 miles an hour across northern ireland and eastern parts of scotland, 50 miles an hour. the far north of scotland, particular the northern isles, hanging on to their sunshine for the longest. temperatures, fairly academic, 12—22. through this evening and overnight, here is the centre of the low pressure and you can see it start to push a little bit closer to the north sea, still a lot of rain around it, still very windy. a tad lighter wanes than we are looking at at the moment and to the course of today and tomorrow that low pressure will drift away that low pressure will drift away that third time, it will still be very windy. the headlines are next. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: pressure grows to reconsider face coverings in secondary schools in england,
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as scotland is set to announce they will become compulsory in corridors and communal areas. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin, after officers shot a black man in the back. president trump tells republican supporters the democrats are using the coronavirus pandemic to steal the election, as his party formally confirms him as their candidate. a big jump in returns — the lockdown boom in online shopping has meant a lot more stuff being sent back — what are your rights and how does it affect company profits? a big win for andy murray — he beat world number seven alexander zverev in new york, showing great form ahead of next week's us open. good morning. it's tuesday, the 25th of august. our top story.
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headteachers are calling for clarity over whether staff and pupils could wear face coverings in schools in england, as students prepare to go back to the classroom. in scotland, the government is already proposing making them compulsory in secondary school corridors and shared areas, but a downing street spokesperson has ruled out a similar review in england. andy moore reports. in some schools in scotland masks are already being worn. but the government's most recent advice to schools in england says the use of face coverings is not recommended based on current evidence. that view is supported by a senior adviser on the government's scientific committee. for teenagers we don't have the evidence that this is useful. i think we need to look at the way that teenagers transmit this virus. the evidence that they transmit in schools is not very high. there's interesting issues about the difference between in—school and out—of—school. and i get that actually people are worried about young people and teenagers and their behaviour, but actually very little evidence
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for the use of masks in schools. but that official view is coming under pressure, especially after the announcement by scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon that coverings were set to be used in secondary schools in corridors and shared areas. the ascl headteachers' union said the guidance in england was silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils wanted to wear a covering. the union is calling on the government to review its guidelines, bearing in mind the advice from the world health organization. it says in areas where there is widespread transmission, everyone over 12 years old should wear fabric masks where they can't guarantee a distance of at least one metre from other people. a downing street spokesman has ruled out any review on masks in schools. we're not in a position where we are suggesting that because we believe there is a system and controls in place in all schools, for children
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to be able to return safely. a department for education spokeswoman added that coverings were not necessary, because there were a range of other protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups. cleaning and hygiene measures, she added, would further reduce the risk of transmission. andy moore, bbc news. hundreds of thousands of btec students will start to receive their grades from today, after the exam board pearson delayed their publication. results for the vocational qualifications were delayed to give the board more time to recalculate after a—level and gcse grades were based on teacher estimates. nearly half a million results have been reassessed. lockdown restrictions in parts of england could soon cover smaller, more targeted areas. under the plans, measures would only be introduced in places where the number of coronavirus cases is expectionally high. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley.
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nick, good morning. nice to speak to you again. how exactly will it work? good question and i wish i could tell you exactly how it will work. i think i can give you a bit more detail on what the government is thinking. if you think back to when those restrictions were put in place in the north of england a few weeks ago, there was some criticism that it was too broad and some of the council areas being affected were not necessarily seeing big spikes in the virus compared to others. so the idea that the government has come up with is to consult with local authorities and local mps to try and figure out the best area to target. 0ver figure out the best area to target. over the next few weeks they are going to speak to local politicians to try and decide exactly what the para meters to try and decide exactly what the parameters for local intervention should be. the bright idea is you had the national lockdown at the start. the government does not want
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to do that again. it has had a huge impact on all of us and the economy. we have had regional lockdowns in recent weeks. they want to go even further and end up with these micro—targeted areas where they introduce new restrictions. that could start happening pretty soon. nick, thank you very much. nick ea rdley. protests have continued in the us city of kenosha overnight, despite the introduction of an emergency curfew. it comes after violent demonstrations began following the shooting of a black man in the back by police on sunday. jacob blake remains in a stable condition in hospital. the city mayor has called for a full investigation. what occurred the other day is something that we will hold police and the public responsible. everyone is responsible for our own actions. and the investigation of the police department will go forward. donald trump has warned his fellow republicans their opponents may use the coronavirus crisis to steal the election, as he was formally nominated for a second term.
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the us president made an hour—long, unscripted speech on the first night of the republican national convention, where he accused the democrats of trying to rig the presidential election. our us correspondent peter bowes has more. we come together tonight to imagine a future... the republican national convention starring donald trump and members of his family showcasing all things trump. this is the week the president hopes to win over new supporters as he lags behind joe biden in the polls. less virtual than the democrats, but still mostly remote, the pared down convention featured a slew of ordinary americans, who said the country was better off under donald trump. a health worker, a coffee shop owner, and the father of a student killed in a school shooting. president trump made an unscheduled speech at the convention earlier in the day. he repeated his claim
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that the election could be rigged. they spied on my campaign. you know what they found? nothing. but this is big stuff. this is stealing millions of votes and it's going to be very hard. now we're in courts all over the country, and hopefully we have judges that are going to give it a fair call, because if they give it a fair call we're going to win this election. the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. we're going to win this election. for his part, the president's eldest son framed the election as a stark choice between the law and order policies of his dad and those ofjoe biden. it's almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work and school versus rioting, looting and vandalism. this or, in the words of biden and the democrats, "peaceful protesting". there was no applause, no cheering supporters in the hall, but the battle lines were clearly drawn. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.
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80 minutes past seven. —— eight. face coverings are already compulsory on public transport and in shops across much of the uk, but secondary school pupils in scotland could soon be required to wear them between lessons. a handful of schools have already made face coverings part of the uniform. here's what some students make of the change. i know some people may not be happy with it but i think it's the best way to stay safe. i'm personally all for it because i think in an environment where it is difficult to socially distance sometimes, it's an easy way to prevent the spread as much as possible. i'm like, oh my god, there are so many people here. but i think having the mask will help people's anxiety. but i think having the mask will help people's anxietylj but i think having the mask will help people's anxiety. i am happy that we are all going to be safe and that, like. i'mjust not that we are all going to be safe and that, like. i'm just not that happy that, like. i'm just not that happy that it's kind of hard to concentrate. it is hard...
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really interesting to hear what they say. let's speak now to professor linda bauld, a professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. good morning. thank you for speaking to us. what is your take on the use ofa to us. what is your take on the use of a face covering is in some schools in scotland? i think the uk has gradually moved towards more wearing a face coverings. a number of countries already require this in schools and educational settings. it isa schools and educational settings. it is a reasonably sensible move. 0bviously most of our schools have gone back now. in the communal areas and the corridors it is sometimes tricky to get teenagers in particular to physically distance. and the world health organization has made its advice much clearerfor children in the last few days. that is what is putting the scottish government. we have already seen some schools introduce it. i think given that we still unfortunately have community transmission of the virus, this may provide some additional protection for young people and for teachers. it's really
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interesting to watch people discuss this more broadly. lots of people making the point you touched on there. culturally this is something many other countries are used to and is standard practice, and it isjust something we are not quite used to in the uk, ——? something we are not quite used to in the uk, --? absolutely. i think we have seen quite dramatic behaviour change in terms of people realising they need to wear them and they are following the news. you had one of my colleagues from the school of engineering on yesterday talking about his study showing the effectiveness of face coverings. i think it is a big shift for us in the uk. but what we do know, although younger children don't seem to transmit the virus nearly as much, if you are talking about teenagers, particularly those near the last few years of schooling, i think they're the evidence is clear that they might. so this does seem to me to bea that they might. so this does seem to me to be a relatively smart thing. the scottish government is quite clear. they are not asking for
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them to be won in the classroom, where it would probably disrupt learning and would be tricky to work for many hours. but when kids are moving around, i think this would probably help because the virus is still out there in the community. there are quite a few opinions swirling around. i know when we are talking about potentially that happening in schools in england on the programme yesterday, lots of head teachers were talking about what they wanted was clear guidance from the government. in terms of those opinions, who do you listen to? the government, school, parents? it is an interesting debate. absolutely. it is crucial. 0ne it is an interesting debate. absolutely. it is crucial. one of the big teaching unions did a survey and more than 30,000 teachers did support face coverings in communal areas. you have to take everybody with you. i do think that u nfortu nately, with you. i do think that unfortunately, dan, not all governments have been clear in their messaging throughout this pandemic, to put it mildly actually. i think
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you have to take the teachers, the pa rents you have to take the teachers, the parents and the pupils with you, particularly older children. you have to really discuss it with them in detailand have to really discuss it with them in detail and explain why it is needed. and make sure that they understand it. and also to deal with things like bullying. and some of the other things that might arise. this is something else for schools to deal with. we don't want it to turn into a power struggle or something that causes conflict in a classroom or elsewhere in a school. we spoke to a number of parents in recent days and those we have spoken to are very happy, they say it has been fined when their children have been fined when their children have been asked to wear face masks at school. but i suppose there are some pa rents school. but i suppose there are some parents who might be thinking, i don't want that to happen and i might not send my child to school. that is one of the dangers, isn't it, that they might cause some division in schools? yes, i think a lot of parents are concerned about their children and returning to school at all at the moment. we have
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heard many of those concerns on your programme. they should be something else that will deter young people from getting back to education, which is crucial. we are not talking about finding pupils or parents up here, that is not acceptable for this type of measure, but given some of the inequalities that have been experienced throughout this pandemic, schools being able to provide them when a teenager or child doesn't have one themselves, would be a sensible move so this goes as smoothly as possible. and finally, we need to monitor the situation. if we get to a stage where we are not anywhere near right now, over 2500 cases of covid in the communityjudging now, over 2500 cases of covid in the community judging by the now, over 2500 cases of covid in the communityjudging by the 0ns survey in england at the moment circulating, per day, if we get much lower this needs to be reviewed and it may no longer be necessary, but for now i think it seems a fairly proportionate to introduce it.|j know it's hard to predict the future, particularly at the moment. do you think we might see this being standard practice over the next few
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weeks as...? i know children in scotla nd weeks as...? i know children in scotland have been back for a few weeks. children in northern ireland went back yesterday. the majority of schools go back next week. this is something that will happen for many weeks to come and something we will have to get used to? yes, this has happened throughout this period, the devolved nations, because they have responsibility for health, have taken different approaches, as you know, dan. ithink taken different approaches, as you know, dan. i think we saw face coverings being mandatory in shops earlier in scotland than elsewhere. i'm not making the policies, obviously, but i would probably suspect that despite what the uk government is saying at the moment, i think given the who's shifting advice, we will probably see this strongly encouraged if not required in england soon. ok, really good to talk to you. thank you very much. a professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. let us know
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what you think. you know what this got me thinking about? you know we heard from the stu d e nts about? you know we heard from the students talking with face coverings on and obvious the concerned? when you have school uniforms. did you have school uniforms? yes, some yea rs. have school uniforms? yes, some years. a bit more relaxed in sixth form. we had it from years 11 to 16. you know how you always manipulate your uniform, fat tie, thin tie, roll up these cards, maybe not in your case?! with masks, i wonder if there are going to be rules about certain masks. at the moment there are no rules. so you could come in with all sorts of things. it would seem an extra level of harshness to make sure you were a certain type of mask. but that is how you are creative at school, with your masks. yes, a bit of graffiti. i have got one that looks like a bunny and it looks really scary. i've gone bog—standard basic with mine. i've gone very light, i find.
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mine. i've gone very light, ifind. it mine. i've gone very light, i find. it was quite claustrophobic. do you wear it with glasses? yes, but i put my glasses on top of the mask to stop them steaming over. sunglasses is difficult. the whole face is covered. but actually some people appreciate that, which is fine. it is something we are all used —— getting used to. see the trends in schools. 17 minutes past seven. you're watching breakfast. a taxidermist has been jailed for 56 weeks for flouting trading laws covering endangered species. an investigation by the national wildlife unit and lancashire police found that 29—year—old aaron halstead had admitted selling black rhino horns, acquiring tiger skulls and keeping elephant tusks for sale. for the last 12 months, bbc reporterjacey normand has been following the case. these images were recorded by the national wildlife crime unit in 2018 after raiding an ordinary —looking property in burnley they were surprised by the collection of rare
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breeds inside. the property was registered to aaron halstead, already known to police after serving a 2a week sentence in 2015, fur trading rare serving a 2a week sentence in 2015, furtrading rare and serving a 2a week sentence in 2015, fur trading rare and endangered species. these are just some of the photos he posted of himself on social media at the time, featuring imposing with an array of stuffed wild animals. we ended up searching his business premises in burnley and that was absolutely crammed with taxidermy. what we did find was in a freezer we found two rhinoceros horns. we found a critically endangered species. we found various schools, we found a swordfish he has been offering for sale. and also three large elephant tusks. the wildlife crime unit was set up in 2006. since establishing the unit,
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they have solved 75% of cases involving the illegal trade of endangered animals. bringing aaron halstead before the court has been a joint police effort between the national wildlife crime unit and junk -- national wildlife crime unit and junk —— lancashire police. and he invited me to a secret police located in pendle to see the full extent of the hole they had recovered. to me thisjust looks like a graveyard of endangered species. how do you even begin to pick through a jigsaw like this? we basically make assessments of what is legal to sell, what is illegal to sell, what you need permits for. have you ever dealt with anything like this before? no, i don't think in lancashire anything of this size and magnitude, the rarity of the animals, has been encompassed in one case before. these large tusks, this, i believe, is one of the biggest tusks seized this century. there is no artistic value to them. carved. they are just tusks. so
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you've got here a single horn. can i hold it? yeah. it's quite heavy. they weigh around five kilos. you are talking a significant amount of money. we know that he sold two horns previously and he received around 80,000 euros for those. 0bviously that was not a single cell. there were others. many may struggle to understand what is driving the demand for these items. but for andy, with nearly 50 years police experience, it comes as no surprise. it is criminal activity. these are people who are profiting significantly from trading in our national heritage. —— natural heritage. we can now speak to rikkert reijnen, who works for the international fund for animal welfare. thank you very much forjoining me this morning. i think it was 56
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weeks, the punishment. is that enoughin weeks, the punishment. is that enough in your point of view? no, not at all. thank you for having me, by the way. no, not at all. if you look at the worth of this contraband on the black market, if you compare thatl on the black market, if you compare that! for instance to narcotics, someone that! for instance to narcotics, someone would get a jail time of multiple years, up to ten to 15 yea rs. multiple years, up to ten to 15 years. this is not enough. these are very endangered species, wildlife crime is series organised. this man was part of a criminal network, clearly. he was pushing via europe into china. talk to me about how much these animal derivatives are worth? i mean, rhino horn, we were hearing some numbers there, 80,000 euros? yeah, it's about, an ounce of
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rhino horn is about the same as an ounce of gold. that's why it's so interesting. you basically see an animal walking around with a bar of gold on its nose. for wildlife criminals it is very interesting to get their hands on it. the risks are relatively low because investigators are not investing as much time in these kind of crimes as they are in other forms of crimes, like narcotics and human trafficking, arms trafficking. so it is a very well paying illegal business and the risks are very low. so i can imagine that people do it, but it's a nightmare for the environment in which we live on this planet. and yeah, for those species it's killing them off. people will probablyjust think, why on earth would you want parts of animals that are so beautiful and so precious? there are people who know this is against the law but there is some cachet, some
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kind of status enhancing point to having these bits of animal? yeah, that used to be the case in europe and the us. our grandparents and pa rents, and the us. our grandparents and parents, they used to have a task or rhino horn in their living room. it used to be normal because it showed old colonial ties we had with asia and africa. but somehow it became stigmatised. i say somehow. there was a lot of effort put into stigmatising it and to change people because my behaviour in wanting these kind of animal products. so what happened is a lot of these tusks and horns, they went into the attics or the basements of people use to display them in the living rooms. and slowly we see them coming out, because there is a new market in the far east, in china, and other asian countries, where they see them
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asa asian countries, where they see them as a luxury product, they can show off their wealth, they see it as an investment. just like gold and diamonds. and the stigmatisation of these kind of products hasjust started. until recently, it was still legal. a big step has been made to make it illegal in a big country like china. but that is only the start of it. because still we need to convince people that this is something you don't want to have. socially it needs to be stigmatised. indeed. senior advisor socially it needs to be stigmatised. indeed. senioradvisorfor conservation at the international fund for animal welfare, thank you for your time this morning. family members of the victims of new zealand's worst mass shooting have been addressing the court, in the trial of gunman brenton tarrant. he killed 51 muslim worshippers, and faces life in prison without parole. let's take a look at some of those testimonies from earlier today. i like to think that you will find peace within yourself.
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but i doubt peace will ever come to you. i will never be able to forgive you. whatever gave the offender the right to take his life away from me forever? this monster had no right to take my son from me. i have a life sentence now and will forever feel my loss. your honour, i also want you to understand my utter rage upon learning that this man was a guest to new zealand. this man is not one of us. but that didn't stop him from slaughtering us. somepowerful test to me you use have been hearing on the cross. —— somepowerful testimony. joining us now live from the high court in christchurch is tv nz‘s ryan boswell. there is a long delay on the line. i know we spoke to you yesterday and it has been another day of really
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powerful testimony from some of those people who lost family members last year? yes, there's been an extraordinary case here today at the high court in christchurch, as the murderer brenton tarrant was branded the devil, a coward and the biggest loser by some of the victims and theirfamilies loser by some of the victims and their families caught up loser by some of the victims and theirfamilies caught up in loser by some of the victims and their families caught up in the march 15 shooting. they talked about the loss of loved ones and how their lives had forever been changed. 0ne or two talked about how they had forgiven him for his actions and that they could not fill themselves with hate. it was a very sombre hearing. at one point it became very strange when tarra nt hearing. at one point it became very strange when tarrant started laughing at one of the victims as he read his statement. at that point the man actually put down his statement and addressed tarrant directly, saying off the cuff that he had moved to new zealand as a young boy and that he had moved here
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from afghanistan, and therefore he himself had been described as a terrorist. he said that changed on march the 15th, when brenton tarrant was now known as the terrorist. at that point of the court erupted into applause and it really did show that this crime, which was supposed to divide new zealand, has reunited this country. interesting you say that, because i was going to ask you about the effect it is having on new zealand, obviously watching this very closely as a nation and seeing what is happening in that courtroom. how do you feel the country more generally is reacting to what it is seeing and hearing? well, the country of course is united on this front and there is no doubt that many people here in new zealand, in fa ct, many people here in new zealand, in fact, i would say the majority of people, want to see brenton tarrant locked away behind bars for life. thejudge has to locked away behind bars for life. the judge has to decide locked away behind bars for life. thejudge has to decide if locked away behind bars for life. the judge has to decide if the weather brenton tarrant is eligible for parole or whether he is not
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entitled to it, and therefore could spend life behind bars indefinitely. thank you very much indeed for that update from outside the high court in christchurch, new zealand. brian boswell. —— ryan boswell. four days in total that hearing is due to take place. we will look at it throughout the week. you asked earlier about face coverings in schools. i was thinking there could be a new trend. someone has anonymously send them a letter which their school has sent to all parents to say that facemasks could be of a plain colour, no patterns, no graphics, they should be one correctly, covering the face and nose, students may be asked to remove theirface mask and nose, students may be asked to remove their face mask by a member of staff for a short period. it will be the responsibility of the parents to ensure the wearing of a face mask by their individual child if they deem it necessary. that it is advice sent out by one school to all appearance of the children.
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0nly black masks, according to this one, or basic medical ones. i say enjoy some creativity on the rules -- until enjoy some creativity on the rules —— until the rules are enforced. u nless —— until the rules are enforced. unless your school tells you otherwise, obviously! that is what we are talking about. pupils in england getting ready to return to school in september. we will put your questions to the experts after eight o'clock. we will discuss that and news and sport. right now, to 29 minutes past seven. let's talk to carroll. carroll, you andi let's talk to carroll. carroll, you and i have disagreed on two things this morning already, which i think is positive. you don't like james bond films, i love them. you are coming around and we are doing a james bond marathon. and you said to someone james bond marathon. and you said to someone it is four months to christmas. be quiet in the future about things like that! for men's, goodness me, where has
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this year gone? today, we have mild weather on notecards. storm francis move the today bringing strong winds and some of us have got heavy rain, disruption is quite likely. to give you an idea of the recent gusts of wind, 57 miles an hour, plymouth, 55, the isle of man, 3a, northern ireland, 38 and of course 38 in wales. no pressure. look at the isobars and the weather fence. they have been bringing in nervous moments of the course of the night and nervous moments of the course of the nightand again, nervous moments of the course of the night and again, rainfall totals really mounting up, particularly so at the moment in wales. if you add in the strength of the wind, it's a nasty combination if you are travelling, take it easy today. some huge puddles, not of surface water and spray, and the risk of localised flooding. rain moves north, heavy
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bursts, but look at this curling coming back and across north wales, northern ireland and northern england, so the rain is not done with you just yet. through the afternoon, behind the rain for the rest of england and wales, some brightness, glimmer of sunshine, one or two showers, but still very gusty. wales, and south—west england, as much as 70 miles an hour gusts. treacherous conditions crossing the pennines and the wind is picking up a eastern scotland with the rain, 50 miles an hour. the far north of scotland, they will hang onto the seven china. temperatures fairly academic, not going to feel great. highs of 22 in london. through this evening and overnight, here is the centre of the low pressure. the rain is rotating around it. heavy rain to come and gusty winds tonight. maybe just easing a tad but not much more than that. and we are looking at temperatures falling between 9—15.
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it's not going to be a cold night. tomorrow, the storm is moving to the near continent. still we have isobars across our shores so it will bea isobars across our shores so it will be a gusty start to the day tomorrow. especially in the east. 30-30 tomorrow. especially in the east. 30—30 miles an hour, so some rain around. petering out to the day. with a ridge of high pressure building on from the west, things will quieten down and we will see some sunshine with tomorrow's top temperature, 22. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. good morning to you. it is 7.32. secondary school pupils and teachers in scotland could soon be required to wear face coverings between lessons. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says she's speaking to schools after new advice from the world health organization. let's speak now to dr margaret harris, from the who.
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good morning to you. thank you so much for your time with us this morning. telus mature guidelines say currently when it comes to face coverings and children. good morning. it's a pleasure to be with you. so what we are saying is that children under 12 can wear masks where appropriate, and when asked to, but it's very important to ensure that they know how to use them, they know how to remove them, to wash their hands before they put them on, wash their hands when they ta ke them on, wash their hands when they take them off, and they need to be provided a bag that they can put them in so they can put it carefully into the bag, so it takes a little bit of training and understanding to know how to use it, but the thinking behind increasing is to control the source. somebody who may have been carrying the virus without knowing it from spreading it in closed environments. what is your data or
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scientific evidence showing you in terms of how children transmit the virus? ok, so we're not seeing children as a major source of transmission particularly small children, but it's not a very clear. there does not seem to be the main link, children do get thick and increasingly we are seeing an increasingly we are seeing an increasing number in younger age groups, and remember, when we are talking about children, we are talking about children, we are talking about children under 18 yea rs of talking about children under 18 years of age. 12—18, they are very different physically and in terms of transmission is more than children 12, and so the data is telling us there is an increase in transmission between younger people from younger people, and in some places they are perhaps the drivers in some places. 0ne perhaps the drivers in some places. one thing we're talking about today is the wearing of face coverings in
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schools, particularly those for children over the age of 12. what about the way they transmit the virus? so again, we have known right from the start it's from the mouth and nose, but it's also more likely to be transmitted when you are speaking aloud, shouting, in a closed environment, perhaps if you have air circulating so it's not very well ventilated. if you have air conditioning, a lot of air flowing through with people crowded together, so essentially, we are seeing those behaviours, people crowded together in indoor spaces, where that's high risk for transmission. lets talk about the differences between scotland and england. scotland saying now children should be wearing face coverings outside the classroom. when they travel from class to class, for example. england says it
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won't follow that guidance just yet but the uk government says it won't be just yet but what's your opinion on that? so, different places. they need to negotiate what works for them and their community. no action you take unless it's in partnership with the people doing it and the people asking them to do it, so as i said, indoor places, crowded places, places where people are close together and are unlikely to get space, are the places address, and everybody needs to look at when those moments happen and how you can best protect yourself. do think it's helpful when the who guidelines being followed in various degrees by different countries, how helpful is it seeing these differences between nations? well, again, in every aspect of this outbreak, different nations, different communities, and even death in smaller groups, have
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taken different approaches. it's not to say that because they are different they are wrong. it's an overarching guidance. 0ur overarching guidance. 0ur overarching guidance. 0ur overarching guidance is to use the mask all the other interventions like washing your hands, not touching your mouth, nose and eyes, the physical distance and, use it all together in a way strategically that you can really actually implemented in your circumstances. and do everything you can to prevent transmission. do you think that you will be able to show significant evidence that makes clear the difference between wearing a mask in the classroom in the corridors compared to those nations who have decided not to? when will that evidence be available? again, this will be very useful. in the uk,
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you've got a fantastic public health infrastructure and really brilliant people, in academia, and in a public health network, so looking at what different groups choose to do and what the difference is, is something which will inform us all and in fa ct, which will inform us all and in fact, we are doing reviews in different countries to look at exactly that. at the micro level, what decisions are people taking? what is working? if it's not working, the point of an interaction review was to turn around and say no, we've got to do something different. can you talk about the transmission rates in schools between staff because that's been something which has been of concern as well. staff safety and how it can be transmitted to the pupils. staff have to take safety very, very seriously because, as we know, the older you are, the more likely you are to get the severe form but also
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having lived on this earth and had lots of things happen to you, you're more likely to have underlying conditions, several staff have to ta ke conditions, several staff have to take their health and safety very seriously. and again, if that means you've got to be indoors a lot, it's difficult to physically distance, wearing a mask is one thing you can do, but also make sure you have an absolutely pristine hand and make sure it stays clean after touch surfaces. never bring it to your mouth and nose unless you know it's cleaner. if you remove your mask, a lwa ys cleaner. if you remove your mask, always clean your hand after removing a mask and again make sure you put your mask in a safe bag that you put your mask in a safe bag that you carry with you and you look after it properly. can you talk to me about the balance, and it's been a very tricky balance to address, sending children back to school, making sure that they are safe, and considering their mental health, as well? when it comes to facemasks, a
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pa rents well? when it comes to facemasks, a parents group in scotland says wearing face coverings, mandatory ones, could have a negative impact ones, could have a negative impact on hearing impairment children, autistic children, and children with asthma. how carefully do these considering is need to be taken and these exceptions need to be made? very, very seriously and very carefully. in our guidance we say exactly that, if you have a child with those conditions or who has developed disabilities, doesn't know how to use it, is anxious by it, all these are reasons not to ask somebody to use a face covering. these considerations with any intervention must be understood. you don't have an intervention that a blanket intervention. it is laid out very carefully in our guideline is that if you have people, including
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adults, who may be have disability, other kinds of physical disability that would make wearing a mask and impossibility or an anxiety inducing thing, then you have to look at an alternative. can we have a comment as well, in hong kong there was a case reported of a healthy man in his 30s, i'm sure you are aware of this, who has become reinfected with coronavirus, four and a half months after first contracting it. coronavirus, four and a half months afterfirst contracting it. what conclusions are you drawing from this in terms of reinfection, how vulnerable people are if they have once had it? this is an important piece of science and we have certainly been tracking anecdotal reports of possible reinfection is, infections with a different strain. but, prior to this, infections with a different strain. but, priorto this, it infections with a different strain. but, prior to this, it wasn't clear whether the tests were always so
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perfect, so you got a —1 somebody was then infected with the same virus, so this is the first time we are seeing very clearly to different versions of the same coronavirus. what's important here is this is one case out of 23 million, sale, while we did expect it would happen, it's not clear that this is something thatis not clear that this is something that is likely to happen to many people because we would expect, given the surveillance and a study in hong kong just shows what a high level quality of surveillance they are doing there, so give them their quality of the surveillance, you would expect to see many more cases if it was happening a lot, but what it also tells us is what really long suspected. we don't know enough about how long immunity lasts or whether it lasts a long time. in many people, not many people, so one of those questions are still open. did that any indication of a second
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spike? that doesn't necessarily indicate whether you would have a second spike, but what it does indicate is the idea many people had of let it wash over us, it will be fine, was never a wise choice. doctor margaret harris always good to talk to you from the world health 0rganization. to talk to you from the world health organization. thank you. pleasure talking to you. it's tuesday morning and later on we have the latest addition of sally meats. another interview coming up. yes, good morning, i have been back to see chasing level. you might remember several months ago we talk to her, former england netball coach, about her desire to have a baby and her struggles over the years with conceiving and light venues last year she was pregnant and went to talk to her. i have been to meet baby nev, who was absolutely gorgeous and i have spoken to chasing all about the pressures of
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being a new mother, the stresses and strains has been and are getting back into shape, and having a new baby and lockdown which has been challenging, but i'm going to bring you news festival from tennis overnight. andy murray heads into next week's us open off the back of one of his best wins since his return from a hip injury. he beat the world number seven alex zverev in three sets at new york's flushing meadows. it's his first win against a top ten opponent for more than three years. murray's been awarded a wildcard to play in next week's grand slam at the same venue. he won his first major there in 2012. he plays milos raonic next after he beat dan evans. the western & southern 0pen is the first atp event since the tour was suspended in march. meanwhile, johanna konta looked in extremely impressive form in her win over kirsten flipkens, losing just two games in the match. jimmy anderson is just one away from 600 wickets. england are hoping for better weather in southampton as they look for victory on their final day of test cricket this summer.
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yesterday anderson got his 599th as pakistan closed on 100 for 2 in their second innings, still more than 200 behind. joe lynskey reports. jimmy anderson played his first england test 18 years ago. no bowler like him's been so prolific for so long. today he could reach 600 wickets, but he might have done it already. since sunday, his fielders have fumbled too often. this drop from jos buttler was one of the worst. england need eight more wickets to win this third test with pakistan. but rain could yet still cost them victory and history. they had to wait until four o'clock for monday's first wicket. stuart broad hoped it would open the floodgates, but the tourists won't roll over. nice shot. azhar ali made a century in the first innings. he's still hanging on. anderson's wicket made it 88—2.
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pakistan are still a long way behind and h9s 599 strike is already unique. fast bowling takes its toll on the body. 0nly spinners have got more. and with stuart broad up there, too, england have one team with two legends. it's gone brilliantly. you know, i mean, iwas looking at my stats earlier and to have two people above 500 test wickets in your side and one closing in on 600, it's a brilliant achievement. for somebody to get that many wickets is just amazing. the milestone may happen in the bio—secure bubble. winston, the groundsman's dog, will be one of the few to see it. this is england's last test of the summer and quite possibly the year. they hope the final day comes with a special wicket. joe lynskey, bbc news. we will of course keep you posted. gareth southgate has a big decision to make today on whether to include harry maguire in his england squad for the nations league matches next week. it follows the manchester united
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captain's arrest in greece. maguire, in the baseball cap here, has pleaded not guilty to charges after being arrested on the island of mykonos. usain bolt says he's self—isolating as he awaits the result of a coronavirus test. the eight—time olympic gold medallist says he was tested as a precaution despite having no symptoms, and has urged friends he's been in contact with to also be checked. i was waking up and, like everybody else, checks social media. saw social media saying i'm confirmed of covid—19. i did a test on saturday to leave, cos i work, trying to be responsible so i'm going to stay in and stay here for my friends. and also i'm having no symptoms. going to quarantine myself. usain bolt bear and blood interview with tracey neville and baby nev coming up tracey neville and baby nev coming up in the next hour. thank you very
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much for that. see you later on. with non—essential shops closed for months during lockdown, many of us turned to online shopping. and it's notjust buying. there's been a big increase in the number of items being returned according to the royal mail this morning. nina can explain more. good morning to you. yes, there was a big increase in online sales during lockdown. it provided a much—needed boost for some retailers but also presented some headaches. more orders meant more returns. royal mail says injuly there was a 25% increase in the number of items being returned compared to lastjuly. does it matter? well, retailers incur costs around postage, administration and processing the items back in to circulation. but consumers aren't doing anything wrong. under consumer contracts regulations you can return goods ordered online within 1a days of receiving them and you don't have to give a reason.
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you should then expect a full refund within 1a days of the retailer receiving the goods back. but is that always happening? gareth shaw is head of money at the consumer group which? good morning to you. i bet you have been busy. let's focus on rights. we are allowed to order things and return them with no reason, even if you order things, similar items in different sizes. yes, you can simply change your mind and send something back. you have 1a days to let the retailer now and then another 1a days to retain that item and you should get your money back within 1a days. what we have seen with retailers are some of them had to be cajoled into it because they didn't initially do it. many extended those return periods during the height of a lockdown to recognise that their customers might be isolating and
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might not be able to get to the post office and send those items back, so some return periods that might have been 30 days were extended to a5 or 60 days which, to their credit, is really helpful for people and a reflection of retailers wanting to do good by their customers. certainly people will remember that when the shops are back open and they want to go back into a physical shop they will remember the retailers that treated them well when they were shopping online. increased flexibility. lucy has been in touch on twitter and surges gone to retail for the first time and is sticking with it and surely says because we can't try things on in shops, online retail will go on longer. the return to the high street is going to be put off further. do you think these changes are here for good and if they are, might there come a day when we are not allowed three returns to the same extent? do you think charges will begin? the trend has been for online shopping to increase. it's
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similarto, you online shopping to increase. it's similar to, you know, online shopping to increase. it's similarto, you know, banking and people doing more and more of their banking online and visiting bank branches less and less. covid has accelerated a lot of these trends. people need to build up confidence to go to the shops, but we may see changes. as retailers have to do to cope with a higher demand for online in the future, you know, sometimes you have to pay to return things. sometimes you don't. it depends on the retailer. digitalfirst businesses, fast fashion, who expect people to be ordering multiple goods, they do free delivery back, whereas other retailers that perhaps have the majority of their people buying stuff in store, may have a different policy. that could be something we anticipate. the key thing here is that if you have a fa u lty thing here is that if you have a faulty item you shouldn't be charged to return that. and under the consumer contract regulations you have 30 days to return that faulty item and gutter refund in full, so
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it's worth familiarising yourself with your rights if you are going to be online only shopping for the future. if something does go wrong, you need to know how to get your money back. gareth, many thanks. lots of people are shopping online for the first time and enjoying it but feeling nervous about those returns but, yes, you're entitled to attend them for up to 1a days with no reason. you can get all of your money back. good to know. nina, thank you very much. the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown have been a source of anxiety for many of us, but charities say people with obsessive compulsive disorder have been particularly badly affected. mental health organisations say they've seen a huge rise in demand for support with 0cd action saying it had to double the services it provides since the outbreak. luxmy gopal reports. lynn's obsessive compulsive disorder affects nearly every aspect of her life — at home, at work, evenjust sitting down for a chat. i have to put cream on, which is a barrier which
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enables me to come out. it protects me from the germs. as well as fears around contamination, her symptoms involve repeatedly checking, for example, that the door is locked. come out, lock the door, go to the gate, go back to the door, go to the gate, cos it's always three times. and then if i set off to, say to work, and i get to the end of the street, if someone has parked a car that i know shouldn't be there, then i have to go back gate, start again. things deteriorated after her daughter died of sepsis. my eldest daughter passed away in 200a of septicaemia, which, i know, is something to do with germs in the blood. and that made it worse. then i got depressed. i started to clean at two o'clock in the morning because i thought germs would get into the house. when my grandkids come, when my daughters come, they have to strip off at the door so i can put their clothes in the washer, so they don't
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contaminate the house. lynn is far from alone. around three quarters of a million people in the uk have 0cd. it's used in quite a throwaway terms in modern language, and actually the condition of obsessive compulsive disorder is something when your symptoms become enduring, when it's causing you pain, when it's causing you upset, that's when it's bordering on to a mental health condition and one that can be quite serious. and their mental health has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, according to a study by the charity mind, which found that compared to people without the condition, those with 0cd were 16% more likely to get anxiety about contracting coronavirus, 11% more likely to worry about their family getting it and 70% more likely to find it harder to get mental health support during the pandemic. we have to double the amount of groups that we're running and our volunteers are doing extra shifts to try to meet that demand. and we only expect that demand to keep increasing as we ease out of lockdown. for a lot of people with 0cd it
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might feel like their fears have become very real. and i don't imagine that for a lot of people coming out of lockdown will necessarily mean, you know, the end of their worries about the pandemic. lynn fears she may have to take more precautions as lockdown eases. there are a lot of people helping to stop the germs because they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. when they stop doing that at the world will get back to where there are still a lot of germs out there. luxmy gopal, bbc news. thank you to lynn for talking to us in that report. let's get more on this from one of the people in that report. we can speak now to 0livia bamber from 0cd action. good morning to you, 0livia. nice to have you on the programme. what are your thoughts about why this pandemic has made 0cd worse for some people? i think that with the nature of the condition, there is this feeling that something bad is going to happen. this worry something awful is going to happen, people
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feel the need to do something to stop bad thing happening. now obviously we have there is a very real threat, coronavirus, obviously we have there is a very realthreat, coronavirus, it's a huge impact on all of us, on the world, so people with 0cd, that fear has now become very real. we are hearing from lots of people who are finding it particularly difficult at the moment. i suppose, as well, there's been a lack of routine for many people and also missing out on face—to—face therapy, as well, which iimagine has face—to—face therapy, as well, which i imagine has had a big impact on some? exactly. fora lot i imagine has had a big impact on some? exactly. for a lot of people, there 0cd might concentrate on the pandemic but lots of people may have had their therapy stopped and their face—to—face therapy is stopped and they are being offered therapy via skype which is a great alternative, but never the same as being in a room with someone and challenging your 0cd head—on. it's a difficult
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time for people. what has it been like for you, 0livia? time for people. what has it been like for you, olivia? it's been a challenge as it has been for everybody. my 0cd hasn't been focused on the virus, thankfully. it's not a fear of mine. it can ma nifest it's not a fear of mine. it can manifest in a whole range of different ways, but for me, it hasn't focused on that, but losing the routine of going to work every day, seeing family and friends, the things that you do to keep yourself well have been interrupted so i have found it difficult being at home and losing their face—to—face contact with people, so it has been a challenge but thankfully i've managed to get through that and not being too badly affected by it. briefly give us some advice for anybody watching this morning who might be struggling with 0cd and feeling that they need some help this morning. exactly, so it's the same for everybody who was struggling with 0cd, whether it's mild or severe, to reach out and get
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help. you can go to charities like 0cd action, mind, you can speak to yourgp, 0cd action, mind, you can speak to your gp, mental health advisor, there is help available and can get better. there's lots of things, online support groups to reach out to and use and i think that can make a massive difference to people. 0livia, thank you. she was talking about some helplines. details of organisations offering mental health information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline. loads of information about 0cd and many other things on there as well. carol is taking a look at this mornings weather. storm francis are something to keep under control. how will you do that? i have no clue. good morning, everybody. storm francis is wreaking havoc already on our shores and will be with us through today, tonight and the first pa rt through today, tonight and the first part of tomorrow, bringing very strong winds, heavy rain and the likelihood of some disruption. you
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can see on the pressure chart, when it comes up, exactly what is going on. the wind speeds we have had already this morning have been in excess of 50 miles an hour, plymouth, 55, north wales, a6. the isle of man, aa. this is stormont ellen. look at those isobars right across the land, coupled with the weather fronts, and we've seen a deluge of rain already this morning coming from the south—west. it's progressing north eastwards. a lot of surface water and spray on the roads, and rather large puddles, so that combination of the wind and rain will lead to some nasty travelling conditions today. the first batch of rain continues northwards and then we got this curl coming around, northern ireland, wales, and northern england bringing more rain. further south, wales, and northern england bringing more rain. furthersouth, behind it, it will brighten up with some showers, but the wind will still very much be a feature. the black
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circles indicating the gusts and strength you can expect with exposure for the english channels, south—west england and parts of wales, 65 possibly 70 miles an hour. further north, even in land, very strong gusts of wind. the wind strengthening across eastern scotla nd strengthening across eastern scotland gusting 50 miles an hour. the far north of scotland, though, staying in the driest conditions with some sunshine. temperature wise today, fairly academic, a disappointing 12—22. as we head on over night, here is our low pressure, the centre, continuing to move slowly eastwards, still with heavy rain around it, and still gusty winds. the wind coming down it had not much more than that and it is going to be a mild night. so, through tomorrow, here is storm ellen pulling away but a lot of isobars across our shores, so it will be a windy start to the date particularly so in eastern areas,
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30-a0 particularly so in eastern areas, 30—a0 miles an hour, still some rain to clear, but high pressure building in from the west. that will settle things down. in the west, some sunshine. things improve through the will date as we drift further eastwards. temperatures, 13 in the north, 22 in the south. the headlines are coming up next. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. 0ur headlines today... pressure grows to reconsider face coverings in secondary schools in england as scotland is set to announce they will become compulsory in corridors and communal areas. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin after officers shot a black man in the back. president trump tells republican supporters the democrats are using the coronavirus pandemic to steal the election as his party formally confirms him as their candidate.
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and meet baby nev, the latest addition to a sporting dynasty, but will he follow in the famous family's footsteps? i don't know. it's something that we won't pressure him into, but i think for us if he doesn't actually be able to play sport, we'll be absolutely gutted. it's tuesday the 25th of august. our top story... head teachers are calling for clarity over whether staff and pupils could wear face coverings in schools in england as students prepare to go back to the classroom. in scotland, the government is already proposing making them compulsory in secondary school corridors and shared areas, but a downing street spokesperson has ruled out a similar review in england. andy moore reports. in some schools in scotland masks are already being worn. but of the government's most recent advice to schools in england says the use of face coverings is not recommended based on current evidence.
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we are not in a position to suggest that because we believe there is a system in place in all schools for children to be able to return safely. but that review is coming under pressure, especially after the announcement by the first minister nicola sturgeon. masks were to be used in corridors and shared areas. it is an easy way to prevent the spread as much as possible. it is an easy way to prevent the spread as much as possiblem it is an easy way to prevent the spread as much as possible. it is ha rd spread as much as possible. it is hard to use and it is hard to concentrate. it is hard to use and it is hard to concentrate. the ascl headteachers' union said the guidance in england was silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils wanted to wear a covering. the union is calling on the government to review its guidelines, bearing in mind of the advice from the world health organization. it says in areas where there is widespread transmission,
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everyone over 12 years old should wear fabric masks where they can't guarantee a distance of at least one metre from other people. in their places, crowded places, places where people are close together and are unlikely to be able together and are unlikely to be able to space are the places at risk and everybody needs to look at when those moments happen and how you can best protect yourself. you can best protect yourself. a downing street spokesman has ruled out any review on masks in schools. andy moore, bbc news. hundreds of thousands of btec students will start to receive their grades from today after the exam board pearson delayed their publication. results for the vocational qualifications were delayed to give the board more time to recalculate after a—level and gcses were based on centre assessed grades. nearly half a million results have been reassessed. lockdown restrictions in parts of england could soon cover smaller, more targeted areas. under the plans, measures would only be introduced in places where the number of coronavirus
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cases is expectionally high. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning. in terms of clarity, how clear is this? the principle is clear, the detail of how it is going to work a bit less so. the idea is that local knowledge would be used to try and pinpoint areas where extra restrictions are needed. if you think about the big changes that we re you think about the big changes that were brought into the north of england about three weeks ago, there was some criticism they took in areas where the virus was pretty low and they had basically the same conditions as areas where the virus was pretty high. the idea would be to avoid that by looking just at those areas where coronavirus is a big problem. exactly how that will work in practice is a bit less clear. we know it has been quite a challenging thing to do in some
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insta nces. challenging thing to do in some instances. but the idea would be you speak to local mps, the local authority, and they might be able to give a bit more information about exactly where this should happen. it could come into force pretty soon, the government wants to get it in place. the idea is the government wa nts to place. the idea is the government wants to avoid a national lockdown happening again. we have had a regional lockdowns. this will make them, in england anyway, even smaller, and focus on the areas where it is a big problem. protests have continued in the us city of kenosha overnight despite the introduction of an emergency curfew. it comes after violent demonstrations began following the shooting of a black man in the back by police on sunday. jacob blake remains in a stable condition in hospital. the city mayor has called for a full investigation. what occurred the other day is something that we will hold police and the public responsible. everyone is responsible for our own actions. and the investigation of the police
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department will go forward. more lightning storms have struck parts of california, starting additional wildfires which continue to devastate the region. firefighters are continuing to battle the blazes which have killed at least six people and forced thousands to leave their homes. authorities warned the state was trapped in a "megafire era" triggered by climate change. donald trump has warned his fellow republicans their opponents may use the coronavirus crisis to "steal" the election as he was formally nominated for a second term. the us president made an hour—long, unscripted speech on the first night of the republican national convention, where he accused the democrats of trying to rig the presidential election. our us correspondent peter bowes has more. we come together tonight to imagine a future... the republican national convention starring donald trump and members of his family, showcasing all things trump. this is the week the president hopes
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to win over new supporters as he lags behind joe biden in the polls. less virtual than the democrats, but still mostly remote, the pared down convention featured a slew of ordinary americans, who said the country was better off under donald trump. a health worker, a coffee shop owner, and the father of a student killed in a school shooting. president trump made an unscheduled speech at the convention earlier in the day. he repeated his claim that the election could be rigged. they spied on my campaign. you know what they found? nothing. but this is big stuff. this is stealing millions of votes and it's going to be very hard. now we're in courts all over the country, and hopefully we have judges that are going to give it a fair call, because if they give it a fair call we're going to win this election. the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. we're going to win this election.
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for his part, the president's eldest son framed the election as a stark choice between the law and order policies of his dad and those ofjoe biden. it's almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work and school versus rioting, looting and vandalism. or, in the words of biden and the democrats, "peaceful protesting". there was no applause, no cheering supporters in the hall, but the battle lines were clearly drawn. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. many months to build up to the election. many months to build up to the election. the bbc has confirmed that both rule britannia and land of hope and glory will be performed at this year's last night of the proms, but without words. # land of hope and glory... that was from a few years ago. that was from a few years ago.
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the corporation said the music would have to be adapted to reflect the current circumstances, and there will be no live audience in the royal albert hall. reports over the weekend suggested the bbc might drop the anthems altogether because of their perceived association with britain's colonial past. and that was when they were all in hyde park. the days of huge gatherings. that story is on the front page of quite a few newspapers as well. it is indeed. storm francis is hitting many parts of the uk today. carroll will have the latest on that and sally will have the sport later on as well. ellie gould was a bright and popular sixth form student who should have turned 18 earlier this year. but in may, she was killed in her own home by a former boyfriend. now the government is said to be considering increasing minimum sentences for 15 to 17—year olds who commit murder, as herfamily campaign for reforms referred to as ellie's law. john maguire has been speaking to ellie's mum.
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the tributes to her that came from the other children at school sort of reinforce that fact, really, how kind she was and smiley and always incorporated everybody into a group orfriendship group. she didn't like anyone to be unhappy, and as she was, she was that girl with a smile, really. ellie gould should have been embarking on the next chapter of her life. she should have recently received her a—levels alongside herfriends. but in may last year, she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, stabbed repeatedly in her own home. this is the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent and especially taken in such a brutal way by somebody that i suppose we trusted, that was supposedly fond of her. and to take away such a beautiful person, such a beautiful soul, is just unforgivable, his actions, unforgivable. her killer, thomas griffiths, had tried to cover his tracks,
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but he later admitted ellie's murder and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 and a half years. although he was 17 at the time of the attack, he was an adult when he went to court for sentencing. ellie's mum is campaigning for a change in the law. we want sentencing for child killers to be tougher, particularly for mature killers. so somebody like griffiths, who was only five months off being 18, who came from a very stable background, very stable parents who, you know, cared for him, who was intelligent, who did not have any mental health problems, he was cleared by a top psychiatrist, by his barristers. somebody like him who carried out a most brutal, frenzied murder just because he couldn't have his own way, just because ellie didn't want to be his girlfriend any longer, somebody like that should have a much tougher sentence
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than what he received and should be treated more like an adult. however, he does have a right because he was under 18, to apply to get his sentence reduced halfway through if he behaves himself in prison and we would like to scrap that as well and have that within ellie's law. and carol is welcoming recent reports saying the change named after ellie will be included in a government white paper next month, a precursor to a new law. it is a relief. you know, it does feel ellie will be remembered for the wrong reasons, but a positive thing going forward. and, you know, other victims will get more justice than we have received for their lost ones. if the law is changed and if it bears ellie's name, it will provide some small solace for her friends and family. john maguire, bbc news, wiltshire.
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i spoke about it earlier how impressive it is seeing somebody speaking so eloquently and clearly, and obviously having to be so focused in the light of the grief. so many people have been in contact and say they appreciate what she is doing about talking about ellie so forcefully. she is in an impossible position for any parent to be in and yet spoke so powerfully there. all this morning we've been talking about going back to school, as pupils in scotland and northern ireland have already returned and most english students prepare for the beginning of september. you've been getting in touch with your questions about what it's going to look like and the changes your children will see. we are going to run through some of those changes and asked some of those changes and asked some of those questions those
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to answer them, we'rejoined now by our education editor, branwen jeffries, and the virologist, dr chris smith. we will try and run through a few of the questions. we will try and run through a few of the questions. branwen, here's a question from secondary school pupil eve. hello, my name is eve and i am 12. when i go back to nick school next week, i want to know if i am allowed to make a decision not to wear a mask. i want to make the decision myself to protect my friends and family. it sounds as if you are going to school in england where for the moment they are not suggesting pupils should wear a mask in school. scotla nd pupils should wear a mask in school. scotland is considering it, but only for teenagers, only for scotland is considering it, but only forteenagers, only forstudents your age, forteenagers, only forstudents yourage, and forteenagers, only forstudents your age, and only in the areas where students and pupils are circulating. so in corridors, crossover times, when people are going from one lesson to another. a
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lot of schools are managing it in a different way and are intending to stagger the crossover times. you may find when you go back to school you could be asked to stay in your classroom with the teachers coming to you, so a different approach to managing those risks. that is the view from eve, a people. now we have got a mother, laura. view from eve, a people. now we have gota mother, laura. chris, this view from eve, a people. now we have got a mother, laura. chris, this one is for you. i have got three children in three different year groups and three different schools and each school has a different approach. but one thing they have all said is that they may need to close if anyone goes in displaying symptoms of covid—19 or is diagnosed with covid-19. if a symptoms of covid—19 or is diagnosed with covid—19. if a bubble is closed in one child's school, what does that mean for the other two children? what does that mean for us asa children? what does that mean for us as a family? would we all need to isolate for two weeks? ok, the way you approach this is if you have a case in a school, then that case is
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just a suspected case until it is confirmed with a test. the individuals in contact with that suspected case do not do anything different until the suspected case person has a confirmed test. at that pointjust person has a confirmed test. at that point just the contacts person has a confirmed test. at that pointjust the contacts in that particular group or bubble in the school would isolate. but their family members are just contacts of contacts because we do not know that the person in that family has even caught it yet. so those people would carry on business as usual, go into other schools, unless their family members and develops symptoms or has a positive test. if that happens, they are immediately contacts of a case and they would isolate. hopefully that answers your questions. branwen, here is a question from hanson, whose five—year—old is due to start school next week. how can we help our children, particularly in younger age children, start to adjust to this
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come september be on bubbles and beyond anything else? for many it has been awhile since they have been in school, so how can we help them in terms of their physical health and their mental health, in terms of any barriers that might be involved. he has got a five—year—old who sta rts he has got a five—year—old who starts school next week. obviously it would look slightly different had we not been in this situation. a lot of schools are preparing videos to show the children what the school is like and sending in information. it is important to go through that with them so they know what to expect and are not surprised. but as adults we have to help hold and contain any anxieties that children have to reassure them. the very youngest children will be in bubbles at schools where realistically they are not going to be expected to socially distance the whole time. everybody knows that is very difficult for the youngest. also, scientists from the
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government have been clear that that is where the evidence is the strongest. they are at the lowest risk of getting or having severe symptoms from this virus.|j risk of getting or having severe symptoms from this virus. i just wa nted symptoms from this virus. i just wanted to follow up. it is interesting you talking about whether or not they can realistically socially distance, but no one is saying children will not be able to maintain social distancing at the bus stops or avoid overcrowded bus stops, so how can it be avoided or control? you will find that on public transport measures will be put in place to try and space people out. you cannot go into a bus station or a train station without seeing the notices about social distancing. but the whole waiting at the bus stop, what happens at the school gates is an interesting point. professor chris whitty has said when it comes to teenagers their main concern is not what happens in school, it is what happens as soon as they spill out and grouped together to talk to
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their friends, and grouped together to talk to theirfriends, mixing very and grouped together to talk to their friends, mixing very closely. really at that point you have to say it is the responsibility of parents and families to talk it through with their children and also when they are coming out of school, hopefully they are coming out in the same group or a they are coming out in the same group ora yeargroup they are coming out in the same group or a year group bubble that they have been spending the day in, so they have been spending the day in, so they are not extending the number of people they are in contact with, evenif of people they are in contact with, even if they are standing closer. chris, on that issue of the wider family, jenny has asked a question asa family, jenny has asked a question as a grandparent. i will be interested to hear what the experts think about the effect of the return to school on the older generation. many grandparents collect children from school and provide after—school care. there is a low risk to children mean low risk to the rest of the family? a couple of points on this. at the moment the amount of virus circulating in society is really low with the exception of the obvious places that are currently experiencing outbreaks. notwithstanding that, if you just go to school at the moment, your risk
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of encountering someone in your school who has any infection to pass onto you, coronavirus, is really low. at moment and initially, and this may change, the chances of something being brought home to anotherfamily something being brought home to another family member remains incredibly low. as i have said, this may change and if it does change, there is a remote risk that a person could come home from school having been a contact. if they are a contact they are only a contact of a contact, so that risk is low. if a person comes home and they are diagnosed and have a positive test, there is a risk of transmission within the household. what we can do under those circumstances is what we would do if a person was diagnosed with norovirus, which is also common at this time of year. most families are at this time of year. most families a re pretty at this time of year. most families are pretty good when a person gets a symptom like that, putting that person into a quarantine in the house. it is difficult if you do not
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have two toilets, but where possible if one person can isolate themselves in one part of the house while they are at their most infectious, this can help to cut down the rate of transmission in the house. if you know there is someone in the household that is particularly vulnerable, it might be that you ta ke ste ps vulnerable, it might be that you take steps to make sure they stay out of the way while the infectious cases around to minimise the risk of the transmission happening. here's a question for you, chris, from kay. i have type one diabetes and my husband is older. when my children go back to school and university, are we at an increased risk from this. a couple of things to bear in mind. 0ne this. a couple of things to bear in mind. one is that whenever we do more as a society, we are affording the virus more opportunities to spread and therefore we will expect to see more cases. but we are reinforcing that as a society by being more vigilant and having more testing. so if we do detect cases,
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that means we intervene and try to protect people who we know are at more risk. we know who the people at high risk are. what is intended is when there are cases they are kept away from people who are at higher risk to minimise that chance. so it is all about us being as vigilant as we can and using testing and contact tracing to the greatest effect possible to minimise the number of cases of people in that position. chris, thank you for that. brannan, one from cheryl, which touches on something that the who said an hour ago. she says, my daughter is 15 and has autism and other complex needs. i want my daughter to go back to school but i am fearful, not because of kevin 19, but i hear nothing from school is about helping students with special needs to try and cope with special needs to try and cope with those new measures. it would be reasonable to go and ask the school if they could provide some
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information which is formatted in a way that your daughter will find accessible and reassuring. i certainly know, i have been into a lot of primary schools where they have understood that for children with a range of special needs taking ina lot with a range of special needs taking in a lot of information, or news about their school in a leaflet, is not something they will be able to process and relate to, so they have done much more accessible walk—throughs on video, providing other ways of information that you can then reassure your daughter with. you can even ask if she could speak to one of her teachers or perhaps if you could go and have a look at the school. always good to see you. branwenjeffreys, our education editor. and doctor chris smith, a virologist, a regular on the programme as well. thank you both. and thank you for all your questions and hopefully they will be really helpful in terms of getting direct answers from the
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experts we have got on bbc brea kfast. experts we have got on bbc breakfast. you can find more advice and support for the return to school on the bbc bitesize website — bbc.co.uk/bitesize. you are watching bbc breakfast, still to come... antiques roadshow is filming again but with a bit of a difference. we'll talk to fiona bruce about bringing back the sunday night favourite in a socially—distanced way. 0ne one of the first programme is to have an audience back, but how will they do it? we will find out about that from fiona. and then it cuts to a picture of a man with a raffle, a beard and moustache. sometimes the cuts in tv will catch you out. i was doing a sports bulletin many years ago and i turned to the screen and said, is this world number one? ithought to the screen and said, is this world number one? i thought it was
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meant to beat roger federer and whoever was doing it pressed the wrong button and it cut to tony blair. at that point may be fudge it. we got away with it. it is 25 minutes past eight. it is 25 minutes past eight. we ll be discussing that shortly and bringing you the latest news. now let's get the weather with carol. someone has told her that today is four months from christmas. i don't know if that makes you feel good or makes you feel worried. definitely worried, where has this year gone? i love christmas, but keep it in december. storm franciis is showing its hand in the way of torrential rain and very strong gusts of wind. disruption is quite likely with this combination. the met office has very various weather warnings out. the gas we have seen in the last hour or so are the
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following. you get the gist. this area of low pressure is storm francis. you can see all the isobars associated with the storm, as well associated with the storm, as well as the weather fronts. they are producing this rain and it has been falling steadily overnight. rain totals mounting up and there is a lot of surface water and spray on the roads and huge puddles. if you are travelling, take extra care. the rain is moving northwards. watch out how it curls around, taking another swipe at northern ireland, wales and northern england in the afternoon. south of that something brighter is coming our way with showers, but it will still be windy. across the english channel, south—west england and wales we will have gusts up to
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70 miles an hour, so disruption is possible. more rain to come in the trans— pennine possible. more rain to come in the tra ns— pennine routes possible. more rain to come in the trans— pennine routes and today the wind will strengthen across eastern scotland, gusting to about 50 miles an hour. in the far north it hangs onto the sunniest conditions. temperatures are academic, but we are looking at 13 in the north to about 23 in the south. this evening and overnight there is the centre of low pressure and it will be slowly starting to move towards the north sea, but it will still be a wet night for some of us and we are also looking at very gusty winds. not quite as gusty as today, but you will still hear the wind howling. a mild night in prospect. tomorrow goes storm francis, but have a look at the isobars still across our shores first thing. it will be a gusty start to the day, particularly in eastern areas. we are looking at
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gusts of 30 to a0 miles an hour. the rain clears and in the west we have a ridge of high pressure building, introducing sunshine with highs tomorrow up to 23. if you are out and about, take care. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. footballer harry maguire's court case is due to take place this morning in greece following an alleged altercation with police in mykonos. the manchester united star has already pleaded not guilty to charges related to the incident and will not be in attendance at the trial. let's speak to greekjournalist anthee carassava, who's in athens for us this morning. what should we expect to happen today? the trial is expected to get under way in the next couple of hours and it is important it is happening because up until yesterday
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there were concerns it would not because of an outbreak of covid—19 that hit the city hall and resulted ina that hit the city hall and resulted in a partial lockdown of that facility that houses the chambers that will try this case. i have been speaking to the mayor of the island and he says the trial will go ahead, all health protocols have been followed in the case will proceed. it remains to be seen what will happen. we don't know whether the lawyer will go in and possibly request another extension to have more time to prepare this case. it is important, because when this trial begins, we will, for the first time be hearing publicly, the line of defence mr maguire will be putting out through his lawyers to this local court. don't forget, he
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faces several charges. he and two other britons who were arrested in this brawl that took place late thursday into early friday. these charges include assaults, verbal and physical. assaulting at least four police officers, causing bodily harm. this obedience, insult and one of the three also faced attempted bribery charges. you have taken us through all of this on saturday when it was coming out and there was much speculation as to whether harry maguire would be attending this today. i am sorry, i lost you. can you hear me now? anthee? 0k, anthee was taking us through all of the charges being faced and he has pleaded not guilty, along with the
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other two that were arrested, but he is not obliged to attend the trial today and is still allowed to return today and is still allowed to return to the uk, we understand for the moment. that is a situation that has been discussed with harry maguire and his team. england manager, gareth southgate, names his squad for the nations league today but will maguire be in it? let's speak to our sports editor dan roan. dan, regardless of the outcome of this trial — its been a week southgate could have done without hasn't it? with not only this, we will talk about the situation involving raheem sterling as well? yes, this is the first set of england matches against iceland and denmark next month that the team has played since november last year because of the pandemic. gareth southgate is now having to juggle gareth southgate is now having to juggle all of these different issues. his plays have been returning from holidays and different challenge and presenting
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themselves. harry maguire is the principal one, he has emerged as a key pillar behind england's revival. he got england all the way to the world cup semifinals in russia two yea rs world cup semifinals in russia two years ago, theirfirst world cup semifinals in russia two years ago, their first semifinal spot for 20 years. he enjoys a good relationship with gareth southgate, he enjoyed a good reputation up until now. but if he is found guilty of having a police officer, then gareth southgate has a big decision. i don't think it would be any surprise if he was therefore dropped from the squad for these two matches. a lot will depend on the outcome of the proceedings and what details emerge, what he says and whether or not he is acquitted. we know gareth southgate has made player behaviour and discipline a key pa rt player behaviour and discipline a key part of his approach. we saw it last year when he dropped raheem sterling after the altercation with
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the liverpool defender, joe gomez. speak to harry maguire's people close to him and they believe he will issue a very firm defence to his lawyers. he has pled not guilty at the weekend. but it is very interesting and some will say even if he is acquitted, there is a question as to whether he should have been there in the first place. there could be implications for the £80 million defender, most expensive english player of for his manchester united captaincy and england career as well. people who don't follow football will have come across gareth southgate who has a hands—on relationship with his players and you imagine he will be having discourse with harry maguire as he will be with raheem sterling at the moment? i believe he has spoken to both of them in recent days. raheem sterling, it turns out was at the
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3ath birthday party, surprise party for usain bolt injamaica at the end of last week. he was reported in jamaica that usain bolt had tested positive for coronavirus. he said he was still awaiting the results of a test conducted on saturday so we are still waiting for confirmation, but he is self isolating. he urged all of his friends who attended the party to go into isolation as well, that includes raheem sterling. i understand he will be named in the squad, but if he were to test positive that would rule him out for the next couple of weeks and that will be another headache for gareth southgate as he attempts to name his squad this afternoon. big decisions for gareth southgate. thank you for filling us in on the latest situation. how much do you like landmarks in
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sport? i love all that, yes. thejoy is awaiting to see if it will happen. are you talking about 600 test wickets? imight be, wickets? i might be, sally can tell us more. i have a deep man love forjimmy anderson. he is great, isn't he. england hope to finish their test match summer with a win and a landmark 600th wicket forjames anderson in southampton. pakistan are still more than 200 runs behind in their second innings, but england still need eight wickets for victory on the final day of the third test. anderson got his 599th wicket yesterday, but rain could restrict both him and his side as they look for a first series victory over their opponents since 2010. it's gone brilliantly. i was looking at my stats earlier and to have two people above 500 test wickets in your side and one closing in on 600, it's a brilliant achievement. for somebody to get that many wickets is just amazing. we've been locked up now for the best part of ten weeks
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and i think our attitude and effort towards everything they've done have been superb. we'll have one last push to try and win this test match. let's carry on as we've been going really. andy murray heads into next week's us open off the back of one of his best wins since his return from a hip injury. he beat the world number 7 alex zverev in three sets at new york's flushing meadows. it's his first win against a top ten opponent for more than three years. murray's been awarded a wildcard to play in next week's grand slam at the same venue. he won his first major there in 2012. he plays milos raonic next after he beat dan evans. the western & southern 0pen is the first atp event since the tour was suspended in march. meanwhile, johanna konta looked in extremely impressive form in her win over kirsten flipkens, losing just two games in the match. they're one of english sport's most well known families and now the nevilles have a new addition to the team. just over a year ago tracey neville gave up herjob as coach of england netball to have a baby. now, at the age of a3,
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after a number of cycles of ivf she has the child she had always wanted. i went to meet them both. one of the lovely things you've been able to do is you've been able to name nev in honour of your dad. when we were discussing about boys' names, my partner's dad had also died and we just said it's actually a great tribute to some great men in our lives. interestingly enough, i'm actually called nev in the netball circles and gary and philip are called nev and my nephew harvey is called nev, so we actually said it's representing some really great people in our family, but he's now the real nev. that's what we say, he's the real nev. it was a long road for you to get to this point where we are sitting here today with a gorgeous baby on your knee. how has the reality of that been for you?
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you know, you think that it's never going to happen, but to get to this point and to have a healthy baby it's just turned our world around. i think the big surprise was that, you know, no mother expects two weeks after having a baby to go into complete lockdown. you know, even though i am an older mum, i've never had a child before. to not have the support from my family was pretty much shocking. did you find after nev was born that all the things you had been able to control for a long time they came out of your hands? you know, iwish. the one thing with motherhood is my itinerary that i've been living to, that completely goes out the window. that has been a completely crazy time, particularly for a neville. we attack the day from about 5am, but not when you've not been asleep between one and five, as well. can you look back at the last few months and give us an honest assessment of how you have
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felt about it? when i had nev, you know, you have this aspiration about motherhood. i got a great example of what a mum is, you know, how she automaticallyjust knows exactly how i'm feeling, what to do. i didn't know that. i really struggled. particularly in the first few months. you know, you really learn on your feet. the one thing that probably upsets me to say, i absolutely love being a mum and it's something i aspire to be, but i also miss my work. hi, i'm tracey neville and i'm the former head coach of england netball. over the next six weeks, hopefully i'll be putting out a free series on one of our instagram channels that enables women to be able to pick up a ball with their baby and be able to do some fun challenges and hopefully start getting them mentally and socially into netball. as a new mum it's really normal to be anxious. you had a whole other level
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of anxiety, wanting to look after your baby and keep him safe. although you wanted people part of your life, you also wanted to keep them at a distance. my family have been an absolute dream with him. i say it's been tough for us not having access to them, but it's also been tough for them and hopefully soon things will resume back to normal and i can call on a lot of favours they've called on me over the last probably 16 years. because you've done a lot of work as an auntie, haven't you? you have worked hard? you feel that you're not going to have children. you feel that you have a lot more time to spend with your nieces and nephews. i absolutely love and adore them so now i do actually say to gary and phil now it's actual payback. so i, like, book nights in, but they've actually not happened yet so hopefully we'll get to that, but i know, for me, it will be a case of keeping them away from him. giving me some space, because wherever baby nev goes everyone seems to follow. and any early sporting ability? any signs of sporting talent?
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0n holiday we got him into trying to catch. hands together. ready? catch! you ready? catch! yay! he's so little. yeah, i don't know. it's something that we won't pressure him into, but i think for us if he doesn't actually be able to play sport we'd be absolutely gutted. we're hoping got the neville genes. no offence to michael, but we are actually hoping he has actually got my genes and that. how cute is baby nev. a very much longed for baby, we spoke to tracy when she found out she was pregnant and she talked about the long road it had been before she got to that point and when to take a step back
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from the massive job she point and when to take a step back from the massivejob she had point and when to take a step back from the massive job she had with england netball. it was great to catch up with them and see them both doing so, so well. and he comes from strong sporting stuff, as she said so all eyes will be on baby nev to see what sport he goes into later. i wasjoking when i goes into later. i was joking when i asked was there any signs of any sporting talent and she said, yes, we were teaching him how to catch. he is going to have some attitude, shall we say. we are talking about a man who was once voted the greatest living scot. the best everjames bond, and even the sexiest man alive. today, sean connery turns 90 years old. so, how did he go from edinburgh milkman to hollywood royalty? let's take a look
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back at his career. bond, james bond. a martini, shaken, not stirred. choose your next witticism carefully, mr bond, it may be your last. do you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to die. last. do you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to dielj last. do you expect me to talk? no, mr bond, i expect you to die. i am just looking. you have asked for this. i am partly ashamed for getting you killed rather than sending you home being rich. can you forgive me? he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. he sends one of yours to
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the hospital, you send one of his to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. let my armies be the rocks and the trees, the birds in the skies. there is one question you haven't asked me yet. why? the idol of every woman. bond, james bond. my name is pudsey galore. of every woman. bond, james bond. my name is pudsey galorelj of every woman. bond, james bond. my name is pudsey galore. i must be dreaming. let's speak now to the film criticjason solomons. this is proof of how long sean connery has been around, but the quality of the work he has done and he has not been in a film since 2003, the league of extraordinary gentlemen, but what a career? we are
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still talking about him as the best bond. he made a character in 1962 we are still talking about, paul daniel craig, and they have had to follow sean connery. almost having part of sean connery. almost having part of sean connery. almost having part of sean connery in the dna of bond. he managed to transport that into every pa rt managed to transport that into every part he did since. he was never indiana jones' father, never the commander of a russian submarine in the hunt for red october he was a lwa ys the hunt for red october he was always sean connery, even if he was always sean connery, even if he was a benedictine monk in the 1ath century or an officer in the hills of kljestan in the man who would be king opposite michael cain. he was a lwa ys king opposite michael cain. he was always sean connery. that is the
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sign ofa always sean connery. that is the sign of a true movie star. not many people can claim that, they can actually be themselves and make all the writers and film—makers adapted the writers and film—makers adapted the actor, rather than the actor adapting to the character. jason, you have met him at various film festivals, was he one of the good guys, festivals, was he one of the good guys, was he one of the ones that we re guys, was he one of the ones that were friendly. they often come in two types, you get those actors who area two types, you get those actors who are a little bit distant and make things tricky for you when you are doing these interviews but then there are some thatjust go with the flow? there was always an edge with sean connery that if you didn't treat him right or you could say something that he could flip the other way. there was always a glint of menace in his eyes, menace and mischief, i would say, but mainly menace. whenever i came on, they would say have you got a picture of sean connery, but i think he retired
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at the right time before people started doing selfies. everybody does sean connery impression, good or bad, iam does sean connery impression, good or bad, i am sure both of you can do one but it is out of affection and tribute because it is because he is so tribute because it is because he is so iconic. the more we have cheapened him with interviews and celebrity culture we have now, it would have diminished his icon, he was approachable and he cared deeply about scottish actors and scottish cinemas, he was patron of the edinburgh film festival from about 2005 to 2012. he was always warm and generous with his time. but when he was finished, he was finished and he wa nted was finished, he was finished and he wanted to go. i am glad i was talking over those impressions. we are celebrating his 90th birthday, but with the caveat, don't mess with sean connery, i think that is fair
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to say? i think that he brought back from his dr. and his dr no, that sean connery he enjoyed an aspect of the killing, whether it was lady killing or killing of a spy. he carried that all the way through, there is an insouciance about death that haunts all of his characters, they are very close to it, in the man that would be king, my favourite performance, michael cain is still doing it in cinemas today. it is whether he is a god or a mortal. i am not quite sure? he covers in between. he is incredibly well known by many generations of film fans as well. we have talked about james bond, the memories that can freshly to your mind, we're celebrating his
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90th birthday and it was for the untouchables, which i know is a film you really enjoyed, that is when he won his 0scar you really enjoyed, that is when he won his oscarfor that, for you really enjoyed, that is when he won his oscar for that, for best supporting actor? yes, it wasn't one of those where they had just forgotten of those where they had just fo rg otte n to of those where they had just forgotten to give him one, he rebooted his career with that, it is a great movie. big stars in that movie, kevin costner, andy garcia and robert de niro, and the one you rememberfrom that and robert de niro, and the one you remember from that movie is sean connery. he becomes the iconic man, he has the speech and he does it by being sean connery. then he went on to be in the hunt for red october as well. always different as well, different beard, didn't change the body much, change the hair and the
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outfit. i think he has been such a strong, charismatic, masculine actor. he has worn a succession of strange outfits from the beautiful blue, terry towelling all in one bathing suit he has in goldfinger, all the way through to the russian commander with the silly cat. he manages to carry them off in all seriousness. he would never say, you look silly, sean connery. you know what would happen if he said that. go for it with the sean connery impression. thank you, bbc brea kfast, impression. thank you, bbc breakfast, for having me on. laughter i love the fact that you enjoyed that as much as we did. thank you very much, jason, that was wonderful. babs has been in touch and says, she
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worked at the dorchester switchboard in the 70s and mr connery rang regularly and his voice was so distinct, the telephonist used to love it when he rang. he was always very polite and kind and she has taught, and spine tingling. it was like having him in the room there with jason's impression. it takes a very special man or woman to be able to carry off a baby blue terry towelling. hgppy terry towelling. happy 90th birthday to sean connery. we have been talking about schools all morning, but scotland has confirmed now that pupils and staff in secondary schools in scotland must wear a face covering from monday in corridors and communal areas. this has come from john swinney, the scottish education secretary. he said children would not be excluded for failing said children would not be excluded forfailing to wear a said children would not be excluded for failing to wear a mask, said children would not be excluded forfailing to wear a mask, he said there would be some exemptions. news
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we have expected, but that has come to us in the last couple of minutes. number ten, the government has said it has no plans to follow scotland in reviewing the rules on wearing face coverings at school. it is what we have been talking to all money. but that is the latest news coming in from scotland. more details on that throughout the day. a taxidermist has been jailed for 56 weeks for flouting trading laws covering endangered species. an investigation by the national wildlife unit and lancashire police found that 29—year—old aaron halstead had admitted selling black rhino horns, acquiring tiger skulls and keeping elephant tusks for sale. for the last 12 months, bbc reporterjacey normand has been following the case. these images were recorded by the national wildlife crime unit in 2018 after raiding an ordinary —looking property in burnley, they were surprised by the collection of rare breeds inside. the property was
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registered to aaron halstead, already known to police after serving a 2a week sentence for trading rare and endangered species. these are just some of the photos he posted of himself on social media at the time, featuring imposing with an array of stuffed wild animals. we ended up searching his business premises in burnley and that was absolutely crammed with taxidermy. but what we did find was in a freezer, we found two rhinoceros horns, we found a frozen handling, we found schools, a sperm whale tooth, and a swordfish he had been offering for sale and three large elephant tusks. the national wildlife crime unit was set up in 2006 to help support police forces across the uk. since establishing the unit, they have solved around 75% of cases involving the illegal trade of endangered animals.
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bringing him before the court has been a joint effort between the police and the national wildlife crime unit. i was invited over to a secret police location in pendle to see the full extent of the hold they recovered. this just looks like a graveyard of endangered species. how do you even begin to pick through a jigsaw like this? we basically make an assessment of what it is legal and illegal to sell, what you need permits for. have you ever dealt with anything like this before?” don't think anything in lancashire of this size and magnitude and the rarity of the animals has been encompassed in one case before. these large tusks, this, i believe, is one of the biggest seized this century. there is no artistic value to them, carved, they are just tusks. you have got here, this is just a single horn. can i hold it?
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yes, go ahead. it is quite heavy? they weigh around five kilos, a significant amount of money. we know he sold two horns previously and he received around 80 , 000 he sold two horns previously and he received around 80,000 euros and avidly, that wasn't a single sale, there were others. many may struggle to find what is driving the demand for these items, but for andy, it comes as no for these items, but for andy, it comes as no surprise. for these items, but for andy, it comes as no surprise. it is the commodity, criminal activity. these are people profiting significantly from trading in our natural heritage. jc norman, bbc news. sometimes you get that moment in tv, you have got to be honest with the viewers. we try and patch over the cracks. we had this lovely plan to speak to
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fiona bruce about the antiques road show. we will speak to her from north yorkshire, but we are having a few technical difficulties because there is no internet connection. of course, the antiques road show, set to return this summer. we did talk to her a few weeks ago but it is all very different, social distancing, smaller invited audience and what i was really hoping for was and what i was really hoping for was a really fun story from fiona. remember the last time we spoke to her. she did give us a beauty. we asked her what her favourite thing was that she had been given and fiona bruce, brilliant broadcaster, smart, smart woman started to tell us a story about a toilet seat and how someone had brought her the toilet seat, gave it to her and they expect gave a price on everything, and the person said, very good, we havejust on everything, and the person said, very good, we have just taken on everything, and the person said, very good, we havejust taken it on everything, and the person said, very good, we have just taken it off
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the toilet, we are still using it. we have just established the connection, fiona bruce, we haven't got long, but hopefully you can tell us what you expect from the antiques road show. i am here, i was listening to you all the time. we are at the antiques road show in yorkshire and i have lots of stories for you, if you had the time. but i just want to say we are still doing lots more of the road show, there is the coronavirus and the pandemic and we have invited people to come along. if you have something to bring along, contact us on our website and tell us what you've got and then we will get back in touch. we wa nt and then we will get back in touch. we want to see you. fiona, it sounds perfect and as usual, perfectly timed as well even with the internet connection dropping out. so the antiques road show is back later this summer, get in touch. thank you
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for watching today, we will be back tomorrow from six o'clock. have a lovely day.
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good morning, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire, here are your headlines. calls on the government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools as the scottish government says they will be compulsory in corridors and communal areas from monday. the world health organisation says it's for countries to decide. children between 12 and 5 years old can wear masks where appropriate and where asked to, but it is very important to ensure they know how to use them. should england follow scotland's lead ? what's your view as a student, teacher, mum or dad? let teacher, mum or dad? me know, you can send me e—mail let me know, you can send me an e—mail or visit me on twitter or instagram. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin,
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