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we are developing new types of tests which are simple, quick and scalable. the use alive, they can be turned around 19 minutes or even 20 minutes, this so called operation moonshot —— saliva. it will allow people to lead normal lives and improve social distancing. it could mean the theatres and sports venues contest audience members on the day and let in those with a negative result. workplaces could be opened up result. workplaces could be opened up to all of who test negative that morning. and anyone isolating because they are a contact or quarantine after travelling abroad, can be tested and released. we are verifying the new technology before it is rolled out nationwide. and mr
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speaker, i'm going to part from a script here because i have heard the naysayers before and i've heard those on the other side complaining that we will never get testing going in there the same old voices. the same old voices, they oppose the 100,000 tests and did we deliver that? yes, we did. what about testing and care homes? be delivered the test to care homes earlier this week. they are against everything thatis week. they are against everything that is needed to solve this problem for this country and they would do far better to support their constituents and get with the programme. you heard matt hancock mention care homes there. well, there is concern about rising levels of infection in many parts of the uk joining me now is andrew winstanley, ceo of berkley care group, who have locked down their seven care homes again as a result of the rising number of cases. a huge blow to the residence you
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have. it feels like a much easier call to make than the one we made in early march. i think, at that stage, there was a big? and how bad this is going to get and it wasn't in line with the public health england, the government and what our regulators we re government and what our regulators were advising at that stage and there was no real precedent for us toa there was no real precedent for us to a liar there was no real precedent for us toa liarand there was no real precedent for us to a liar and ourselves with that decision but it was —— to align ourselves. but, we know what the worst case scenario ourselves. but, we know what the worst case scenario is. we are more in control of our path and journey through this having been through what we have been through in the past six months and we have got regular testing in place, we have got stock of ppe where we needed, we have clear and concise risk assessments into the residence and for the family members, we have gone to the expense of procuring covid—19 for visiting lodges. we know the
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most important factor throughout all of this has been the missing of family members and having contact with the relatives in our homes. so, whatever decided coming out of any spikes, we have to protect at the those visits going forward. we have gotten those visits going forward. we have gotte n safe those visits going forward. we have gotten safe visiting and lodges within the gardens now and, we will be able to continue that all day around, all year around for as long as necessary and that has certainly eased the pressure a little bit and any kneejerk eased the pressure a little bit and any knee jerk reaction that may be felt from families and residents, we will be able to justify that. having access, they will be able to see theirfamily access, they will be able to see their family members, how access, they will be able to see theirfamily members, how do access, they will be able to see their family members, how do you manage that in terms of the numbers given that we've got these restrictions of this six group? as
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of yesterday, we restricted that to only one family member who can now come into any one time, but they've gone online booking facility, the book a time slot, they turn up, they have that covid—19 save visit and it locks on for complete decontamination and it saves them for the next visit to come in. we've just got to make sure that from a staff point of view, we are not increasing any risks by having something coming in. and yesterday, it will reduce the numbers coming into those lodges and to ensure that we only have now absolutely the end of life essential care into the care home or he may have been allowing trying to facilitate safe routes to people who may be bedbound and getting out into those lodges and will have to restrict that. but as i
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said, we are down to really control this, we've got a lot of data that we are able to call back on and as soon we are able to call back on and as soon as we we are able to call back on and as soon as we feel that it is safe in the data isn't spiking at any adverse way, we can move back into different stages of our procedures that we established over the last four or five that we established over the last four orfive months. that we established over the last four or five months. on that point of data, a finding access and is that working for you? it is now it has been quite frustrating in their testing all of our stuff in a weekly basis and, the department of health and social care stop funding for that procedure themselves and it has been a bit of a disaster, the test never arrived and when they did arrive, is taking about seven dates
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results and now they've had their funding reissued and back in partnership with them and they're not having regular masked testing with all of our staff and all of our residents every week every two weeks, for the the residence in the home, we are able to analyse the data get results back within 2a hours and, so, any adverse spikes and procedure would immediately make and procedure would immediately make a call to change those and to move back a different stage in the lockdown process. we wish you and your residence all the best, when the care group, thank you very much for your time. the latest government figures show there were 2,919 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported across the uk, in the latest 2a hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, was 2,532. 1a deaths were also reported, that's those who have died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. 1a deaths were also reported, that's those
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who have died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, 12 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number, across the uk, to 41,608 travellers arriving in england from mainland portugal will have to isolate for two weeks from saturday morning. quarantine—free travel is still allowed from the portuguese islands, the azores and madeira. there are also new restrictions for those travelling to england and wales from hungary and the island of reunion. and arrivals from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. how do you reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050? more than 100 members of the british public —brought together in a citizens assembly — have come up with their suggestions
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including a frequent flyer tax, consuming upto forty percent less meat and dairy, and stopping the sale of the most polluting cars. here's rebecca morelle: 0ur planet is heating up fast, with greenhouse gases causing temperatures to rise. to tackle this, the uk aims to cut its emissions to almost zero by 2050. now a new climate assembly has a plan how to do this. launched by sir david attenborough, people from all walks of life across the country were asked for their views on combating climate change. leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the government listens because, as it's going now, climate change is a big issue and there's going to be big effects in my lifetime if we do nothing about it. there are also lots of little contributions that each person can do on a day—to—day basis, and i would like to think that everyone, as they look at this report, will say, "right, how can i as an individual improve my carbon emissions?"
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energy was also looked at, and offshore wind farms got the biggest backing. nuclear power, though, had much less support. experts say getting public insight is invaluable. the really exciting thing about this support is that it's not generated by a group of boffins in a room coming up with recommendations to government. this is real people dealing with real issues and coming up with practical suggestions. what's exciting is it doesn't look alarming. this looks like a really sensible set of steps overall. this reports comes as the uk is dealing with the impact of coronavirus, but the assembly members say a green recovery is vital. a greenerfuture means big changes, and the uk's commitment to cutting emissions is legally binding. this report should reveal which policies may or may not receive wider public support. joining me are sue, who was one of the participants in the climate assembly and by lord dee—bun, more commonly known asjohn gummer, the former
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conservative environment secretary and current chair of the committee on climate change which advises the government and i'm also joined byjoe twyman, the founder of deltapoll, a polling company let's start with you, first of all. it is interesting to find that out of so many, out of a hundred people that were brought together on various different backgrounds, you did come together and was it easy to bring those conclusions together? did come together and was it easy to bring those conclusions together7m was in the end. we were to ask questions on different things and then we will come together with groups by eight and then it was quite a long process, but we did get there in the end. and the proposal that was most passionate about, which one would you suggest is the one that you really feel strongly
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about? the education, everyone needs to learn more about that. i did not know a lot about climate change before i started the journey with the climate assembly and i am pretty well informed, every different attitude towards it and most importantly of all, education is to make sure the people are aware of the effects of climate change and what it actually is. that is an interesting point that i want to put to the current chair of committee on climate change and advised the government, is that something that you are cheating to get across and being able to get across to the lack of understanding? i am very keen that that particular example, the whole country, and thus understands why it is so urgent and important to
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fight climate change, then the very important other recommendations that have been put forward will simply not be accepted by the public and as i think this is a very remarkable and almost entirely right report, i wa nt and almost entirely right report, i want the public to be part of this great battle. 0k, want the public to be part of this great battle. ok, that is interesting. we have a lot of agreement there, joe, as the founder of delta pole, we can see that there isa of delta pole, we can see that there is a lot of agreement. it is a simple matter of educating people in willoughby on the same page. simple matter of educating people in willoughby on the same pagem simple matter of educating people in willoughby on the same page. if only it were that simple. i have been involved in the running of assemblies. and they are a very interesting process, it does gain a variety of insight. but i've also gained 11 engagement, participants in this assembly had to give up six weekends and were taking part for 60
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hours, 60. in order to replicate that across the country, it is going to be extremely difficult and indeed, impossible for many people. but it is clear that education is important in this respect. but, how you get those points across is a huge challenge for our government if they're going to win over public support for the kind of initiatives that are set out in this document. first—hand experience of sitting on this panel, 60 hours and all of those weekends, do you feel that you have accomplished something and what's the big ask for you? well, it was hard work, but it was also very enjoyable. and i believe that the first weekend, i learned the most. i would say it was a few hours that i suddenly began to realise the
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importance of what they were telling me. and it wasjust importance of what they were telling me. and it was just condensing that down into a small amount of time so that we can may be passed that information onto everyone else. so, some of the proposals that we heard in the package, the fact that frequent fliers should be taxed a little bit higher, not a lot of people fly around the world a lot, we are limiting our travel. at of the suggestions that you feel perhaps are not wise and not implementable was blue i think most of the suggestions are wise and implementable? i think we need nuclear power as a transitional mechanism of keeping the lights on and that is important. carbon capture and storage and usage was
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not wanted when i do believe that actually, if you don't proceed with that, and invest in that, then you have to hope that we are able to produce a hydrogen, rather than more surely than we know at the moment. i think putting all of our eggs in one basket is very dangerous but with that single difference, i think that all of these things are implementable, but it is notjust education, the government is actually got to try to explain these things, to talk about these things in language that people can understand and to get support right throughout the system, we've got all party support, we now want whole nation support so that we can work together to achieve this end. we've got all party support, is this
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something you feel that everyday citizens can actually get to grips with? people behind this or is it still a hard sell in your opinion? being behind the principal and specific action around three quarters of people are concerned about this, climate change is going to bea about this, climate change is going to be a significant problem for this country over the next few years but when it comes to specific initiatives, if than one in ten people say that they will fly west asa people say that they will fly west as a result of climate change the next few years, for the one that is likely to buy an electric car in the next few years and so, we will need a significant change in the status of behaviour if actual change on climate is going to happen. it is worth remembering that if people may support, for instance, roots being closed in pedestrians and city centres but, may be less supportive of it, went it's overused. 0f
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centres but, may be less supportive of it, went it's overused. of the distinction between the theory in the practice could get a distress, could be a problem for any initiative if it is introduced. putting this to sue, one of the suggestions is that there should be more pedestrian areas, how do you feel about the place that you were driving i know you have an electric car that you love, if you drove your electric car in the red was on the close, what happens then?|j electric car in the red was on the close, what happens then? i really don't know, because, if the road was closed to, i live where i live and thatis closed to, i live where i live and that is on the mainstream road. there are parts relative where they could just circle past and they are already those areas. so, it is difficult for me to imagine that you wouldn't be able to have a car that
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wouldn't be able to have a car that would not be able to drive into the city for instance. i see what you mean outside to put you on the spot there, where should this kind of be coming from? is that a government telling us what we should be doing? are they the people to get a straight message across?|j are they the people to get a straight message across? i think it is everybody, really. the government has used its mechanisms and talk about this to make parliament consta ntly about this to make parliament constantly involved and reach out to people on all that and it's also got to use regulation. there is no reason at all bible we should not say to people who want to buy an suv, you can by an suv, but we need that money to do things that we have to do. there is absolutely no reason why people should not pay the price of
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inflicting on the community, the kind of costs that we are going to have and so, their regulatory changes that need to be made. in the government is going to make it easier for people to be good. it's very ha rd easier for people to be good. it's very hard to get the information that you need. i know this is someone that you need. i know this is someone who is, at the moment, trying to have a heat pump to reduce the omissions of heating in my house. it is quite hard to get the information you need, that the government needs to be much more upfront to help those who are prepared to do this, so they, themselves to become missionaries for the whole thing. thank you for talking us through what you have found and thank you for taking part in the assembly. three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus hit a railway bridge near winchester in hampshire — the roof
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of the bus was sheared off. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy was at the scene. there was nothing left of the top deck of a bus. sheared off after hitting a railway bridge. the bus had more than 70 children on board, many on the top deck. those on board said the impact sounded like a massive bang. among those on the upper deck was 14—year—old zoe. we suddenlyjust hit the top of the tunnel, because it's a double—decker bus, and it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened down the bottom, i think they were all ok, but on the top it all fell in on top of everyone. there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. the roofjust got ripped off and the window got smashed and dust came through the windows. and the roofjust got ripped off and the window smashed and dust came for back end of the bus was also torn off.
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many of the windows caved in. when you are close to this union with full extent of the damage and that roof has been completely lifted off. the driver was not injured and is now helping with our inquiries. officers say they want to find out why he took this route. that bus does not fit through this bridge and i can't think that a bus route would have been drawn to take it through a bridge that is too low for the bus. the buses operated by stagecoach who started an investigation. this warning site on the bridge appeared obscured by the trees and may fall in part of the inquiry. we need answers. we need to know why the coach was here when it ought not to have been here. when they pulled the bus out of the tunnel, the damage became even clearer. the school said it was now offering support for the students. i do not want to speculate on the circumstances leading up to the incident but our thoughts go out to all those who have been affected. this morning, the seats were full
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of children, many have now lived through a terrifying experience of what should have been an ordinary school day. tributes have been paid to the actress dame diana rigg, who's died at the age of 82. she had been suffering from cancer. she was best known for her roles as the feisty emma peel in the avengers, and as james bond's wife in on her majesty's secret service in a career spanning more than sixty years. fellow actress vanessa redgrave recalled her memories of working alongside dame diana early in their theatre careers. ijust i just have the fondest, ijust have the fondest, merriest memories and why? because we shared a beautiful life together. when we we re a beautiful life together. when we were on the evening before it became the royal shakespeare theatre company. i when you share a dressing
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room together, fabulous, comedic actress, fabulous. i was overwhelmed by both how good at acting she was, but also her confidence and i didn't expect she was confident. i've never known an actress who was really confident. but she didn't show it, particularly. she was very beautiful, which was great and we shared a lot of things together. us three. it is hard to convey to people what sharing a dressing room is like, because you share despair, you share despair and you can share oh, god, we got it, we got it, we
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got it. and so, we went to this experience together for that 1959 season. and, that is what i remember best of all, although i have talked to her since, seeing some of her performances, but i never acted with her again. of course, performances, but i never acted with heragain. of course, i performances, but i never acted with her again. of course, i saw her in the avengers when she was very sexy and beguiling and everything that british actresses were not supposed to be, but are and she proved that we are. we can speak now to the actress linda thorson — who succeeded diana rigg on the avengers. it is lovely to see you, our condolences. tell us how you met her? we know that we met her on the staircase on the set of the avengers
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when she let me know that patrick liked his tea stone anticlockwise and there was a sad day for everyone, everyone on the set because diana was leaving, but it was a happy day for me. look, diana was a happy day for me. look, diana was an amazing woman, she lived life to the full. she is going to remain as to the full. she is going to remain as great an actress, she was a great actress. and life is so unpredictable, she was 83, i'm 73, so, ijust unpredictable, she was 83, i'm 73, so, i just believe unpredictable, she was 83, i'm 73, so, ijust believe that we should think of her daughter. and the fact that diana brought greatjoy to everybody at the national theatre. i first saw her in jumpers when i was young person and i admired her ever since. we will miss her. she was
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powerful and strong and i think that is what we need to learn that actresses go through a lot of ups and downs and she survived them all. it is not easy as a young actress breaking through, it is a tough time and you all did it with incredible characters, and such strong women that you pretrade on the screens and on stage. when she was at the royal shakespeare company when she got the pa rt shakespeare company when she got the part of emma, she had quite a great background and when she wanted to leave, she knew it was time to leave and she had this magnificent last moment with game of thrones which she won all sorts of awards and then she won all sorts of awards and then she has another series which is yet to come out now and all things great and small, i think that is what it's called. and she will never be
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forgotten and she is a dame and she wrote the best book ever, about the worst reviews actresses says ever had that the most brilliant book ever. and she was a shining star and she has gone too soon but with great dignity, always. dame diana rigg spoke about how difficult it was to succeed, how must you have felt when talking about the incredible scenes in the staircase and you succeeded her in the avengers. how do you make a role like that your own after following someone like dame diana rigg? the great aspect is that i was younger and i thought it was a much more decent for a single go to be there. then a married woman because they have both been kathy gale, mrs
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kathy gale, additional debt emma peel meant manned appeal, of course only learned that a few years ago which i thought was quite amusing. and i really did not know what i was getting into it i hadn't seen the series on television, so ignorance is bliss and i was very young and optimistic. but, iwent is bliss and i was very young and optimistic. but, i went into it full of hope and youthful spirit and diana gave me all sorts of good advice about just looking up diana gave me all sorts of good advice aboutjust looking up to patrick and learning from him. as we both did and she, it took me under his wing and treated me beautifully and she and diana were great, great friends until the end. and she and diana were great, great friends until the endlj and she and diana were great, great friends until the end. i loved that line about man appeal, and dame diana rigg, the longevity of her career, here in game of thrones, such a huge series and again, such a
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strong character. amazing strong character in victoria playing her grandmother and diana didn't care about what she looks like on camera, she was going to be the character. she did not go to america into a series there —— she did go. into the series there —— she did go. into the series they're called hospital and she couldn't stand the place and never went back. and i think thousand quite powerful move not to go and give the united states a second chance. thank you so much for sharing your memories, it is lovely to speak with you. linda dawson who succeeded dame diana rigg in the avengers. thank you very much for watching. goodbye.
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