good morning, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire, here are the headlines. a lack of coronavirus tests for nhs workers is causing staff absences — according to hospital bosses. the government says the tests are out there the majority of tests are available within a ten mile radius. it seems to me that there will be extreme cases where people cannot get to test locations within that radius but that doesn't mean that, you know, public health england are not working night and day to boost capacity. do you work for the nhs and need a covid test? let me know if you have been able to get one — if you are a key worker and you need a test. contact me. @vicderbyshire — or by emailing me at

victoria@bbc.co.uk.@annita—mcveigh #bbcyourquestions > if you live in birmingham, solihull and sandwell from troday you are banned from visiting other people's homes the number of young people in the uk without a job rises by more than 150,000, new data shows. if that's you — do get in touch those experiencing domestic abuse are being forced into debt by their partners — that's according to a three—year study by a charity and coming up this hour... after a successful campaign from people wtih down's syndrome to get this t shirt removed from amazon at the weekend — campaigners say the tech giant now needs to change its guidelines for sellers good morning. the home secretary priti patel says it's "unacceptable" that people can't get coronavirus tests — but she insisted the government is growing its screening capacity every day. she made the comments after hospital

bosses in england warned that a lack of testing was leading to staff shortages. they say the situation is putting services at risk and hampering efforts to prepare for winter. greg mackenzie reports. testing has come under intense scrutiny, after people across the uk reported that they were unable to book tests or were being offered tests more than 100 miles away, like these people in plymouth. there is problems getting a test. i was told by the nhs that there was none, there was none in the uk whatsoever. we did it last week for my son and we were able tojust come in. back injuly, walk—in centres like this one in east london, were being promoted but now, walk—in slots are limited each day and, and when they run out, people are simply turned away, including key workers. i need to go back to work and i need to get tested. i have been trying

since friday evening. laboratories analysing swab tests in the uk are said to be overstretched, dealing with staff shortages and backlogs. it is having a real impact on the nhs overall, so it means that trusts up and down the country are unable to restart the restoration of services that we so desperately need to see after covid. the department of health has denied there were staffing problems, and says labs are processing more than one million tests a week. meanwhile, the rate of infection has more than doubled in birmingham in a week, to 88 cases per 100,000 people. from today, households across birmingham, solihull and sandwell are banned from visiting other households or private gardens. the west midlands mayor, andy street, has said they may

impose even stricter rsetrictions if the numbers of new infections do not improve. the restrictions will apply alongside england—wide rules that make it illegal to meet up in social groups larger than a six. similar restrictions are in place in wales and scotland, but do not include children under 11 and 12, respectively. greg mackenzie, bbc news. the home secretary, priti patel, has defended covid testing in england, saying it's "wrong to say tests are not available." we are surging capacity in areas where we've had local lockdowns, and what i would say is, clearly, the examples you've given are unacceptable, and clearly there is much more work that needs to be undertaken with public health england and the actual public health bodies in those particular local areas and, you know, as a government obviously we work with public health england to surge where there is demand in local hotspot areas, and we continue to do that. all there is a need, obviously, to grow capacity and increase capacity, that is something that has taken

place every single day. you've also mentioned about people not getting access to appointments, booking slots. more and more booking slots are coming on stream every single day, more home testing kits are being issued every single day by public health england and it's right that that happens at a local level, it has to happen within the community, and also in terms of getting access to testing, driving to locations, the majority of tests are available within a ten mile radius. now, it seems to me that there'll be extreme cases where people can't get to test locations within that radius, but that doesn't mean that public health england are not working night and day to boost capacity and bolster capacity, they are absolutely doing that and that is clearly work that is ongoing. our health correspondent nick triggle is here. i've got messages from people who are i've got messages from people who a re key i've got messages from people who are key workers and cannot get tests. five. the official answer is the laboratories are overstretched, they have reached capacity stop the

testing system relies on five main la bs a cross testing system relies on five main labs across the country. while they are processing more test than they have ever done, around 200,000 a day, up from 100,000 at the start of june, the demand is simply outstripping supply. the big question is why has this happened? i am going to pose you. why does that mean am going to pose you. why does that m ea n tests am going to pose you. why does that mean tests aren't available, i understand laboratories are processing and there's a backlog but if you go online which many people are, it is saying no tests available, is that linked to the lab issue? it is, the government has rationed the availability of picking slots. when you look at the local testing centres and dry three centres, they are quiet but what they've done is they've rationed especially in areas where there is no infection rates and they are targeting testing at care homes and areas of high infection rates, north—west yorkshire for example, the west midlands. we are seeing this problem more in the south—east,

south of the country, parts of the midlands and many people are struggling to book tests but what we don't know is just quite how big a problem this is, how widespread this is. the government doesn't know. it says the majority of people can get tests a nd says the majority of people can get tests and testing is increasing but we don't know just tests and testing is increasing but we don't knowjust how many people cannot get a test. it's self—selecting, when i say to our audience, let me know if you cannot get a test, mostly the people who will get in touch are those who can't get tested so let me read some messages. laura, key workertested positive, contact husband and daughter, also a key worker, both have failed to get any sort of test. i need to be tested before going back to work and i'm not sure how to do that. i mean, she says tests are not available, the government needs to be honest. another teacher in reading, paul says i developed symptoms yesterday, no tests available whatsoever, no drive walk—through, postal. and then i've had a message from somebody who

works for the nhs, as does her partner. let me find this, sorry, it is on my e—mail. she messaged me last week to say she could not get a test for her five who had symptoms. now they had the result, they did get a test eventually, they have results, the results went missing, both parents who work for the nhs have to self isolate because they have to self isolate because they have no idea if their daughter had it or not and it is too late for the daughter to get another test because you have to do it within five days of having symptoms. julie says our local paper showed us how to get round the system, book a test anywhere, assuming you can, show up at your local centre. 0ne booking, and a carfull can be tested. at your local centre. 0ne booking, and a car full can be tested. we've heard of people finding some novel ways in the system but as you say, as you are reading those things, obviously people want to know whether they had the virus or not but this has a knock—on impact for important services, teachers who are having to stay at home, doctors and nurses who cannot go to work because

they cannot get a test to find out if their child has the virus. i think what has frustrated people and by the government has been heavily criticised as this was always going to bea criticised as this was always going to be a crucial period, as society reopens, schools go back, this is the time of year when respiratory viruses start circulating. it's not like we didn't know all that. demand was always going to increase. they say there will be a new lab opening by the end of the week, adding another 50,000 tests the system, an increase of about 20%. so they say there will be some easing of the problems they hope in the coming weeks but this seems like it will be a problem that will rumble on for a good few weeks. i wonder if they will consider rationing even further to just prioritise key workers. will consider rationing even further tojust prioritise key workersm you remember right at the start of the pandemic when we had such a limited testing capacity, that's what was done. i think one of the key things is care homes. and they

now, it's been delayed, they are now regularly testing a care home staff and residents and i think what we will see is testing, say, for this vital area of society, as well as the key workers. 0k, thank you. here isa the key workers. 0k, thank you. here is a message from norman, my granddaughter had symptoms, was tested last thursday, the results on friday, i am giving interviews if you are interested. thank you. we can speak to shila rawson, who lives in 0adby in leicestershire and has struggled to get a coronavirus test for her teenage daughter. her daughter leah has been ill with all the symptoms of covid—19 over the weekend. good morning. how is your daughter today? she still has a high temperature. all the symptoms that she has been having since sunday afternoon. you tried ringing 111 but what did they say? it took us first of all, about 48 minutes precisely

on hold to speak to someone. when we eventually spoke to someone about 10:30pm on sunday, they said they did an assessment, talking to me and leah and they said they would get a clinician to call us back in 30 minutes. the clinician did not call back —— if the clinician did not form back they would call an emergency ambulance, the clinician phone back in about 25 minutes and did the same assessment again with me and leah and she said it sounds like she is in a higher category for a coronavirus test but unfortunately we cannot arrange any test at the moment because wejust we cannot arrange any test at the moment because we just don't have a facility. and she said however, i am going to set up a specialist coronavirus clinician to call you back so the specialist, that was

about 11pm when we spoke to the clinician, generic clinician. and then we had a call at 3:50am on the monday morning from this specialist clinician, she did an assessment and she said we needed to self isolate our daughter and my husband and myself because we have have compromised health ourselves. she said in one sentence in the next sentence she said can you go in and check layer ‘s tonsils and i said you said we need to self isolate so how ami you said we need to self isolate so how am i going to check tonsils and look in her throat and she said you wear a mask and go and check so we did that, we did a test, and she confirmed the same, leah needed a

test but there isn't anything she can offer. and to add to the anxiety she said however, don't be afraid to call 999 if layer ‘s lips get blue and she has severe difficulty with her breathing. and to a mother, for a parent, that is utterly infuriating to hear that when you have spent the whole day and night waiting for someone to organise a test and we appreciate that the test was not to reduce symptoms but we needed at that point clarity because it has an impact on our own health, and the extended family, on her school. we are in limbo and so in this is the school. i'm so sorry but

cani this is the school. i'm so sorry but can ijust this is the school. i'm so sorry but can i just checked, this is the school. i'm so sorry but can ijust checked, the specialist clinician said if your daughter ‘s lips turned blue call 999? yes, her exact words were don't be afraid to call 999 if your daughter ‘s lips turned blue and she has a severe difficulty with breathing so basically, i read that as just wait and watch until our daughter is near enough to intensive care. goodness. that is not acceptable at any level. i hear that matt hancock said on the radio the other day that because of the high peak, the tests are there but because of the high peak, but my question to his is did he not anticipate that when they plant reopen schools and parents started working? that is a good question. it feels like we had been badly misled. backin feels like we had been badly misled.

back in june feels like we had been badly misled. back injune and feels like we had been badly misled. back in june and july, feels like we had been badly misled. back injune and july, people were coming to our doors, knocking, encouraging us to have a test done, on that basis we thought that there is adequate facility to do the test promptly. when our children were returning to school. thank you very much. take care and i hope your daughter will be ok, of course. thank you for talking to us. it is a good question. yes. next time matt hancock is interviewed i am sure someone will ask him about the fact that schools and universities were going back and so on. the uk unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for almost two years. young people were particularly badly—hit, with 16 to 24 year olds suffering the biggest drop in employment compared with other age groups. that age group without a job rose 156,000 in the three months tojuly, according to data from the office for national statistics. let's take a closer look at the figures —

the red line on this graph shows how the rate of unemployment for 16—24 year olds has increased. 13.4% of them are out of work — the blue line shows the overall unemployment rate for the uk — which has grown to 4.1%. and since the coronavirus lockdown began in march some 695,000 uk workers have disappeared from the payrolls of british companies. we can speak now to our business presenter ben thompson. good morning to you. victoria, good morning, you are right to highlight it seems to be young people in these figures bearing the brunt ofjob losses caused by the pandemic. they have lost more jobs in the latest figures than any other age group. and there are many reasons for that. primarily, younger people may be more likely to work in hospitality, retail, leisure, those are the jobs we know have been hardest hit by the pandemic. those are the jobs

struggling to get back to any sort of normality. it also, there is an argument that young people may be the last into organisations and therefore employers may think they are the first that should leave and so, a pretty damaging jobs market for them right now as far as finding ajob, if for them right now as far as finding a job, if they are laid off. it's also worth pointing out that women are disproportionately affected for the same sort of reasons. they may tend to work on things like tourism and travel and retail and therefore badly hit. the headline rate of unemployment as you said, rising to 4.196, unemployment as you said, rising to 4.1%, upfrom unemployment as you said, rising to 4.1%, up from 3.9% the figures we had previously. that is actually a two year high and it suggests all of those forecasts that we had at the height of this pandemic are starting to come to fruition. some forecasts suggesting the unemployment rate could hit 10% by the end of the year. and it was worth pointing out the figures are all the more remarkable because they come at the same time that 5 million staff are still on the government for scheme.

this, remember, looks back tojuly, they are backward —looking figures and so what we are expecting is that as thejob retention scheme is wound down, more and more employers have to make tough decisions about how many to make tough decisions about how ma ny staff to make tough decisions about how many staff they have on their books and what that means for them next. i'm hoping at this point we can bring in darren morgan from the 0ffice bring in darren morgan from the office for national statistics. good morning. looking at some of these figures this morning. there is a real number of pictures painted here but let's start firstly with the young demographic, those that are most likely to be had by this. explain what these figures tell us about thejob explain what these figures tell us about the job prospects explain what these figures tell us about thejob prospects right explain what these figures tell us about the job prospects right now for young people, those aged between 16 and 24. good morning and you've summed it up very well in terms of a key feature of the dataset that we published this morning on the labour market. as you suggested those hardest hit are those in the 16—24 bracket and if you look at 18—24 it was a record increase in

unemployment that we've ever seen. you quite rightly said, part of the reason for that, look at the industries most badly hit by the pandemic, its hospitality, the arts and entertainment industries, perhaps this is where those young people are more likely to work and you mentioned the furlough scheme, that's really important point, we have seen around 4 million people from furlough that as you suggest, there is a large number still being supported by that scheme. and that scheme we know will be wound down towards the end of the year. employers are now being asked to contribute more towards those payments and so all the estimates are this is going to get a lot worse before it starts to get better. is that how you see it? if we look at another key indicator that we publish, redundancies, we've seen the highest number of redundancies since the financial crisis in 2009 so since the financial crisis in 2009 so that as a sign that actually the labour market is weakening stop and

there is another indicator out that people, businesses are obliged to tell the insolvency services ifjobs are at risk of redundancy so this is where people have not been made redundant but are at risk and that, the numbers reported tojuly are incredibly high, much higher than the financial downturn so it's a really interesting three or four months in terms of when these people that have been supported by furlough, the skin ends, where do they go? they return to employment or do they become unemployed sol think it's a really key couple of months coming up for the labour market. yes and i know we are going to talk about that shortly as far as retraining and looking elsewhere, thejobs retraining and looking elsewhere, the jobs market is utterly changing so what opportunities are there but let's talk quickly about the number of hours worked. because that is also quite an indication of how productive we are being, we might still all be in a job but in some cases, and certainly through the height of this pandemic, we were working many fewer hours so we were

less productive as a country. yes. i mean, the numberof less productive as a country. yes. i mean, the number of hours worked that we are working, there was a historic fall at the start of the pandemic, it was almost a cliff edge collapse. we have seen a small uptick in the latest numbers and this, i think, uptick in the latest numbers and this, ithink, is uptick in the latest numbers and this, i think, is a uptick in the latest numbers and this, ithink, is a holding pattern, these are people returning from furlough that have started to work as the economy has begun to reopen so as the economy has begun to reopen so it's stabilising in the last month but they are so far below what we have seen previously and again, i think depending on which way that goes, the next six months, will depend on how businesses support the work force when that furlough scheme ends. absolutely. so many interesting narratives coming out of these figures. darren morgan, from these figures. darren morgan, from the office for national statistics, thank you, they compile these figures every month that gives us a snapshot of what is happening in the economy and remember, these are looking back, figures forjuly, they tell us what has already happened.

lots of speculation and interest in how this plays out as the furlough scheme is wound down. but victoria, absolutely right to highlight it as young people who are bearing the brunt of all of this. just to put that into context for you, of the rising unemployment in july, that into context for you, of the rising unemployment injuly, versus thejuly rising unemployment injuly, versus the july before, rising unemployment injuly, versus thejuly before, it rising unemployment injuly, versus the july before, it was rising unemployment injuly, versus thejuly before, it was 104,000 higher, more people out of work, of those 76,000 young people, so nearly three quarters of them were aged between 16 and 24. really tells you that times are pretty tough for young people right now. even hanging on to thejob, young people right now. even hanging on to the job, quite clearly trying to find a newjob, especially if they have graduated, left school or college, really tough times. ben thompson, thank you. we can speak now to helen mckeown, who was made redundant from herjob as a surveyor. and i'm joined by mark cornish, who lost his job in events construction earlier in the pandemic but has now managed to find work with a delivery company.

good morning to both of you and thank you forjoining us. helen, how much of the blow was it to be made redundant, back in april. helen, can you hear me? possibly not. sorting out the back room, which is fair enough but mark, let me come to you. you were working in the events sector. what happened regarding your job? we had ajob at in sector. what happened regarding your job? we had a job at in through the whole summer and then coronavirus came along. unfortunately within a couple of days, all the events were cancelled. unfortunately we were then put on furlough and itjust escalated from there and then i lost myjob. at the beginning ofjuly. how did that affect you? pretty bad, really, i was a bit gutted that i lost a job that i wanted, i've had a few jobs lost a job that i wanted, i've had a fewjobs and this was a job i really enjoyed, setting up events all around the country. unfortunately,

it came to an end. half the workforce have now been laid off. i cannot see any events being this side of christmas. it's going to be, it was going to be our busiest time, christmas parties, setting up events, the summer has all gone. i just cannot see anybody keeping their jobs, just cannot see anybody keeping theirjobs, to be honest. how long we re theirjobs, to be honest. how long were you out of work for before you got thisjob in were you out of work for before you got this job in the delivery company? luckily, my brother came up with an idea of working for the firm andi with an idea of working for the firm and i said to him, i could help you, i've looked for somejobs and i said to him, i could help you, i've looked for some jobs and when you get to 50, there's not many options to do physical work or whatever was being offered to me. so he's now recruited me to get people on board, we need 70 drivers before november. i've been interviewing drivers and it's been unbelievable

to see the cvs that i've seen, people losing theirjobs and catering, people on ships have been applying forjobs. you know, ifeel sorry for people that i have to reject, u nfortu nately sorry for people that i have to reject, unfortunately because they are not going to be suited to the job. yes. in some cases from those applications that you are going through, are there people who are overqualified? well, i don't think they are overqualified, ijust overqualified? well, i don't think they are overqualified, i just think a lot of people at might sort of age, in and out of the van all day delivering parcels, it is going to be quite physical so the other side of it, people just who have left school and they are probably too young to do it. i've got to balance it up and see what sort of people can do it but yes, hundreds of people looking forjobs and it's really depressing when you have to reject people but you've got to find the right people that is going to do it. sure. let's talk to helen, can

you hear me 0k? it. sure. let's talk to helen, can you hear me ok? good morning victoria. we could see you moving your sweatshirt behind! for people who don't know the relevance of your company, explain what your campaign is. we are a not-for-profit company, explain what your campaign is. we are a not—for—profit campaign group, speaking up on behalf of the 3 million taxpayers of many different profiles that had been left out of government support through no fault of their own. and as yet, it hasn't been successful, yourcampaign as yet, it hasn't been successful, your campaign goes on. you were made redundant back in april. can you describe what it's like when someone tells you that you don't have a job anymore? well, having taken extended pa re ntal anymore? well, having taken extended parental leave for five years, nearly six years, our savings had run dry sol nearly six years, our savings had run dry so i returned to the workplace in september 2019. on a

permanently employed basis. when my husband and son came down with a consta nt husband and son came down with a constant cough, we self isolated as per the request of borisjohnson so to get a phone call out of the blue whilst we were self isolating and we also received a shielding letter for my six—year—old son, to receive a phone call out of the blue to say that i was being made redundant not the rule, was particularly galling and upsetting. what kind of an impact does not have a new, your family, your finances? well, because i had been off on extended parental leave and we had basically run the savings try to enable me to stay at home with the children, to then come back to the workforce to try and build up our finances again, to get back into the workforce, it felt like my contributions to the world

of work and my taxes, all of a sudden weren't good enough to be able to access furlough in the precise situation in which furlough was set up for. because my employer was set up for. because my employer was made the gatekeeper. 0r employers generally were made gatekeepers to furlough, it was a dark time. excluded have helped me break through it and find a voice and speak up for the other 3 million profiles of taxpayers who have been affected. you are eligible to receive benefits? well, because my husband is working but he is on a reduced salary temporarily during coronavirus, we don't actually qualify for any benefits however we are a two income hassle, everything is calculated based on those incomes, for example the mortgage. we are not the only ones in opposition, everybody 's we are not the only ones in opposition, everybody '5 mortgage is

calculated based on direct salaries, just about. any savings we have left are gone but we still don't qualify because of other factors. are you stressed? incredibly stressed. in the last 28 weeks i've applied for countless jobs and i've the last 28 weeks i've applied for countlessjobs and i've had three job offers redacted at the last minute because of local lockdown in the north—west. minute because of local lockdown in the north-west. do you know how many jobs have applied for? i've lost count. 20, 40, 100? jobs have applied for? i've lost count. 20, 40,100? 40, 40 jobs have applied for? i've lost count. 20, 40, 100? 40, 40 plus. 0k. helen, thank you, i wish you all the best. mark, the same to you, thank you for talking to us. i have a government statement says furlough, by the time it closes, the furlough scheme will have been open for eight months and help to pay the wages of over 9.6 millionjobs. but we months and help to pay the wages of over 9.6 million jobs. but we will

continue to innovate in supporting incomes and employment through our plan forjobs. a proposed law giving the government the power to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement has passed its first test in the house of commons, despite the fact that it wld breach international law. ministers say the internal market bill contains vital safeguards to protect northern ireland and the rest of the uk, if negotiations on a future trade deal break down. soaring rates of alcohol abuse are placing too much pressure on addiction services, according to the royal college of psychiatrists. the number of people drinking high—risk levels of alcohol has almost doubled in england since the start of the pandemic — and the college says deep cuts made to addiction services mean patients could miss out on treatment. the government says it has increased public health spending by £3.2 billion this year. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. emma is back for another day? eight is, indeed. the best of summer continues for many today. our the

channel islands, said possible summer between london and east anglia. rain in eastern parts of northern ireland and parts of scotland. for much of england and wales, dry and sunny, mid to high 20s, low 30s for many parts. motson china is developing, staying very cloudy in the north of scotland, outbreaks of heavy rain will turn lighter and a patchy later. 0ne outbreaks of heavy rain will turn lighter and a patchy later. one or two isolated showers, could not rule out a rumble of thunder, most will be dry, misty and places, another warm night with temperatures in the mid to high teens but turning colder from the north in the next few days. temperatures returning back to normal, not much rain around, many are staying dry.

hello this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines: a lack of coronavirus tests for nhs workers is causing staff absences — according to hospital bosses. the government says the tests are out there the majority of tests are available within a ten mile radius. it seems to me that there will be extreme cases where people cannot get it has locations in that radius, but that does not mean public health england are not working night and day to boost capacity —— cannot get to test locations. if you live in birmingham, solihull and sandwell from today you are banned from visiting other people's homes the number of young people in the uk without a job rises by more than 150,000, new data shows. if that's you — do get in touch. e—mail me or send me a message on instagram.

those experiencing domestic abuse are being forced into debt by their partners — that's according to a 3—year study by a charity almost four months ago borisjohnson promised to deliver a world beating system to test, track and trace covid—19 cases — but an increase in demand for coronavirus tests has led to local shortages, with some people being directed to test sites hundreds of miles from their homes. areas in local lockdown are in greater need of tests. 0ldham is one of those towns with local restrictions in place. 0ur correspondent jayne mccubbin has been to a test centre in the town. covid rates are rising once again in 0ldham, with locals facing a new raft of restrictions. i'm doing mejob! at this walk—in test centre, tempers are rising too. i've got a child who's coughing, he's had a high temperature. he's supposed to be at school, what do you want me to do? just leave him out of school for indefinite? muhamed is a father and a carer furious at being turned away because they do not have capacity. have you tried other means of getting a test? yeah, i have tried online, i've been trying since the last two days.

so i've got a message here, it says "the system is currently unavailable " — that has been the last two days, yeah? so what do you want me to do? time and time again we have filmed people walk—up to the walk—in centre and walk away again. ijust catch a word used to explain the situation to peter and his grand—daughter. the service has been, he says, "annihilated" today. that was his choice of word. that was his choice of word, yes. that's how busy they've been. she was sent home from school because somebody in her class had that virus. i have copd and a lung problem and she lives with us, and we are both 75. how worried are you? i am really concerned, honestly, really concerned. so you just wake up tomorrow morning and try again? we just keep trying. so many we see turned away are school kids like roma. "we are extremely busy, call back later," which i have been doing since eight

o'clock this morning. were you offered any drive—through testing sites? there was one in doncaster, which is about an hour away which i was prepared to do but it wasn't till mid—0ctober. head teachers from 75 local authorities, including 0ldham, have written to the government saying schools have been severely hampered by delays in testing. have you seen anthing available anywhere else in the country? no. amina is a teaching assistant. there's not even any home testing kits, which is what i initially wanted. there is a groupjust here who have arrived trying to get a test for people they look after with learning disabilities. and they've been told they can't get a test. they are really worried because there has been an outbreak in the home where they work. they too are told, just keep checking online for an appointment. they said because of the labs could not turn them around so they can't give anyone and you have to make an appointment. they can't turn the tests around. what does that mean for you and the people you look after?

it is not on because, obviously, you need to go and get tested when you need to. i speak to mark adams, who runs one of the biggest care home groups in the north of england. the testing is turning out to be a bit of a fiasco. how? at the moment we are waiting for up to ten days for every test to come back and, frankly, that could mean you've got somebody that's got covid spending seven days in a care home, wandering around and nobody is aware of it. i found out 50 minutes ago and i've came straight here. lisa and nadine are support staff without symptoms but they have just heard that a colleague has tested positive. everywhere it's appointment only. red line — appointment only. even where it says walk—in centre. i am looking at a website when the earliest time is i can get an appointment. without a test are you going to be able to get back to work? no. i am not going to be able to work tomorrow.

while the council describes this as a shambles, a government spokesperson told us that the system is working. the capacity is the highest it has ever been but they admit they are seeing higher demand. here the council is trying to tackle the increase in covid with door—to—door testing but again capacity is stretched. we need more people to get tested and more tests available. there are very many people who have had a test and results within days. just walk through and the all clear. but around the country, there are pressure points and the covid curve is rising. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. thanks final messages today. this is from a pharmacist in north london. —— thanks for your messages today. i have not been able to get a test

u nless have not been able to get a test unless i travel to 0ldham or the isle of wight. another viewer says they have started their firstjob working in general practice, then none, who also works on the nhs, came into close contact with a colleague who tested positive. my manager said i needed to have a test before i come back to work, i am currently on call to book a test. i cover eight surgeries working at a different site every day, sometimes two, so the risk of passing the infection to a wide range of started present. i really need a test. i also live in birmingham. julie says my daughter is a keyword at a special educational needs school, she became ill last week, try to get a test, both me, my husband and daughter spent four hours online trying to get a slot. she was offered an appointment in sunderland, we live in blackpool, the whole family has had to

self—isolate. get in touch regularly if you are a key worker, and if you are able to get a test as well as not get a test, we would like the whole picture from across the country. 60% of women who are victims of domestic abuse have also had to deal with coerced debt — that's according to a three year study into what's called economic abuse. research by the charity surviving economic abuse has shown the majority of those they spoke to were dealing with thousands of pounds of debt after former partners took out credit in their names. the charity is calling for a change in the law and better financial protection for those who are effectively forced into debt. let's talk to dr nicola sharp—jeffs, the ceo of the charity surviving economic abuse, and "lucy" — not her real name — who was left with £20,000 of debt after a relationship with an abusive partner. we will talk to lucy on the phone.

hello, lucy, can you explain to our audience how you are essentially full century taking out thousands and thousands of pounds worth of credit? —— four into taking out. and thousands of pounds worth of credit? —— four into taking outm can credit? —— four into taking outm ca n ofte n credit? —— four into taking outm can often start with quite subtle things, my former partner would know the pin numbers to my bank account and would regularly take money from my bank account without me knowing. then it would get to a more serious level where he would encourage me to get store cards in my name and loans and things like that. when you say encourage, for most people listening, they might be thinking well, just say no? unfortunately, usually financial abuse does not go without any other forms of abuse. lots of it is to do with control and

manipulation and will be after a lot of abuse that has taken place previously to that. so by the time you are encouraged all. to do these kinds of things were financial abuse happens, you have already probably endured quite a lot of either emotional or physical abuse —— when you are encouraged or forced to do these kinds of things. that was the case with you? we will try to get lucy back, don't worry. let talk to nicholas. how big an issue is that when it comes to domestic abuse? —— let talk to nicola. we think it is the invisible marker of domestic abuse, we think about bruises, cuts and physical abuse, but we know from this study that 95% of domestic abuse victims will experience

economic abuse, six in ten of those coerced into debt, thousands and thousands of pounds. 0ne coerced into debt, thousands and thousands of pounds. one of the within we spoke to was £40,000 in debt and it is living on a knife edge. lots of these victims and survivors cannot leave because they do not have the economic resources to do so, and if they leave, they can say 12 difficulties in terms of rebuilding their lives afterwards. —— they can say real difficulties. you talked about £40,000, 44% were so—called priority debts, what does that mean? almost half are living on a knife edge where it was priority debts, if it was not paid, utilities would be cut off, they might become homeless, they were facing bailiffs and court summons. quite often they

we re and court summons. quite often they were not aware (inaudible). iam were not aware (inaudible). i am sorry about that, it is so frustrating. lucy, can you hear me? sorry about that, it is just the way it is. you were explaining really clearly how often economic abuse comes clearly how often economic abuse co m es after clearly how often economic abuse comes after physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and i asked if that was the case with you? yes, so to delve a little bit into my story, i met my ex—partner when i was fairly young and unfortunately he was abusive very early on and not long into the relationship i discovered i was pregnant, so is skipping forward many years, i have a beautiful child but i have suffered all forms of abuse throughout the relationship and it was getting worse and more frequent. and after a really bad weekend in which i suffered a lot of physical and emotional abuse, i

decided i wanted a better life for my child, i wanted us to be free, i ended the relationship, and a couple of weeks after doing so, my ex told me he was going to kill me and he came into my home and assaulted me to the pointed needing reconstructive surgery, so that is just an idea of the type of abuse you are dealing with on top financial abuse. have you paid off the debt now? the debt slowly started catching up with me after the incident and i would ring the creditors and plead with them and cry and say it was a result of financial abuse and everything i had been too and they did not want to know, they said it is in your name, there is nothing we can do, they started adding charges and theyjust got worse and to the point when i had to say, ok, this is not going

anywhere, so i used a debt charity and for seven years i have been paying off that debt. i had 16 years of monthly payments before i would be debt free. it was a really hard pill to swallow. so i wanted to do more to see if there was anything we could do about financial abuse. i resigned myself to the fact that i would be paying much but i wanted to help others, moving forwards, so i did some research and i came across surviving economic abuse and they helped me and with a project they we re helped me and with a project they were running at the time i got the debt written off. that is good to hear. nicola, some of our audience will know that in 2015 a new offence of controlling all coercive behaviour came in, which includes an individual exploiting their partner's resources all capacities for personal gain, ie economic abuse. is that not enough, in your

view? it is useful in that it recognises economic abuse, so successful prosecutions for that offe nce successful prosecutions for that offence feature economic abuse in six out of ten cases, but it does nothing about the victim's test, so we need to do more. what would that involve ? we need to do more. what would that involve? in lucy's case, how would you prove you were. you take out this alone or get this credit card or store card? my god, this technology will kill me. how do you prove it, lucy? it is difficult with financial abuse and it is paramount that it financial abuse and it is paramount thatitis financial abuse and it is paramount that it is taken more seriously and it isa that it is taken more seriously and it is a criminal offence, because it is so damaging that you cannot prove it if you are alone and it is your word against theirs, it is very difficult to prove, which is why

prevention is far better than cure in this case and we need to educate people, it is the least talked about formalities and it needs to be taught in schools, banks and lenders need to take responsibility —— it is the least talked about the form of abuse. in practical terms, the least talked about the form of abuse. in practicalterms, what do you mean that banks need to take responsibility? it is that real understanding of financial abuse and education. i had gone into the bank to query some payments and i was sat with the lady at the desk and she said, oh, did you know you are eligible for a loan? i was with my partner at the time. it was com pletely partner at the time. it was completely in my name, she said, i tell you what, i will give you a minute to discuss it with your partner. it was not a joint bank at hand,it partner. it was not a joint bank at hand, it was not in his name. she left, and because of the abuse i was suffering he encouraged metres well,

told me, you'd better get that loan and, of course, i did. told me, you'd better get that loan and, of course, idid. —— told me, you'd better get that loan and, of course, i did. —— he encouraged me... well, told me. so the cashier, the woman at the bank, she should never have suggested you discuss it with your partner? when she said it i instantly said no, i do not want it, he kicked me under the table and she picked up on something, but unfortunately whatever she picked up on was the wrong thing, she left the table and i was. to take the loan. how much was it? —— and i was forced into taking the loan. how much was it? i think she has gone. this is so frustrating, you have explained it so clearly. the final question was how much the loan was? £6,000. thank

you very much, lucy, i am very grateful to you for coming on. not her real name. and thank you to dr nicola sharp—jeffs, ceo at surviving economic abuse, you can find them on twitter and online at yukon have a look at more detail at that study. they spoke to a small sample of 300 women, you can probably imagine it ha rd to women, you can probably imagine it hard to find such individuals in those circumstances that their research said six in ten women who experienced abuse were also indebted because of their abusers. i had some telephone numbers to give you from the national domestic abuse association. in case you missed any

of those numbers, you can look at our action line. bbc.co.uk/actionline. a woman with down's syndrome has told the bbc that she's upset that this t—shirt — with the slogan ‘let‘s make downs syndrome extinct‘ — was being sold on amazon up to sunday. after complaints to the site and a petition which now has more than 26,000 signatures, amazon took it down. but campaigners say it's only a matter of time before another vendor pops up selling something just as offensive. the tech giant says, "all sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action including potential removal of their account." let's talk to heidi carter, who was offended by the t—shirt, and her mum liz crowter. hello, heidi, hello, liz, how are you? very well, how are you? very well, thank you. how do you feel when you see t—shirts like that with that kind of language in french?” think i would say that i feel very

offended, very upset. when i first found out i was crying my eyes out. can you explain why it is so hurtful? because i am someone who has down's syndrome, and because i don't like people saying mean things about me. right. and the reason it is so offensive, it hurts my husband as well. yes. i love him so much.” know you do, and you recently got married, how is that going? very well, thank you. he is still in bed! classic! my goodness! i am sure he will not be very happy you said that, but i am sure he loves you so it will be fine! liz, can i ask you,

what do you take those words to mean, "let's make down's syndrome exti nct" ? mean, "let's make down's syndrome extinct"? it is aligning down's syndrome with something which should not be allowed, should not be around. there are other t—shirts with let's make cancer or covid extinct, they are diseases we wish we could make extinct, but down's syndrome is not, it is a chromosomal... what is the word, one extra chromosome, it is not something that needs to be eradicated. when you see those words, what you think? disgusted that people could make them and anybody that want to wear them, i am fed up with amazon and the other sellers, back in march, this all came out and they were removed and now they are back again, i keep thinking that this will happen again and again, because they are not

taking it seriously. if you look at the amazon policy on hate speech, they talk about racial, sexual, religious intolerance, they will not promote organisations with such views, they will also remove listings that graphically portray violence all victims of violence, there is nothing in the policy about hate speech for disability, so that will continue until they change their policies. i agree, we should not have any t—shirts about religion or homophobia or gender or anything, but if they will include all of those things, they have to include disability too. that is what you are calling for. because otherwise you think it is effectively only a matter time before another vendor sells something similar which is just as hurtful? yes, and there are other ones, there is one with the f

word and then down's syndrome, that is in word and then down's syndrome, that isina word and then down's syndrome, that is in a line of ones with f word cancer and is in a line of ones with f word cancerand f is in a line of ones with f word cancer and f word covid, f word down's syndrome, it is not a cce pta ble down's syndrome, it is not acceptable for words like that to be used, it is hate speech against people with down's syndrome. there is another one, it is obviously a on an amazon review site where it says down's syndrome, very bad, and bedside styles and only the one star is coloured in, it is saying people with down's syndrome are only one star, which again is obviously hate speech and deeply upsetting and offensive. it really is. we will go back to anderson with what you asked for. their statement says we do not allow projects which promote, entitle glorify hatred or promote organisations with such ease and will remove listings that graphically portray violence all victims of violence. as you rightly

say, it does not include the word disability. thank you very much, liz. thank you for coming on again, heidi, you are a legend, and happy marriage. thank you, and i have heard ——i marriage. thank you, and i have heard —— i and here to fight for my husband. absolutely. take, nice to speak to you, thank you. nightclubbers in berlin have found a way to dance while having social distance. converted phone boxes means they can have the well‘s smallest izco all to themselves. minutes at a time. but why would you wa nt to minutes at a time. but why would you want to do this? —— the world's smallest izco. we will bring you a full report in the next hour. another hot afternoon on the way, 31

degrees n jay z yesterday, started said he andjd this degrees n jay z yesterday, started said he and jd this morning the temperature is cooler thanks to the winds shifting in a more westerly direction —— 31 degrees injersey. it will be our scotland and northern ireland that we had clouded outbreaks of rain tied in amongst light winds which are decayed now and will continue to do so. 0utbreaks and will continue to do so. outbreaks of rain to the first part of the afternoon, lingering across the far north of scotland into the day, isolated showers pushing into the south—west where locality will help the coast. most places will be dry with long spells of sunshine, atm places, temperatures up in scotla nd atm places, temperatures up in scotland to northern ireland compared to yesterday, maybe 2090 31 degrees to high in parts of london and east anglia. —— 29 or 31. lists around the coast later and a weather

front pushes southwards as northerly winds develop across scotland, it is the same weather front which brought the same weather front which brought the rain this morning and it will bring some showers as they work southwards through the night and into tomorrow. it will bring a shift in wind direction at high pressure moves eastwards, swinging the winds into a more north and north—easterly direction particularly for the east of the country, and for the rest of the week it will gradually turn cooler, most parts of the country will stay dry. what are two exceptions on wednesday, isolated showers in east anglia and the south—east, across scotland, northern ireland, northern and northeastern england there will be light rain or drizzle. coulter noticed winds take in, probably best among 13 to 18, cooler in the afternoon, there will be more sunshine in land, warmer temperatures into the mid 20s. into thursday, we start to lose some of the north—easterly winds, some low

cloud fading, showers into the north—west of scotland and temperatures back to where they should be, about 17 to 20 degrees. we have around those values on friday into the weekend, a little bit of rain in scotland on friday and at the weekend there will be rain into the english channel.

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