tv Newsbeat Documentaries BBC News September 26, 2020 4:30pm-5:01pm BST
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to fight against coronavirus, outlining a plan to prevent future pandemics at the un's general assembly. tributes are paid to a popular and talented police officer killed at a custody centre in south london. sergeant matt ratana was shot, as a suspect in handcuffs was being booked in. now on bbc news, as the uk is said to be back on a covid knife—edge, it is time to remember full lockdown. newsbeat has followed young people from the minute life changed completely back in march. it feels like i'm about to be on the front line of a war, like... my auntie got rushed to hospital. back at home, i'm an intensive care nurse in nottingham.
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more than anything, ijust want to get home, want to get to the front line, want to help. didn't really see an end in sight. there's still no end in sight, but i'm feeling slightly more positive. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. we've got a 28—year—old and a 30—year—old who are dying in intensive care because of this disease. and i really, really don't think the nhs will be the same after this. my work hours have shot up. i'm tired 24—7. we've gone through maybe ten years of growth in one month. the army are on the door, so if we leave, they've said that they will arrest us. the plan was to get married this summer, but we've obviously had to chuck that on the back burner for now. i'm so far from home.
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yesterday, the prime minister announced the most radical steps yet to slow the spread of this virus. music. my name is haamed, i'm a 25—year—old junior doctor currently working in cardiff. i'm just getting ready for my weekend night shift, my weekend day shift sorry, that's about to start. so the time now is lipm. on monday. and it's home time believe it or not, so... actually finished my shift on sunday, so last night at 9pm, i've been in the hospital ever since. i'm just collecting data on all the covid—positive cases we've had. now i'm getting out of the hospital, going home, going to grab some food and dive straight into bed.
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hello, my name is kathryn. i am 25 years of age. i'm from a place called cairns in australia. and i have decided to stay in london and i suppose fight through this pandemic. i work at four major trauma hospitals and in these times my skills are needed desperately throughout the world. this is really a pandemic in the uk. i actually believe that the death toll could be in the millions. so, today, the unit was packed literally, so patients that literally would be in one space, two were packed in there because we have to. we just got no more options, and you've got both of those patients to look after who are really unwell and my patient was the only one to get weaned off the ventilator. so, he was breathing on his own by the end of the shift, he will be going to the ward tomorrow and hopefully home. so, that's one life out of 30. everyone's going home, which is really freaking
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me out a little bit. and this morning i was really considering going home after the whole. .. 6am wake up and going to the store and there's literally nothing on the shelf. a lady from tesco, lisa from tesco down the road, saw how desperate i was in my eyes and she wasjust like 0k there's a food truck loading out the back. i will go and see what's on it. she came back with a bunch of fresh food and some toilet paper. i was like — oh, my gosh! ijust started crying. i was like thank you so much. i'm so far from home. hey, my name isjade, i'm19 years old and i'm currently working in waitrose as a picker ina warehouse. and i'm working at iceland in a retail store as everything basically. i've always been a hard worker, i've always been a grinder since i can remember. i've always had to do
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things by myself. so, today was definitely one of the hardest days that i've had at my iceland job. literally we had about 180 onlines. i had to go to the hospital when i was meant to start my shift because my auntie got rushed off to hospital. so i had to go back and babysit her kids, so i was late for work. i'm absolutely exhausted, not ready for tonight, but it has to be done. i think we're just not getting enough recognition as much as we are doing the right thing and working, i feel like people don't understand what we actually go through on a day—to—day basis. right, it is time for my online lesson now. so, we have got it all set up. so far, there's only five of us in the lesson, but...
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hey—oh. hi, i'm phoebe, i'm 21 and i am a teaching assistant from birmingham. before lockdown, i was living with my grandparents in birmingham, but because they're vulnerable and need to shield, i've moved in with my boyfriend and his family in herefordshire. my boyfriend and i have been together for six years now. and we were meant to be moving into our first house in march. but because of lockdown and covid, that's all been put on hold. it's funny because lockdown‘s actually... we've been really lucky because he was meant to be going away and stuff, and i think this is the longest time we've spent together in our whole relationship in one go because he's in the army. so, we only really see each other at weekends, and he's away quite a lot. we are currently stuck in a peruvian hostel in cuzco. we've been in lockdown
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in peru ten days in total after the peruvian government announced a state of emergency on a week last sunday. closing all the borders within 2a hours, hence why we couldn't get out in time. monday this week, in our hostel, we found out that there's two cases of positive coronavirus. and we have now been on a full lockdown in the hostel. we cannot leave the group at all. for literally an hour of day to get food. and basically this could end up with us all in here in quarantine for one month or it could end up being three months in total. the army are on the door, so if we leave, they have said that they will arrest us and we can be here and imprisoned for 5—10 years. back at home, i'm an intensive care in nottingham. especially after things happened today with the nhs and the care workers, more than anything ijust want to get home and i want to get to the front line and i want to help.
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right now, i can hear all the clapping. because it's 8:03pm on a thursday night. and it feels amazing. just a quick update on my auntie. she is now out of hospital, getting well and better. my cousin is over the moon. it was like a crazy relief to know that one of my family members is feeling good again, getting back on herfeet. it was awful, it was really scary when we couldn't see her in the hospital and she had to talk through a screen and stuff. it was absolutely devastating. i am feeling quite upset that i found out they we're going to be in lockdown untiljune, and that's my birthday month. i don't know if i can survive three months working hard, and then on my days off not getting to enjoy going out with my friends. i haven't visited my mum in so long now. i haven't seen my sisters, i haven't seen my nephews.
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and the reason being isjust because i could be a carrier because i am out quite a lot. so, it is pretty heartbreaking for me because i live by myself, i'm on my own 24—7, but i'm just trying keep my distance and just keep working to pay my bills and keep myself healthy as i can. so, i'vejust had a letter from school, my work, to say that i've been put on... they've offered me furlough leave. it's made me feel quite sad. because i know i couldn't go back anyway because my grandparents, i'd have to stay. but it was still look a possibility, and now i can't go back for at least eight weeks or something he said in the letter. so, i'm really quite sad about it. i grew up in a tiny little village in herefordshire called lupton. probably no more than like 20 people. and we lived there for 9—10
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years or something like that. it was really nice place to live. it was really fun. like, we could just do one—on—one. we should go camping in the woods with my dad, we used to go look for hawks. but while i was in high school, my dad passed away. so, my mum moved me and my brother and the dog up to coventry because that is where she grew up and that is where my grandparents were, her parents. i didn't like coventry and i did not like the college i went to. i really struggled to make friends there and i didn't really fit in. so, i left and started another school. which was great. and i've been there ever since, i really enjoy it. i found travelling to and from coventry, like from coventry to birmingham, very hard because i couldn't drive, i was on the train. so, i moved in with my grandparents and live part—time with my grandparents and part time with my mum, which was great and really nice. i used to meet my mum in town, and we used to go for meals and stuff and it was nice time. but then last year, my mum passed away so i moved
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to my grandparents‘ full—time. and i think it was kind of lucky that i had already lived with them. because it wasn't anything new, i knew what i was going into. i'm very lucky, i'm very spoiled, anyone that knows me knows how spoiled i am with them. they look after me well. hello. just to kind of give you an update on what's happened last night, we had a knock on the door about 7pm, the hostel manager saying that 60 of the hostel guests were getting moved by the peruvian health minister. because there has been further cases of coronavirus, testing positive, in the hostel. from that, we were told to pack our bags and step outside. when we stepped outside, there was literally about 30 peruvian health minister officials all suited and booted and obviously with their masks
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and with the full suits on. they proceeded to then take our temperatures, and then we had to basically have our bags all disinfected and then walk through the disinfectant ourselves to get disinfected and then we all boarded a bus. they haven't told us how long we have to be here for. they've just told us that if we leave the hotel group at all, again, we would be arrested and they are leaving food outside the front door. so, my grandad is in hospital again. great timing. i think he's had a little bit of a problem with his heart again. like he did just before lockdown was put in place. so, hoping he'll be fine. i've been feeling really down these past couple of days, so... i think we might go camping
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in the garden tonight, so... get well soon, pops! we're going home! whoo! so, we got a call late tuesday night from the british embassy basically telling us that we could get on the dutch repatriation flight, and so we are actually currently in amsterdam. waiting to board a flight back to london. it's been a really long journey. but obviously absolutely buzzing to get home to our family and friends. thank god! the government has decided that the current measures must remain in place for at least the next three weeks. we've just come too far, we've lost too many loved ones, we've already
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sacrificed far too much to ease up now. so, yesterday, i looked after a nurse, so the patient was a nurse. and they died today. and today, the patient next to me was also a nurse, and they died today, too. and one of their colleagues was in the bay over. ijust walked in and was like in shock because she just died. it's just really, really hard to plan my wedding at this point. so, i was literally supposed to be getting married in this period. when i speak to my soon—to—be wife and her family, it's really, really difficult to plan what we're going to do. so, i'm not sure you guys
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are aware, but ramadan starting in three days. i am super excited and looking forward to it big time. it's my favourite month of the year. and so are loads of other muslims across the globe. and we're not going to let this situation get the better of us. so, australia is going back to normal within the next two weeks, a week or two. scott morrison is giving the country an early mark because they've done so well. so, yeah, that's breaks my heart a little bit, but i made the right decision. i'm happy that i stayed and happy that i helped. i've learned so much. i didn't sleep for probably a week to two weeks. i got up every morning and was pacing the house. i asked her every week to come home and she says it's myjob. i'm not going to walk out on this. but then she says she's tired and i'm having heart palpitations or i want an interrogation of why she's tired. and if i heara cough, that's the end of it.
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i'd give anything to wrap my arms around her and to tell her how much i love her. throughout ramadan, i've been video—calling my family when we break fast in the evening. hello. look, it's haamed. hello. she really doesn't recognise me. i worked in the hospitalfor a year, and over my lifetime, i've seen two people die and i know both of those moments had a really massive effect on me mentally, especially for the next few days. so, that's why i really give it to you guys because if it's on the scale that you're saying, does it affect you and your colleagues mentally, your mental health? i don't think it ever become something normal. but i don't think death is specific to covid—i9. what's really got to me is understanding that life and death isn't in my hands or anyone‘s hands
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really in the sense that you'll see someone who is on the ward, who hasjust had heart surgery and he's doing really, really well. he's had a really complicated procedure, and he's got out of that procedure doing really, really well. and then just out of nowhere, he develops this... he loses his sense of smell and spikes a temperature and then lo and behold, the covid swab comes back and you realise it's positive. constantly, again and again, people like that being in that situation and they're not making it, definitely it does take a toll. there is something that i haven't mentioned to you and that is i applied for something a few months ago. ijust got an e—mail today when i was at work this morning stating that i will be working on my civil service internship afterjuly. which is amazing pay, a great way for me to start a new skill and to be enjoying more of what i do.
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i know that myjob is not more purposeful, but will forever be purposeful because it's working in foreign commonwealth welfare. it is now almost two months since the people of this country began to put up with restrictions on their freedom. your freedom. of a kind that we have never seen before in peace or war. and from this wednesday, we want encourage people to take more and even unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise. you can sit in the sun in your local park. you can drive to other destinations. so, first thing on the morning of eid is to have some sweet stuff. one to remember. it's definitely a different experience. our whole morning's been filled with video calls. it was nice to get the family together. you look a lot better in real life. agree 100%, agree i look better in real life. this camera doesn't do mejustice.
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i'm 25, and i've never been on a first date before because i was in a relationship from when i was 17 and we broke up in july last year. if someone would've told me i was doing this two weeks ago, i would have said no chance. but here we are. i think that with everything going on with covid, this definitely is the weirdest thing i've ever done. so maybe it is, we'll see. the last few weeks have been groundhog day, just so repetitive that you just kind of go to work and don't see anyone and go back home. so, it'sjust something new. all right, wish me luck. laughter. well, that was my first ever date, and it went really well, i think. it was really easy to talk to him, and ijust felt like being myself which was nice. yeah, the social distancing thing, i'm not too sure about that. it was quite strange.
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i even went to go hi, i'm kathryn and give him a hug and he kind of stood back. i think i would see that guy again, yeah, he's quite lovely. he's a nice guy. so, tomorrow is my birthday. i am turning 20, that means 21 next year! it feels good to be 20. it feels good to make it this far. i'm feeling blessed and very happy for all the friends and family that i have. i have now been accepted into university. to do forensic investigation, so i won't be working at the school next year. i have been un—furloughed for the last ten days of term before the summer holidays. so, i am going to go back to school. i'm going back, moving out of herefordshire and going back to my grandparents for ten days which will be nice. i've missed them. it's going to be weird having to stay away from them, though.
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hello. so, the first day back at work is done. it was great. i have a little risk assessment because, you know, i still live with my grandparents so i still have to be careful. but it was really, really nice. really relaxed. so, it's my last day, very sad, crying. last day. good things, though, good things ahead. going for drinks later. it's not like i'm saying goodbye to everyone. last day done. so, this was my first day back at the gym. i've been here for nearly two hours. it felt so good to go back to the gym. literally my body is hurting, but it's like my body is going to have to get used to the whole gym life again. the plan was in the next couple of weeks. we haven't set a date yet, but we've made the decision that we are going to meet up, notjust me and her but also ourfamilies, our two
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households now that that's allowed in england. obviously with our masks and social distancing and whatnot, just to talk through what our options are and whether we can do something very small just our two households, tie the knot. i know for me and my family, things were already very hard. the death of my grandfather then just caused it to spiral. tuesday morning, the early hours of tuesday morning, we received a phone call to say he'd passed away in hospital. um... because of covid as well, only one person was allowed to say goodbye.
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as the rest of the country was starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel... i live in leicester. and the extended regional lockdown, i think that really did not help. foi’ so many reasons. it was... it just made things ten times worse, to be honest. so, i can confirm that it was agreed this morning, albeit as i'm sure you understand extremely reluctantly, to reimpose some restrictions on the aberdeen city area. i am a bartender in a bar. obviously. and i also study fashion. but at the moment, aberdeen is currently in its second lockdown, second week of the second lockdown. it's been really hard. i think it's just so
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frustrating being in this situation when it seems like nobody else in the country is. the only time i've been outside in the past week and a half has been to put the bins out. we've had really good weather as well, which is really unheard of for up here. and we've all been stuck in the house. i've been sunbathing in my bathroom. so, i'm off on a holiday to the greek islands. we have been told we will have to take a covid test on arrival and then wait for the results before we can leave our hotel. i didn't get swabbed. there was no temperature checks. ijust got a text message from a friend and she sent me the bbc news article
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about seven greek islands have been added to the quarantine list and we are on one of those. so, we are currently here now. so, it says for wednesday at liam, and we fly home on tuesday at about lipm. so, we literally miss quarantine by 12 hours. whoo! this is probably going to be my last video for this documentary. which i'm very, like, quite sad about. the last six months have been so crazy. i think that the highlights were definitely the community backing and seeing the rainbows in the window. and definitely the claps on the thursday. i think being in lockdown has enlightened me to be a better person, has given me more time to evolve in things i actually want to do with career, with myjob.
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hello, everybody, so i have got some absolutely huge news to tell you all today, and i really don't know how to say it, but essentially me and my fiancee, we just went and got married. we just did it. leaving it until this whole covid—19 situation had sorted just wasn't really looking attractive, to be honest. who knows when it's going to blow over, so we thought let'sjust go and get it done. so, now we're just living our lives together in this new flat. this is my office. got my dead plant penelope there. she's died already, which is a bit unfortunate. so, we finally moved into our new place. it's in salisbury. so, it's nearjack‘s army base and near my university. so, this is our home for the foreseeable future, which is great. come on! i don't think it's going to go back to normal for a while. at least i can go to university and can go to the shops and go out for and meet my friends and stuff, so... for now, i'm positive.
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i really, really think the future is bright. i think we've learned so many lessons from the first wave of covid that we're in a much better position to deal with the second wave. for now, the executive has determined that the restrictions that have applied to postcodes with the highest rates of coronavirus, mainly in greater belfast and ballymena areas, will be extended across all of northern ireland from 6pm tomorrow. i'm sorry to say that as in spain and france and many other countries, we've reached a perilous turning point. the government will introduce new restrictions in england. only six people should meet indoors. and we must make sure that those six people are all part of our extended households. it is just not a possibility for me to get home. flights would be about 7000 australian dollars return, a quarantine at home but you have to pay first 3000. so, i left australia the 10th
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of december 2019, and i will be going back the 10th of december 2021, so that's two years since seeing family and friends. what it looks like it's going to be. lucky i love where i am. hello there. for many western parts of the uk today there has been some pleasa nt of the uk today there has been some pleasant sunshine, it hasn't been as wind as well but a different story further east where there is still a lot of cloud this evening and a lot of the rain will push away to the south—east, moving away overnight, the winds easing a bit but we hang on to the cloud. further west, clearer skies, it's going to be quite cold with a pinch of frost in central scotland. much milder overnight for eastern england underneath the cloud with temperatures not rising a great deal during tomorrow, cloudy skies continuing for eastern england although a good deal drier than
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today. elsewhere much lighter winds, more ina today. elsewhere much lighter winds, more in a way of sunshine, should feel pleasant but those wind still quite strong and gusty across eastern parts of england, east anglia and the south—east, gusting 40 anglia and the south—east, gusting a0 miles an hourfor a while, easing down through the afternoon so it won't feel quite as chilly as it has done today, temperatures in london up done today, temperatures in london up to 16. further west, temperatures likely to be higher, across south wales may be 18.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the headlines at five. a quarter of the uk population will be under extra lockdown rules — as new measures come into force across parts of northern england and wales over the weekend. it comes as 1,700 students in manchester are told to stay in their halls of residence for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases. the department of health say they're working to fix a problem with the nhs test and trace app in england and wales after some users were unable to input negative test results. the prime minister borisjohnson urges world leaders to come together to fight the coronavirus, outlining a plan to prevent future pandemics at the un's general assembly. unless we unite and turn our fire
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