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good morning, monday morning, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire, here are the headlines. self—isolate or face a thousand pound fine — new laws come into force in england for anyone testing positive for coronavirus. the majority of people have been following the rules but we know that not everybody has, which is one reason why we have been seeing an increase in the rates again. all first year and foundation students at manchester metropolitan university will be taught online only for the next two weeks, to try to stop a coronavirus outbreak spreading. if you are a student currently in lockdown, let me know how you're doing this morning... three more areas of wales are going into local lockdown, meaning nearly two—thirds of the country will be living under
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tighter restrictions. the new york times says it has obtained donald trump's tax records, which it says shows he paid just $750 in income tax when he became president. and coming up this hour... tackling racism in football — the bbc have a special report on how football is dealing with the problem during the pandemic. new laws come in across england this morning, which mean that anyone who tests positive for coronavirus or has been told they've been in contact with someone who has now has a legal duty to stay at home, or face a fine. the government says the police will act on "local intelligence" to check up on those who fail to comply. under the new rules,
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anyone required to self—isolate, who doesn't, will be fined £1,000, rising to a maximum fine of £10,000 for repeat offenders or serious breaches. the government hopes the measures will reduce the spread of covid—19. around four million people on low incomes who can't work and are losing income whilst self—isolating will be eligible for a £500 payment. it comes as three more counties in wales, neath port talbot, torfaen and vale of glamorgan, will have extra restrictions imposed later. that means nearly two thirds of the country's population will be under lockdown, as tomos morgan reports. from today, people across england will be required by law to self—isolate if they test positive or are contacted by nhs test and trace. there are also further restrictions on the number of wedding guests allowed — only 15 people will be able to attend a marriage ceremony for the foreseeable. across the border in wales, though, the number of wedding
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guests remains at 30 for now, but further measures come into force here in other aspects of life. cardiff has become the first uk nation capital to go back under lockdown measures. residents in swansea will also have extra measures placed upon them, extended households or ‘bubbles‘ will be stopped, meaning mixing with people from other households indoors will have to end for now, but up to 30 can meet outside at a social distance. nobody will be able to leave the two city areas without a valid reason, such as going to a place of work where working from home isn't possible, going to school or for caring responsibilities. the first minister, mark drakeford, has also said that another three local authorities will be placed under local lockdown measures from this evening. figures have continued to deteriorate in those three areas over the weekend. we signalled on friday that we were keeping them under very close scrutiny. and the advice we have had is that now is the moment we need to act
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and local restrictions will apply in those three areas — torfaen, the vale of glamorgan and neath port talbot county borough councils. from this evening, 1.8 million people, more than half of the population of wales, will be living under local lockdown restrictions. and with cases continuing to rise across the country, the prospect of another wales—wide lockdown becomes more of a realistic possibility. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. so, new rules are in, is everybody satisfied and happy with them? no, i don't think that is the case at all. certainly it is tough new rules in england only at this stage, a maximum fine of up to 10,000 people -- £10,000 for maximum fine of up to 10,000 people —— £10,000 for people who perhaps breach the requirement, what will be a legal requirement, to self—isolate, from today. but there isa self—isolate, from today. but there is a growing discontent on the conservative benches about the way
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in which some of these new regulations and laws are coming into force, not just, of regulations and laws are coming into force, notjust, of course, the new enforcement measures taken by the government but also some of the things which may well affect the economy, there is a growing feeling of unease about the evidence—based for example for the ten o'clock cu rfew for example for the ten o'clock curfew which was imposed nationwide. so later this week there is going to be an attempt by sir graham brady, who chairs the committee of backbench conservative mps, and many others, to try to change the way the rules are drawn up, to give mps a final say on any new nationwide measures which the government might introduce, separate from the local lockdowns. it's not clear if that attempt, that amendment which he is going to put down, is going to be debated or not. that is down to the speaker. but in the coronavirus debate today, we might see some of the scale of disquiet about the way the scale of disquiet about the way the government has approached this, not just from the the government has approached this, notjust from the opposition but from some of their own mps as well. and on the ten o'clock curfew, the
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mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has been questioning whether it works or not because we saw over the weekend people clustering together when they were thrown out of the pubs and restau ra nts thrown out of the pubs and restaurants at ten o'clock. so he is calling for a potential rethink on that. i think that view will be shared by some conservative mps as well, and earlier, the care minister, helen whately, was asks about that and she said the new measures were simply taking some time to bed in. she was also asked, of course, about the scale of the fines being imposed on people and she said this is all really about greater clarity. while the majority of people have been following the rules, we know that not everybody has, and that is why we have been seeing the increase in the rates again, and it is really clear, really simple, whether it is the rule of six, or if you have symptoms, get positive, isolate, get contacted by test and trace, you need to self—isolate, this is really
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clear. on the 10pm curfew, the mayor of greater manchester was on the radio this morning saying that he thought it was doing more harm than good, and the times is reporting today that for much of northern britain as it puts it, and for parts of london, there could potentially bea of london, there could potentially be a two—week lockdown, meaning bars, pubs and restaurants would shut altogether. any truth in that as far as you know, iain? not as such, but where there is smoke, there is some fire, victoria. let me give you some background to this. we know it was discussed inside downing street in meetings last weekend and in the run—up to last weekend as well, involving various government ministers including the chancellor and the health secretary, and they we re and the health secretary, and they were discussing this idea of a circuit breaker, bringing in tougher restrictions for a very short period of time, two or three weeks, to try to suppress the numbers as the virus was beginning to take hold again.
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they did not go down that road, they went down what i think is a much milder road of simply saying there should be a ten o'clock curfew across the country on pubs and restau ra nts, across the country on pubs and restaurants, but that idea still hasn't gone away, and certainly some of the scientists advising government would like them to do so. but from my conversations this morning, what we have been guided towards is this, that, in some parts of northern england already, in bolton, for example, and i think previously in bradford, pubs and restau ra nts previously in bradford, pubs and restaurants were shut and confined to ta ke restaurants were shut and confined to take away only, that is not the case for some other areas with enhanced restrictions, including most of lancashire and around tyneside. so what the government is saying is that if infection rates go up, then if there is pressure from local authorities to do more, you could see more areas where perhaps pubs and restaurants will close. but they are guiding us away from the idea that this will be done in a blanket way across whole swathes of the country, across the whole of northern england or possibly in
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london, where the london mayor wants more restrictions because he is worried about the number of 111 calls which are going in with people reporting symptoms of the virus. so at this stage i think they are basically backing off from going down the road of massive new restrictions, but they are still on the table, they will still be discussed behind the scenes and i think if the virus continues to increase, the number of new cases, exponentially, then perhaps other things will be considered. but at this moment, certainly on a nationwide basis, orfor the whole of the north of england, beyond the measures which are already imposed... but let's remember, lots of areas, we heard about south wales, already have enhanced restrictions, for example, on households mixing indoors. the whole of scotland, and more restrictions in northern ireland. sometimes a local lockdown is not all that local andi local lockdown is not all that local and i think further measures in some areas are almost inevitable. iain
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watson, thank you. it's thought around 3,000 students are currently in lockdown at universities from dundee to exeter. if you are a student, let me know how it is going for you. but two have been badly affected. at the university of glasgow, 172 students have tested positive, and 600 are isolating. while at manchester metropolitan university, all first year and foundation students will be taught exclusively online for the next two weeks to try to stop a coronavirus outbreak from spreading. 1,700 freshers are self—isolating in halls of residence there, after 127 tested positive. labour has called on ministers to consider pausing the return of students whose terms are yet to start. john mcmanus has the latest. spelling it out. the message from fee—paying students in manchester is clear. as the academic year begins, thousands of them around the uk have been sold to self—isolate. it's an unwelcome start
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for those who'd been dreaming of living independently, away from home. manchester metropolitan university says it's helping with essentials like shopping, laundry access and medicines, but parents have also been on—hand. and it's announced all lessons for first—year students will be online—only for next fortnight. it's a similar story in glasgow, where scottish students have been advised not to travel home. and if they must, not to stay overnight. for all new arrivals, like these at newcastle, this year's freshers‘ week will be different. i am moving in with nine other people in my flat, we'rejoining a bubble and hopefully that's going to keep us safe. i am excited, but quite nervous because you don't really know what to expect. erm, but, i'm just going to make the most of it. university authorities say they need to keep students and staff are safe, any anxiety will exacerbate the situation so we want
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but there are some calls for a refund of accommodation fees. it's a terrible mess and nobody wanted this, and it's heartbreaking all round. and of course, if the students can't have their lived—in experience and have to go home, of course it is right that their accommodation fees should be refunded to them. last week the health secretary, matt hancock, refused to confirm that students would be allowed to go home at christmas. for one mother who has just dropped her daughter in durham, that's a worry. i'd like her home at christmas. and i hope that the position we'll get to, because that's ten weeks away, is that i'd like to think that by the time they've gone through this and maybe there has been some local infections and lockdowns, etc, that in ten weeks' time they might be in a position to let them come home. that's what i hope. banned from the student union bar, some new arrivals have managed to see the funny side. but if the restrictions on young adults continue into the autumn term, the mood may turn rebellious. john mcmanus, bbc news. natasha kutscheruk and joe ward
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are students at manchester metropolitan university. they are two out of eight people who share a flat together on the campus. thank you very much for talking to us. how are you doing? yes, we are all right, thank you. obviously it's still early days, it just all right, thank you. obviously it's still early days, itjust feels a bit surreal at the moment. yes, it's a bit crazy. what is your biggest worry at the moment now that you are locked down in this flat?|j worry at the moment now that you are locked down in this flat? i think for me personally it is the fact that after these two weeks have finished, there is still going to be people that are positive with covid and it means that it is still going to be spreading around the accommodation, which could mean it could be longer than two weeks, this could be longer than two weeks, this could be longer than two weeks, this could be going on forfour weeks, six weeks, wejust could be going on forfour weeks, six weeks, we just don't know, that is the issue. is that the same for you, natasha? yes, but also, the developing situation, a lot of people are trying to get slots at
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the same time, pretty last—minute, so we are a the same time, pretty last—minute, so we are a bit worried about getting enough food in at the right time. have you got food in right now? we've got some. yes, i mean, i definitely haven't got enough for the two weeks, but like natasha said, it is putting a lot of pressure on local supermarkets as well to deliver food to our flats as well. i think it is a worry for us but the university have provided some measures in place to get us food and also care package for people who are struggling financially as well. do you know what a package includes?” financially as well. do you know what a package includes? i think it includes a few essentials, like i said, for students that are worried about money or they're struggling financially, so, the university is putting things in place to help but it is still a worry for us and there is still a lack of communication, definitely. natasha, just to be clear about what you are allowed out
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for? my understanding is that it is simplyjust a medical for? my understanding is that it is simply just a medical emergency, for? my understanding is that it is simplyjust a medical emergency, is that right? yes, just medical emergencies, if you want your medicine or... because a lot of the food delivery drivers are probably going to be outside the gate on the main road so we can go out to get the food but that is about it. because if you were in a local lockdown in another part of greater manchester, like bolton or 0ldham, you would be allowed out for a bit of exercise for example, so does it seem right to you? not really, because it is not the same as a local lockdown. we are restricted even more and along with a lot of us, in my flat, none of us have symptoms and somebody has already tested negative, so we wouldn't actually have to isolate, so it is a bit weird. what do you think, joe? i think the same, it is very frustrating to think that if we were in any other flats or buildings
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within greater manchester, we wouldn't be locked in all confined, we would be able to go out for exercise, go for a walk, we wouldn't have security people put on a gate. so it feels frustrating that we are almost being treated like this, but we're hoping that maybe things will change within these two weeks and give us an opportunity to maybe go ona give us an opportunity to maybe go on a walk or things like that. but at the minute it is just literally confined to the small area in front of our flats. obviously you're going to have lectures online for the next couple of weeks at least, how do you feel about that? well, for me personally, i am doing multimedia journalism so for me this is great at the minute, there'sjournalists all around, at the minute, there'sjournalists allaround, and at the minute, there'sjournalists all around, and being at the minute, there'sjournalists allaround, and being on at the minute, there'sjournalists all around, and being on the news is great for me, but i think it will definitely start to wear down on me, not being able to go in and only being able to do it online. yes, that novelty might wear off, joe! what about you, natasha, online lectures only for the next couple of
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weeks? i think it is quite frustrating because i haven't actually been in person yet and i do fashion business and management are so some of it is like graphic design and it would be nice to actually be in person and have somebody show me actually in person. but yes, it is a bit frustrating. so, do you feel like you didn't need to come to the halls of residence, if your stuff is online? i think it's difficult to say, because obviously, things can change throughout the year and obviously no one can see into the future so we don't know what things are going to be like later on but if i was made aware that this was how things would be and things would only be online then i definitely would have reconsidered may be going to university this year. natasha, how do you think your university has handled this? i don't think they've handled this? i don't think they've handled it that well, just because a lot of information, we are getting it staggered, so, when we first got
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locked down, we did not know a lot at all, which caused a lot of panic. but we are starting to get more information now, ijust think if they could have, it should have been prepared and organised before they even sent out an e—mail saying that we we re even sent out an e—mail saying that we were locked down. and there are some students who are saying that they want either rent free accommodation for a month, like the university as glasgow is offering some students, or some kind of re bate some students, or some kind of rebate on the loans and the maintenance grants, what are you think about that? i mean, i com pletely think about that? i mean, i completely understand why people feel like that and i would definitely like to think that there might be some sort of compensation in hand but at the same time i understand that for the university it's also quite difficult for them, this is all very new for them as well and they're this is all very new for them as well and they‘ re relying this is all very new for them as well and they're relying on information from manchester city council, and also health officials as well, so i understand it is difficult for both parties but i think we definitely would appreciate
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a bit more communication, which is starting to come through now but it is still early days. thank you very much, both of you, for talking to us. good luck. you can get in touch with me, wherever url the country, whether you are at uni or not. the headlines on bbc news... self—isolate or face a £1,000 fine — new laws come into force in england for anyone testing positive for coronavirus. all first year and foundation students at manchester metropolitan university will be taught online only for the next two weeks, to try to stop a coronavirus outbreak spreading. the new york times says it has obtained donald trump's tax records, which it says shows he paid just $750 in income tax the year he ran for president. let's talk more about the tax that donald trump did or didn't pay, according to the new york times, it
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was $750 in federal income taxes in the year that he won the presidency. they say they obtained the records covering two decades and they say that he paid no income tax at all in ten out of the previous 15 years. the records are reported to reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. mr trump dismissed the report as "fake news". 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. once again, donald trump and his tax returns — the story that's dogged the president ever since he announced he was running for office, and long before, as a businessman. now, the new york times says it's obtained tax return data from mr trump dating back more than two decades, along with the hundreds of companies that make up his business organisation, and detailed information from his first two years in the white house. the paper says the data shows his finances are under stress, beset by losses, with struggling properties and hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.
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it reports that mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency, and another $750 during his first year in office. he paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous 15 years, according to the paper. this, it says, was largely because he reported losing much more money than he made. the new york times say the records reveal the hollowness but also the wizardry behind the self—made millionaire image. floating presidential tradition, millionaire image. floating presidentialtradition, he millionaire image. floating presidential tradition, he has long refused to make his tax affairs public. speaking at a news conference at the white house, he was quick to deny the latest story. it's fake news. it's totally fake news, made—up, fake. we went through the same stories — you could've asked me the same questions — four years ago i had to litigate this and talk about it.
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er, totally fake news, no. actually, i paid tax, but — and you'll see that as soon as my tax returns are — it's under audit. they've been under audit for a long time. a lawyer for the trump organisation said the story was riddled with inaccuracies, and it questioned the timing, saying it was part ofan ongoing smear campaign in the run—up to the election. it follows mr trump's controversial nomination of a conservative judge to sit on the us supreme court. it also marks the start of a pivotal week in the campaign, when the president and joe biden will finally go head—to—head on tv. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. a series of measures designed to contain the coronavirus are due to be extended around the spanish capital, madrid, today. an additional one million people in the city and its surrounding areas will see their movements restricted. bars and restaurants will also have to close early. the leftwing national government has argued for a more stringent lockdown on the capital, putting it at odds with madrid's
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local conservative authorities. cabinet office minister michael gove is heading to brussels today, as brexit negotiations between the uk and the eu continue. the two sides are attempting to agree a trade deal post—brexit, but sticking points remain over fishing rights and business subsidies. for more than a decade, discounters like aldi and lidl have been the disruptors in the supermarket aisles, stealing customers from bigger rivals and growing sales. but the coronavirus pandemic has been disruptive for them. they've missed out on the huge boom in online sales and increase in convenience store sales. now, aldi's dipping its toe into the online food market, trialling several new concepts, including a deliveroo rapid delivery service and a click and collect service. 0ur correspondent emma simpson has been chatting to the boss of aldi, who started by telling her there's plenty of stock to go round. we've got really good availability across all the products in our range.
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but we have definitely seen a bit of an uptick in demand for certain items, the likes of toilet paper, pasta, rice and tinned foods. but i have to say it's nothing in comparison to what the industry experienced in march. we haven't introduced any restrictions on products at the moment. we were the first supermarket to do that back in march, but that's something that we will continue to review day in, day out. i think the overriding message to customers should be that they should buy exactly what they need, when they need it, as they always do. you have missed out in this boom in online grocery sales. the market's shifted dramatically. so, do you now have a problem because you don't do online? wel, look, you're right, it has been an extraordinary time for the supermarkets. i've never known anything like it. our business performance over the past six months has been very, very solid. we are growing according to data by about 10%. we're growing according to data by about 10%. i think what we also recognise
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is that consumer habits are changing and that we need to evolve our business to meet those new demands and we are actively doing that. we've had a tie—up with deliveroo across 20 stores trialling rapid delivery of groceries to customers' homes. we've announced our first click—and—collect store, which is a project i'm really excited about. what is aldi's game plan now? because some people have said aldi is losing momentum, aldi has peaked. well, we know that the most important thing for our customers is value for money. and that's why we've made it our number one mission to keep our prices the lowest in britain. that is an unbreakable contract that we have with our customers. and such is our confidence in that, you know, i'm announcing today the investment of £1.3 billion in expanding our store network here.
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that means 100 new stores, 100 store upgrades, 4,000 newjobs this year, an additional 3,000 newjobs next year and investment in our logistics chain to support that store growth, our biggest ever investment in 30 years in the uk, i think, is very much testament to the confidence we have in the future here. revised restrictions on the number of people permitted at weddings in england come into force today, with a maximum of 15 people allowed to attend. in scotland up to 20 people can attend weddings, while it's a maximum of 30 in wales and northern ireland. the uk government says weddings are "particularly vulnerable to the spread of covid—19". how much of an impact will the new rules have on brides, grooms and the wedding industry? jessica baines has had to cancel her wedding twice due to coronavirus restrictions and she also runs a wedding cake business which has been badly affected.
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so, talk us through the first cannes selection in may, how did that affect you? so, our first wedding was booked for the 7th of may, and we had booked a nice venue over in the cotswolds, and we had everything planned, we were ready to go, and then lockdown it. so, obviously, we had to get our head around postponing our wedding, like many other couples, across the uk and the world, so, we did so, we spoke to our venue, our venue were quite limited with the dates available to us, we were quite restricted to where we could postpone to, so we had to postpone to a date this year, so we did, and we booked for the 27th of november this year. and you we re 27th of november this year. and you were thinking you might have, what, 30 guests, and now it has got to be 15? yes, we were hopefulthe 30 guests, and now it has got to be 15? yes, we were hopeful the whole journey throughout the summer that by november, things would have picked up in the wedding industry
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but obviously they haven't done, the number of 30 was announced and we we re number of 30 was announced and we were like, we are going to go ahead with it with our 30 favourite people and even that in itself was quite a shift from having nearly 100 guests. we had gone through who we were going to have, we had made different plans, we had completely changed our wedding to fit around it, and we had finally got our head around 30 people and had started to get quite excited about it again. and how do you feel about the fact that it is now 15? i mean, it's absolutely devastating, to be honest. we had plans, going through all of the unpredictability of the summer in the wedding industry and we felt like the number of 30, we had been given an opportunity to go ahead, we wa nted given an opportunity to go ahead, we wanted to take that, and then last minute, out of nowhere, just to slash it in half, its so difficult, it's not a decision of choosing out
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of your friends, it's it's not a decision of choosing out of yourfriends, it's now it's not a decision of choosing out of your friends, it's now choosing which immediate family members you can choose. for some people they have to choose whether they can have their brother or their sister there. and it's just not really viable. you're ending up spending a huge amount of money on a wedding for only 15 people. did you consider trying to post about again or was that not really an option?” trying to post about again or was that not really an option? i think because of the way the wedding industry has suffered so much, so many people did get the opportunity to postpone from 2020 to 2021, so, wedding venues are nowjust chock—a—block with weddings next year, and there's no dates available, or if they are, they are very limited, on a tuesday or a wednesday, they are right at the end of next year, and the options are so slim now for someone postponing, you're slim now for someone postponing, you' re left slim now for someone postponing, you're left with nothing on the table, really. and so, we are going
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ahead with our november wedding, with just our parents and sisters and brothers. and i know one of the reasons i think for going ahead is because your fiance's dad has alzheimer's, and you really, really wa nt alzheimer's, and you really, really want him to be there? yes, you know, he is such an incredible part of our life, and you know, if we do postpone until 2022, which is our option at the moment, you just don't know which of your loved members will be able to be there, and we wa nt will be able to be there, and we want him there, and our wedding wouldn't be the same without him, so, yes, we are going to go ahead so that we can have our closest people with us. and one word about your own business, because i can see that you make wedding cakes for a living, that must have been really hit badly? yes, there hit on the wedding industry has been absolutely horrendous. 0ur income is seasonal
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a nyway horrendous. 0ur income is seasonal anyway so we have lost an entire season's worth of weddings already. some people have not even had a wedding this year. i have been lucky enough to have two. and then because of the six months restrictions to 15 people, it is going to hit next yea r‘s people, it is going to hit next year's wedding as well, and it is going to carry on going through next year, and there isjust no predictability, you can't plan your wedding, for other couples, you know, people having their wedding in august don't know if it is going to be ok by then. as a wedding business, we can't financially survive on nothing. the wedding industry contributes about £10 billion to the uk economy a yeah, and with such a creative backbone to the country, and we're just not able to do ourjobs and there is no support there for us at all. i am in a privileged position that i do have support from my fiance and family but a lot of people don't and
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businesses can't survive on nothing for much longer. thank you very much, jessica, good luck four november, i really hope it goes brilliantly. jessica baines. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, after a rather cool weekend and a chilly start for some of us this morning, things are turning milder through the rest of their as the winds begin to come in from the west. we have lost the really cold northerlies we had over the weekend. we do have a band of cloud and patchy rain pushing its way eastwards. ahead of that, east anglia and the south—east actually brightening up through the day. and we will also see sunshine returning to northern ireland. quite a breezy day for northern ireland and scotland. lighter winds further south, temperatures between 14—19 . through tonight, this band of cloud and patchy rain will continue its journey eastwards, it will linger across east anglia and the south—east into the first part of tomorrow morning. clear skies following on behind. quite a cool night across the northern half of the uk. and then into tomorrow this cloud
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and patchy rain will linger for a while across east anglia and the south—east, but for the most part, tomorrow is a fine, dry day with long spells of sunshine, probably the driest day of the week, temperatures of 13—19 degrees. but it turns much more unsettled from mid week onwards. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. self—isolate or face £1,000 fine — new laws come into force in england for anyone testing positive for coronavirus. all first—year and foundation students at manchester metropolitan university will be taught online for the next two weeks, to try to stop a coronavirus outbreak spreading. three more areas of wales are going into local lockdown, meaning nearly two—thirds of the country will be living under tighter restrictions. the new york times says it has obtained donald trump's tax records, which it says shows he paid just $750 in income tax the year he ran for president.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. 0ne one word to sum up the weekend, handball has been the word of the weekend in the premier league. so much controversy over the way the laws are now being interpreted. two controversial penalties were awarded on saturday, another yesterday. tottenham's eric dier was the man punished against newcastle. it was given because dier‘s arm wasjudged to have been made unnaturally bigger. these aren't brand new laws, they'rejust being enforced more harshly now by fifa. so far this season, six penalties have been awarded for handball compared to 19 in the entirety of the last campaign. newcastle scored their penalty to get a 1—1 draw, but even their manager was unhappy. i think we have lost the plot with it totally, i really do. and i think it loses the spectacle also. i mean, we are waiting around for three or four minutes, is it a penalty or not? wow.
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and if that had been the boot on the otherfoot, i'm1—0 up, and i've given a penalty away like that, it's like, hang on a minute, this is ridiculous. wins elsewhere in the premier league yesterday for leicester, leeds and west ham. to paris, where dan evans, jo konta and andy murray all went out on the first day of the french open tennis. murray was comfortably beaten by stan wawrinka. he only managed to win six games in what was the joint heaviest defeat for him at a grand slam event. murray says he won't "just brush aside" what was a heavy defeat. lewis hamilton's accused formula 1 bosses of trying to stop him, after he missed out on the chance to equal the all—time record of grand prix wins. he was given a ten—second penalty at the russian grand prix after performing practice starts before the race from a spot on the track where he wasn't allowed to. he eventually finished third, with team—mate valtteri bottas taking the win. since the return of the football after the pandemic there has been a
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focus on racism. players, managers, and officials have been telling the bbc about their experiences and what must be done to stamp out discrimination. miriam walker—khan reports. it takes away your innocence, definitely. you are seen as the threat, i guess. i think itjust angered me more than anything. you had to be thick—skinned, you had to get on with it. the people are different, but the problem is the same: racism in football. what i can remember was kicking off, played the ball to beckham, it was all fine, played it back to ashley cole, and then it was like a ‘boo'. played across to sol. up to me — ‘boo'. and then back to scholsie — nothing. october 2002. in bratislava, slovakfans racially abused england's black players. emile heskey says it was some of the worst racist abuse of his career. when it went to a black player, it was booing, but when it went to a white player it was nothing.
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the actual booing was monkey chants. commentator: a chance for heskey for england! emile heskey! heskey had a long england career, from youth football through to world cups. as a teenager playing against ireland, he was spat at and called racial slurs, but never reported it, worried he would be deemed a troublemaker. we had no real voice in that sense of power, to do anything. so it was staying on the pitch, showing my skills and winning the game. since the start of the premier league nearly three decades ago, the number of bame players has increased, but there's still only been nine non—white managers. as a player and manager, chris hughton has felt the effect of racism. all of these black and ethnic players in the late '70s and early '80s, they would have gone through a playing career that they would have been subjected to racial comments, racial discrimination. and it's impossible for you not to think, "well, you know,
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do i want is a further career in this game?" and it's not only in the men's game. england international anita asa nte says as a black player, she's had to work twice as hard. you don't want any individual to feel that they can't be 100% themselves. maybe on that particular day, in a training session, i am that very competitive person that comes across a little bit more, erm, feisty. but because there's an association with being a black woman and having that kind of energy and boldness, it's not always seen as a positive thing. i might refrain from being that person. that's what i think is a sad thing. the global protests that followed george floyd's death challenged racism around the world, and footballers played their part. the new generation are pushing for change. among them, watford's andre gray. if us as players keep speaking up and being very vocal about it, that — it will always be in their minds now, and if anyone does get
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caught or does do it, then the repercussions will be stronger than they have been before. the problem remains, but by using their voices now, they hope the conversation will one day be over. miriam walker—khan, bbc news. that's all from us for now, more from the bbc sport centre throughout the day. victoria. thank you, sally. good morning, this is bbc news. it is 9:40am. a bbc panorama investigation has found a catalogue of concerns from whistle—blowers inside the government's test and trace system. 0ne says she spoke to just one positive case in four months. the government says 500,000 people have been contacted, as lauren moss reports. today has been a total and utter waste of time. i've been unable to log in for the entire shift. alex is one of thousands of coronavirus tracers hired to work for the nhs test and trace system in england. she used to be employed by the bbc before changing careers to be a health care professional but was unable to work during the pandemic.
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in the four months since test and trace went live, alex spoke to only one person with coronavirus. my grey hairs that are turning up now have come from trying to deal with the system. test and trace was launched at the end of may with high expectations it would be a key component in the battle against the pandemic. we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world beating. tracers like alex are tasked with contacting people who have tested positive for the virus to ask them to self—isolate and provide the details of people they've been in close contact with. sta rt they've been in close contact with. start racing... but alex says it fell short of what she expected.” feel quite ashamed to tell people that this is what i've been working on. how do i say to people i've been working on this performance and have spoken to one person in that time. i expected to be busy all the time but instead i was sat in my bedroom or i was sat in my living room, literally like a robot pressing a button hoping that a case was going to pop up. it is demoralising. latest
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figures show that just up. it is demoralising. latest figures show thatjust over one in five people who have tested positive still are not being reached.“ five people who have tested positive still are not being reached. if you test positive... the government has set aside £12 billion for a test and trace, an estimated 1 billion had been spent by the end ofjuly and there are questions about how it is being used. it is substantial sums of money going out of the door and we don't know exactly what it is achieving. they should never shy away from being open about help at taxpayers' money is being spent because in the end we all have to pay this back. the department of health says the system is one of the largest in the world. it works with a wide range of private and public sector partners. it says local authorities have been an integral pa rt authorities have been an integral part of its response throughout and that they have been receiving test, case and contact tracing data since the 24th of june. case and contact tracing data since the 24th ofjune. 500,000 people have been contacted and told to isolate. more information on how funding is spent will be published next summer. is it what i thought it would be? no. is it what i'd hoped it would be? no. alex has now left
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test and trace but with thousands of new coronavirus cases every day the system will likely be more important than ever as we head into what is expected to be a difficult winter. lauren moss, bbc news. let's speak now to meg hillier, the labour mp for hackney south and shoreditch and chair of the public accounts committee. hello to you. good morning. the first four days of the app, 10 million have downloaded it so far according to the health secretary, but you cannot add details of tests carried out by public health england or nhs tests. how has it been performing? difficult to say in this early stage but it has got to have the confidence of the public and the problem is we already saw nearly £12 million spent on the first app that didn't go anywhere and i think a lack of confidence, as you have heard from that video tape in the general test and trace system. so the key thing is to get the public to download it and then there will bea to download it and then there will be a proper analysis of whether it is setting —— doing what it set out
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to do. 10 million now, that was the figure yesterday of downloads, would suggest there is a reasonable amount of confidence among the public. the key is whether it works and we are hearing about glitches and in some ways you would expect that in a new thing but in some ways with something as important if there are glitches it can dent confidence and of people get messages to self—isolate they may not do it if they think it is not working. it is only a couple of days on and i'm not qualified to make a judgment at this point. it is a critical part of the system and of course the government has set great store in this and so it has got to work. let me ask you about testing and tracing in your own constituency. how do you believe thatis own constituency. how do you believe that is going? it has been a big problem from the beginning that local public health officials were not as closely involved as they should have been, as it is vital we have that local component, you do need some central resource. it has got better in that we are now getting more data, more detailed data about whether people are being tested and positive but there is a lot more that needs to be done. we
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need to know where someone works on things like that in order to make sure that you are really extending it locally. that's one of the things that's been missing from the beginning. as that video tape says, more information was getting out from around june but it is still not working as well as it could have been, had that been started at the beginning. can ijust ask been, had that been started at the beginning. can i just ask you been, had that been started at the beginning. can ijust ask you about a report on the front of the times newspaper today which says ministers are preparing to enforce a total social lockdown across much of northern england and potentially london, that would mean pubs, restau ra nts, london, that would mean pubs, restaurants, bars all closing for two weeks initially and households not being able to mix at all? would you welcome back for london?” not being able to mix at all? would you welcome back for london? i think it would be very challenging but it all goes back to how the government and prime minister in particular pushed for freedom from the restrictions early on, saying to people go back to work or lose your job is not a responsible message when we know that workplaces and social environments, and household interaction are where things are spread. we have had really confusing
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m essa q es spread. we have had really confusing m essa g es by spread. we have had really confusing messages by the government which has led to this even being contemplated. my led to this even being contemplated. my key thing is if you close thing is for two weeks, whereas the back—up from government for those jobs, salaries and so on, because businesses are really under the cosh fighting to survive thinking they are on the way out and without backfill from taxpayers through the government some of them just won't survive a two—week lockdown. government some of them just won't survive a two-week lockdown. we have furlough until the end of october as you know and then we have the new job support scheme. we have also got a £500 payment for those on the lowest incomes who also take home some benefits if they are forced to self—isolate. isn't that enough?m may be but some businesses, we all know the ones on our own patch best, will be really struggling even then. so it's going to be very tough. if thatis so it's going to be very tough. if that is what it takes, we are in the middle of a health pandemic. the key thing that confuses me is the government's confusing messages. 0ne minute only weeks ago, the prime minister was saying get back to work, it is your responsibility to do so and then he turns around six or seven weeks later and he says don't go back to work. he's got to
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ta ke don't go back to work. he's got to take some personal responsibility for these mixed messages and that lifting so far so early as one of the reasons we are even contemplating a social lockdown of this nature. of course, the health of the nation and our lives must come first. thank you very much for talking to us, meg hillier, mp, chair of the public accounts committee. if you want to get in touch, send an e—mail to victoria at bbc.co.uk, or message me on instagram or twitter. the headlines now at 9:45am. the headlines on bbc news. self—isolate or face a £1,000 fine — new laws come into force in england for anyone testing positive for coronavirus. all first—year and foundation students at manchester metropolitan university will be taught online only for the next two weeks, to try to stop a coronavirus outbreak spreading.
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the new york times says it has obtained donald trump's tax records, which it says shows he paid just $750 in income tax the year he ran for president. it's reported that harry and meghan have agreed to be filmed for a reality tv series on netflix. this comes after prince harry and meghan signed a multi—year deal with the video streaming giant, as part of their new careers away from the royal family. the couple who live in california, have been in a legal battle with the mail on sunday and meghan is suing the paper for a breach of privacy — allegations the publisher denies. we can speak now to royal commentator and historian, anna whitelock — who joins us from cambridge. good morning. if this is true, what do you think? hi, can you hear me? sorry, i lost you, can you ask that ain? sorry, i lost you, can you ask that again? i certainly can, i hope you can hear it. if this is true, what do you think of this idea? well, i mean, ithink do you think of this idea? well, i mean, i think it is another example of harry and meghan determined to do things their own way. for some people this would be hypocrisy given
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the fact that of course they are taking the mail to court for media intrusion but this is them doing their own thing away from the royal family. it is not what the royal family. it is not what the royal family would want. the deal that was struck when they parted was that the couple would uphold the values of the queen. they have spoken out about the american election which has clearly ruffled some feathers at buckingham palace. this is another move away doing their own thing. they say this is going to be shining a light on their philanthropic projects. but of course, netflix are going to want some kind of expose. i'm sure there is going to be pressure for a behind—the—scenes tour of harry and meghan's home and personal life and i will make uncomfortable viewing for the royal family. but it depends what they show in terms of whether it is uncomfortable for the royal family are not. do you think they are heading down the 0bama path, what
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the 0bamas have done since barack 0bama stopped being president? the 0bamas have done since barack obama stopped being president? yes, exactly, that very much came to mind, a sort of sense of the 0bamas as an inspiration, they are friends with the 0bamas and the 0bamas have struck a deal with netflix. i think the 0bamas have done things, not least of course barack being present and michelle has spoken out and in involved with a number of causes. harry and megan, are they overextending themselves? —— meghan. they have yet to get a track record of philanthropic activity. of course harry has set up the invictus games played a role with injured military servicemen. meghan has spoken out on various causes but i wonder if they have really got the calibre, if you like, of the 0bamas to actually justify this expose, this study of
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them and their philanthropic activities. it feels a little bit premature but clearly harry and meghan are looking for publicity and this profile and i think meghan, by all accounts, wants people to see the real her. she has been effectively gagged while being a member of the royal family and this is an opportunity for them to branch out and speak out. would you watch it? probably. i would out and speak out. would you watch it? probably. iwould definitely watch it. this is the thing, people obviously will and wood and they know that. they are a big brand. they obviously want to be a brand in their own right. at the moment they area brand their own right. at the moment they are a brand because they are sort of exiled royals, they are in this sort of halfway house where their position in the royalfamily, or outside the royal family, position in the royalfamily, or outside the royalfamily, is position in the royalfamily, or outside the royal family, is set to be reviewed in march after a year. and at that point they may actually be stripped of the title is hrh. at the moment they are just not allowed to use them. there was a sense that, perhaps, harry would be able to
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continue with his associations and titles within the military. i think that's looking very uncertain, if they are going to go along this path, basically trying to commercialise the sussex brand and the netflix deal is clearly a big step in that direction. thank you very much. take care. sir david attenborough has given a new warning about his fears for the planet and he's highlighted how he's been using social media to get his message across. last week he became the fastest person to reach a million followers on instagram. he's been talking to louise minchin, ahead of the release of his latest book and documentary. i'm so old, it's difficult to teach an old dog new tricks, you know, and i'm not a great user of social media and i haven't used instagram before. but the message that i am concerned about is so important, i'd use any medium to get it across. through, for example,
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instagram and other ways of social media, you know, you do have a chance, don't you, to reach out to a different audience. but there is a real sense — because we have had people, so many people get in touch with us with questions for you that the younger generation seem to be — many of them are on board. how does that make you feel? oh, well! i mean, that's the great hope! i mean, that is the most important hope! the most important place where there should be hope! it's their world and it's their tomorrow. i won't be there — they will be. it's theirs! and if they aren't persuaded that it's important, we're wasting our time! of course it's very important that young people should be concerned about this — and they are, in increasing numbers. it's extraordinarily touching. and i feel privileged that they should listen to what an old bloke like me is talking about. sir david attenborough. seven years ago, jason liversidge was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, but since then he's set
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himself a number of extreme challenges, from climbing the highest mountain in wales to abseiling off the humber bridge — a 155—metre—high suspension bridge in england. this weekend he set a guinness world record for driving an electric wheelchair at more than 66mph. graham satchell has this. elvington airfield, yorkshire. jason liversidge is getting ready for a world record attempt to be the fastest ever in an electric wheelchair. i am feeling really excited forjason. i'm feeling a little bit apprehensive, but i'm absolutely certain he can do it. jason has motor neurone disease. he can no longer walk or talk — but has just enough movement in his left hand to control this
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specially adapted wheelchair. a test run. the current world record is 62mph. jason gets to just over 50. there's no stopping him, really, you know, if you said to jason you can't do something because that's impossible for someone in jason's condition, he'd find a way round. we've followed jason's journey from a number of years on this programme. from recording his own voice... this is the first time with my new voice. that is really good. that is. ..to abseiling from the humber bridge... ..to climbing snowden, the highest mountain in wales. jason has set himself these extraordinary challenges to create memories for his two girls, lily and poppy, and to raise money for charity. we still have hope that one day there might be a cure. and, as you know, jason has raised a lot of money for charity
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and he is now raising money for the motor neurone for the motor neurone disease association with his latest challenge. i can see what it means to jason. what does it mean to you as a family, liz? i think we are alljust incredibly proud of jason. just because you have a terminal illness, that is not the end of your life. you can still go on and achieve your goals. back at the airfield the final checks are done and it back at the airfield the final checks are done and jason is on his way. when they announced he got to 66mph it was just amazing. we were all elated and jumping up and down and screaming. oh, my god! the top speed confirmed at 66.826mph, a new world record. my ultimate goal was to do it for my girls, lily and poppy. for them to have a certificate of my achievement, along with the other memories
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we have created. it's so much to share it with my girls. i thought it was really awesome and cool. yeah. and what you think of your dad? i think it's really amazing that he made the record. congratulations, the fastest wheelchair. jason is a world record holder and he's planning more challenges in the months ahead. graham satchell, bbc news. the amazing jason liversidge. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, after what was a decidedly cool weekend and a rather chilly start for some of us this morning, things are actually turning milder through the rest of today. but at the same time it's turning cloudier from the west with some outbreaks of rain.
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but we've lost this swirl of cloud. this area of low pressure which drove the cold northerly winds many of us had to deal with over the weekend. instead, the winds are switching direction coming in from the west, so that's going to turn things a bit milder. but you can see cloud rolling in as well and that cloud producing some outbreaks of rain as it limps its way eastwards across scotland, wales into parts of the midlands and north—west england. a few spots of rain into the south—west through the afternoon as well. brightening up for east anglia and the south—east after a cloudy start but we'll also see sunshine returning to northern ireland. temperatures 14—19 , it will be quite windy across the northern half of the uk. through this evening and tonight a band of cloud and increasingly light and patchy rain will push its way further eastwards. it will get stuck for a time across east anglia and the south—east through the small hours of tuesday morning. elsewhere, some clear spells and quite a chilly night for scotland and northern ireland. one or two spots in the countryside down to two or three degrees. so tomorrow, our band of cloud and very patchy rain will linger for a time across eastern england, but generally speaking tomorrow is a dry and bright day
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with long spells of sunshine, just one or two showers here and there and it will not feel too bad. temperatures getting up to between 13 and 19 degrees. you can see behind me cloud and rain starting to gather and that will make for an unsettled midweek period as this area of low pressure pushes in, frontal systems bringing outbreaks of rain and some pretty brisk winds as well. we could see wind gusts of 40—45, may be 50mph in the most exposed spots. outbreaks of rain pushing quite erratically eastwards. some of the rain will be heavy. temperatures between 13 and 18 degrees. now, as we head towards the end of the week, it looks like the unsettled theme continues and, if anything, it could turn even more unsettled with low pressure likely to deepen close to the south of the uk. a bit of uncertainty about exactly where this low will end up. but as we head towards the end of the week and indeed the weekend there is the potential for some very wet and very windy weather, and it will also start to feel rather cool again.
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claudia hello, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire. and here are the headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the new york times says it has obtained donald trump's tax records, which it says shows he paid just $750 in income tax the year he ran for president. mrtrump mr trump dismisses the report as fa ke mr trump dismisses the report as fake news. self—isolate or face a £1,000 fine — new laws come into force in england for anyone testing positive for coronavirus. the majority of people have been following the rules but we know that not everybody has, which is one reason why we have been seeing an increase in the rates again. all first year and foundation students at manchester metropolitan university will be taught online only for the next two weeks, to try to stop a coronavirus outbreak spreading. if you're a student currently
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