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retail, back in july when the in retail, back injuly when the retail sector was opening up, 500,000 people in that month alone who worked in retail moved off furlough and back into work but the flip of that is there are some people and some particular groups that had been more likely to come off furlough but sadly move into unemployment so we know, for example, 20% of young people aged 16-25 example, 20% of young people aged 16—25 who were on furlough, have now moved into unemployment. and that is why it is still really welcome, the government has maintained the furloughed scheme but they also need to continue to think about the support for those who move into unemployment because that is where the income hits are the largest, thatis the income hits are the largest, that is where people who struggle the most and manage their finances, at the moment, it's a welcome boost to universal credit, support for lots of out of work families, it is set to phase out at the end of march so set to phase out at the end of march so it would be good for the government to commit to keeping that in place. is there a lodger,
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perhaps, we were going to have a job support scheme from today but that has been overtaken by events in england because of the national lockdown, and furlough being continued, would it help if the government said, look, we're going to leave this in place until say, the end of march as denmark and we might tweak the amounts according to how many businesses need it and the scale but basically, you will have the reassurance of knowing if you go into another lockdown, let say in january or february, that scheme will still be in place? it would be welcome to see more certainty from the government in terms of economic support they're offering for businesses. now there has been four changes in about a month to the support. the job support scheme was introduced and then tweak and now thejob support scheme was introduced and then tweak and now the job retention scheme is back. thejob support scheme, the chancellor said that
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would be in place for up to six months. having some clarity on how long the support scheme will be in place would be welcome and it is worth stepping back and reflecting on how different the support package that has been offered in the uk that has focussed on keeping people in their jobs, has focussed on keeping people in theirjobs, as to countries like america, where in april, may, june and july, the unemployment benefit was increased by $600 a week. there are different ways that governments have been responding. but it is welcome that the furlough scheme has been extended for another month. that will help businesses and employees across the country to keep going through this difficult time. thank you. transport for london has secured a bailout from the government worth around £1.7 billion. tfl says the agreement will enable it to continue operating services
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in the capital until april 5 2021. the exact amount of money involved is subject to passenger revenue. talks on longer—term funding continue. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, some rough conditions around western areas again later. the winds will be picking up across the country. this morning's rain out of way to have sunshine for the start of afternoon. but more rain coming to northern ireland, scotland and northern wales. strongest of the winds through the western isles, touching 80mph later. 66mph in the north and west of wales to finish the day. it stays breezy in the south. and some outbreak of rain and a very mild night, 18 degrees could be one of the warmest nights on
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record. a chilly night in scotland. the chilly air will work its way through the rest of the day. showers most frequent in southern scotland, northern england, north and west wales and northern ireland. some heavy with hail and thunder and chilly in the north. a full forecast later. this is bbc world news, the headlines: a senior government minister warns the second national lockdown in england could last more than a month — amid fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. typhoon goni, has made landfall in the philippines — with sustained winds of 225 kilometres an hour. the most powerful storm this year has caused the evacuation of over 200,000 people. the us presidential candidates are making a "final weekend" dash around swing states. donald trump has been in pennsylvania and joe biden in michigan —
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both states that could be key to winning the white house. let's get the sport now with jane dougall england are rugby's six nations champions, finishing top of the table at the end of a delayed final day of the competition. they'll be presented with the trophy later. they beat italy in rome and neither france nor ireland could catch them, as adam wild reports. a conclusion that has kept everyone waiting in a tournament that kept everyone guessing. almost nine months after the start of this year's six nations, rome is where the answers would finally begin to reveal themselves. england one of three teams who could have still won it, and rome, perhaps, a fitting place for england's own centurion — ben youngs on his 100th appearance
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opening the scoring. for their part, england needed to win and win well, so it took until the second half before they really took charge. youngs‘s memorable nightjust got better. and when tom curry crossed for england's fourth, they had the all—important bonus point. now, would it be enough? to paris then, where both france and ireland still had hope of beating england to the title. france needed a huge win and, despite an early try, ireland never looked likely to give them that. they had their own ambitions. but while this robbie henshaw score offered hope, france pushed onto to a deserved victory — enough to defeat ireland but crucially not enough to catch england. six nations champions by the slimmest of margins. the tournament that made everyone wait, for england, the end worth waiting for. adam wild, bbc news. elsewhere, it was a landmark day for wales captain alun wynjones who won a record 149th international test cap, but he couldn't mark the milestone with a victory,
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as scotland ran out 14—10 winners. it's the first time in 18 years scotland have won in wales. the premier league and other elite sport can continue behind closed doors during the new four—week national lockdown in england. that's according to the culture secretary oliver dowden. however, it's not clear how grassroots and amateur sport will be affected. last night, liverpool moved back to the top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat west ham 2—1. substitute diogojota got the winner with just five minutes to go at anfield, the third successive game he's scored in. west ham had taken an early lead, before mohamad salah levelled from the penalty spot. manchester city were 1—0 winners at sheffield united — kyle walker scoring with a long range effort against his boyhood club. sheffield united are still without a win this season and are in the relegation zone with just one point from seven games.
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chelsea were 3—0 winners at burnley. hakim ziyech opened the scoring for frank lampard's side. kurt zouma added a second, before timo werner sealed the win. burnley are now bottom of the table and are yet to win a game this season. an extra—time penalty sent hearts into the scottish cup final as they saw off edinburgh rivals hibs in a hampden thriller. liam boyce made it 2—1, scoring the decisive spot kick. it was bit of a sore one for hibs — they missed a penalty of their own just minutes earlier. hearts reach the final for a second consecutive year. lewis hamilton will look to extend his record of 92 grand prix wins today, but first, he'll have to find a way past mercedes team mate valtteri bottas, who starts on pole for this afternoon's emilia romagna grand prix. the firm edged out hamilton, with red bull's max verstappen third quickest.
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mercedes could win a seventh consecutive constructors‘ title at imola today — which is hosting it's first race since the 2006 san marino grand prix. britain's derek chisora was beaten unanimously on points by oleksandr usyk in their heavweight bout in london last night. victory means usyk remains the mandaory challenger for anthonyjoshua's wbo title, and joshua was watching on ringside. england's netballers have suffered a 3—0 series defeat to new zealand after losing the third test in hamilton. england lost the game 62—117 to the world cup holders, meaning the silver ferns complete a clean sweep in the series. that's all the sport for now.
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hello and welcome to our look at what's in the sunday papers. joining me this morning are the editor of labourlist sienna rodgers and the property and finance commentator anne ashworth. let's have a look at the front pages. the prime ministers ‘u—turn‘ puts the country under a tough new lockdown, thats according to the observer. the telegraph says the four—week lockdown will save the nhs, as it warns readers to ‘stay at home'. the paper also notes that millions more will be furloughed, as the government extends the scheme until december. the sunday express describes the impending lockdown in england as a ‘last ditch plea' to save christmas and to avoid a medical distaster. shockdown — that's the headline in the sunday mirror.
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it leads with warnings from experts who say the lockdown delay could cost lives. the sunday times says the prime minister was forced in to this new lockdown by fears of a ‘medical disaster‘ — as uk coronavirus cases hit1 million. the mail on sunday reports that lockdown has sparked a ‘tory civil war‘ as the paper claims members of the cabinet were ‘kept in the dark‘. and the star has a front tribute to former 007, sir sean connery, who has died aged 90. now i‘m sure we will find time to say goodbye to bond later, but let‘s start with the story that has drien everything else off the front—pages and lockdown two says the sunday express. what do you make of what the papers say. it is the story
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dominating the front—pages and it is quite clear there was something in the content of borisjohnson‘s announcement yesterday that has really touched people, that appeal to save it, we must be humble in the face of nature and in order to save the nhs that we need to be locked down again. of course there is against a background of a huge amount of disagreement amongst his mps, buti amount of disagreement amongst his mps, but i think it is quite clear that this was necessary, probably too long delayed. what i did not see in the speech was the appeal to people to obey the rules and to save thejobs of a people to obey the rules and to save the jobs of a generation. people to obey the rules and to save thejobs of a generation. this people to obey the rules and to save the jobs of a generation. this time around, people have got to play by the rules, so that we can emerge from this and when the prime minister speaks in the commons i hope that he finds something within himself that resonates with people
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that will make them keep the rules, because without that, we will not emerge. if we look at the sunday times, that line that ann was talking about is there, top headline, fears of medical disaster force prime minister into new lockdown. the politics of this are quite complicated in terms of word force, it picks up something that serve mps were unhappy about. what did you make of the whole tone? yes, well obviously, it has been a really news—heavy well obviously, it has been a really news— heavy week, but well obviously, it has been a really news—heavy week, but lock don has dominated the papers. we were waiting for hours for this press co nfe re nce waiting for hours for this press conference to actually take place. in terms of politics, it enrages his owi'i in terms of politics, it enrages his own conservative mps and i think actually everyone was angry yesterday, because obviously this press conference had to be arranged after the details were leaked to papers and they all came out friday
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night. the news that there would be a lockdown next week. that isjust not how people want to find out. there are so many details missing when a story is written up that way and it shows once again the government has not got a grip on its communication. over and again throughout this, they have let details leak and clearly the government is really straining under the pressure of the crisis and clearly it is very big and there are going to be leaks. but it doesn't seem going to be leaks. but it doesn't seem to have made any progress in stopping those and when the kind of details of these stories and new measures, which completely change people lives, they come out in the worst way and i'm sure they are aware of that. there is a debate in government we hear about who did what and said what and why in a sense that is academic. on the
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medical side, ann, the times says fors prime minister into lockdown. do you think he had no choice? he had no choice and he was rushed into it. it seems to be as though there was the situation where all the hospitals could be full by december lith and doctors, who remember, went through terrible things and choosing who would live and die and we don‘t wa nt to who would live and die and we don‘t want to put our already under pressure health workers under that. but again, as sienna said, was it also rushed that that point was not as clearly made as it should have been. picking up on the politics of this, inside the telegraph they have an article by iain duncan smith, who ta kes a an article by iain duncan smith, who takes a pretty sceptical line on this. and who is particularly angry, as he feels this is advisors leading
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ministers, not ministers making decisions for themselves. he says, we are now to impersonate the grand old duke of york, giving into the advisors and marching england back into another lockdown. sage has pressure ised the government into this. what do you make of the argument that it is not the job of advisors to hold a sword of damocles over the politicians? this what is iain duncan smith is saying, sage has confused advice with command. this is to do with tory in fighting, because borisjohnson this is to do with tory in fighting, because boris johnson will be criticised, partly because tory mps have been arguing against a lockdown and now they have to do a screeching u—turn. in terms of iain duncan smith's contribution, ijust think it is laughable. i don't it is
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constructive. he disagrees with repeated lockdowns. we all don't like lockdowns, but he offers no alternative and quotes david nabarro from the world health organization who says it should be the last resort. but this is the last resort. the key is we need strong public health services and a robust test and trace system. that is the one thing they don't want to talk about, because it is so going so badly wrong. he also says he's already pointing out, this was written last night, but it could be longer than four weeks, that is a concession that michael gove has made this morning. no one knows. what do you think will be the effect on what the mail calls the lockdown sparking tory civil war, if the government has to come back to say, you know we
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said 1st december, actually it will be the 8th or 15th or whaer date?|j don‘t be the 8th or 15th or whaer date?” don‘t know whether people will be so concerned as to know what will be done to revive the economy when we come out of this. iain duncan smith, whether you agree with him or not said it is not is much a circuit breaker as a business breaker. we need confidence that support for jobs and growth, as we learned earlier in the programme, for the unemployed, what will happen to those people who will not, whose businesses will not recover. i think this needs to be, we are approaching a week in parliament, which david davis, compared the decision to go into lockdown as almost like going into lockdown as almost like going into a war. that may be a slight exaggeration. but the population and the nation needs to know what is
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going to be in place when we come out and how we come out. there is so much uncertainty. it is a rushed decision poorly communicated. the government should have learned decision poorly communicated. the government should have [earned its lesson by now. the telegram says, four week lockdown to save nhs, as millions face return to furlough. they managed to get the lockdown in, the purpose of protecting the nhs and the surprise u—turn on furlough, all in the space of what, i can‘t even count the words, eight or ten words. pretty good going. even count the words, eight or ten words. pretty good goingm even count the words, eight or ten words. pretty good going. it is a very cleverly done headline. we always aim for that. it hatz a lot of details about how the lockdown will be different from the first one, so the main thing is obviously education, so schools, universities, nurseries will stay open. that mean it is government needs to reassure people working in those settings
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that they will be safe and all the processes are in place to make sure those workers are safe. the other thing is, yes, so furlough is now back to 80% and that means not 80% just for the worker, but the government is going to be paying that. so it is back to august and before they were winding down the furlough scheme. the one thing that isn't mentioned is the support for self—employed workers who are still only going to get 40%. a lot of those people will not be able to work at allf those people will not be able to work at all f they work in events, so work at all f they work in events, so many things they have to do indoors with other people. they are being banned from working and only getting 40% and it could be 40% of minimum wage. that is something the government needs tolike at.= minimum wage. that is something the government needs tolike at. - e-- to look at. another great mirror, shock down. it is snappy, it is all the information is there. but that word
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is quite effective isn‘t it in conveying the message?” is quite effective isn‘t it in conveying the message? i love this morning you‘re paying tribute to the a rts morning you‘re paying tribute to the arts of the person who write it is headline, because it is beautifully crafted. we rely on the people around us, your producers and son, but a great headline makes it, a shock down, but was it a shock? we knew there was a lot of dithering going on and this second lockdown was inevitable and was probably delayed. i think let's stay with the mirror for the delayed. i think let's stay with the mirrorfor the other big delayed. i think let's stay with the mirror for the other big story of saturday and that is a lovely picture of the youthful, handsome sean connery in the prime of life, as james bond. i don‘t know if it is as james bond. i don‘t know if it is
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a publicity shot from dr no. as a younger viewer, somebody who wouldn‘t have been around when he was playing bond, but doubtless saw it, all those reruns, what do you make of him? well obviously he is a hollywood ledge ends and will be remembered for the bond films and other films. but i will be having to spend lockdown catching up on sean connery films. because i'm not a bond fan. but neither was he. he saidi bond fan. but neither was he. he said i hate him and i want to kill him. we have that in common. he certainly paid his debt. interesting other bonds alljoining in. pierce brosnan said he was the one everyone looked to. he said, each man in his turn looked to you with reverence.
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he saidi turn looked to you with reverence. he said i watched you when i was a little boy growing up. your memories of sean connery? i think it it is an extraordinary life from a tenement to global stardom through any number ofjobs on the way, including coffin polishing! and the way he rose up to fame, the people who helped him, the obituaries will make great reading, but his open support of an independent scotland and his willingness to be very critical of star system. and you know when we alldie, if star system. and you know when we all die, if only we could have tributes like that, they are incredibly moving from pierce brosnan and michael caine and the people who worked with him. whether a life and wh a life well lived. and it is interesting the politics of
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this, a lot of people, not least on the unionist side who were critical of sean connery, because he lived abroad and his tax status, but also that being this issue of a quote from a long, from many years ago, from a long, from many years ago, from his first marriage, which suggested domestic violence had raised its head. the ambiguities they will have to deal with. it is important that you have to consider somebody's life. if you write an obituary, you have to consider the ups and down and the complexities about that person. no one is all one thing. no one is all good. there is some controversy about the fact he was a tax exile, but he was outspoken about his scottish nationalism and support for independence. i noticed that nicola sturgeon posted a thread about him and appreciated his support of course. the tattoo of scotland is
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something people referred to. there isa something people referred to. there is a touching interview that is mentioned on the front of the mail with his widow, a french algerian artist, who revealed he was suffering, experiencing, like many people, living with dementia and his last years had not been easy ones. it is an extraordinary thoughts the way even feels as if they knew this man. you know you feel everybody has an opinion whatever age they are. i know 20 somethings that do believe his seven bond films were the best. but you know, at a time when so many people are dying and dying their nearest and dear est wsh they were not, this is something that will resonate with people and it is a relief there is something else in
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the paper asides lockdown. a life well lived and an impact for generations to come, because of course he is preserved forever on the celluloid. thank you, a real pleasure to have you with us this sunday morning and thanks to you for watching. goodbye. there will be some rough seas in western areas. the winds will be strengthen, particularly in north and west scotland and west wales. for all of us a bit more rain around. we have got one approaching system that will affect us later. it links into this area of low pressure, brought rain through the night. it is remnants of hurricane
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zeta. as we start the afternoon, some sunshine, particularly in central and eastern areas. but clouding over again. northern ireland and north and west wales we will see the worst of rain. mild to the south of that. 18 degrees possible. cooler in northern ireland and scotland. but some of the strongest of the winds, 80mph gusts in the north—west highlands and 66mph in west wales. those winds will transfer into northern england tonight. tonight some rain in the central part of the country. chillier conditions, temperatures down into single figures in scotland and northern ireland. but very mild in the south—east. the colder air will win through on mondays. that will win through on mondays. that will produce some rain across parts of east anglia and the south—east
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first thing. sunshine will come out. the rest of the day largely dry. for most a story of sunshine and showers. some of the showers heavy with hail and thundser. wherever you are, it will be colder than the weekend. eight or nine degrees at the highest in scotland and northern ireland. 13 to the south—east. the windiest conditions in the south—east of england. 50mph gusts. but we will see showers on tuesday and wednesday, but towards tends of the week, high pressure starts to build in. we have not seen that for a while and it flips to the other side of autumn, the mellower side with more dry weather and it doemean there is overnight frost and fog.
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if this is bbc world news, i‘m shaun ley. our top stories... a senior government minister warns the second national lockdown in england could last more than a month amid fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. it comes as the opposition leader sir keir starmer says the uk government must use the month—long lockdown to improve the test and trace system. the government has to keep its side of the bargain here because if they don‘t use this time to fix test, trace and isolate, then i think the 2nd of december will be a review date, not an end date. the most powerful storm of the year — typhoon goni strikes the philippines, bringing wind speeds of up to 225 kilometres an hour. donald trump and joe biden each make a last bid for votes in swing
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