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of northern england and southern scotland to give a longer spell of rain at times. still some gusty winds, 50 to 60 mph, particularly for southern and western coasts and also for exposed hills as well, and just starting to feel a little bit cooler. 8 to m celsius the top temperature on monday afternoon. and still those showers or longer spells of rain continuing through monday evening, through northern ireland, parts of southern and western scotland, and into northern england as well. as we go from monday into tuesday, tuesday is somewhat of a transition day. it's still windy but those winds will be easing down and there'll still be some showers around. what we start to see is that colder air flooding across uk, so where recently it's been very mild, quite a difference in temperature, and also some outbreaks of rain affecting parts of southern and south—eastern england for a time on tuesday. some of that could be heavy. elsewhere, some sunshine but also some showers, particularly the further north and west you are. the winds will be lighter but still quite noticeable, particularly, again, for western and southern coasts. but look at the temperatures on tuesday — more like 9 to 11 celsius.
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that's definitely the theme as we head through the latter half of the week. what we do start to see is this area of high pressure starting to build in from the west and that's going to quieten things down, so wednesday morning will be cold and for many it will be frosty as well, could even see some patchy mist and fog, but where recently it's been very wet, the week ahead is looking much drier, but it will be feeling much colder both by day and by night. bye— bye.
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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, 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. from thursday non—essential shops,
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restaurants, pubs, gyms and hair and beauty salons will be forced to close. the uk opposition leader has welcomed the new measures, but is calling on the government to use the time to ramp up ‘test and trace‘. with two days to go before the us election, last—minute campaigning from both candidates in states where the vote could go either way. rescuers continue to search for survivors in the turkish city worst hit by the earthquake which has killed more than 60 people hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor of the independent, and olivia utley, deputy
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leader writer for the sun. let's look at tomorrow's front pages. lockdown measures in england are the focus of many of tomorrow morning's papers, and the financial times leads with calls for more support from businesses, for what the paper describes as a ‘lockdown body blow‘. the metro warns lockdown could last until christmas — reporting quotes from the cabinet minister, michael gove, who says measures could go beyond december 2nd. downing street has ‘slapped down‘ michael gove for suggesting there could be an extension, that‘s according to the independent. the daily mirror shares fears over a possible christmas lockdown. it says labour leader sir keir starmer is warning new measures will be tougher due to delays in introducing them. the guardian reports that the prime
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minister is facing what it calls ‘tory fury‘ over the lockdown meaures in england. and the telegraph says borisjohnson will seek to end the national lockdown at the beginning of december, but that will not rule out further measures. it also leads with a photo of the england world cup star sir bobby charlton, who has been diagnosed with dementia. so let‘s begin. rob and olivia, great to see you. olivia, if you could start us off with the front page of the ft, and it isa with the front page of the ft, and it is a business demand for more support. yeah. it seems pretty clear that businesses are pretty furious. they spent the last few months desperately trying to make their shops coronavirus secure and lots have spent millions and millions of getting those perspex greens up and their queueing systems in place, their queueing systems in place, their one—way systems in place etc now they are having to close all
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over again. yes, they have the furlough scheme in place so they don‘t have to worry too much about paying employees although people who have been living off 80% of their wages for a lot of mums might not be able to carry on doing that in some will feel they have to top that up more presently they have to worry about rent and the furlough scheme doesn‘t cover rent, so they are pretty angry with the government and you can see why, and also having so little notice makes it really, really difficult to get anything done. what more bad news for the self—employed because people often forget that, then they rob. businesses clearly want to be next in line close to the top of the queue for the next hand—out from the government but i feel they won't be, because as you rightly said, the focus is on the self—employed, very much the missing part of the package that has been announced as part of the second lockdown and we are told that the treasury were told that the chancellor is thinking hard about what to do for the self—employed and i'm sure the help package will come
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along quite soon and businesses might have to wait a bit longer but olivia is right, they were furious oi'i olivia is right, they were furious on saturday before the announcement, as they attempted to head it off and say there was no need to close shops because that is not where transmission is taking place and they were ignored and we have seen they were ignored and we have seen the chaos in wales where they forced the chaos in wales where they forced the supermarkets to stop selling nonessential goods and they wrote off the books as well and there was apr off the books as well and there was a pr disaster in wales and in england says that is not going to happen and supermarkets will be to carry on selling those nonessential goods even while nonessential shops are closed. we will stay with you and you can take us to the front page of your paper, and it is your piece and something of a split over the strategy. yes, after the chaos of saturday with the announcement of the lockdown brought forward and the press conference delayed for hour after hour, it was followed by the confusion about how long it would last. one of the first questions the
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government would tie down when making the decision is how long will it last, and referring to wales again, when they introduced their lockdown they said it would be 17 days and definitely end, regardless of what the data says because there isa of what the data says because there is a big lag in the dates anyway, the public will give reassurance. here, michael gove sent out this morning gave a very strong impression that the lockdown will be extended unless there is a miraculous improvement in the data, and it seemed to be consensus with labour and the scientist that is the case we are... suggesting that the lockdown will end on the 2nd of decemberand it is lockdown will end on the 2nd of december and it is a 28 day affair and won't be any longer and points toa and won't be any longer and points to a split at the heart of government because michael gove is effectively boris johnson's deputy. we lost you for a minute when you we re we lost you for a minute when you were talking about your source. could you remind us who that was. we are quoting a number ten source saying that the lockdown is 28 days
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and it's very much the intention to end it on the 2nd of december, not a review date is michael gove described it, pointing to a split at the top of government. it's fair enough, if the numbers don‘t come down, olivia, that we will go on? personally, i think it‘s a mistake. there is a great piece on the sunday times today about how many people, and already 1.5 million plunged into unemployment and middle—class people having use food banks and showing the use of food banks is massively on the rise. i personally don‘t think it isjustified. on the rise. i personally don‘t think it is justified. but on this story in particular, i think it‘s very odd that the government hasn‘t got its ducks in a row. why is the prime minister coming out and saying something different to michael gove? that seems bizarre. i know the announcement had to be pushed forward 48—hour so perhaps they didn‘t have the time they needed to plan it all, but it still seemed very strange, because surely the psychology of the lockdown matters a lot. i would have thought that
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michael gove coming out and saying it might be put in place again over christmas will lower our adherence to it because people will think, i might have been able to deal with it for a month and i might have been able to deal with it fora month and i might might have been able to deal with it for a month and i might have been able to stay inside my miserable, gloomy, cold dark hours, not seeing any friends, not going out to any shops or pub with my mates and having a horrible time remand, but the idea of doing it for longer than the idea of doing it for longer than the i think is really awful to a lot of people. so i think the 28 day messaging is a lot better and i don‘t quite know whether michael gove was going off script or it was just a difficult interview with sophie ridge, but it seemed odd that the government has got its ducks in a row on something so basic. take us to the front page of the telegraph and it looks like there is a bit of and it looks like there is a bit of a misunderstanding over timings and numbers and statistics. i'm sorry to say i think there is a deliberate misunderstanding by the daily telegraph about the statistics the government have used in making its
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decision to go for this second lockdown. we know of course that the daily telegraph is a virulently anti—lockdown and what this story claims that the decision was based toa claims that the decision was based to a large degree on an estimate that the number of daily deaths would reach 4000 soon without lockdown. but that is simply not the case. that is very much the top of the range of the estimates to have been given to the government. yes, it's one of the figures being used. the daily telegraph is claiming that that figure is several weeks out of date and massively exaggerated, but asi date and massively exaggerated, but as i say, it's not the central figure. the government was shown at some truly scary figures on friday and saturday, that one in 100 people in the country are now infected and that was won in 200 a few weeks ago, so that was won in 200 a few weeks ago, so it has doubled under some context it was running 2300 injuly was so it has doubled under some context it was running 2300 in july was told that the nhs would run out of beds on december four unless severe action is taken. those are the
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figures, the statistics that form the basis of the decision to go for the basis of the decision to go for the lockdown, and not what the daily telegraph as claiming. olivia, talking about scary numbers, from page of the guardian we will skip to that now and the new hungary and the use of food banks. yes, this is what i was mentioning earlier and it shows, this guardian study, showing that the use of food banks has massively risen and we use to considerfood banks massively risen and we use to consider food banks is massively risen and we use to considerfood banks is for people who are struggling to rub pennies together but you now have this new class of hungary with people in previously stable jobs and a lot with mortgages and with cars who are having to resort to food banks which just shows the absolute mess our economy is in, which makes the new lockdown really quite alarming. as i mentioned, 1.5 million have gone into unemployment since the start of the pandemic and they expect another 1.5 million to go into unemployment
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over the next few months, and if these lockdown is going to be repeated and repeated, businesses just won‘t be able to function in the way they have and won‘t be able to treat their employees in the way they have. we have to expect this kind of new hungary to keep growing. —— new amount of hungry people. kind of new hungary to keep growing. -- new amount of hungry people. the financial times says that tuesday is a big nightand financial times says that tuesday is a big night and it‘s the us election, so what do you make of it? if you think you've got problems in this country, over there they have the threat of donald trump losing, which he probably will, going full fascist and refusing to accept the result, declaring the result early before all of the results are in and of course he has got in his back pocket these militias to send out to start some race riots, sending the federal troops as he did do after the george boyd murdoch —— george boyd. this is scary stuff. the figures still point overwhelmingly
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tojoe biden figures still point overwhelmingly to joe biden victory figures still point overwhelmingly tojoe biden victory —— george floyd murder. and certainly no one is ruling out the prospect of him simply refusing to set —— except the result which would be unprecedented and plunge america into the crisis it has never seen. olivia. the daily mirror, something that most of us can relate to, a diagnosis of dementia for sir bobby charlton. yes. obviously very tragic, personally tragic story and as gary lineker has been pointing out, there‘s maybe just three lineker has been pointing out, there‘s maybejust three members lineker has been pointing out, there‘s maybe just three members of that squad who have now been diagnosed with dementia. what is the link between their football careers and that dementia? i think it is going to get people worried and talking and campaigning but on a personal level it‘s just a very sad story. and that is what his wife is hoping, that it raises awareness.
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yes and i'm sure she is, and i think it has been no to some people for quite some time that he has dementia. it would have been apparent, or strange to many people that bobby charlton was not quoted in the tributes to his team—mate nobby stiles when he died at the end of la st nobby stiles when he died at the end of last week and because of that they have now gone public with this and it's particularly poignant because bobby's brotherjack died early year of dementia and he is britain's best loved and probably greatest footballer. so it is going to hit a lot of people hard. we will leave it there for now. hopefully a longer time at half 11. and more stories to come. thank you for your time. and that is it for the papers for this hour and we are back again at half past 11. plenty more coming up at half past 11. plenty more coming up including the travel show. this week on the show... are uk staycations still an option if you‘re desperate
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for a break right now? there‘s a risk, we just don‘t know whether these restrictions are still going to be in place by christmas, we don‘t know if they might get tighter. i‘ve come to woolacombe bay holiday park on the devon coast. the weather might not be up to much today but the seaside below is regularly named among the uk‘s top beaches. now currently, this is in tier 1, the medium risk category under westminster‘s covid rankings. the devolved parliaments in scotland, wales, and northern ireland have each issued their own guidance.
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the devolved parliaments in scotland, wales, and northern ireland have each issued their own guidance. in england, the medium risk tier means a 10pm curfew for pubs and restaurants and the rule of six applies inside and out. travel is permitted. and i have to say right now, it feels pretty normal. you feel really safe, you‘ve got all the hand sanitisers, everybody is wearing masks, we‘ve got all signs to wear masks, we‘ve got all the qr codes so you can scan where you have been. and it does feel quite safe. with all these hygiene measures, do you think it has affected your holiday at all? no, not really. in some areas it has made it a lot easier to be fair. there is not so many queues, you don‘t have to go to the bar fighting to get served. in that way, it‘s a lot easier. did you check about which covid risk tier this was in, did you do your research? not so much research but looking at a map of the country, you can clearly see coming further down south is a good bit safer than going more up north. we were actually meant to be in portugal this week. but obviously, for quarantine reasons, we decided england was a safer bet, really. obviously, we can‘t go abroad. we would‘ve liked to have gone
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abroad both of us being teachers having our half—term. but we couldn‘t but actually it has just been lovely and the weather has been actually nice, and it is a beautiful setting. so, yeah. so, you rediscovered the uk? yeah, it‘s been lovely isn‘t it? yeah, it is a really nice place to come. yeah. over the summer, there was much talk of a surge in so—called staycations. injuly, one of the uk‘s big cottage rental sites reported a 53% year on year rise in bookings. but rudi is careful to play down talk of a covid boon. being closed for half a season i wouldn‘t call a benefit but when we were actually allowed to open from the 4th ofjuly, clearly we could have let the accommodation that we had three orfour times over. we certainly have seen customers that we have not seen before, those people who would have been taking a two—week holiday abroad have been exchanging that for a two—week holiday
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now in the uk. holiday resorts up and down the country have brought in a range of safety measures — from reducing capacity to introducing timed slots for leisure facilities. we limit the numbers that can go into the swimming pools. you have to pre—book that. and things like our soft play area here remain closed all this summer. but now as coronavirus cases arise nationwide by drawing people from different areas, do these parks risk spreading the virus? well, of course we are concerned about it. but we‘ve been operating now since the 4th of july without any cases. but i feel that provided everybody sticks to all the covid secure measurements that we‘ve put in place, we can prevent any cases rising in the area. residents in some tourist hotspots have raised concerns about their communities becoming overcrowded while at a few of the larger chain resorts, there have been
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reports that distancing hasn‘t always been properly managed. a number have been forced to shut their doors because of coronavirus restrictions. haven and pontins are among the companies to have announced some temporary closures in certain high—risk areas. ros pritchard of the british holiday home parks association represents 3000 businesses around the uk including campsites, caravan parks and even some glamping spots. she says overall, the ones that remain open are safe. because it‘s in the business‘s interest to protect everybody, their staff, the local community, their holiday—makers, your unit‘s accommodation whether in a tent or in a holiday caravan are 5—6 metres apart and families are kept socially distant by design. the rest is actually quite simple. it‘s about giving people the opportunity to wash their hands.
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it‘s about ensuring social distancing, and it‘s about cleaning and cleaning again. but there‘s another issue. even if you decide that it‘s safe enough to holiday in one of these parks with the guidelines constantly changing, what happens if you‘re then prevented from travelling? the restrictions vary across the uk. at the moment, they‘re most severe in wales where nonessential travel during the fire—break lockdown is expressly forbidden. but elsewhere, making sure you are following the right guidance can be tricky. you need to check the rules for the area that you are living in and also the area you are travelling to and the best thing to do is to speak to the holiday provider, explain to them where you are coming from, see what the restrictions are in their area, get them to have a look at your booking, and see whether they think you are still within the law and then decide whether you still want to go on the holiday.
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and as i say, most of them are being flexible so that if you can't take the holiday, they will give you a refund or allow you to delay your holiday until a later date, maybe into next year. we are approaching december and christmas time and people like to take holidays. so would you recommend that you book a staycation now? well, people are obviously desperate for the holidays and particularly over christmas. so, if you are booking now, there's 5 risk. we just don't know whether these restrictions are still going to be in place by christmas, we don't know whether they might get even tighter. so, if you are going to book a staycation, then make sure it's a flexible cancellation policy so you can cancel and get a full refund closer to the time. that's all you can do really at the moment.
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it‘s 6am in the forests of southeastern berlin. it‘s home to a beast that‘s been causing uproar in germany this summer. it all began in may when a group of boars visiting the suburbs and ut continued in a nudist area in western berlin. images of both instances quickly went viral. are these tracks or...? nothing yet. boars are nocturnal creatures so we are up at dawn to try and spot them. so we‘ve gone a bit deeper into the forest where it is a bit thicker. although elusive this morning, boars have been known to dig up football fields, attack dogs and on rare occasions, even humans. so are the boar dangerous if we give them a fright, will they charge us or? in a direct encounter, they can of course be dangerous. they may have up to 200 kilograms of weight but usually they just try to avoid us. although no one knows the exact figure, over 1,000 boars
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are thought to live in berlin. and with around 20% of the city covered in forests, they‘ve got plenty of space to run. we can see one of their favourite food sources, acorns. there could be a boar now ten metres in front of us and you wouldn‘t see it. they are well camouflaged. but still it‘s amazing that such a big animal is able to kind of disappear right in front of our eyes. although forests provide ideal shelter, boars survive in urban areas, too. and this year, like the rest of us, they‘ve adapted to a new normal. in the beginning of the lockdown in germany, there were wildlife just entering city areas using spaces that they usually were not using because of human presence. so, no sign of any boar... actually, we have the sign of a boar.
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we have a sign of a boar! we have traces there. let‘s have a look. yep. 0k. what you see here is very typical. so, you can imagine why they can cause a lot of damage to public green spaces when you see that. you think you‘re going tracking animals, it‘s going to be kind of a little paw prints, footprints. no, just absolute chaos! when it comes to finding food, boars are known to be resourceful. and unlike other urban wildlife, they don‘tjust dig through the rubbish bins. instead, they‘ve discovered a more productive way. so i was sitting the whole day on the computer and i thought i have to have a swim now. and when i came out of the lake, i saw these boars. and i wanted to take a picture. so the boar came and grabbed this yellow bag and i didn't know but the man said, "this is my computer!" and he just ran.
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to get his computer back. as a life coach, i'm always looking for stories where people are focused, where they stay focused and really achieve what they want. and this man, he stayed focus and he just ran and i think this is a great successful story. he's really a hero to me, he's a winner! adele posted the pictures on social media and forgot about the incident until her phone started ringing. the whole world, the whole press called me. so the next 3—4 days, i really had to answer questions, i had to give radio interviews. i was very, very surprised that this story became so viral. and don‘t forget to follow us in all the usual places
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this is bbc news. i‘m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. with days to go before the us election, last minute campaigning from both candidates in the states where the vote could go either way. uk prime minister borisjohnson is expected to say england‘s lockdown will end on 2nd december — despite a senior minister saying it could be further extended. we need to recognise that we do need to get the infection rate, the r rate below one. we believe, on the basis of the evidence that we have that we will be able to do so. the uk opposition leader welcomes the new measures , welcomes the new measures, but calls on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace.
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