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tv   Myrie in America  BBC News  November 3, 2020 3:30am-4:01am GMT

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i‘ve come to woolacombe bay holiday park on the devon coast. the weather might not be up to much today but the seaside this is bbc news, the headlines: below is regularly named among two people are known to have been killed in terror attacks in the centre the uk‘s top beaches. of the austrian capital, vienna. one gunman was also killed, and at least one more is on the run. about 15 wounded people are being treated in hospital, now currently, this including an is in tier one, the medium anti—terror officer. risk category under westminster‘s covid rankings. the devolved parliaments in the last hours before in scotland, wales, and northern ireland have each election day in the us, president donald trump has issued their own guidance. dismissed his poor poll ratings as fake. his opponent, joe biden, says the country is tired in england, the medium risk tier means a 10pm curfew of the tweets, and what for pubs and restaurants he called the failure and the rule of six of the trump presidency. applies inside and out. travel is permitted. and i have to say right now, the hollywood actor johnny depp has lost his libel action at the high court in london against the sun it feels pretty normal. newspaper which had called him a ‘wife beater‘. the judge ruled that an article which made the allegation — you feel really safe, you‘ve got all the hand sanitisers, published two years ago — everybody is wearing masks, was ‘substantially true‘. his lawyers say we‘ve got all signs to wear masks, we‘ve got all the qr codes so you can scan where you have been. and does feel quite safe. the actor will appeal. with all these hygiene measures, do you think it has affected your holiday at all?
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no, not really. so with less than 48 hours to go until england‘s new lockdown, there is a huge variation in the number of coronavirus cases across in some areas it has made it different parts of england. the south west has seen a lot easier to be fair. the lowest number of cases there is not so many queues, per head of population for the entire pandemic. you don‘t have to go to the bar cornwall has one of the lowest rates fighting to get served. at 46 cases per 100,000 people. in that way, it‘s a lot easier. jon kay has been to par 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 to gauge reaction. see coming further down south is a little 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 cornwall likes to be different. was a safer bet, really. but now it faces obviously, we can‘t go abroad. the same lockdown as the west of england. even though cases here have fallen slightly in the last week. it‘s unfair. we‘d have liked to have i think it should be gone abroad both of us by county, by cases. if you are in an area being teachers having our half—term. like cornwall, but we couldn‘t but actually it and you are doing your bit has just been lovely and the weather has been and the rating is low, actually nice, and it is i don't feel you should be lockdown a beautiful setting. so, yeah. like everything else. 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 the pensioners in this walking group cottage rental sites now face another month at home. reported a 53% year on year
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they don‘t know a single person rise in bookings. who has had coronavirus. but rudi is careful to play living here now, down talk of a covid boon. does covid feel real? no. it feels like it is happening being closed for half a season in another country. they told me they worry about the impact of another lockdown. and don‘t want to be restrained. i wouldn‘t call a benefit i live on my own. i‘m normally a half full person, and i suddenly felt but when we were actually allowed to open from the 4th ofjuly, clearly we could have a half empty person. let the accommodation that we had three orfour times over. we certainly have seen customers that we have not seen but this county only before, those people has one a&e department who would have been taking and sally agrees with the lockdown, a two—week holiday abroad have if it protects the nhs. been exchanging that we‘ve got very little for a two—week holiday infrastructure for a big outbreak of covid. now in the uk. it would overwhelm holiday resorts up and down them totally. the country have brought in a range of safety measures — from reducing capacity we've got 48 hours to try to introducing timed slots and shift all this now... phil‘s pub will have to close, again. he spent thousands making his business covid—safe. for leisure facilities. and none of his customers has become ill. so another lockdown is hard to stomach. very disappointed. and worried for the future. 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
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people from different areas, we‘ve been down this do these parks risk spreading the virus? road once already. it just makes you wonder, you know, what we are going to achieve if we do this again. of course there are still outbreaks here. well, of course we‘re but with no deaths in the last week, this county thought it might concerned about it. escape another lockdown. nowhere is immune. jon kay, bbc news, cornwall. but we‘ve been operating now since the 4th ofjuly now it‘s time without any cases. for the travel show. but i feel that provided everybody sticks to all are uk staycations still the covid secure measurements an option if you‘re desperate that we‘ve put in place, for a break right now? we can prevent any cases there‘s a risk, we just don‘t know whether these restrictions rising in the area. are still going to be in place residents in some tourist by christmas, we don‘t know hotspots have raised concerns if they might get tighter. about their communities the sweet taste of america‘s biggest japan town. berlin‘s big boar problems. becoming overcrowded and socially distancing in a zombie apocalypse. while, at a few of the larger chain resorts, there have been oh, my goodness! she can‘t get in, right? 00:03:46,637 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 she screams. reports that distancing hasn‘t always been properly managed. a number have been forced to shut their doors because of coronavirus restrictions. haven and pontin‘s 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
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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. 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 consomme changing, what happens if you‘re then from travelling? —— constantly changing. changing, what happens if you‘re then from travelling? —— constantly changing. the restrictions
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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‘re following the right guidance can be tricky. you need to check the rules for the area that you're living in and also the area you're 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're still within the law and then decide whether you still want to go on the holiday. 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.
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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 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. the latest now in our untold america season in which we take a look at some of the people who really make the united states what it is. this week we‘re in los angeles home to the largest and oldest japanese community in america. to be a shokunin in this crowd, meaning to be that you have skills with your hands, it generally takes a minimum of ten years.
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i‘ve been doing this for 44 years now. you can consider me a master of mochi. the process of making mochi is generally steaming either rice or rice flour, and it‘s usually mixed with sugar. and then cooled. my grandfather and my grandmother migrated to los angeles from japan and started this business in 1903. this was the largest population of japanese americans in southern california.
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bells toll when my dad and my grandfather got to camp in wyoming, they were eating nothing but american food. that‘s why my grandfather decided to make and mass—produce mochi with the help of other detainees because everybody was hungry for something that was japanese and something more cultural. it‘s amazing how the community came together to help my father restart the store. exactly when i was born, it was reopened. so, this store has been here since 1956. i took over the business in 1986. little tokyo is a very special place for me. i played on the streets here. my son has, too.
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we grew up here — myself, my son, my father. in my heart, i amjapanese. but i grew up as totally american. because of the camps, we didn‘t speakjapanese in the home. and yet i come back to little tokyo to do business, i can go from one side being japanese and go to another side and be totally american. still to come on the travel show... an old boar, the german naturists and me. we‘ve gone a bit deeper in the forest. how berlin‘s boar population made headlines this summer. and spare a thought for the zombies. how to get scares from a hygienic distance.
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she screams so, don‘t go away. it‘s 6am in grunewald forest in 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 continued in a nudist area in western berlin. images of both instances quickly went viral. any 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‘s 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?
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if we one them a fright, will it 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 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
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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. 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 like tinya 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.
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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. 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 focused 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. people started coming
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here to catch the glimpse of the boar and they gave her the name elsa. look here, that is a male. big one. wildlife expert derk ehlert knows the lake‘s most famous resident personally. so, tell me a bit about elsa when she grabbed somebody‘s laptop bag, i presume it had food in there, right? yes, it was food. at the front, there was some bread she smelled and she wants to eat it directly but the man was coming too close. so, she preferred to go away because she wants to save the food. of course elsa‘s not the only boar in these woods. 65 of them live in the area. let's walk there, come have walk. here is a green place for the people and look here, come on. i think she is not there but here you can see here like a nest, you know?
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like a bird. it is typical for wild boar, they prefer to live here, to sleep here in the day, but i cannot smell her. first if you see a wild boar in part of the forest, stop — don't worry, be happy. take your phone, make a photo. don't give them food. wait some minutes, maybe one minute or more, if you are alone, talk with wild boars because it is important that they know that you are there. although elsa and herfriends have stayed hiding today, there are places where you are almost guaranteed a sighting. wildlife sanctuaries like this
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one are here to help people feel connected to nature. and unlike in the wild, beating here is allowed. do you come down here often to feed the boar with herfamily? it has been a bit of a learning curve but germans are finding ways to lift cheek byjowl with their hungry neighbours. so if you find yourself face—to—face with the boars of berlin, treat them like the wild animals that they are and hold onto your pack lunch. finally, we‘re off to japan, with halloween celebrations looking a little different this year. the world‘s zombies, vampires and mummys have been left scratching their heads how to offer up scarce while remaining at a social distance. carmen has been to a haunted house that reckons it might
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have just solved the problem. i am in a car in an unmarked garage somewhere in tokyo. at least i think i am, it‘s hard to be sure about anything any more. the lights have gone off and i have no idea what is happening. i should warn you, i have a very nervous disposition. can you make sure your doors locked? yeah, it is locked. oh, my god, lock the door. what is that? it is a radio. i am really, really scared. they say in an old garage in tokyo, there is some mysterious appearances. what‘s that noise? screaming. i can‘t look, i can‘t look!
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i don‘t want to look, i don‘t want to look! do you know what? i don‘t think i will ever go into a garage again. this is a haunted house but not as you know it because this is actually a haunted drive—in. in a time of covid—19, a group of factors, at least i hope they are actors, have come up with a socially distanced immersive, scary experience. look at it! he is so scary! and when i say scary i‘m notjoking. is he dead? screaming. did she kill him? oh, my goodness, i can‘t look. it runs like a short play and the story is told on the radio. the organisers say they are still working on an english
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version so my friend has come along for the ride to help with any words i don‘t know and some much needed moral support. please can i hold your hand? someone is coming she says! screaming. they say it was an inspired by some of the entertainment experiences that sprung up around the world during covid—19. she‘s begging for help. she can‘t get in, right? screaming. i don‘t want to look. badly in need of a break, i have stepped out of the car to talk to one of the actresses about this unique experience.
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ok, so make sure my eyes and my mouth are really big? is this the book i am going for? leap onto the car? so now that i look the part and i know my moves, it‘s time to rejoin the story for the next customer. i don‘t know who she is but i
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heard she is very nervous. well, that was really a surreal experience. it‘s not everyday you are asked to leap on a blood—spattered car and scare everyone inside. i will definitely boil that down to an only—in—japan moment but i am not sure i could do it day in, day out myjob. that‘s it from us this week but do join us next week when i will be looking back at some of the best cultural experiences we have had on the show over the years like when adi tried improvised comedy in new york. you asked for a seven—storey bronze statue of yourself. it's beautiful. and when mike went behind the scenes at rio‘s carnaval.
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i don‘t know what i am doing. but maybe that‘s half the fun. and don‘t forget to follow us in all the usual places on twitter and facebook and on instagram. until next time from me and the rest of the travel show team here in germany, it is goodbye. hello. the much advertised change to drier, calmer weather is still coming this week though for the day ahead it is still blustery out there. sunshine yes but showers some heavy but, in the wind, will move through quite quickly. high pressure will finally build in from wednesday for a few days but, as that happens, there will be
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an increasing chance of getting some frost and some fog as well. but that may well be a better deal than the recent flooding some of us have been dealing with. a chillier start in the morning, particularly in england and wales and a few areas of wet weather to contend with. 0ne running eastwards across southern england, parts of the midlands, into east anglia — some heavier bursts here. a bit of rain and hill snow into parts of scotland, gradually easing, as both areas of wet weather ease, clear away. we‘re in the afternoon with sunshine and showers. the greater chance of catching a shower would be in the west, where some will be heavy, possibly thundering in western scotland. it is still windy out there, not as windy as it‘s been. these are average wind speeds. still some gusts around 30mph. more than that through the english channel and the far north of scotland as we go into the evening. and for many of us, temperatures hanging on into single figures as we go on through the afternoon, despite any sunshine around. still a few showers overnight and into wednesday morning in parts of scotland, running down into northern england. many places though will be dry and clearand, as the winds turn lighter further south, across england and parts of wales, frost on the cards for some and for some of us the first, of course, of the season.
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so a chilly start on wednesday but a bright start. plenty of sunshine around although most will stay dry, a bit more cloud running into northern ireland, especially scotland, and some rain pushing in to the far north of scotland on through the afternoon and into the evening. again, frost and chance of fog in parts of england and wales, as thursday begins. that could be slow to clear. some areas of cloud around parts of scotland and northern ireland but you can see the extent of the dry weather on thursday. fog could be rather more wide spread as we start the day on friday and going into the weekend, high pressure is moving away, low pressure starts to edge in from the south. a chance of rain increases again, though temperatures head up with a milder southerly wind. although there is a chance of rain over the weekend, it does not look anywhere near as wet or as windy as it has been recently.
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