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and travel rules across most of the uk. we heard earlier how people have jumped at the chance of going abroad on holiday, at a time when some hospitality businesses at home say that not being able to open just wasn't survivable any more. our correspondent danny savage has spent the past few days at the butlin�*s holiday resort in skegness on the coast of lincolnshire, talking to staff and visitors. do you want to take this for granddad? yeah. this has been a long time coming. come and see this room. at last, grandma and grandad can holiday with their extended family. it's just nice to be able to see other people out, doing what we're doing and enjoying the shows and enjoying the restaurants, socialising and getting to know people, saying hello. which we haven't been able to do for a long time. been looking at four walls for a while, haven't we? we've looked at four walls for too long, yeah. have a lovely day, see you later.
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butlin�*s means redcoats, but covid means it's not quite business as usual. with social distancing, _ obviously we were able to stand next to a child and have a photo, but now we take that - two metres difference, _ just make it bigger and everything is a lot more extra, it's great. hello, everybody. have a nice time swimming. i want to go swimming. families haven't been able to do this... ..for months. the swimming pool is one place which has been particularly popular. this resort can now operate at 75% capacity. the hope, of course, is that would increase come june the 21st... ..but concern about that date is worrying after the last year. too long isn't sustainable. it's taken a huge toll on all of us, really. the uncertainty about where the business was going, when we would reopen, uncertainty for our teams, knowing when they were going to come back to work and uncertainty in terms of would the business survive this if it
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went on for too long? welcome back to butlin's! cheering. but that uncertainty is also helping this result, people are coming to seaside towns like skegness instead of heading abroad. —— helping this resort. amazing to be able to do something other than staying at home or going to parks. so notjust being on our own, stuck at home. yeah, just being out. the legacy of coronavirus runs through here like a stick of skegness rock. some of the cast of this show were working in track and trace or testing stations until very recently. i worked as a test operative at the lateral flow test centre. so it was slightly less glamorous than prancing round on stage. when you've not done it for so long and you finally get people watching you again, it's what we all love to do. people have jumped at the chance to go on holiday again this week. the hope is the direction of travel continues towards fewer restrictions. danny savage, bbc news, skegness.
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that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are james moore, who's the independent�*s chief business commentator, and anne ashworth, who's a property and personal finance commentator. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the guardian has the latest from the government with ministers potentially diverting plans from freedom day as new figures show an increase in in the invariant cases.
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the i carries a list of red list countries with passengers from their waiting along people from non—red list countries complaining of conditions during border checks. the delete mail quote border police works expecting police to knock at the door for families travelling back from holiday. on the front page of the metro, uk railways brace for the biggest shake—up in 25 years, which is due to arrive as lockdown lifts onjune the 21st. flexible tickets to reflect hybrid working. bbc reporter martin bashir could potentially have broken corporation guidelines to secure an interview with princess diana. the financial times says that bitcoin�*s price tumbled as much as 30% after the chinese government signalled a crackdown on the use of cryptocurrencies. so, let's begin. let's start with the guardian. freedom plant may be diluted after a sharp rise in covid variant. june 21 is when many are pinning their hopes
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on life returning much more towards normal but we might be thwarted. it seems like it. june the 21st we are supposed to be dancing in the streets and celebrating our freedom but may be a day when the joy is not quite so universal because of the fears surrounding the in the invariant. matt hancock gave a press conference today and it was made quite clear that we will not know until about the 14th ofjune as to exactly what kind of freedoms we may enjoy on june exactly what kind of freedoms we may enjoy onjune 21. when her social distancing was supposed to end, and life returned to something like normal. i life returned to something like normal. ., , normal. i wonder whether it will be re . ional, normal. i wonder whether it will be regional. local _ normal. i wonder whether it will be regional, local differences - normal. i wonder whether it will be regional, local differences that - regional, local differences that they will impose. like we saw in places like leicester, who were under lock down restrictions much
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more severe than most other places for months on end. we more severe than most other places for months on end.— more severe than most other places for months on end. we have seen talk ofthe for months on end. we have seen talk of the return — for months on end. we have seen talk of the return of _ for months on end. we have seen talk of the return of the _ for months on end. we have seen talk of the return of the tier _ for months on end. we have seen talk of the return of the tier system - for months on end. we have seen talk of the return of the tier system and i of the return of the tier system and you get— of the return of the tier system and you get the — of the return of the tier system and you get the feeling that is how this will all_ you get the feeling that is how this will all end. you get the feeling that is how this willall end. one you get the feeling that is how this will all end. one of the problems with this — will all end. one of the problems with this virus, as ever, if you cannot— with this virus, as ever, if you cannot count on anything. and i think— cannot count on anything. and i think in— cannot count on anything. and i think in setting out all these dates. — think in setting out all these dates, the government really made itself a _ dates, the government really made itself a hit _ dates, the government really made itself a bit of a hostage for fortune _ itself a bit of a hostage for fortune because you only need one of these _ fortune because you only need one of these new_ fortune because you only need one of these new variants to come along and throw— these new variants to come along and throw up— these new variants to come along and throw up a _ these new variants to come along and throw up a massive spanner in the works _ throw up a massive spanner in the works it — throw up a massive spanner in the works. it does seem as there is something _ works. it does seem as there is something of a difference of opinion in the _ something of a difference of opinion in the way— something of a difference of opinion in the way this story has been covered — in the way this story has been covered because if you look at the telegraph— covered because if you look at the telegraph for example, they are saying _ telegraph for example, they are saying it — telegraph for example, they are saying it may be left addressable than feared. still 25% more which for a _ than feared. still 25% more which for a very— than feared. still 25% more which for a very tractable virus in the fora very tractable virus in the first— for a very tractable virus in the first place _ for a very tractable virus in the first place is a lot, but they have taken _ first place is a lot, but they have taken a — first place is a lot, but they have taken a very different slant on this _ taken a very different slant on this so — taken a very different slant on this so it— taken a very different slant on this. so it isjust a question of wait _ this. so it isjust a question of wait and — this. so it isjust a question of wait and see what happens and i think— wait and see what happens and i think they— wait and see what happens and i think they are praying, i think matt hancock— think they are praying, i think matt hancock is — think they are praying, i think matt hancock is praying that the vaccine
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roll-out _ hancock is praying that the vaccine roll-out can — hancock is praying that the vaccine roll—out can beat this. but i would not want — roll—out can beat this. but i would not want to — roll—out can beat this. but i would not want to be counting on it if i was him — not want to be counting on it if i was him. . ~ not want to be counting on it if i was him. . ,, ., ., , ., , ., was him. talk about that story that ou was him. talk about that story that you mentioned _ was him. talk about that story that you mentioned in _ was him. talk about that story that you mentioned in a _ was him. talk about that story that you mentioned in a second - was him. talk about that story that you mentioned in a second but - was him. talk about that story that you mentioned in a second but the| you mentioned in a second but the government did say and it's very easy to forget this when you are really hoping for things to improve that these were the earliest dates that these were the earliest dates that things would change. so it does or is it wise to remind ourselves that they did leave themselves room to manoeuvre in that respect. i to manoeuvre in that respect. i think what it is is that people at's think what it is is that people at�*s eagerness to get out of situation makes them believe that these dates are fixed. but i wonder if the government is getting a bit better at the management of expectations on these issues. though i would say that one of the things that's characterised the day is a total mix up characterised the day is a total mix up as to whether we can actually go on holiday or not. so i wonder if over the next few days the things government needs to focus on is
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don't be assured things happen on the dates you expected and please note that if something may be on the amber leicester may be on the green list that you really cannot go on holiday there. i think that sometimes the ministers have got to be able to articulate unpalatable truths and lower expectations so if everything turns out better than we expected, we will be very pleased. we will, you are right. if, a big if. in the invariant may not be asked to as feared. the other factor is how effective against this particular variant the vaccine is going to be. particular variant the vaccine is going to toe-— particular variant the vaccine is auoin to be. , ., going to be. the hope is that the vaccines are _ going to be. the hope is that the vaccines are going _ going to be. the hope is that the vaccines are going to _ going to be. the hope is that the vaccines are going to be - going to be. the hope is that the | vaccines are going to be effective against _ vaccines are going to be effective against it. — vaccines are going to be effective against it, and that has got to be good _ against it, and that has got to be good news. and as i mentioned, the transmissibility, some feared it might— transmissibility, some feared it might be — transmissibility, some feared it might be 50% more but now they are
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saying _ might be 50% more but now they are saying it _ might be 50% more but now they are saying it could be 25% more. but i recall— saying it could be 25% more. but i recall talking to an epidemiologist from oxford who said this is a very transmissible virus as it is. more so than — transmissible virus as it is. more so than flu — transmissible virus as it is. more so than flu and we all know how easy it is to _ so than flu and we all know how easy it is to get _ so than flu and we all know how easy it is to get the flu at the wrong time _ it is to get the flu at the wrong time of— it is to get the flu at the wrong time of year is why we have our flu 'ab time of year is why we have our flu jab every— time of year is why we have our flu jab every year without fail. .5% more _ jab every year without fail. .5% more transmissible, but it is still a nasty— more transmissible, but it is still a nasty looking number to my eyes. and the _ a nasty looking number to my eyes. and the criticism goes on of the government for not enforcing quarantine rules for people travelling from india. it is extraordinary. _ travelling from india. it is extraordinary. there - travelling from india. it is extraordinary. there are. travelling from india. it 3 extraordinary. there are pictures of cues at heathrow, which showed nothing like social distancing and people coming from red list countries queuing up at heathrow alongside people who are either going to green or amber list. and i
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don't know about you, does it make you feel like giving on holiday? it certainly does not make me want to do so. and it seems as if it is at our borders that we need to be most careful now in order that people coming back from india and unknowingly transmitting it to people coming back from other countries. we have seen the airports consistently saying why can we not give people travelling. maybe they need to be able to assure us that you can travel with some security. that's a story on the i as well. red list travel acute chaos at heathrow and there is one of the pictures of people in that departure askew. the other thing as well is that amber, james, the amber countries, it is not illegal to travel to those and yet we are being discouraged from doing so unless you have a very good reason for it. so people are saying
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why notjust have a green list and a red list and make it binary.- red list and make it binary. yeah, this is something _ red list and make it binary. yeah, this is something i _ red list and make it binary. yeah, this is something i think- red list and make it binary. yeah, this is something i think and - red list and make it binary. yeah, this is something i think and put. red list and make it binary. yeah, | this is something i think and put a finger— this is something i think and put a finger on. — this is something i think and put a finger on, this really is sort of mixed — finger on, this really is sort of mixed messaging and i think there has been _ mixed messaging and i think there has been very mixed messaging with different— has been very mixed messaging with different ministers saying different things— different ministers saying different things about the amber list, whether you can _ things about the amber list, whether you can go _ things about the amber list, whether you can go or whether you should go. what _ you can go or whether you should go. what you _ you can go or whether you should go. what you have got to do when you get back _ what you have got to do when you get back. really, you need to make the hard decisions and that is what government are elected to do is to make _ government are elected to do is to make the — government are elected to do is to make the hard decisions. and the green _ make the hard decisions. and the green list — make the hard decisions. and the green list and the red list makes everything nice and clear. you know where _ everything nice and clear. you know where you _ everything nice and clear. you know where you can go and you know where you cannot _ where you can go and you know where you cannot go. as it is we've got this sort— you cannot go. as it is we've got this sort of— you cannot go. as it is we've got this sort of fuzzy thing in the middle — this sort of fuzzy thing in the middle and the problem is a lot of the most — middle and the problem is a lot of the most popular holiday destinations, france, spain, they are in— destinations, france, spain, they are in this— destinations, france, spain, they are in this sort of middle zone and there _ are in this sort of middle zone and there are — are in this sort of middle zone and there are people who were so desperate to get away that they are 'ust desperate to get away that they are just going _ desperate to get away that they are just going to go. and what is going to happen —
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just going to go. and what is going to happen if they encounter the virus _ to happen if they encounter the virus and — to happen if they encounter the virus and you get spread again and we get _ virus and you get spread again and we get into— virus and you get spread again and we get into the same old problem again? _ we get into the same old problem again? you really need to typify this and — again? you really need to typify this and make it very clear. the other story _ this and make it very clear. the other story that's _ this and make it very clear. iie: other story that's related this and make it very clear. tie: other story that's related to that of course is on the daily mail. holiday police to knock on your door if you come back from abroad. they want to check that you are doing the right thing, especially from those amber countries. it makes it look as if it's something that they should not be doing, encroaching on people's liberty but it is most keep us safe. ., ., , ,., ., us safe. the mail love this sort of sto . us safe. the mail love this sort of story- sort _ us safe. the mail love this sort of story- sort of _ us safe. the mail love this sort of story. sort of busybodies - us safe. the mail love this sort of| story. sort of busybodies checking on you _ story. sort of busybodies checking on you story. it is a classic daily mail— on you story. it is a classic daily mail story~ _ on you story. it is a classic daily mail story. but if you come back from _ mail story. but if you come back from one — mail story. but if you come back from one of— mail story. but if you come back from one of these countries, you are supposed _ from one of these countries, you are supposed to— from one of these countries, you are supposed to be self isolating, so if you counter the virus you are not going _ you counter the virus you are not going to — you counter the virus you are not going to spread it to anyone else. and the _ going to spread it to anyone else. and the problem as we know it was spreading _ and the problem as we know it was spreading into other people is it you can — spreading into other people is it you can put their lives at risk. so i you can put their lives at risk. so i sort _ you can put their lives at risk. so i sort of— you can put their lives at risk. so
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i sort of leaned towards the busybodies on this one because the rules are _ busybodies on this one because the rules are in — busybodies on this one because the rules are in place to keep people safe _ rules are in place to keep people safe and — rules are in place to keep people safe. and if you are coming back from _ safe. and if you are coming back from a _ safe. and if you are coming back from a holiday, that means self isolating — from a holiday, that means self isolating and there is evidence out there _ isolating and there is evidence out there the — isolating and there is evidence out there the people are not self isolating to the extent that they should — isolating to the extent that they should do. and so this is what you have _ should do. and so this is what you have got— should do. and so this is what you have got to — should do. and so this is what you have got to have. of course as we said if— have got to have. of course as we said if you — have got to have. of course as we said if you have a red list and a green — said if you have a red list and a green list. _ said if you have a red list and a green list, you don't have to do that— green list, you don't have to do that and — green list, you don't have to do that and it's all very clear. we must if the — that and it's all very clear. we must if the size _ that and it's all very clear. - must if the size and i always get pulled up on this is that not everyone is travelling abroad for holidays. some people are travelling to see family members who they have not seen each other for a very long time and maybe very different reasons for going abroad. this a reasons for going abroad. as a eo - le reasons for going abroad. as a people are _ reasons for going abroad. as a people are travelling _ reasons for going abroad. is —. people are travelling on business and they probably need to do that. but i think there was a very interesting phrase that the prime minister used today after the reason why you should go to an country which is an extreme circumstance. now again, people could define that
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in very different ways. and we cannot entirely clamp down on travel. but i am feeling a bit like james and i'm a bit pro—busybody. we want to be out of the situation and i think we have got to be able to tolerate surveillance for a bit longer for a tolerate surveillance for a bit longerfor a better tolerate surveillance for a bit longer for a better outcome and tolerate surveillance for a bit longerfor a better outcome and not to have one of those awful autumns when you are plunged back into lockdown. �* .., , ., lockdown. and there could be more variants coming _ lockdown. and there could be more variants coming from _ lockdown. and there could be more variants coming from other- lockdown. and there could be more variants coming from other parts i lockdown. and there could be more variants coming from other parts ofj variants coming from other parts of the world. the more lax we are about the world. the more lax we are about the rules. let's look at something other than covid for a moment. season—ticket scope for lexi on june 21. i don't know why a particular it is that date. i suppose it makes it easier for people to travel on that day. why exactly is this proposing what is it? , , ., day. why exactly is this proposing what is it? , , , what is it? this is quite a shake-up of rail travel _ what is it? this is quite a shake-up of rail travel as _ what is it? this is quite a shake-up of rail travel as we _ what is it? this is quite a shake-up of rail travel as we know _ what is it? this is quite a shake-up of rail travel as we know it. - what is it? this is quite a shake-up of rail travel as we know it. there l of rail travel as we know it. there is going to be a new body which will
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be an extended version of network rail called great british railways was up i wonder where they got that name from. which will own —— on the infrastructure but also have an awful lot more power over the network. and one of the things that will be offered will be tickets as you get on the metro system, so if you get on the metro system, so if you are a season—ticket holder and you are a season—ticket holder and you are a season—ticket holder and you are only working in the office several days a week, you will be able to use a certain number of tickets and save money. but this is a very interesting and quite big change to the nature of our railways and reflects the impact of the pandemic on the whole of this system. but i do rather love the name great british railways, i think it makes you proud to travel. but i think the assumption that this new season—ticket system will save everybody money may be wrong but we can expect onjune 21 whatever
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