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secretary and the prime minister now have serious questions to answer about the cctv, about the access, the passes, the contracts, etc. more bodies are recovered as the search for survivors under the collapsed miami building continues. nine people are now known to have died. an urgent investigation as classified ministry of defence documents — containing details about the british military — are found behind a bus stop in kent. and as ibiza prepares to welcome back british tourists, one of the party capitals of the world experiments with reopening its famous clubs.
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good afternoon. the new health secretary, sajid javid, says he recognises the huge responsibility confronting him — as the country faces rising cases of coronavirus. mrjavid was speaking publicly for the first time since taking up his post, following matt hancock's resignation last night. questions are being asked about why borisjohnson ignored calls to sack mr hancock. tomorrow, mps will be given an update on when covid restrictions will be lifted in england. our political correspondent helen catt reports. he's already done some of the top jobs in government, but sajid javid is walking into a new department and challenges on a huge scale. we are still in a pandemic, and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible. and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. as he's back in government,
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matt hancock is out. he resigned after being caught on camera breaking social distancing rules by kissing a colleague. those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why i've got to resign. he's left his ministerialjob and his marriage, but remains an mp. in newmarket in his constituency, many agreed that the accusations of hypocrisy over the rules meant he had to stand down from government. i'm pleased he has resigned. ifeel like he had no choice but to resign. he's setting the rules, he's setting the guidance, and he's expecting everybody to follow those, but then he hasn't followed those himself. how can he tell us to do one thing and then he does- something else himself? it's not right, is it? he's a bit of a hypocrite, isn't he? the decision to go was matt hancock's, although he was helped by private discussions with senior tories. not, though, by the prime minister, who backed him publicly. it shouldn't have come to this last night. borisjohnson should have had the guts, the spine, the awareness, the judgment to sack him on friday. one cabinet minister this morning
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said he was right not to. we are in the middle of a very surreal situation with the pandemic, something that he has got huge experience of dealing with. it's a phenomenal success with the vaccine roll—out we've seen with the team at the department of health. he and the prime minister wanted to deliver on that. the department of health will investigate how the image of matt hancock in his ministerial office was able to find its way onto the sun's front page. top of the in tray for the new health secretary, the government is due to give a statement to mps tomorrow about the potential lifting of the final legal restrictions in england onjuly the 19th. then he'll need to think further ahead. we haven't seen flu or respiratory syncytial virus last winter, so there will be increased susceptibility in the population. so there's a very real risk
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this winter of covid plus flu plus rsv, respiratory syncytial virus, which could put a lot of pressure on the nhs. july the 19th — - are we still on track? for sajid javid the challenges start immediately. helen catt, bbc news. sir keir starmer has been talking about the appointment of sajid javid as health secretary, and matt hancock's resignation. we need a strong health secretary as we come through the pandemic, but obviously there's huge questions still to answer. if anybody thinks that the resignation of matt hancock is the end of the issue i think they're wrong, and i think the incoming health secretary and the prime minister now have serious questions to answer about the cctv, the access, the passes, the contracts, etc, so the resignation is far from the end of the matter.
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one of the key issues has been has cctv footage from matt hancock's office got into the hands of the sun newspaper. how concerned are you that there was a come inside matt hancock's office in that footage from it got to a newspaper? i’m hancock's office in that footage from it got to a newspaper? i'm very surrised i from it got to a newspaper? i'm very surprised i was _ from it got to a newspaper? i'm very surprised i was a _ from it got to a newspaper? i'm very surprised i was a camera _ from it got to a newspaper? i'm very surprised i was a camera in - from it got to a newspaper? i'm very surprised i was a camera in his - surprised i was a camera in his office at all and if there was such, he ought to have been told about it that it he ought to have been told about it thatitis he ought to have been told about it that it is positive that he knew about it and it was simply directed to the door. that is an internal matter within his pack department but if it was there within what his knowledge that is quite astonishing and i should make it clear that would apply to become in anyone's office without them knowing about it. as for the fact that it was clearly, the images were clearly obtained by somebody in leagues that is a security breach, yes. the person concerned may argue that they were acting in the whistle—blowing capacity and therefore they were justifying doing it but it is still a security breach and suggest there was somebody in
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the department was clearly did not approve of mr hancock and, on the whole, if you're going to run a proper ministerial department entrusted absolutely at the heart of it so it will be of concern to any permanent secretary of that has happened within his department. hesse happened within his department. have ou ever happened within his department. have you ever worked _ happened within his department. have you ever worked in _ happened within his department. have you ever worked in an office where you ever worked in an office where you knew that a camera was functioning?— you knew that a camera was functioning? you knew that a camera was functionina? �* ., ,. ., functioning? i'm not conscious of workin: functioning? i'm not conscious of working in _ functioning? i'm not conscious of working in an _ functioning? i'm not conscious of working in an office _ functioning? i'm not conscious of working in an office where - functioning? i'm not conscious of working in an office where i - functioning? i'm not conscious of. working in an office where i thought a camera was functioning. i think somebody i hope told me. all i can say what i found that very strange but, as i say, it may be a particular arrangement and the department of health but i would have expected matt hancock to know that such a camera was present. [30 that such a camera was present. do ou that such a camera was present. do you have confidence that this will be unravelled, that that question will be answered? i be unravelled, that that question will be answered?— will be answered? i don't know whether they're _ will be answered? i don't know whether they're going - will be answered? i don't know whether they're going to - will be answered? i don't know whether they're going to find l will be answered? i don't know. whether they're going to find the person who took the images and gave them to the sun. haven't the
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slightest clue about that. history of leak enquiry is within government, on the whole, many of them tend to be successful but occasionally they are, so, i've no idea. just make many of them tend to be unsuccessful. as of a question about whether the presence of the cameras followed proper procedure that should be easy to answer within an internal department and they may be no issue with it and it may have been common knowledge to everybody. we are discussing this on a day where it has emerged that classified mod documents have been found at a bus stopped and handed in by a member of the public. i bus stopped and handed in by a member of the public.- bus stopped and handed in by a member of the public. i mean, hugely concerning! — member of the public. i mean, hugely concerning! yes, _ member of the public. i mean, hugely concerning! yes, it _ member of the public. i mean, hugely concerning! yes, it shouldn't - member of the public. i mean, hugely concerning! yes, it shouldn't have - concerning! yes, it shouldn't have happened. that said, it's not the first time such a thing has happened. i can think of a number of occasions in my adult life where there have been stories of documents which are classified going astray and being found. that said, it was make a serious security breach, there can be no doubt about that, and it has to be investigated. i picked up a suggestion today that
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they actually know exactly where documents originate from so maybe that that is going to be quite an easy enquiry and the only issue may well turn out to be how did the documents come to be lost by an individual who had been in their possession? individualwho had been in their possession?— individualwho had been in their possession? how routine is it for -a er possession? how routine is it for paper copies. — possession? how routine is it for paper copies. for _ possession? how routine is it for paper copies, for hard _ possession? how routine is it for paper copies, for hard copy, - possession? how routine is it for paper copies, for hard copy, to l possession? how routine is it forl paper copies, for hard copy, to be carried around these days? because people following this might think that anything really sensitive is all encrypted password protected, that it all encrypted password protected, thatitis all encrypted password protected, that it is all—digital, essentially, that it is all—digital, essentially, that it is all—digital, essentially, that it isn't out? i certainly wouldn't have expected classified documents to be carried around or taken home by an individual except in very unusual circumstances. it takes depends on a bit on the ossification. certainly although ministers will sometimes get documents in red boxes if it is a highly classified document uniface are going to see it is within the ministerial office itself. —— depends on the classification, if it is a classified document the only place you are going to see is a
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within the ministerial office. i'm sure there is going to be an enquiry and they will ascertain how the documents were lost and should the documents were lost and should the documents have been in the person of possession of the person who lost in at the time they were lost or had they been taken away from the place that they should have been kept so that they should have been kept so that they should have been kept so that they weren't actually transported in public at all? those of the questions that will have to be answered.— of the questions that will have to be answered. . ., , be answered. dominic grieve, many thanks your — be answered. dominic grieve, many thanks your tennis _ be answered. dominic grieve, many thanks your tennis in _ be answered. dominic grieve, many thanks your tennis in them. - be answered. dominic grieve, many thanks your tennis in them. think . thanks your tennis in them. think very much. former attorney general. we now have a look at the latest coronavirus figures for the uk which you can see on the screen. if you look at the vaccination programme, more than 44 million people have never received their first vaccination. that is just over 84% of the adult population and more
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than 32 million people have had both that is just over 61% of the doses. that is just over 61% of the aduu doses. that is just over 61% of the adult population. now, to florida. 9 people are now confirmed to have died when an apartment block collapsed near miami on thursday. the mayor of miami—dade county says four more bodies had been found today and another person died in hospital. about 150 people are still unaccounted for. the mayor says rescuers are working around the clock. we have six to eight squads that are on the pile actively searching at any given time. hundreds of team members are on standby to rotate as we need a fresh start, so we are not lacking any personnel. but we have the best. we have the right people and the right number and we are getting it done. as we continue to sweep these piles with our canines, with our cameras, with our sonar, we are standing with our engineers as well, making sure that our first
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responders are safe. we need to be sure that the pile does not fall on them, that it does not fall on any possible survivors, and we are diligently pursuing that as we do our work. so, we're cutting a deep trench to assist us. it's now 125 feet in length. into the pile, it's 20 feet wide and a0 feet deep. now, this trench is very critical to the continuation of the search and rescue process. we've continued all night to build that trench, and, as a result of that, we were able to recover four additional bodies in the rubble as well as additional human remains. as of today, one victim passed away in the hospital, and we've recovered eight
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more victims on site, so i am confirming today that the death toll is at nine. we've identified four of the victims and notified the next of kin. my deepest condolences to the families, the friends, the communities of those who've lost their lives, and my prayers with the families and the whole community as they mourn this tragic loss. that was the mayor of miami—dade county and just to reiterate nine people are now confirmed as having died following the collapse of that apartment block on thursday but in the region of 150 people are still unaccounted for. it's thought half of all adults under—30 in england will have received a first dose of a covid vaccine by this evening. more than 4 million people aged between 18 and 29 have now had a jab. our health correspondent catherine burns reports.
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drop in, pop—up, grab ajab — whatever you call it, the government is making it as easy as possible for people to get their vaccines. so the message is, this weekend any adult in england can turn up for theirs without booking. it's happening in venues up and down the country, from shopping centres and theatres to stadiums — including the emirates. oh, ifeelamazing. to finally get this jab is actually amazing. like, its been anticipated for, like, a few months now about the covid jabs and stuff like that. and, to be honest, it feels amazing to actually get the covid jab and just feel free! just had it. it was great — it was quite quick. i walked in, it was about a 15—minute wait. the staff were super nice. yeah, lovely — a lovely experience. i feel fantastic. it's great to come out, i great to come to arsenal, my home club, and to support the vaccine roll—out _ and to get my first jab. at the front of the queue after about a half—an—hour wait
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here at the emirates stadium, they're injecting about 20 people every five minutes, which is quite a pace, but they've set themselves quite a target — to do 10,000 overfour days. you'll hear authorities calling this latest effort "a final drive", "a race to the finish line", but it's as important as ever because, as the number of people being vaccinated is rising, so, too, are cases — more than 98,000 people have tested positive in the last week. this vaccine is our best chance of getting protected and getting back to the lives that we love and that we have missed so much and i'm blown away by everybody�*s commitment to that — coming forward when it's their turn to get protected. and it's notjust about slowing down transmission of this awful virus, but it's, most importantly, about stopping people having to go into hospital and dying. the gap between high levels of infections and relatively low numbers in hospital or dying shows the real—life impact of vaccines and explains again exactly why ministers are so keen to make it easy for us.
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catherine burns, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... sajid javid says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him as he takes over as health secretary, following matt hancock's resignation. more bodies are recovered as the search for survivors under the collapsed miami building continues. nine people are now known to have died. now, let's get an update about that continuing police operation in west sussex today.
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police in west sussex have been responding to what they described as a large unlicensed music event. i think we would call it a rave. social media footage showed hundreds of party goers dancing near steyning in the early hours of this morning. at least 23 people have been arrested. officers say the emergency services were met with hostility, with one let's talk to our reporter aruna iyengar. sussex police say a directive to leave has been issued to those still at the site and at this time 23 people have been arrested on suspicion of offences which include drink and drug driving, possession of drugs and theft and those people had been taken into custody. they also say that emergency services have been met with some hostility at the site. one police officer has been assaulted, a second police officer has been injured in a collision with a car driven by someone leaving the event and a significant number of people, they say, have travelled to the site from
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areas outside of class dominic sussex, for people all over the country, and police say they are going to fully investigate the illegal activity and take positive action against those found to have organised it. those leaving the event have been for actively stopped to ensure the drivers are in a fit state to drive and then there continues to be disruption on the road network owing to a large number of badly parked vehicles and police are still being urged to avoid the area if possible. under the coronavirus rules, gatherings must not exceed 30 people unless by a legal exemption and illegal gatherings of more than 50 people outdoors can face fines of up to £10,000. i was looking at videos of this event on social media earlier this event on social media earlier this morning and last night and it showed crowds gathered throughout last night passing into the morning. there was a professional sound system, lighting systems were erected, gazebos, dozens of cars lining onto the road so it was, in
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effect, a festival.— lining onto the road so it was, in effect, a festival. yes, and there was a rave _ effect, a festival. yes, and there was a rave as — effect, a festival. yes, and there was a rave as well— effect, a festival. yes, and there was a rave as well in _ effect, a festival. yes, and there was a rave as well in south-east| was a rave as well in south—east london that police dealt with. that is riuht. a london that police dealt with. that is right. a rather— london that police dealt with. trust is right. a rather sad event. a teenage boy has been arrested following a fatal stabbing at this unlicensed music event and detectives were urging anyone who attended the event in south bermondsey on saturday night to get in touch. a26—year—old man was knifed to death at this illegal rave and it was at an industrial unit on stockholm road which is next to millwall football clubs football stadium the den. police arrived at around ten to midnight, they treated the man and he was pronounced dead at the scene and they were trying to establish his identity and contact his family. 16—year—old boy he was arrested was rushed to hospital with head injuries but his injuries are not thought to be life threatening. thank you very much. our correspondence the latest.
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thousands of people in bangladesh are scrambling to leave the capital dhaka to head to rural areas before the start of monday's new nationwide lockdown. under tough new measures, people have been told they will only be able to leave their homes in an emergency. it comes as a surge of cases of the delta variant has swept across the country which the government has described as "dangerous and alarming". our correspondent akbar hossain has the latest from dhaka. people who are living in the capital, dhaka, ahead of lockdown say that they do not have any choice but to flee from the city. most of the people earn on a daily basis. they will have no work while lockdown will be in place. tens of thousands of people are leaving the capital, dhaka, as they cannot afford to support their families during lockdown. the government say that, without enforcing a strict lockdown, it'd be very difficult to contain coronavirus infection. all public transport, offices, shops and restaurants must be closed. the delta variant, which is known as the indian variant,
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is spreading very fast across bangladesh. coronavirus positivity rate is nearly 23% in bangladesh, but districts bordering with india are severely affected, where coronavirus positivity rate is more than 50%. hospitals in the rural areas are now overwhelmed. doctors in the rural areas are struggling to provide treatment for the patients, as there are only several hundred icu beds in the hospitals. according to the government—published figures, a total number of deaths caused by coronavirus have crossed 14,000, but it is widely believed that the original death figure might be more than that as many people are unaccounted for because they died outside hospitals. akbar hossain, bbc news, dhaka. let's return now to our main story. the new health secretary, sajid javid and the challenges facing him in his new role. pat cullen is acting chief executive of the royal college of nursing. she gave me her thoughts
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on the requirements of the job. i wouldn't underestimate the challenges ahead for the new health secretary. they haven't changed overnight. those priorities for nursing staff remain the same. what we would ask for, we do need to see national recovery plan put in place that addresses the crisis within health and service direct social care. it needs to look at one camp of isolation to another and it is the existing workforce crisis we are asking him to address and we are asking him to address and we are asking to address the crisis with our social care services, the crisis that we are facing with the backlog of people sitting on our waiting lists, some waiting over 12 months and, again, the continuing public health crisis and management as part of this pandemic but as we heard this morning from the chair it is also the preparation that is required for any further pandemics we may be facing in the future. imilieu we may be facing in the future. when ou use
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we may be facing in the future. when you use the — we may be facing in the future. when you use the phrase _ we may be facing in the future. when you use the phrase workforce - we may be facing in the future. when you use the phrase workforce crisis, are there two elements to that? we have a current workforce who has worked for well over a year now is an extraordinary place, very very big pressures. you must, of course, hearfrom big pressures. you must, of course, hear from staff who were absolutely exhausted at the end of everything they've been through, so you got your current staff who i guess need a break, need to get over what they've been through, and are you saying that their are workforce issues on top of that?- saying that their are workforce issues on top of that? nursing staff enter this pandemic _ issues on top of that? nursing staff enter this pandemic with _ issues on top of that? nursing staff enter this pandemic with what - issues on top of that? nursing staff enter this pandemic with what they| enter this pandemic with what they were described was as one hand tied behind their back. tens of thousands of vacancies within the nursing profession but they manage their way through this pandemic, giving it their all. they are now exhausted. those vacancies still remain and haven't been addressed at all and if we are going to address those vacancies we need to address nursing pgy- vacancies we need to address nursing pay. so we already know that there
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is a strong possibility that already within the new in trade for a new health secretary the pay review body support that will make the recommendations to him about what pay award would be granted to nurses. now, if you do not address nurses. now, if you do not address nurses pay we have no hope of addressing the crisis that we have got within the nursing workforce. filling those vacancies, holding on to the wonderful nurses that we have already got within our system. every day, we deal with many calls for nurses asking us for advice about leaving the profession, looking for jobs elsewhere, looking forjobs in other countries. indeed, there is hardly a day goes by that i don't take calls from nursing recruitment agencies worldwide asking how they couldn't recruit nurses from england across to other countries. we can't afford to lose one single nurse out of our system. we can't run a health service and we can't want social care if we don't have nurses and we will certainly not address those
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waiting list, not address the 400,000 people were sitting waiting on outpatient appointments and you won't be able to do any of that if you don't have the nursing staff to look after those patients. we need to treat them. ... look after those patients. we need to treat them-— to treat them. i on board everything _ to treat them. i on board everything you're _ to treat them. i on board everything you're saying - to treat them. i on board everything you're saying butj to treat them. i on board - everything you're saying but haven't we had reports of the last few months, actually, of an increase in the number of people applying for nurse training? isn't that some glimmer of to take from this? it is. glimmer of to take from this? it is, but it takes — glimmer of to take from this? it is, but it takes three _ glimmer of to take from this? it is, but it takes three years _ glimmer of to take from this? it is, but it takes three years to - glimmer of to take from this? it 3 but it takes three years to train a nurse, and the other area that does need addressed is how do we retain those brilliant nurses that we have got, those nurses that have seen us through this pandemic? how do we hold on to those people if we don't treat them decently with a proper pay award, 1% or 2% isn't decent in their minds. we have to do everything in their mind to hold onto those nurses. this isn't about balancing financial plans. we must not get into a place where we build the cost of everything and the value of nothing. nurses have proven their
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value throughout this pandemic. they have did it for years before that and they have continued to do it again but we honestly must pay them decently and we must look at addressing those workforce vacancies ijy addressing those workforce vacancies by holding onto those nurses. fiat by holding onto those nurses. pat cullen from the royal college of nursing. ibiza was forced to shut down its famous club scene because of the coronavirus pandemic. now the white isle is hoping that a test event this weekend could pave the way for the reopening of its clubs — just in time for the expected return of british tourists next week. our correspondent anna holligan sent this update from ibiza... so here we are on ibiza's famous sunset strip and it is home to some of the bars that help to give ibiza its status as the party capital of the world. but, look — you can see cafe mambo all shut down for now, because when the tourists were here, they used to come and watch
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world—renowned djs like fatboy slim play for free and then they'd follow them on to the clubs. but right now, the whole clubbing industry on the island has shut down because of covid—19, so you can come and spend time in the bars, like the original cafe del mar, but the dancing is still banned. this is san antonio bay, so this is where the majority of british tourists spend their time on ibiza, and of the 4 million foreign visitors who come to this island every year, a million of them are british, and so, of course, there is a lot of anticipation here about the return of brits from wednesday. people can travel from the uk to ibiza, they won't have to show a negative pcr test or a double vaccination, and they won't have to quarantine when they return home either now that ibiza is on the uk's green watchlist. but there is some concern here, and the director of tourism here in ibiza has asked the spanish government to tighten the controls to ensure that the brits from the uk do not bring any new variants
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of the virus. and, of course, the delta variant is still so prevalent there. they do not want to undermine their efforts to fight the pandemic here. and clubbing is so central — it's so unique to ibiza, this industry, that they are trying desperately to have reopened in time for the return of those brits. an experiment took place this weekend. 1,400 key workers were given access. they had to show a negative pcr test or a double vaccination certificate to get in, and then they were allowed to dance on the dance floor — only wearing a mask at the time — but if this event is judged to be a success, then the rest of the clubbing industry on this party island should be allowed to reopen by the middle ofjuly. anna holligan in ibiza. the weather prospects are coming up injust a moment.
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racquets at the ready. wimbledon returns tomorrow! after the championships were cancelled last summer, this year's event will look a bit different. as part of the government's test event programme, wimbledon fell silent last year. now, a familiar sound of summer can be heard once more. grunting. it was only last monday that those running the tournament learned how many spectators will be allowed. we will start off at around 50% of the grounds capacity — so that's around 22,000 — and as we work our way through the championships, that will increase, and we've been enabled to get 100% of our capacity for the men's and ladies' finals weekend. on wimbledon fortnight last year, this place was completely deserted because, for the first time since the second world war, the championships didn't even take place. well, this year, the show is back on, and come finals weekend,
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there will be a capacity crowd of 15,000 spectators here on centre court. ground staff have been ensuring ground staff have been ensuring the courts look as immaculate the courts look as immaculate as ever while working as ever while working in covid bubbles. in covid bubbles. ithink, ifanything, it's, kind of, ithink, ifanything, it's, kind of, made the team more, sort of, made the team more, sort of, i think, if anything, it's, i think, if anything, it's, kind of, made the team more, kind of, made the team more, sort of, empowered to deliver sort of, empowered to deliver better than normal, better than normal, purely because we missed out purely because we missed out for a year and everyone realised how for a year and everyone realised how much they missed it so now, much they missed it so now, you know, we're kind you know, we're kind of chomping at the bit to get of chomping at the bit to get the championships under way. the championships under way. the ladies' final won't the ladies' final won't feature simona halep — feature simona halep — the defending champion has withdrawn one of these. the defending champion has withdrawn with a calf injury. with a calf injury. rafa nadal is out. rafa nadal is out. roger federer has fitness concerns. roger federer has fitness concerns. novak djokovic — favourite novak djokovic — favourite to retain his 2019 title. to retain his 2019 title. andy murray will play singles andy murray will play singles for the first time since 2017. for the first time since 2017. despite living close by, despite living close by, like all players, like all players, he'll have to stay in the tournament he'll have to stay in the tournament hotel in central london. hotel in central london. it'll have a reduced capacity, it'll have a reduced capacity, but henman hill is open but henman hill is open and when people are sat there, or and when people are sat there, or sat around any of the tennis courts, sat around any of the tennis courts,
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