geeta, what's the latest? good morning.as you said, 200 workers are self—isolating on this farm which isjust workers are self—isolating on this farm which is just west of malvern. it produces vegetables like broccoli and beans. a couple of workers he showed symptoms of covid—i9 so they tested everyone working on the farm and 73 tested positive which is why they have created this farm lockdown, if you like. during harvesting, it is really normal for workers to live on mobile sites that are on the farms. they have essentially created this extent —— extended rubble and they are not allowed to leave the farm while they are self isolated. there are food deliveries and as we understand it, while public health england has said this is the first serious outbreak onafarm, this is the first serious outbreak on a farm, local health officials are confident that there is not a threat to the wider community and that the outbreak has been contained. the company that owns this farm say that the welfare of their staff are —— is a priority a

geeta, some centres there. just tell us geeta, some centres there. just tell usa geeta, some centres people here and said the infection rate is falling, but not enough to ease all restrictions. so what would that look like? well, this time next week nonessential shops will be able to reopen here in leicester along with childcare and schools. although it is the school summer holiday already here. what won't be happening as restrictions on travel, they will remain the same. the hospitality sector will remain the same set places like pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, they won't be able to reopen, which has sparked a lot of frustration. the boundary is changing, so some of the areas that are outside of leicester will be released because of lower infection rates there. but if you live in the restriction zone, in reality, life isn't changing that much. geeta, thank you very much. captain sir tom moore, who raised more than £30 million for nhs charities will travel to windsor castle today to be knighted by the queen. it will be the first face—to—face engagement her majesty has carried out wi

our reporter geeta pendse is in leicester now. geeta, good to see you.sn't it, there? and it probably will be for most of the day? absolutely, naga, really quiet and sadly a very different picture here in leicester. as you say, lots of measures have been put into place to ensure that the restrictions, tightened restrictions here are maintained. so leicestershire police say they have got more officers on duty than they would atypical new year's eve, duty than they would atypical new yea r‘s eve, and duty than they would atypical new year's eve, and as you mentioned, they can issue fines. british transport police say they are also going to have a higher present at leicester train station stop the advice is for people to really only travel in and out of leicester if it is absolutely essential. and the challenge here is that while leicester city centre and the surrounding areas might fall in the restriction zone, there are plenty of places in leicestershire but joint. so they might be seeing the reopening of pubs and restaurants, but what we found is there a

my colleague geeta guru murphy spoke to patrick vernon, who campaigned alongside paulette wilson, aboutdaughter and she is devastated. i want to say thank you to everyone in britain who has supported paulette over the last few years, but she feels she has lost her mum down to the hostile environment and the government's policies. why does she feel that? because i met paulette over the last few years and essentially she had two spells in a detention centre. when she came out, she decided to campaign and share her story and inspire hundreds of thousands of other windrush victims to do the same thing, which then led to the expose of the scandal. but even after that, she was still fighting for compensation and i think she experienced post—traumatic stress and that had an impact on her physiology of her body and in many ways, her spirit was broken. the government broke her spirit. she was feisty and full of life, and if you speak to any of the victims or see them, their spirit has been broken by this government because the dedication, the disrespect, the mental impact on trying to stay in br

geeta, what's the mood in the city? around people figuring out whether they were in or out of the restricted area because it's not just the city centre, it also affects some suburbs outside of leicester. also the mayor of leicester. also the mayor of leicester criticised the government for not releasing data sooner to the local authority which, as you mentioned, is something echoed by the british medical association today. today in leicester, non—essential shops are closed. children will be gearing up for the last day of school, as most schools will be closing tomorrow for the majority of children which, from what i've gathered with parents, there's the sense of understanding but also disappointment, and all eyes will be on the fourth ofjuly this saturday to see if the easing of restrictions elsewhere might tempt people to go outside of the restriction zone. there are high hopes that won't happen. thank you very much that update. —— thank you very much that update. us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has cond

you're watching bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy.announced on the roadmap to reopening england. he outlined a timeline for back—to—work plans. the government will give a detailed update on 1st august. but he said that employers must use their own discretion. and that it will only be ok for employees to go back to work if it is safe. he went on to say that as of 1st august most leisure centres can reopen, along with bowling alleys, skating rinks and casinos. and close—contact beauty treatments will be allowed to resume. from october in england, audiences will be allowed back into stadiums and conferences will be allowed to resume too. the prime minister then said that this would all be reviewed in november, to see if ‘normal life' can return. as we've been hearing, the prime minister outlined that the government advice to work at home will change from 1 august. instead of government telling people to work from home, we're going to give employers more discretion and ask them to make decisions about how their staff can work safely. that

this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru murthy. the headlines. this is bbc news, the headlines. most of the transmission was happening between households visiting each other and people visiting relatives and friends, so we have taken this action, which i appreciate is very significant for those involved. essentially, we're asking people to comply with rules that haven't yet been published, in just comply with rules that haven't yet been published, injust three hours‘ time. we really do have to do better than this. we‘ll hear live from the prime minister shortly, with reports he‘ll delay the easing of restrictions that were due to come in over coming days in england. the other headlines. in wales, up to 30 people can meet outdoors and children under 11 will not have to social distance from monday. grim economic news for spain, italy and france as new figures reveal the dramatic imapct lockdown has had on their economies. reveal the dramatic impact lockdown has had on their economies. ba‘s owners posts huge losses and say it will take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to re

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hello this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines...t now cover their faces when they go into shops. in hong kong, all schools are closing again after a spike in coronavirus cases. mexico's brutal drug gangs turn to handing out aid during the pandemic — they say they're filling a void. and on the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, the story of the 13—year—old girl who helped design the spitfire so crucial to the allies' victory the world health organization has called south america the new epicentre of the coronavirus crisis and warned that the worst is yet to come. brazil has been hardest hit in the region, with almost 70,000 fatalities and more than 1.5 million cases alone. earlier this week, the president of brazil — jair bolsonaro — announced he had tested positive, and now the interim president of bolivia has also tested positive. our south america correspondent katy watson reports. this was ecuador in march, when bodies were left in the street and families forced to keep corpses at home as authorities struggle

i'm geeta guru—murthy.he headlines at apm: a major easing of the coronavirus lockdown comes into effect in england — with restaurants, hotels, and cinemas all able to re—open. many pubs in england have already welcomed their first customers from early this morning — business is expected to pick up later for their first saturday night post—lockdown. it will be a bit kind of touch and go figuring out how we will make everything as safe as possible, but i'm pretty reassured by the systems we have in place. some hairdressers in england have been open since midnight — businesses will have to have new rules and procedures in place. a local lockdown comes into force in the city of leicester. hospitality businesses aren't allowed to open, and social gatherings and overnight stays are banned. and trials take place in the uk, focusing on using blood plasma from coronavirus survivors to treat people who are ill. people in england can have a professional haircut and visit a pub or a restaurant again today, after a majo

i'm geeta guru—murthy.he headlines at 5pm: families and friends can be reunited with loved ones, as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity. harry's mum says it's a huge step forward. it's important to us that when you do something wrong, you hold your hands up, you go through the justice system and you accept whatever is dealt to you. it's that simple. just do the right thing. it shouldn't be that hard. are you a soft touch on russia, prime minist