luisa neubauer there. let's also hear from the luisa neubauer there. the bbc�*s kasia madera. she's been in the town of sinzig, sitting on the banks of the rhine. areas of the town were submerged in up to three metres of water in the height of the floods. she spoke to one resident whose house was deluged. everything we had, it's here, it's full of mud. the flood basically destroyed everything we had. and now you've got an army of volunteers trying to help you. who are these people? half of them, i don't know. they came on the streets. they asked if we need help. we need help. we really need help. the wholesalers full of mud and waten _ wholesalers full of mud and waten -- _ wholesalers full of mud and water. —— the whole seller is. we have a lot of bottles from the nearby bottle factory, so it is really a mess. and you've got a little boy. where are you living now? what do you do? at the moment, we live in an apartment of 15 square metres. we have a bed of 1.40 metres, sleeping with three people. so it is doable, but it is really hard. our boy is now w

climate change activist luisa neubauer l change activist luisa neubauer talking to my colleague, kasiaalth secretary sajid javid. they originally... but with hundreds of thousands of people having to self—isolate after a positive contact, they were met with a barrage of criticism and mrs johnson conceded it was important that everybody sticks to the same rules. it comes as almost all legal covid restrictions are due to be lifted in england on monday. here is our political correspondent nick eardley. life might be feeling a bit more normal, but the impact of the pandemic is far from over. hundreds of thousands of people have been told to self—isolate in recent days. and now track and trace has hit the heart of government. the prime minister and chancellor are self—isolating after the health secretary tested positive for covid yesterday. boris johnson posted this video on twitter. we did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme which allows people to test daily, but i think it's far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. the prime minister will now

ok luisa neubauer, who organised the friday for future meant, luisa neubauer, who organised the fridayhere in western germany and as you can see, the clean—up operation isjust beginning. it you can see, the clean—up operation is just beginning. it will take a very long time for any semblance of normality to return here and it will be really fascinating to see whether that discussion about climate change, how will impacts the elections that will be taking place towards the end of september, of course the green party is very organised here, it is got a strong voice, but it did dip in the polls at the beginning of the year, so we will be interesting to see how what we are seeing here reflects back on that, but as angela merkel said, back here on the ground, where people are just looking through, there try to rescue what they can, this is a clean—up operation. so much destruction. and like i say, this isjust one block much destruction. and like i say, this is just one block on one street in one town. this is happening throughout this region in western germany. throughout this region in wes