with significant numbers of elderly and disabled and low income residents rochford was an ideal. candidate has an access to cash pilot scheme one idea under consideration here is to set up a local finance hub offering bank services without being tied to any specific bank ground the community it's taking ownership of this problem and providing solutions for each other we would use the hub as an outlet for those services rochford last remaining bank branch closed in 2017 the post office so often struggles to cope the lack of access to cash was being a drain on the town's economy and then came coronavirus at the height of the pandemic here in the u.k. a.t.m. usage collapsed by 65 percent it's only just now recovered to 40 percent down and the estimate is that 5 years of cash decline has been accelerated in the past 5 months what we need is everything in place to allow the recovery to be as smooth as possible and access the cash is a part of that rochford is keen to learn the lesson of sweden where a rapid switch away from accepting cash payments led to irreversible damage to the cas

al-jazeera rochford in essex. the man who oversaw the restoration of cuba's famous famous all you say be a leo has died at the age of $77.00 is known for building parts of the city for terrorists and refurbishing the hotel where american journalist and novelist honest hemingway would write many of his best books they are haunting reports. in this caribbean country his death was announced as breaking news you saved. oversaw the restoration of cuba's famous old havana area of the capital and he was adored for it or and in 1942 into a poor family from an early age he was captivated by the history of his city one of his 1st projects was to save a wooden road from being covered in asphalt he befriended then president fidel castro and became a member of cuba's parliament he persuaded castro to focus on restoring the capital after years of disrepair. he worked to designate parts of the city as a unesco world heritage site and began rebuilding. i'm happy to not be celebrating the $500.00 on of the city of falling off of h

al-jazeera rochford in essex. now nearly 8000 people in southern california have been given evacuation orders as firefighters battle a wildfire in riverside county the blaze dubbed apple fire by local authorities has consumed at least 60 square kilometers of land destroying at least 3 buildings forces say the fire was not contained at tall as of sunday morning so they're still struggling and firefighters are trying to combat the blazes parts of the state record temperatures as high as 50 degrees celsius over the weekend. still ahead on the program he was known as the man who saved her van a cuban wants the death of the c.b. oh yeah that spangler. and install tell you about i'll tell you if a blown out tire was enough to stop lewis hamilton from winning his own pomfret f one action just a few moments a son. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories that one the people are pretty calm and there is no check and extend provided a glimpse into someone else's wild new up pursuing in the dream o

with that significant numbers of elderly and disabled and low income residents rochford was an ideal candidate has an access to cash pilot scheme one idea under consideration here is to set up a local finance hub offering bank services without being tied to any specific bank brand the community it's taking ownership of this problem and providing solutions for each other we would use the hub as an outlet for those services rochford last remaining bank branch closed in 2017 the post office often struggles to cope the lack of access to cash was being a drain on the town's economy and then came coronavirus at the height of the pandemic here in the u.k. a.t.m. usage collapsed by 65 percent it's only just now recovered to 40 percent and the estimate is that 5 years of cash decline has been accelerated in the past 5 months what we need is everything in place to allow the recovery to be as smooth as possible and access that cash is a part of that ratchford is keen to learn the lesson of sweden where a rapid switch away from accepting cash payment led to irreversible damage to the cash infras

in place to allow the recovery to be as smooth as possible and access the cash is a part of that rochford is keen to learn the lesson of sweden where a rapid switch away from accepting cash payment led to irreversible damage to the cash infrastructure the warning from sweden don't sleep walk into the same point of no return paul brennan al-jazeera rochford and essex still ahead on al-jazeera arsenal is celebrating a record 4 teams title winning the english f.a. cup and is here with that story and more. kidnappings and murders in crimea says russia's forced an extension of the black sea finnish. i don't understand why the school now. schools of crimean to toss have been arrested. and killed. most believe by russian security forces. crimea russia's dark secret on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure to nandan to tun it's back on beijing and the u.k. is finding itself caught between the palace with detailed coverage israel's missed opportunities on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the panda from around the w

and warning from sweden don't sleep walk into the same point of no return paul brennan al-jazeera rochford in essex at least 16 people have been killed in flash floods in a village in eastern afghanistan they were triggered when torrential rains swept across niagara province on friday most of the victims were children dozens of homes were destroyed the team has been sent to help local emergency services. hate wave and strong winds of worsening conditions for firefighters battling blazes in italy planes and helicopters were called in to try to dallas the wildfires in southern ear. on saturday so far there's been no reports of injuries or damage to property nasa says that 2 are struggles aboard a space x. capsule are on track to splash down off florida on sunday afternoon astronauts start hurley and bob behnken undocked after a 2 month mission on board the international space station it marks a new era for commercial spaceflight 9 years after nasa retired its space shuttle fleet it will be the 1st splashdown for u.s. astronauts in 45 years they're aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the f