A call for clarity on the wearing of Face Coverings as the government says it will come to a decision on the situation in england in the next few days. Drinks this is bbc news with the latest to a decision on the situation headlines for viewers in the uk the Prime Minister says there and around the world. Will be a decision in a few days, but he knows what he thinks Manchester Citys two Year Champions League ban has been if asked to wear one. Lifted after they were accused of breaking uefas financial fair play rules. Yes, Face Coverings, i think people should be wearing in shops. And in terms of how the government is urged to clarify we do that, whether we make it mandatory or not, well be whether Face Coverings should be worn in shops in england. Looking at the guidance and well be the justice secretary says saying a little bit more in the next few days. Perhaps they should be. Well be getting the latest from westminster i think the point is where you come and from wales where, in the last few minutes, into close contact with people you its been announced that mask wearing will be compulsory wa nt to on Public Transport. Into close contact with people you want to give them the confidence also this lunchtime. That you are doing everything you a huge win for Manchester City, as the club successfully can to prevent inadvertent transmission of this disease. Overturns a two year ban where do you stand on masks . From European Club competitions. If youre wearing one, why . And if youre trying tributes to Kelly Preston to avoid wearing one, the hollywood actress id be really interested and wife ofJohn Travolta to know your reasons vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. In a few minutes were going talk to the owner of lifestyle store in scotland where some customers have said they wont be coming back because wearing Face Coverings
in shops is mandatory. The conservative andrzej duda, is re elected as president of poland by the slimmest margin since the end of communism. The uk government launches a Publicity Campaign to encourage people to prepare for the end of the brexit transition period. In the us, one day after disney world reopens in orlando, florida posts the biggest surge of coronavirus cases in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. Actor Kelly Preston has died from Breast Cancer aged 57. Her husband John Travolta said she fought a courageous fight. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Man city won an appeal against a two year ban on their participation in European Competition. The penalty was imposed by uefa for a breach of its rules on financial fair play. It is introduced a fine of £27 million to nine william pounds for not cooperating with the investigation. And the swiss gave us us the background. Man city fans will be breathing a hefty sigh of relief, victoria. As you say, manchester united, Manchester City, surrey, were originally accused of breaching uefa financial fair play regulations. These rules are essentially trying to make sure clu bs essentially trying to make sure clubs spend within their means, dont get into serious Financial Difficulties and also to make sure wealthy owners dontjust pour money into football clu bs
wealthy owners dontjust pour money into Football Clubs and it was originally alleged in a series of lea ked originally alleged in a series of leaked e mails city had inflated the size of sponsorship deals so their owner could invest more money in the clu b owner could invest more money in the club than the rules allowed. Uefa found man city guilty of this, originally banned them from european football for two years and gave them a hefty fine, as well. City insist of the allegations were false, also the process had not been independent. They appealed to the court of arbitration for sport, there was a hearing last month, and that hearing has now produced a fantastic result as far as man city are concerned because that two year ban that they originally had been given has been lifted. The court of arbitration for sport said man city did not disguise funding as sponsorship contributions as had been alleged. They said they did fail to co operate the uefa authorities so the decision was
their exclusion from participation in Uefa Club Competitions was lifted, they still had a fine but it was reduced to 10 Million Euros and that will be a huge relief to man city fans. Had they been excluded from european football for the next two seasons, as from european football for the next two seasons, as was from european football for the next two seasons, as was originally the case, they would have lost millions of pounds potentially £100 million per season, but on top of that, there were issues with recruitment, with players man city what about their manager, pat guardiola, and their manager, pat guardiola, and the damage to the reputation of the Football Club. This club dominated Football Club. This club dominated football for the last decade or so for Manchester City, this news will come as a huge relief to them. They have been reprieved, the family had been given from European Competition has now been lifted, so they will be able to compete in the Champions League next season. Gary lineker has
just tweeted, hard to see how uefa natural fair play rules can survive this, in fact, natural fair play rules can survive this, infact, can natural fair play rules can survive this, in fact, can uefa survive the ramifications . There is a thought. He said it was a huge win for the club. 0n the mixed messages regarding the wearing of masks in enclosed spaces, like shops, in england thejustice secretary Robert Buckland said perha ps there is a need to make them mandatory. That contrasts with what michael gove said on monday, but he prefer to test your good sense. Matt hancock says officials are dealing with more than 100 local outbreaks every week and are taking targeted action. His comments come after 73 cases of covid 19 were confirmed at a Vegetable Farm in herefordshire. Around 200 workers have been totally self isolate on the premises. The local council believes the outbreak is contained now and theres a further easing of lockdown today in england you go to beauty salons, nail bars, spas and tattooists. In
scotla nd nail bars, spas and tattooists. In scotland youre allowed back at Shopping Centres as long as are covering your face, and Shopping Centres as long as are covering yourface, and pubs, bars and cafe is in wales and start serving customers outdoors. 0n the mixed messages regarding the masks like shops in england, thejustice secretary robert buckhurst said there is a need to make the monetary perhaps. I think carrying one with me and wearing one into a supermarket is a good idea and i think frankly the best thing to do was to carry on wearing it. I think if this is market is very busy then wearing it is absolutely sensible and people can be trusted to have the good sense to make the judgment call. And if one has gone into a supermarket very early in the morning and theres nobody around, well, thats one thing, but the point is, when you come into close contact with people you want to give them the confidence that you are doing everything you can to prevent inadvertent transmission of this
disease. Norman is at westminster. As the westminster government going to make it mandatory to wear coverings in shops in england, do you think . Yes, i think in time, thats the direction of travel. If you look at every other european country and more broadly around 75 countries now insist on facemasks, in public places, we have tended to follow what other countries do in terms of a lockdown, even in terms of facemasks, now mandatory on trains, not yet in shops, but i think that is the direction of travel. The reason for the confusion is because the argument hasnt really been resolved. If you take as the basic objective of the government, it wants to get people back to work, back in city centres, back to work, back in city centres, backin back to work, back in city centres, back in shops, do facemasks help or hinder that . They havent managed to thrash that out, so there are some of the cabinet to think facemasks will give people the confidence to think its ok, people taking
precautions, im safe, i can go back, in other words, precautions, im safe, i can go back, in otherwords, it precautions, im safe, i can go back, in other words, it will encourage people back, but others think that people regarded as one almighty problem and think i wont bother going to shop so i have to wear a face mask and others will think everyone is having to wear face masks, this is covid is very frightening and dangerous and i will stay out of city centres and that argument has not been fully bottomed out yet, but if you look at the way we have gone along throughout this coronavirus then, we tend to follow what other countries do. On that basis, i think in time its quite likely the government will make it mandatory to wear face masks in shops. We are heading for the end of the brexit transition period at the end of the year and the government is going to release these adverts telling us to get ready. What do we need to do . Quite a lot is the honest truth when we leave the transition period at the end of the year. Theres a lot of things we
have to do what individual consumers, if we want to go to the eu intends having up to date passport, with six months still on it, if youre going to drive, you may need an International Drivers licence, you absolutely will need to check your travel insurance because you want to be eligible for the eu health card. If you are a business, there is a lot you are going to have to do. You will have to apply for an employers number so you will have to do probably have to employ a customs agent for exporting into the eu, and that could be costly because its been estimated every customs form will cost you about £34 and in a year it estimated British Business will need around 400 million customs forms so thats an awful lot of additional costs for the one plus for business, so the government, is a free trade deal will provide new
and different opportunities to export to different parts of the world, so they are trying to say, yes, there will be additional regulations but there are opportunities for business too. Thank you very much, norman. Thank you. In the last couple of hours, the National Electoral commission in poland has announced that the incumbent, andrzej duda, has won the president ial election. In a news conference, the head of the Electoral Commission said that with results from almost all polling stations now in, mr dudas lead over his rival, rafal trzaskowski, could not now be overhauled. 0ur correspondent adam easton gave us the latest from warsaw. The head of the Electoral Commission has said 99. 97 of votes have now been counted and president duda has been re elected with a 2. 4 victory margin, which as you said, cant be overhauled with the remaining votes that still need to be counted. What does this mean for poland . It means there is a large electorate in poland that supports president dudas socially conservative platform. His support for traditional families, his antipathy
towards lg btq rights, but also Financial Support for families, not just families. Senior citizens, tax breaks for young people. Those have proved very, very popular among poles and have helped to raise some polish families out of poverty. But it also means perhaps concern in brussels and the European Union because president duda is a supporter of the government to pass controversial changes to the judiciary, which the European Union and many other institutions have said has undermined the judiciarys independence and the rule of law in poland, so there will be some concern about what the government is planning to do. It has said it will try to continue its reforms with the judiciary. So with an election win for president duda, who is an ally of the governing law and justice party, the government now has three
years before the next general election in which it can govern unhindered, without an opposition president. So thats likely to continue debate in europe, which has already started, about eu funds, with poland being the biggest recipient of eu funds under the current budget, and about those funds being tied to the rule of law, which will obviously be of concern to the government. Sorry, you are there. I keep getting this wrong. Florida has registered a Record Number of coronavirus cases in a single day for a us state with more than 15,000 people testing positive in just 24 hours. The state is thought to be particularly vulnerable to the virus because of its Elderly Population and reliance on tourism. Heres our us correspondent peter bowes. Another surge in coronavirus cases and a new epicentre for the disease. Florida is now seeing more new infections than most countries. Across the us, more than 60,000 new cases are being reported every day and about a quarter of them are in the sunshine state, where the Hospital System is under growing strain and some intensive care facilities are at full capacity. When the pandemic started, florida was slow to respond. The beaches and bars stayed open. They were eventually forced to close, but reopened early, only to be shut down again. This is a state dogged by the disease and confusion over how to deal with it. Even as the numbers rose over the weekend, disney world opened again to the public mickey mouse at a distance and mandatory face masks for visitors. But the republican governor, ron desantis, has refused to issue a state wide order for people to cover their faces. There are some anti mask activists who believe its not necessary at all. The risks are very, very low. This is a virus that has a 99. 6 recovery rate. This is a virus that is very well contained. With other states like arizona, texas and california all facing worrying increases in the number of new cases, the Trump Administration is focusing on reopening schools in the autumn, despite opposition. I think everybody would like to get our kids back to school as quickly as we can, but we also want to do it and make sure our kids will be as safe as possible. So, were not going to be rushed into this. With a growing health crisis, a divided nation and a president ial election looming, the politics of dealing with covid 19 has never been more intense. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. A doctor in texas says a man in his 30s who thought coronavirus was a hoax, has died after attending a covid 19 party hosted by an infected person. In a video broadcast, the chief medical officer at the Methodist Hospital in san antonio, jane appleby, said she had heard stories
of special covid gatherings attended by young people to allegedly see who gets infected first and who can survive the virus. She said the victim now regretted his bravado. We cared for a 30 year old patient at Methodist Hospital who told the nurse they had attended a covid party. This is a party held by someone diagnosed with the covid virus, and the thought is that people get together to see if the virus is real and to see if anyone gets infected. Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and they said, i think i made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax, but its not. This is just one example of a potentially avoidable death of a young member of our community and i cant imagine the loss of the family. The american actress Kelly Preston has died at the age of 57. She starred in films including twins and jerry maguire. Her husband, John Travolta,
confirmed on social media that she had passed away after two years of treatment for Breast Cancer. To wear a mask or not . Thank you for your messages on this. Ciaran in scotla nd your messages on this. Ciaran in scotland says ive been impressed by the amount of people wearing face masks in shops, pretty much everyone is, very few people havent been wearing them, but i understand some kind for medical reasons and so i would never challenge someone on not wearing one. Louisa says, i work in a supermarket last week within 15 minutes of starting work i witnessed a customer cough over the chilled food and another customer cough down the aisle i was working on. Neither of these people are tempted to catch their cough in the fold of their arm. Face masks need to be worn in shops to protect everyone. Im shocked at how people just arent
thinking. Daily im telling people to move back away from me. Its scary. Well, on sunday, the Prime Minister is cabinet colleague michael gove said he doesnt think they should be compulsory in england. 0n they should be compulsory in england. On friday the Prime Minister borisjohnson suggested stricter rules were needed. I do think we need to be stricter in insisting that people wear Face Coverings in confined places where they are meeting people that they dont normally meet. The balance of scientific opinion seems to have shifted in favour of. More in favour of them than it was, and we are very keen to follow that. The government at all times does look at the emerging evidence about the best way to control the disease. If necessary, and if tough measures are required, as we have seen in leicester obviously a very different situation then tough measures will be taken. But on the whole, my view is that it is always better to trust
peoples common sense, to give them a clear sense of what is wise, and i think individuals and businesses are responding well to that need. With me is simon kolstoe, senior lecturer in evidence based healthcare and University Ethics advisor at the university of portsmouth. Also, im joined by helen crawford, owner of the Old School Beauty a lifestyle shop in the Scottish Highlands where wearing a Face Covering was made mandatory on friday. Hello, both of you. Thank you for talking to us. Let me start with simon if i may. Should we wear masks in england when we go into shops, stores and supermarkets . So this whole issue, i dont think its ever really been about silence. Masks are routinely worn in Infection Control, operating theatres, and likewise we ask children to cover your mouth when you cough, dont sneeze over other people. Weve always been told these things so we know are
effective for Infection Control. The problem we have is that the thought of facemasks worn for Infection Control our surgical masks, medical devices, or respirator mask, filtering masks, but those are built to specific standards and the problem we have as there havent been enough of these masks and we dont want to compete with the nhs so people are being encouraged to make their own masks and anyone can now do that and those wont be anywhere near as effective as a certified masks we already have, so we know they were, of course they do, but the problem is when anyone canjust do, but the problem is when anyone can just make a mask, do, but the problem is when anyone canjust make a mask, we dont do, but the problem is when anyone can just make a mask, we dont know how effective they are and thats one of the reasons we have this discussion. Ive got here which i know you cant see, simon, but i will describe it for you, a cloth mask and ive also got a disposable one because you have to wear on Public Transport so when i go home on the tube you wear a mask. It looks really nice, its pale blue
cotton with white spots on it youre telling me basically its ineffective . Im not saying that. But it would be almost. I was impressed going to southampton General Hospital the other day that someone was inspecting the face mask people are wearing when they came into the hospital and if they were not happy with it they were giving them a surgical mask instead and giving them some advice on how to wear them, so this issue has been acknowledged by the medical world as well. Helen, how do your customers feel about Wearing Masks . 0k, well. Helen, how do your customers feel about Wearing Masks . Ok, i should say our shop is called the old school bewley, and its based on the highlands. Im so sorry. I said beauty. Im an absolute idiot, sorry. Yes, i mean, we opened on the ist ofjuly and its been a
fantastic experience, liberating experience, very positive, i would say about 20 of customers are happy either way regarding Face Coverings. I would say 40 of customers are positively delighted. Many of them are ambassadors for this policy thats been brought in, it is mandatory in scotland, and there is a £60 fine is one is caught not wearing one in scottish shops, so about 40 of customers are emboldened in fact and feel more confident in a shopping environment because of this. I would hasten to add, though, we think about a 40 of our Customer Base is not happy to embrace it. Has concerns about it, perhaps a cultural point of view. We are not used to covering our faces, an obvious thing, and obviously
people who may need to lip read, who may have a disability of some sort, feeling of claustrophobia, or who have a medical condition so as retailers we are really mindful that you just dont know what your customers thinking. You have to respect their views. Its certainly something that we are very aware of in this sort of retail environment. Its a beautiful shop and people wa nt its a beautiful shop and people want to wonder around and have a pleasant experience, so the opinion is divided. You have had some customers, i think, is divided. You have had some customers, ithink, saying is divided. You have had some customers, i think, saying last thursday we are not going to come for a while because we dont want to wear a mask. Thats absolutely correct. Masks were made mandatory, Face Coverings i should say, from friday, so for example, we have been trading since the ist ofjuly and i would say its been a release for
customers, liberating positive experience for weeks after. 0n thursday, the day before they were made compulsory in scotland, we did have a fair number of customers come out and say we love this shop, we love shopping in a bricks and mortar environment where we can be seen, be pa rt of environment where we can be seen, be part of the community, and im really sorry but we dont feel we are comfortable covering our faces and coming in after thursday so we have to be mindful of that. We also sell online. When we went into lockdown, our sales went up by 540 online, so we are in that sort of situation where we are a bricks and mortar shop and have a strong Online Presence and a lot of my retailer friends have not been able to go direction and then, in bricks and
mortar shops, and they will inevitably see a reduction in customer numbers coming in because of this. We have to be mindful of that. Everyone has a view. Let me go back to simon. I mean, you sad its not really about the science. Let me just read these quotes are from the downing street daily briefings. Professor matt hancock, the evidence on the use by the general public, especially outdoors, is extremely weak. Sir patrick vallance, the evidence on facemask as i was been variable, quite weak, and professor chris whitty, wearing a mask and if you dont have an infection, rarely reduces the risk almost not at all. Angela maclean, deputy chief scientific adviser, the recommendation from sage has been com pletely recommendation from sage has been completely clear, there is a weak evidence. So shall we do it for courtesy reasons . Hello, simon, can
you hear me . I dont think you can. No for that something has gone wrong tactically. Im so sorry about that. I read that whole massive list of quotes, as well. Helen, you may as well tell us about the old school beauly. I dont know if you can show us beauly. I dont know if you can show usa beauly. I dont know if you can show us a little bit because i can see some beautiful flowers behind us a little bit because i can see some beautifulflowers behind you. Thank you, victoria. We are a live tile shop. We look after the customer from the moment they come in to the clothing, homeware, fantastic scottish ceramics, books, music. We are in the community and for the community. The kind of shop where our customers will come in locally and it is their shop. We are about exactly are you . We are in beauly, beautiful village 20 minutes outside of inverness, the capital of
the highlands, and we are very much in the community and its a beautiful place to come to if you wa nt beautiful place to come to if you want to do some walking. Its a beautiful landscape around us and the village itself is a thriving, wonderful high street retailers and copy shops and so on. We are going to survive this. We are confident, positive, and we want to invite our customers back in. And play our part in getting things moving. For us, it was very important that we get this shop opened. That we get our staff back on board, back on to a roster, and play our part in getting our staff off furlough. Its our duty and responsibility. We truly believe in the nobility of work. So thats what we are aiming for and we just wa nt what we are aiming for and we just want to make it a nice experience for our customers. We put so much in
place here in terms of gold plating the guidelines on safe shopping. We really have gone above and beyond. You know, we can guarantee two metres, more than two metres in our shop. We live in a rural environment. Microphone rings helen, youve got customers venue now. Your phone is ringing off the hook. Microphone rings. Thank you for talking to us for some simon, we lost you technically early on but i want to say thank you for your time. Thank you very much. Im so stupid for getting the name of your shop wrong. It is beauly for them a lifestyle shop in the Scottish Highlands. Could the social and economic devastation caused by covid 19 lead to an increase in Serious Violence . Thats the concern outlined in a report published by the britains Youth Violence commission. Its called for substantial, long Term Investment
in Violence Reduction units across the country. First established in the uk in scotland, these units aim to tackle the root causes of crime. Panorama has been given unique access to see how it works in scotland, as Kate Silverton reports. This is Polmont Young 0ffenders institute on the outskirts of edinburgh. The teenagers here are being supported by scotlands Violence Reduction unit. Rhys is nine months into a two year sentence for knife crime. I stabbed somebody, so i was one of the lucky ones. In what sense . I didnt kill the person i stabbed. If id put that knife a millimetre higher or lower or wherever, it could have been the end of him and i could be looking at, instead of two years, 20. What were your circumstances at the time . I grew up in secure units and care and things like that, so im familiar with this sort of environment. So my mum has been in prison all her life. Ive seen my mum once
since i came in here, and it was an inter prison visit, so it was a visit with another prisoner. What has polmont given you then, and all the help youve had . Its changed my mindset on violence, on drugs, alcohol, even alcohol. Alcohol was my best friend, you know what i mean . Just to get rid of whats going on in there. So just everything, everything. Karyn mccluskey was one of the founders of the vru. There wasnt a Police Officer i met who actually said, we can fix this. They said, look, we can keep a lid on the pot, we can absolutely arrest people, but thats not fixing it. We sort of really started to look at it like a Public Health issue, like a disease. Really . Violence was a disease . We started to look at how it was transmitted. You grow up in an angry, aggressive home, so you almost become infected. So we started to look at what would prevention look like. Over the next 14 years, homicide rates in glasgow fell by more than two thirds,
from 39 in a year, to 11. Lyndsay has been a Police Officerfor 28 years. She works with kevin, a former armed robber and heroin addict. They are part of the violent 0ffender watch project, or vow, a police team trying to cut reoffending rates. Whats unusual about the vow project is that it teams up Police Officers with ex prisoners. Initially i was like, its the police that want information. Theyre up to something. The trust wasnt there. They said, kevin, could you possibly break down these barriers, we want to help. Police scotland are taking a risk taking on a former armed robber, drug addict, to come and work alongside them. I was also taking a Reputational Risk, because ive got to go back to the community and tell everybody i work with Police Officers. An independent study found that involving ex cons doubled the numbers who engage, leading to an 80 reduction in reoffending. The vow project estimates that has meant savings for police, courts and the prison service
of around £8 million. Scotland hasnt cracked violent crime. There are still relatively high assault and homicide rates in glasgow, and in the last few years there has been a small increase in violence after a decade of steep falls, but there has been a change in attitudes to youth crime in scotland and a belief that they have started to crack that cycle of violence. Kate silverton, bbc news. Werejoined by kevin neary, a recovering addict with a criminal past who now works alongside the police to help young people avoid the life he once led. And lyndsay barr, a Police Officer in edinburgh. We saw them both in the film. Thank you both are talking to us. Kevin, can you tell us more about your own background and what has lead you down the path you went down . |j background and what has lead you down the path you went down . I spent i would say years, from being a
teenager, in my teenage years, with alcohol from a very early age, and progress through the years to drugs, and then offending with minor offences and then progressing through the years up to armed robbery. I went from alcohol and su bsta nces robbery. I went from alcohol and substances and drugs like marijuana to being a heroin addict. It was that progression. What do you think about the Public Health approach in scotla nd about the Public Health approach in scotland to issues like knife crime for example . The approach is about supporting young people and people who commit violence, and what is the root cause of that, as a Public Health issue. What the Violence Reduction unit has done its work with various partners to look at how it can reduce stress and trauma in peoples lives. People who are involved in criminal activity such
as violence, who inspires them to be like that . It comes from communities where there is poverty, unemployment, and the approach is to try to model whats going on because there are a lot of Mental Health issues involved as well. Do you think there is always an explanation for someone carrying a knife, whether its the way they were brought up, whether mum and dad didnt have money or they were in a single parent family, Mental Health issues, is there always an explanation . I think there is always an explanation. We deal with a lot of people who come from traumatic backgrounds, they have experienced adversity in their upbringings. Those childhood experiences. A lot of the young people we work with today have had really difficult upbringings, whether its because of bereavement, may be a parent has addiction, they could be abject poverty, Domestic Violence, many
reasons. Many young people will carry a weapon out of fear, they are frightened of repercussions, sol think there usually is a reason behind it and it is usually trauma based. Behind it and it is usually trauma based. Which is where mentors like kevin, in . I think based. Which is where mentors like kevin, in . Ithink today based. Which is where mentors like kevin, in . I think today kevin is a reformed character and thats why he is so crucial, because he has been through some of that. Those young kids carrying knives can relate to him. Absolutely. If you told me 28 years ago when ijoined the police i would be working with a former armed robber and heroin addict, i wouldnt have believed you. The members we have in the vow team are invaluable assets and we couldnt do our jobs team are invaluable assets and we couldnt do ourjobs without them. There is a team of seven now, four Police Officers and three mentors and they are fantastic at what they do and their experience makes them crucial. Kevin, do you think perhaps
fear of covid and the crisis we are in and hopefully emerging slowly from, could make these kind of issues worse . There will be a tsunami of Mental Health problems. There will be so much unemployment. Kids coming out of school looking for employment are going to have no opportunities because of covid. We need to be thinking smart and thinking ahead because in communities where there is poverty, young people can thrive by engaging with employment or eyeing the that or through criminal activity in order to survive. There is the massive Mental Health issue. We talk about violent crime, and there are lots of types of violent crime, not just knives, but hidden crimes like Domestic Violence and abuse. This
will take a massive leap in the coming months and years ahead so we need to think smart and think ahead and need governments to back Violence Reduction units, back outreach centres and we need to invest in our children and the return on that will be ten fold in the future. Thank you both very much for talking to us. And you can see more on that story in panoramas how scotland cut violent crime, tonight on bbc one at 7 30pm, or afterwards on bbc iplayer. India is now third in the global coronavirus list. The government claims it is providing support to people affected but hundreds of patients say they are being turned away from hospitals because of a lack of beds. Now those who can afford it are looking for other options such as being treated privately at home. A residential apartment block in a
wealthy suburb of delhi. Its home to more than 600 people and an isolation ward for covid 19 patients. The government has increased bed capacity but patients like this men prefer their own facilities like these. Translation after testing positive, i went to a Government Hospital but decided not to get admitted because of the excessive crush and overcrowding. We didnt panic as a family, and opted for isolation with the mini icu set up, which really helped me. This is an Oxygen Concentrator that provides oxygen for 300 hours nonstop. This is a cardiac monitor which is right now monitoring my oxygen levels, my Blood Pressure and all other vitals, and this is the ventilator for the worst case scenario. Treatment in your own home is done by a nurse under the supervision of a doctor. This nurse recognises it is a big
responsibility being the only medical professional in the room. At home, the doctors are not there physically, so the nurse should be confident enough to handle Critical Situations and know things like when to communicate to doctors and how to do it. The Service Comes at a price. At 150 200 a day, these mini icus are not affordable for the majority of indians. But demand is rising. Demand is high and every day, we are adding 25 to 30 patients every day, five families, and patients now have a waiting period of 24 hours. The government allows only asymptomatic patients or those
with mild symptoms to be treated at home. But whether you are in your home or in a private apartment, it can be risky. If someone says that i have set up a centre in the Community Area or we have converted it into a covid sector, there will not be a medical person there to monitor these cases. If something happened, then who is responsible . While buying Services Like home icu and isolation beds has become more popular amongst indias elite, the majority of patients do not have the option. 0ne one of the key questions posed by brexit. The government is preparing to release some more details of its new point based immigration
system that will come into force next year once the uk has left the eu. International students from any nationality will be allowed to stay in the country for up to three years to help boost the uks economy post brexit. In a moment we will speak to amit tiwari, president of the Indian National Students Association uk, but first lets speak to peter mcdonald, professor of demography at the university of melbourne to speak about how the australian points based immigration system works. Professor, hello. We do actually have a points based immigration system in the uk for people who are from outside of the European Union and it was brought in back in 2008. From next year it will be extended so eu and non eu citizens will be treated equally. Tell us how it works in australia. We have had a system for about 25 years and it has been modified from year to year, but
it essentially works through two important aspects of a scheme like this. One is you get the occupation is you get the occupations right. The other is that you get the numbers right. Getting the occupation right means you have to do labourforce occupation right means you have to do labour force analysis, particularly predicting future demand for labour in particular and occupations. We have had troubles doing that over 25 years, mainly done by Government Departments but we have recently set up an independent body, the National Skills commission, to forecast skills commission, to forecast skills needs and they will speak to employers and unions and so on. I think thats likely to be a better system. In regard to numbers, its more of an economic modelling exercise. We get the economists to work out what numbers will maximise the growth of gdp per capita for
instance. That was first done in australia about ten years ago and we have a migration range that came out of that research. Our numbers have stayed within that range over the last ten years or so. And you are talking about numbers of immigrants . Has it gone up or down since you had the points based system . Has it gone up or down since you had the pointsbased system . When it was first introduced the numbers were quite low, in fact. It was in the 19905 quite low, in fact. It was in the 1990s when the Economic Situation wasnt great, but the numbers expanded dramatically in the first decade, during the boom years, particularly during the mining boom in australia, but they have stayed up. They are running at somewhere like 200,000 per yearfor the up. They are running at somewhere like 200,000 per year for the last ten years. And your governments have wa nted ten years. And your governments have wanted more immigrants, whereas the government here is saying that treating eu and non eu citizens through this points based system
will reduce overall levels of migration, although in 2019 in this country, the majority of people migrating to the uk for work were non eu citizens, people already subject to the points based system, so thats interesting if nothing else. How much do you think the new system will benefit students from countries like india . It adds as a sweetener for students applying to come to the uk. When a student comes here he is looking for his pathway, and they want to complement the education in the uk with real world experience and its an added an incentive. Ultimately, based on articles ive read, its only valid for about two years in the case of masters and potentially three years for phd students. I think i would choose the word immigrant very carefully when you are talking about
people like Indian Students. Why is that . Because when a student comes here and he or she has the chance to complement it with a further few years of working experience for two or three years, they dont become immigrants straightaway. So we do call them international students. When this new system treats eu citizens and non eu citizens equally, will the uk become a more attractive place for Indian Students than somewhere like the usa . Based on what we are hearing, especially in relation to the covid situation, i think potentially a student in the us, if the studies go online, they will lose their visa to remain in the us, so, yes, that adds a sweetener to come to the uk, but potentially that will not happen if
a second wave arrives and they have the chance to complement education with further experience. I see it as a win win situation for both. Uk home to world class r d. 0ne a win win situation for both. Uk home to world class r d. One of the biggest areas Indian Students come for is phd, so demand meets supply out there so i think it is a win win situation for both. Peter, have there been any issues with a points based system . There been any issues with a points based system . You talked about them not potentially getting the right occupations when you wa nted the right occupations when you wanted to boost numbers. Yeah, it was really bad around 2010 when the whole programme consisted of chefs, hairdressers and accountants. So the system hairdressers and accountants. So the syste m ha d hairdressers and accountants. So the system had to be abandoned and revamped at that point. That was the really low point. But generally it works pretty well. They set the
points relatively low so they get a lot of applicants. Thats the points that you require in order to put in an application. So we get loads and loads of applications and then they choose from those that they get. And if you have higher points or if you are in an occupation that is high in demand, then you are the one that gets in. Thank you to both of you, we appreciate your time. And if you wa nt to we appreciate your time. And if you want to come to the uk after next year then you have to get up to 70 points before you can even apply. For example, you get 20 points if you have a job offered by an approved sponsor. You have ten points if you speak english at the required level. You get 20 points if you have a salary of £25,500 or above. And in terms of educational
qualification, if you have a phd in a subject relevant to the job you get ten points and so on and so forth. You need to add up to 70 before you can apply. Thousands of current and former asda employees are taking the supermarket to the Supreme Court today over a dispute about equal pay. The employees, most of whom are women, argue that asda paid them less than others, despite their work being of equal value. Asda say rates of pay in stores are the same for female and male colleagues, but they are not comparable to roles in depots. Thats a significant issue we can talk about now. Joining me now is Michael Newman from the legalfirm leigh day, which is representing the women involved, and wendy arundale, a former asda employee involved in the dispute. Welcome to both of you. The significance of today at the Supreme Court, what is it . I think the case
is significant in a number of ways, first the number of people bringing the claim, 35,000 workers that we represent. Second, the prominence of asda, the Third Largest supermarket. And third is the issue of occupational segregation. This isnt just about one woman bringing a claim, but about groups of women doing work in one place and then groups of men doing work in another place. Its really important that the Supreme Court exams that issue. And you are fighting this case so you know that asda say retail and distribution are two different Industry Sectors and we pay collea g u es Industry Sectors and we pay colleagues the market rates for these sectors. How do you argue against that . I think thats based ona against that . I think thats based on a common misconception that equal pay can only be brought in cases where people are doing the same job. But since the legislation has come into force in 1970 you have been able to compare differentjobs. What we are saying is that asda shouldnt be able to avoid the scrutiny of the
legislation, they shouldnt be able to get out of sex discrimination just because they choose to have men in different locations and with separate pay processes. So are you comparing differentjobs separate pay processes. So are you comparing different jobs but separate pay processes. So are you comparing differentjobs but of different length equal value . Thats exactly right. Wendy, how are you . Im fine. How are you feeling about today . A bit nervous. What do you think will happen . I hope we do get the equal pay. How long did you work at asda and when did you realise this was an issue . I worked at asda for 32 years doing different roles throughout the area. Ive had some absolutely fantastic times, they we re absolutely fantastic times, they were a absolutely fantastic times, they we re a very absolutely fantastic times, they were a very good family as such. I have enjoyed my time with asda. Apart from this issue . Apart from this issue. I do feel that the store needs the depot to sell the goods,
but the depot needs the store. Sorry, the store needs the depot to put the goods to the customers, but the depot does need the store to sell the goods. We all work for the same company so why shouldnt we be paid equal . And thats where you are arguing that the two jobs, the way you have described it like that, are of equal value to the company. I presume some people have argued, if you are in a depot, it is heavy, manual work, potentially backbreaking etc. What would you say to that . It is the same in the store. And at the same time there are jobs store. And at the same time there arejobs in store. And at the same time there are jobs in the stores and in the depots that are equal. Events coordinators, admin, office and people departments, their jobs coordinators, admin, office and people departments, theirjobs were the same. And they were paid differently. I wonder how they would justify that. I dont know. Which is
why today will be very interesting. 0ne why today will be very interesting. One of the implications, michael, if the Supreme Court judges one of the implications, michael, if the Supreme Courtjudges do back the 35,000 women bringing this. For these women, we will continue to look at the equal pay and whether asda have a good defence. More broadly for the private sector as a whole, the equal pay legislation will apply to any company where they separate retail and distribution arms. And again, where they have mostly women in one sort of work and mostly women in one sort of work and mostly men in another sort. We will see what happens and report back. Do you think you will get the judgment today . Its being heard today and tomorrow and we wont getjudgment then, it will probably be some time later in the year, we think september or october. We will report backin september or october. We will report back ina september or october. We will report back in a few months when we get it. Thank you to you both. Fire crews
have battled a massive fire on a navy warship docked in san diego. The warship was docked in san diego for scheduled maintenance but now it will need extensive repairs. San diego firefighters arrived at the scene on sunday morning after getting a call around 8 30am. There was an initial explosion on the ship and then a massive fire. Special fire boats came in with water cannon to control the blaze. It certainly looks bad, but it could have been much worse if the fire had started lower in the ship. Right now i think they have roughly 1 lower in the ship. Right now i think they have roughly1 million gallons of fuel, well below where any heat source is. That was the priority all
day, to make sure that was not affected. About 160 sailors were on board the uss bonhomme richard. All are now accounted for. Normally this ship carries a crew of 1,000. San diegos fire chief is warning the fire could go on for days and the ship could burn down to the water line. Spokespeople say they are looking into the cause of the fire but there is no immediate suspicion of foul play. Alanna petroff, bbc news. Now im sure weve got plenty of talented children watching. But as tiny sports stars go theres a two year old from china wholl take some beating. Hes called li and he got into basketball after watching his dad play. As tim allman reports, hes rather good at it. Li never lets his diminutive stature get in the way. Im a list. Im a sure shot. I cant miss. Two years old, he loves shooting hoops and hes pretty good at it too, whether its from a stationary position or even on the move. Message, im aggressive and im on ya translation of course, we didnt expect this. We are quite touched, since 99 of the comments online showed encouragement for our little boy. We feel inspired and encouraged by peoples support and we will do our best to help him improve. Li got interested in basketball after seeing his father play the game. Its hugely popular in china, and videos of him and his mini dunks have set the internet ablaze. His parents say its a bit too early to map out a career in professional basketball but theyll support him, come what may. As for li, he says he likes playing and he likes shooting. Look out, lebron make way, yao ming li is on his way. Tim allman, bbc news. Thank you for your messages today on face masks. Sheila says she doesnt agree with mandatory wearing, she would find them too claustrophobic andi would find them too claustrophobic and i see a lot of them discarded on the pavement and beaches when i walk my the pavement and beaches when i walk s. The pavement and beaches when i walk my dogs. Whats the point, i live in north wales and find it safe here. Keep your distance and have hand sanitiser with you. Lewis says that going into a shop without a mask when you might be a symptomatically the virus is like going in with a gun. Do what the who advises, boris knows personally the implications of catching the disease. Zoe says nothing more than profound ignorance
and selfishness is stopping people Wearing Masks. I have been wearing one every time i am in a shop or public indoor space since lockdown. Look at the evidence. You are watching bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. The son will be out for some of you at times today but overall compared to yesterday, a lot more cloud around and it be thick enough at times for some rain. Thatll be the case over the next few days with the greatest chance of rain across Western Areas but certainly tonight Western Areas but certainly tonight we will see heavy bursts working across the south. Its all linked to this cold front, a line of thick cloud and erratic bursts of rain pushing south and east, starting right in north west england, north wales, south wales and parts of the south west and south west midlands, we will see wettest conditions this afternoon. Scotland and Northern Ireland, more brightness around at times today with the best of the
sunshine in the east. 21 is the high and aberdeen. When coming from the atlantic, always cool down the western coast and generally in the mid to high teens. Generally in Northern Ireland, the odd shower. Brighter in Northern England compared to this morning but still lots of cloud around with patchy rain and drizzle over the pennines, snowdonia, heavy burst of rain to the south of wales, South West England and the south midlands. Many places in the south east and channel line is staying dry. 25 is the high in london again. Here we will see heavy rain this evening and the first half of tonight. It might take awhile to clear away from the likes likes of kent but away from that most likes of kent but away from that m ost pla ces likes of kent but away from that most places will be dry, partly cloudy skies and the odd shower here and there. Temperatures will drop the furthest in north east scotland and north east england. Down to single figures. The weather front that clears this morning tomorrow morning into europe. A few showers across scotland, and may be england
and wales but clouds thickening across Northern Ireland in the day so be ready for a grey and damp day. With cloud in place across scotland and england and wales there is the chance of a few cloud breaks with wind coming from the atlantic. Temperatures somewhat cool for this stage injuly. Temperatures somewhat cool for this stage in july. If temperatures somewhat cool for this stage injuly. If the sun comes out, if it is strong it will feel quite warm. As we go into the middle part of the week, another front continues to work its way east. The rain we saw in Northern Ireland to finish on tuesday. It does eventually clear through, introducing south west winds and that will help boost the temperature during the second half of the week. Still uncertainty as to how much sunshine is around but warming up in the south east. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Manchester citys plan has been lifted. The uk is urged to clarify whether Face Coverings should be worn in shops in england. The justice secretary says perhaps they should be. I think the point is when you are coming into close contact with people you want to give them the confidence that you are doing everything you can to prevent inadvertent transmission of this disease. The president of poland has been re elected by a very
slim margin. Holidays after brexit. The uk tell travellers to check their insurance, passports and mobile roaming policies. In the us, one day after disney world reopens in orlando, florida pose the biggest surge of coronavirus cases in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. Kelly preston has died from Breast Cancer aged 57. Her husband, John Travolta, says she fought a courageous fight. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Manchester city have won an appeal against a two year ban on their participation in european football competition. The penalty was imposed by uefa
for a breach of its rules on financial fair play. But the court of arbitration in sport has overturned the ban; it the penalty was imposed by uefa for a breach of its rules on financial fair play. But the court of arbitration in sport has overturned the ban; it has also reduced a fine of £27 million to £9 million for not co operating with the investigation. Earlier i spoke to our sports correspondent, andy swiss who gave us more background. Manchester city will be breathing a sigh of relief. They were accused of breaching 3000 financial fair play regulations. These roles are trying to make sure clubs spend within their means, they do not get into serious Financial Difficulties. Also to make sure wealthy owners do not just pour money into Football Clubs. It was alleged in a series of leaked e mails that city had inflated the size of the sponsorship deals. So that their owner could invest more
money in the club than the rules allowed. Uefa found city guilty of this, originally banned them from european football for two years and gave them a hefty fine as well. City insisted that the allegations were false and that the process had not been independent. The appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. There was a hearing last month and that hearing has now produced a fantastic result as far as Manchester City are concerned because that two year ban that they originally had been given has been lifted. The court of arbitration for sport said that Manchester City did not disguise funding as sponsorship contributions as had been alleged. They said they did fail to co operate with the way authorities, so be it decision was at their exclusion from participation in European Competitions was lifted. They still had a fine, but it was reduced to 10 Million Euros. As i
say, that will be a huge relief to Manchester City fans. Had they been excluded from european football for the next two seasons, as was originally the case, they would have lost millions of pounds, potentially £100 million a season. On top of that, there would have been issues perhaps with recruitment. Would players have wanted to come to Manchester City . What about their manager Pep Guardiola . And there was potential damage to the reputation of the Football Club. This is a club that has dominated english football over the last decade or so. For Manchester City, this news will come asa Manchester City, this news will come as a huge relief. They have been reprieved of the band that they had been given from European Competition. They will be able to compete in the Champions League next season. Lets speak now to kieran maguire, who specialiseses in football finance at the university of liverpool. Herein, i hope you can hear that long list and he was giving the
reasons to be cheerful for man city today. Do you want to add to that . think Manchester City will be delighted. Realistically, they are going to be better off to the tune of around a quarter of £1 billion assuming that they qualify for the Champions League in the next two seasons. Of course, they have qualified for next seasons competition. This is huge implications for uefa here in respect of how they go forward with financialfair respect of how they go forward with financial fair play because it is a huge defeat for them. The allegations they made against Manchester City were very severe and city will feel completely vindicated. We talked, and he was talking about the hit to the clubs credibility when the ban was imposed. Now we have a hit to the credibility of uefa. What are the indications of that . It is difficult to see how uefa can go forward with the private or present format of
financialfair the private or present format of financial fair play rules. There are two elements to them, one of which is have clubs been paying their tra nsfer fees is have clubs been paying their transfer fees on time . And the other one is the break even model that we have seen which was led to prosecutions of paris st germain and Manchester City, both of which have been overturned when they have gone to appeal. That particular model seems to have little credibility going forwards. So how uefa will choose to revise the rules is open to question. Tested twice, defeated twice, why . Paris st germains was ona twice, why . Paris st germains was on a technicality. I think there was a statute of limitations issue there. We are still awaiting the forecast, it will be out in a few days, it will be a case of going through the small print they are. But in terms of Manchester City the allegation was that they inflated their revenues through the owners
and they appear to have come down very firmly in the summary of the hearing that that wasnt the case. The reason that they have successfully defended was simply that the quality of the evidence put forward by uefa was insubstantial and inadequate. Gave still saying that the aim to is ensure clubs only spend what they earn. Presumably thatis spend what they earn. Presumably that is now in doubt as to what that exactly means. Yes. If Manchester City have received money from parties connected to the owners, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that from a legal, from a business perspective. Uefas accusation was that those figures we re accusation was that those figures were inflated. If those figures in future will have to be taken more at face value, then this will have implications for those clubs who are perhaps owned by wealthy, High Net Worth individuals who have business connections which are linked to the clu bs. Connections which are linked to the clubs. Thank you so much for walking us through that. Thank you. Theres a bit of confusion over whether the wearing of Face Coverings in shops in england should become mandatory like in scotland. The justice secretary said perhaps there is a need for them to be compulsory, contrasting with what his cabinet colleague michael gove said on sunday, that he preferred to trust peoples good sense. In other developments the Health Secretary, matt hancock, says officials are dealing with more than 100 local outbreaks of coronavirus every week and are taking targeted action. His comments come after 73 cases of covid 19 were confirmed at a Vegetable Farm in herefordshire. Around 200 workers have been told to self isolate on the premises. The local council believes the outbreak is contained on the farm. Theres also a further easing of lockdown today in england, you can now go to beauty salons, nail bars, spas and tattooists. In scotland, youre allowed back into Shopping Centres as long as youre covering your face. And pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes in wales
can start serving customers outdoors. Lets hear a little bit more about from the justice lets hear a little bit more about from thejustice secretary lets hear a little bit more about from the justice secretary about the Face Coverings in england after several days of conflicting signals from ministers. I think carrying one with me and wearing one into a supermarket is a good idea. I think, frankly, the best thing to do is carry on wearing it. I think if the supermarket is very busy, then wearing it is absolutely sensible. I think people can be trusted to have the good sense to make the judgment call. If one has gone into the supermarket very early in the morning and there is nobody around, thatis morning and there is nobody around, that is one thing. But i think the point is when you come into close contact with people, you want to give them the confidence that you are doing everything you can to prevent inadvertent transmission of this disease. What mac lets get more on this from our Political Editor. Norman, this is different from some of the other nations. Why is it still so confused . I think because they havent managed to work out which will be more effective in getting people back into city centres, getting them back into work, getting them back into shops. Whether face max will be a help or a hindrance. There is an argument which says, if people are wearing face masks, then they are going to feel more confident that people are taking precautionary measures, therefore they are less likely to get infected, therefore they will be more relaxed about going into shops in town. The counterargument is that people will disregard it as an almighty farce and think well i just cant be bothered. 0r almighty farce and think well i just cant be bothered. Or they take the view of this is very frightening and serious, i will not go into town. That argument has not quite been bottomed out yet. If we look in
general at how we have approached over 19. It seems, general at how we have approached over19. It seems, by general at how we have approached over 19. It seems, by and large, we have followed along with what other European Countries have done. We look at the rest of the world, i think there is Something Like 75 countries wear facemasks are now obligatory in public spaces. Following that trajectory, we probably end time will go down that route as well. At the moment, there isa route as well. At the moment, there is a good deal of confusion about what precisely the governments position is. Its interesting you have framed it in the context of trying to encourage people back into public spaces. Presumably the weather and, if as we go into autumn, we get an uptick in cases, that might also drive that conversation. I think that is true. I think what is significant is whether political leaders themselves give the lead and you have to say at the moment politicians here havent really. We had that picture of boris
johnson, on friday. After his summer economic statement after he did that photo op at wagamama, he did not have a face mask, and by and large our politicians have not really been pictured with facemasks. That clearly gives a lead to people that, so far, has also been lacking. There needs to be a sort of gear change i think both in government and also in terms of clarity i think that is the big thing which people want a clear signal. Do we wear them or do we not . These messages have to be simple, clearand not . These messages have to be simple, clear and consistent. When it comes to facemasks, at the moment, our messaging is none of those things. So interesting that when you say about the leadership question. When Boris Johnson when you say about the leadership question. When borisjohnson emerged from hospital, a lot of people are speculating whether because he had
coronavirus, whether his approach to leadership on these questions would be much more proactive. But what youre saying is not so much. think in broad terms we have a slightly odd view to facemasks. If you look at surveys that have been done on face mask wearing across the eu, in countries like spain and italy, the figures for face mask wearing our 86 and 85 respectively. In the uk, it is 21 . Much, much less. Yet, if you look at attitudes towards the virus, we are amongst the most cautious in terms of staying at home, observing restrictions. We seem to have this very disjointed view. We are nervous about coronavirus but we are not too sure about wearing a mask. I am not
entirely sure why that is. That is something for a behavioural scientist to work out. We do seem to have a very split view when it comes to Wearing Masks. Fascinating. Thank you. When brexit comes into full effect next year, it will mean big changes for britons travelling to, or trading with, europe. Now the government has launched an Information Campaign asking people to plan ahead for when the current transition period ends on december 31st. Uk citizens travelling to europe next year are being asked to check their passport is valid for the required period, pay for comprehensive travel insurance, as the European Health card will not longer be valid, and if travelling with a pet, contact a vet at least four months before travelling. Duda has been re elected president of poland, in a narrow victory against the mayor of warsaw, it was by the slimmest margin
since the end of communism in 1989. 0ur correspondent adam easton gave us the latest from warsaw. Our correspondent adam easton joins me now from warsaw. Very tight as we were saying. Yes, president duda has won byjust 2. 4 . The tightest margin since 1989. At the same time, it is a much wider margin than initially thought. The initial exit poll when the voting stations closed gave him just a 0. 8 lead. It is a clear mandate that there is a strong support in poland for his brand of social conservatism and support for what he calls the traditional polish family. Both in a cultural sense, in the campaign, that he came in for a lot of criticism when he talked about lgbt
cue campaigners trying to impose an ideology on polish children but she says was even worse than communism which is quite something for a reader of a country which suffered so much under more than four decades of communism. But also the Financial Support for the family, that has proved very popular. The governments at generous welfare scheme which gives about 120 per child per month up to their 18th birthday. That has helped lift many polish people and families out of poverty. That has proved to be very popular. The result also shows that the challenge got almost 49 , shows that many people are uneasy with the governments controversial changes to thejudiciary, for governments controversial changes
to the judiciary, for example, governments controversial changes to thejudiciary, for example, which have been widely criticised by the eu and Many International institutions for undermining the rule of law. They are uneasy about that. Its not pluralist enough for them and they are also uneasy about them and they are also uneasy about the relationship with the eu. We wa nt the relationship with the eu. We want pollen to be a more outward looking country which engages more on making eu policy which is something that the current government is not doing. The important thing about this election is that the government now has its ally back in the president ial palace. We do not have a general election in poland for three years now so the government can continue with its policies, with its programmes, and it has vowed to continue with changes to the judiciary. It looks like there will be more strain in its relations with the European Union. Many thanks. The headlines on bbc news. In the last hour Manchester Citys two Year Champions League ban has been lifted after the club was accused of breaking uefas financial fair play rules. The British Government is urged to clarify whether Face Coverings should be worn in shops in england the justice secretary says perhaps they should be. The conservative an jay duda, is re elected as president of poland by the slimmest margin since the end of communism. Reopening economies around the world, that continues to be a delicate balancing act everywhere. A long list of treatments including facial treatments are still banned. Here is our Business Correspondent katie austen. Hygiene has always been a priority here and now there are extra Safety Measures. When clients arrived, they will say is whether or masks on. Measures. When clients arrived, they will say is whether or masks onm is advance bookings only, however you cant yet put a facial. It is half of our business. Not being able to do any eyebrow waxing, tenting, lip waxing, so its more thanjust facials that we cant do. We are just managing hairdressers in england could reopen on the 4th ofjuly, but beauty salons couldnt. Now they can start resuming some treatments but the government says others, where therapists need to spend a long time near someones face like eyelash treatments are still too high risk. 1,000 self employed beauticians take bookings for at Home Services through the blow ltd app. Not all of them can start earning again today. About a quarter of them cant work cos they specialise in services that involve the face. So thats make up,
lashes, brows, facials. Theyre the ones who we still have no open date for either. So that means 250 professionals, freelancers, are not allowed to work, and they havent worked since march. I found it very difficult to understand how a lash treatment, when you actually could have a mask on to have that done, is different to a beard treatment. Fiona feels its unfair, but the government says only very basic beard trimming is allowed if done away from the front of the face. The industry membership body says its talking to the government about the desperate situation for beauticians who still cant work. We need tojust get them as much support as we can. We need to get an answer of when potentially were going to get opening, and it is the Financial Support that we are really, really working on as well. Salons in Northern Ireland reopened earlier this month. In scotland, they can reopen from the 22nd ofjuly and in wales from the 27th. Many beauticians in england will be celebrating a return to work today. For others, the financially painful wait goes on. Katy austin, bbc news. The american actress Kelly Preston has died at the age of 57. She starred in films including twins and jerry maguire. Her husband, John Travolta, confirmed on social media that she had passed away after two years of treatment for Breast Cancer. Florida has registered a Record Number of coronavirus cases in a single day for a us state with more than 15 thousand people testing positive in just 24 hours. The state is thought to be particularly vulnerable to the virus because of its Elderly Population and reliance on tourism. Heres our us correspondent peter bowes. Another surge in coronavirus cases and a new epicentre for the disease. Florida is now seeing more new infections than most countries. Across the us, more than 60,000 new cases are being reported every day and about a quarter of them are in the sunshine state, where the Hospital System is under growing strain and some intensive care facilities are at full capacity. When the pandemic started, florida was slow to respond. The beaches and bars stayed open. They were eventually forced to close, but reopened early, only to be shut down again. This is a state dogged by the disease and confusion over how to deal with it. Even as the numbers rose over the weekend, disney world opened again to the public mickey mouse at a distance and mandatory face masks for visitors. But the republican governor, ron desantis, has refused to issue a state wide order for people to cover their faces. There are some anti mask activists who believe its not necessary at all. The risks are very, very low. This is a virus that has a 99. 6 recovery rate. This is a virus that is very well contained. With other states like arizona, texas and california all facing worrying increases in the number of new cases, the Trump Administration is focusing on reopening schools in the autumn, despite opposition. I think everybody would like to get our kids back to school as quickly as we can, but we also want to do it and make sure our kids will be as safe as possible. So, were not going to be rushed into this. With a growing health crisis, a divided nation and a president ial election looming, the politics of dealing with covid 19 has never been more intense. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. A doctor in texas says a man in his thirties who thought coronavirus was a hoax, has died after attending a covid 19 party hosted by an infected person. In a video broadcast,
the chief medical officer at the Methodist Hospital in san antonio, jane appleby, said she had heard stories of special covid gatherings attended by young people to allegedly see who gets infected first and who can survive the virus. She said the victim now regretted his bravado. We cared for a 30 year old patient at Methodist Hospital who told the nurse that they attended a covid party. This was a party held by somebody diagnosed with the covid virus and the thought is that people get together to see if the virus is real and if anyone gets infected. Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and they said, i think i made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax but its not. This is just one example of a potentially avoidable death in a young member of our community and i cant imagine the loss of the family. At least 180 migrants crossed the English Channel to the uk yesterday a Record Numberfor a single day. The home office says more than 380 people attempted the crossing but more than 200 were intercepted by the french authorities. Yesterday, the home secretary, priti patel, signed an agreement
with her french counterpart to create a joint Intelligence Unit to tackle people smuggling across the channel. Could the social and economic devastation caused by covid 19 lead to an increase in Serious Violence . Thats the concern outlined in a report published by the britains Youth Violence commission. Its called for substantial, long Term Investment in Violence Reduction units across the country. First established in the uk in scotland, these units aim to tackle the root causes of crime. Panorama has been given unique access to see how it works in scotland, as Kate Silverton reports. This is a Young Offenders institute on the outskirts of edinburgh. The teenagers here are being supported by scotlands Violence Reduction unit. This boy is into a two year sentence for knife crime.
unit. This boy is into a two year sentence for knife crime. I was lucky that i didnt kill the person that i stabbed. I could have put the knife somewhere else, and it would be the end of him and instead of two yea rs i be the end of him and instead of two years i could be looking at 20 yea rs. Years i could be looking at 20 years. What were your circumstances . I grew years. What were your circumstances . Igrew up years. What were your circumstances . I grew up in care and things like that so i am familiar with this sort of environment. My mum has been in prison all my life. I have seen my mum once since i prison all my life. I have seen my mum once since i came prison all my life. I have seen my mum once since i came in here. And it was an inter prison visit so it was a visit with another prisoner. What help have you got here . Change my mindset. Alcohol was my best friend and to get rid of what is going on in there, so everything has changed. Karen mccluskey was one of the founders. There was not a Police Officer i met who said we can fix this. They said we can keep a lid on the pot, we can arrest people, but
thatis the pot, we can arrest people, but that is not fixing it. Until we started to look at it like a Public Health with shoe, like a disease. Really, violence is a disease . We started to look at how it was transmitted. You are brought up in an angry, aggressive home and also become infected. We started to look at what would prevention look like . White back over the next 14 years, homicide rates in glasgow fell by more than two thirds. From 39 in one year to 11. Lindsay has been a Police Officer for and works with kevin, a former rubber and heroin addict. They are part of the Violent Offender watch project. A police tea m offender watch project. A police team trying to cut reoffending rates. What is unusual about this project is that it teams up Police Officers with x prisoners. Initially, i thought they wanted information, the trust wasnt there. They said, kevin you could break down these barriers and we want to
help. We scotland are taking on a risk taking on a former rubber, drug addict to work alongside them. I was taking a Reputational Risk because i have to tell every day i work with Police Officers. An independent study found that involving ex cons led to an 80 reduction in reoffending. This project meant thinks this means savings for police, courts of around £8 million. Scotla nd police, courts of around £8 million. Scotland has not cracked violent crime. There are still relatively high assault and homicide rates in glasgow, and in the past few years, there has been a small increase in violence after decades of steep falls. There has been a change of attitudes to youth crime in scotland and a belief that they have started to crack that cycle of violence. And you can see more on that story in panoramas how scotland cut violent crime, tonight on bbc one at 7 30pm,
or afterwards on bbc iplayer. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Manchester citys two Year Champions League ban has been lifted after they were accused of breaking uefas financial fair play rules. A hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Manchester citys two Year Champions League ban has been lifted after they were accused of breaking uefas financial fair play rules. The British Government is being urged to clarify whether Face Coverings should be worn when going into shops
in england, after what appeared to be differing opinions from the government. The governments approach differs to that of scotland, where masks are compulsory in shops. The conservative, is re elected as president of poland by the slimmest margin since the end of communism. Holidays after brexit the uk government tells travellers to check their insurance, passports and mobile roaming policies. Weve been mixed messages from government about masks, and scotland bisley has this role. Where do you stand on this . We respect anything that keeps customers and staff are safe. The most important thing for us is proper social distancing. That has
to be maintained at two metres. That has been the most effective way of defeating this virus. So, there is social distancing, and how is that going . What are your members telling you . We are seeing more and more people ignoring, and that is a worry for us. On the other worry is we dont get clarity from the government. Clarity is essential. It should certainly not be the retail workers, they have got enough on their plates trying to serve the public without having to police facemasks. Who should it be . The government enforces it, and then it is for local authorities and police. I know they are under pressure as well. We have seen more and more again that retail workers on the
front line end up getting abused and assaulted, and that cant be right. We need to ensure that the enforcement measures are by local authority and police are not by retail members themselves. That is one point. Youre watching closely in scotland. Do you have a sense of how this is working . The early indications are that it is working well and it is welcomed. It is seen as another tool in the armoury of defeating the virus. Along with the social distance and the sanitising. All is part and parcel of the war against this virus. And lets not be complacent. It is a deadly virus. It is still out there. We need to be on guard. We needs to make sure that we do everything to protect ourselves and our communities. Obviously, there are many who say that
individual citizens cant be trusted to make judgment calls. Individual citizens cant be trusted to makejudgment calls. It individual citizens cant be trusted to make judgment calls. It differs whether you in the morning or late at night whether there are how many people in there. There are different circumstances. Let citizens make that call. You get the sense of wishy washy regulations which confuse people. That has been one of the problems over the last few months. Not being absolutely decisive and giving clarity around the safety. This is too serious. Nearly 15,000 people have lost their lives. It is really important we get clarity on how to enforce facemasks in stores. It shouldnt be individuals making choices. A small minority will always ignore it. That is the problem. Thank you very much. As weve heard, reopening the
economy while minimising infection continues to be a delicate balance. In england, beauticians are opening from today, but there are still some treatments that arent allowed. Katie white is a Beauty Therapist and runs a skin studio. Everyone beautician that works there is a freelancer. She joins us now from cornwall. We are not able tojoin we are not able to join stay as we are not able tojoin stay as no treatments are allowed on the face. None of our treatments can come back, none of our staff can come back, none of our staff can come back, so we are still out of work with no date and no funding on the horizon. Lets take those points separately. Lets start with the funding. Yourteam separately. Lets start with the funding. Your team cant be furloughed, as i understand it, because they are all self employed. My team havent been able to take advantage of the furlough scheme. And that has been awful. I dont wa nt and that has been awful. I dont want them to suffer. Also, we were lucky enough to receive the Small Business grant, which seemed amazing when we received it but four months later that is gone. It was £10,000. I went to two and half thousand pounds a month. It has been really ha rd pounds a month. It has been really hard for all of us. And, going back to the first point in your answer, you cant work on the face, but obviously there are some people that criticise this because beards are allowed to be trimmed so why cant women have threading or whatever it is on the face . Is there a gender question . I think throughout the easing of restrictions there has beena easing of restrictions there has been a town of mens needs come first, and the fact that you can
trim a beard can go ahead but we cant do any treatments on the face, it does seem very unfair. I really feel like the policymakers dont really understand what goes on in the salons. I dont think they have really made any attempt at. I have not seen them attempt at. I have not seen them at any salons. Id invite them to my salon if they want to see how we can work safely. We will obviously hope that many people are watching and wishing to get a better understanding. You are sitting behind your clients for your work so you are not seeing them face to face . We sit behind them to do the treatment, and actually osteopaths have gone back. They sit in exactly the same position. So do massage
therapists. If youre working across therapists. If youre working across the pectoral muscles you are sitting at the same position. Given your position on that, what do you think will happen . Do you think the government will listen . If so, when . Do you have a certain date in mind . I know that in scotland they think their date is the 10th ofjuly so hopefully well be in line with that. We were prepared for the 4th ofjuly that did not happen. We were prepared for this monday. So, who knows, it does make it very, very difficult to try and keep the team motivated and keep your clients engaged when you are just guessing. Katie, we have a lot of sympathy with your situation. We hope that everything will be possible for you and everyone else across the economy. Send our regards to the
team. A 12 year old boy has been arrested as part of an investigation into racial abuse sent to the Crystal Palace footballer, wilfried zaha. Za ha posted screenshots of messages sent to his Instagram Account on sunday, ahead of palaces match against aston villa. The premier league says the comments aimed at the footballer were completely unacceptable. The National Trust says safety is paramount with measures in place to secure social distancing. Most of its parts and gardens were reopened in earlyjune. They have already attracted more than a million visitors. Pubs, cafes and restaurants in wales can re open from today but only for customers who are willing to sit outdoors. Hotels and hairdressers in wales can
also trade from today, and Outdoors Sports and exercise classes are now allowed although gyms and swimming pools remain closed. Religious services can take place outdoors. In pasty memories, the Prime Minister has been speaking in london after meeting the Emergency Services let listen to what he has to say. The chief executive of the London Ambulance trust just said that the numberof Ambulance Trust just said that the number of coronavirus cases is running at 20 . That is very high. Thats very high. That surprise you . No. A lot of people still worry that they might have the symptoms so quite rightly they are calling either 111 or the ambulance service. But youre still seeing a steady fall in number of hospital admissions. Notjust fall in number of hospital admissions. Not just in fall in number of hospital admissions. Notjust in london, but throughout the country. And a steady fall in the number of deaths. We
have got the virus really very much under control across the country but we need to keep it there. And that is why we are continuing to take every possible precaution. Today, you are announcing that you are looking to double the sentences of people who assault Public Sector workers. It is something i started to what care about when i started to run transport for london. I became aware of the insults and aggression that were addressed towards the people who work in very public Services Like transport or the London Ambulance service. I really think that our amazing ambulance workers, they do deserve proper protection from people who are going to be abusive or racist or prejudiced in any way. And thats
why we are increasing the sentences and doubling the sentence for those who are violent towards people who are trying to save their lives. Mosques. Are you going to make it compulsory to mirror masks and shops in england . What we said for a while now is that we do think that masks have a great deal of value. 0bviously, they are mandatory on Public Transport. But they have value in confined spaces where you are coming into contact with people you dont normally meet. What is been interesting on the Face Coverings issue is that the scientific evaluation of Face Coverings, and their importance in stopping aerosol droplets, that has been growing. So i do think that in
shops it is very important to wear a Face Covering if you are going to be ina Face Covering if you are going to be in a confined space and you want to protect other people, and to receive protection in turn. Yes, Face Coverings, i think people should be wearing them in shops. In terms of how we do that, how we make it mandatory, we will be looking at the guidance, we will be saying a little bit more in the next few days. People in confined spaces feel obligated to wear masks. Should we give shopkeepers the powers to kick people out you arent Wearing Masks . Thanks. I think, people out you arent Wearing Masks . Thanks. Ithink, as people out you arent Wearing Masks . Thanks. I think, as throughout this crisis, i think people have shown amazing sensitivity towards other people, and to the understanding of the needs to get the virus done, and
i think Wearing Masks is one of them. Ina i think Wearing Masks is one of them. In a confined space, what you are doing is you are protecting other people from the transmission that you might be giving off, and stay and turn our protecting you. It isa stay and turn our protecting you. It is a mutual thing. People do see the value of it. And we will be looking in the next few days at exactly how and with what tools of enforcement we wa nt and with what tools of enforcement we want to make progress. I think, as the virus comes down incidence and we have more and more success, i think Face Coverings are a kind of extra assurance we can all use to stop it coming back and stop it getting out of control again. Can you tell us what kind of tools you are looking at . We will be saying a bit more in the next few days. I do think that Face Coverings have real value in confined spaces, and i
think the public to understand that. Here in london, the Public Transport Network is telling people not to use the tube or the bus and they absolutely have to. Is that the right advice . What we are seeing, whether it is the pubs and restau ra nts whether it is the pubs and restaurants are public services, people have gone to huge lengths to make their businesses coronavirus secure. They are installing social distancing measures and screens, they are doing all sorts of things to make the workplace safe. And what i want to see is people who have been working from home for a long time talking to their employers about the steps that have been taken and looking to come back to work in and looking to come back to work in
a safe way. And i think that has got to be the key thing. It is where businesses have made a huge effort to make the workplace safe, i do think people should start to think about getting back to work, but provided we all continue to follow the precautions. Number one is washing your hands. Your government is making too big brexit related announcements. Today, us government, are saying that brexit might push up costs, whether it is running fees. You ask people to prepare for friction at the ports. Why are you making things cheaper with one hand when you are saying that things could get more expensive with the other. I think one of the Amazing Things about the last few months is that it has put all those questions very much into perspective and,
actually, i dont think that the so called project fear with brexit would ever materialise in quite the way that some people did. I do think there are big opportunities for this country to do things differently and to do things better. But, obviously, we have to get ready for the end of the transition period in december, january, and to get it done. Weve come out of the eu, we delivered on that. And we are going to deliver on coming out of the transition period as well by the end of the year. We are saying is, there will be changes, people should get ready, but they will also be great opportunities for this country. Lot of the top spin on the social ca re system. Lot of the top spin on the social care system. Are you going to allow people to come from abroad to work in the public care system . Why are
you asking potential care employees to come in, pay the visa fee, paid the nhs surcharge, do you really think there are going to be enough people coming in at this critical time . I do, sam. One of the Amazing Things we have seen the last few months is, actually, there are more eu nationals living and working in this country. Sorry about that. You will have heard, just as i did, the Prime Minister being asked if we should wear Face Coverings in shops. He said yes, fairly categorically stop in terms of whether that should be mandatory, he said the terms of enforcement should be looked at, and thatis enforcement should be looked at, and that is possibly in the next few days. We will say more in the next few days. So, yet further clarity
and clarity about face masks. We will be watching it closely as we go on. India is now third in the global corona virus list. While the government claims it is providing support to all those affected, hundreds of patients are reported to have been turned away from hospitals due to a lack of beds. Now those who can afford it are looking for other options, such as being treated privately at home. Nitin srivastava reports. A residential apartment block in a wealthy delhi suburb. It is home to more than 600 people and an isolation ward for covid 19 patients. The government has increased their capacity. Patients prefer their own facilities like these. Translation after testing positive, i went to a Government Hospital but decided not to get admitted because of the excessive
crush and overcrowding. We didnt panic as a family, and opted for isolation with the mini icu set up, which really helped me. This is an Oxygen Concentrator that provides oxygen for 300 hours nonstop. This is a cardiac monitor which is right now monitoring my oxygen levels, my Blood Pressure and all other vitals, and this is the ventilator for the worst case scenario. Treatment in your own home is done by a nurse under the supervision of a doctor. This nurse recognises it is a big responsibility being the only medical professional in the room. At home, the doctors are not there physically, so the nurse should be confident enough to handle Critical Situations and know things and when to communicate to doctors and how to do it. The Service Comes at a price. At 150 200 a day, these mini icus are not affordable for the majority of indians. The demand is rising. Demand is high and every day, we are adding 25 to 30 patients every day, and patients now have a waiting period of 24 hours. The government announced only asymptomatic patients or those with mild symptoms could be treated at home. But whether you are in you are home or in a private apartment, it can be risky. If someone says that i have set up a centre in the Community Area or we have converted it into a covid sector, there will not be a medical person there to monitor these cases. If something happened, then who is responsible . While buying Services Like home icu and isolation beds has become more popular amongst indias elite, the majority of patients do not have the option. Some of britains key workers whove been on the front line of the pandemic, say that mortgage payments at high rates of interest are adding financial stress, even as theyve been asked to put their health and safety at risk. Now mps are urging the government to act, to help more than 170,000 home owners who are trapped on mortgate deals at up to double the market rate. Our economics correspondent andy verity has this exclusive report. For thousands of key workers, the sweetness of being clapped for their work in the pandemic has a bitter aftertaste. More than 170,000 people, including many key workers, are trapped on mortgages, paying up to double the normal interest rate, hundreds of pounds extra every month, because of something the government did. Melissa antwhistle has been dressing in protective equipment every day for round the clock shifts on the front line at scunthorpe General Hospital, including the intensive care unit. But, financially, she feels farfrom supported. Looking after our two children, who are one and three, we could do without the stress and anxiety of the Financial Impact of our nightmare home. Her husband, kevin, who maintains a Power Station nearby, took out a 120,000 pounds mortgage with Northern Rock in 2007. Something he has had 13 years to regret. After it was nationalised, the government boosted the profits that could be made from his repayment on High Standard variable Interest Rates,
then sold his loan to an investor he hadnt heard of who couldnt offer new mortgage deals. And he cant get out of it. We just feel like, as key workers, we are putting our lives at risk working on the front line for our country, and the being asked by our government to do this. When weve been sold by the government ten years ago and been trapped paying 5 to 7 Interest Rates. Melissa and kevin have been paying £780 a month on their northern lock loan, compared to 414 if they could remortgage. Because they borrowed more than the value of the property, something regulators approved at the time, regulators affordability roles say they now cant remortgage. The rules, in other words, say they cant afford to pay less. It was the treasury that boosted the profits that mortgage lenders could make from these mortgage borrowers, and then sold their loans on to inactive lenders who wouldnt be able to offer them a competitive mortgage rate. Campaigners say theyve warned ministers that tens are paying way over the odds and they havent got any help. Rachel neil, who has crohns disease, campaigns for trapped mortgage prisoners, even while shielding herself at home. The treasury says it is letting lenders relax affordability roles to offer new loans to people like kevin and melissa so they can get off the High Standard variable rate, or svrs, but so far not a single lender is doing so. We now need a cap on the svr, just as it was done in the Energy Sector to stop high rates being charged to families, meaning they are being crippled by their Interest Rates and unable to live properly. We need action immediately before things get even worse and cause repossessions and drive people into further arrears. The treasury also said it expected lenders to review their Interest Rates. But no minister would be interviewed about key workers trapped by their mortgages. Mps across parties are now pressing for a cap on the profits lenders can make on standard variable rates to relieve the pressure on all mortgage prisoners. Cast your minds back, you might remember discussion about the colour ofa remember discussion about the colour of a particular address. Well, brace yourself, because the latest optical illusion is dividing the internet today. This picture. Two zebras in cannes yet causing a lot of confusion. Which zebras head is visible. As it is ever on the left, or is it is ever on the right . You can let us know what you think. I think it is the one on the right of the screen, but that is just my view. I could be wrong. Back to the serious stuff. We heard from the Prime Minister a moment ago talking about masks and Face Coverings, and pretty much saying that you should
be wearing a Face Covering in shops. Not clear yet whether it should be mandatory. Something that they are looking at. Now, it is time for a look at the weather. The sun will be out for some of you today, but a lot of cloud around. They will be some rain. The greatest chance of that rain will always be across Western Areas. Tonight, well see some heavy bursts across the south. It is all linked to this cold front. Early erratic bursts of rain pushing it south eastward. We will see some of the wettest conditions here this afternoon. In scotland and Northern Ireland, a bit more brightness around. The best of the sunshine in eastern areas. The wind is now coming across the atlantic. It is always cooler in the western coast. The odd shower and Northern Ireland. A brighter afternoon in order england this morning. A touch of rain in the pennines and snowdonia. Touch of rain down by wales. Many places will be staying dry with some sunshine. Here, we will see some heavy rain this evening and tonight. It may take to clear away from the likes of kent. Away from that, most places will be dry, partly cloudy skies, cloud here and there. Here, temperatures will drop down to single figures. Lorraine is just clearing drop down to single figures. Lorraine isjust clearing off drop down to single figures. Lorraine is just clearing off into northern europe. We are almost between weather systems. There will still be a lot of cloud around. But cloud will be thickening up in Northern Ireland. Get ready for a
dapper and great afternoon for many. With the cloud in place, there is a lwa ys with the cloud in place, there is always the chance of a few local outbreaks. Temperatures a little on the cool side for the stage injuly. The sun does come out, that sun is strong and it will feel quite warm. As we go into middle parts of the week, the rain we saw in Northern Ireland does eventually clear through, introducing south westerly winds. That will boost the temperature in the second part of the week. Definitely warming up in the week. Definitely warming up in the south east. Bye for now. This is bbc news, the headlines. The uk government is urged to clarify whether Face Coverings should be worn in shops in england the justice secretary says perhaps they should be. People should be wearing Face Covering in shops. In terms of how we do that, whether we make it mandatory or not, we will be looking at the guidance, we will be saying more in the next few days. As nail bars and beauty salons re open for Business Today in england, Health Secretary matt hancock says authorities are dealing with more than 100 coronavirus outbreaks a week. Manchester citys two Year Champions League ban has been lifted after the Football Club was accused of breaking uefas financial fair play rules. In the us one day after disney world reopens in Orlando Florida posts the biggest surge of coronavirus cases in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. Actor Kelly Preston has died from Breast Cancer aged 57. Her husband John Travolta said she fought a courageous fight borisjohnson has said he will announce the next few days whether Face Coverings should be compulsory in shops and a glinda. He said he thought it was important for people to wear them in confined spaces, it follows conflicting messages from other senior politicians over recent days. It became mandatory in shops
in scotland on friday. The Prime Minister was speaking in the past hour on minister was speaking in the past hourona minister was speaking in the past hour on a visit to the London Ambulance service headquarters. Lets hear some of what he had to say. We have said for a while that we do think masks have a great deal of value, mandatory on Public Transport, they have a great deal of value in confined spaces. Where you are coming into contact with people you do not normally meet. It has been interesting in the last few months that their scientific evaluation of Face Coverings and their importance in stopping aerosol droplets, that has been growing. So ido droplets, that has been growing. So i do think that in shops, it is important to wear a Face Covering if you are in a confined space and you wa nt to you are in a confined space and you want to protect other people and
receive protection in turn, yes Face Coverings, people should be wearing them in shops. In terms of how we do that, whether we make it mandatory, we will be looking at the guidance, we will be looking at the guidance, we will be saying more in the next few days. Should people in confined spaces feel obligated . Should it be anti social not to wear a mask . Should you give shopkeepers the past to kick out people who are not . Yes, thanks, i think throughout this crisis people have shown amazing sensitivity towards other people and understanding of the needs to get the virus down by doing things cooperatively. Wearing masks is one of them. In a confined space, what you are doing is protecting other people from the transmission that you might be giving off, and they in turn are protecting you. It is a
mutual thing, people do see the value of it. We will be looking in the next few days at exactly how, with what tools of enforcement we think we want to make progress. As the virus comes down in incidents, and we have more success, i think Face Coverings are a kind of extra insurance that we can all use to stop it coming back and getting out of control. Give us a hint of what kind of controls you are looking at. We will be saying more in the next few days, but to be absolutely clear, i do think that Face Coverings have real value in confined spaces i the public understand that. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith, what you read from that . I dont think it ta kes you read from that . I dont think it takes much decoding. By the end of
the week it is very likely now face masks will be mandatory in shops, just as they are on Public Transport. The prime and if they seem to be pretty open saying he does see the health benefits, the science has been moving that way. The Prime Minister. Looking at different terms of enforcement, that is perhaps the only area of debate, how it will be enforced, left to shops on Public Health officials or the police. I guess it will be something similar to on trains where it is left to train operators, but i think there is a fine of £100 if you float it, but it is clear that is the direction we are going, and as if to underline the point, before that interview, the Prime Minister was wearing a facemask, the second time he has been photographed wearing one. He was wearing one in one of his local shops on friday. A
lot of this is about symbolism, leadership. The fact he has taken the decision and he had insofar, but now he has to go public, wearing a facemask when he is out and about, i think we can take it that his view is that we should be wearing facemasks and the government will announce something later in the week which makes it mandatory in shops. Does he face any pedicle challenges . Is there a Party Political issue, how is he going to deal with the retail outlets involved who have already made it clear that they do not want people, their staff having to enforce it . Less of a party issue, labour are saying they would back facemask in shops, we know on friday it became mandatory in scotland. I think the real issue is whether it actually does encourage people to go back into town, go back to work, go back to shops, because
there is a fear that it could have there is a fear that it could have the reverse effect, that people might think it is an awful palaver to have to wear a facemask going to a shop so i willjust shop online. There is also a concern that we are all wondering around and mask, whether compound the sense that coronavirus is a very serious illness and therefore reinforce peoples apprehension and fear. There are risks that it could backfire stop given that pretty much every other country seems to be going down this road, i guess it will bed down, there may be some initial grants and gripes, but i would guess it will bed down and in time we will get comfortable and used to the idea that if you go into a shop you do have to wear a facemask. That darkness to the shadow business and Consumer Affairs minister. She is in manchester. Lets next talk to. Would you welcome theirs . We have said we would support it. We had been saying that the last few days. The issue here has been the lack of clarity, we have one set of messages around this going back a few weeks, the Prime Minister then said on friday that he was in favour of it and yesterday ministers were put out on the sunday shows to say the opposite. Neither Prime Minister this morning as saying that it is coming down the track. He it is so critical with theseissues track. He it is so critical with these issues with everything to do with this virus that we need clarity of message, that people understand what is expected of them. And when that will happen. We also heard him just in the last hour talking about tools of enforcement. What tools of enforcement do you think there should be, in whose hand should the responsibility for enforcement like . That is a difficult area, particularly in relation to shops, and that is why it would have been
better for the government to have really thought through what they we re really thought through what they were saying before trailing it. And making people anxious and having to wait several days or longer until that comes forward. If you are a small shop owner who has been closed for the best part of three months, you are getting your business back on its feet now, is it going to live with you to enforce that, and if you do not enforce it or cannot, what are the consequences . I think that will be the worry of retailers. So what do you think should happen . dont know, is the truth. Is it going to be a findable offence to not do it . In which case, we will need other people out and about in shopping areas enforcing that, such as the police and others. I dont think it would be fair to put that on the shoulders of small shop owners, to be policing these things. I think this would have to be something that the police would need to get involved in, if it is going to get involved in, if it is going to be subject to a fine. You have ticket offices, transport police and so on, there are systems in place for that already on Public Transport. It is not the same culture in retail. We welcome the move up we think it is something we would very much support, and that is the way the site has been going. And if that brings more confidence back into the system and encourages people to be able to go out and shop and get on with their daily lives, we very much supported. But it would be much better if the government properly for these things through. You have said that already, i will enter at that because you have made your point, but on the question of the police enforcement, the police will be saying, oh, my gosh, dont you think we have enough things to do . Exactly, so this is why we sit
down with the police, retailers, local authorities, very early on and say, this is something we are considering, how might we go about doing it . Would it be legally enforceable . Doing it . Would it be legally enforcea ble . We doing it . Would it be legally enforceable . We do not know that, i still dont from listening to the Prime Minister today. Is he talking about a legal obligation or is he talking about a culture change where were going to very strongly encourage people to do this . I am still not clear. That is really the governmentsjob to still not clear. That is really the governments job to clarify that at the earliest opportunity. In terms of what you can clarify, i might correct an understanding that you think it should be mandatory, not a matter of encouraging culture change, but a mandatory thing . think from clarity of message purposes, saying it is mandatory is better than saying it is voluntary because the real benefits of Face Coverings comes from when you have
the vast majority of people doing it because as the Prime Minister and others have said, it is not so much about protecting oneself, it is about protecting oneself, it is about protecting oneself, it is about protecting others from your own fluids and so on coming out. The more people who wear them, the more the benefit actually happens. If you do not get 50 people doing it, it does not have the same benefit. If it is going to be mandatory, enforcement is a very present issue in that, and that needs urgent clarity. We cannot be waiting days for that. It will cause real anxiety for that. It will cause real anxiety for people. Thank you. Hotels and hairdressers in wales trade, outdoor classes can be allowed, gyms and swimming pools remain closed, religious services can take place, but it is a matter
of being outdoors. Lets talk to our correspondence in monmouthshire. Hows it going . You can see behind me, the lunchtime Services Beginning to resume again after three months being shot. This power behind me is i suppose one of the lucky ones, they have quite a large outdoor space. Speaking to the landlord this morning, it has been a huge task getting things ready, Safety Measures ready so they can make sure this is a safe environment for their regulars coming back to have a pint and a meal after so much time in lockdown. It is predicted that across wales, because only bases that have an outdoor space can open, that have an outdoor space can open, that may be over half will remain closed. We have spoken to some already over the last three weeks who say they have not cut a large enough outdoor space, they cannot really reopen until the welsh
government revise the two metre social distancing rule which is still in force in wales. Id also the welsh weather and the uk weather, that has to be factored in. As they cannot be guaranteed to make finances with the space they have, the premises they have, many say it is just not feasible for them to open. The company with the highest number of pubs in wales will only open a handful of the establishments today because theyjust do not feel it is feasible for them to do so for some of the reasons already outlined. The first minister will be setting out a press conference in the next 20 minutes where he will tell as that these type of places will be reopening. They will reopen indoors around august the 3rd, as you mentioned hair salons have also reopened today. Many people across was very reopened today. Many people across was very much looking forward to getting their haircut after a long period in lockdown. Today marks the
start of the three week phase reopening of a number of industries. Every monday Something Else. Reopening from now on. Next monday it will be playgrounds, the following monday it will be campsites and we will have other outdoor activities, museums, and on the 3rd of august we will have indoor hospitality will stop as you mentioned, at the merit there is no date for indoor gyms to open and swimming pools. That is something we are still waiting clarity for. At the moment. We will be crossing our fingers for that famous well sunshine for all of that to return. And in scotlandnon essential shops inside Shopping Centres have reopened, but people must wear a face mask. Children and young people are also allowed to play organised outdoor Contact Sports from today, and family and friends can visit hospital patients. Further restrictions on the indoor hospitality sector in scotland will be lifted from wednesday. In england, beauty salons, nail bars and tattoo parlours can reopen from today, but a long list of treatments including facials, makeup application and eyebrow and eyelash work are still banned. Heres our Business Correspondent katy austin. Staff at this beauty salon have been preparing for their first client in 3. 5 months. Hygiene has always been a priority here, now there are extra Safety Measures. When the clients arrive, they will see us with our masks on. Its advanced bookings only, however, you cant yet book a facial. Its half of our business. Not being able to do facial and facial treatments, for example, we cant do any eyebrow waxing, any tinting, any lip waxing. So its more than just the facials we cant do so were just manicures, pedicures and massages. Hairdressers in england could reopen on the 4th ofjuly, but beauty salons couldnt. Now they can start resuming some treatments but the government says others where therapists need
to spend a long time near someones face, like eyelash treatments, are still too high risk. 1,000 self employed beauticians take bookings for at Home Services through the blow ltd app. Not all of them can start earning again today. About a quarter of them cant work cause they specialise in services that involve the face. So thats make up, lashes, browse, facials. Theyre the ones who we still have no open date for, either. So that means 250 professionals, freelancers, are not allowed to work and they havent worked march. Since march. I found it very difficult to understand how a lash treatment, when you actually could have a mask on to have that done, is different to a beard treatment. Fiona feels its unfair but the government says its only very basic beard trimming is allowed if done away from the front of the face. The industry membership body says its talking to the government about the desperate situation for beauticians who still cant work. We need to just get them as much support as we can. We need to get an answer of when potentially were going to get date and it is Financial Support that we are really working on as well. Salons in Northern Ireland re opened earlier this month. In scotland, they can open from the 22nd ofjuly and in wales from the 27th. Many beauticians in england will be celebrating a return to work today. For others, the financially painful wait goes is on. Katy austin, bbc news. The government has lodged an Information Campaign for when the transition period airs on december 31. Uk citizens travelling to europe
next year are being asked to check that their passport is valid for the year required period and to pay for compressive travel insurance as the European Health pub on the log be valid. If travelling with a pet, you have to contact avourite for months before travelling. Contact a vet. Andrzej duda has been re elected president of poland, in a narrow victory against the mayor of warsaw, rafau chaskovski. It was by the slimmest margin since the end of communism in 1989. Our correspondent adam easton gave us the latest from warsaw. Yes, president duda has won byjust 2. 4 . The tightest margin since 1989. At the same time, it is a much wider margin than initially thought. The initial exit poll when the voting stations closed gave him just a 0. 8 lead. It is a clear mandate that there
is a strong support in poland for his brand of social conservatism and support for what he calls the traditional polish family. Both in a cultural sense, in the campaign, that he came in for a lot of criticism when he talked about lgbt campaigners trying to impose an ideology on polish children but she says was even worse than communism which is quite something for a reader of a country which suffered so much under more than four decades of communism. Lgbtq. But also the Financial Support for the family, that has proved very popular. The governments generous welfare scheme which gives about 120 per child per month up to their 18th birthday. That has helped lift many polish people and families out of poverty. That has proved to be very popular. The result also shows that
the challenge got almost 49 , shows that many people are uneasy with the governments controversial changes to the judiciary, for example, which have been widely criticised by the eu and Many International institutions for undermining the rule of law. They are uneasy about that. At least 180 migrants crossed the English Channel to the uk yesterday a Record Numberfor a single day. The home office says more than 380 people attempted the crossing but more than 200 were intercepted by the french authorities. Yesterday, the home secretary, priti patel, signed an agreement with her french counterpart to create a joint Intelligence Unit to tackle people smuggling across the channel. Michelin starred chef tom kerridge has criticised dozens of people who failed to turn up at his restaurant this weekend saying on instagram that
their selfish behaviour is putting hospitalityjobs at risk. 27 people did not honour their reservations for kerridges restaurant at the Corinthia Hotel in Central London on saturday, at a time when many pubs, hotels and restaurants have been left crippled by mounting costs during the pandemic. And chef tom kerridgejoins us now from his pub the hand and flowers in marlow. You say 27 did not turn up . Yes, 27 no shows is the official term. On a saturday night. It was well over a quarter of the revenue that has disappeared, without people letting us know. So this is off as they are ttime we already have to do social distancing, so a time when it is very difficult to cover your course. At very difficult to cover your course. Ata very difficult to cover your course. At a time. Very difficult to cover your course. At a time. This was an
opportunity to not just at a time. This was an opportunity to notjust highlight from our point of view but happening up from our point of view but happening up and down the country, where it is just a phone call that makes a difference. You have those reservations either as an industry and a sector, you staff those levels to the people you are expecting. Then the fact that these people then do not turn up means that you are 2596 do not turn up means that you are 25 of your workforce, 25 more money, you have tried to make sure that you are ready to welcome these people, and when they do not turn up, it is not the fact they havent turned up, it is more that they have not let us know. So you cannot adjust accordingly and that more than anything is incredibly disappointing and short sighted. What can you do about it . Obviously you are doing an act of Public Education to get the message out that it really matters to make that call, not to book unless you intend to come, and then to make a call if
you cannot come. Aside from the Public Education, is there anything else you can do like take a deposit . Yes, many spaces already do that. There are so many wrestlers, some of ours included. We have a booking policy with a Cancellation Policy where you take credit card details and there is a payment that will be taken if you feel to show up. However, many are inclined not to do that, it feels uncomfortable. In the hospitality sector, sometimes it is not the right thing to do, but moving forward this is the opportunity for the industry to be able to grab hold of this and say, this is no different to booking tickets at the theatre, cinema, football match, you have bought the seats. We have ready to welcome you add major you have an amazing time. In case you fail to turn up, we are
sorry that you have already paid for it. If you buy tickets at the theatre and you cannot go, you can sell those tickets again, but if you let us know there is no problem, we can reset the table. It is the fact that you do not let us know. So we cannot do anything as a business against that. To protect peoples livelihoods and jobs in this sector, ido livelihoods and jobs in this sector, i do think it is something that across big name restaurants, some of ours already, we do take and have that cancellation procedure, but this is to highlight more smaller operators, independents, even papas that are wet led, drinks lead, having to take reservations for people to book and have a drink on a saturday night because of this situation. It is completely understandable. There has been a number of comments after my Instagram Post of small independent pubs that say 42 people did not show up pubs that say 42 people did not show upjust to pubs that say 42 people did not show up just to have a drink,
pubs that say 42 people did not show upjust to have a drink, and the small operators cannot keep moving forward animal not be able to survive if they are treated with such disregard and disrespect. Survive if they are treated with such disregard and disrespectm seems really unthinking. Something is puzzling me, we had a chat about this this morning when the story emerged as it transpired that quite a lot of people had friends or family who do book at restaurant ta bles family who do book at restaurant tables are there not turn up. In normal circumstances, is this a problem that you contender with normally and it is just the cost of it is much worse right now . Sadly, it is much worse right now . Sadly, it is much worse right now . Sadly, it is an industry issue that we contact it is an industry issue that we co nta ct have it is an industry issue that we contact have to deal with up and down the country. It doesnt matter who you are, people make reservations and do not turn up, and it is pretty short sighted and Unacceptable Behaviour in the long term. Even more so right now, it is just common courtesy, it is incredibly rude, if you are going around to somebodys powers, booking
with a dinner party and you had invited people round and two of them do not turn up, they dont even call you to tell you they are not coming, you to tell you they are not coming, you have already cooked food, laid the table, you have spent all day trying to something fantastic. For them to not turn up and not even call you, i understand peoples circumstances change, right now people are nervous about going out, people are nervous about going out, people do have baby sitting issues as they do have problems, things do happen, that is absolutely fine. The issueis happen, that is absolutely fine. The issue is actually calling the restau ra nt issue is actually calling the restaurant and letting us know that you are not coming. Which means we can adapt accordingly. Just give the opportunity to adapt to your situation. Dont just opportunity to adapt to your situation. Dontjust not taylors. Everything you said sounds convincing to me, ijust cannot imagine arguing. When you put this postop on instagram add lots of other restaurants and pubs owners and managers piled into agree with you, is there anyone who disagrees . Did you get trolled or contradicted . Sadly, yes. Ifind myself in the very fortu nate sadly, yes. Ifind myself in the very fortunate position will we have a small media profile that we are able to shout about Something Like this. Some people are completely unsympathetic to me, which is fine, i get that, but it is not about me but the 200 sickly people that we employ. Decisions will have to be made across the board on that. 260 people. Some people boot a lot of ta bles 260 people. Some people boot a lot of tables this morning i a false name. There are some very sad and Lonely People out there that have Nothing Better to do but sit in their bedroom and make other peopless lives worse. their bedroom and make other peopless lives worse. I am sure that all the viewers of this programme are with you and all the other restaurant and pub owners out there who are just trying to get on and makea there who are just trying to get on and make a living, so thanks for talking to is about it today. And make a living, so thanks for talking to is about it todaym and make a living, so thanks for talking to is about it today. It is a pleasure. The american actor Kelly Preston has died at the age of 57. She starred in films including twins and jerry maguire. Her husband, John Travolta, confirmed on social media that she had passed away after two years of treatment for Breast Cancer. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. A warm afternoon in the south east of england in the sunshine, feeling quite pleasant in the east of scotla nd quite pleasant in the east of scotland when the sun breakthrough. For many, cloudy, thickest of the cloud across parts of the midlands, wales, South West England. Both of rain, most persisted in south wales, devon, cornwall. North, orshower, more in the way of sunshine. Breeze coming off the atlantic keeping things cool around these western coast. To the east of scotland, 21 in aberdeen, the Channel Islands and south east of england as well as parts of east anglia, temperatures in the lower to mid 20s. This
evening, heavy burst of rain working across southern counties england. More showers in the far north of scotland. In between most places will be dry, cloud break here or there, temperatures major step in figures, but for most e mailed and start to tuesday as bobby the case on wednesday. Daytime temperatures nothing great, many will stay cloudy, damp and the west. This is bbc news, the headlines. The Prime Minister has said it is very important to wear a Face Covering in shops and confined spaces, after some confusion about the governments policies for england. Yes, Face Coverings, people should be wearing them in shops but in terms of how we do that, in terms of making it mandatory, looking at the
guidance will be looking at a sum over the next few days. As nail bars and beauty salons reopen for business in england, Health Secretary matt hancock says authorities alone more than 100 kilo bytes authorities alone more than 100 kilobytes outbreaks of it. The ban on Manchester City and the Champions League has been lifted after they had been accused of breaking uefas financial fair play rules. An flora that puts the biggest surge in coronavirus cases in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. And payment has re elected andrejw duda as president by the slimmest margin since the end of communism. Now, nice conferences in scotland and wales. In scotland the first minister Nicola Sturgeon is giving an update. Related to one single
ca re an update. Related to one single care home. That is being looked at in much more detail, and all necessary tests, checks and precautions are being undertaken. I can report that a total of 550 patients are in hospital with a virus, that is 13 fewer than yesterday but in an increase of six in the number of confirmed cases, a total of six people last night were in intensive care with confirmed or suspected covid and that is the same number as yesterday and since the 5th of march, a total of 4125 patients have tested positive and been admitted to hospital have been able to leave hospital. Are going to leave Nicola Sturgeon there, that is continuing on the bbc scotland channel. In wales, first minister mark kwik fit is making an important announcement. It is very important we all go on taking the steps we can to protect ourselves mac mark
drake. That allows us the opportunity to continue unblocking the restrictions. I will come continue unblocking the restrictions. Iwill come back continue unblocking the restrictions. I will come back to that at the end of what i have to say this afternoon. Today a series of changes have come into force including hairdressers, barbers and mobile hairdressers reopening, pubs, bars, cafe is restaurants are opening our doors. The resumption of organised sports and activities outdoors, places of worship being able to resume indoor services, when faith leaders are ready to do so, and the reopening of the majority of outdoor attractions. And of course, be sought on saturday self contained tourism reopening across wales. I was very pleased to go to meet the
owner of the hide in the vale of glamorgan anti cd impressive arrangements the owner had put in place, safely, to welcome guests back again from other parts of wales and to wales. In the latest regulations we have also made changes to the two metre physical distance detail and this recognises there may be some occasions when it is not possible to maintain a two metre social distance, and the regulations set out the additional measures which businesses need to put in place to reduce the risk of coronavirus in those contexts. And these include maintaining safe hygiene standards, limiting close face to face interaction, and when, asi face to face interaction, and when, as i say, two metres cannot be maintained, other measures, physical barriers in place, rearranging the
layout, organising the furniture, Safety Measures in the use of toilets and so on, all of those cannot be put in place to reduce close contact. Can i turn to the issue of Face Coverings . A matter which has a lot of public interest, but ijust which has a lot of public interest, but i just want which has a lot of public interest, but ijust want to see again in terms of the measures that can be taken, they are at the bottom, not the top end of things that can be done with effectiveness. Today we are announcing changes that have consequences for Public Transport, including taxis. Bus and train operators have introduced a wide range of measures to reduce the risk of coronavirus for passengers. As more people return to work and the economy reopens, there will be times when it is not always possible to maintaina two when it is not always possible to maintain a two metre distance when travelling on Public Transport. The
amount of physical space on buses and trains is inevitably limited. That means it is harder for people to stay two metres apart, harder than in other public places. Often, people can be spending per ease of time travelling, without the option of leaving the vehicle periods of time. We have published guidance setting out the reasonable measures all operators will need to put in place when it is not possible for two metres social distancing to be met. That guidance was developed with stakeholders. We expect all operators will have these measures in place by the 27th ofjuly, and we are assured that some will be ready sooner than that. Now, are assured that some will be ready soonerthan that. Now, Public Transport moves across our porous border with england. They are, the use of Face Coverings is mandatory on Public Transport. And for the sake of simplicity and consistency,
as well as being part of our plan to reduce the risk of transmission while on Public Transport, where it is not possible to maintain a two metre physical distance, it will become mandatory in wales for people to wear a three layer Face Covering while travelling on Public Transport, and that includes taxis. The requirement to wear face on Public Transport will come into effect in wales from the 27th of july. Now, the changes in our regulations in relation to two metres social distancing also has consequences for other premises including shops, and we will be writing to all major supermarkets this week, sure that they are aware of the changes in the Regulatory Regime in wales. Now, the Retail Sector has made huge efforts to
introduce measures to maintain physical distancing, putting one way systems in place, limiting the numberof systems in place, limiting the number of people who can enter a shot at any one time, and putting up screens at checkouts. These measures become even more important as lockdown eases. At this point in time, when the prevalence of coronavirus is low, we are not mandating the use of Face Coverings in other public places. But many people of course choose to wear them and there is nothing to stop that from happening in wales. Ouradvice may change if cases of coronavirus begin to increase again and, where it is not possible to maintain a two metres social distance, some businesses may ask people to wear a Face Covering before they enter those premises. Now, we have been able to ease restrictions, because
the indicators go on showing that the indicators go on showing that the spread of coronavirus in wales continues to slow down. We are seeing fewer deaths from coronavirus, no deaths in two of the la st coronavirus, no deaths in two of the last three days, but, as we know, that does not take away the pain and the loss felt by all those families who are already grieving today. So, in being clear, about the position in wales, while the position improves, coronavirus is still here. It is still in circulation. And every day, we hear reports from around the world of countries which have relaxed their guard and their restrictions, only to see a resurgence of the virus and new lockdown is being put in place. I urge everyone in wales to continue to take steps to protect themselves and their loved ones, and that means
knowing the symptoms and knowing how to get tested. The symptoms of coronavirus are, as many of you will know, a high temperature, a new and persistent cough, and a loss or change in taste or smell. If you have any of these symptoms, you and your household and extended household should stay at home. If you have those symptoms, you should book coronavirus test, and it is very easy to do that now in wales. You can arrange to have a home testing kit sent to you, or you can book an appointment at one of the many drive through testing centres in wales, and all of the details and all of the Online Booking forms are available via the Welsh Government and the Public Health wales website. To date, we have carried out almost 300,000 tests in wales. And 17,000
of those have been positive. And the percentage of people in wales who are testing positive for coronavirus continues to reduce. Please continue to do those things, and protect you and your loved ones from coronavirus. Keep distance from one another, wash your hands frequently, only meet people from one other household or an extended household outdoors, and work from home wherever possible. We have seen a change in working patterns with more people working from home. We need to see these Flexible Working patterns become a permanent feature of working life in wales, and the Welsh Government will lead the way in this, and how we will organise working practices in the weeks and months to come. By doing all that together, we can go on keeping wales
safe. Happy now to take some questions, and i see that today we are starting with James Williams at bbc wales . I will start with Face Coverings, for the sake of simplicity on Public Transport and consistency, they will now be mandatory in wales. But you are introducing, making them mandatory is more than six weeks after they will be mandatory in england, why is it taking so long . And because the risk of coronavirus is so low, youre not making them mandatory in other public places, but isnt that the time to be doing it, to be normalising it . First of all it is
one week ago since the use of Face Coverings became mandatory in england, not six weeks. It started on monday of last week. It may have been announced before then. Our decision to make the use of Face Coverings mandatory on Public Transport is a combination of the fa ct transport is a combination of the fact that we know, as the economy gets back into operation, more people would need to use Public Transport to get to work or for other purposes, and where more people need to use a confined space, additional protections need to be introduced in over to overcome the fa ct introduced in over to overcome the fact that two metres social distancing will not always be possible. Mandatory Face Coverings is one of a range of mitigating measures we have introduced and agreed with operators in train and bus services in wales. We have had the position in which england makes it mandatory, our roads and train
tracks cross the border between england and wales, having separate regimes is not sustainable in the long run. We will make it mandatory to wear Face Coverings in public in two weeks time. People can of course do it and have been able to do it for many weeks already. He speaks welsh. Studio i dont know how good your welsh is, but mine is not that great. Just taking a moment to remind you about the top line from the first minister of wales, mark
dra keford, the first minister of wales, Mark Drakeford, not just the first minister of wales, Mark Drakeford, notjust on the porous border with england will it be necessary to wear Face Coverings on Public Transport, but throughout wales, where it is not possible to maintaina two wales, where it is not possible to maintain a two metre business, and specific about the kind of Face Covering, saying that it has to be a three layer Face Covering, which tends to be a surgical mask or something similar that has three layers. And he had some good news, that the extent of the virus in wales is coming down. Positive tests are reducing, and obviously celebrating some of the new measures coming into effect in wales today in terms of outdoor leisure, retail and sport stop he has resumed speaking english so lets rejoin him. It is a matter for the individual citizen to
make that decision. The prevalence of coronavirus in wales is at the lowest ebb ever, since this began. We carried out over the weekend, over 7000 tests on the three days, and the prevalence was somewhere below half of 1 , so when the coronavirus is at that ebb, we have to be proportionate in the things we asked people to do, and we have not decided to make them mandatory in this context. If coronavirus was to recirculate again then our advice may change. He speaks welsh. Studio im not sure what i have got to tell you, there. We were just
commenting on what a nice voice he has, that is my most up to date observation about the first minister but on a more serious note, he was saying how encouraging it is that the cases of the virus have diminished across wales, and that the numbers measured over the course of this past weekend have reduced substantially. Cani can i ask you about other announcements that have been made by the uk government that affect policies here in wales . Starting with support for the arts industry. It is more than a week since an announcement was made of support by the uk government and the Welsh Government has received consequential funding because of it. What is the plan here in wales . How much money will there be for the sector because matter can you give us details of when it is forthcoming . Also, what are you planning to do about stamp duty here in wales . Thank you, james. On land transaction tax, stamp duty, i expect an announcement on that very shortly, maybe as early as tomorrow. On the arts funding, we will do things the way we have tried to do things the way we have tried to do things in wales throughout. We will consult with those people who work in that sector. We will work with the arts council for wales. We will make a plan, and we will publish what we are going to do. That is what we are going to do. That is what we are going to do. That is what we have tried to do all along, is to plan and then publish rather than publish and then plan. I know that it takes a few more days and sometimes people find that frustrating, but i think it is better that we see things publicly
when we have had the opportunity to have those conversations where we have those conversations where we have agreed with the people who are most directly affected what it is that we intend to do, and when we make an announcement, we know what we are intending to do, rather than making an announcement and then having to work out what it all means. The latter any timescales on that . The industry is engaged with us on those conversations. That is why we are taking the time necessary to make sure that we make the best use of whatever money we are able to provide for them, and that we do it ina way provide for them, and that we do it in a way that has taken that industry with us in that decision making. It is not a matter of the Welsh Government simply making an announcement and then the sector hearing all about it. In wales, we talk with the sector, then when we make the announcement the sector is well prepared for what it is we are able to provide. And if that takes a few days, it takes a few days, and
thatis few days, it takes a few days, and that is time well spent. Thank you, james. Adrian masters, of itv wales. If we can go back to Face Coverings, asking why not now, why in two weeks time, and the reason is that plaid cymru has highlighted that making masks mandatory now could save 1000 lives even wales and 2000 10,000 save 1000 lives even wales and 2000 10,000 across the uk, and a lesser aspect of this is the normalising of Face Coverings. Would you, as first minister be prepared to normalise them by being seen wearing a mask . I dont think there first figures stand up to examination, do they . Weve had one
deathin examination, do they . Weve had one death in three days in wales, a fortnight before Face Coverings are made mandatory in Public Transport is going to save a thousand lives in wales, or remotely like it. We are providing two weeks before we make it mandatory because there are still details that have to be put in place. Not everyone will be able to wear a face mask on Public Transport. We will be asking children to wear it below a certain e, children to wear it below a certain age, we will be exempting people who have breathing difficulties. People who rely on a lip reading as a way of understanding the world around them. A couple of weeks to get those things right and get them in place, and to do that with the operators is not, i think, and to do that with the operators is not, ithink, unreasonable and to do that with the operators is not, i think, unreasonable and and to do that with the operators is not, ithink, unreasonable and in the meantime, anybody who feels more comfortable wearing a Face Covering on Public Transport will be free to do so. So were just doing it in the way we would normally do, carefully,
making sure we have the details right and things in place before we make it mandatory. Once it is mandatory, if you dont do it there are consequences for you and it is fair that the public in wales have a chance to get themselves ready for that date. As to normalising the use of Face Coverings, then the advice from the Welsh Government to people is clear. If you are somewhere which is clear. If you are somewhere which is crowded, then it is advisable to wear a Face Covering, and if i were to be in that position myself, then i would certainly follow Welsh Government advice and when i next ta ke government advice and when i next take a bus in cardiff i will be wearing a Face Covering like everybody else. If could wearing a Face Covering like everybody else. If i could ask about a different subject, it became clear over the weekend some of the likely and possible next hotspots in england. Are you considering
publishing a list of possible areas where there could be a problem, where there could be a problem, where there could be a problem, where there are initial signs of an outbreak primarily so that people in those areas can start to take actions beforehand . Those areas can start to take actions beforehand . We interrogate the data from the test and tray syste m the data from the test and tray system every day and if there are indications that there are local outbreaks developing, then we will certainly make that public. That is the whole point of the ttp system is to get an early insight and to let people know. Where there are examples we will certainly let people know about it. But we will not be publishing a speculative list ofa not be publishing a speculative list of a sort that says things could happen here, or could happen there. We will make sure that we have the data first, and where the data does indicate that, we must all be prepared for the fact that there
will be further local flare ups, because to run a virus has not gone away. As soon as we have the evidence of it then we will publish it to make sure that people have that early warning. Dan bevan, of lbc. Thank you, first minister, good afternoon. At the moment two councils is the maximum number that can meet up with social distancing in place but in theory more households could meet up in a beer garden but not the families in their garden, also sports are allowed but the barbecue with those people wouldnt be. Are there plans to review the number of different households that are allowed with social distancing rules . The first thing to say is it is four households that can meet outside because if two hassles woman extended so they can meet two councils that form another extended household, and they can meet them outside in wales. We are already
more generous in that way than some other parts of the uk. There will always be anomalies. Throughout this business, weve had to deal with questions of, if you allow that, why dont you allow Something Else was matter and the answer is that we have only got so much headroom at any one time and we apply it for the purposes that we think have the greatest priority. Do we keep it under review because matter of course. We are already in the first week of the next three week cycle, and by this time next week, we will already have generated a sort of long list of things that we could resolve at the end of this three weeks if coronavirus circulation allows us to do so, so im afraid there are anomalies. They are unavoidable. We think about them in every review when we do that, and we do that in this review, as usual. We will leave mark dra keford do that in this review, as usual. We will leave Mark Drakeford there. The
security company g4s is cutting around 1000 jobs in its cash handling business. That is following a review proposing to reshape the business, it says, closely consulting with unions and individuals to redeploy stop the gmb union says this is another step towards a Cashless Society which would damage the lives of the elderly and vulnerable as well as small and medium enterprises. And a line from downing street saying that social care workers will not be able to ta ke social care workers will not be able to take advantage of the new nhs visa. We want employers to invest in training and development for care workers in this country. Lets have a look at the weather. Here is louise. Good afternoon. It is not a straightforward weather story to try and tell. It is a bit messy out there. Some of us have blue skies, sunshine and warmth as you can see from this glorious picture from kent but by contrast, further west, theres quite a lot of cloud around and some of that has been quite
heavy from well so far today. We have this nuisance for spilling down from the north west, continuing to bring some rain with it as it does so. Behind, the wind is picking up bringing sunny spells and scattered showers, splitting the country into three, you can see the best of the sunshine across that south east cornerfor sunshine across that south east corner for the sunshine across that south east cornerfor the remainder sunshine across that south east corner for the remainder of the afternoon. To the north and west of that, it is not a write off, there will be some sunny spells coming through and, away from that brisk winds from the west, you will see some growth as well, so you could see highs of 21 in aberdeenshire, and 25, that 77 fahrenheit, in the south east corner. There is some rain to come through the south east is that weather front continues to push south and east, clearing by the early half of tuesday morning. Some welcome rain for the gardens, then it leaves a legacy of cloud in its wake. Temperatures holding up into double figures, generally around
nine through to 15 degrees. Starting off on nine through to 15 degrees. Starting offona nine through to 15 degrees. Starting off on a messy note tomorrow. This High Pressure is desperately trying to influence the weather story. The wind is spinning around a clockwise direction, a north westerly wind meaning a fresher fuel to the weather as we go through the day. We will be chasing cloud amounts around, but if you get it to break up around, but if you get it to break up with some sunshine, it is pretty strong at this time of year. By the end of the afternoon another weather front brings cloud and rain into Northern Ireland. Temperatures down on what we have seen today, around 1519 the on what we have seen today, around 15 19 the hive. Moving out of tuesday until wednesday, High Pressure still there, still trying to influence the weather story. That frontal system weakens, clears out of the way, but wednesday will be a really messy day with lots of cloud around and some drizzle on west facing coasts, but slowly but surely, as we head through the end of the week into the weekend, we see 02 58 59,018 2147483053 06 14,884 some more sunshine and warmth. Take 2147483053 06 14,884 4294966103 13 29,430 care
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