Authorities announces further restrictions in spains catalonia region, amid fears of a second wave of the virus. British grime musician wiley is dropped by his management following anti semitic comments on his social media accounts. Details of the royal rift as a new book claims harry and meghan say they felt deliberately cut off from they felt deliberately cut off from the royal family. Gyms and indoor Swimming Pools in england have started to reopen, as part of the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown. All venues are having to adhere to strict hygeine and social distancing measures but the industry is warning that financial concerns mean that many facilities will remain closed. Kay austin reports. Another area of life is opening up again with some changes. At this david lloyd club, people came to do exercise classes this morning, used to the gym and swim in the pool for the first time in four months. To be honest i am a bit overwhelmed. I have done a bit of cardio, a bit of everything today and one of the managers so me and i was talking to a friend and he said, you havent been here forfour a friend and he said, you havent been here for four months. A friend and he said, you havent been here forfour months. I said, no, this is part of it too. It is not mandatory to Face Covering but equipment is spaced out with some machines out of use, there are limits on the number of people who can be in one class or in the Swimming Pool at any one time and there is extra cleaning and place as well. Gym users are also being asked to arrive in their gym gear to avoid using changing rooms. The chance to reopen is important forfitness businesses but the income lost during lockdown while some fixed gusts remained mean many are in financial difficulty. The owners of this small health club hope people have cancelled their membership will feel confident enough to come back. Certainly the first few weeks will bea certainly the first few weeks will be a balancing act. Between making sure we get the members back and for us sure we get the members back and for us its all about balancing the experience the members had prior to coming, prior to lockdown and making sure they feel safe and secure. But people s exercise habits have changed during lockdown. This zumba instructor started doing sessions online. They have been such a hit, she will carry on. We usually have 45 subscribers and then we have pay as you go who pay for each class. We usually have from 30 or 50 in the gym, you would maximum get fit in 22. A huge difference obviously having it on mine. As the exercise machines get going again, there are warnings that not all sites can afford to open just yet and that many public leisure centres will need Financial Support to avoid permanent closure. Lets speak now to kimberlee perry, who is the founder ceo of bounce, a group trampoline work out business. Thank you very much for being with us. Welcome back. I suppose the question to ask is, what is needed for belts to be able to bounce back asa for belts to be able to bounce back as a business . To bounce back we need to have larger exercise pods to make sure everyone feels comfortable and safe, so we have marked out squares for individuals to stay within so that they feel confident to come back to classes with us. What other changes have you had to Institute Inside the gym is to make this work was yellow when you walk in you are welcomed from the receptionist but behind screens now. There is obviously no touching, no hugging, no high fives or anything like that that usually motivate the participant and Everyone Needs to sanitise as soon as they come in, so throughout the studio there is more sanitisation stations that everyone can continue to go to and u nfortu nately, can continue to go to and unfortunately, there isnt any item is able to be brought in so cant bring big bags in or anything that used to be able to have with you. Items are kept to a minimum and no touch, no friendly high fives, nothing like that. I am interested in what you say about motivation because a lot of Group Exercise is about that feeling you are part of a team, if youre like me at these low end of things, you are brought up by the enthusiasm of everyone else. How do you substitute for that when you cant do those things like hug afterwards, do the high fives, be physically close to one another . That is a big part of our industry and a big part of the success of Group Exercise particularly here. Supporting each other and making sure everyone can manage and work in the team environment. What we have had to do is use more verbal and visual cues to ensure that everyone is feeling 0k whereas when used to walk around the studio, now that is a thumbs up, are you doing 0k, making sure there are extra breaks and offering support with eye contact, clapping along, everyone getting engaged that way. Rather than going up to someone and asking, are you 0k . How are you feeling . You need to keep that distance but you wa nt to need to keep that distance but you want to use those visual and verbal cues want to use those visual and verbal cu es extra, extra want to use those visual and verbal cues extra, extra effectively throughout the entire class. You are obviously delighted to be back, your enthusiasm very much comes across and it is great to see your clients in the background theyre doing their bit as well. In terms of this asa their bit as well. In terms of this as a business which ultimately it is for you, you put your life and soul into getting this up and running and keeping it going, what are the financials . If you have all this extra s pa ce financials . If you have all this extra space and, presumably you have to reduce the number of people you can have at any one time. That must have a cost to you. It is definitely tough. We have had to reduce the class size, make sure there are more brea ks class size, make sure there are more breaks in between the sessions so customer flow in and out of buildings is safe and that does have an impact on everybody in terms of the financial renumeration they can ta ke the financial renumeration they can take home. It is a challenge for sure but obviously we want to be say first and foremost and as an industry, we know that if we take those measures and do the right things, hopefully we will be in a position where we can build up our businesses, where we can bring more people in soon, where we can open up back to back losses again some day. All of those things do affect our income but it is a great day to be able to bounce back and to have gyms open again. Kimberly, thank you very much forjoining us and have a great afternoon. We have also been talking about obesity and the risk that being obese or overweight puts you at of serious illness or death from covid i9, according to experts. Public Health England found excess weight put people at higher risk of complications from the virus and they say this isjust one part of the toll obesity is taking on the health of the nation. The government is expected to announce new measures to curb obesity in england next week. Simon jones has more. The warning from Health Officials is clear. If you are overweight or obese and get coronavirus you are more likely to end up in hospital, more likely to end up in hospital, more likely to become critically ill. This graph illustrates the scale of the problem based on a study of over 19,000 people who have tested positive for covid 19. It shows the bigger the bmi or body mass index the risk of intensive ca re mass index the risk of intensive care increases. Mass index the risk of intensive ca re increases. Someone mass index the risk of intensive care increases. Someone who is severely obese has over four times the risk compared to someone with the risk compared to someone with the normal weight. Being the risk compared to someone with the normalweight. Being overweight increases the chances of insulin resistance, it puts up your Blood Pressure and all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people when they contract covert if they also overweight have these extra chances of being really sick. Although some of us have been using the extra time we have had on our hands during lockdown to do support, evidence suggests overall exercise levels havent increased. What has is the amount ofjunk food and alcohol we have been buying from high street shops. But this park in london despite no shortage of keen exercises, people admit the past few months have been challenging. exercises, people admit the past few months have been challenging. I made a conscious effort to do more exercise and obviously with a little one, we have been getting up to the parkis one, we have been getting up to the park is pretty much every day but i would say i have probably eaten more as well. Once the bars opened we have been overindulging probably backin have been overindulging probably back in bars and restaurants, i think it will settle down and we will get a balance. Looking at the rate of obesity per 1000 people in european countries, the uk is among the most obesity with 26. 26 people out of every thousand considered obese. There is a call for more government support. We know people have the intention to improve things but you get tripped up all the time. Go to checkout and you have bars of chocolate on special offer for example and those undermine what you intend to do, so we know people need help. The government is expected to unveil a long awaited obesity strategy for england next week which could see snack food Promotions Ltd and a ban on tv adverts forjunk food before the watershed. Public Health England is winning the case for action has never been stronger. Police turned away around sixty cars from the base of snowdon this morning, to prevent overcrowding. Cars were also towed away after police warned motorists against parking illegally in the Snowdonia National park over the weekend. Police have now placed cones along the route following chaotic scenes last week following the easing of lockdown restrictions. The british rapper wiley says hes been given a seven day twitter Ban Following anti semitic comments he made on his social media accounts. The grime artist insulted jewish people and shared anti semitic conspiracy theories with hundreds of thousands of his followers on twitter and instagram. His Management Company say theyve cut all ties with him. Charlotte gallagher reports. Wiley is one of the biggest stars in the uk grime scene. So influential that he was dubbed the godfather of grime and awarded an mbe for services to music in 2018. But in a series of rambling tweets posted over a number of hours, the 41 year old musician shed anti semitic conspiracy theories, insulted jewish people and compared the community to the ku klux klan who have chosen not to show the comments because of their content. The musician has now been dropped by his agent who said, following wileys tweets we have cut all ties with him. There is no place in society for anti semitism. Wiley maintains it was his decision to leave the company. Look at this, you liar. Look at this man. I cut ties with you, you fall we have cut all ties with him. I cut ties with you. Wiley has now been banned from twitter for seven days though the anti semitic comments are still visible. Many what social media firms to go further. This is a deluge of hatred. Many, many tweets, they are on instagram as well, there is some hateful stuff. It breaches their conditions. Wiley remains unapologetic despite widespread condemnation. Some are now calling for him to be stripped of his mbe. Officials in catalonia in North Eastern spain have ordered the closure of all nightclubs amid fears that the country could be experiencing a second wave of coronavirus. Yesterday, barely a month after spain ended a state of emergency, its Health Ministry reported more than nine hundred new infections. France has advised its citizens not to travel over the border to catalonia because of the spike. Paul hawkins reports. The beach in barcelona, the capital of catalonia. Working out, even though this sign says sports facilities cannot be used. Dining out but little evidence of social distancing. There are fewer people here and in the famous las ramblas compared to last year. And those that are out are wearing their mandatory masks. Translation you can tell that the spanish follow the rule on wearing the masks more. In belgium it is not so mandatory. Here i see that everyone is wearing it. I think that people follow the rules and the rules are a little more rigid here. But not everyone it seems is following the authorities advice a week ago to stay at home unless absolutely necessary. Thats because catalonia has seen 8000 new coronavirus cases in the past two weeks. Thats half of spains new cases over the same period. While here in aragon another spanish region next to catalonia doctors have seen a surge in new cases too. Translation yes, we are under pressure because the icus are very full. We have one free bed for any patient that might need intensive care. That is why the french government has issued this advice. Translation concerning the situation in catalonia which is displaying worsened indicators for infection where as you know the Health Indicators are deteriorating we strongly encourage french citizens to avoid going there until the Health Situation improves. We are in discussion with spanish and catalonia authorities so that the flow of travellers in the other direction will be as limited as possible. Which isnt good news for the catalan tourist industry. The region in north west spain shares an open border with france. Last year almost a fifth of its tourists were french, making up 19. 3 million visitors to catalonia in 2019. Thats more than any other spanish region. As if that wasnt bad enough norway has also announced a ten day quarantine for anyone returning from spain. Catalonias nightlife has been blamed for the rise in new infections. From today all nightclubs, discos and event halls are closed for two weeks. The border meanwhile between france and spain remains open but it may not be for much longer if the surge continues. India has recorded nearly 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in two days taking the total of infected to 1. 3 million. Among those testing positive was the chief minister. He is the first indian chief minister known to have covid 19. India is the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the what of the us and brazil and ranks sixth in deaths. Experts warn the worst is yet to come. South korea has recorded its biggest one day increase in coronavirus cases for three months. One hundred and thirteen new infections were reported on saturday the highest number since the end of march. The majority are people who arrived on two planes carrying south korean workers evacuated from iraq, and an outbreak on a Russian Fishing vessel docked busan. Just 27 cases have been caused by local transmission. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the headlines. Gyms and Swimming Pools reopen in england but there is a warning up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. It comes as experts warned being overweight brings a greater risk of illness or serious death from covid 19. Further restrictions introduced in spain and catalonia amid fears of a second wave of the virus. Here in the uk people are being warned not to book holidays abroad unless their passports are up to date. Staff are currently working through a backlog of more than four hundred thousand applications as a result of disruption caused by the pandemic. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. The correspondent danny shaw. Latest advice from the office the latest advice from the Passport Office is that people should not book to go abroad until they have received their documents and those who do not need to renew their passports should wait until after the summer. Ministers said the backlog had built up because Passport Offices had fewer staff due to social distancing rules. Earlier this week the home office revealed that passport staff were working through 126,000 applications with a further 284,000 still to be processed. Officials say they have issued 6500 passports to individuals on compassionate and emergency grounds and say some overseas applicants who have experienced delays will be able to claim refunds. Passports will be delivered within five days if people have been waiting longer than four weeks and if they produce evidence they are due to travel in the next fortnight. The duke and duchess of sussex have denied contributing to a new book about their life the royal family. The duke and duchess who now live in california made their last public appearance as working members of the royal family earlier this year. The book called finding freedom which is being serialised in the Times Newspaper claims the sussexes and cambridges were barely speaking by march. Security has been ramped up outside the us consulate in the chinese city of chengdu as staff begin to leave. Removal vans entered the building this morning and the area has been cordoned off by police. Chinese officials have ordered the closure of the consulate within 72 hours. In whats regarded as a tit for tat move in the escalating diplomatic row with the united states. Federal officials in the us have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston saying it was a hub for intellectual property theft. The bbcs north america correspondent david willis reports. At the houston consulate, chinese staff cleared the building of documents and other materials. As anti communist protesters gathered outside. Us officials maintain the mission had become a leading hub for chinese espionage. Their action to direct the closure of the consulate in houston was taken to protect intellectual property and american s private information. Intellectual property and american s private information. China in a tit for tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu. It called allegation of spying on the pa rt called allegation of spying on the part of staff in the houston consulate malicious slander and accuse members of the Trump Administration of deliberately seeking to stoke conflict with beijing. Translation their purpose is to smear and suppress china, divert the attention of the American Public and see gains in us domestic politics. The tricks of these us politicians were not for the American People and the international community. Whilst relations between the two leaders have always seemed cordial, diplomatic tensions between the us and china have escalated dramatically in recent months not least over the coronavirus pandemic. The Economic Impact of which has prompted policy changes on both sides. I think there is a level of insecurity in chinas own leadership that has led them to become more reactive, more ethical tory and also more risk acceptance when it comes to other countries in Foreign Policy around the world. A lot has to do here not so much with President Trump though the us have elections coming up but actually more with what is going on invasion. How much of this comes down to an ideological clash with President Trumps America First nationalism and how much it is an attempt to divert attention from the president s political problems ahead of the november elections isnt clear, but not since Richard Nixon moved to normalise relations with china back in 1972 have relations between the two superpowers been quite as bad. Was was arrested on charges of at least two contract killings 15 years ago and transported to moscow where he has been detained. He denies being involved. In the russian far east, the protests go on. Risking arrest, thousands marched through the centre. They shouted support for the local official they had elected. But who is now under arrest in the russian capital. That man is so gay. Earlier this month the governor was detained by officers who had flown in from moscow. They flew him back to the capital and charged with involvement in murders dating back 15 years. Sergei. That has sparked anger and resentment with the federal authorities. Many here believe the charges against him are politically motivated. The slogans are growing increasingly anti kremlin. 20 years in power but we have no trust, they cry. Referring to vladimir putin. This week, president putin sacked him and appointed a replacement. Not a local man. The caretaker governor has already made himself unpopular for avoiding the protesters. The city is seven time zones east of the russian capital. It is closer to china than it is to moscow. This is a strategically important region. But so far the kremlin has failed to find a way of calming the situation here. There is no sign of protest sentiment abating. For the past four months, more than two Million People across england have been shielding themselves from the coronavirus, but next week the rules are set to change. For many people, that will mean an end to extra support like food deliveries, and some are concerned that their families still need help. Fiona trott reports. A welcome sight. From next week rebecca and poppy will continue to shield. They wont get free food boxes so volunteers like matthew are all they have. Staying at home is a tough decision but for them it is necessary. It is really worrying because although they have lifted the ban there is always the thought ofa the ban there is always the thought of a second wave coming. And obviously i want to protect my daughter as much as i can, especially with her immune system being so low, it will be really scary to ever let out the house again to be honest. When will that be . I dont know. When there is a cure. You think she will do should be lifting at all . Yes, but not for the really vulnerable ones like me. In gateshead, 95 year old elizabeth is desperate to go to the shops but the garden at her sheltered accommodation is the furthest she will go. Because i dont want to catch the virus. I mean, there are how many people who have lost their lives to it and i have come to a bigger age now and i dont want to lose it now really. For four months, these food boxes have been a lifeline for people who dont leave the house but when shielding stops, they too. That is why this charity on teesside is stepping in. Pips buys food and collection donations from the supermarket. It is then packed here. They have even made up meal kits, all delivered to peoples homes. When the pandemic hit, i couldnt get a food delivery online. The woman behind it is shielding herself. She knows how difficult it is. This is people who are so terrified for their help going out that they would literally starve. We have had messages from people who have had messages from people who have shared a packet of super noodles between three School Age Kids for dinner. It is such a massive issue that needed to be sold andi massive issue that needed to be sold and ijust massive issue that needed to be sold and i just didnt massive issue that needed to be sold and ijust didnt see how massive issue that needed to be sold and i just didnt see how the government was going to sort that so quickly. There is also concerned that some people behind closed doors may be struggling with their mental health. I actually got a telephone call from a patients sister because the patient themselves off therefore they might be being spied on when in fact they are being shielded and they absolutely need to be shielded, so they absolutely need to be shielded, so shielding has been a huge damaging experience to her mental health. And she is only one. The pause in shielding makes no difference to some people. The government says nhs volunteers are still there to help. A Lottery Winner in the us has split his jackpot of 22 Million Dollars with an old friend because of a gentlemans agreement they made nearly 30 years ago. Tom cook and joe feeney played the wisconsin lottery separately but theyd made a pact in 1992 to share any major wins. It is the stuff grins are made of. It is the stuff grins are made of. It is the stuff grins are made of. It is not everyday you the lottery. Quite an experience when i read the first two or three numbers and i kind of froze and handed them to her. Then she froze. And i said are you jerking me . Her. Then she froze. And i said are youjerking me . It is a her. Then she froze. And i said are you jerking me . It is a friendship that has lasted a lifetime so there was no question when it came to upholding a gentlemans agreement made almost three decades ago. Handshake is a handshake. He said whenever the big winner comes, we will spit it. Not really thinking it would happen. But it did, the odds of winning the jackpot are estimated to be around one in 292 million and for these graciousjoint to be around one in 292 million and for these gracious joint winners, it is not about grand plans but the opportunity to enjoy their retirement and make the most of precious time with their families. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the weather prospects. The weather we have got across the uk today is a far cry from what we had a year ago. The 25th ofjuly 2019 was the day we set the uks new temperature record, 38. 7 celsius but nothing like that today. These are the best temperatures you can expect, 19 23 and quite if few heavy downpours drifting through, some thunder and lightning mixed in with dry spells in between. The emphasis will be on more dry weather as we go through tonight. Many showers will fade, we keep some going up towards Northern Ireland and western scotland. For tomorrow, and western scotland. For tomorrow, a lot of fine weather around with spells of sunshine. If you showers here and there and more persistent rain into north west scotland. It will be quite a windy day tomorrow. Those are the average wind speeds, gusts will be stronger than that and it will feel fairly cool and fresh out there with top temperatures between 17 and 23 degrees. You
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