coming back down the mine, working in these conditions. my grandfather lived in the heart of mining communities in nottinghamshire, where he worked as a surgeon. he decided to use his skills to help miners get back to work. and this is berry hill hall, a country home that, in 1939, my grandfather transformed into the first rehabilitation centre for injured miners. it was pioneering, the work that he led here and, by the end of world war ii, there were six more centres just like this one that had opened up in mining communities across the north of england. newsreel: then a plaster case is applied to prevent any movement... and here he is, filmed during the war for a government video to highlight his work. he focused on building up muscle strength after injury, with up to three hours a day in a specially built gym and occupational therapy. 95% of his patients went back down the mines. berry hill hall is very, very important. it had that crucial kind of role in providing that rehabilitation service to this large group of industrial workers who were at risk of these kinds of injuries and these impairments and disabilities. so it does play an important role, then, in getting very large numbers of such injured workers to a level of fitness where they can return to work. that's me. 93—year—old harry parkes was forced down the mines as a teenager. he thought he was going to war. instead, like almost 50,000 men, he was conscripted as a bevin boy, as they were known. i hated every day of going to the pit. to start with, i was frightened to death, because we knew, being in a mining area, that, i think it was 1,000 men killed every year working in a coal mine. but if we didn't go, it was on pain of imprisonment. because i was a conscript, i felt i should be fighting for my country and i wasn't allowed to do that. miners were five times more likely to have an accident and other workers on the home front. my grandfather treated more than 1,000 a year at the local hospital. where did you go that he worked? my mother vividly remembers going on hospital visits with him. every saturday morning, we went to mansfield general hospital to do a ward round. and he would put on his white coat and would sweep in. and he was made such a fuss of. and then we went all round all the patients, chatting to each one. after the war, ernest nicoll carried on his work with miners. he spent the rest of his life working as an orthopaedic surgeon in the nhs. and playing the piano. a showman to the very end. sophie raworth with her reflections on her grandfather's war effort. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. welcome to bbc news. ito i to viewers ito viewers in the uk and around the world. it's time to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ben chu, economics editor at the independent and benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at france 24. let's have a look at tomorrow's front pages. let's start with the most confirmed cases. most confirmed cases of coronavirus are now in the young, says the times, raising hopes that the uk can avoid further lockdowns and large numbers of deaths. nonetheless, the uk still requires many travellers to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival, with the mail reporting that some conservative mps are involved in a ‘dramatic revolt‘ against the measures, demanding testing at airports to ‘get britain flying again‘. french paper le figaro says there are large delays in covid testing, especially in the worst—affected regions. but gulf news reports that russia‘s coronavirus vaccine produced an antibody response in its early trials, and had no serious side affects, according to results published in the medicaljournal the lancet. back in the uk, and borisjohnson has said that post—brexit britain will prosper, whether or not is has a deal with the eu, the message comes after haulage and logistics bosses warn of a looming crisis in supply chains, possible shortages, and significant gaps in border plans. the pm is on the front page of the independent too, for appointing controversial former australian pm tony abbott as a trade adviser. and patients will be told to call 111 before they‘re allowed to visit a&e under new plans, according to the telegraph. well, let‘s begin now. thank you so much for your time. benedicte, can i start with you? the times is talking about the virus shifting to the young as lockdown fears ease. what are they talking about? yes, this analysis of public health england behavioural data is actually very interesting. perhaps to quite a lot of us who follow the news on a daily basis, not a big surprise. there‘s been an extraordinary shift where when in july and june, most people affected badly, dangerously by covid—i9 were over 80 years old. it is now clear that it‘s the under 40s, and they are infact that it‘s the under 40s, and they are in fact two thirds of the confirmed cases of covid—i9. so that‘s a very interesting shift, and it shows a new really division by age of this terrible epidemic with all the deaths we have seen. and the trauma that we have seen, because it‘s not just about, trauma that we have seen, because it‘s notjust about, unfortunately, dying. you can have after affects of covid for the rest of your life. it turns out that the it was compared to three quarters in the spring. people are taking advantage of the easing. what does this mean for how the uk needs to deal with the virus going forward? because we were all told that perhaps a second lockdown is on the cards. the way the story is on the cards. the way the story is being presented to say this is good news, because it means young people are less likely to be hospitalized, therefore we don't perhaps need to have a further lockdown in the winter. it is only young people being affected, perhaps we don't need to have that economy crushing lockdown, even local lockdown, that we've been having so far. it's adjusting may be a swedish strategy, sweden didn't have a whole lockdown, but they didn't have the full lockdown that we had in the uk and france and germany. it's being spun as perhaps this is good news, mainly young people are getting the virus at the moment. i guess we have to wait and see. i‘m sure everybody is nervous about any sort of second wave, wherever that comes from. let‘s move on to the daily telegraph because they‘re talking about the national had service —— health service and how people go to the hospital here in the uk. they say you might have to find 111, instead of going straight to casualty. ben, what does that suggest about why the uk government may want to go that way? if we think back to before the coven crisis, and the context of a huge amount of pressure on the national health service —— pressure on the national health service — — covid pressure on the national health service —— covid crisis, they were not treating patients anywhere near to the target time of four hours on average. long, long waits at a&e. it looks like this is sort of a legacy of that overcapacity or over strain on the system. they're sort of suggesting that instead of people showing up at accident and emergency, they should ring this 111 numberand emergency, they should ring this 111 number and told they shouldn't go to a&e. ido number and told they shouldn't go to a&e. i do you think of quite interesting because it wasn't so long ago during the height of the lockdown. it wasn't wasted resources, but it was good to have this ability to treat a lot of people. they're now going back to the idea of managing supply or reducing the supply through this one on one system proposal reform.|j reducing the supply through this one on one system proposal reform. i can imagine that people at home might be nervous about this because there‘s a feeling that if you feel sick, you should just go to a&e and you don‘t wa nt to should just go to a&e and you don‘t want to have to make a phone call. indeed. absolutely. really, ithink the problem with this is what has innocence been up or not covered up asa innocence been up or not covered up as a plotter conspiracy, what has not gone really... what this article in the telegraph reminds us of is the heavy toll of people with either high blood pressure or what are quite common symptoms of cardiac arrest who have died exponentially because they have been reluctant to go to hospital, to contact a&e, to ring the number here in the uk in case of an emergency. 999, not 111. 0ther case of an emergency. 999, not 111. other treatments like cancer and other treatments like cancer and other diseases, also a terrible toll. the fear is that this in a sense, this lack of face—to—face contact with a doctor, a nurse, is going to become the new normal, and it should not. benedicte, let's move on to lay figaro. —— le figaro. they talk about delays to covid testing. they call it a trafficjam, it basically it‘s a traffic drama people trying to get covid test. there‘s an interesting article and an editorial on the front, and it‘s basically saying that there is a problem. 0n the one hand, the capacity of testing has been hugely increased, and that is good. that is good news. it‘s now surpassed as a weekly basis, a million tests which is good. but it‘s taking too long to get the test back, taking several days. during the several days, those people could be wandering around in their own household, infecting family, friends, etc. and basically, thatis family, friends, etc. and basically, that is a problem and that needs to be resolved. the good news of extra texting is good, but the delays are not good —— extra testing. it does also say, and this is true to the uk and the rest of the world, it‘s all about personal behaviour. in the end, this epidemic depend on you and my behaviour and is being careful to. that is some of the messaging coming from the uk as well. ben, what are your thoughts? and some since we‘ve heard that perhaps france has had more stringent measures that the uk. my thought is it's good to know that is notjust the uk which is having problems of testing and all these areas of dealing with the crisis. i think it's interesting if you look at france. they had a really big spike in cases almost back—up to with high levels of new cases they had at the height of the crisis a few months ago. but similarly to the uk, they haven't had a spike in deaths, thanks goodness. it looks like we have similar things going on and a lot more people are being tested and found with the virus, not the surge in hospitalizations and deaths. so what does this mean? we are still learning about this disease is the truth. we don't know exactly how it will pan out, but it does look like an encouraging development. the key is testing and it's good that governments are focusing on that. is testing and it's good that governments are focusing on thatm course everyone is looking how to travel and how to pick up their holiday plans. the daily mail is talking about the great revolt taking off. they are talking about airport testing. doesn‘t sound like a bad idea. talking about airport testing. doesn't sound like a bad ideam doesn't, but the government's view isa doesn't, but the government's view is a gives a false sense of security. if you test people, they are ok, and then they don't have to come quarantine when they come back. it's quite adjusting. it's an interesting debate and important debate. the daily bell has appointed itself sort of as the, get britain flying again —— the daily mail. it's ina real flying again —— the daily mail. it's in a real tabloid style, campaigning for a lot of things at the moment. it's interesting whether or not the government will listen. benedicte, the idea of import testing logistically, although it sound like a good idea, it‘s quite difficult. yes it is, but interestingly, different countries adopt different measures. france has adopted airport testing and is doing only for
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