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With the Long Bank Holiday weekend upon us, many are wondering what theyre allowed to do in the various lockdowns. In scotland the restrictions continue until next thursday, in wales Garden Centres have reopened, while in Northern Ireland groups of up to six people who dont share a household, are allowed to meet outdoors. In england, there remains concern that the recent easing of restrictions, could see a big influx of visitors to tourist destinations as danny savage reports. For many parts of the uk, its still essential travel only. But in england, you can drive as far as you want for some exercise. However, the message from lots of seaside resorts, including the authorities here in scarborough, is not to. If you dont have to come to the coast this weekend, exercise locally, stay home and save your visit for when were at our best and we can welcome you properly. Special measures are also being taken here this weekend to help with social distancing. This main road along the seafront in scarborough will be completely closed to all traffic, to give people a chance of keeping two metres apart. 41 of adults say they currently feel unsafe leaving home because of coronavirus. We cant social distance at all, because the visitors arejust coming in droves. Ruth lets out a holiday home in this North Yorkshire resort and is losing money, but she feels strongly that the policy in england is wrong. Were quite naturally isolated in scarborough and weve been quite safe, we felt quite safe. But now, the visitors are potentially bringing in more coronavirus. In the new forest in hampshire, though, some people are more relaxed. I think if everyone obeys the rules and keeps their distance. I think its nice for people to be able to come out again. I dont see anything wrong with it and i think people will be sensible. Beaches are expected to be busy, but a row is brewing over lifeguards. The rnli says there will be none on duty around the coast. A government minister says he cant understand why, as the risk of transmission is low to those working outside. So when will coastal resorts and beauty spots be prepared to welcome people back . This is phase one, coming out of lockdown. Phase three, hopefully, will be the first week injuly, and thats when many of our businesses will be open, and we hope to be able to have some Summer Season and to welcome all our visitors back. Across england, the message from many popular bank holiday destinations continues to be, please stay away for now. Danny savage, bbc news, scarborough. Thats all from me. Now on bbc news, the travel show. On this weeks the travel show, your guide to the future of flying once the lockdown is over. Hello and welcome to an almost deserted sta nsted airport just outside london. We are here to find outside london. We are here to find out what the airlines and airports are planning to do to keep us safe when we do start thinking about foreign holidays again. Also, coming up foreign holidays again. Also, coming up this week colin we meet the new york cab driver who has continued working throughout the lockdown. We had to cambodia to see the temple complex and tourist hotspot at angkor wat, totally deserted. And we discover where some of historys greatest minds thought that the very best way to travel was to stay at home. Here at stansted, there are normally 500 flights coming in and out every day. Today, there are only nine. But flight numbers from the uk could be slowly picking up again. British airways and ryanair have recently announced plans to schedule up to 50 of their usual flat capacity from the beginning ofjuly. Though they say, normal scheduling isnt likely to return until 2023. They say, normal scheduling isnt likely to return unti12023. Of course this is not going to be a normal summer. Not for any of us. Meanwhile, local travel restrictions are easing and some governments are even planning to reopen their borders to citizens of neighbouring countries, creating so called travel bubbles. The whole purpose of us discussing the possibility of having a bubble of sorts between us, a safe zone of travel, would be so that you wouldnt have to have a quarantine attached. I think everyone would acknowledge that it would be prohibitive. Safety, that underlies out prohibitive. Safety, that underlies our guidance. And that means taking gradual, careful steps to help travel restart in line with what the science tells us. Those bubbles are one way of kickstarting travel again. But when we do begin to fly, can we trust the airlines are doing enough to keep us safe . So here at sta nsted, enough to keep us safe . So here at stansted, they are using all of the space to enforce social distancing. There are stickers on the ground to make sure that you stand in the right place. And when it comes to masks and gloves, well, theyre not compulsory but they are very much advised. You can get your hands clea n advised. You can get your hands clean first. Thank you very much. Then, you get the mask. Thank you. Then, you get the mask. Thank you. Then put on around your ears. And then the gloves. And you can even get your temperature scanned before you get to security. Well, that all seems pretty straightforward and simple when youve only got nine flights a day. How easy will it be to maintain when there are many more passengers and many more flights . And also, when you actually get on the plane, how safe will that be . This week, the International Air transport association announced a series of measures the industry should be taking to keep passengers and crew safe. Betty had, based in abu dhabi, is just and crew safe. Betty had, based in abu dhabi, isjust one of and crew safe. Betty had, based in abu dhabi, is just one of the airlines already taking action to try and reassure passengers that they are currently trailing technology that allows them to monitor passengers tablature, and respiratory rate, with the potential to detect covid i9. Respiratory rate, with the potential to detect covid19. We have embarked ona to detect covid19. We have embarked on a huge sanitisation programme. What were doing is actively encouraging people to check in online. Its all about limiting touch points throughout the travellers journey. I touch points throughout the travellersjourney. I want touch points throughout the travellers journey. I want to touch points throughout the travellersjourney. I want to ask about the middle c because there seems to be some debate about that. Does actually make any difference . It is difficult to achieve the two metre distancing. For example, in economy, what were doing is ensuring that the neighbouring seat is free. All of our aircraft have air filters which basically filter 99 of airborne microbes. Effectively, the airborne microbes. Effectively, the air quality on an aircraft is equivalent to what you would get in a hospital operating theatre. To be able to use an aircrafts for capacity, it is not economically sustainable in the long term. The only way i suppose you could counter this is to double airfares and that not viable. We would hope that the wearing of facemasks, as well as the many other measures, that that is going to be sufficient. Because it is impossible to maintain social distancing on an aircraft. Eddie had is not alone in this efforts. Delta will be spraying its cabins with a special disinfectant between every flight. Special disinfectant between every flight. The spray is electrostatically charged to ensure that no surface goes untouched. And hong kong airport has introduced decontamination tanks. The claim is they will kill any viruses or bacteria on your close or exposed parts of your body in only a0 seconds. But its notjust technology that could be seeing us through this crisis. Medical detection dogs may soon be in place at airports like this in an effort to literally sniff out passengers with the virus. So, this is asher, wa nt rescu e with the virus. So, this is asher, want rescue dogs whos going to be helping in the fight covid i9. Hes got 250 million cents receptors in the nose. Us poor humans have 5 million. That knows is going to be put to good use and going to save many, put to good use and going to save any put to good use and going to save many, many lives. Volunteers were tested positive for covid i9 i given special socks to wear. The socks ca ptu re special socks to wear. The socks capture the odour of the virus which is then used to train the dogs. We are hoping that the dog will be able to make a good detection without becoming too close to the individuals. This is going to be quite smelly. If there is an odour ona quite smelly. If there is an odour on a person, they are going to be shedding these odours and the dog should be able to pick it up stop when working at heathrow where there flights coming in from areas of the world where we know there is a current hotspot. The dogs will be able to detect, very rapidly, it ta kes able to detect, very rapidly, it takes. 5 of a second free dog and if someone make a detection. Lets find out what our global guru simon calder makes of the situation. Hi, simon. Lets face it, its going to bea hi, simon. Lets face it, its going to be a long time before most of us are flying again, isnt it . That all depends who you talk to actually. Because you have, for example, the middle of may, lufthansa suddenly coming out and saying, right, were going to be flying a really, quite Significant Network from the first ofjune. Youve had obviously, ryanair, the biggest Budget Airline in europe saying that they would be pretty much doing the same from the start ofjuly. And, its a question of which airlines are flying where and most crucially of course, as we been hearing, what sort of restrictions are in place, notjust for the airlines but crucially, for the passengers. I want to clear up a couple of things that people have said. Number one, by getting rid of the middle seat on the plane, you are making it safer. And number two, actually flying on a plane is safer because the error is circulated so we shouldnt worry about that anyway. What do you say to that . you take the middle seat out of an aircraft then you can reduce the distance between passengers from maybe 50 centimetres 2i distance between passengers from maybe 50 centimetres 21 metre. A lot of people would say that in the course of a three hour flight, thats actually not going to make much difference but it would certainly make a lot of difference to the fair. If you take out a third of the passengers, the cruelty of fractions means that you would need to increase the price by 50 . And in terms of the way that the air circulates on aircrafts, yes, they do have very high quality air filters, up to operating theatre standards. If somebody next year is sneezing and coughing, unafraid that the best filters in the world arent going to do you much good. The other thing of course is that while these things are starting and people are trying to be induced into flying, if you like, there could be some nice, good deals. But in the long run, would it make flying prohibitively expensive . Its about to talk to. There are certainly, of course, going to be some increased costs. If youre a low cost airline and you have to clean out the aircraft really thoroughly after a two hour flight, really thoroughly after a two hour flight, thats going to add to your returns. Thats going to reduce the amount of time you have aircraft in the airand amount of time you have aircraft in the air and effectively undermine losses in your business model. The extra costs at airports are going to push prices up. Against that, youre going to see the airlines, the holiday companies, coming in with all sorts of deals to persuade us that, yes, it is a good idea to go travelling once again. And so, as it we re travelling once again. And so, as it were for the brave, maybe for the foolhardy, there will be plenty of bargains out there. But i think when things settle down, we wont see quite as many flights, we wont see the same range of opportunities that we have now, and we will certainly see a higher prices because the only way that the airlines cannot recoup the billions of dollars that they have been losing over the past few months, is of course to push up the prices and they will do that by keeping a lid on capacity. Thank you, simon. Stay safe. Lets cross the atlantic now and speak to anotherfamiliarface the atlantic now and speak to another familiar face here on the travel show. Mike has been at home in lockdown in eastern canada. Hello, mike. Hello, how are you . Mine. How severe have restrictions been where you are . Things are different province to province. My province, brunswick on the east coast, with only had about a hundred cases. We are taking it seriously but are slowly opening things back up. For example, parks have now been opened locally and we can gather in groups of only ten as long as we are outside and still retaining social distancing measures. But really you must be itching to get on the road again and travel abroad. What is on your list for the places you want to go next . I have plans to go to peru and of course, those are now on hold. Thats when itching to go as soon as i can. I got to find myself in thejungle soon as i can. I got to find myself in the jungle sometime soon. soon as i can. I got to find myself in the jungle sometime soon. It does give you a chance to explore your homeland, canada, some. I going to do that . Yes, definitely. My province, brunswick, havent spent a lot of time here in the past couple of years, voice travelling. For example, there are the highest heights in the world, 15 metres of vertical water goes up and down each day. I think as soon as i can, ill be up there maybe getting my feet money in the ocean. You can see how empty the city is. My you can see how empty the city is. My name is ricardo and i have been a new york city cab driver for 15 yea rs. Ever new york city cab driver for 15 years. Ever since the lockdown, business has been slowing down and it has affected us cabdrivers because normally, we would usually make around 30 rides a day and now, you could only make around ten rides a day. This right here is the heart of times square. Yeah, so this is one of the busiest places in manhattan. And as you can see, it is com pletely manhattan. And as you can see, it is completely empty. There is normally thousands and thousands of people here. It is crazy how, because of the virus, it has affected ourjobs and it has affected everybody. The only reason that i am out here is because i am a little bit younger than other cabdrivers so that makes a big difference. I have heard that a big difference. I have heard that a lot of cabdrivers have passed away, you know, because they are in their mid 50s so i think that most of the cabdrivers that are out here now in new york are most early young, in their 30s or, you know, a0s and they feel more secure. A couple of friends of mine have passed away. I was afraid of getting infected and infecting others, you know, my family members or friends. But, you know, i needed to make a living. I have sanitation products and alcohol, i always wipe down the seats after i pick up a passenger. So this right here is park avenue. Before the quarantine, you could see at this time at three in the afternoon, there is a lot of people hailing cabs. People coming out from work, kids getting up from school. Most of the passengers that i pick up most of the passengers that i pick up now most of the passengers that i pick up now our nurses, most of the passengers that i pick up now our nurses, doctors, central workers, basically. Essential workers. There was one lady who was very generous workers. There was one lady who was very generous to me workers. There was one lady who was very generous to me and she had the courtesy to give me 50, adjusted going less than three blocks. She was surprised that i picked her up. Mabry had picked up at least 30 minutes because she looked elderly and perhaps you have the virus nobody had picked her up. People think is an essential work i should deserve a better tip so they have been really generous to me that way. Now, lockdowns remain firmly in place in some countries but are beginning to ease and others. It has been amazing to see some of the creative ways people have been getting used to their reduced circumstances and some taking a new, more philosophical view of travel. In berlin, for instance, local group window flicks are predicting films of People Living in apartment blocks to enjoy. Berliners from all over the city can apply online for a viewing. Ecuador, baghdad, london and new york have all seen musicians serenade their neighbourhoods. In some places, it has become a regular fixture. Band plays somewhere over the rainbow. Even cartography has a place in this. The urban design site city labs has been asking people to send impersonal maps showing their new, limited horizons. Since the beginning of april we have been running a project where we are inviting readers to send in maps of how their worlds have changed under quarantine. They are using this extraordinary moment is a chance to explore their own homes and neighbourhoods and communities in ways that are fresh, in some ways. I mean, despite how, like, grating the familiar quarantine lives feel a lot of the time. Maps are really strange objects. We think that they are just representations of the world but actually, are very much showing what we want to represent. So a map of a town might include all of the councils and it does not include all of the council estates. So when people go off and make maps, the really nice thing about that is that they are highlighting its of the world that they think are important. I think the process of actually making a map, of sitting down and drawing, betraying a place that is important to do all that, you know, you have some thoughts and feelings about, it really amplifies that whole experience and kind of forces you to sort through what you are seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling and even desiring about a place. Whenever we travelled to a place, we travel at a certain time. New york in 1920 is very different to new york in 2020. And i think imagining how new york is going to be in 2021 could actually be really helpful. It will help us put ourselves and other in other peoples shoes and take ourselves out of our own particular lot sounds and imagine the world more generally. What is going through what it will be like after this. There is quite a lot of evidence in different fields to show that the more you know about something, the more you enjoy it. The philosopher socrates and emanuel cant both argued it is actually better to read books about a place if you want to learn about it rather than going off so kant has this famous saying when he says i do not have time to travel, i want to know too much about the world immanuel kant. You can imagine him sitting at home in his armchair surrounded by travel books, and that was his way of doing it. Now, if you have ever been to cambodia, chances are that you will have dropped in on angkor wat. It is the Worlds Largest religious site. A vast ancient buddhist temple complex that a tt ra cts buddhist temple complex that attracts 2. 5 Million People every single year. That means it is really empty. Crowds get there early to see the sunrise and stay for days. Spending plenty of money in that pa rt spending plenty of money in that part of the country as a result. But, of course, coronavirus has had an impact. Income from tourism has dropped more than 99 since 2019. The angkor wat temple, it really shows the peak, you know, of architectural and engineering skill, you know, of our ancestors. I even put it in the National Flag of cambodia as well. As you could see, around ourselves, we dont see any tourists i feel quite sad, around ourselves, we dont see any tourists ifeel quite sad, you know . Yeah, i have not come to this temple now for a0 days. I really missed those days, you know, where i brought people here and we have to deal a lot with our life situation at the moment so many people lost job. Of course we have had some prices before but nothing was ever bigger than this, so this is, like, the hardest hit ever. So far, cambodia has reported fewer than 150 cases of coronavirus. But the crash in International Tourism has badly affected the local economy. In nearby siem reap, any businesses are closed. Here is the most well known market in the city. Tourists would come for shopping, for woodcarving, t shirt, silver, silk, yes. Normally these stores are opening but at the moment, every store is closed. Back at the temple, some work has been able to continue. We use mortar so that is mortar and when it flows it going inside, not in the stone. And fewer sightseers have actually made the job of some conservationists a little bit easier. Especially is good for when we are transporting the scaffolding from the tower to this tower. Site managers are also working on a new bicycle trail and a new welcome area but many of these projects rely on income generated from ticket sales. The people whose livelihoods depend on tourism, the end of the crisis cannot come soon enough. Of course we pray that the coronavirus will be gone from our planet soon so that people can come once again. Will be gone from our planet soon so that people can come once againm the mass of think a massive thank you to everyone who spoke to us at angkor wat and i truly hope that tourism returns to cambodia as soon as it possibly can. Thanks, mike, ta ke as it possibly can. Thanks, mike, take care. But is it for this week. We will be back in a few weeks time with the brand new show but until then, take care, stay safe and goodbye. Hello there. Weve seen some unusually windy weather for the time of year affecting the north west of uk in particular. Now, on friday, the strongest gust of wind reached a good 60mph across the north coast of Northern Ireland, into parts of scotland. And in north west wales, we had a gust into the low 70s of miles an hour. These strong winds have been bringing large and battering waves to the coastline. Many of our beaches are unpatrolled, for understandable reasons, and with similar rough seas expected this weekend, its probably best to stay well away. On the weekend, we have more rain and strong winds, thanks to this slow moving area of low pressure. The strongest winds always closest to the centre of the low, passing just to the north of scotland, and through the day on saturday, although we start off very windy across the north west, the isobars begin to slowly space out, the low pressure starts to get a bit less intense through the afternoon, and the winds will start to lose some of their strength. Here are the temperatures as you start the day on saturday, but blustery winds first thing for western scotland gusts here still reaching a good 60mph and only slowly ease down after that. Northern ireland and scotland scotland, looking wet for most of the day, and quite cool too. England and wales some sunshine. We could see the odd showerjust about anywhere but wont last long, given the windy conditions into the afternoon. 30 or a0mph for england and wales but still up at around 50mph in northern scotland. Cool in scotland just 11 degrees in glasgow saturday afternoon. 19 in the sunshine in london. Even in the winds, not feeling too bad at all. Now, during saturday night, we do have a bit more rain to come through. That rain tends to ease down as we go through sunday with brighter conditions spreading in from the west. A bit more sunshine to come across these western areas. 17 degrees in belfast, but 22 towards the london area. This warming trend to our weather is set to continue into next week as well as this area of High Pressure builds towards our south. The sunniest weather will always be across england and wales mind you, we could probably do with some rain here. The weak weather front will move in off the atlantic, bringing some rain into western scotland and Northern Ireland, probably not too heavy. It gets quite a bit warmer across eastern areas of england temperatures reaching the mid 20s and we could see mid to high 20s as we head into the first part of the new week as the weather certainly gets quite a bit warmer. Thats your latest weather. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Our headlines today calls for the prime ministers most Senior Advisor to resign after hes accused of breaking lockdown rules. Dominic cummings travelled 250 miles to his parents home when he had coronavirus symptoms. A source close to him denies any breach of the restrictions. A two week quarantine for most people entering the uk, with fines for those who dont self isolate. 97 people have died after a plane crashed into homes in the pakistani city of karachi. The head of the premier league tells us theyre as confident as they can be that matches can begin again injune,

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