home. and there were mixed views in london today home. and there were mixed views in london today about home. and there were mixed views in london today about whether - home. and there were mixed views in london today about whether all - london today about whether all remaining restrictions should be lifted on 21stjune. i remaining restrictions should be lifted on 21st june. lifted on 21st june. i would say es, if lifted on 21st june. i would say yes. if you re lifted on 21st june. i would say yes, if you re not lifted on 21st june. i would say yes, if you re not vaccinated, ij yes, if you re not vaccinated, i could yes, if you re not vaccinated, i could understand yes, if you re not vaccinated, i could understand not - yes, if you re not vaccinated, i could understand not being. could understand not being comfortable. could understand not being comfortable. i could understand not being comfortable. could understand not being comfortable. ., , ., comfortable. i would s
view? june. do you respect that point of view? ~ . , june. do you respect that point of view? ., ,,. , ,. view? we always respect public health, it has view? we always respect public health, it has been view? we always respect public health, it has been our - view? we always respect public health, it has been our priority| view? we always respect public. health, it has been our priority as an industry right the way through. but travel and travel on the green list seems to have been put up as the sacrifice to have 21stjune reopening, which is fine, we understand that, but the traffic light system was set up to have a green watch system, that wasn t mentioned yesterday, portugal was moved right off, so it is those kind of things which are making it hugely difficult for us. 50 of things which are making it hugely difficult for us. difficult for us. so you think if the government difficult for us. so you think if the government had - difficult for us. so you think if the government
ahead to give us some idea of what was coming in the announcement. what grant shapps and the government did yesterday in many ways, in our view, was to really disrespect our industry, they broke the hearts of many business owners, travellers and holidaymakers, but also started to break their spirit, and that is just so difficult for us because as an industry, we ve been suffering for 15 months now with no revenue and it just can t go on. they set up this traffic light system to allow safe travel, which we fully support, and yet yesterday, they changed the rules, in our opinion. that yet yesterday, they changed the rules, in our opinion. rules, in our opinion. that is interesting. rules, in our opinion. that is interesting, you rules, in our opinion. that is interesting, you say - rules, in our opinion. that is interesting, you say that - rules, in our opinion. that is interesting, you say that it l rules, in our opinion. that is| interesting, you say that it is breaking people s s
january, figures from the office for national statistics suggested that one in 50 people across the uk would have tested positive. but those numbers fell steadily, and by the start of may, it was down to one in 1375. but now it has gone up to one in 660 people. this has been driven partly by an increase in cases of the variant first identified in india, known as delta. a lot of that is focused on places with high rates like blackburn and bolton. but now, public health england says the delta variant is the most widespread across the uk. the big question, though, is, what does this mean for the next step along the roadmap to reopening in england? reopening in england? there isn t an hinu reopening in england? there isn t anything yet reopening in england? there isn t anything yet in reopening in england? there isn t anything yet in the reopening in england? there isn t anything yet in the data reopening in england? there isn t anything yet in the data to - reopening in england?
which has been detected, and we just don t know the potential for that to be a vaccine defeating mutation, and simply don t want to take the risk as we come up to 21st june. seven more countries were also added to the red list afghanistan, bahrain, costa rica, egypt, sri lanka, sudan and trinidad and tobago. with concerns about new variants, some have argued that the government have made the right decision. to be cautious at this stage, it s, yes, an extreme measure, but it s a pandemic situation and you don t want more variants coming to the uk. but many who were planning foreign trips, and the industry that was hoping to take them, will be bitterly disappointed by today s news and worried about the uncertain shadow it throws across the summer. caroline davies, bbc news. one of the most famous lawyers in the united states has died at the age of 87. f lee bailey was part of the defence team who worked for oj simpson during his