The pandemic has meant working from home for millions of people is very much become the norm and is the overall restrictions are being eased the government wants more people to return to their places of work. Bbc Research Shows that out of 50 of the Largest Companies in the uk, not one of them is to have all their staff in the office in their staff in the office in the near future. This is working and commuting in the time of coronavirus. The normal flood of Office Workers into the city centre is now just a trickle. In the heart of leamington best business district, Financial Services giant pwc has a brand new offer is home to 2000 people on paper but just is home to 2000 people on paper butjust 100 dr in today. Butjust100 dr in today. Managers say that although many will continue to work from home, the office is still important. We have colleagues working at the end of their bed 01 working at the end of their bed or at the end of the Kitchen Table and that is not sustainable more heal
Now on bbc news its coronavirus your stories. Philippa thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid 19 has changed their lives. Welcome to coronavirus your stories, a programme about how covid 19 changes lives around the world. I am Philippa Thomas and this week we revisit some of the most powerful stories we have shared with you over the last 1a weeks. We will find out what happened to the sailing family who self isolated for months on an uninhabited island in the bahamas. Hurricane season was starting and they were preparing to leave. We will talk to a leading lung expert in spain who caught the virus while treating covid 19 victims. She is now dealing with new outbreaks. Well start with two covid survivors who each spent weeks on ventilators in intensive care. We brought together Brendan Sheridan, in West Yorkshire and Brett Breslow, spending his last day at a Rehabilitation Centre in philadelphia to hear some of w
More now on the Madeleine Mccann story. She disappeared from a portuguese resort. She was three at the time. The man was a convicted sex offender, living in the algarve and sleeping a campervan at the time. She was three when she went missing from praia da luz. This is the volkswagen campervan that was by the new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann investigation. With its distinctive colours, police hope it will trigger someones memory and lead to new evidence about their as yet unnamed suspect. He used the vehicle to live in, and certainly the week preceding he was in there, living, so he would move around the area, using that van as probably his base. The suspect also used this jaguar car at the time. He registered the car into someone elses name the day after Madeleine Mccann disappeared. The three year old went missing on may the 3rd 2007. Shed been sleeping in her parents holiday apartment while they were 50 metres away, having a meal with friends. Her 17th birthday was last month. On
And what that might mean. Brendan, i know youll sympathise with just how hard it is to get back on your feet and get going. But also, weve talked about the mental scars, i know its difficult sleeping. You get flashbacks, dont you . Yeah. And they tend to be getting worse as the weeks go on. I think ive had about 16 hours the Chinese Government has warned of sleep in two weeks. Would not interfere in hong kong. Im constantly waking up as if im suffocating and still in hospital. There is a route to citizenship and then not being able china goes ahead with the new laws. To get my breath back in bed, which makes me panic. But then the other flashbacks are obviously because of how fast it happened. Beijing has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the uk government after Boris Johnson promised millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china goes ahead with implementing the new laws. I couldnt i have flashbacks James Robbins reports. Of not saying goodbye to my kids and my fa
Now, when the world locked down, we got used to empty streets, shuttered restaurants and empty offices. And as the world opens up, its cities may not be what they were before. In the us, big employers are reconsidering their leases on expensive City Centre Offices as employees get used to working from home. Katty kay reports. Downtown washington before the pandemic. Downtown washington during lockdown. Which one of these will the capital of the biggest economy in the world look like after covid . Deborahjordan used to work in the heart of washington. Shes glad to have given up her 45 minute commute during shutdown, and shes even gladder that the virus has prompted her employer to finally trust people to work from home. Perhaps people have stepped up as well, because theyre not in the office and theres nobody checking on them. And it really becomes a matter of, you know, what is the product that youre supposed to deliver and are you delivering it . Its a perfect storm of technology that