problem. if people are staying at home and working from home they are not outspending. what is being done to tempt people back? we asked a few people in manchester what they thought yesterday. i m using about the same, i feel like more and more people are coming back onto them, but it s still quite quiet, which is nice. it s about the same, actually. there s less running but there s a lot less. people travelling on them, i so it feels just about the same. getting busier and busier. less seats, more people standing, less people wearing masks on the trains. everything else is a nightmare, but i the trains are actually all right. l soa so a few stories about what might tempt you back onto the train. let me introduce you to mike and joanne, who run a coffee shop around the corner. good morning, nice to see you. it has been a really, really tough year. you see how quiet the station is and if there is nobody here they are not in your coffee shop below that s right. very few are coming in o
their eyes. well, that s great, we re going to get through this, were not going to lose our homes and have to worry about putting food on the table for the children. it really was a life saver. it had been communicated through to our staff and our team. communicated through to our staff and our team- and our team. that is fantastic. since the and our team. that is fantastic. since the hospitality and our team. that is fantastic. since the hospitality industry i and our team. that is fantastic. l since the hospitality industry has started since the hospitality industry has started to reopen, what percentage of your started to reopen, what percentage of your workforce have you been able to bring of your workforce have you been able to bring back of furlough? when of your workforce have you been able to bring back of furlough? to bring back of furlough? when we reo ened to bring back of furlough? when we reopened the to bring back of furlough? when we reopened the first t
bit quite right now. it is very much be quiet and the calm before the storm of what is to come later on, injust under 1a hours storm of what is to come later on, in just under 1a hours deposit time. 60,000 people have that lucky golden ticket to get inside wembley stadium behind me for the game, and they are going to start coming as the afternoon wears on. wembley way will start getting busier and busier, and i m sure we will be hearing three lions and maybe even sweet caroline, the sounds of both those songs growing louder and louder as the afternoon wears on. but for the england team themselves, it is so much calmer and quieter as a buildup for the game today. they had their final training session yesterday at their training base at st. george s park, and then the team left for the hotel last night, england are much closer to the stadium, and head coach gareth southgate said everything is done now, there isn t much more that they can teach the team. today there is going to be a coupl
and one of tracing of infection. absolutely, and one of the tracing of infection. absolutely, and one of the key tracing of infection. absolutely, and one of the key elements i tracing of infection. absolutely, and one of the key elements of| tracing of infection. absolutely, - and one of the key elements of this for more than a year has been not to overwhelm the nhs, of course, and today we hear a call from the nhs saying, look, we re finally trying to start get through the backlog of all those routine operations that were postponed, and making the point that if then those beds are suddenly needed for another covid wave, god forbid, yet again, the hip replacements, the knee replacements, or get postponed. is that a valid argument? is that something that policymakers really need to be paying attention to? policymakers really need to be paying attention to? yes, the nhs is caettin paying attention to? yes, the nhs is getting busier paying attention to? yes, the nhs is getting bu