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into the long grass . figures from the office of national statistics suggest the proportion of people working from home more than doubled last year compared to 2019. last year, covid restrictions wiped out the uk s summer festival season. this year, despite many events being delayed or cancelled, some are going ahead. download festival, at donington park near derby, is one of them. it s taking place this weekend as part of the government s live event pilot scheme. the crowd is smaller and all those attending have had to have a negative covid test. our correspondent luxmy gopal reports. they seem like scenes from pre pandemic times, rather than just this weekend. no masks and no keeping two metres apart. after all, you can t do social distancing in a mosh pit. the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government s testing of live events. three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers.
capacity crowd and no masks or social distancing. this weekend s download festival pilot is the latest in the government s testing of live events, and hosts the first legal mosh pit since the start of the pandemic. to be back here, it s incredible. i ll go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to do get back here like this. live festivals are basically what i want to do with my spare time, and live music, so it sjust incredible to be here again and experience that. everyone attending the festival has had to get a negative result in their lateral flow test and in their pcr test and fill out a questionnaire on their health online. people are going to be living on site, we are going to understand that sort of living and socialising interaction but also we re going to have a large scale stage type events and be able to look at the science and understanding of the things like the mosh pits. covid levels have risen recently, with most cases amongst the under 25s.
act macro pilot te5t event5. up to 10,000 people are camping for three days, with no social distancing and no ma5k5 required. and it also hosts the first illegal mo5h pit since the pandemic began in what is possibly the closest return to normality yet. they seem like scenes from pre pandemic time5, rather than just this weekend. no masks and no keeping two metres apart. after all, you can t do social distancing in a mo5h pit. the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government s testing of live events. three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy camper5. to be back here isju5t. it s incredible. i will go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site. the event will help
the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government s testing of live events. three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. to be back here isjust. it s incredible. i will go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site. the event will help guide government policy. people are going to be living on site so we are going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction and also, we are going to have a large scale stage type event and be able to look at the science and understanding of things like the mosh pits. we do the maximum in our power at events to reduce the risk. i think the question for the future is the one that you ask is what level of risk are we happy to take with the sor