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. 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 sort of events? i think we will be able to calibrate that through the research we are doing. data suggests cases are spreading mainly among the under 25s. around a fifth of people here are that demographic. that age group are gathering together wherever they are. what they are doing here is gathering together safely because they have all been tested before they came. limits on crowd sizes at outdoor events were set to be lifted on monday, but rising infection rates have delayed that stage of the lockdown road map by months. by a month. there will be further pilot events in the coming months to learn more about how crowds and covid safety can coexist. luxmy gopal, bbc new
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 sort of events? i think we will be able to calibrate that through the research we are doing. data suggests cases are spreading mainly among the under 25s. around a fifth of people here are that demographic. that age group are gathering together wherever they are. what they are doing here is gathering
of commons and previously tory mp john bercow says he has switched allegiance to join labour. he said the government needs to be replaced and sir keir starmer s party is the only vehicle that can achieve that objective . the government says his move isn t a surprise and it s continuing to pursue an ambitious agenda. 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. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal has joined the music fans. the closest return to normality yet, a 10,000 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 guid
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