Elsewhere in the uk, lockdown restrictions are to be eased in the north of england. In west yorkshire, lancashire and greater manchester, the changes will come into force, but not bolton. At ten oclock, therell be a full round up of the days news. First, 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 is changing lives around the world. Im Philippa Thomas and this week, were looking at education, weather s been a enormous of people over the past six months. As country after country went into lockdown, millions of schools closed their doors. Those that were able to took their teaching online. Now, in many places, we are in back to School Season places, we are in back to School Season and this week, we hear stories about how the pandemic has already transformed teaching and what it feels like when going back to the cla
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
Than they were yesterday, so temperatures are a little bit higher. It feels warmer but we do have some more showers around. Not as many as yesterday for scotland and for Northern Ireland, but theyre clustering and pushing southwards and eastwards across england and wales. One or two, particularly in Eastern England, could turn out thundery, as well. Theyll rumble on into the evening and then fade away and under the clearing skies in the south its going to turn a bit chilly. We could even have some fog for the morning commute. All change further north and west with thickening cloud on a strengthening wind and rain. Quite persistent rain, actually, by the time we get to monday morning because weve got the next area of low pressure towards iceland driving the weather fronts southwards and eastwards, but High Pressure towards the south will keep those weather fronts at bay. And after the morning fog clears, its here where we will see the brightest weather in the southern and eastern areas.
Crippled economies and industries worldwide, but it hasnt slowed down the illegal wildlife trade. Experts say the trade in illegal bush meat has exploded and believe poachers are stockpiling ivory until sea cargo returns to normal levels. So the launch of a new Wildlife Centre in singapore has come at a good time. Authorities there seized nine tonnes of ivory worth more than 13 million us in 2019. The haul was recently crushed and the process live streamed on the internet. But before they destroyed it, researchers carried out dna testing on the ivory in a new facility designed to help wildlife detectives track down those responsible. Part of that project is sam wasser, the director of the center for conservation biology at the university of washington in seattle. Speaking a little earlier he explained how covid 19 has affected the illegal wildlife trade. Covid 19 has essentially eliminated tourist dollars among protected areas across africa and one of the things that has resulted in is
Seasonal flu. In public stuff and more dangerous than seasonalflu. In public he stuff and more dangerous than seasonal flu. In public he was saying something different. Covid i9 may have crippled economies and industries worldwide, but it hasnt slowed down the illegal wildlife trade. Experts say the trade in illegal bush meat has exploded and believe poachers are stockpiling ivory until sea cargo returns to normal levels. So the launch of a new Wildlife Centre in singapore has come at a good time. Authorities there seized nine tonnes of ivory worth more than 13 million us in 2019. The haul was recently crushed and the process live streamed on the internet. But before they destroyed it, researchers carried out dna testing on the ivory in a new facility designed to help wildlife detectives track down those responsible. Part of that project is sam wohser, the director of the center for conservation biology at the university of washington in seattle. Speaking a little earlier he explained