He announced £30 billion of new spending, which sounded small, and thats only because already 160 billion has been spent supporting the economy through the crisis. Look, some of his policies were really positive. The kickstart scheme in particular, to support employment of young people in private companies for six months. I think that is going to be potentially hard to roll out in the middle of the crisis when you still have a lot of private Companies Operating remotely. His meal deal, the eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme, was kind of criticised as being gimmicky. I understand what he is trying to do here, which is to sort of push people out the door and restore confidence with the idea being that if you eat out on his dime on a monday, you might do a little Retail Therapy along the way and feel more confident about eating out later in the week. I think the part of his plan announced that will perhaps look like a wasted opportunity in hindsight is the bonus for bringing back furloughed work
To announce a ban on huawei in the uks sg networks. And kate, the duchess of cambridge, on being a mum and why shes backing a new bbc campaign to support families with young children. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start with coronavirus, and wearing face coverings in shops and supermarkets in england is to become compulsory from the end of next week. The new rule which comes into force from the 24th july will fine those who do not comply. Children under the age of 11, and those with certain disabilities will be exempt as is the case on public transport. The move brings england in line with scotland and other major european nations like spain, italy and germany. Elsewhere in the world, sweeping restrictions have been reintroduced in the us state of california as it battles to contain a resurgency of coronavirus. All indoor activities at restaurants, bars and other Ent
By the outbreak to defer mortgage and loan repayments for up to three months. Tsb and lloyds said they would also allow a mortgage window, and banks are announcing extra support for affected businesses. And in scotland more than £3 million is being spent on a rapid scaling up of nhs facilities for video consultations. The nhs near me system is currently used for hospital outpatient appointments with consultants, but the increase in cases of covid 19 means it could soon be used for gp appointments to reduce face to face contact time. Now its time for the weather with louise lear. Hello there, early heads up, i have been looking into next week and there is a potentialfor a been looking into next week and there is a potential for a few days of dry weather in the forecast. More on that injust of dry weather in the forecast. More on that in just a moment, of dry weather in the forecast. More on that injust a moment, and its a good job as well because monday was miserable, wasnt it . A lot
We hadnt seen that just yet. Most likely in a few moments, well feel the rain come in, as it has over the course of this morning. Across the island, though, Hurricane Maria, the effects of it just close to two years ago, still on the minds of many people, who arent taking any chances, no matter how dorian ends up hitting this island. Schools are closed today. There are emergency shelters open across the island. Of course, nonessential Emergency Personnel are off from work today, trying to make sure that people are as prepared as possible for whatever effects dorian brings, specifically the concerns are rain and flooding that government officials here have as well. Now, in regards to help coming in from the outside, well, we did hear from the Governors Office saying that fema does have about 500 personnel here ready to go and help with supplies and any recovery aspect. The president has been tweeting about the incoming storm as well, saying that they are monitoring it closely, but also