plan to deal with covid in the coming months today government scientists have warned that we are entering the autumn with more covid cases, more hospitalisations and more deaths than this time last year. last september nottingham had one of the highest covid 19 infection rates in the uk. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been asking people there how they feel about the winter ahead. with the rain coming down, the approaching autumn felt inescapable in nottingham today, bringing with it uncertainty. in this city centre coffee shop, owner michelangelo hopes colder weather doesn t mean a return to too many covid rules. facemasks and vigilance are fine as long as he can stay open. we have given the vaccine to so many people, i think we should get over with it and really start looking forward. steph, who is a regular here, shares a similar view. she lost her husband to covid injanuary, but she s still optimistic.
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comes with implications for businesses, for example, if they have to bring these in. how much notice while they get? they will need some legislation to go into the comments if they are bringing in mandatory facemasks or covid passports. so a lot to consider here, and the speed in which they can then, some doubt over that. you heard in vicki young s piece there, on the one hand yet breath sounds insane, like committees or shots in the locker, you want to do it gradually, on the other hand can be a patrick balancing, yeah, but if things resin, you need to be able to go hard and early. so there is still a lack of clarity, really, around what point that would kick in and how swiftly extra measures could come and. ,, ., ~ , ., how swiftly extra measures could come and. ,, . ~ y., ., come and. sure, helen, thank you for that. doctor bharat pankhania is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school. good evening tea. thank you for joining us. would you say to a parent,
in other words, understands what s going on, knows all the pros and cons then that child themselves could give consent. now, that s a very difficult position to find yourself in, and no school wants to face that scenario. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reporting there. the number of suspected drug deaths in scotland remains close to a record high, with 722 deaths in the first six months of the year. that s only nine fewer than the same period last year. scotland continues to have by far the highest drug death rate in europe. and, it is more than three and a half times that of england and wales. the kremlin has announced that president putin is self isolating after members of his staff tested posititive for covid 19. a spokesman insisted the president was absolutely healthy and his work was not affected. the speakers of the house of commons and lords have ruled that china s ambassador in london cannot step foot in parliament while sanctions remain
that i wanted to have when i came to uni, so i think i would be disappointed, but at the same time, i d rather we take every action that we possibly could to minimise the cases. when the students returned last year, nottingham was hard hit by a surge in covid cases. now things are moving again, most of course want it to stay that way. we are making progress down the road to recovery. this local climbing centre struggled with lockdowns and restrictions, so the owner watched closely today as the government set out its plan. it was quite low key, saying they are not going to do anything radical, so, but big up the vaccinations, which is a good idea. our staff can t work at home. they ve got to be here, climbing. i think mandatory masks are fine. there is pragmatism here about the unpredictable nature of the pandemic, though some are unsure whether planned measures will be enough. a lot of it depends on if any new variants in, and how the new variants respond to the vaccine, so it s very