Taking place in England Today with most legal restrictions on social contact lifted. Capacity limits are also scrapped for all venues and events from today and later in the program well be looking at what this means for theatres and music venues. But now lets concentrate on nightclubs. A survey of businesses based around the night time economy revealed that most of them will not ask their customers to provide Covid Status Information to gain entry. And there is a big shortage of Door Security staff, with warnings that six in 10 positions may be unfilled. So is it safe to open now . Michael kill is Chief Executive of the night time Industries Association representing 1200 venues across the country. Michael, many are wondering if it is ok to fully reopen nightclubs now, what are your thoughts on that . First and foremost, most of the businesses are elated we have been able to open, but as you can appreciate, we dont underestimate how much of a job we have to do to make sure that we have
But not everyone is celebrating. All six, five, four, three. The moment theyve been waiting for for over a year. Cheering. We speak to People who are immunosuppressed about how they view what some are calling Freedom Day. And, the uk and the eu have accused china of carrying out a major Cyber Attack earlier this year. The final stage of unlocking in england, with Social Distancing rules dropped. 1,000 People packed into this club in central london. No testing, Contact Tracing details orjabs required, with many more lining up outside. Theyve waited 16 months. Whats a little longer . Theres so many People there, and were just so, good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. So pumped to get in there. Its been a year and a half, and now 16 months after they were introduced, most legal restrictions were alljust ready to dance. On social contact have been ive had my vaccines. Lifted in england. I want to have a good Time, hun there are now no limits on how many so excited. So excited People can
Have having to self isolate. Having to self isolate. Not everyone is celebrating we speak to people who are Immuno Suppressed, about how they view what some are calling Freedom Day. And the uk and the eu have accused china of carrying out a major Cyber Attack, earlier this year. And coming up on the Bbc News channel. Lewis hamilton is targeted with racist abuse following his clash with Max Verstappen on his way to victory in the british grand prix. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. 16 months after they were introduced, most legal restrictions on social contact have been lifted in england. There are now no limits on how many people can meet or go to events; nightclubs can reopen; Table Service Wont be needed in pubs and restaurants. But the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, is urging people to remain cautious. He, the chancellor, and the Health Secretary are all self isolating, and ministers warn that the number of new infections will continue to surge. Our first report fro
QuarantIne on return from and the lIst countrIes. Back In busIness, Hard HIt FIrms hope The End of restrIctIons wIll lead to recovery although they now face stuff havIng to self Isolate. We wIll fInd out shortly whether the government wIll aIm to vaccInate chIldren. And whIch young people It would prIorItIse as parlIament Is updated on that In the next few mInutes. Not everyone Is celebratIng today. We speak to people who are Immunosuppressed. About how they vIew what some are callIng freedom day. Good Afternoon And Welcome to thIs Bbc News specIal. Well brIng you the latest News BrIefIng at 5 oclock led by borIsjohnson, who Is In IsolatIon. The majorIty of legal covId restrIctIons have been lIfted In england, IncludIng an end to SocIal DIstancIng rules. There are now no lImIts on how many people can meet and face coverIngs are no longer requIred by law. In scotland, the rules are also changIng, wIth looser lImIts on Indoor gatherIngs, but masks wIll remaIn compulsory In shops and on P
And that it would carefully consider any issues raised by the programme. Darragh macintyre, bbc news. You can see panorama The Dark Side of Horse Racing on Bbc One tonight at 8. 30pm. Time for a look at the weather heres susan powell. The whole team is a sleep deprived in these temperatures, it is tricky. Pretty unbearable now. Today the heat has built again as The Sun has come up and we will continue with the story of Heat Humidity and sunshine for a few days yet. Look at the map closely. Even with a High Pressure there is a little bit of blue flag there. A little bit of blue flag there. A little bit of instability higher up in our atmosphere that could spark of isolated. Slow moving, could be a lot of rain in a short space of time. The majority, though committees blue skies, The Sunshine, some patchy cloud for the North West of scotland. These showers if they do get going could rumble on into the smaller hours of tuesday. I am afraid tonight does not look like will be very comfortabl