places of worship and service providers to have regard to guidance on covid and to take practical measures set out in the guidance. and the legal requirement on businesses and service providers to retain customer contact details is also expected to end on the 21st of march. that was nicola sturgeon talking in the last hour. we will talk more about covid in the next hour, including about testing. plenty more to talk about. over 90 flood warnings remain in place across england and wales after storm franklin hit the uk over the weekend. people have been rescued after the river severn burst its banks and properties have been evacuated. a severe flood warning is in place in ironbridge in shropshire, meaning there could be a risk to life. large parts of shrewsbury town centre are under water and a major incident has been declared in bewdley, worcestershire. our news correspondentjo black is in bewdley with the latest. we re on the bridge here in bewdley, over the river severn, and this geo
service providers to have regard to guidance on covid and take practical measures set out in the guidance. the legal requirement on businesses and service providers to retain customer contact details is also expected to end on the 21st of march. governments obviously must act lawfully and that means we cannot impose legal restrictions when it is disproportionate to do so. as the situation improves and the severity of the impact from covid reduces, we are therefore duty bound to remove legally imposed restrictions. but this should not be taken as a signal that covid no longer represents any risk to health because it clearly does. even though certain measures, for example face coverings, may not be legal requirements in future we will still recommend voluntary compliance as part of the range of behaviours that will help keep us safe as we manage the covid in a more sustainable and less restrictive way. let me turn now finally to testing. testing has