plus, crocs rock in lockdown dress down. why the chunky foam shoes are scoring record sales. we start in the uk where businesses reeling from the pandemic are facing a new challenge it s being called the pindemic . hundreds of thousands of workers are being told to self isolate after being pinged by the nhs covid app which traces the contacts of people who test positive. it has led to staff shortages and in some cases empty supermarket shelves as supply chains are hit. that workers in the food industry would not have to isolate, but could take daily tests instead. our economics editor faisal islam has more. it was meant to be a weaker freedom from the pandemic restrictions but last week record number of things, over 600,000 from nhs covid app for instructions to isolate from industries like supermarkets to railways to isolate. businesses are now saying it caused shortages, something causing panic. shortages, something causing anic. , . ., , shortages, something causing ani
and with one day to go until the world s most famous horse race returns, we ll meet the jockey who s preparing to take on the sport s elite in the grand national, hoping to become the first female winner, and her horse s trainer is her mum. roll trainer is her mum. up, all the fun of the fair. good roll up, all the fun of the fair. good morning from blackpool pleasure beach, where they are preparing to reopen on monday morning for their 125th season, and somehow i ve got the job of testing the rides. good morning, some colder weather on the cards once again of the next few days. some snow showers across scotland today, patchy rain further south, i ll be here all morning with all your weather details. good morning. it s friday the 9th of april. our top story plans to reopen international travel for holiday makers from england have been unveiled with a requirement to pay for coronavirus tests. the government has stopped short of saying if foreign trips can resume next month,