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now on bbc news, our world: boris johnson: the coronavirus is the biggest threat this - country has faced for decades. if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. 0h, hello. hello! hi. hello! hi! hi. hiya. hello, hi. sound, um.brain s not working. couldn t work for two weeks. welcome to oxford gardens. i wake up in the morning, see the blue sky, sun out, and i think wow, what a beautiful day. and it doesn t take me long. i look out the window, open up my blinds and i see people walking with their masks, then it hits me. it doesn t feel real. but you know it s real because you ve got the letters in your hand telling you you must stay at home. well, i ve been here 25 years. we ve got a range of people. people who are obviously quite wealthy. there are quite a lot of people renting, privately, and also social housing. and it ....
hello! hi. hello! hi! hi. hiya. hello, hi. sound, um.brain s not working. couldn t work for two weeks. welcome to oxford gardens. i wake up in the morning, see the blue sky, sun out, and i think wow, what a beautiful day. and it doesn t take me long. i look out the window, open up my blinds and i see people walking with their masks, then it hits me. it doesn t feel real. but you know it s real because you ve got the letters in your hand telling you you must stay at home. well, i ve been here 25 years. we ve got a range of people. people who are obviously quite wealthy. there are quite a lot of people renting, privately, and also social housing. and it s a wonderful mix. you cannot tell by walking down the street what type of accommodation. i don t know the very posh houses, the £12 million house, i wish i did. next door they re multimillionaires and we re housing association, this block. i think all children s entertainers are a bit kids at heart. schools closed on tha ....
growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we don t have that guaranteed labour that we ve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. other areas of food production are also having problems. a shortage of meat processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. the government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at the end of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. now, those people aren t living in areas where the manufacturing plants are, they don t have the right skills, and i suspect a lot of them wouldn t want to go and wor ....
plans to ban single use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups in england have just been announced, as part of proposals to tackle what ministers say is the unnecessary use of plastics that wreak havoc with our natural environment. the measures will be considered in a public consultation this autumn, with scotland, wales and northern ireland having similar plans. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. this is our bamboo set. is this the future of eating on the go? paris sells bamboo cutlery across the uk. we are still working with bamboo and hemp. sustainable items which he hopes are part of the answer to reducing plastic consumption. what do you think about the idea of banning plastic cutlery? yeah, i would vote for anybody who will ban it. i think plastic is everywhere. we cannot get rid of plastic completely, but there are definitely certain areas where we can improve. this is the problem plastic in oceans around the world, deadly for a number of ....
also tonight. the government warns covid test providers about misleading prices for holiday makers in a clampdown on cowboy behaviour . thinking of getting away from it all up on snowdon? increasing numbers of visitors are urged to think again. and britain s paralympians prepare for the start of competition tomorrow, hoping to beat their medal haul from rio five years ago. and coming up in sportsdasy later in the hour on the bbc news channel. after a strong showing at the open, europe s players are now gearing up for the solheim cup. the team has been finalised today. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. hours not weeks. that s how long is left to airlift people out of afghanistan, according to the defence secretary. diplomatic pressure is building to try to extend the august the 31st deadline forforeign troops to leave. but the taliban, now in charge of course in kabul, appear to be ruling out any delay to the withdrawal. the ministry of defence says british f ....