This week, whos tracking your teams computers . How taiwan is tackling covid with tech. And finding cuddly koalas with drones. Hello, you. Hope youre doing 0k. The weathers getting warmer here, which means only one thing any minute now, you will hear my next door neighbours lawnmower whizz past and theres nothing i can do about it. Sorry about that, lara. There is an app for that, you know, dont you watch a programme called click . Oh yes, i remember. Good point we were actually all meant to be outside this week at the hay festival, but alas its not happening this year. Yeah, i know. Im going to miss the hay festival this year. Hay is still online though and theyve got loads of speakers who are giving talks from their homes rather like the rest of us these days. Yes. How are you finding working from home, spencer . Um, well, im really lucky to be able to work from home, but the weird thing is, whenever i have worked at home in the past, i have worked harder and longer than i have in th
Charged with murder. In sport, liverpool may have to clinch the premier league title away from the city at a neutral venue with six fixtures set to be moved at the request of National Police bosses to avoid fans gathering outside. Good morning. Its saturday may 30. Our top story today two of the governments leading scientific advisers have questioned the decision to ease the lockdown in england. SirJeremy Farrar and professorjohn edmunds say that ministers are taking risks by allowing the gradual reopening of shops and schools, while there are still thousands of new infections confirmed every day. Their warning comes amid fears that this weekends warm weather will encourage people to ditch social distancing and ignore the rules. Charlotte rose has the latest. Ahead of the official easing of lockdown restrictions in england on monday, beaches and beauty spots have already seen an increase in crowds. With more hot weather expected this weekend, there are fears some people are dead in soc
Picked it up in a couple of days and it worked well. It is a good point you make, it test is not a get out ofjail you make, it test is not a get out of jail free you make, it test is not a get out ofjailfree card. 50 you make, it test is not a get out ofjail free card. 50 that was margarets case. Let me put this one to linda. I havejust got back margarets case. Let me put this one to linda. I have just got back to work and got the call to isolate for 14 days. Shortly after i get another call from my employer saying they are not happy. It is my employer under does my employer have to comply or could i be sacked . |j suggest comply or could i be sacked . suggest you have a look on the government website. Employers are going to recognise that in order to continue to ease lockdown, the employers have to apply zoo macro comply and it is not ok for employers to do that. There will be verification that he has to self isolate that he will be able to send to his employers if their consent. The
England has seen the biggest relaxation of the lockdown since it was imposed 10 weeks ago. There has been criticism from some scientists that this is too much too soon. With the latest heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Enjoying new freedom in england today to meet outdoors in larger groups with social distancing. The rules in wales changed today as well. Scotland and Northern Ireland have already loosened the guidelines on meeting outdoors. So as the restrictions are eased, how will the authorities monitor the spread of the virus and try to keep it in check . A full testing and Contact Tracing system is seen as essential. As well as testing people, ministers say tracking down recent contacts of those who test positive will be vital to stopping the spread of the virus. Contact tracers have been appointed and the system launched, but already there are concerns. One contact tracer who wanted to be anonymous told us he had been given very little work since the launch last thursday. Weve he
Announced the coronavirus Testing Capacity as promised by a premise to borisjohnson of capacity as promised by a premise to Boris Johnson of 200,000, capacity as promised by a premise to borisjohnson of 200,000, the government are now saying they have reached that capacity target a day early. I think the Prime Minister mentioned the 1st ofjune, we are of course right at the end of may. So 200,000 coronavirus Testing Capacity target has been met. It was reached yesterday, 205600 and 34. Well hear more about that at the press briefing. Before that lets catch up with click. Hello, you. Hope youre doing ok. The weathers getting warmer here which means only one thing any minute now you will hear my next door neighbours lawnmower whiz past and theres nothing i can do about it. Sorry, lara. There is an app for that, you know, dont you watch a programme called click . Oh, yes, i remember. Good point we were actually all meant to be outside this week at the hay festival, but alas its not happen