bbcuk--2020-06-18--'An inspiration to us all' - tributes to 'icon'

Singers including Sir Cliff Richard and Katherine Jenkins have paid tribute to Dame Vera Lynn , who has died aged 103 .
Sir Cliff , who performed with her on the 50th anniversary of VE Day in 1995 , said she was `` a great singer , a patriotic woman and a genuine icon '' .
Jenkins , whose virtual duet was seen on the recent 75th anniversary , said her voice `` brought comfort to millions '' .
Michael Ball said she was `` an inspiration to us all '' , adding : `` We shall never see her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` her talent was so very rare and special '' .
Elaine Paige wrote on Twitter that she was `` very upset to hear the sad news '' , and posted photographs , including one of herself with Dame Vera .
In a statement , Sir Cliff recalled his `` best , and favourite , memory '' of sharing a stage with the singer known as the Forces ' Sweetheart in front of Buckingham Palace in 1995 .
`` We walked to the stage through a crowd of survivors of that war , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and get a smile from Vera , '' he remembered .
`` I heard the words ... 'God bless you ' ... 'Thank you ' ... 'We love you ' for their very own Forces ' Sweetheart !
A great singer , a patriotic woman and a genuine icon .
`` I am happy to use the words called out on the wonderful day .
Vera , thank you , God bless you , and I loved you too .
Rest in a very deserved peace . ''
'She knew what people needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the BBC 's VE Day anniversary coverage in May , added : `` I simply can not find the words to explain just how much I adored this wonderful lady .
`` Her voice brought comfort to millions in their darkest hours , her songs filled the nation 's hearts with hope , and her emotive performances , whether home or abroad , then or now , helped to get us through .
`` It was she who chose the sentiments of her songs - she knew instinctively what people needed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and her spirit and strength created the soundtrack of a generation .
`` There will never be another Dame Vera Lynn .
Forces ' Sweetheart and our sweetheart .
An icon .
A legend .
An inspiration .
My mentor and my friend .
I will miss you greatly and I know we 'll meet again some sunny day . ''
Alfie Boe , one of the younger generation of singers who appeared on an album released for Dame Vera 's 100th birthday in 2017 , said : `` It was a real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ honour I will treasure forever . ''
Aled Jones , who also appeared on that album , echoed those sentiments .
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Dame Vera 's `` charm and magical voice entranced and uplifted our country in some of our darkest hours '' , while war veteran Captain Tom Moore recalled how she `` had a huge impact on me '' when he served in Burma , now known as Myanmar .
Lyricist Sir Tim Rice also paid tribute , saying : `` Dame Vera Lynn was one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just because of her immaculate voice , warm , sincere , instantly recognisable and musically flawless .
`` She will be remembered just as affectionately for her vital work in the Second World War and for her own Charitable Foundations in the 75 years since .
A link with more certain times has been irrevocably broken . ''
BBC director general Tony Hall said she `` demonstrated how music and entertainment can bring joy in the most challenging times '' .
BBC One will broadcast a special tribute programme at 19:30 BST on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeat a special edition of The People 's Songs about her anthem We 'll Meet Again at 21:00 BST on Sunday .
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bbcuk--2020-06-18--Black Lives Matter: Statues are falling but what should replace them?

From Bodmin to the Orkney Islands , the Black Lives Matter protests have fuelled calls for tributes to proponents of slavery and racist views to be taken down across the UK .
This week , Oriel College in Oxford announced that it wants to take down the controversial statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes .
It comes after protesters threw a bronze incarnation of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol Harbour , and a statue of slaveholder Robert Milligan in London 's east end was carted away days later .
So with statues falling , what - if anything - should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Must Fall , the replacement of the Oxford statue `` is an issue that needs to be considered and discussed by and within the community '' .
Among the other controversial figures is that of Conservative politician Henry Dundas , who sits atop a 41m-high column in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh .
In the late 18th Century , Dundas argued for a delay to the abolition of slavery .
Now , about 12,000 people have signed a petition calling for his statue 's removal .
What should come next ?
Nancy Barrett @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the BBC replacing the statue would risk `` erasing the reality of Edinburgh 's involvement in the slave trade '' .
`` An empty column could be the perfect way to show that we are not trying to hide our past , but are aware of the damage it caused , '' she says .
• Watch : What do we do with the UK 's symbols of slavery ?
• How many statues of black people does the UK have ?
The City of Edinburgh has proposed that Dundas 's statue should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plaque dedicating it to those enslaved as a result of his actions .
The move is supported by Sir Geoff Palmer , professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University , who told the BBC there was `` nothing about slavery '' on the original plaque .
'Who do we value ? '
About 300 miles away in Bristol , a petition is calling for a statue of Paul Stephenson to be erected in Colston 's place .
He organised the Bristol bus boycott of the 1960s , which saw campaigners overturn a ban on ethnic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
University of Bristol historian Dr Madge Dresser says Stephenson resonates with many people because the story of the boycott is `` so hopeful '' - but he was just one of a number of people who helped effect change .
She would be open to having something installed to mark the space where Colston 's statue stood , however , and thinks whatever it is should encourage `` the kind of civic conversation we need to have '' .
It could be Banksy 's suggestion that Colston 's statue be joined by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or an empty plinth for artwork like Trafalgar Square 's Fourth Plinth .
Some want a boat for black artists moored close to where it was thrown into the harbour .
`` It sort of says : who do we value ?
And , of course , who 's the 'we ' ? ''
she says .
`` That 's really important because it does affirm a kind of collective identity which could be very exclusionary if it 's not done right . ''
For Courtney Powell , who started a petition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Drake in Plymouth , the answer is erecting a memorial to victims of slavery .
She believes it would help raise awareness of the voyages he made transporting enslaved people from West Africa to the Caribbean in the 1560s .
`` The big misconception with removing the statues is that people think it 's removing history , which is not the case .
We still have museums and history books , '' she says .
But Liverpool-based historian Laurence Westgaph says statues are an important educational tool that give those who do n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start thinking about the past '' .
`` The public realm is the best classroom , '' he says .
`` What I do believe we should be doing is reinterpreting them , moving away from the Victorian , Edwardian idea of these 'great men of history ' and giving a far more nuanced and complete version of their history . ''
Referring to statues of former prime minister and fellow Liverpudlian William Gladstone , he says this could be accomplished by installing plaques with information about his links to the slave trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be preserved • From the archives : How do you decide when a statue must fall ?
Rather than removing statues , he thinks it is crucial to redress the balance of representation in the public realm - which is why he is fundraising for a memorial to victims of slavery who were buried anonymously in Liverpool .
`` If this energy to tear down was put into building up , there 's not much that we could n't achieve , '' he says .
However , for Dan De'Ath , Lord Mayor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owner Sir Thomas Picton - who defended the use of torture while colonial governor of Trinidad - were so `` egregious '' that his statue must be removed from City Hall .
`` It makes you feel deeply uncomfortable , it almost makes you question the institution you 're in , '' he says .
In his view , the statue could be replaced by a different artefact owned by the council - even one that has little to do with race relations ( at least , explicitly ) .
In Shrewsbury , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a statue of British colonial general Clive of India could be replaced by other figures from the area , such as poet Wilfred Owen or novelist Mary Webb .
Melissa Sebata , president of Cardiff Metropolitan University 's Afro Caribbean Society , says removing Sir Thomas 's statue is more of a priority than coming up with a replacement .
Having grown up in Oxford , she was well-versed in the debate over the Rhodes statue when she moved to Cardiff three years ago .
`` As a black person , it 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like an abuse victim seeing their abuser everywhere they go and they 're being celebrated , '' she says .
`` I think until now people have kind of put it off as me just being dramatic or me just trying to cause trouble .
That 's why I 'm so glad that this is happening on a global scale . ''

In his view, the statue could be replaced by a different artefact owned by the council - even one that has little to do with race relations (at least, explicitly). In Shrewsbury, for example, a petition suggests that a statue of British colonial general Clive of India could be replaced by other figures from the area, such as poet Wilfred Owen or novelist Mary Webb.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Newspaper headlines: 'End of the Rhodes' as fears grow over shut schools

There 's a stark warning from Prince Charles on the front of the Daily Telegraph about the potential impact of the coronavirus crisis on young people .
The paper has seen a message he sent to the Prince 's Trust , in which he speaks of fears that widespread youth unemployment will cause a `` terrible downward spiral '' , leading to `` poverty , homelessness or worse '' .
The Prince also suggests that the problems facing children now are more serious than when he set up the Trust in 1976 - shortly before the Winter of Discontent .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ preparing to announce a year-long programme aimed at helping youngsters in England catch up on lost learning .
Under the plans , schools would receive extra funding to hire private tutors who will deliver face-to-face and online classes for pupils behind on their studies after months outside the classroom .
But the proposals are questioned by the joint head of the National Education Union , Mary Bousted , who asks how easy it will be to scale them up .
The Sun reports on an apparent dispute between German and Portuguese police and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hunt for Madeleine McCann .
The paper says German detectives want to re-examine saliva found on a piece of cloth on the missing girl 's bedspread - to try to prove a link to the main suspect , Christian B .
But officers in Portugal believe it may be illegal to send the sample overseas for further testing , insisting that it has `` little identification value '' anyway .
A former Scotland Yard detective , Peter Bleksley , urges the two countries to stop `` muscle flexing '' - and avoid an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PM 's Million Pound Paint Job '' is how the Metro describes Prime Minister Boris Johnson 's decision to spend public money making over his official jet in the colours of the Union Flag .
The Daily Mirror calls it `` plane stupid '' when other issues should be `` at the top of the prime minister 's in-tray '' .
Writing on the Huffpost UK website , Maighna Nanu thinks the project is `` bizarre '' - when one day earlier , the government had to be persuaded by a footballer into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But an RAF source tells the Daily Mail that the plane 's new colour scheme will be a useful way of waving the British flag abroad .
`` It will be diplomatic and appropriate '' , the source says - `` I imagine it will be in great demand '' .
And several of the front pages show Premier League players taking the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement , as top-flight action resumed last night .
`` Football returns with a respectful salute , '' is the headline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times calls it an `` extraordinary anti-racism gesture '' .
For the i newspaper , the games themselves were a strange spectacle .
`` It was all a bit different , a bit weird '' , writes Sam Cunningham , `` the socially-distanced pre-match interviews , the big square wall displaying videos of supporters watching from home '' .
But Matt Dickinson in The Times is just grateful that football is back .
`` It was like those 100 days without our national sport had never happened , '' he says , `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replays and screenshots , exclaiming : 'How did they miss that ? '
'' A number of the front pages cover the announcement that Oriel College in Oxford has voted to remove its statue of the imperialist Cecil Rhodes .
Writing on the New Statesman website , the academic Richard J Evans says the move is `` long overdue '' yet purely symbolic until the `` real issues of racial discrimination in our society have been addressed '' .
The president of Oriel College 's student common room also welcomes the news but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there will have to be `` continued engagement '' until the sculpture finally comes down .
The Times reports that former Conservative MEP and long-time Oriel College sponsor Daniel Hannan has cancelled his regular donation in protest at the decision .
In an opinion piece for the paper , Joanna Williams is equally unimpressed .
`` The word 'trauma ' does a lot of work in universities today , '' she claims .
`` It is perilous to challenge this narrative of emotional breakdown '' .
Sign up for a morning briefing direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dominated by analysis of claims made by President Donald Trump 's former national security adviser , John Bolton , in his new book .
The Hill says its portrayal of the President as `` out of his depth and incompetent '' may do him more political harm in November 's election than fresh allegations of serious wrongdoing .
But the New York Times suggests Mr Bolton may be the `` last person many Americans wish to hear from right now '' , given he refused to testify at Mr Trump 's impeachment hearings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Mr Bolton has - in effect - indicted himself for not speaking out sooner .
Back in the UK , the Daily Mail leads on work being undertaken by public health officials to see whether low levels of Vitamin D could heighten the risk of serious complications from coronavirus .
The paper says the medicines watchdog , NICE , is conducting a `` rapid evidence review '' , amid concerns that months of indoor living may have made the situation worse for people who already had too little of the so-called `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's understood the report could be published as early as next week .
Renewed concerns about the fate of Britain 's theatre industry are highlighted by the Guardian .
It 's seen an open letter to the government - signed by almost 100 actors , writers and directors including James McAvoy and Phoebe Waller-Bridge - warning that the sector faces ruin without urgent financial support .
The letter calls on ministers to set up an emergency relief fund and a cultural investment scheme , through which the state would put money into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profits .
And there are warm tributes to the snooker legend Willie Thorne , who died yesterday at the age of 66 .
The Daily Telegraph describes him as a `` hugely likeable '' figure who became one of the biggest stars of the sport 's golden age in the 1980s .
The Sun thinks it 's irrelevant that Thorne failed to win the big tournaments , as he charmed his way into the nation 's affections with his enduring good nature and distinctive appearance .
`` Beneath that crested dome and Max @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Daily Mirror , `` he wore his Groucho Marx moustache like a crown '' .

The Sun reports on an apparent dispute between German and Portuguese police and the re-testing of DNA evidence in the hunt for Madeleine McCann. The paper says German detectives want to re-examine saliva found on a piece of cloth on the missing girl's bedspread - to try to prove a link to the main suspect, Christian B. But officers in Portugal believe it may be illegal to send the sample overseas for further testing, insisting that it has "little identification value" anyway. A former Scotland Yard detective, Peter Bleksley, urges the two countries to stop "muscle flexing" - and avoid an "undignified bun fight".


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Fourteen people found inside lorry in Essex arrested

Fourteen people found in the back of a lorry on a motorway have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences .
The driver and a passenger were also detained by officers who attended the scene on the M11 near Harlow , in Essex .
Police , who were called called shortly before 18:00 BST on Wednesday , closed the motorway between junctions eight and nine to ensure `` a safe exit for those inside the container '' .
The people who were held were checked by the ambulance service , police said .
The 30-year-old driver and a passenger were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Essex Police said : `` Officers located the lorry near Junction nine of the M11 and closed both carriageways to ensure a safe exit for those inside the container .
`` Fourteen people from inside the lorry were checked over by the East of England Ambulance Service .
They have since been detained on suspicion of immigration offences .
`` Another two people , the 30-year-old driver and a passenger , have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry . ''
Witness Andy Brookes told the PA news agency : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my vehicle , then loads more turned up . ''
The 44-year-old , from Earls Barton , in Northamptonshire , said : `` I saw at least four people in the back of the trailer that were wearing Covid face masks , and I saw about six or seven people on the grass at the side of the motorway . ''

The 44-year-old, from Earls Barton, in Northamptonshire, said: "I saw at least four people in the back of the trailer that were wearing Covid face masks, and I saw about six or seven people on the grass at the side of the motorway."


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Garda officer Colm Horkan shot dead in County Roscommon

The garda ( Irish police ) officer who was shot dead in County Roscommon on Wednesday was Detective Garda Colm Horkan .
An Garda Síochána said the incident happened in Castlerea shortly before midnight .
It is understood the shooting took place near a police station in Main Street in the town when the detective 's firearm was taken from him .
A man in his 40s was arrested a short time later .
In a statement , An Garda Síochána said it confirmed the death `` with deepest sadness '' .
The scene of the shooting has been preserved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's Office has been informed .
'Shock to us all' The Taoiseach ( Irish prime minister ) extended his deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the garda officer .
`` Our thoughts today are with all those grieving as a result of this tragic incident , '' Mr Varadkar said .
Irish president Michael D Higgins said the news of the tragic death came as a `` shock to us all '' .
In a statement , President Higgins said that `` An Garda Síochána play a crucial role in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society as a whole '' .
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said it was `` a shocking incident '' and `` a sad and difficult day for not just An Garda Síochána in Roscommon but across the state '' .
Irish Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan described the incident as `` tragic '' and said a murder investigation is underway .
`` My heartfelt sympathy to his family , friends and all Gardai , '' he said .
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne added his sympathies and said the death was `` awful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thoughts from all PSNI with his family , friends and colleagues at such a difficult time . ''

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bbcuk--2020-06-17--Coronavirus: Thousands of homeless still in temporary shelter

Thousands of homeless people put up in places like hotels and B & Bs due to coronavirus are still in emergency accommodation .
Charities say there are just weeks to stop them returning to the streets as premises prepare to reopen .
BBC research found three quarters of homeless people in 17 areas are still in temporary accommodation with some already sleeping rough again .
The government said councils must continue to provide safe accommodation .
The BBC 's The Next Episode podcast contacted the 25 councils with the highest rough sleeper counts last autumn .
Seventeen of those councils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ housed 3,258 homeless people under the Everyone In scheme .
Most of the homeless people were still in that temporary accommodation as of last week but 80 were already back on the streets .
With hotels set to reopen to the public from 4 July , charities say a plan is needed to move thousands of homeless people into alternative accommodation .
'My life is stressing over where I 'm going to be' Emily , 21 , was moved into a hotel in Worthing , West Sussex .
`` There 's roughly 70 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad little hotel .
But when you 're there every single day it 's quite annoying - you ca n't do your washing , you ca n't cook your own food . ''
She told The Next Episode residents were worried about how long they would have before hotel owners wanted the rooms back - and said politicians needed to appreciate the toll of that uncertainty .
`` It takes over my life .
That 's literally all my life is - stressing over where I 'm going to be . ''
Darren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given a room in a hotel in the south of England - and says that gave him the space to sort his life out .
The 19-year-old said : `` It 's probably the first stable home I 'd ever had .
My mind completely cleared up , knowing I had a stable place for the next few weeks .
I started applying for jobs . ''
Darren got a job at one of the NHS Nightingale hospitals - which provided accommodation to employees .
But when the hospitals were mothballed he lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it no longer had a duty to house him .
He has since found a flat and is applying for other work .
`` If you give people a place to stay , they have a much stronger backing to work from , '' he said .
Where have rough sleepers gone ?
In March , councils were told to move homeless people off the streets and out of communal shelters as the lockdown began .
The government says about 14,500 people were found emergency accommodation across England .
Data from 17 councils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought in off the streets were already sleeping rough again while 230 had already been found a permanent home .
The councils - who recorded some of the largest figures in the government 's annual rough sleeping snapshot - said hundreds more no longer needed housing , with some having moved to different parts of the country or moving in with friends or family .
At least one rough sleeper has died , according to Manchester City Council .
Everyone helped by Westminster , Islington , Newham and Lambeth councils was still in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , compared with about 40 % of those sheltered by Hillingdon council , which said everyone else no longer needed it .
• Homeless in lockdown : 'Within an hour I was at a hotel' 'The pressure is now on' Petra Salva , the director of rough sleeping services at homelessness charity St Mungos said it had been a `` gargantuan effort '' to get people off the streets .
She said `` the pressure is now on '' to find alternative accommodation as hotel owners start to want their rooms back .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ she said .
`` Conversations are starting to happen around exit planning - we 've got weeks , at best some months to find alternative solutions . ''
Homelessness charity Crisis warned of a cliff-edge at the end of June when many council contracts with hotels come to and end .
And Balbir Chatrik , director of policy for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint , told the BBC the government could not leave the task to councils alone .
`` Ministers can not wash their hands of this when they know that most councils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ programme without the continued support from central government . ''
The Local Government Association said councils needed `` clarity '' about what further help they would get .
Councils were told to submit plans for what happens next to the thousands of rough sleepers they are currently housing .
Dame Louise Casey 's rough sleeping taskforce will consider these plans and decide whether to recommend further action .
They said the taskforce `` aims to ensure as many people as possible who have been brought in off the streets in this pandemic do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` We 've been clear councils must continue to provide safe accommodation to vulnerable rough sleepers and support those moving on from emergency accommodation , '' the spokesperson said .
Listen to the full report on The Next Episode , on BBC Sounds .

Coronavirus: Thousands of homeless still in temporary shelter Published 18 June 2020
Image caption, Rough sleepers were brought in off the streets due to the coronavirus pandemic
Thousands of homeless people put up in places like hotels and B&Bs due to coronavirus are still in emergency accommodation.
Charities say there are just weeks to stop them returning to the streets as premises prepare to reopen.
BBC research found three quarters of homeless people in 17 areas are still in temporary accommodation with some already sleeping rough again.
The government said councils must continue to provide safe accommodation.
The BBC's The Next Episode podcast contacted the 25 councils with the highest rough sleeper counts last autumn.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, 17 councils told the BBC they knew of 80 homeless people who'd returned to rough sleeping.
Seventeen of those councils provided comparable data and between them they housed 3,258 homeless people under the Everyone In scheme.
Most of the homeless people were still in that temporary accommodation as of last week but 80 were already back on the streets.
With hotels set to reopen to the public from 4 July, charities say a plan is needed to move thousands of homeless people into alternative accommodation.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, How the UK's homeless are coping during the coronavirus pandemic
'My life is stressing over where I'm going to be'
Emily, 21, was moved into a hotel in Worthing, West Sussex.
"There's roughly 70 people here. It's not a bad little hotel. But when you're there every single day it's quite annoying - you can't do your washing, you can't cook your own food."
Image source, Emily Image caption, Emily is one of 14,500 housed under Everyone In
She told The Next Episode residents were worried about how long they would have before hotel owners wanted the rooms back - and said politicians needed to appreciate the toll of that uncertainty.
"It takes over my life. That's literally all my life is - stressing over where I'm going to be."
Image source, Emily Image caption, Emily says her hotel room isn't bad - but she needs something more stable
'First stable home I've had'
Darren - not his real name - was given a room in a hotel in the south of England - and says that gave him the space to sort his life out.
The 19-year-old said: "It's probably the first stable home I'd ever had. My mind completely cleared up, knowing I had a stable place for the next few weeks. I started applying for jobs."
Darren got a job at one of the NHS Nightingale hospitals - which provided accommodation to employees.
But when the hospitals were mothballed he lost the accommodation and his former council said it no longer had a duty to house him.
He has since found a flat and is applying for other work.
"If you give people a place to stay, they have a much stronger backing to work from," he said.
Where have rough sleepers gone?
In March, councils were told to move homeless people off the streets and out of communal shelters as the lockdown began.
The government says about 14,500 people were found emergency accommodation across England.
Data from 17 councils revealed 80 of the 3,258 people they brought in off the streets were already sleeping rough again while 230 had already been found a permanent home.
The councils - who recorded some of the largest figures in the government's annual rough sleeping snapshot - said hundreds more no longer needed housing from them, with some now getting help from different local authorities, or moving in with friends or family.
At least one rough sleeper has died, according to Manchester City Council.
Everyone helped by Westminster, Islington, Newham and Lambeth councils was still in their temporary accommodation as of last week.
'The pressure is now on'
Petra Salva, the director of rough sleeping services at homelessness charity St Mungos said it had been a "gargantuan effort" to get people off the streets.
She said "the pressure is now on" to find alternative accommodation as hotel owners start to want their rooms back.
"This is super urgent," she said. "Conversations are starting to happen around exit planning - we've got weeks, at best some months to find alternative solutions."
Homelessness charity Crisis warned of a cliff-edge at the end of June when many council contracts with hotels come to and end.
And Balbir Chatrik, director of policy for youth homelessness charity Centrepoint, told the BBC the government could not leave the task to councils alone.
"Ministers cannot wash their hands of this when they know that most councils lack the funds needed to continue this programme without the continued support from central government."
The Local Government Association said councils needed "clarity" about what further help they would get.
'Staggering efforts'
Councils were told to submit plans for what happens next to the thousands of rough sleepers they are currently housing.
Dame Louise Casey's rough sleeping taskforce will consider these plans and decide whether to recommend further action.
A government spokesperson praised councils' "staggering efforts" so far.
They said the taskforce "aims to ensure as many people as possible who have been brought in off the streets in this pandemic do not return to sleeping rough."
"We've been clear councils must continue to provide safe accommodation to vulnerable rough sleepers and support those moving on from emergency accommodation," the spokesperson said.
Listen to the full report on The Next Episode, on BBC Sounds.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Dame Vera Lynn: Royalty and Sir Paul McCartney lead tributes

The Queen , Prince Charles and Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney are among those who have paid respects to Dame Vera Lynn , who has died aged 103 .
Forces ' Sweetheart Dame Vera , whose songs helped raise morale in World War Two , was best known for her wartime anthem We 'll Meet Again .
Buckingham Palace said the Queen will send private condolences to the singer 's family .
Virginia Lewis-Jones said during a BBC One special on Thursday evening : `` We as a family are very sad that my mother is no longer with us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her wonderful life and her fantastic career .
`` She touched so many people 's lives and we are very , very proud of her . ''
Sir Paul tweeted after the programme to describe Dame Vera as `` strong and inspiring '' .
`` I am so sad to hear of her passing but at the same time so glad to have met her and experienced first-hand her warm , fun-loving personality .
Her voice will sing in my heart forever , '' he wrote on Twitter .
Clarence House shared images @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Duchess of Cornwall and receiving her honour at Buckingham Palace .
The Queen previously echoed Dame Vera 's famous WW2 anthem during a speech to Britons who were separated from families and friends during the coronavirus lockdown in April .
She told the nation : `` We will be with our friends again , we will be with our families again , we will meet again . ''
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Dame Vera 's `` charm and magical voice entranced and uplifted our country in some of our darkest hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : `` Her songs still speak to the nation in 2020 just as they did in 1940 . ''
BBC director general Lord Hall said : `` What sad news .
Not only was she dear to many , she was a symbol of hope during the war and is a part of our national story .
`` She demonstrated how music and entertainment can bring joy in the most challenging times .
Something that will resonate with many people today . ''
Dame Vera 's family said they were `` deeply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Britain 's best-loved entertainers '' .
In a statement , they confirmed she died on Thursday morning surrounded by her close relatives .
• We 'll Meet Again : The story of the song • In pictures : The life and career of the Forces ' Sweetheart WW2 veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore , who raised more than £32m for NHS charities during the coronavirus lockdown , said : `` I really thought Vera Lynn would live longer , she 's been speaking so well on TV recently .
`` She had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and remained important to me throughout my life . ''
Sir Cliff Richard , who performed with her on the 50th anniversary of VE Day in 1995 , said she was `` a great singer , a patriotic woman and a genuine icon '' .
He recalled his `` best , and favourite , memory '' of sharing a stage with her in front of Buckingham Palace that year .
`` We walked to the stage through a crowd of survivors of that war , and they were reaching out to touch and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he remembered .
`` I heard the words ... 'God bless you ' ... 'Thank you ' ... 'We love you ' for their very own Forces ' Sweetheart !
A great singer , a patriotic woman and a genuine icon .
Katherine Jenkins , whose virtual duet was seen on the recent 75th VE Day anniversary , said Dame Vera 's voice `` brought comfort to millions '' .
`` It was she who chose the sentiments of her songs - she knew instinctively what people needed to hear , how to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strength created the soundtrack of a generation , '' she added .
Michael Ball said she was `` an inspiration to us all '' , adding : `` We shall never see her like again . ''
He wrote that `` her talent was so very rare and special '' .
Elaine Paige wrote on Twitter that she was `` very upset to hear the sad news '' , and posted photographs , including one of herself with Dame Vera .
Alfie Boe , one of the younger generation of singers who appeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's 100th birthday in 2017 , said : `` It was a real pleasure to sing with her - an honour I will treasure forever . ''
Aled Jones , who also appeared on that album , echoed those sentiments .
Actress and singer Sheridan Smith , who performed Dame Vera 's anthem We 'll Meet Again for the 75th anniversary of D-Day last year , told BBC Radio 5 Live her music is `` so relevant today , just as it was back then '' .
`` She boosted morale with her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ music , and it 's been very relevant recently .
A lot of people have been using it again at this strange time , '' Smith said .
`` She 'll never be forgotten .
Her music lives on . ''
Lesley Garrett told BBC Radio 4 's The World At One that Dame Vera was `` still able to stir us '' until late in life .
`` She had the ability to communicate to an extraordinary degree , and there was nobody who she did n't touch , '' she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move everybody in the country - royalty , politicians , you name it , she was an inspiration to them . ''
Lyricist Sir Tim Rice also paid tribute , saying : `` Dame Vera Lynn was one of the greatest ever British popular singers , not just because of her immaculate voice , warm , sincere , instantly recognisable and musically flawless .
`` She will be remembered just as affectionately for her vital work in the Second World War and for her own Charitable Foundations in the 75 years since .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ been irrevocably broken . ''
BBC director general Tony Hall said she `` demonstrated how music and entertainment can bring joy in the most challenging times '' .
BBC Radio 2 will repeat a special edition of The People 's Songs about We 'll Meet Again at 21:00 BST on Sunday .
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bbcuk--2020-06-18--UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model

In a major U-turn , the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google .
The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-focused .
However , it means epidemiologists will have access to less data .
The government now intends to launch an app in the autumn , however it says the product may not involve contact tracing at that point .
Instead the software may be limited to enabling users to report their symptoms and order a test .
Baroness Dido Harding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Trace programme - will only give the green light to actually deploying the Apple-Google technology if she judges it to be fit for purpose , which she does not believe is the case at present .
It is possible this may never happen .
Germany , Italy and Denmark are among other countries to have switched from a so-called `` centralised '' approach to a `` decentralised '' one .
The NHS has been testing both systems against each other , over the course of the past month .
The centralised version @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well at assessing the distance between two users , but was poor at recognising Apple 's iPhones .
Specifically , the software registered about 75 % of nearby Android handsets but only 4 % of iPhones .
By contrast , the Apple-Google model logged 99 % of both Android mobiles and iPhones .
But its distance calculations were weaker .
In some instances , it could not differentiate between a phone in a user 's pocket 1m ( 3.3ft ) away and a phone in a user 's hand 3m ( 9.8ft ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggested the original plan might have worked had it not been for Apple 's restrictions on third-party apps ' use of Bluetooth .
`` Apple software prevents iPhones being used effectively for contact tracing unless you 're using Apple 's own technology , '' he said .
`` Our app wo n't work because Apple wo n't change that system ... and their app ca n't measure distance well enough to a standard that we are satisfied with .
`` What matters is what works .
Because what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harding added : `` What we 've done in really rigorously testing both our own Covid-19 app and the Google-Apple version is demonstrate that none of them are working sufficiently well enough to be actually reliable to determine whether any of us should self-isolate for two weeks [ and ] that 's true across the world . ''
In response , Google noted that it and Apple had developed an application programming interface - a set of functions and procedures for others to build on - rather than a fully-fledged app .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Apple based on consultation with public health experts around the world , including in the UK , to ensure that our efforts are useful to authorities as they build their own apps to limit the spread of Covid-19 , while ensuring privacy and security are central to the design , '' added a spokeswoman .
The latest developments come a day after the BBC revealed that a former Apple executive , Simon Thompson , was taking charge of the late-running project as part of Baroness Harding 's team .
Contact-tracing apps are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the coronavirus .
They work by logging when two people have been in close proximity to each other for a substantial period of time .
If one of the users is later diagnosed as having the disease , an alert can be sent to others they have recently been close to , telling them that they should also get tested and/or self-isolate .
The UK 's previous `` centralised '' design carried out the contact-matches on a remote server .
The Apple-Google model carries the process out on the handsets themselves , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or potentially hackers to de-anonymise the records and use them for other means .
One advantage of the switch - if deployed - is that the NHS Covid-19 app would be able to overcome a limitation of iPhones and carry out Bluetooth `` handshakes '' when the software is running in the background .
Another is that it should be easier to make the app compatible with other countries ' counterparts , which are based on the same system - including the Republic of Ireland and Germany .
Earlier in the week , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which had adopted a centralised app - would face challenges in this regard .
`` This is a welcome , if a heavily and unnecessarily delayed , move , '' commented Dr Michael Veale from the DP3T group , which promotes the decentralised model .
`` The Google-Apple system in a way is home-grown : originating with research at a large consortium of universities led by Switzerland and including UCL in the UK . ''
He added that developers should be able to adapt code already being used by Germany and Switzerland if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Apple-Google tech is never good enough to roll out , then another alternative might be a system based on wearable tech .
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Singapore recently ordered 300,000 dongles to test as an alternative .
Rather than uploading data over the internet , users will physically hand them over if they test positive for the virus , allowing recent contacts to be flagged .
Baroness Harding 's team is monitoring it and other innovations , but for now intends to focus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans .
While the government is still set to launch an app of some kind across England , health is a devolved issue .
As a consequence , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales have still to commit to the initiative .
`` We will continue to work with the UK government to gather the information we need on data integration , technical information and overall timescales before making any decisions on whether or not to support its use , '' a spokesman for the Scottish government told the BBC .
A spokeswoman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` People in Northern Ireland already have access to a symptom checker and advice app called Covid-19 NI , which more than 50,000 have downloaded and use regularly .
This helps people to improve access to information , particularly when they have been advised to self-isolate . ''

Baroness Harding added: "What we've done in really rigorously testing both our own Covid-19 app and the Google-Apple version is demonstrate that none of them are working sufficiently well enough to be actually reliable to determine whether any of us should self-isolate for two weeks [and] that's true across the world."


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Coronavirus: 'Outbreak' reports in Leicester and Cleckheaton

Coronavirus outbreaks have been reported in Leicester and at a meat processing plant in Yorkshire .
About 25 % of Leicester 's 2,494 confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported in the last two weeks , according to official figures .
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said officials were working hard to track those affected .
Meanwhile a number of confirmed cases have reported at the Kober factory in Cleckheaton , a supplier to Asda stores .
Leicester City Council 's public health director said the numbers - 658 in the last fortnight - were `` relatively small '' but of concern .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels of health conditions such as diabetes , `` pockets of deprivation , and a very significant Black , Asian and Minority Ethnic population '' .
`` We know that these factors combine to create a high-risk , more vulnerable population that 's more susceptible to coronavirus , '' he said .
Despite the relaxing of lockdown rules , Mr Browne warned that the country was still in the grip of a pandemic .
At the daily Downing Street briefing , Mr Hancock said there was an `` outbreak right now in parts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working hard to track those affected .
He also mentioned a further clutch of cases in Kirklees , West Yorkshire .
On Thursday evening , Asda said it would temporarily close the meat processing plant .
In a statement , it said : `` As soon as we became aware that some colleagues at our Kober site may have Covid-19 , we responded swiftly and worked collaboratively with the local authority and Public Health England to test all colleagues .
`` We have also voluntarily closed the site to protect colleagues and prevent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to self-isolate will receive full pay and we aim to reopen the facility early next week . ''
The manner in which the news was broken by Mr Hancock drew criticism from some Labour MPs .
Tracy Brabin , the MP for Batley and Spen , which includes the site of the meat processing plant in Cleckheaton , said she was `` extremely disappointed '' the health secretary announced the outbreak at the daily briefing claiming it had `` instilled anxiety '' in her constiuency .
She added it was `` incredibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among local communities '' .
Huddersfield Labour MP Barry Sheerman tweeted that the announcement had also caught him off guard .
In a tweet , Kirklees Council 's public health director Rachel Spencer-Henshall said there had been a number of positive cases of Covid-19 at a workplace in the area .
The authority had provided support to managers and employees to minimise further transmission , she said , and had offered testing to staff .
Mr Hancock praised local authorities and public health officials for doing a `` magnificent job '' .
Earlier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ processing plants in Wales had tested positive for coronavirus .
Why does coronavirus hit so many meat processing plants ?
Anywhere cold , damp and indoors is an ideal environment for the coronavirus to thrive .
It survives best on cool surfaces , especially if there 's no dry breeze to get rid of the moisture or any ultraviolet light from the sun to kill it off .
Add to that the challenges of social distancing on a busy production line , together with loud machinery forcing staff to raise their voices .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ - or have to shout - increases the chances of them projecting the virus to others nearby .
According to Prof Calum Semple , an infectious disease specialist at the University of Liverpool and an adviser to the government , meat processing plants can be `` a perfect environment for the virus to persist on surfaces and in the air '' .
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bbcuk--2020-06-18--Bank and Church of England apologise for historic slavery ties

The UK 's central bank and the Church of England have both apologised for the role that some of their senior figures played in the slave trade .
Former Bank of England governors and directors profited from slavery , as did a bishop and dozens of other clergymen .
The Bank said it would ensure that images of former governors who were involved in the slave trade are not displayed in its buildings .
The Church described its history as a `` source of shame '' .
`` Slavery and exploitation have no place in society , '' a Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church voted to apologise to the descendants of victims of the slave trade .
Its missionary arm , the Society for the Propagation of the Christian Religion in Foreign Parts ( SPG ) , inherited three sugar estates in the Caribbean .
The plantation was run for the Church by professional planters , but its profits went to the missionary group .
Slaves working on the estate were branded on their chests with the word `` society '' .
And now , the Daily Telegraph has reported that nearly 100 clergymen also benefitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognise the leading role clergy and active members of the Church of England played in securing the abolition of slavery , it is a source of shame that others within the Church actively perpetrated slavery and profited from it , '' the spokeswoman said .
When slavery was abolished in 1833 , the UK government raised huge amounts for compensation .
However , that money was not paid to those who had been enslaved , but was given instead to slave-owners for their `` loss of human property '' .
A database compiled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least 11 former Bank governors and 16 early directors either benefitted from those payments or had links to the slave trade .
`` There can be no doubt that the 18th and 19th Century slave trade was an unacceptable part of English history , '' a Bank spokeswoman said .
`` As an institution , the Bank of England was never itself directly involved in the slave trade , but is aware of some inexcusable connections involving former governors and directors and apologises for them . ''
She said the Bank had started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ image collection to ensure no pictures of anyone involved in the slave trade remained on display .
Pressure has been growing on companies around the world to address links to slavery and tackle racial inequality following the death of George Floyd in the US last month while in police custody .
Videos showed Mr Floyd , who was unarmed and in handcuffs , dying after a white policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes .
On Wednesday , pub chain Greene King and insurance market Lloyd 's of London also apologised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trade .
One of Greene King 's founders owned a number of plantations in the Caribbean , while the maritime insurance business , which centred around Lloyd 's , thrived on the trans-Atlantic slave trade .

"Unfortunately, one cannot go back and remake the history but you can make atonement: it is not enough to make your apology as a public spectacle, it is not enough to present it as public relations exercise," said Prof. Beckles, who is vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--NHS child gender clinic: Staff concerns 'shut down'

Staff at England 's only children 's NHS gender clinic say concerns about patient welfare were shut down , leaked documents reveal .
Clinicians reported worries that some patients were referred onto a gender transitioning pathway too quickly .
BBC Newsnight has seen transcripts of staff interviews from a review into the Gender Identity Development Service .
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust , which runs the service , defended the review and its practices .
The review was published in Spring 2019 after the Trust asked its medical director , Dr Dinesh Sinha , to investigate serious concerns about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an internal report .
BBC Newsnight has read transcripts of some of the interviews conducted with staff as part of the review .
• NHS gender clinic 'should have challenged me more' The Trust said it had not identified any immediate issues in relation to patient safety or the overall approach taken by the gender identity service ( GIDS ) , yet in the transcripts clinicians claim child protection and safeguarding concerns were `` shut down '' .
In the transcripts , staff are damning in their assessment of some parts of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am wrong because if I am not wrong , very many vulnerable children have been very poorly treated and will be left with , potentially , a lifetime of damage here , '' one says .
`` The reality is , by not doing anything , children are potentially still being medically mismanaged . ''
The Tavistock - like other NHS organisations - has a named person clinicians can turn to discuss specific safety concerns .
But staff allege they were discouraged by GIDS Director Polly Carmichael from going to see the Trust @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases to social services .
According to the transcripts , these included cases where staff feared a child had suffered sexual abuse or trauma .
`` In all of my previous work , if you had a concern , you refer them on , '' it 's claimed .
`` And that did not happen . ''
The Trust said a safeguarding lead was created specifically for GIDS in August 2018 to reflect the growth in the service .
But in their interviews , staff did n't view this as adequate and argued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GIDS .
`` There was a very clear message from senior management about being really cautious about how we talk to the safeguarding team at the Tavi [ stock ] , and specifically [ the Trust 's safeguarding lead ] . ''
`` I would say that perhaps that 's why more than 40 clinicians decided to leave the service within three years , '' one , who left GIDS last year , told the BBC .
The review acknowledges staff had raised concerns over a period of years .
But staff claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , they were seen as the problem .
`` People who raise concerns are seen as trouble making and difficult , '' one staff member argued .
`` When I raised concerns I was told that I had to toe the line or I would never progress in my career , '' another said .
It 's unlikely all staff will have been as critical of GIDS as the ones whose interviews were read by Newsnight .
But the number of transcripts seen by Newsnight amount to a sizeable proportion - albeit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of frontline GIDS staff interviewed for the review .
The Tavistock and Portman Trust said it `` stands by '' the 2019 review of GIDS and is `` confident that it fairly addressed the issues raised '' .
`` Safeguarding is of the utmost importance to the Trust , '' it added .
The transcripts detail a range of worries about the service .
Homophobia in families attending GIDS is mentioned in all the transcripts Newsnight has seen .
As well as seeing young people struggling with their sexuality , staff say some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be transgender and straight , rather than gay .
In one example , a GIDS clinician describes a young person who had come out as a lesbian and faced homophobic bullying , `` within the family and quite openly in school '' .
`` Suddenly the young person changed their mind and they started identifying as trans . ''
In some of these cases , clinicians thought that it would n't be appropriate for the patient to be referred for puberty blockers , with one child apparently saying : `` My mum wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' But staff could be overruled by GIDS director Polly Carmichael , the transcripts suggest .
Recently updated NHS guidance on puberty blockers acknowledges that little is known about their long-term effects , or what impact they might have on children 's brains and bones NHS England says young people should only be referred for this treatment after a minimum of three sessions .
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However , the review heard from several staff that one member of the GIDS leadership , Sarah Davidson , would sometimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or two appointments .
`` Absolutely it should never happen because this is a pathway that will lead to huge , huge changes for this young person , potentially , infertility , '' one GIDS clinician said .
Such a quick referral , staff claim , could risk putting young people on potentially life-changing medicines who may have been struggling with issues such as their mental health and sexuality .
The Tavistock Trust said `` there are many pathways for patients using the service '' and many would not be referred on for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GIDS is a safe and caring service which supports a wide range of children , ' it said .
`` [ We ] strongly refute the allegations put to us by Newsnight , '' it added .
Newsnight showed some of the transcripts to the Children 's Commissioner for England and contacted the healthcare regulator , the CQC .
Both were interested in speaking to the people involved .
The CQC encouraged anyone with specific concerns about safety or safeguarding at the trust to contact them directly .
It had been due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ currently paused because of the coronavirus pandemic .
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In some of these cases, clinicians thought that it wouldn't be appropriate for the patient to be referred for puberty blockers, with one child apparently saying: "My mum wants the hormone more than I do."


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Nurse Neomi Bennett 'racially profiled' in arrest

A nurse pulled over by police who drove in front of her in a `` hard stop '' operation , says she was targeted because of her race .
Police officers stopped Neomi Bennett in 2019 because , they said , her front windows were tinted too dark .
She was convicted of obstructing a police officer , but prosecutors later decided not to challenge her appeal .
Ms Bennett , who was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to nursing , is now taking legal action .
The Metropolitan Police said it was `` assessing a complaint in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bennett said the officers carried out a hard stop , meaning they pulled a car up in front of her to box her in , on the evening of 4 April 2019 , and she refused to get out of the vehicle .
She said the manner in which she was pulled over `` scared the life out of '' her and , had they taken a different approach , she she might have got out of her car , but instead opted to stay inside .
At first Ms Bennett , from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was `` some kind of hijack '' because she could only see an officer in plain clothing .
She told the BBC : `` I believe I was racially profiled and certainly do n't think this would have happened if I were white . ''
The nurse , who invented the Neo-slip device to help patients with deep vein thrombosis , said she was `` locked up '' even though nothing illegal was found in her car and she was a `` stone 's throw away '' from her home and family .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arrest left Ms Bennett traumatised , and her encounter with the police was a `` genuine case of a woman being bewildered '' before officers made `` all manner of allegations '' .
She added this was an example of what a `` disproportionate number of black British citizens '' have to go through .
Ms Bennett was eventually convicted of obstructing a police officer and said the criminal record meant she lost out on some opportunities .
The 47-year-old said : `` When the police approached me , I think my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different to that of a white person and the fear it invokes is tremendous .
`` I ca n't even describe the fear that I experienced on that night . ''
Ms Bennett said she has since appealed against and overturned her conviction , but added that many people in her community had experienced similar encounters with police .
A spokesperson for the Met said : `` The South West Basic Command Unit Professional Standards ( SWBCU ) team is currently assessing a complaint in relation to this incident .
`` Due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into any more detail at this time , however , Sally Benatar , SWBCU Commander , has recently been in contact with Neomi Bennett and has put her in touch with the local Independent Advisory Group chair to discuss her experiences with police . ''

She said the manner in which she was pulled over "scared the life out of" her and, had they taken a different approach, she she might have got out of her car, but instead opted to stay inside.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Coronavirus: Baby aged 13 days dies with Covid-19

A 13-day-old baby with no known underlying health conditions has died with Covid-19 , NHS England has said .
The baby is thought to be the youngest to die with the disease in the UK .
It comes as Sheffield Children 's Hospital confirmed a child died on Monday after being admitted in a critical condition .
The hospital , which has not confirmed the child 's age , said the victim tested positive for Covid , but the cause of death was yet to be determined .
Earlier it was announced a further 62 people aged between 13 days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for coronavirus , had died in hospitals in England .
The 13-day-old baby was the only person under 20 years of age recorded as dying .
In a statement , Sheffield Children 's Hospital , said : `` Sadly on Monday June 15 , a child passed away ... having been brought in to the hospital in a critical condition .
Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful .
`` The cause of death is not yet known .
Tests have confirmed that the child had Covid-19 , but it is n't yet clear if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Previously , the youngest person to have died with the virus in the UK with no pre-existing health problems was Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab who was 13 and from Brixton in south London .
In May , a six-week-old child who did have underlying health conditions died .
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"The cause of death is not yet known. Tests have confirmed that the child had Covid-19, but it isn't yet clear if it was a contributing factor."


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Boris Johnson welcomes Emmanuel Macron for talks and flypast

Boris Johnson has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Downing Street to mark the 80th anniversary of a famous wartime broadcast .
In 1940 , French Resistance leader Charles de Gaulle used the BBC to send a radio message to Nazi-occupied France , urging people not to give up the struggle against Hitler .
Mr Johnson praised the `` courage and sacrifice '' of those who fought on .
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall welcomed Mr Macron to the UK .
And the Red Arrows and their French counterparts , La Patrouille , performed a flypast above @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prince Charles to welcome Macron to London • PM had to soothe concerns over virus strategy • New momentum needed in trade talks , say UK and EU During their meeting , Mr Johnson and Mr Macron discussed post-Brexit trade arrangements between the UK and EU , with No 10 saying the prime minister `` welcomed the agreement to intensify talks in July '' .
A spokesperson added that he had restated that the UK `` does not believe it makes sense for there to be prolonged negotiations into the autumn '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the UK remains in the EU single market and customs union - is due to finish at the end of the year .
The two leaders also talked about easing the 14-day coronavirus quarantine measures in place for visitors to - and UK citizens returning to - the UK .
Mr Macron was exempt from the requirements , as a `` representative of a foreign country on business '' .
It was earlier announced that four surviving French Resistance fighters are to be appointed honorary MBEs .
Edgard Tupet-Thome , 100 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 99 , and Pierre Simonet , 98 , are already members of the Order of Liberation , an honour given by France to those who played an outstanding role in freeing the country from its four-year wartime occupation .
Mr Macron 's visit also comes after it was announced that Dame Vera Lynn , the singer dubbed the `` forces ' sweetheart '' for her morale-boosting performances during World War Two , has died aged 103 .
The two leaders viewed artefacts and letters from General de Gaulle 's time in London @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's wartime prime minister , Sir Winston Churchill .
Mr Johnson presented Mr Macron with a framed montage of a telegram sent from General de Gaulle to Sir Winston on VE Day , in 1945 , and Sir Winston 's reply .
He also gave him a model of Sir Winston 's open-top Land Rover and a photograph of General de Gaulle in Paris , shortly after the city 's liberation from German forces in 1944 .
It was 80 years ago that General Charles de Gaulle broadcast a historic message from London @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give up the fight against Hitler .
France was on its knees at the time , German troops having entered Paris four days earlier , and on the verge of agreeing an armistice confirming its formal military surrender .
In the message , broadcast in French , De Gaulle said : `` Whatever happens , the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished . ''
Transmitted on the BBC 's French Service , the broadcast was not recorded and relatively few people in France heard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days later on the same network reached a wider audience and went a long way to establishing de Gaulle as his country 's leader in-exile .
The 18th June 1940 remains one of the most important dates in UK-French history and still has enormous resonance on both sides of the channel .
After the fall of France , General de Gaulle made a speech from London 18 June 1940 .
Known as the `` Appel '' , or appeal , it rallied the country in support of the Resistance .
Mr Macron , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statue in Carlton Gardens , in central London , said : `` This is where de Gaulle was able to call on the French people to join the Resistance , the soldiers of the shadows .
`` Because 80 years ago today , on June 18 1940 , the United Kingdom gave Free France its first weapon , a BBC microphone . ''
Mr Johnson said General de Gaulle had arrived in 1940 knowing that Britain and France 's shared values of `` freedom , tolerance and democracy '' were under threat and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ struggles we face today are different to those we confronted together 80 years ago .
But I have no doubt that - working side by side - the UK and France will continue to rise to every new challenge and seize every opportunity that lies ahead , '' he said .

A spokesperson added that he had restated that the UK "does not believe it makes sense for there to be prolonged negotiations into the autumn". The "transition period" - during which the UK remains in the EU single market and customs union - is due to finish at the end of the year.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Coronavirus: Almost 100 staff at food factories test positive

Nearly 100 workers at two factories which supply food to hospitals , shops and restaurants have tested positive for coronavirus .
Public Health Wales confirmed 58 cases at the 2 Sisters chicken factory in Llangefni on Anglesey , with all staff now being told to self-isolate .
In Wrexham , 38 staff have tested positive at Rowan Foods , which makes food for supermarkets across the UK .
Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the Anglesey outbreak was a `` concern '' .
Wales TUC , who campaign for workers ' rights , said it was `` alarmed to see a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' , but the companies said they had put staff safety first during the pandemic .
Other countries have also recorded outbreaks in meat processing plants , including in France and the US , where workers in at least two food factories have died amid outbreaks .
• Five ways coronavirus is disrupting the food industry 2 Sisters has suspended production and closed the Anglesey chicken factory , which supplies local authorities , hospitals , restaurants and small businesses , following the outbreak .
The company supplies food to KFC and supermarkets including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Co-op , Morrisons , Sainsbury 's , Tesco and Waitrose .
Public Health Wales ( PHW ) said staff and contractors working at the processing plant , which has 560 workers , had been asked to self-isolate for 14 days .
It said staff at the factory would be tested , with all workers being contacted by the company to arrange the tests .
A testing site has been set up Llangefni , while an existing facility in Bangor is also being used .
A further site is also being set up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which employs 1,500 people , said 38 staff were `` absent due to testing positive for Covid-19 '' , but said there was `` no clear evidence to suggest that there is a spread of the virus within the site '' .
The company , owned by Oscar Meyer Quality Foods , makes ready meals for companies across the UK , including Aldi , Asda , and Sainsbury 's .
In a statement , it said none of the staff were `` seriously ill or had been hospitalised '' and contact tracing was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2 Sisters said `` the health , safety and well-being of our colleagues is ultimately the thing that matters most at our business '' .
`` In light of the current Covid-19 cases at our Llangefni site , we have decided to take the necessary action to clearly demonstrate how seriously we take this issue by doing the right thing , '' a statement said .
`` Doing the right thing means from today [ 18 June ] we will temporarily suspend production at our Llangefni site with immediate effect for a period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not tolerate any unnecessary risks - however small - for our existing loyal workforce at the facility . ''
Oscar Meyer Quality Foods said its priority had been the safety of staff at the Wrexham plant and it had made `` significant operational changes at the site '' to maintain social distancing , including putting in screens and visors .
`` Whilst we are seeing a number of cases on site , Public Health Wales support our view that there is no clear evidence to suggest that there is a spread of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing a reflection on site of the increases in cases within the locality , '' it said .
`` We will continue to do all we can to remain vigilant and to keep our colleagues and families safe . ''
2 Sisters Food Group is one of the largest food producers in the UK , and produces about a third of all the poultry products eaten each day in the UK .
According to PHW figures , there were 11 confirmed new Covid-19 cases in Anglesey on Wednesday and 11 more on Thursday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on both days .
The health minister said he was `` concerned '' the outbreak would lead to more cases .
`` Given that this is a closed setting in which these people would have been working , I 'm obviously concerned that we may well see more confirmed cases of coronavirus , '' Mr Gething told the Welsh government 's daily briefing .
He added the outbreak showed `` that even with a low prevalence of coronavirus , it has n't gone . ''
`` It also reiterates the importance of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that people really do need to follow the advice that they 're given on getting a test , and on self isolating . ''
PHW said it was `` working in partnership '' with 2 Sisters , Anglesey council , Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board , the Health and Safety Executive and the Food Standards Agency to `` manage the incident '' .
`` We are working in close collaboration with the employer and Anglesey council , and our priority is to bring this outbreak to a swift conclusion , '' said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said it was `` very unlikely you can catch coronavirus from food '' as the virus is a respiratory illness .
The agency 's Caroline Kitson said the virus was `` not known to be transmitted by exposure to food or food packaging '' .
Paddy McNaught , the regional organiser for the union Unite , said the number of cases of coronavirus at the Anglesey factory had risen `` significantly '' in the past few days .
`` In fairness , the company , they have tried to work with us to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social distancing - as best as it can - takes place , '' he said .
But he said production line work at the plant meant adhering to the distancing rule had been `` virtually impossible '' and there had been the `` usual '' concerns from staff about `` social distancing and face masks '' .
He added that the union would be working with the company to make sure the factory had a professional deep clean before workers were allowed back at the site .
In Wales , employers are required @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make sure workers can socially distance while in the workplace , or face a fine of up to £120 .
Wales TUC general secretary Shavanah Taj said she was `` alarmed to see a pattern of workplace outbreaks in food manufacturing '' .
`` We 've had long-held concerns about health and safety in this industry during the crisis and the risks posed to these key workers , who are employed in an industry with some of the lowest rates of average pay , '' she said .
Some of the biggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meat processing factories and slaughterhouses .
In Ireland for example , a special national outbreak team has been put in place to deal with the large number of clusters at meat plants .
On Wednesday , thousands of people in Germany were told to quarantine after 650 workers tested positive for the virus at a meat processing plant .
There are various theories about why meat plants are particularly susceptible .
But a combination staff working in close proximity , doing very physical work , indoors in a cold environment where the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be contributory factors .
What is certain is that 58 confirmed cases in a factory that employs around 560 staff will not only be a worry to the workers and their families but also to the wider community .
And of course the number is very likely to rise with all staff now being tested and their contacts traced .

"Whilst we are seeing a number of cases on site, Public Health Wales support our view that there is no clear evidence to suggest that there is a spread of the virus within the site, we are seeing a reflection on site of the increases in cases within the locality," it said.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Plans for a national tutoring programme to be unveiled

Pupils who have fallen behind during school closures are expected to be offered focused tuition as part of the government 's catch-up plans .
England 's schools will receive funding for support through a national tutoring programme to run for up to three years .
The scheme will use proven tutoring organisations and charities , using volunteer and paid tutors .
Head teachers support the plans but want to be able to use the service to supplement their own catch-up work .
A pilot tutoring project , led by several social mobility groups including the Sutton Trust and the Education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at how best pupils affected by school closures can be supported .
It is expected that this will be rolled into a national tutoring service , but it is not known how many pupils will be supported or how much is being invested .
The scheme is likely to offer primary pupils support in maths and English in six-week blocks , while secondary pupils would be offered targeted help in specific subjects from specialist graduates and post-graduates .
Summer activity schemes and emotional support are also set to be offered in the run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The government said it was drawing up proposals for an extended catch-up last week , adding that they would involve all pupils , not just those from poor backgrounds who are believed to have fared worst during closures .
Nana , 17 , from Enfield north London is aiming for a place at Cambridge to study human , social and political science .
Since lockdown began , her tutor with the Access Project has been sending her sample exam questions which she does to time and sends back for feedback .
Weekly face-to-face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in finance in the City of London , have been keeping her on track .
At first they focused on reading and discussing excerpts from key historical or political texts .
Nana 's mum is a cleaner and her dad is a nursing assistant , and the idea that she could apply to one of the best universities in the world did n't occur to her until her mentor at the education charity , The Access Project suggested it at the start of Year 12 .
`` She said : 'You have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ' '' Nana remembers .
`` I did n't know about the collegiate system , that you had to do an admissions test or an interview or how important the personal statement was , '' she says .
The Access Project has helped her get to grips with all that and drilled into her the importance of wider reading in order to get top grades in her A-levels in history , sociology and English literature .
Now similar schemes could be rolled out to help other young people fulfil their potential at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his Education Secretary Gavin Williamson would be setting out plans soon .
The government has been under intense pressure over its back to school policy .
Concerns had been raised about the potential for a lost generation of learners , whose education will have been interrupted for at least six months even if schools return , as now planned , in September .
Geoff Barton , leader of the Association of School and College Leaders , agrees there is evidence that high quality one-to-one tuition is beneficial but suspects `` the devil will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is enormously frustrating that we have n't had the opportunity to discuss these points with the government ahead of an announcement and that we once again find ourselves having to guess what they will say . ''
The move comes after the education secretary ditched plans for all primary pupils to return to school before the summer break .
However , pupils in Reception , Year 1 and Year 6 have been prioritised and are attending in many schools for at least part of the week .
And pupils facing GCSEs and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools in smaller groups for time with their teachers over the next few weeks .
• A third of pupils 'not engaging with set work' But this can be anything from a half hour catch-up appointment to a few hours ' learning each week .
The Prime Minister has been accused of `` flailing around '' over schools .
Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for a national recovery plan , saying the current plan to get pupils back to classrooms were `` lying in tatters '' .
School capacity is severely restricted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been divided into smaller groups of up to 15 pupils , depending on classroom size , which means only a fraction of children can be on site at any one time .
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Nana's mum is a cleaner and her dad is a nursing assistant, and the idea that she could apply to one of the best universities in the world didn't occur to her until her mentor at the education charity, The Access Project suggested it at the start of Year 12.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--London protests: Police release images of 35 people

Police have released images of 35 people wanted in connection with violence at protests in London .
Clashes have broken out in the capital in recent weeks amid protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as far-right activism .
Scotland Yard said it had arrested almost 230 people , 128 of whom were involved in the protests on 13 June .
The force posted a gallery of 35 images linked to investigations into offences committed between 3 and 13 June .
Commander Bas Javid said while the vast majority of people had protested peacefully , `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sole purpose of attacking police officers , or violently confronting other protesters '' .
Mr Javid appealed to the public for their help to identify people .
He said : `` We are now asking for the public 's help in identifying people , who we need to talk to about the violence seen at the protests .
`` If you have any information , no matter how small , please get in touch . ''
Police have been looking through hours of CCTV , officers ' body-worn video and footage circulated on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been involved in violence , the Met said .
The force added there is a `` high likelihood '' they will be releasing more images of others wanted in connection with the clashes `` in due course '' .

He said: "We are now asking for the public's help in identifying people, who we need to talk to about the violence seen at the protests.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Election 2019: New leader not enough to win again, Labour warned

A new leader and the end of Brexit as an election issue will not be enough for Labour to win back power , a review of the party 's 2019 defeat has warned .
The Labour Together project says the party has a `` mountain to climb '' after slumping to its lowest number of seats since 1935 in December 's poll .
It says the historic defeat had been a `` long time coming '' and deep-seated changes were needed .
Labour will have been out of power for 14 years by the next election in 2024 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ majority of 80 , while Labour lost 59 seats and saw its vote share fall by eight points .
• Starmer vows to lead party into 'new era' Labour 's defeat led to the resignation of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader .
He was replaced in April by Sir Keir Starmer .
The Labour Together report , which was largely compiled before the coronavirus pandemic , warned that `` disunity and division within our party over time has badly damaged our electoral fortunes '' .
And the commissioners of the review agreed it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a different leader , with Brexit no longer the defining issue , would in itself be sufficient to change Labour 's electoral fortunes '' .
The organisation , which describes itself as a network of activists from all Labour traditions , surveyed 11,000 members , held in-depth interviews with former MPs and party candidates , and spoke to polling experts and academics .
It identified a manifesto viewed as `` undeliverable '' by many voters , concerns about Mr Corbyn 's leadership and the party 's position on Brexit as the `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 defeat .
But it says the party 's problems run far deeper and its failure to properly analyse previous defeats `` sowed the seeds for our failure in 2019 '' .
Mr Corbyn has said Labour `` won the argument '' at last year 's election but blamed media bias for the party 's defeat and the fact that the campaign was dominated by Brexit .
The report paints a portrait of a party riven by `` factionalism '' , `` internal arguments '' and `` division '' .
But it issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a change in both the party leadership and in the political landscape will necessarily bring Labour much closer to power .
The report says : `` It would be a mistake to believe that a different leader , with Brexit no longer the defining issue , would in itself be sufficient to change Labour 's electoral fortunes . ''
And this is perhaps the true value of the report for the new leadership - it serves as both a reality check for activists and an opportunity for the new regime to argue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessary .
It declares that Labour has `` a mountain to climb '' - and the authors are clearly thinking of K2 rather than a Scottish munro .
Read more from Iain here .
The Labour Together review was headed by MP Lucy Powell - who ran Ed Miliband 's unsuccessful 2015 election campaign , leading the party to win more seats than Mr Corbyn in 2019 , but with a slightly lower vote share .
Mr Miliband , who has returned to the shadow cabinet under Sir Keir and was a member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the report was `` not a counsel of gloom and despair for our party '' .
Instead , he said it was a `` call for realism about the situation we face [ and ] a determination to learn lessons and change things '' .
The report said responsibility for the defeat did not rest `` wholly with one side or part of our movement '' .
But it said Mr Corbyn 's low poll ratings going into the election could not `` easily be disentangled from the handling of issues like Brexit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Other issues highlighted in the report included : • Labour losing all types of voters compared with the 2017 election , but losing support amongst working class communities the most • The loss of voters `` stretched back over two decades '' , especially with those who ended up voting Leave in the 2016 EU referendum • The party `` suffered a meltdown '' in Scotland over Brexit , the leadership and Labour 's position on a second independence referendum • Labour `` lost the online campaign '' , spending too much time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than persuading other voters to support them .
In its recommendations , the report warned Labour could `` could fall further , unless it faces up to the disconnect between the party and the public and is realistic about the scale of the political and organisational task ahead '' .
It said the party needed to `` build a winning coalition of voters which spans generations , geographies and outlooks '' , while holding onto Labour 's existing supporters and `` inspiring more younger voters '' .

And this is perhaps the true value of the report for the new leadership - it serves as both a reality check for activists and an opportunity for the new regime to argue that a break for the past is necessary.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--We'll Meet Again: The story of Dame Vera Lynn's wartime classic

We 'll Meet Again became Dame Vera Lynn 's signature song .
It was also one of the first singles to use a synth , was accused of being too `` slushy '' for the troops , and has featured in Dr Strangelove and Stranger Things .
No song captured the heartbreak and optimism of Britain at war better than We 'll Meet Again .
Recorded in 1939 by Vera Lynn , who has died at the age of 103 , its lyrics provided comfort to all those who were apart from their loved ones .
`` We 'll met @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do n't know when / But I know we 'll meet again , some sunny day . ''
The song has since been quoted by the Queen and covered by Johnny Cash .
It even entered the UK chart earlier this year , offering a message of hope during the coronavirus lockdown .
`` Its lyric seemed to me to be a perfect example of what you might call the 'greetings card song , ' '' Dame Vera wrote in her 1975 autobiography Vocal Refrain .
`` A very basic human message of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to each other but find embarrassing actually to put into words . ''
The singer was only 22 when she first recorded the song .
It was in the first year of the conflict - during the so-called `` phoney war '' , when troops were conscripted but very little fighting took place - that Lynn found the song while shopping around music publishing companies in London 's Denmark Street for new material .
• 'An inspiration to us all ' - tributes to Dame Vera One of the leading lights at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turned down the opportunity to open the batting for Lancashire County Cricket Club to seek his fortune as a composer .
Having appraised Lynn as `` a very nice kid '' , he encouraged her to record two patriotic songs he 'd written with Ross Parker in anticipation of the coming hostilities - the strident , optimistic There 'll Always Be An England and the more wistful We 'll Meet Again .
She first performed We 'll Meet Again in the summer with Bert Ambrose and his orchestra .
`` Looking back on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ picked up on it right away , '' she told The Guardian in 1995 .
`` It was the perfect song to sign off with , and I started to use it more and more . ''
With a melody loosely based on Anton Rubinstein 's Melody in F , it was the singer 's performance that touched people 's hearts - her characteristically low tone and emotional delivery chiming with the prevailing mood of the times .
Her first recording of the song took place later that year , accompanied by Arthur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hammond Novachord , the world 's first commercially-available polyphonic synthesizer .
The `` instrument that reproduces the tone of a dozen instruments '' had only made its debut at the New York World Fair that April , making Lynn 's single one of the first pop records ( perhaps the very first ) to feature a synth .
However it was a later recording , backed by a full orchestra , that became more famous .
By that time , she had become a fixture on forces ' radio with her programme Sincerely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the British public tuned in to the show every Sunday night , as Lynn performed songs of hope amid hardship and read out letters from people separated by the war .
`` Although we did the programme from a studio , I always tried to imagine myself singing and talking from my own home , '' said the singer .
`` Addressing myself not to an audience in the conventional sense , but to scattered individuals - an intimate conversation , but to a couple of million people . ''
Each episode closed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Again .
`` Keep smiling through / Just like you always do , '' she urged listeners .
But not everyone was happy .
Following a series of British military defeats in northern Africa , a small but vocal campaign argued that `` radio crooners '' and `` sloppy sentimental rubbish '' were affecting the forces ' morale .
`` If our Armed Forces really like this sort of thing , it should be the duty of the BBC to hide the fact from the world , '' wrote a typical correspondent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he argued , the troops should be listening to `` something more virile '' .
In response , the BBC formed a Dance Music Policy Committee , known colloquially as the `` anti-slush '' committee , to review the music it was broadcasting .
`` We have recently adopted a policy of excluding sickly sentimentality which , particularly when sung by certain vocalists , can become nauseating and not at all in keeping with what we feel to be the need of the public in this country , '' said one ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bing Crosby 's standard I 'll Be Home For Christmas , which the committee felt would make troops homesick and despondent .
Similarly , The Mills Brothers ' Paper Doll was banned as `` we did not think it desirable to broadcast the song 's theme of feminine faithlessness '' .
The star was not swayed by the arguments , writing a column in the Sunday Dispatch saying the forces personnel and their `` wives and sweethearts '' valued the sentiment of her weekly radio show .
`` During my two series of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the boys in the forces at the rate of 1,000 a week .
By the end , I received 18,000 and they have been coming ever since , '' she wrote .
`` As I saw it , '' she later reflected , a song like We 'll Meet Again `` was reminding the boys of what they were really fighting for , the precious , personal things rather than the ideologies and theories . ''
As the `` anti-slush '' debate raged , one of the star 's `` middle-aged listeners '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his support for Lynn in particular .
`` The words of her songs may have been so much sentimental twaddle .
But she treated them with as much tenderness as though they were precious old folk , as though they meant something , something that she believed in and assumed that her audience believed in too , '' he wrote .
`` By some magic she contrived to persuade you that neither she nor anybody else had ever sung or heard the songs before , that she had only just discovered their peculiar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Sadly , the BBC bowed to pressure and cancelled Lynn 's show , but her popularity persisted .
In 1943 , she starred in a film loosely based on her own life , in which a beautiful young dancer discovers a gift for singing , and turns her talents to entertaining the British Army in Europe .
Titled We 'll Meet Again , the finale featured a re-recording of the title track , which became the best-known version of the song .
Soon afterwards , Sincerely Yours was reinstated by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world , performing to `` the boys '' in uniform .
But while the bittersweet lyrics of We 'll Meet Again were perfectly suited to the uncertainty of war , the song endured and adapted after 1945 .
It has been covered by Frank Sinatra , Peggy Lee , Rod Stewart and Sammy Davis Jr .
It was referenced by Pink Floyd in their song Vera , and used to haunting effect in the closing scenes of Stanley Kubrick 's apocalyptic satire Dr Strangelove .
During the Cold War , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Service as one of the tracks that would be played to comfort and reassure survivors of a nuclear Armageddon .
More recently , it has featured in TV shows like Stranger Things and The Simpsons , and films including Hellboy and Trainspotting 2 ; while it also provides an eerie backdrop to the Tower of Terror ride at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris .
As the coronavirus hit the UK earlier this year , the song 's message of cheerful resilience was invoked by the Queen who , in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` We will be with our friends again .
We will be with our families again .
We will meet again . ''
Her message helped the song enter the singles chart for the first time in its 81-year history ( the original recording pre-dated the charts , although Charles and Parker 's sheet music was a best-seller in the 1940s ) .
In all that time , Dame Vera said she `` never tired of singing '' it .
`` I had no idea that that particular song would become the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ era , '' she wrote in her autobiography .
`` Or that my voice would become the one that most reminded people of the hope for the future that we needed to have at that time .
`` I 'm told that schoolchildren today still learn the words to We 'll Meet Again .
That thrills me . ''
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"The words of her songs may have been so much sentimental twaddle. But she treated them with as much tenderness as though they were precious old folk, as though they meant something, something that she believed in and assumed that her audience believed in too," he wrote.


bbcuk--2020-06-18--Premier League: Mystery over 'professional' haircuts

Hawk Eye 's fail is n't the only controversy from the return of the Premier League - the player 's lockdown haircuts are also coming under close scrutiny .
While some looked suitably shaggy - step forward Matteo Guendouzi and Matt Targett - others looked surprisingly sharp .
With most of us in the UK desperately waiting for the re-opening of hairdressers - fingers crossed on 4 July - some barbers felt a few of the barnets on show were amazingly professional .
`` I was angry , I know a good haircut when I see one , '' says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He watched last night 's matches paying close attention to the player 's hair .
He 's had his chain of salons shut for months .
There 's no evidence any footballer 's broken lockdown rules on trims , but it does beg the question - how did Arsenal 's Sead Kolasinac or Man City 's Gabriel Jesus manage such a smart do ?
`` You know , I feel they 've approached certainly their wives and girlfriends , '' explains Steve .
We do n't know the answer to how many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the family , and although there 's no denying several looked sharp - some were still clearly suffering from the lockdown look .
You know , a bit Rapunzel at the back with a hint of scarecrow at the sides .
Aston Villa 's Jack Grealish was freshly shaved at the back and sides - but on top his flowing locks had to be tucked away in a French plait .
Arsenal 's Aubameyang has let his hair grow - as has Aston Villa 's Matt Targett who was wearing an Alice band @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the four clubs have commented yet on how their players were turned out .
The Premier League has no regulation around haircuts and says Project Restart - aimed at football 's comeback - is focusing entirely on the game .
For hairdressers ( and those of us who need a sheep shearer after three months ) those sharp dos seemed to be a little galling .
`` Barbers , like myself , are respecting the guidelines '' says Steve from Norwich .
`` We 're trying to gear up for 4 July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given some money from the government but the rent in my shops is very , very high and that money will run out . ''
However footballers manage their hair during lockdown - maybe Villa keeper Orjan Nyland can blame his for getting in the way of his fumbled goal/no goal .
As for the rest of us , covid cuts have , at least , been keeping us amused .
And if you 've had your own hair disaster , help yourself to our DIY video .