bbcuk--2020-08-09--Boy, 8, cuddles West Midlands Police pups on bucket list day

An eight-year-old boy who is losing his sight due to a rare disease ticked off a bucket list `` dream day '' by cuddling police puppies and playing officer .
Oscar Jealous , from Kingstanding , Birmingham , spent the day with West Midlands Police at Bournville station .
The youngster , who has life-limiting Batten disease , went behind the wheel of a police car , played in cell blocks and held the newest canine recruits .
He and his younger brother Charlie were also given warrant cards as a memento .
Oscar was diagnosed with the degenerative condition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 `` dream days '' .
His aunt , PC Laura Colclough , arranged the visit after telling the force about her police-mad nephew .
She said : `` Oscar and Charlie are both obsessed with the police - probably from having an auntie that catches robbers - so being a police officer was one of the first entries on his bucket list .
`` Oscar has lost almost all his sight now but there are lots of sounds in a police station to keep him entertained .
`` He 's had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see the smile on his face . ''
A GoFundMe page set up to help Oscar 's family pay for specialist care and to fulfil his wishlist has raised £30,000 .
It includes going on the set of his favourite TV show , Tipping Point , and meeting Harry Kane , both of which have been pledged , as well as flying in a helicopter , meeting Father Christmas in Lapland and going up the Eiffel Tower .
PC Colclough added : `` We are truly overwhelmed with the offers of support , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us , and I can not thank people enough for getting behind us to give Oscar some time to remember . ''
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PC Colclough added: "We are truly overwhelmed with the offers of support, many from people who don't know us, and I cannot thank people enough for getting behind us to give Oscar some time to remember."


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Simon Cowell breaks back falling from electric bike

Simon Cowell has broken his back falling off his new electric bike in the courtyard of his Los Angeles home .
The 60-year-old music mogul was taken to hospital and is undergoing surgery , his spokeswoman said .
`` He 's doing fine , he 's under observation and is in the best possible hands , '' she said earlier .
Cowell , best known for hit shows The X Factor and Britain 's Got Talent , is spending lockdown in the US , where he now lives .
`` Simon has broken his back and is having surgery this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon after his arrival at hospital .
The surgery began on Saturday evening Los Angeles time .
Piers Morgan was among those who wished Cowell `` a full and speedy recovery '' on social media .
Cowell , who has a six-year-old son Eric with his partner Lauren Silverman , was reportedly testing his new bike when the accident occurred .
Last month , the tycoon signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment giving his company , Syco Entertainment , full control of all the international versions of The X Factor and Got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ airs in 76 markets , while The X Factor is broadcast in more than 130 territories .

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bbcuk--2020-08-09--BBC apologises over racial slur used in news report

BBC director general Tony Hall has apologised and said a mistake was made after a news report containing a racial slur was broadcast last month .
More than 18,600 people complained after the N-word was used in full in a report about a racially aggravated attack in Bristol .
The BBC initially defended the use of the slur , broadcast by Points West and the BBC News Channel on 29 July .
Lord Hall said he now accepts the BBC should have taken a different approach .
He said he recognised that the report had caused `` distress '' amongst @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be `` strengthening '' its guidance on offensive language in its output .
The use of the N-word in the broadcast prompted widespread criticism , including by a number of politicians and BBC staff .
On Saturday , BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman - real name David Whitely - quit the station over the row .
He said `` the action and the defence of the action feels like a slap in the face of our community '' .
In its initial defence , the BBC said that the organisation felt it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not just the injuries but , given their alleged extreme nature , the words alleged to have been used '' in the attack on an NHS worker known as K-Dogg .
The decision had been supported by the victim 's family , the corporation added .
The sight of K-Dogg 's injuries is shocking .
It took four hours to remove the glass from his face .
What was n't clear when this story was first reported was the alleged racial motive .
The decision to include the `` racist language , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement on the BBC 's complaints website - was , it 's said , because his family wanted it to be `` seen and understood '' by the wider public .
The response - more than 18,000 complaints in a matter of days - makes it clear many people thought this was not just wrong , but insulting and deeply distressing .
When Radio 1Xtra 's Sideman resigned saying `` the BBC sanctioning the N-word being broadcast on national television by a white person is something I ca n't rock with '' , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts of the audience , and also many within the BBC .
The corporation has , in recent months , had to reverse a decision censuring BBC Breakfast 's Naga Munchetty for her comments about Donald Trump 's tweet suggesting four female politicians of colour should `` go back '' to `` places from which they came '' .
And there has been considerable internal debate raised by the Black Lives Matter movement .
Broadcasting a racial slur on the news was , they now accept , a `` mistake '' , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highly offensive word .
As today 's statement says , the BBC is , at the moment , having to `` listen - and also to learn '' when it comes to race .
On Sunday , the BBC 's director of creative diversity June Sarpong welcomed Lord Hall 's subsequent apology .
In a tweet , she wrote : `` I am glad BBC director general Tony Hall has personally intervened to unequivocally apologise over BBC News ' use of the N-word . ''
However , BBC Radio 1Xtra 's DJ Target @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shame '' that it had taken the resignation of a `` young black broadcaster '' to trigger the BBC apology .
Sideman highlighted parts of Lord Hall 's apology on his Instagram , alongside a tweet that praised his `` courage of conviction '' in quitting - which he said had touched his `` whole soul '' .
`` If people actually take in the level of personal sacrifice involved in his move [ ... ] a Jamaican born man with a Brum accent climbed all the way to the BBC ... and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public tweeted .
In his message , Lord Hall emphasised `` the BBC 's intention was to highlight an alleged racist attack '' .
`` This is important journalism which the BBC should be reporting on and we will continue to do so , '' he said .
`` Yet despite these good intentions , I recognise that we have ended up creating distress amongst many people .
`` The BBC now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guidance on offensive language across our output .
`` Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake .
We made one here . ''
His statement followed high-level discussions with BBC colleagues on Sunday morning .
In addition to the 18,600 complaints made to the BBC over the news report , broadcast regulator Ofcom said it received 384 complaints .
It makes the broadcast the second-most complained about since the BBC began using its current system in 2017 .
Commenting on Sunday , Larry Madowo , US correspondent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that he had previously not been allowed to use the racist term in an article when quoting an African American .
`` But a white person was allowed to say it on TV because it was 'editorially justified ' , '' he tweeted .
Labour 's shadow equalities minister Marsha de Cordova said the BBC 's reasons for using the N-word were `` obviously not good enough '' .
Speaking before Lord Hall made his statement , Ms de Cordova called on the broadcaster to apologise and `` learn from this whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Labour MP Dawn Butler , who posted her support for Sideman on Twitter , saying the BBC should have apologised rather than `` doubled down '' on its justification .
Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy praised Lord Hall 's intervention but added that `` once again it has taken a direct intervention by the DG to overturn a mistake on race previously defended by the BBC 's editorial policy managers '' .
He added : `` Obviously they should also go back to Sideman and ask him to take back his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - if anything I 'd promote him . ''
On Saturday , a spokesperson for 1Xtra called Sideman `` incredibly talented '' , adding that the station was `` disappointed '' he had decided to resign .
`` We absolutely wish him well for the future .
The door is always open for future projects , '' the spokesperson added .
The Points West story broadcast last month described an attack on a 21-year-old NHS worker and musician known as K or K-Dogg , who was hit by a car on 22 July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his workplace , Southmead Hospital in Bristol .
K-Dogg suffered serious injuries including a broken leg , nose and cheekbone in the attack .
Police said the incident was being treated as racially aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car .
A fourth man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last week .
In its initial defence , the BBC said the decision to report the racial slur had not been taken lightly and that it understood people would be upset .

The response - more than 18,000 complaints in a matter of days - makes it clear many people thought this was not just wrong, but insulting and deeply distressing. When Radio 1Xtra's Sideman resigned saying "the BBC sanctioning the N-word being broadcast on national television by a white person is something I can't rock with", he was echoing the views of large parts of the audience, and also many within the BBC.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--UK weather: Coastguard issues new warning after busiest day in four years

The UK 's coastguard has issued a new warning urging people to be careful in the sea , after recording its highest number of call-outs in a single day for more than four years .
Its teams dealt with 340 incidents and rescued 146 people on Saturday .
Saturday was the second day of a mini-heatwave for parts of the UK , with temperatures hitting 34.5C ( 94.1F ) .
A woman in her 30s died on Sunday after getting into difficulties in the sea off the coast in Waxham , Norfolk .
She was recovered from the water but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said Norfolk Police , adding that the death was being treated as unexplained but not suspicious .
The latest figures from the coastguard came just over a week after the coastguard reported its previous record of 329 incidents .
HM Coastguard 's head of coastguard operations , Richard Hackwell , said there had been `` a big rise '' in incidents this weekend `` as more people visit coastal areas and head to the beach '' .
`` We understand that people want to have fun at the coast and enjoy the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sea and take responsibility in helping to ensure the safety of themselves , friends and family , '' he said .
Separately , the RNLI called for people to wear life jackets if going out on the sea , after a number of kayakers needed rescuing off the Devon coast on Sunday .
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The warnings came on another sweltering day for many Britons on Sunday , with a high of 34C @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BBC Weather .
Earlier , it reached 24.3C in Scotland ( Achnagart ) , 23C in Wales ( Hawarden ) and 21.6C in Northern Ireland ( Ballywatticock ) , BBC Weather said .
There will also be little relief from the warm weather overnight , particularly in south-east England , where some face a so-called tropical night - when temperatures stay above 20C .
Crowds packed out beaches along the coast for the third day in a row on Sunday as the hot weather continued .
Thanet District Council warned four of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Viking Bay , Joss Bay and Ramsgate Main Sands - were `` extremely busy '' , with high tide likely to make social distancing difficult .
And Dorset Council urged people to avoid Lulworth and Durdle Door by midday due to large numbers in the area .
Some seafront car parks in Dorset were full by mid-afternoon , and Bournemouth , Christchurch and Poole Council warned beachgoers - via a new mobile app - of congestion on much of its 24 beaches .
Meanwhile , a woman has died following a collision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off Anglesey , in Wales .
The coastguard co-ordinated search and rescue responses to a wide range of incidents on Saturday , including people being cut off by the tide and children swept out to sea on inflatables .
In total , the service responded to 186 emergency 999 calls , rescued 146 people and assisted a further 371 .
Saturday 's incident count represents a `` significant '' 145 % increase compared to the average number of call-outs recorded throughout August 2019 , the coastguard said in a statement .
Mr Hackwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ double check tide times as even the most experienced swimmer or keen watersports enthusiast can get caught out by currents and tides '' .
And he encouraged people to plan their days out , `` always exercise caution '' and to make sure they have a way of contacting the coastguard if they get into trouble .
The hot weather is likely to continue into next week , with humid nights , according to BBC Weather .
Forecasters have predicted `` oppressive '' highs of 34C in the south-east during the day on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the UK .
However , there is a growing risk of thunderstorms .
There is a chance of sharp showers that could turn thundery for some areas in western England and Wales on Monday .
Yellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued for all parts of the UK for Monday through to Thursday , with the Met Office stating `` not everywhere will see them , but where they do occur they could be significant and disruptive '' .
Large parts of England and Wales have been warned there may be torrential rain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strong gusty winds .
Downpours could see rainfall of 20-30mm in an hour , with some locations potentially receiving 40-60mm in three hours .
These would be fairly isolated instances , according to the Met Office .
Friday saw the hottest August day in 17 years , with the mercury hitting 36.4C at London 's Heathrow Airport and Kew Gardens .
Last week , the Met Office warned that climate change driven by industrial society is having an increasing impact on the UK 's weather .
Its annual UK report confirmed that 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ series from 1884 , and described the year as remarkable for high temperature records in the UK .

"We understand that people want to have fun at the coast and enjoy the heatwave but we urge everyone to respect the sea and take responsibility in helping to ensure the safety of themselves, friends and family," he said.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Coronavirus: Moral duty to get all children back in school - Boris Johnson

There is a `` moral duty '' to get all children back into schools in England next month , Boris Johnson has said .
Writing in the Mail on Sunday , he said it was the `` national priority '' after months without in-person education during the coronavirus pandemic .
Government advisers have warned of risks in the plans to open up society .
Geoff Barton , head of the Association of School and College Leaders ( ASCL ) union , said schools should have been a priority `` right from the beginning '' .
The prime minister is understood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the last sector to shut in any future local lockdowns .
A Downing Street source said Mr Johnson believes the harm being done to children 's education prospects and mental health by not attending school is far more damaging than the risk posed to them by the virus .
The source said in the event of future stricter local lockdowns , the PM 's expectation was that schools would be the last sector to be closed , after businesses like shops and pubs .
Schools across the UK closed on 20 March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or vulnerable children .
On 1 June , they began a limited reopening for early years pupils , Reception , Year 1 and Year 6 .
The current plan is for most children across the country to be back in class by next month .
Guidance on reopening has been published for England .
There are also separate plans for Wales , Northern Ireland and also Scotland , where schools are scheduled to return from Tuesday .
In his article , Mr Johnson said : `` This pandemic is n't over , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ afford to do is become complacent .
`` But now that we know enough to reopen schools to all pupils safely , we have a moral duty to do so . ''
The PM also warned of the `` spiralling economic costs '' of parents and carers being unable to work .
He added : `` Keeping our schools closed a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable , economically unsustainable and morally indefensible . ''
Shadow education secretary Kate Green told Times Radio it was `` essential '' that schools reopen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether schools were safe yet .
The Labour MP said the government could be doing more to support teachers , such as providing extra resources for staggered start times and additional cleaning .
All children were meant to be back in England 's classrooms before the summer holidays - but that plan failed .
Now the prime minister is making it clear he is committed to things being different in September .
He is putting considerable political weight behind the plan to keep schools open - making it very much a test of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safety measures for reopening , and voices within the party say the current test and trace system will need significant improvement to ensure pubs do not have to close to keep classrooms open .
But that aside there is a broad consensus across the political spectrum that closing all other things before schools is the right idea .
The ASCL union has urged greater clarity - rather than rhetoric - from the government on its schools policy , citing confusion over advice on the wearing of face coverings by pupils .
Its head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` It is a little bit rich I think to be hearing a prime minister say this is a priority .
It should have been a priority right from the beginning . ''
Meanwhile , the children 's commissioner for England , Anne Longfield , told BBC Breakfast schools `` should be the last to close their doors and the first to open '' .
She added that she would like to see regular testing in schools .
However , schools minister Nick Gibb told Times Radio he does not support routine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not have symptoms .
The PM 's comments have been welcomed by some parents whose children have been out of the classroom for several months .
Claire , from Bristol , said her two children - one in Year 8 and another in Year 10 - were keen to return to school in September .
`` I am so proud of the way that both my children coped with home school , they were up at 08:00 BST every day and completed almost everything that was set , however towards the end their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward to returning , '' she told the BBC .
`` They need that teacher and pupil interaction to keep them motivated . ''
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But concerns remain about schools returning among other parents .
Dr L Kohli , from Warwickshire , has a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who has been shielding since February .
She will not be sending him and her eight-year-old child back to school , and has instead arranged online learning .
`` It is my role as a parent to mitigate risks .
That includes the risk mitigation of this government and the abysmal Covid-19 response placed on my family , '' Dr Kohli told the BBC .
The schools minister said this week that the government could not `` decree '' that classroom education would be prioritised , as decisions would be made by local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the BBC all children in England would be returning to school next month , including in those areas currently affected by local lockdowns , amid a spike in cases .
A rise in cases in a number of areas across England prompted the prime minister to pause the easing of the lockdown nationally last month .
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Speaking at the time , Prof Chris Whitty , the chief medical officer for England , warned the nation had `` probably reached near the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be done to reopen society safely .
`` What that means , potentially , is if we wish to do more things in the future we may have to do less of some other things , '' he said .
Prof Neil Ferguson , a former member of the government 's scientific advisory group , Sage , whose modelling led to the decision to impose the lockdown , also suggested ministers would need to `` row back on the relaxation of restrictions '' to allow a full-time return to schools and keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the UK reported a further 8 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus , taking the total to 46,574 .
A further 1,062 people tested positive for Covid-19 .
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"I am so proud of the way that both my children coped with home school, they were up at 08:00 BST every day and completed almost everything that was set, however towards the end their enthusiasm was waning and they are looking forward to returning," she told the BBC.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Coronavirus: Fix contact tracing or shut pubs, Mayor Andy Burnham says

Pubs may have to shut to allow schools to safely reopen if the NHS Test and Trace system is not `` fixed urgently '' , the Greater Manchester mayor has said .
Only 53 % of people in contact with a coronavirus carrier have been traced in the area , according to data .
Mayor Andy Burnham said : `` There is a growing amount of evidence that pubs are one of the main places where this virus spreads . ''
The BBC has asked the government for a response .
Following a rise in infections , residents in parts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been banned from mixing with other households - apart from those in their support bubbles - in areas such as homes , pubs and private gardens .
Pubs are allowed to remain open , however , with different support bubbles banned from mixing .
Mr Burnham joined calls for the government to improve the contact-tracing system , saying its tracing rate in Greater Manchester was `` nowhere near good enough '' .
He told BBC Radio 5 Live : `` You ca n't safely open schools with pubs open as well , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this month , Prof Chris Bonell from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated only half of contacts were being traced in England , adding the system was `` not achieving the levels we have modelled '' .
However Local Government Minister Simon Clarke said their figures were higher .
On Sunday , Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a `` moral duty '' to get all children back into England 's schools in September .
Mr Burnham said some councils had shut pubs recently after `` a substantial minority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from other regions for `` more direct powers '' to close venues that were flouting regulations .
The mayor said : `` This NHS test-and-trace system currently is not good enough to go into a winter with no treatment or vaccine , and the sad thing is it 'll be our poorest communities that are most exposed .
`` We have got August to fix this test-and-trace system… and if we have n't then I think there is a real possibility that we will have to close the pubs . ''
He repeated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regional authorities , urging ministers to give councils extra funds to do more contact tracing locally , including for `` people who can knock on doors and do a better job than this national call centre system '' .
Earlier this week , Blackburn 's public health director said the national system was `` not fast enough '' , and authorities in the town said they were `` already seeing benefits '' after launching a tracing system where council staff used local knowledge .
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The mayor said: "This NHS test-and-trace system currently is not good enough to go into a winter with no treatment or vaccine, and the sad thing is it'll be our poorest communities that are most exposed.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Labour MP Dawn Butler says racism led to police car stop

A Labour MP has accused police of racially profiling her after she was stopped while travelling in a car in east London .
Former shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler tweeted she had been pulled over in Hackney and had recorded the stop .
The MP for Brent Central said police had to `` stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime '' .
The Met said the stop was a mistake caused by an officer incorrectly entering the car 's registration number .
She told the Press Association : `` It 's obviously racial profiling .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racist and what we have to do is weed that out .
We have to stop seeing black with crime .
We have to stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime . ''
The BMW was being driven by a male friend , who is also black , and it was pulled over by two police cars , Ms Butler said .
She said officers said the car was registered in North Yorkshire and took the car keys while checking the registration .
They then admitted there had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the driver , and apologised , she said .
Her footage of the stop , which happened at about 12:00 BST on Sunday , showed an officer saying police were carrying out searches because of `` gang and knife crime '' .
She is heard in the video telling the officers : `` It is really quite irritating .
It 's like you can not drive around and enjoy a Sunday afternoon whilst black , because you 're going to be stopped by police . ''
She goes on to say : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area , I think that 's a ridiculous reason to stop .
`` If you are profiling people who are driving in a certain type of car , that 's an inappropriate reason to stop , and if you are profiling people because of the colour of their skin , that 's an inappropriate reason to stop . ''
One of the officers in the video tells her : `` I appreciate everything you say and I do apologise for wasting your time . ''
Ch Supt Roy Smith tweeted earlier to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had `` given me a very balanced account of the incident '' .
The Met Police officer added the force `` are listening '' to concerns she had about the police stop and the officers involved , and she was `` quite entitled to raise them '' .
In a statement the police force said : `` Prior to stopping the vehicle , an officer incorrectly entered the registration into a police computer which identified the car as registered to an address in Yorkshire .
`` Upon stopping the vehicle and speaking with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the registration had been entered incorrectly and was registered to the driver in London .
`` Once the mistake was realised the officer sought to explain this to the occupants ; they were then allowed on their way .
`` No searches were carried out on any individuals . ''
The force said `` one of the occupants '' had been contacted by a senior officer and they had discussed `` subsequent interaction as well as feedback regarding the stop '' .
It added : `` We would welcome the opportunity to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if they wish to do so . ''
The statement did not explain why the registration was entered in the first place .
In the video , one officer can be heard saying the initial search returned a car of the same make , model and colour but registered to North Yorkshire .
Ms Butler questioned the officer , asking for the police to share the registration they initially searched for .
`` It 's exhausting doing things whilst black , '' she told PA. '' Because you 're just doing every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away or justify the reason why you 're driving through Hackney .
It 's exhausting and I 'm tired of it . ''
This week Ms Butler was named by Vogue magazine as one of the 25 most influential women for her support of Black Lives Matter protests .
She has previously described how her backing of the anti-racism movement had led to threats on her office and staff , and last month had to shut her headquarters for safety reasons .
Former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott tweeted that Ms Butler 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' .
Last month the Met apologised to GB sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos who were pulled from their car and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son .
Nothing was found in the search and the Met referred itself to the police watchdog .
On Saturday , Ms Butler wrote in her Metro column that Met Commissioner Cressida Dick appeared `` incapable '' of tackling institutional racism in the police and called for her resignation .
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating whether officers in England @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
The latest official statistics for stop and search showed a disparity rate of 4.3 for all black , Asian and minority ethnic people and 9.7 for black people .


bbcuk--2020-08-09--One in three UK firms 'expect to make redundancies'

One in three UK employers expect to make staff redundant between July and September , a survey suggests .
The research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ( CIPD ) and recruiter Adecco shows a 50 % jump in the number of employers expecting to cut jobs compared to three months ago .
In the private sector , 38 % of firms plan to make redundancies , compared to 16 % in the public sector .
Firms with plans to hire rose - but numbers were down on past years .
There have been an increasing number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than a quarter off UK economic output .
In the month leading up to 9 July , more than 2,000 employers were asked whether they planned to make redundancies .
While 33 % said they did expect to let staff go , another 49 % said they planned to hire in the three months until the end of September .
That indicated an increase in confidence compared to the previous quarter when just 40 % said they planned to take on new staff .
However , that figure was still `` well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the report 's authors said .
And the proportion of employers planning to hire , relative to those expecting to let go of staff , had fallen to its lowest level since 2013 when the survey began in its current form , they said .
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Gerwyn Davies , an advisor at the CIPD , predicted a `` sombre autumn for jobs '' .
`` This is the weakest set of data we 've seen for several years , '' he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been low - no doubt due to the Job Retention Scheme - but we expect to see more redundancies come through this autumn , especially in the private sector once the scheme closes .
`` Hiring confidence is rising tentatively , but this probably wo n't be enough to offset the rise in redundancies and the number of new graduates and school leavers entering the labour market over the next few months . ''
It comes as data from the Centre for Retail Research suggests that more than 22,000 restaurant jobs have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than double the number announced throughout the entire of 2019 .
Last week Pizza Express said it was considering closing 67 of its UK restaurants , which would mean the loss of 1,100 jobs .
Meanwhile , Byron has announced 651 job cuts ; the Casual Dining Group , which owns Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge , is to put 1,909 out of work and the owner of Upper Crust , SSP , has said 5,000 jobs are at risk .
It comes as figures obtained by the BBC showed the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June about plans to cut 20 or more jobs was five times higher than in the same month last year , A Freedom of Information request shows that in June 1,778 firms said were intending to cut more than 139,000 jobs in England , Wales and Scotland .
In June 2019 , only 345 firms had plans to cut 24,000 jobs .

"Unfortunately, right now members of the public do not feel safe to attend events... so at the end of June, I was told that my company had done everything to try to retain me, but due to the lack of work coming in, they didn't have the financial backing to keep me on," he told the BBC.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Further 65 migrants picked up in English Channel

A further four boats carrying 65 migrants have been picked up in the English Channel , the Home Office said .
Border Force patrols found the boats travelling towards the UK on Sunday , a day after at least 151 migrants on 15 boats arrived on the Kent coast .
On Saturday the Home Office said it had asked defence chiefs for help .
Immigration minister Chris Philp said he would be in Paris next week to demand stronger measures from French authorities .
He said he wanted to make the route `` completely unviable '' so migrants `` will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ France or attempt the crossing in the first place '' .
He said he also wanted to `` return as many migrants who have arrived as possible '' , adding there were `` returns flights planned in the coming days '' .
More than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days , including 235 - the record for a single day - on Thursday .
The Home Office has said the Royal Navy could be brought in and there has been talk of copying Australia 's controversial policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ex-Labour home secretary Jack Straw said on Saturday any attempt to use those `` push-back '' tactics would not work and could lead to boats capsizing .
Human rights organisations , including Detention Action and Amnesty International UK , condemned the idea of boats being forced back into French waters .
Amnesty said deploying the navy to the English Channel to prevent people crossing to seek asylum would be `` unlawful , reckless and dangerous '' .
On Friday a record number of unaccompanied migrant children arrived in the UK .
The 23 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kent County Council , on top of the 70 who arrived in July .
Those figures do not include those travelling with their families .
The Home Office has refused to confirm the number of children arriving .
Since January 2019 at least 5,800 people have entered the UK on small boats , and about 155 have been returned to Europe .
The Home Office blamed current regulations - which determine where an asylum-seeker 's claim is heard - for the comparatively low number of people to have been returned to Europe .
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He said he wanted to make the route "completely unviable" so migrants "will have no incentive to come to northern France or attempt the crossing in the first place".


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Kirsty Jones: Thailand backpacker murder case closed after 20 years

A 20-year investigation into the murder of backpacker Kirsty Jones has been closed .
Ms Jones , 23 , died in Thailand where the 20-year statute of limitations on the case ended on Sunday .
No-one can now be prosecuted for the rape and strangulation of the young woman from Tredomen , near Brecon , Powys , at a guesthouse in August 2000 .
Speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary , her mother Sue Jones said it was `` a really sad time for us as a family '' .
`` We have worked hard over all of these years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kirsty 's case and to ensure that the investigation continued to try to identify the persons responsible for her murder , '' she said .
• Kirsty Jones murder : Mother speaks of her 'emptiness ' 20 years on She added that her `` bright , intelligent , independent '' daughter had the `` world at her feet '' .
`` Kirsty has gone from our lives , whilst her killer remains at large , '' she said .
`` Had they been brought to justice the sadness and emptiness would remain the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some closure .
`` I hope we have done her proud in trying to get justice . ''
Ms Jones had visited Singapore and Malaysia before moving on to Chiang Mai , Thailand , in early August 2000 .
She checked into a guest house and went trekking in the mountains , sightseeing and meeting people .
During the early hours of 10 August , after an evening with friends , Ms Jones was attacked and murdered in her room .
Det Supt Phillips , of Dyfed Powys Police , said : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's murder and the Thai Department of Specialist Investigations has now closed the case , meaning a permanent end to the investigation .
`` Myself and colleagues before me have been in regular contact with Kirsty 's family throughout , and we share their deep disappointment that no-one has ever been brought to justice . ''

"We have worked hard over all of these years to keep the Thai authorities interested in Kirsty's case and to ensure that the investigation continued to try to identify the persons responsible for her murder," she said.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Beirut explosion: UK to pledge further £20m to relief effort

The UK has pledged a further £20m in aid to Lebanon following Tuesday 's deadly explosion in Beirut .
The support will go directly to those injured and displaced by the explosion , providing access to food and medicine as well as other urgent supplies .
The UK , which has already given £5m to the emergency relief effort , said it showed its commitment to `` stand by '' the Lebanese people in their hour of need .
France 's Emmanuel Macron has warned the country 's future is `` at stake '' .
Addressing a virtual meeting of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political fallout from the tragedy , the French president said it was a `` wake-up call '' for the Lebanese government and the international community had a huge stake in the country 's `` reconstruction '' to help ensure regional stability .
The blast in the city 's port destroyed large parts of the surrounding area , killing more than 150 people , injuring more than 5,000 and leaving more than 300,000 homeless .
In a phone call with the Lebanese president on Saturday , Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hour of need '' .
• Beirut explosion : 'We do n't have dreams any more' • Lebanon : Why the country is in crisis In the immediate aftermath of the disaster , the UK offered £5m in emergency support , £3m of it for the British Red Cross .
It is now proposing to give a further £20m to the World Food Programme , run by the United Nations .
The extra money comes after an assessment of the health situation on the ground by a team of specialist UK medics , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` The devastation we have seen in Lebanon this week has left people without homes , medical care and wondering how long it will be until the country 's food supplies run out , '' International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said .
`` Today the world is coming together to stand by the Lebanese people , and as one of the biggest donors to this crisis so far , the UK is pledging more urgent support to help all those affected by this terrible disaster . ''
In response , the World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the `` swift and heart-warming response '' .
Ms Trevelyan is representing the UK at Sunday 's donors ' event , which is being chaired by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Mr Macron .
Officials estimate the blast at the warehouse , which stored more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate , caused up to £11.5bn in damage .
One British aid worker told the PA news agency that the explosion had had a `` devastating '' impact on the city .
`` The area of affected property is massive , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assistance in Disasters , said .
He and other volunteers have been trying to find survivors and evaluate the structural safety of buildings hit by the blast .
He told PA that buildings more than six miles from the epicentre of the blast had been damaged .
The explosion has left many homes without water or electricity while the city 's hospitals , already dealing with a spike in Covid-19 cases , risk being overwhelmed .
Amid growing popular anger at the Lebanese government and the country 's economic stagnation , Mr Macron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed help now .
He urged the Lebanese authorities to co-operate with its allies in the region and the West to stop other countries who wanted to sow `` division and chaos '' .
`` The time to wake up and for action has come , '' he said .
`` The Lebanese authorities must now make political and economic reforms , demanded by the Lebanese people and through which can permit the international community to act efficiently for the reconstruction of Lebanon .
`` I think at this moment , over these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stake .
The future of the Lebanese people but also a whole region . ''

"Today the world is coming together to stand by the Lebanese people, and as one of the biggest donors to this crisis so far, the UK is pledging more urgent support to help all those affected by this terrible disaster."


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Sheffield stabbing: Victim was killed 'at house party'

An attack in which a man was stabbed to death and three others were injured happened at a house party @ @ @ @ @ Ramsay , 35 , was attacked in what police said was a `` large-scale disturbance @ @ @ @ @ in the Firth Park area of Sheffield , at 00:20 BST on Saturday He was @ @ @ @ @ soon afterwards .
Three other injured men , all aged 24 , were treated at @ @ @ @ @ .
Temporary Det Ch Insp Mark Oughton said he wanted to speak to people who @ @ @ @ @ , adding the `` answers to this investigation lie within the local community '' .
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"I am aware that there were large numbers of people congregated on Horninglow Road due to a house party and I believe that many of them will have seen the altercation that led to Mr Ramsay being fatally injured," he said.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Coronavirus: Redundancy 'stressful and upsetting'

`` It 's been really upsetting and stressful , '' says Will Bird , an events producer who was recently made redundant .
Mr Bird will need to move out of his apartment soon as he can no longer afford the rent without a job .
The number of firms that notified the government in June about plans to cut 20 or more jobs was five times higher than in the same month last year , figures obtained by the BBC show .
A Freedom of Information request shows that in June 1,778 firms said were intending to cut more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Scotland .
In June 2019 , only 345 firms had plans to cut 24,000 jobs .
The cuts came as coronavirus wiped more than a quarter off UK economic output .
The figures give an insight into the surge of redundancies announced since coronavirus blighted the UK .
Airbus , Royal Mail , the airport services group Swissport , HSBC , Centrica and the Restaurant Group , owner of Frankie and Benny 's , were among the businesses to announce redundancy plans in June .
Firms planning to make 20 or more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by filing a form called an HR1 Advance Notice of Redundancy .
The number of these forms filed with the Insolvency Service shows a steep rise in the number of firms planning to cut staff .
'It 's been really upsetting and stressful' William Bird , 27 , had been working as an assistant producer at an events agency in London that creates tailored experiences for big brands .
He was furloughed in April , and then at the end of June , he was told that he was being made redundant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Unfortunately , right now members of the public do not feel safe to attend events ... so at the end of June , I was told that my company had done everything to try to retain me , but due to the lack of work coming in , they did n't have the financial backing to keep me on , '' he told the BBC .
Mr Bird said it had been a `` difficult year in general '' , as his mother passed away from cancer a few weeks into lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and stressful .
I 've gone from having a tragedy in the family , to looking for work , and at the end of August I 'm going to have to move out from the flat I rent in London with my girlfriend because we ca n't afford it anymore , '' he said .
He says he only received three weeks ' of redundancy pay as he was on rolling contracts during his first year with the firm .
And he is upset that his month of notice in July was paid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather than the full salary listed in his contract .
The only consolation to the situation , says Mr Bird , is that his firm did n't want to let him go : `` They told me that this was n't performance-based at all , and that they were making difficult decisions for the future of the company , with the hope that after the industry recovered , they 'd love to offer me my job back . ''
The figures from May and June show a substantial increase from the same months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and April , when the coronavirus lockdown began .
Tony Wilson , director of the Institute for Employment Studies , said : `` I would expect it to be bigger in July and bigger again in August , because there was a wave of firms that announced redundancies in the first week of July and the first week of August .
`` I think it is inevitable now that redundancy numbers will be higher than they were at the peak of the last recession in 2008 . ''
Companies including WH Smith , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Casual Dining Group have all announced redundancies recently , and there has been a surge in requests for redundancy advice .
Adding up the total number of dismissals planned shows a similar picture of stricken employers cutting staff .
Though the June figure excludes information from 79 firms , which was not available when the numbers were compiled , it shows a steep rise in the number of positions being considered for redundancy .
The total number of employers making redundancies will be higher than these figures , as firms making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one `` establishment '' do not have to notify government .
However , employers often end up making fewer redundancies than the original number they notify to the government .
The redundancy process takes time .
It includes a consultation period of a minimum of 30 days for 20 staff and over , and 45 days for 100 or more staff .
This helps to explain why official redundancy figures gathered by the Office for National Statistics do not yet show a significant rise .
In Northern Ireland HR1 forms are filed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they are not included in these figures .
In response to the BBC 's findings the Department for Work and Pensions pointed to the measures it has introduced to try to support those looking for work .
`` Across the country our Plan for Jobs will give business the confidence to recruit and retain workers ... and - through the Kickstart scheme - create hundreds of thousands of new , subsidised jobs for young people , '' a spokesperson said .
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bbcuk--2020-08-09--Police racism inquiries in the UK: Do they change how things work?

Do the police racially discriminate against people from black , Asian and minority ethnic ( BAME ) communities ?
That 's what a new investigation is going to ask in the wake of George Floyd 's death and anti-racism protests .
It 's being done by the Independent Office for Police Conduct ( IOPC ) - which handles complaints about officers ' behaviour in England and Wales .
Some of the more controversial parts of policing , like stop and search tactics , are going to be looked at .
It 's the latest in a long line of reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticism these reviews do n't change things - and can be used to give the impression of taking action while ignoring real problems .
We 've looked at some of the biggest ones focussed on policing .
In April 1981 , violence broke out over three days in Brixton in south London .
Around 300 officers and 65 members of the public were injured .
The trouble started after unproven rumours about a young black man being badly treated by the police - which came at a time when tensions were already high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cut street crime in the area had led to a thousand people being stopped by officers in less than a week .
Police only needed to suspect someone might be planning a crime to stop and search them .
The investigation into what happened in Brixton was written by Lord Scarman .
It found the riots were n't planned - but happened after `` a loss of confidence '' in the police .
It said resentment had built up over the search tactics used - which was n't helped by unemployment levels .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ conduct by some officers '' .
But he said there was n't evidence of `` institutional racism '' , where racist behaviour becomes `` part of the normal behaviour of people within an organisation '' .
The report called for building better trust with the local population , including recording all stops made by officers .
It also wanted to see more BAME people working in the police and new approaches to how recruits were trained .
Three years after the riots , some changes were made in the Police and Criminal Evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to record all stops and searches under new powers .
Guidance on what justified stopping someone was made stricter , and in 1991 another change meant the ethnicity of who was being stopped also had to be logged .
The next decade saw a small rise in BAME officers .
At the time of the riots , only 143 officers in the Metropolitan Police were from those backgrounds - that was 0.6 % of the force .
By 1991 , it had gone up to 556 officers - or 1.6 % of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line with how many black , Asian and minority ethnic people lived in London .
That year they made up 20 % of the capital 's overall population .
In 1993 black teenager Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death by a gang in south east London in a racist attack .
Two white suspects were charged - but the case was eventually dropped , with prosecutors saying the evidence was n't reliable .
No-one else was put on trial and it reignited debates around policing and racial discrimination .
The 18-year-old 's family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and locked up .
Four years after Stephen Lawrence 's murder an investigation started into how his case was handled - and why no-one had yet been jailed .
The Macpherson 's report was published in 1999 saying there was `` institutional racism '' in London 's Metropolitan Police .
It highlighted a `` failure of leadership '' and suggested wide-ranging changes .
The Macpherson report wanted police to show `` zero tolerance '' for racism in society .
It said there still were n't enough BAME people working as officers .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ useful when used the right way - but it wanted the police to actively review the ethnicity of people being stopped , to look out for patterns that might suggest discrimination .
They prevented people from being put on trial for the same thing twice , and were significant because of the failed case into Stephen 's murder .
Double jeopardy rules were ditched in 2005 .
That eventually led to Stephen Lawrence 's killers being jailed - nearly 20 years after his death .
In 1999 - when the report came out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BAME backgrounds and by 2011 that had gone up to nearly 10 % .
But it was still well short of comparability with the 40 % BAME proportion of people living in London .
Stop and search statistics then began being regularly published .
A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in 2010 suggested that a black person was six times more likely to be stopped than a white person in England and Wales .
An Asian person was around twice as likely .
The authors said more research was needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from one police force to another .
When it comes to statistics based on population averages though , there 's a warning from an expert team in government that gathers detail on ethnic groups .
The Race Disparity Unit says we should n't read too much into stop and search information covering the whole of England and Wales .
It says that 's because the tactic is n't used evenly from force to force , and a high number of stops in one place involving a specific ethnic group can skew the overall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact 79 % of all searches of black people in 2018-19 were in London alone .
In August 2011 , violence broke out in north London after 29-year-old Mark Duggan was controversially shot dead by police .
Officers said he was a known gangster reaching for a gun , but other accounts challenged this and questioned the circumstances of how a gun was eventually found .
In the end , the inquest into his death said that he had been lawfully killed .
Trouble spread from London to Birmingham , Bristol , Liverpool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were arrested - with shops looted , businesses set on fire and houses broken into .
Five deaths were linked to the violence .
The 'After the riots ' report The Riots , Communities and Victims ' Panel found `` no specific cause '' for the trouble , but said it would n't have spread if police had acted more `` robustly '' in London .
Its report - called `` After the riots '' - said the people who got involved wanted anything from stolen new trainers to the chance to `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and search tactics were a big reason behind resentment among young black and Asian men - and police forces needed to focus on better relationships .
Specifically , it wanted to see higher police satisfaction levels among black , Asian and minority ethnic communities .
Trust in the police has gone up since the riots , according to the latest official statistics .
According to the latest Crime Survey , published in 2019 , 70 % of black people said they had confidence in their local force - up from 65 % in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is 78 % - up from 76 % .
For white people it 's stayed steady - at 75 % in both 2011-12 and 2018-19 .
The number of stops has come down significantly for all ethnicities in the time since the report .
In 2011 , there were 113 stops for every 1,000 black people .
In 2018-19 , it was 38 stops .
The same statistic for Asian people in England and Wales went from 37 to 11 stops .
For every thousand white people , there were four stops in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2010-11 .
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In 2019 England and Wales had the highest number of BAME police staff ever recorded .
But it 's still a significantly lower proportion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the overall population .
Some see a link between the recurring themes of recruitment problems and stop and search .
Last year the government said it was giving police more powers to use stop and search - reversing some of the changes that had come before .
It said it was aimed at tackling rising knife crime , which is at the highest-ever recorded level in England and Wales .
In early July , Sir Thomas Winsor - Her Majesty 's chief inspector of constabulary - said disproportionate use of stop and search @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harder to make police forces more diverse .
He blames the resentment it can build up towards officers .
There 's no clear deadline on when the latest review will come back with recommendations but the Independent Office for Police Conduct says : `` This is about identifying where we are seeing good and bad practice , and where there are then opportunities to drive real learning and change . ''
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The report said stop and search tactics were useful when used the right way - but it wanted the police to actively review the ethnicity of people being stopped, to look out for patterns that might suggest discrimination.


bbcuk--2020-08-09--'It will break my heart to have to walk away'

Penny and Phil Davis have worked hard to get their businesses going .
They work out of the same clinic in Cheshire .
Phil set up as a sole trader four years ago , doing permanent make-up and medical tattooing .
This year , he managed to turn a profit .
Skin therapist Penny is director of her own limited company , and had grown confident enough to take on staff .
Being forced to stop work in March was a huge blow .
As leaseholder on the business premises Phil did receive a £10,000 local authority grant .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As a sole trader , Phil also applied for the government 's Self-Employment Income Support Scheme ( SEISS ) , hoping that would tide him over .
But losses incurred in two previous years due to set-up costs , meant he could not receive any money .
Now , he feels it 's necessary to fold his business and seek employment instead .
`` Coming to terms with the fact has been incredibly difficult , '' he says .
`` It will break my heart to have to walk away but there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a business open with all of the associated costs , whilst accumulating eye watering debts .
Five months without earning any income and there 's no date on the horizon . ''
As a limited company director , Penny was not eligible for SEISS .
Her only option was to furlough herself and her staff .
`` But because most of my income comes from dividends not my salary , I personally only receive just over £500 per month through this , '' she says .
Despite taking out a bounceback loan out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I 'm considering closing .
I wo n't rule out getting a job , for example , in a supermarket . ''
Some self-employed people in other industries are also being forced into a change in direction .
Ben Delfont has 25 years ' experience as a freelance stage manager working on plays , musicals and events , including the London 2012 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies .
When the production he was due to work on was postponed , he lost a year 's work contract .
`` The impact on people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he says .
He did receive a SEISS grant and picked up bits of work from friends .
However , his income was still so much lower than it would have been in normal times , it barely covered his costs .
With no idea when live events would start again , Ben decided to seek employment elsewhere .
`` I successfully applied for a job as a Waitrose delivery driver .
A lot of theatre people are working in supermarkets now .
It 's not forever , unless I discover I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Professional Lighting and Sound Association trade body says 70 % of staff working on live events are freelance or self-employed , and fears the industry will end up depleted of skilled people .
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Overall , the number of people in the UK counted as self-employed has grown strongly in the past two decades , rising from 3.2 million in 2000 to more than five million at the end of 2019 .
They range from building contractors to hairdressers , taxi drivers to management consultants and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and directors of limited businesses can all come under the self-employed banner .
The long-term growth trend stuttered when the pandemic - and resulting lockdown - struck .
Figures from the Office for National Statistics covering March to May indicated there had been a record fall of 178,000 in the number of self-employed compared with the previous quarter .
Tony Wilson , director of the Institute for Employment Studies ( IES ) , says `` it is very worrying '' and he predicts a further fall .
`` Right now , the level @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 4.5 million , I would think .
Within that you have people who are n't trading at all but still say they 're self-employed , even though they do n't have any income , or have heavily reduced hours . ''
Hannah Slaughter , an economist at the Resolution Foundation , pointed out that 5 % of self-employed people ceased working altogether in April as the crisis hit , and many more reduced their hours either due to falls in demand or increased health risks and care duties .
Some 2.7 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ total of £7.7bn , have been made .
Applications for a second , final , grant open on 17 August .
But Andy Chamberlain , director of policy at the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed ( IPSE ) , believes those who did not meet the criteria for these one-off grants will make up a large proportion of those who stopped being self-employed .
`` I can only imagine some of those people felt they had to close their self-employed business , '' he says .
`` It seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'm not self-employed now because I 've given up , I 've stopped my business for the foreseeable future ' .
`` Perhaps they went to find an employed role if they could get one , or went onto Universal Credit .
If they were supported inside one of these generous schemes they 'd probably say I 'm just waiting for things to get better , I 'm still self-employed and the government is supporting my income . ''
He thinks a range of groups have been affected , but fears for company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They 've been hit by a double whammy .
The pandemic has caused well-publicised problems , they have n't been able to access SEISS and not really the Job Retention Scheme . ''
However , the IES 's Tony Wilson suspects any fall in self-employment will be temporary : `` Looking ahead , you would expect there to be more pressure on hours , pay and job quality during the recovery .
In the medium term we 'll see more people in less formal , more self-employed jobs .
They may be less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is you get a compositional shift towards less secure self-employment . ''
At IPSE , Andy Chamberlain also remains convinced self-employment will surge back in the long term .
`` I think firms will be looking to take on that flexible style of working .
Lots of people are looking for portfolio careers .
They like the flexibility that comes with self-employment .
I think that will continue . ''

However, the IES's Tony Wilson suspects any fall in self-employment will be temporary: "Looking ahead, you would expect there to be more pressure on hours, pay and job quality during the recovery. In the medium term we'll see more people in less formal, more self-employed jobs. They may be less secure than employees, so the risk is you get a compositional shift towards less secure self-employment."


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Police officer run over by thieves backs 'Andrew's Law'

A police officer who nearly died after being run over by car thieves has added his support for mandatory life @ @ @ @ @ a member of the emergency services .
A campaign was launched by Lissie Harper , @ @ @ @ @ Harper who died in Berkshire in August 2019 .
PC Gaz Phillips , 43 , @ @ @ @ @ a few days earlier .
He has made a remarkable recovery and on the first @ @ @ @ @ just returned to work .

A police officer who nearly died after being run over by car thieves has added his support for mandatory life sentences for anyone who kills a member of the emergency services.
A campaign was launched by Lissie Harper, the widow of PC Andrew Harper who died in Berkshire in August 2019.
PC Gaz Phillips, 43, was critically injured in Birmingham a few days earlier.
He has made a remarkable recovery and on the first anniversary of the incident has just returned to work.
Correspondent: Phil Mackie. Producer: Anne Delaney. Filmed by Stephen Adrain
Online editor: Louise Brierley


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Coronavirus: How lifeguarding has changed for the RNLI

Lifeguards are reporting a rise in antisocial behaviour and more people getting into trouble in the water as people head @ @ @ @ @ this summer .
At Southsea in Portsmouth , lifeguards say they have dealt with more @ @ @ @ @ people staying in the country for holidays and travelling from further away .
The RNLI @ @ @ @ @ this year and staffing 170 UK beaches with lifeguards , when normally the charity would @ @ @ @ @ protocols have also been introduced for lifeguards , including putting on PPE before treating casualties @

Lifeguards are reporting a rise in antisocial behaviour and more people getting into trouble in the water as people head to the UK's beaches this summer.
At Southsea in Portsmouth, lifeguards say they have dealt with more incidents than normal, with people staying in the country for holidays and travelling from further away.
The RNLI is running a reduced service this year and staffing 170 UK beaches with lifeguards, when normally the charity would be at 240.
New protocols have also been introduced for lifeguards, including putting on PPE before treating casualties.
Video Journalist: Abby Newbery


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Keith Mason and fiancé go viral after inspirational posts

Riona Kelly was paralysed in 2015 after suffering a rare spinal stroke .
Her partner , and ex-rugby league star @ @ @ @ @ posting about her recovery on social media from their home in West Yorkshire and they @ @ @ @ @ .

Riona Kelly was paralysed in 2015 after suffering a rare spinal stroke.
Her partner, and ex-rugby league star, Keith Mason has been posting about her recovery on social media from their home in West Yorkshire and they've become a lockdown hit.
Produced by Bella McShane


bbcuk--2020-08-09--Newspaper headlines: 'Testing time for schools' and uni places in peril

Elsewhere , Downing Street is planning to impose targets on police and prosecutors in England and Wales in an attempt @ @ @ @ @ in prosecutions , according to the Guardian .
In what the paper calls a “ @ @ @ @ @ the prime minister ’ s crime and justice taskforce is planning to set targets for @ @ @ @ @ to the Crown Prosecution Service , while the CPS itself has been tasked with prosecuting @ @ @ @ @

According to the Daily Mail, A-Level pupils whose marks are downgraded by the exams regulator for England when the results are published this week face missing out on their first choice university places - even if they appeal.


bbcuk--2020-08-10--Waxham: Woman dies after being pulled from sea off Norfolk coast

A woman has died after getting into difficulties in the sea off the Norfolk coast .
Emergency services were called to reports of a woman struggling in the sea at Waxham at about 17.30 BST on Sunday .
The woman , who was in her 30s , was recovered from the water but was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital .
The UK 's coastguard issued a new warning on Sunday urging people to be careful in the sea .
The death of the woman is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious by Norfolk Police .
Supt Jason Broome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the East of England Ambulance Service assisted officers with the incident .
`` While inquiries are continuing to establish the exact circumstances leading up to the woman 's death , this is a tragic situation and our condolences are with her family . ''
The UK 's coastguard recorded its highest number of call-outs in a single day for more than four years on Saturday .
Its teams dealt with 340 incidents and rescued 146 people .
Saturday was the second day of a mini-heatwave for parts of the UK , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The latest figures from the coastguard came just over a week after it reported a previous record of 329 incidents .
HM Coastguard 's head of coastguard operations , Richard Hackwell , said : `` We understand that people want to have fun at the coast and enjoy the heatwave but we urge everyone to respect the sea and take responsibility in helping to ensure the safety of themselves , friends and family . ''

"But there were dangers there with the high rolling waves coming in and obviously the person was not strong enough to get herself out of trouble."


bbcuk--2020-08-09--John Swinney 'hears anger' of pupils over SQA results

Education Secretary John Swinney has said he has `` heard the anger of students '' over school qualifications .
Mr Swinney , who faces a no-confidence vote in the Scottish parliament , said he would make a statement on Tuesday .
In it , he will set out how he intends to address the concerns of students and their parents .
With no exams because of coronavirus , the Scottish Qualifications Authority ( SQA ) downgraded many of the assessments made by teachers .
The SQA was accused of disproportionately affecting the results of pupils from schools which have previously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Speaking ahead of the statement , scheduled for the week schools resume after lockdown , Mr Swinney said : `` I have heard the anger of students who feel their hard work has been taken away from them and I am determined to address it .
`` These are unprecedented times and as we have said throughout this pandemic , we will not get everything right first time .
Every student deserves a grade that reflects the work they have done , and that is what I want to achieve . ''
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engaged in detailed discussions over the way forward '' , promising to act quickly to give certainty to young people .
He added : `` I will set out on Tuesday how we intend to achieve that . ''
When the Scottish parliament resumes this week , Scottish Labour will table a motion of no-confidence in Mr Swinney , which the Conservatives will support .
The Scottish Greens have indicated they will also back the motion .
Labour education spokesman Iain Gray said Mr Swinney `` needs to go '' .
`` It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even admit this fiasco is his responsibility , '' he said .
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross also called on the first minister to remove Mr Swinney .
And Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said : `` An admission of error is step one in resolving this major issue but the detailed solution is what matters . ''
In a Sunday Times article , former SNP minister Alex Neil said the Scottish government `` must reverse the decisions it made about examination results that saw the poorest children in many of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a manufactured algorithm prepared in secret '' .
Schools in Scotland are to resume this week for the first time since March .
All pupils will be provided with full-time education .
Education authorities have been preparing procedures and modifying the layout of school buildings to minimise the risk of Covid-19 transmission .

"These are unprecedented times and as we have said throughout this pandemic, we will not get everything right first time. Every student deserves a grade that reflects the work they have done, and that is what I want to achieve."


bbcuk--2020-08-09--PSNI officers 'seriously hurt' in west Belfast attack

The Police Federation for NI ( PFNI ) has said a police officer sustained potentially two broken vertebrae in an attack in west Belfast on Saturday .
Twenty-nine police officers were injured after groups of youths threw petrol bombs and masonry in Distillery Street .
The PSNI was protecting contractors asked by a landowner to remove anti-internment bonfire material from their site .
Three officers were taken to hospital .
They have since been discharged .
A police press conference on Sunday heard officers sustained head , neck and back injuries , as well as concussion .
Earlier , Mark @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some had been seriously hurt .
`` One officer injured is one too many , '' he said on Sunday .
`` Some have received quite serious injuries .
`` We 're aware of one with potentially two broken vertebrae .
Those could be career-ending injuries .
`` They could be life-changing injuries . ''
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said his officers had faced `` shocking violence '' .
Justice Minister Naomi Long condemned the attack and said it was `` utterly intolerable that police officers have been targeted in this way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who have been injured , '' she said .
`` I have spoken to the chief constable to express my concern for his officers and to thank him for PSNI 's role over the weekend in protecting public safety and ensuring the safety of contractors . ''
Mrs Long said the `` multi-agency approach adopted in response to public concerns over bonfires '' had `` allowed the vast majority of contentious bonfires to be removed or significantly reduced in scale without incident '' .
She added that `` clearly and regrettably , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to orchestrate violence in order to draw the police into conflict '' .
On Sunday Ass Ch Const Mark McEwan told BBC News NI that it was a `` disgraceful attack on officers simply trying to do their job '' adding that police had been removing material with `` very little disturbance '' over the past few weeks .
However he said officers had come under `` sustained violent attack '' on Saturday .
`` Our community has made it clear they do not want or support internment bonfires in their area , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aim was to `` keep young people safe and out of harm 's way '' .
He said the injuries ranged from concussion to those on the head neck and back , adding that , considering that heavy vehicle parts had been thrown , it was fortunate no long-term injuries had been sustained .
He said he was `` confident the `` appropriate level of resourcing '' had been deployed .
Northern Ireland Policing Board chair Doug Garrett said the number of officers injured in `` sustained violence '' was `` deeply disturbing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen this number of injuries for some time but that is little comfort to the officers who were subjected to this sustained violence and who have been left with a range of serious injuries as a result , '' he said .
Bonfires are lit in some republican areas in early August to mark the anniversary of the introduction of internment - or detention without trial - on 9 August 1971 .
On Saturday , Mr Lindsay , said officers were `` sick of being a punchbag for a society that has failed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The attacks were premeditated , '' he said .
`` Petrol bombs and chunks of masonry do n't materialise out of thin air .
`` What happened posed real risks to the lives of officers .
Petrol bombing is a clear attempt to murder or maim officers who were there to uphold the law '' .
Chief Constable Simon Byrne tweeted : `` My thoughts are with our injured colleagues who faced shocking violence just trying to do their job . ''
Alliance Policing Board member John Blair said such behaviour was `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injured officers make a full recovery .

"Thankfully we have not seen this number of injuries for some time but that is little comfort to the officers who were subjected to this sustained violence and who have been left with a range of serious injuries as a result," he said.


bbcuk--2020-08-10--Coronavirus: Students 'selling clothes to pay rent'

Some students have been selling their clothes to pay rent after plans to work fell through due to the pandemic .
It comes as two Welsh universities said they had seen a large increase in students applying for hardship grants since April - designed to help those in financial difficulty .
University support services said many students had reported that either they or their parents had lost their jobs .
Rowan Maddock , 19 , said she was `` struggling '' to make ends meet .
Speaking from the garden of her new student house in Cardiff , Rowan said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ afford to live there .
Despite applying for about 60 jobs in Cardiff and her home town of Swindon to help supplement her student loan and pay living costs , Rowan said many companies had not even replied .
`` Everyone talks about being a 'broke student ' , '' she said .
`` So I was expecting there to be times where things would be tight , but I was n't expecting to be put in a position where I physically ca n't make ends meet . ''
Rowan , who is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ English Literature and Creative Writing course at Cardiff University , said she had been selling her own clothes and technology on apps and online .
`` I did n't think that I 'd ever have to sell belongings that I actually like and do n't want to get rid of but I 'm having to make ends meet . ''
Rowan said she has made £50 to put towards £400 of rent and bills due next month , but is hopeful of making more on social media if she can become an `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advertising on accounts which typically have a large following .
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`` I thought that would be a way to get money from companies to promote stuff .
`` I 've seen a lot of people doing that recently so I know it does work .
I thought it would be a good way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an orthodox way of getting a job . ''
Rowan said she had spotted many other students about the same age as her trying similar tactics on the social media app .
After her father was put at risk of redundancy , Rowan felt unable to ask her parents to help .
`` If , say , my dad does get made redundant then I will have to start looking into options where I have to pay everything entirely by myself , and I ca n't rely on someone for that , so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ card and having to pay back interest on it . ''
Swansea University said it had seen an average increase of 190 % in applications for its hardship fund while Cardiff Metropolitan said it had seen a 125 % increase .
Figures from the Office of National Statistics showed popular student industries such as retail and hospitality were among some of the worst affected by lockdown , with a 65-90 % drop in job opportunities compared to the previous quarter .
And a recent NUS survey suggested almost half of students in Wales @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a loss of income as a result of coronavirus .
NUS Wales President Becky Ricketts said : `` A lot of students are now weighing up do they go to university or not based on their finances .
`` They could fall behind on rent payments , they could fall behind on bills , car payments , even travelling to university or being able to get food or a hot meal in a canteen .
`` We hear about the phrase 'heating versus eating ' and for some students that is absolutely how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Places such as Bangor and Aberystwyth , where students made up the bulk of the population , face a catch-22 situation if students were no longer able to support themselves , Ms Ricketts said .
`` A lot of students bolster the hospitality and the retail sector , if those students then are n't coming through to universities then there is the question of how do those sectors survive without the student input . ''
Natalie Earley , 24 , a journalism student at the University of South Wales , said she could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the two hospitality jobs in which she had worked before lockdown .
`` I have n't been able to do the jobs I had because they 're events-based and there 's obviously no events at the moment , '' she said .
`` For the next academic year , for the first term , it 's looking quite likely that I 'm going to have to go back home to Manchester to my parents and do it remotely because I do n't have any work going on .
`` I 'll try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment it 's looking quite unlikely . ''
Dana Coaley , 21 , who is studying to be a teacher at Aberystwyth University , said she had been relying on working at a children 's summer camp in Shropshire , where she was employed last year .
`` It was n't until I went on their website that I found the company was closed down for the summer because of coronavirus , '' she said .
`` I 've probably lost out on over £1,000 .
It 's quite a significant weight on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on people like my parents or my partner .
`` If it was n't for those people I do n't even think I would have had a place to live or food or anything .
`` People do n't realise , they view students as people who go out partying and waste their money .
Most of my friends at university never went out a single night because of the financial struggles and that was before lockdown . ''

"If, say, my dad does get made redundant then I will have to start looking into options where I have to pay everything entirely by myself, and I can't rely on someone for that, so probably the answer will be a credit card and having to pay back interest on it."


bbcuk--2020-08-10--Gloucester Cathedral: 12th century candlestick recreated using 3D printing

A 12th Century candlestick will `` return '' to its home city of Gloucester after nearly 900 years after being recreated using 3D printing technology .
The original Gloucester Candlestick has been held in the Victoria and Albert Museum ( V & A ) in London since 1861 .
It has been been replicated with modern scanning and 3D printing methods .
Two replica candlesticks have been made and will be displayed in Gloucester Cathedral , one in the gallery chapel and the other in the treasury .
The original gilded copper candlestick was made in about 1110 and commissioned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abbey in Gloucester .
An inscription on the candlestick reads : `` The devotion of Abbot Peter and his gentle flock gave me to the Church of St Peter of Gloucester '' .
It is decorated with a menagerie of real and fantastic creatures and its decorations have been interpreted as the struggle of vice and virtue , as the creatures strive to reach the light or sink into the darkness below .
The circumstances of how the candlestick left Gloucester are shrouded in mystery .
On 8 March 1122 St Peter 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle stated only a few books and three vestments survived intact .
The V & A has suggested the candlestick could have been looted during the fire , or not counted among the surviving objects because it had already left the Church of St Peter .
It eventually travelled to Le Mans Cathedral in France , and many years later was sold to the V & A in the 19th Century by a Parisian collector .
Gloucester Cathedral archivist Rebecca Phillips said : `` It 's been so long away from us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it 's been away as well .
`` Who knows what it went through during the French revolution ?
`` It 's lovely to have it back , and also it 's now accessible to anyone of faith and no faith as well .
The beauty of it is just gorgeous . ''
The replicas have been made by local engineering company Renishaw .
Its engineers carefully scanned and mapped the candlestick using 3D printers before the replicas were formed using aluminium powder over several days .
They were then hand-finished to enhance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a gold patina was applied to the grey surface of each piece at a foundry in Stroud .
Renishaw 's Mike Jones described the work as `` a privilege '' , and added : `` I can see this technology being used a lot more for this type of work - replicating parts that are valuable and that you can let people touch . ''
The cathedral hopes to have the replicas installed before the Gloucester History Festival in September , when they will be the focus of a series of lectures and @ @

It is decorated with a menagerie of real and fantastic creatures and its decorations have been interpreted as the struggle of vice and virtue, as the creatures strive to reach the light or sink into the darkness below.


bbcuk--2020-08-10--Coronavirus: PM understands 'anxiety' over exam grading

It is understandable that there is `` anxiety '' over exam grades , the prime minister has said , as pupils prepare to receive estimated results this week for tests cancelled during lockdown .
Visiting a school in London , Boris Johnson said he was also `` very , very keen that exams should go ahead as normal '' in the coming academic year .
A-level results in England , Wales and Northern Ireland are due on Thursday .
It comes as ministers try to persuade parents that reopening schools is safe .
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools and the plan to fully reopen England 's schools in September was guided by the best science .
Government advisers have warned the nation may have reached the limit of what can be reopened in society safely .
But asked on a visit to a school in east London whether parents should brace for local closures to combat flare-ups of the virus , Mr Johnson said education was a priority .
`` The last thing we want to do is close schools .
Education is a priority for the country - that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
And with pupils in England , Wales and Northern Ireland awaiting A-level results this week , Mr Johnson said he wanted their hard work `` properly reflected '' .
`` Clearly , because of what has happened this year , there is some anxiety about what grades pupils are going to get , and everybody understands the system that the teachers are setting the grades , then there 's a standardisation system , '' he said .
`` We will do our best to ensure that the hard work of pupils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's comments came as pressure mounted on Scotland 's Education Secretary John Swinney to U-turn over grades for cancelled exams after protests from pupils .
The Scottish Qualifications Authority lowered grades estimated by teachers using an algorithm - with pass rates for pupils in deprived areas downgraded further than those in more affluent parts .
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Guidance on reopening schools has been published for England .
There are also separate plans for Wales , Northern Ireland and Scotland , where schools are scheduled to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pupils who are nervous about exam results and going back to school .
But it is ministers who are feeling the heat , over a pile-up of school-related problems .
A-level results are out this week - and Boris Johnson has been empathising with the `` anxiety '' of students getting replacement grades .
Did he also reveal how confusing it will be ?
`` Everybody understands the system that the teachers are setting the grades , then there 's a standardisation system , '' Mr Johnson said on a school visit .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ grades will have less influence than it initially appeared .
Instead the key factors will be how students are ranked and schools ' results in previous years - with warnings this will be unfair to bright pupils in low-achieving schools .
The threat of a backlash over exams comes on top of the high political stakes over getting pupils back into school full-time in September .
Head teachers are warning again that to get everyone back in school they need less political rhetoric and more practical solutions .
Schools across the UK closed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of key workers or vulnerable children .
On 1 June , they began a limited reopening for early years pupils , Reception , Year 1 and Year 6 .
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On Sunday , the UK reported a further eight people had died after testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 46,574 .
A further 1,062 people tested positive for Covid-19 .
In another development , gyms , swimming pools , leisure centres and children 's play centres are being allowed to reopen in Wales on Monday , in a further easing of the lockdown restrictions .
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"Clearly, because of what has happened this year, there is some anxiety about what grades pupils are going to get, and everybody understands the system - that the teachers are setting the grades, then there's a standardisation system," he said.


bbcuk--2020-08-10--Coronavirus: Gyms, pools and play centres in Wales reopen

Gyms , swimming pools , leisure centres and play centres are reopening as lockdown continues to ease in Wales .
A personal trainer in Cardiff said he was excited to get back to the gym , but had found it `` amazing '' to see how the industry had adapted to working online .
A soft play centre owner in Rhondda Cynon Taff said she was excited but surprised to be able to reopen as businesses in England await a date .
Councils have been given extra powers to enforce legal requirements .
The Welsh Government said businesses are legally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exposure to coronavirus '' on their premises .
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• Implementing measures to avoid close interaction when social distancing is not possible , such as installing screens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Providing customers and staff with information to help them understand what they need to do in order to stay safe on the premises • Areas which can not be easily cleaned - such as ball pits - should remain closed .
While gyms and leisure centres are able to reopen , they will look very different to the way they did before the pandemic .
Saunas and steam rooms will remain closed , equipment will be more spread out to allow social distancing and swimmers are asked to arrive at the pool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of lockdown , people were limited to exercising outside once a day , not allowed to travel except for essential reasons , and were unable to exercise in groups .
`` Initially I thought 'you can close whatever you like , but just not the gyms ' , '' said Louise Downie-Davies , who had been attending small personal trainer-led classes at SOS Athletic Excellence , in Cardiff .
Since that day , Ms Downie-Davies said she has been working from home , training from home and `` attempting '' to home-school two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gym quickly switched to classes held over Zoom , which she enjoyed `` more than I thought I would '' .
Asked how she felt about returning to the gym , Ms Downie-Davies said : `` I 'm not as excited as I thought I might be .
`` I think that 's because I have been doing difficult stuff in my home workouts .
`` But it will be nice being out of the house and seeing gym friends - it 's good to have the motivation and competition . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see facilities reopen after several months of restricted forms of exercise .
Shaun Paul , who attends a gym in St Asaph , Denbighshire , said : `` I was only coming here about three months before the lockdown but I have been really missing it .
It 's really nice to get back in the gym and get a good a sweat on . ''
Ms Downie-Davies 's personal trainer , Greg Foley , said the gym had `` got ahead of the curve '' in terms of online sessions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ classes `` should make it easier to transition out of lockdown '' .
But he explained personal trainer-led businesses have had difficulties in other ways , particularly when it comes to taking on new customers when they can not meet in person .
`` It has been very hard to build that emotional connection , which is important in getting the client to buy into the process , '' Mr Foley said .
`` If they do n't trust you , they wo n't trust what you are trying to get them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adapt quickly to online working to survive , and Mr Foley believes some changes may become permanent .
`` As a personal trainer , I was taught 'online would never work ' , so it has been amazing to see how quickly the industry has changed .
`` A lot of clients will be happy to stay online because they have seen that , actually , gym equipment is not absolutely necessary to what they want to achieve .
`` They see the amount of family time wasted , whereas they can drive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minutes . ''
Another Cardiff gym owner thinks the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of physical fitness for overall welfare .
`` The benefits the fitness industry can have on individuals in terms of keeping them fit and healthy and safe , that 's something that has to be the priority going forward , '' said Robin Soden-Taylor , of Ion Strength and Conditioning .
But the restrictions will impose extra costs on businesses that will not be operating at full capacity .
`` Since it was announced , everyone 's been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back ? '
, '' said Paul Jenkins , director of the Diplomat Hotel and Spa , in Llanelli .
`` We 've had to get all the sanitising machines .
They 're all essential .
Extra staff have been taken on in the gym for sanitising .
`` For equipment , screens have been put in reception , and signage everywhere .
It does work out quite expensive , but it 's got to be done . ''
Angharad Collins , who runs the Leisure Trust in Torfaen , said the restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast , she said : `` The measures that we have put in place , we completely understand that we have to do that for Covid , but the social distancing measures and the amount of people that we can have in the building are causing us a commercial viability issue .
`` So for example in my gym I 'd usually be able to take 50 people but I can only take 13 now .
In my swimming pool , where I usually could fit 50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 people . ''
`` We hope the general public appreciate the measures that we 've put in place for their safety and for our staff . ''
Children 's play centres in England have still not been given a date for reopening , making Friday 's announcement a surprise for some in Wales .
`` We were n't expecting it at all , '' said Carol James , owner of Tiny Tumblers , in Church Village , near Pontypridd .
`` We were waiting for England to get the go-ahead , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks behind England . ''
Although it would have been nice to have `` more time and more guidelines '' , Ms James said the news was `` fantastic - I ca n't wait '' .
And Gwen Evans , owner of Cantref Adventure Farm in Brecon , told BBC Radio Wales the news had come `` very suddenly '' .
`` We were n't expecting to be able to open the soft play , so we 've been busy putting processes in place , '' she said .
`` We 've been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot of logistics to get it up and running for Monday , but it will be fantastic . ''
Ms Evans added that extra costs and the loss of income from what is usually one of the busiest times of year , would make it an `` uncertain autumn and winter '' .

Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, she said: "The measures that we have put in place, we completely understand that we have to do that for Covid, but the social distancing measures and the amount of people that we can have in the building are causing us a commercial viability issue.


bbcuk--2020-08-10--Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find

A metal detectorist was left `` shaking with happiness '' after discovering a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts in the Scottish Borders .
A complete horse harness and sword was uncovered by Mariusz Stepien at the site near Peebles in June .
Experts said the discovery was of `` national significance '' .
The soil had preserved the leather and wood , allowing experts to trace the straps that connected the rings and buckles .
This allowed the experts to see for the first time how Bronze Age horse harnesses were assembled .
Mr Stepien was searching the field with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buried half a metre underground .
He said : `` I thought ' I 've never seen anything like this before ' and felt from the very beginning that this might be something spectacular and I 've just discovered a big part of Scottish history .
`` I was over the moon , actually shaking with happiness . ''
Mr Stepien and his friends camped in the field as archaeologists spent 22 days investigating the site .
He said : `` Every day there were new objects coming out which changed the context @ @ @ @ @ @ @ learned something new .
`` I 'm so pleased that the earth revealed to me something that was hidden for more than 3,000 years .
I still ca n't believe it happened . ''
Archaeologists found a sword still in its scabbard , decorated straps , buckles , rings , ornaments and chariot wheel axle caps .
There is also evidence of a decorative `` rattle pendant '' that would have hung from the harness , the first to be found in Scotland , and only the third in the UK .
Emily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's Treasure Trove Unit , said it was `` a nationally-significant find . ''
She said : `` So few Bronze Age hoards have been excavated in Scotland , it was an amazing opportunity for us to not only recover bronze artefacts , but organic material as well .
`` There is still a lot of work to be done to assess the artefacts and understand why they were deposited . ''
The beginning of the Bronze Age in Britain can be put at about 2,000 BC .

He said: "I thought 'I've never seen anything like this before' and felt from the very beginning that this might be something spectacular and I've just discovered a big part of Scottish history.