To meet friends and family in small groups outdoors, for the First Time Since lockdown measures were introduced, in late march. Sarah smith reports. The first eager steps out of hard lockdown, as six week old penny meets her widerfamily for the first time. You look a wee bit different in real life. Its unnatural, carefully keeping two metres apart. You just want to reach across. Oh, yeah. In scotland, two different households can meet, with a limit of eight people at a time. Theyre not to share food, cutlery or crockery and not to go indoors. Youre desperate to show her off to people, your family. It has been tough. And i dont want to get too personal, but did you go to the loo before you came . Idid. That was the last thing i said before we stepped out. Only if people stick to the rules will this new freedom persist. If people dont abide by it, were going to go backwards, which would be heartbreaking for us. The right to sunbathe, barbecue and picnic has been welcome to bbc news, deli
Charged with murder. In sport, liverpool may have to clinch the premier league title away from the city at a neutral venue with six fixtures set to be moved at the request of National Police bosses to avoid fans gathering outside. Good morning. Its saturday may 30. Our top story today two of the governments leading scientific advisers have questioned the decision to ease the lockdown in england. SirJeremy Farrar and professorjohn edmunds say that ministers are taking risks by allowing the gradual reopening of shops and schools, while there are still thousands of new infections confirmed every day. Their warning comes amid fears that this weekends warm weather will encourage people to ditch social distancing and ignore the rules. Charlotte rose has the latest. Ahead of the official easing of lockdown restrictions in england on monday, beaches and beauty spots have already seen an increase in crowds. With more hot weather expected this weekend, there are fears some people are dead in soc
Are to be eased, from monday. Duncan kennedy reports from the new forest. Across england, from the beaches of brighton to the scenery of surrey, its already starting to look crowded in some places ahead of mondays changes. In the new forest, most but not all families welcome the adjustment that allows groups of up to six people to meet. I dont think itll do any harm, as long as everyones sensible, yeah. So i think, yes, meet up, be sensible, keep a distance and i cant see it being a problem. Its dangerous. Weve got to keep on how we are doing now, social distancing and keep everything closed. New Police Figures in england show fines for breaching lockdown laws fell below 900 in the past two weeks, but guardians at popular places like this still have concerns about whats coming. Right across england, the rules do change from monday about social distancing. Whats your message to the public . The rules may change on monday, but our message remains the same, that you need to plan your visi
Picked it up in a couple of days and it worked well. It is a good point you make, it test is not a get out ofjail you make, it test is not a get out of jail free you make, it test is not a get out ofjailfree card. 50 you make, it test is not a get out ofjail free card. 50 that was margarets case. Let me put this one to linda. I havejust got back margarets case. Let me put this one to linda. I have just got back to work and got the call to isolate for 14 days. Shortly after i get another call from my employer saying they are not happy. It is my employer under does my employer have to comply or could i be sacked . |j suggest comply or could i be sacked . suggest you have a look on the government website. Employers are going to recognise that in order to continue to ease lockdown, the employers have to apply zoo macro comply and it is not ok for employers to do that. There will be verification that he has to self isolate that he will be able to send to his employers if their consent. The
England has seen the biggest relaxation of the lockdown since it was imposed 10 weeks ago. There has been criticism from some scientists that this is too much too soon. With the latest heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Enjoying new freedom in england today to meet outdoors in larger groups with social distancing. The rules in wales changed today as well. Scotland and Northern Ireland have already loosened the guidelines on meeting outdoors. So as the restrictions are eased, how will the authorities monitor the spread of the virus and try to keep it in check . A full testing and Contact Tracing system is seen as essential. As well as testing people, ministers say tracking down recent contacts of those who test positive will be vital to stopping the spread of the virus. Contact tracers have been appointed and the system launched, but already there are concerns. One contact tracer who wanted to be anonymous told us he had been given very little work since the launch last thursday. Weve he