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The business of getting there. the government guidelines say people should avoid public transport if possible. but for some english commuters, that simply isnt an option. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. uncomfortable scenes early this morning. in places, keeping your distance wasnt easy. some people are really conscious about keeping their distance, you know, the two metres, and other people just arent really. passenger numbers suggest relatively few people have gone back to wo...

Correspondent tom burridge. social distancing impossible in places this morning. london inevitably worst. not everyone was following the governments advice to cover your face. i have my mask with me, so if anything, i will put it on and just turn my head — my face off people. thats what im going to do, thats the plan. people who cannot work from home are now being encouraged to go back. some able to avoid public transport altogether, some of the time. when i have had to use it, it definitely i...

Lockdown, their tolerance is broken. india has always struggled with inequality, but in our memory, it has never been as starkly visible as it is right now. thejourney been as starkly visible as it is right now. the journey home is right now. the journey home is often perilous. doesnt have died along the way. among them, this 12—year—old. she worked on chilly farms. not far from her home in this tribal village in central india, she collapsed after walking for three days. translation: i think...

The us secretary of state mike pompeo has arrived in tel aviv, in israel in what is his first foreign trip since the outbreak of covid—19. he was wearing a face mask as he landed ahead for meetings with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and later his coalition partner benny gantz. in the last hour mr pompeo and mr netanyahu made some remarks at a joint news conference. they did of course begin with covid—19, but both men couldnt resist having a few words at the expense of israels re...

Distance wasnt easy. some people are really conscious about keeping their distance, you know, the two metres, and other people just arent really. passenger numbers suggest relatively few people have gone back to work. but managing the flow of people in parts of london is already hard. the unions say if overcrowding gets worse they will halt services. but there wasnt much of a rush hour in leeds. more people are travelling through large stations this week but its still way down on last year. the ...

Ramp up capacity soon. we are going to need everybody‘s help to make this work. we are going to start scaling up our services, so in some places have longer trains, so there is more space for people to maintain that social distance and, from next week, we will see a gradual upscale in services. the government concedes that social distancing will not be possible all of the time. and working out how many people get on a particular service at a particular stop, at a particular time, is complicate...

Sector to make sure that this is a phased, sensible and controlled return to schools because the people who suffer the most from schools not being open are those children who are so desperate to attend. seven weeks after the prime minister announced the lockdown, some restrictions have been eased in england. people who cant work from home are now encouraged to return to work, although avoiding public transport if at all possible. 0n the london underground this morning, passenger numbers were up ...

At a particular stop, at a particular time, is complicated. so the message is change the way you travel, if you can. absolute key here is for anybody who can to make alternative arrangements for travel, so cycling, walking — last week i put a £2 billion package together to try to encourage more cycling and walking and, if necessary, cars, as well. traffic on some of our main roads also appears to have risen. governments normally encourage us to ditch our cars, but now we are told any form of ...

Some able to avoid public transport altogether, some of the time. when i have had to use it, it definitely is still quite busy. i think a lot of people... some people are really conscious about keeping their distance, you know, two metres. and other people just arent, really. the rmt union says rail staff should refuse to work if they feel unsafe. train bosses plan to ramp up capacity soon. we are going to need everybody‘s help to make this work. we are going to start scaling up our services, ...

Train bosses plan to ramp up capacity soon. we are going to need everybody‘s help to make this work. we are going to start scaling up our services, so in some places have longer trains, so there is more space for people to maintain that social distance and, from next week, we will see a gradual upscale in services. the government concedes that social distancing will not be possible all of the time. and working out how many people get on a particular service at a particular stop, at a particula...