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The interesting thing weve seen, the trend continuing in scotland and also now being reflected elsewhere in the uk. in england there is a note of caution. we saw this relaxation of some rules last monday, for instance allowing nightclubs to reopen again and we are unlikely to see the impact of that until sometime next week. jinn. that until sometime next week. jim, thank ou. at the same time, some business sectors have been calling on the government to give more clarity about the new schemes for...

Exemptions for named individuals for it to be exempt from isolation. this second scheme, brought in for a food distribution after concerns about the food supply team, we saw those pictures earlier in the week of supermarket shelves looking pretty empty, this was announced on wednesday and would allow some places like distributors that warehouses to have a rethink on site testing facilities so that workers there, if any were to get pinged, they could get daily tests instead of having to self—is...

When they are a contact. linda, the other thing that strikes me is that the relaxation of the isolation requirements, the self—isolation requirements, if pinged or contacted by test and trace for those who are double vaccinated, is due to come in on august 16th. that is in the middle of the school summer holidays. a lot of people will have been travelling, will be perhaps returning from foreign travel around then. how much of a question mark or uncertainty does that create around perhaps other...

If theyre contacted by nhs test and trace or "pinged" by the covid app. a government scheme which had just been for supermarket depots and food manufacturers, is now being extended to include front line emergency services and some transport workers. the scheme was due to start yesterday, but has been delayed until at least monday. our political correspondent helen catt is here. helen, this scheme is different to the first one that we heard about? yes, so what is happening here is a couple of dif...

Able to avoid self—isolation if theyre contacted by nhs test and trace or pinged by the covid app. a government scheme which had just been for supermarket depots and food manufacturers is now being extended to include front line emergency services and some transport workers. the scheme was due to start yesterday, but has been delayed until at least monday. richard burge is from the london chamber of commerce — he described the scheme as "inadequate and late." what we need is for the governme...

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That second scheme to emergency services — that second scheme to emergency services. so they will now be open to front _ services. so they will now be open to front line — services. so they will now be open to front line police, for example. firefighters, borderforce. and to front line police, for example. firefighters, border force. and they say initially— firefighters, border force. and they say initially 200 test centres will be say initially 200 test centres will he set _ say initially...

Holidays. in a sense, they are taking — holidays. in a sense, they are taking their lives in their hands, to go— taking their lives in their hands, to go on— taking their lives in their hands, to go on a — taking their lives in their hands, to go on a foreign holiday anyway because — to go on a foreign holiday anyway because you never quite sure what will happen and when the rules will change _ will happen and when the rules will change when you are abroad, but they were queueing up to...

Russian embassy to the united kingdom told us that russia treats covid—19 as a global threat and, fast, not interested in undermining global efforts the fight against it. we have now had that pfazze is being shut down. in the meantime, content creators need to be careful about spreading disinformation about covid—19 could get you banned on some platforms. charlie haynes the bbc news. a round up now of some of the stories making headlines here in the uk. more workers in england will now be ab...

From today, thousands of workers in the food supply chain could avoid self—isolation when they are �*pinged by the nhs covid app. staff at key sites will instead take daily tests so they can continue working, in an effort to keep supermarket shelves stocked. heres our business correspondent theo leggett empty supermarket shelves. pictures like these revive memories of panic buying and shortages seen at the start of the pandemic and prompted the government to take action. the food industry, l...