Civil servants in england are being urged by the government to return to work in their offices. In a letter seen by the bbc, the government wants 80 of Civil Servants to be at their workplace at least once a week by the end of the month. Unions have described the governments attitude as outdated. Our political correspondent, chris mason, has more. Usually vibrant, bustling, dynamic, and yet for much of the last six months many of our city centres have looked like this. Its time for that to change, says the government. The head of the civil service, sir mark sedwill, says the Prime Minister believes. This is whitehall, home to loads of government departments. Its actually relatively busy here today but still pretty quiet on weekdays. The government wants four in five Civil Servants in england to be back at their desks for at least some of the week by the end of this month with more and more people worrying that unless public and private Sector Workers return to the office there could be
Main differences High Pressure is building from the west, winds are lighter in the north. A view showers. More showers in england and wales. A slightly warmer day. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines a leading epidemiologist has warned the country is at a critical moment in the coronavirus pandemic, with many students preparing to travel to universities. Several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus theyll be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back into offices as quickly as possible following the coronavirus lockdown but one union has described the governments attitude as outdated. France records its highest rise in Coronavirus Infections since the start of the pandemic. Extinction rebellion activists have delayed the distribution of several National Newspapers after blocking access to three Pr
Showers and some sunny spells. Its sunday, september 6. Our top story. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton, in Greater Manchester, because of a rising number of cases. The infection rate is now the highest in england. The increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. Our reporter simonjones has this report. Everyone in bolton must play their part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions are introduced. The infection rate has risen to 99 cases per 100,000 people per week, the highest in england, with people aged between 18 49 accounting for 90 of cases. Residents are now being told to only use public transport for essential purposes and not to mix with other households in any setting, indoors and outdoors, in this part of a support bubble. Although, some restrictions are being lifted elsewhere, a ban on people from differen
Sure enough, on our arrival, clover was waiting for her interview. I did not know whether we would see her today but she is alreadyjust following their family around the corner. The whole family was greeted and sniffed. Even i was investigated. Changing my camera battery, clover came too. Even when packing away, it was worth seeing if any of my equipment was edible. However long this family friendship will last is anyones guess. Maybe clover will bring her own family for a visit one day. What a lovely story. Now its time for a look at the weather with alina. I hear it might get warmer . Yes, temperatures on the rise next week but at this weekend it is still cool and it will be sunshine and showers, showers in scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern England but overnight they will fade in scotland and Northern Ireland, keeping them in southern scotland, Northern England, a few in parts of wales, the midlands and south west england. Elsewhere, variable cloud, clear spells, temperature
Now on bbc news, click. This week the largest cache of terrorist content ever discovered online. But why is it so hard to take down . Unfurling the latest phone. And, stand up comedy in lockdown its no laughing matter. Hey, welcome back. I hope you are doing 0k. We are still here for you, and we always will be. Until we get the memo, at least. Hey lara, how are you . How was your time off . Do you feel refreshed . Oh, i certainly do, but its going to be back at work, even though that does just involve going to a quiet corner of my house and, of course, putting the click sign back up. How has your break been . It was quiet, to be honest. I managed to fill it doing all the things i have not had time to do in the last six months. Is that a break . I am not sure whether it is, really. I dont know, but it does feel like the start of a new chapter. Yeah, it does, it does. September has always been an important month for me end of summer, back to school and so on. But 19 years ago, one terrib