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By a significant amount, which we then need to pass on to our customers, where we can. so, this is all driving up costs, basically? absolutely, it is. next door, there is a business which trains up new drivers. steering quickly, driving as slow as you can. its getting plenty of interest from locals. the testing system is set to change soon to make it simpler, but the manager here says thats not a quick fix for the shortage. the idea is that they remove the middle test, so that you can go from yo...

Where we are seeing issues, its because of another problem — the lack of available lorry drivers. its thought this currently a shortfall of tens of thousands in the uk. the problem has been building for years but has been made worse by factors including the pandemic and brexit. this haulage firm in northampton has never found recruitment so hard. in the past few months, weve increased salaries twice, by a significant amount, which we then need to pass on to our customers, where we can. so, thi...

In other countricountries, a de and uptick again. i think one of the questions that the doctor outlined is what are we going to be looking at specifically. is it going to be cases? thats going to fluctuate a lot and so dependent on an inadequate testing system we still have in this country, or hospitalizations, which seems to be a truer measure. if hospitalizations are staying down, are we going to look at that as a level of success thats worth striving for. >> absolutely. good to see you, sanja...

Transfer test, entrance test, would finally come into effect in november of 2023. the document says it would consists of two tests, english and maths, and they would be on separate dates around two weeks apart and it will cost £20 for parents to enter children for a tester, although it would be free for children entitled to free school meals. i think there is a groundswell of opinion this should go ahead, but it is not a done deal. schools have to decide by this day next week whether they will ...

Place. the scheme they had, going back some months was, it was broader than vaccines, it was based on... results but it was a similar certification scheme. that meant with very little resistance the public expected it, there was already a high level of public engagement with the testing system, there was good vaccine take—up as well and that scheme has been so successful that the danish government are going to drop it in a few weeks because it has done its job and if you are asking me what the...

Lost faith in the testing system and the accuracy of test results? i dont know, but there are lots of implications, not least who bears the responsibility for the fact this test match will not be played. it is extraordinary- _ test match will not be played. it is extraordinary. with the india team up extraordinary. with the india team up 2—1 in the series, this was englands chance to level and share the spoils so what happens to the result? , , result? very interesting. the initial statement _...

Is not good enough if youre trying to determine or contain an outbreak in schools. so will a robust testing system be enough to keep schools open, particularly when kids under 12 cannot get the shot? >> so let me answer this this way. testing is still not a substitute for mandating a vaccine for all who are eligible and certainly not a substitute for enforcing and mandating masks which we know will protect especially the vulnerable and the kids under the age of 12. having said that, no. the answ...

International travel would be making the testing system much simpler and cheaper for british nationals when they return to the uk. thanks, adam fleming. scotlands first minister nicola sturgeon is to set out plans today for the lifting of most legal covid—19 restrictions in a statement to msps. the whole of scotland is currently in level zero of the virus alert system, and the first minister has said she is hopeful of going further on 9 august, which could see physical distancing rules relaxed...

The government is doing it is the second issue, its really about tourism and behind the scenes chancellor and others and to government we need to open up more given that tourism is already of happening and away across the rest of the world. and on the first one is going to take a lot of pressure off people sort of having to take tests with a testing system. though i do say i dont think of us requirement to self—isolate for ten daysis requirement to self—isolate for ten days is a massive hass...

All of this is a concern for the japanese public, especially in tokyo itself where cases continue to rise. but the international olympic committee insists that these positive cases do not post a wider threat to the population. heres one doctor whos advising the ioc. the degree of contact between the international community inside but the ledge and the local japanese population outside is extremely small, because as you know, the athletes arent travelling around tokyo, they are not using public t...