Babak Belurs

Senin, 12 April 2021

COVID-19: Snow, sleet and freezing temperatures to hit UK as pub beer gardens reopen in England - Sky News

It's set to be a chilly return to pubs in England today, with snow, sleet and low, single digit temperatures forecast for large parts of the UK.

And while the northern parts of England will stay bright this morning, the southern half of the nation faces rain, sleet and snow showers during the day, with flurries seen in west London, as well as Reading, Berkshire, Sevenoaks, Kent and parts of Oxfordshire already.

The easing of coronavirus restrictions today will see - as well as pubs - outdoor dining areas, non-essential shops, hairdressers, indoor gyms, swimming pools, nail salons and zoos welcoming customers for the first time in 2021.

Boris Johnson has urged the UK to "behave responsibly" as pubs start serving again.

While people can enjoy meeting outside, the rules around indoor gatherings in England are still strict.

Around 40% of adults are yet to receive a first dose of a COVID vaccine, and only 7.5 million have had both jabs.

While people in England are heading back to the pub today, other parts of the UK have to wait a bit longer.

Wales is aiming to reopen outdoor hospitality on 26 April, the same day as Scotland.

Outdoor dining remains restricted in Northern Ireland.

The gloomy return to pubs in England comes following a chilly weekend with patches of snow seen in various regions of the UK.

Heavy rain and areas of hill snow are expected in Northern Ireland, Wales and western parts of England on Monday morning.

Throughout the day these showers will move south-eastwards, pushing into southern parts and the Midlands by the middle of the morning and hitting the south coast during the afternoon and into the evening.

Temperatures are forecast to be from around 6C (43F) in the Scottish isles to 12C (53.6F) in Cornwall.

London is expected to see temperatures around 10C (50F) and Manchester 7C (44.6F).

Scotland and northern England will have a sunny start to the week.

Overnight into Tuesday will see temperatures around freezing for much of the country, with the rest of the week cold but dry.

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Minggu, 11 April 2021

Prince Philip: Harry 'back in the UK' ahead of Duke of Edinburgh's funeral on Saturday - Sky News

Prince Harry has reportedly arrived in the UK and is in quarantine ahead of Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday.

He is said to have arrived at Heathrow on a British Airways flight from Los Angeles at 1.15pm on Sunday.

The Sun says Prince Harry was met by police and security on the tarmac and driven away in a Range Rover. He is thought to have been taken to Kensington Palace, the newspaper added.

Buckingham Palace confirmed on Saturday that he would be making the journey, but Meghan has been advised not to travel because she is heavily pregnant.

Watch live coverage of Prince Philip's ceremonial funeral service on Sky News, the website and app from 2pm on Saturday

The Duke of Sussex will not have time to complete 10 days' quarantine but the rules allow people to temporarily leave their place of isolation on "compassionate grounds", which includes a funeral.

Harry will have needed to provide a negative COVID test before travelling and will have to return two more in the UK - as well as stating his quarantine address.

His trip is an "ideal opportunity" to mend family rifts laid bare by the Oprah Winfrey interview, according to former prime minister Sir John Major - who was guardian to Harry and William after their mother's death.

Prince Philip's funeral is also affected by coronavirus rules that limit funerals to 30 people, meaning tough decisions about who can attend.

Around 800 people were set to be invited under planning that took place before the pandemic.

Boris Johnson has said he will not go to free up space for family that includes the Queen's four children and their spouses, as well as eight grandchildren.

A palace spokesman has said the royals would be following social distancing rules throughout, meaning staying two metres from people outside their household or support bubble.

It comes as the Queen described her husband's death as leaving a "huge void in her life", according to Prince Andrew.

Speaking on Sunday, he said the monarch was "feeling it, I think, probably more than everybody else", and called her "incredibly stoic".

"But we - the family, the ones that are closer - are rallying round to make sure that we're there to support her, and I know there is a huge amount of support not just for her but for everybody as we go through this enormous change," the prince added.

The Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward's wife, described the duke's death as "very peaceful".

"It was right for him and, you know, it was so gentle. It was like someone took him by the hand, and then he went," she said.

"Very, very peaceful and that's all you want for somebody, isn't it?"

Political leaders from across the UK are today returning early from the Easter break to pay respects to the duke.

MPs are back at the Commons a day early, the Welsh and Scottish Parliaments are being recalled, while the Northern Ireland Assembly will also see members pay tribute.

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2021-04-12 01:06:45Z
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COVID-19: As pub gardens, hairdressers and outdoor dining opens in England, PM urges nation 'behave responsibly' - Sky News

Boris Johnson has urged the nation to "behave responsibly" when pub gardens reopen and restaurants resume outdoor dining in England on Monday.

In the next major step in the easing of England's coronavirus lockdown, shops deemed non-essential will also reopen, as will hairdressers, indoor gyms, swimming pools, nail salons and zoos.

However, social mixing indoors will remain heavily restricted, with around two in five adults yet to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - and the vast majority yet to get both.

The prime minister, who has postponed his long-awaited pub garden pint out of respect for the late Duke of Edinburgh, has urged caution during the "major step forward".

Mr Johnson said: "I'm sure it will be a huge relief for those business owners who have been closed for so long, and for everyone else it's a chance to get back to doing some of the things we love and have missed.

"I urge everyone to continue to behave responsibly and remember 'hands, face, space and fresh air' to suppress COVID as we push on with our vaccination programme."

In England, pubs and restaurants have been making changes during lockdown to maximise their ability to serve customers outside.

But the British Beer and Pub Association estimates that just 40% of licensed premises have the space to reopen for outdoor service.

The previous 10pm curfew rule and the requirement to order a substantial meal with a drink have been scrapped, but social distancing must be observed.

Domestic holidays can resume to an extent, with overnight stays permitted in self-contained accommodation, such as holiday lets and campsites where indoor facilities are not shared.

But these can only be used by members of the same household or support bubble.

International holidays remain banned until an unknown date, amid a row over the cost of testing.

People will not be allowed to visit each other's homes, with socialising indoors still prohibited outside support bubbles.

It will be the third in a series of easings since the third national lockdown was legally imposed in England on 6 January.

The next significant date is 17 May, when socialising indoors will be permitted under the "rule of six" - if the prime minister judges that the vaccination programme is safely breaking the link between infections and deaths.

Meanwhile, Wales will also enjoy renewed freedoms from Monday, with non-essential retail reopening and border restrictions eased to permit travel again with the rest of the UK and Ireland.

Remaining school pupils will return to face-to-face teaching in Wales and Northern Ireland, in moves being echoed in Scotland as pupils return from their Easter breaks.

The "stay at home" order in Northern Ireland will also end as the number of people permitted to meet outdoors rises from six to 10.

Professor Peter Horby, chairman of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told Times Radio: "The watchword has got to be caution, really.

"It's not clear exactly when or how big it will be, but there is, I think, inevitably going to be a bit of a rebound in the number of cases when things are relaxed."

The Oxford University academic said the vaccination programme will minimise hospital admissions and deaths but warned it will not be completely effective.

"I think we can be joyful and enjoy the freedoms but we've still got to realise there's still a large number of people who've not been infected or vaccinated and so they will be at risk."

After three months of full national lockdown, the government said on Sunday that a further seven people had died in the UK within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test.

Around 61% of adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to official figures suggesting that more than 32 million people have received a jab. More than 14% have had both doses.

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2021-04-11 21:30:52Z
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Greensill affair: David Cameron accepts 'lessons to be learnt' as he breaks silence over lobbying scandal - The Independent

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2021-04-11 20:56:52Z
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Prince Harry arrives back in UK for Prince Philip's funeral a year after leaving - Daily Record

Prince Harry has reportedly arrived back in the UK ahead of his grandfather’s funeral.

He flew back from the US to honour the life of grandfather Prince Philip, who died peacefully age 99 on Friday.

Our sister title The Mirror reports how Harry’s arrival is a significant reunion with his family after leaving with wife Meghan and splitting from royal life.

Through the pandemic Harry and Meghan have lived in the US and last month gave a bombshell tell-all interview to Oprah Winfrey that plunged Buckingham Palace into crisis.

It is believed Harry would likely isolate for around five days after arriving from the United States, where he lives with Meghan, who is pregnant with a baby girl, and son Archie.

Harry is thought to be allowed to avoid England's coronavirus quarantine rules due to his status.

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But reports speculated he would avail of the allowance for travellers to end the mandatory ten-day quarantine early by taking a test privately.

A witness told The Sun they saw Harry arrive from a British Airways flight at London's Heathrow Airport where police were waiting on the tarmac at 1.15pm on Sunday.

He was reportedly wearing chinos, a jacket and black face mask, and was met by security off the plane before getting into a black Range Rover and being driven away.

Under England's rules, travellers may leave self-isolation after five days if their Covid test returns a negative result.

The palace is steadily unveiling details of plans for Philip's funeral, and has confirmed the royals will be respecting his wish of a private funeral which the public will not be invited to attend.

It will be held at St George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle on Saturday, April 17, and will coincide with a national three-minutes' silence.

Boris Johnson met with ministers, royal representatives and police on Friday to discuss plans for the official period of mourning.

Under current coronavirus guidelines, only 30 people, in addition to the clergy, will be allowed to be present at the Queen's husband's funeral, putting the monarch in a tricky position as an intimate circle of mourners will have to be hand-picked.

Charles will lead the procession of mourners on foot, and brothers Harry and Prince William are expected to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for the ceremony after long and tense months apart.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has said a "show of unity" would be vital for healing Harry's rift with the family after the "very damaging" allegations he and Meghan made during their Oprah interview.

Sources told the Mirror the Duke of Sussex spoke to several members of his family on Friday following the Duke of Edinburgh's death.

Prince Philip and The Queen (Image: Tim Graham/Getty Images)

The insider said he spoke to his father, Prince Charles, along with cousins Beatrice and Eugenie, and told them of his plans to return to the UK for the funeral.

Last month when Philip was in hospital recovering from an infection and heart surgery, Harry isolated at the California mansion he shares with Meghan and had a private jet on standby in case he needed to fly home.

Philip had been shielded from the details of Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview as he recovered from surgery.

Harry and Meghan paid tribute to Philip after his death by replacing the home page of their Archewell charitable foundation with a message reading: “In loving memory of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. 1921-2021.

Greensill: Lessons to be learnt over lobbying - Cameron - BBC News

David Cameron has said he should have contacted the government “through only the most formal of channels" when lobbying for a financial firm.

The former prime minister has faced criticism for contacting ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital.

In his first statement on the issue, he said he should have left "no room for misinterpretation".

But Mr Cameron reiterated that he had broken no codes of conduct or government rules on lobbying.

He added: "However, I have reflected on this at length. There are important lessons to be learnt."

The Labour Party said Mr Cameron's statement had left "many serious questions" unanswered, and called for him to answer them before Parliament.

Hancock 'had drink' with Cameron and Greensill

It was revealed earlier that Health Secretary Matt Hancock had met Mr Cameron and financier Lex Greensill for a "private drink" in 2019 to discuss a new payment scheme for the NHS.

An ally of Mr Hancock said he had "acted in entirely the correct way".

The meeting is the latest in a series of Sunday Times disclosures about Mr Cameron's lobbying work since leaving office, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - whom he texted - among the ministers contacted.

Analysis box by Chris Mason, political correspondent

For three weeks the headlines kept coming. For three weeks David Cameron said nothing.

And now this - the former prime minister admits he made a dud judgement call.

Forget the rules; this is about the sniff test. Does it smell bad? Does it feel right?

Plenty had been saying no it doesn't, and now David Cameron appears to agree.

It's a lengthy statement from him, worthy of detailed examination.

But it boils down to this: he acknowledges texting and ringing the chancellor and going for a private drink with the health secretary, as part of his paid work for a private company, was a bad idea.

There's another point worth making too: journalism matters.

The work of the Financial Times and the Sunday Times, ferreting out awkward truths, is what has prompted this.

Mr Greensill, an Australian, worked as an unpaid adviser to Mr Cameron's government, and the former prime minister went on to be employed by his company - Greensill Capital - in 2018, two years after leaving Downing Street.

In his statement, Mr Cameron said: "In my representations to government, I was breaking no codes of conduct and no government rules.

"Ultimately, the outcome of the discussions I encouraged about how Greensill's proposals might be included in the government's CCFF (Covid Corporate Financing Facility) initiative - and help in the wake of the coronavirus crisis - was that they were not taken up.

"So, I complied with the rules and my interventions did not lead to a change in the government's approach to the CCFF."

He added: "As a former prime minister, I accept that communications with government need to be done through only the most formal of channels, so there can be no room for misinterpretation."

Mr Cameron added that he had worked for Greensill Capital in the belief that there "would be a material benefit for UK businesses at a challenging time".

"That was, in large part, my reason for working for Greensill in the first place," he said.

The company recently collapsed, with the loss of 440 jobs.

Mr Cameron said: "I completely understand the public interest in this issue, given the impact of Greensill's collapse on the hundreds of people who worked for the company and on other businesses and livelihoods. I feel desperately sorry for those affected."

He added that Mr Greensill had been brought in as a government adviser by then-Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, in 2011.

"He was not a political appointee," Mr Cameron said, "but part of the Civil Service drive to improve government efficiency."

He continued: "The false impression has been created that Lex Greensill was a close member of my team, meeting with me on a regular basis.

"The truth is, I had very little to do with Lex Greensill at this stage - as I recall, I met him twice at most in the entirety of my time as prime minister."

Mr Cameron - who was in Downing Street from 2010 to 2016 - is reported to have told friends he was set to earn as much as £60m from shareholdings in Greensill Capital prior to its collapse, although this has since been disputed.

Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves said: "The events unfolding over the last few weeks stretch across government and affect thousands of people.

"Transparency and accountability are crucial and that requires the utmost openness from government to establish the full facts behind this scandal."

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2021-04-11 19:58:26Z
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Bafta Film Awards 2021: Nomadland and Promising Young Woman win big - BBC News

Nomadland, a film about a woman who lives in a van in the American West after the financial crash, has taken top honours at the Bafta Film Awards.

It scooped four prizes including best film, best actress for its star Frances McDormand and best director.

That made Chloe Zhao only the second woman to win best director in 53 years of Bafta history.

Meanwhile, Sir Anthony Hopkins won best actor for The Father, 24 years after his last competitive Bafta win.

The 83-year-old, who won for playing a man losing his grip on reality, was not watching Sunday's ceremony and later said he only found out he'd won when he heard cheering from the next room.

"I was sitting here painting, and I heard this cheer go off next door," he said after the ceremony. "I thought, what the hell's happened? I thought they were watching a football match. And they came in and said I'd won."

The key Bafta winners

Best film - Nomadland
Best British film - Promising Young Woman
Best actress - Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best actor - Sir Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best supporting actress - Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best supporting actor - Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best director - Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Most winners were watching live and delivered acceptance speeches remotely, with none of the nominees at the Royal Albert Hall in person.

Zhao, who was born in China and is based in the US, referred to her education in the UK when she told the ceremony: "I think I just made my teacher at Brighton College very proud."

Her win comes 11 years after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win best director for The Hurt Locker, and Zhao's victory means she is the first woman of colour to pick up the prize. Nomadland will be released in the UK on Disney+ on 30 April.

British star Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor for playing Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

The supporting actress trophy went to South Korea's Yuh-Jung Youn for playing a grandmother in Korean-American drama Minari. Giving her speech in broken English, the 73-year-old said the award meant a lot because Brits were "snobbish" people.

"Every award is meaningful, but this one especially recognised by British people, known as very snobbish people, and they approved me as a good actor so I'm very, very privileged," she said.

Olivia Colman stars with Sir Anthony Hopkins in The Father

The prize for best British film went to Promising Young Woman, a revenge thriller about a woman, played by Carey Mulligan, who pretends to be blind drunk when men pick her up in bars and clubs.

Its writer and director Emerald Fennell also won best original screenplay. She joked that everyone involved in the film had made it for "a packet of crisps", and said the experience was "the greatest thing in my life".

Other winners included 18-year-old Bukky Bakray, who was named the rising star following her first ever acting role, in which she played a teenage girl abandoned by her mother in Rocks.

The low-budget film, set in east London, was the joint highest nominee along with Nomadland, with seven nominations each. Rocks also won the casting award for finding its group of largely novice young stars.

Other films to win two prizes included Disney/Pixar's animated hit Soul; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, adapted from August Wilson's play about a 1920s blues band; and Sound of Metal, which stars Riz Ahmed as a rock drummer who loses his hearing.

This year's shortlists included a diverse line-up of talent, following an outcry last year when voters only nominated white actors.

This time, 16 of the 24 acting contenders came from minority ethnic backgrounds, while 21 were first-time nominees.

The night began with a tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who was Bafta's first president between 1959 and 1966.

Co-host Edith Bowman said Prince Philip "occupies a very special place in Bafta's history, and our thoughts are with the Royal Family".

Bafta hosts Edith Bowman and Dermot O'Leary

The Duke of Cambridge had been due to appear in a pre-recorded segment, but pulled out following the death of his grandfather.

This year's Baftas were delayed by two months because of the pandemic, and come two weeks before the awards season reaches its climax with the Academy Awards.

Unlike the Baftas, Oscars organisers want nominees to appear in person and will have a London venue for the first time for UK-based contenders.

However, Sir Anthony said he would stay in Wales, where he is having "a quiet time", rather than travelling to take part in the Oscars.

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2021-04-11 19:49:18Z
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