sarah corker, bbc news, in wakefield. borisjohnson says the response to the coronavirus pandemic, shows the uk is a "fantastically strong institution" speaking today on his first visit to scotland since the general election, he promised to be a prime ministerfor "every corner of the uk". but his trip comes as some polls suggest growing support for independence. there's also a significant gap between his approval ratings and those of scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. borisjohnson is, he stresses, the prime minister for every corner of the united kingdom. he's come all the way to 0rkney to make that point. with crab fishermen in stromness harbour, he is here to highlight what he calls the "sheer might" of the uk union and his government's economic response to coronavirus. what i'm saying is that the union is a fantastically strong institution, it's helped our country through thick and thin, it's very, very valuable in terms of the support we've been able to give to everybod

sarah corker, bbc news, in wakefield. let‘s talk to professor melita mills. she is the director of the leverhulme centre for democgraphic science at the university of oxford. she‘s the lead author of a report published by the royal society on the behavioural factors around face coverings. professor, thank you forjoining us. if there is one thing we are really get at here in the uk, it is glaring at other people. it is going to become a thing where from midnight we now glare at non—mask where is? glaring would actually be a very effective way to enforce and get people to comply and wear face coverings. but even more importantly... it is really hard to glare at somebody when you can‘t use the bottom part yourface. laughter. good point. but the country that have had no culture and wearing face coverings before, the us, italy, spain, they had a massive uptake with the rules were really clear in the main thing in the main factor is not always fines or enforcement, but as the public understanding why they need to wear them. so they have to understand that pro

at this bridal shop in wakefield, they are not sure how easy it is going to be to make everyone stick to the rules. i already have brides coming in that, i do make them wear a mask in the change rooms, but they don‘t take it off to look at themselves. it is very hard to envision how you will look on your wedding day with a big masking of a set it is not compulsory for shop it is not compulsory for shop workers to wear face coverings, but the government is recommending that employers consider their use where appropriate. the rules are a different across the uk. in wales, face coverings will become a mandatory on public transport from the 27th ofjuly, that is monday. in northern ireland, they are already required on public transport including ferries, and in scotland, face coverings are compulsory in shops, libraries and on public transport. taking a face covering with you when going out shopping will now have to be as routine as remembering your keys, your purse or your wallet. and while shoppers are adapting, retailers are also. so how will business owners adapt to the changes? we c

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wakefield, that's a debris good frame to launch the rest of our discussion today that you and i never have enough time. it's a fascinating to get that i want to thank you for your time today, dr. robert redfield. the 18th director of the centers for disease control and prevention. i get so much for joining us today. >> thank you very much steeper glad to be here. god bless. >> thank you. >> hello and welcome back. i'm steve clemons. the latter can be joining us for

then come barnsley, bradford, kirklees, 0ldham, peterborough, rochdale, sheffield and wakefield. in one area near barnsley a pop—up centre has been set up to help monitor the spread of the virus. i think it's important for everybody to get tested if they can do because if you have the virus you shouldn't spread it around, you should keep out of the way. i think there will be a lot more local lockdowns, you know? because i don't think it's ever going to go away. the government hopes new powers for local authorities in england to impose their own restrictions will remove the need for any further national lockdown. hugh pym, bbc news. the latest figures from the department of health show that in the last 2a hour period the deaths of another 114 people were recorded in the uk after testing positive for covid—i9, bringing the total number of people who've died to 45,233. on average in the last week, 83 people died every day from coronavirus. and hugh pym is here. there is some consternation tonight about how england's debt figures are calculated. yes, there is real confusion over

. >> reporter: but if you ask robert samits, a senior researcher with cushman and wakefield, most companies are still keeping their leases. >> most of these spaces, most of these buildings have leases in place, long-term leases in place from very well-funded companies, for the most part. so, you know, that's the good side of it. >> reporter: the tough side, not all of the 7,500 companies leasing building space in the city and county are well-funded. the real question is, how much longer will those tenants last? >> that's the tough question. you know, without -- without a vaccine, without other things in place, we just don't know. >> reporter: assuming there is progress with the covid vaccine, sam yis anticipates companies both big and small will start allowing employees, 25% or so, back into the office by the fall. of course, that will be gradual and depend on the current state of the pandemic. in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >>> join 7 on your side's michael finney tomorrow at 5:15 for housing help, renters and owners. we'll have a digital-only discussion with tenants and l

wakefield, that's a debris good frame to launch the rest of our discussion today that you and i never have enough time. it's a fascinating to get that i want to thank you for your time today, dr. robert redfield. the 18th director of the centers for disease control and prevention. i get so much for joining us today. >> thank you very much steeper glad to be here. god bless. >> thank you. >> hello and welcome back. i'm steve clemons. the latter can be joining us for the second hour of the future of health care summit. i'd like to thank our sponsor for their support of today's great program. we spent the first out on lessons we learn from the coronavirus pandemic. will expand to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. before we get underway a few housekeeping notes. you can tweet as at hashtag the health health and taking questions. i've got a bunch that already come in. speakers beware. if your experience, with a live stream lee's refresh the page. it should be a quick fix. that's what they say. let's get started. i'm please enter it

. >> reporter: but if you ask robert samits, a senior researcher with cushman and wakefield, most companies are still keeping their leases. >> most of these spaces, most of these buildings have leases in place, long-term leases in place from very well-funded companies, for the most part. so, you know, that's the good side of it. >> reporter: the tough side, not all of the 7,500 companies leasing building space in the city and county are well-funded. the real question is, how much longer will those tenants last? >> that's the tough question. you know, without -- without a vaccine, without other things in place, we just don't know. >> reporter: assuming there is progress with the covid vaccine, sam yis anticipates companies both big and small will start allowing employees, 25% or so, back into the office by the fall. of course, that will be gradual and depend on the current state of the pandemic. in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >>> join 7 on your side's michael finney tomorrow at 5:15 for housing help, renters and owners. we'll have a digital-only discussion with tenants and l

at this bridal shop in wakefield they're not sure how easy it's going to be to make everyone stick to the rules. i already have brides coming in, i do make them wear a mask in the changing rooms but then they do want to take it off to look at themselves. it's very hard to envision how you'll look on your wedding day with a big mask on your face. it's not compulsory for shop workers to wear face coverings but the government is recommending that employers consider their use where appropriate. the rules are different across the uk. in wales, face coverings will become mandatory on public transport from july the 27th — that's monday. in northern ireland, they are already required on public transport, including ferries, and in scotland face coverings are compulsory in shops, libraries and on public transport. taking a face covering with you when going out shopping will now have to be as routine as remembering your keys, your purse or your wallet, and while shoppers are adapting retailers are also. keith doyle, bbc news. danny savage is in northallerton. how have people been responding to

. >> reporter: if you ask rob, a senior refer with commercial real estate group cushman and wakefield, most are still keeping their leases. >> most of the buildings have leases in place long term leases in place, from very well funded companies for the most part. so you know, that's the good side of it. >> reporter: the tough side. not all the 7500 companies leasing building space in the city and county are well funded. the real question is, how much longer will those tenants last? >> that's the tough question. without a vaccine, without other things in place, we just don't know. >> reporter: assuming there is progress with the covid vaccine, he anticipates companies both big and small could start allowing 25% of employees back in the office by the fall. but it will be gradual and of course, it will depend on the current state of the pandemic. stephanie sierra. abc7 news. >> and it changes every day. give as you sense of the other areas of the market are softening a bit. >> for home buyers looking for a deal, the only real price reduction, and it is slight, is in condos for sale as we

holiday another resident had received the appropriate permit to paint them year-old in front of the wakefield taylor courthouse. >>if those defendants are convicted they face up to a year in jail livermore police chief michael harris announced he's retiring after 7 years as the city's top police officer. >>harris started his law enforcement career 1990 in oakdale in stanislaus county and then he soon transferred to the modesto police department where he rose to the rank of captain before he was hired as livermore as police chief in 2013 the city has started the process to try to recruit a new police chief and says it will start accepting applications in the coming weeks harris's decision will be effective on august 14th. >>kron 4 is hosting a live town hall next week with police chiefs from across the bay area we will talk about the changes. police departments are making across the nation calls for police reforms and how officers are working to regain the trust of their communities. you can join the conversation by submitting a video question for the police chiefs on our website kron 4 dot co

in that case the mmr vaccine was thought by andrew wakefield to cause autism. now we have a new group with a film called "plandemic which is making similar claims as well. a vaccine is our best route out of this predicament. though during the interim, we can do a lot to -- just by doing simple things like closing bars where people don't distance, talk loudly above music, and become disinhibited, and wear masks. i mean, this is really very straight forward. i was in china in january. every place i went people were wearing masks. you saw how rapidly that outbreak in wuhan was brought under control. we should be doing the same sorts of things here. there will be many vaccines that will be effective. i think this will be one of them. it has one drawback globally and that is because it is a based vaccine it is not stable in high temperatures. we need to get vaccines we can also send worldwide. >> so the lead virologist from the wuhan institute of virilology and you were mentioning you were there and i know you're familiar with the institute she has broken her silenc

the wetherby whaler in wakefield hasn't suffered from no—shows because the fish and chip trade is all about walk—ins. and there's been plenty of them. initially we thought we'd just do bookings only and then we soon realised that once we opened the door, booking wouldn't work because people were just coming up and saying, can we come in? so it's a party for how many people? to survive, restaurants need diners to come and enjoy. because no—shows means empty tables and empty tills. simon browning, bbc news. the foreign secretary says the uk and us have agreed to amend the "anomaly" that allowed harry dunn's alleged killer to claim diplomatic immunity. a court hearing last month heard that the "secret agreement" permitted anne sacoolas to return to her home country after a road crash which killed 19—year—old harry in august last year. dominic raab said the denial of justice was heart—breaking but said that "the new arrangements mean it could not happen again." let's speak now to harry dunn's mother charlotte charles and the family spokesperson radd seiger. charlotte, your react

to baroness sayeeda warsi — conservative peer and former chair of the conservative party — she's in wakefield, just outside the affected area, but first let's speak to lucy powell, the labour mp for manchester central. good morning, both. thank you for your time. we heard from jonathan about the confusion in the interview with the health secretary this morning, if we are even getting confusion from the health secretary, how are the rest of us meant to interpret and comprehend the rules? me included. look, isupport interpret and comprehend the rules? me included. look, i support any public health measure that keeps this virus under control and helps to save lives, but it is so important if we want people to comply with the rules that they understand what they are, and there isa understand what they are, and there is a great deal more transparency around the decision is likely had seen around the decision is likely had seen overnight, why they have been taken and seen overnight, why they have been ta ken and what seen overnight, why they have been taken and what they mean —— about the decis

your jeroen sfs lokerse is a managing partner in amsterdam for the real estate company cushman and wakefield which has kert converted its office into a test site for the 6 feet office. >> we follow the arrows. everything at the office is one way. >> carpet colors show employees where they can walk and can't. desks are no longer crowded together. >> there were in corner of the building there were 28 desk. at the moment there are 16. we have implemented simple things like these giant glass scriendz to people can sit across from you. >> how is your workplace at the home? hope to be back? >> very nice. better than at home? . and what mite be interesting is to see what the office used to look like. it's a lot of people in a very small space with not much privacy and difficult to make phone duals and be distracted by your colleagues around you. >> are you going to keep that old office sort of as a museum peels the way things used to be in the early 2nd century? >> i think it will be a museum piece. >> the open office is not isn't a new idea. as far as back back as the 1930s companies crowded as ma

our business correspondent sarah corker reports now from wakefield in yorkshire. going to the shops in the era of coronavirus comes with a whole new set of rules. in wakefield, at trinity walk shopping centre, retailers and customers are preparing for the latest change. come on in! you can sanitise your hands if you want to. inside this candle shop, owner tanya is taking a no—nonsense approach to compulsory face coverings. if someone refuses to wear a mask, what would you do? if they're just really not going to do it, i would just say, "i'm really sorry, but i can't serve you." rather than get into a situation of enforcing anything, i just won't let them in. face coverings are not a substitute for social distancing and regular handwashing but an additional measure to help stop the spread of the virus, and from tomorrow anyone not wearing one in shops and supermarkets here in england faces a £100 fine. and coverings are also compulsory while buying takeaway food, unless you're eating in — you don't have to wear one inside cafes and restaurants. some say the ru