2 Jul 2020

UK correspondent Hugo Gye

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 2 July 2020

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Lynn to talk about how, as most of England prepares to emerge from lockdown, the city of Leicester finds itself under renewed strict measures to combat a covid outbreak. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists it's time to look to the future and is promising to spend billions on infrastructure and this week will see an announcement on 'air bridges' with select European countries - that is, those that will accept tourists from the UK. And Hong Kong citizens get the offer of a pathway to citizenship to the UK.

A worker wearing PPE (personal protective equipment), of a face mask or covering as a precautionary measure against spreading COVID-19, wheels barriers into a branch of McDonalds in the city centre of Leicester.

A man wheels barriers into a McDonalds in Leicester, as the city prepared to go back into lockdown.  Photo: AFP