good morning, welcome to bbc news — i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines. a big increase in coronavirus testing across the country. the office for national statistics says 150,000 people a fortnight will be tested by october. this is an almost ten times expansion in our single most important tool for making policy decisions. ajump in inflation means railfares are set to rise by 1.6%, despite people being urged to head out and return to workplaces. universities write to the education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u—turn on a—level grades. thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart.

the us democrats formally choose joe biden as their presidential candidate at the party's online convention. and hands—free driving could arrive on uk roads by spring next year as the government launches a consultation on the technology. there's going to be a big expansion in free coronavirus testing to help monitor the spread of covid—19 across the uk. from october, 150,000 people will be tested every fornight as part of the 0ns household survey. the health secretary, matt hancock, has said the expansion of testing in the community will give the government a better understanding of where the virus is spreading. to be more accurate, to get more localised information, to have more nuance

in the information we get, we are going to expand it, essentially by almost ten times, so that we get more detailed information about where the virus is taking root, about whether that's men or women, about which parts of the country, so that we can better manage in a more targeted way the measures that we need to take to tackle the virus. as matt hancock said, it's a big increase that's being planned, from the 28,000 people who are being tested now. keith doyle reports. the same swab goes up each nostril and then into the liquid. this is part of the household infection survey, run by the office of national statistics. it is separate to nhs testing. it tests thousands of people, who have volunteered to estimate the level of infection across the population. and then in the outer bag. right. perfect. it is the most accurate indicator of infection levels in england. now it has been extended to also

include households in scotland, wales and northern ireland. the number of people being tested every two weeks is being increased from 28,000 to 150,000. quickly identifying local outbreaks, such as those in leicester, is seen as vital in combating covid—19. the 0ns believes extending its testing will show what is going on in much greater detail, right down to city levels, helping government and local authorities to quickly identify any outbreaks and impose restrictions and lockdowns. these police helicopter pictures show how the local restrictions currently in place in manchester were broken at the weekend. the organiser of this party was fined. testing, tracing and combating covid relies on people sticking to the rules. the new increased levels of testing will be in place by october and the results will be published every week. keith doyle, bbc news.

leicester, which was mentioned there in keith doyle's report, has started to emerge from two months of restrictions. beauty salons and nail bars there can re—open from today, as can spas, body—piercing and tattoo pa rlours. up to six people can meet outside, provided they follow social distancing guidelines. the city still has one of the highest rates of new cases in england. 0ur reporter geeta pendse sent this update from a beauty salon in the city. lots of excitement and anticipation about what today will bring us customers arrive at this beauty salon in leicester which will reopen for the first time since march. the localised lockdown here in leicester meant this reopening has been later than other parts of the country. well, femi latif is the owner of this beauty salon. how are you feeling today? nervous, anxious, but definitely happy. it's been a long time coming.

what's it been like in leicester during this localised lockdown, particularly for your business? it's been tough, i'm not going to lie. in my 32 years in business, it hasn't been tougher. i have been through two recessions and i've never experienced anything like this before. i know that you've had lots of phone calls, haven't you, when it was announced yesterday, so how are you feeling about what today and the next few months will bring? well, unfortunately we can't do face still so i've had to cancel about 60% of our clients who were booked in today, but i'm hoping that will come, it will be eased down in the next couple of weeks. but for the future, well, hopefully we have no more second or third waves and i'm just hoping we can carry on and get the business going as soon as possible. good luck today. everything is in place for customers to arrive here. and it's notjust beauty salons. tattoo parlours, tanning booths are among the businesses that can reopen today.

also outdoor venues like theatre and music venues and outdoor pools can reopen. there are still some restrictions in place so restrictions on gatherings in private homes, in gardens, and shielding is also still in place here but with some easing to the restrictions. but overall there is currently a sense of relief that these businesses at least can now reopen and welcome their clients. but 100 miles north of leicester, the town of 0ldham is said to be on the verge of a full local lockdown. it's already subject to restrictions applied across greater manchester. but further restrictions in 0ldham could see the closure of pubs and restaurants. the leader of 0ldham council, sean fielding, is working to avert a local lockdown. he says that while cases of coronovirus are higher than other parts of greater manchester, the town hasn't seen any related rise in hospital admissions or deaths. i do hope that they will consider that information. i think it's incredibly

relevant to whatever decision the government wishes to make. 0ldham is a place that's very closely linked with the rest of greater manchester and even parts of west yorkshire. if we were to close down nonessential shops in 0ldham, or pubs and bars, whatever it is, it's not practical to enforce the same kind of leicester style lockd own. and of course, if you were to close such nonessential businesses in 0ldham as part of any lockdown, then you risk people conducting their business, and shopping and socialising, in other parts of greater manchester, other parts of the north—west, and therefore potentially spreading the virus to other parts of the conurbation. we've got a really robust plan in place in terms of increasing the numbers of people that are having tests, in terms of really targeted engagement with our communities that we need to increase the uptake in taking tests and get their messages out about how important it is to self—isolate, and how important it is to quarantine if that's appropriate. so we believe we have the right plan

in order to bring this virus back under control in 0ldham and any local lockdown perhaps wouldn't deliver the results the government is looking for in terms of bringing the infection rate down and could be counter—productive and premature. well, the fine imposed on the gorton resident — who held a party where 200 people attended — has been welcomed by nigel murphy, the deputy leader of manchester city council. councillor murphy joins us now. the heat sensitive images obtained by greater manchester police helicopter are absolutely extraordinary, quite surreal that so many people were at this illegal gathering at the weekend. what do you think of the fact this was held? i was shocked when i saw the footage, both on social media of the party under way and then the aerial footage from greater manchester police yesterday. it's totally responsible to have a party this size particularly where we have the local lockdown conditions where nobody is meant to go to other

households. to have a party of 200 people like this is irresponsible and risks spreading the virus further. what people might not realise is the council and police we re realise is the council and police were then able to obtain a court order which means effectively this houseis order which means effectively this house is closed off to everybody, no one else can go in it, except the owner. the lockdown is in place for three months to prevent further activity like this was a marquee was put up in the garden. at any time, a party taking place at 2:15am with sony people is unacceptable to the local community. i want to send a clear message to people in greater manchester that parties of this sort are not acceptable and we will do everything in our power to stop them taking place in future. we need to declare that the lady who has the party has probably fallen victim to social media and people gate—crashing the party but having anything in the first place means it can get out of control and risks the virus spreading in the community when we are trying to keep it contained as much possible. she told

the manchester evening news she was expecting around 20 people and it got out of hand, but that is a big marquee for 20 people. yes, and 20 people is still against the current restrictions we have in place in greater manchester. as you heard from sean fielding in 0ldham, cases are rising in greater manchester and we need to do what we can to contain that so people are safe and we can return to normality as soon as possible and having parties like this is irresponsible, risking their own health, as well as the people they encounter afterwards. we need to do what we can to be sensible so we can try to get this local lockdown stopped as soon as possible. is a £100 fine enough for this kind of illegal gathering? it's very difficult for the individual, the £100, but we should also be looking at how we find the people who went there. it's notjust a lady who went there. it's notjust a lady who owns the house, it's the 199 other people who attended to also breaking rules as well and i think we need to look at that. 50p per person for attending makes it a bit ofa person for attending makes it a bit of a mockery of the top of the the

three months injunction on the house will make sure people see we take this seriously. what is your view on whether 0ldham this seriously. what is your view on whether 0ld ham should have this seriously. what is your view on whether 0ldham should have a local lockdown imposed ? whether 0ldham should have a local lockdown imposed? we have to work together. as sean fielding explained, the borders between the different boroughs of greater manchester, we know where the borders are as local authorities but most people don't, so we need to act together and do what we can to stop a leicester situation. the leicester restrictions have been reduced today, that's currently where we are in greater manchester, so the restriction of people in others' gardens and not meeting other people is what we have in greater manchester and if we can keep it at that level to try to contain it, it would be helpful. but what is going on in 0ldham? i don't know, i am a manchester counsellor and we work closely and we are seeing an increase across the board. we are doing what we can with local testing and working with the community to help them put a lid on it. deputy

leader of manchester city council, thank you. inflation went up last month following increases in petrol and clothing prices. it means some rail fares will rise next year by 1.6% as they're linked to the higher measure of inflation — the retail prices index. the official measure — the consumer price index — jumped to 1% in july from 0.6% injune — as lockdown measures eased further. let's talk to our business presenter ben thompson. how has this happened, when we are ina how has this happened, when we are in a recession? good morning, let's be really clear, it's really easy to get confused by all the percentages and what they mean for our daily spending, but in simple terms it means something that would have cost £100 last year will now cost £101 this year, that 1% rate of inflation. quite clearly there are three specific things we have been told this morning that have caused

it. one is a big increase in petrol prices, the biggest jump it. one is a big increase in petrol prices, the biggestjump in pump prices, the biggestjump in pump prices in more than a decade and that's because the price of oil on the global oil markets jumped significantlyjust the global oil markets jumped significantly just a few the global oil markets jumped significantlyjust a few months ago. they were being talked of as being negative but they have bounced back as the global economy is recovering. there have also been rises on clothing in shops. you might expect a lot of shops being shut, they are trying to sell off a lot of old stock but that hasn't happened. what normally happens this time of year is we have summer sales where retailers try to sell all the stuff they have not sold over the summer and that is just not happening with many retailers telling us they are putting that stuff into storage in the hope of selling it to us next year instead. the third issue has been the cost of things like haircuts or a visit to the dentist because the price of those has also gone up. particularly because many of those firms are having to spend a lot of money on ppe to keep

themselves and us safe. therefore themselves and us safe. therefore the cost we are paying for those services has also gone up. together it has meant that average prices have increased. what the bank of england have said is expect that to slow again next month, may be some costs start to filter out of the system, but nonetheless we should be clear that inflation is part of a healthy economy with prices rising slowly and steadily which suggests the economy is working again. in some respects it's a bit of good news this morning. the impact on some train fares from next january as well? you touched on the two differences there, the one i have talked about is the consumer prices index, the official recognised one. but the retail price index, that's now no longer used for many things except to fix the price that train tickets, regulated train fares, will rise from january next year. to be clear, regulated fares account for

around 40% of all tickets sold. they include things like season tickets, commuters coming into and out of big city centres, and also off—peak return tickets. providers and rail companies are limited in how much they can charge for those. they are determined by the retail price index which today came in at 1.6%, meaning from january next year, ticket price rises for regulated tickets can go up rises for regulated tickets can go up by rises for regulated tickets can go up by no more than 1.6%. expect a few announcements over the course of the day as we are told from those train companies how much they will raise prices but it is linked to those july figures but the changes will not come in untiljanuary next year. so, what of the impact on railfares? the passenger watchdog, transport focus, says this morning that a radical shake up of the system needs to go beyond a prices freeze for people who may in future only be commuting part—time in the new coronavirus normal. well, we can speak now to louise coward

from transport focus ? who has been campaigning for a change in the fares system since the pandemic. can you react to the fact some train fa res can you react to the fact some train fares will go up by 1.6% next january? clearly, hearing that rail fa res january? clearly, hearing that rail fares will go up by 1.6% on average is not good news for passengers. we know how... when people are travelling on public transport and railways. but something quite fundamental has happened this year. and people are just not travelling in the same way. there isn't the same volume of people who are buying those season tickets right now as people's work patterns have changed. the effect is threefold. we need to get people using railways again,...

people should be encouraged to get back on to using the railways and the ways they haven't been since lockdown. but when it comes to changed work patterns, other people are telling us that they don't see they will be going back to travelling to their workplace five days per week. they will be travelling more flexibly, perhaps just a couple of days a week. so much so that the traditional season—ticket productjust isn't the right kind of ticket people want to buy so we need more flexibility around the kind of tickets that are available. looking at the cost of season tickets at the moment, warrington to liverpool is £1600 per yearfor warrington to liverpool is £1600 per year for top warrington to liverpool is £1600 per yearfor top glasgow to warrington to liverpool is £1600 per year for top glasgow to edinburgh warrington to liverpool is £1600 per yearfor top glasgow to edinburgh is £2500 per year. you would like a 5% cut in those new season—ticket prices which could save season—ticket holders up to several hundred pounds. who needs to take that decision and who is that message for? its industry issue, we need to get people back using the

railway. for people to do that they need to feel they are getting reasonable value for money. the rail industry needs to be innovative and actually think about how people are planning to travel in the future and what kinds of tickets will suit those travel patterns. things like flexible season tickets, where they are perhaps valid to travel to days or three days per week, not the five days. and then you can use them flexibly around your own work patterns. that's really important and much more suited to the way people think they will be living and working in the future. around two thirds of people have told us they think they will be working from home more after we returned to work places. and current ticketing really doesn't reflect that kind of need. so either those flexible season tickets, or potentially bundles of tickets, or potentially bundles of tickets you buy at a discount up front, that can be used more flexibly over a few months. those

are the kinds of things passengers are the kinds of things passengers are telling us they would like to see and if those products... they would be getting value for money. up until march hary kretchmer was working in london and commuting by train every day from reading. a season ticket was costing him £3,000. he's now only going to the office once a week. hello to you. hello. why to make the decision to only go to the office once per week is partly informed by coronavirus but it must be helpful to you that you don't have to pay £3000 per yearfor the season—ticket. £3000 per yearfor the season-ticket. it was even worse than that because it was £3000 every six months. £6,000 per year?! are you joking me?! six months. £6,000 per year?! are youjoking me?! it was six months. £6,000 per year?! are you joking me?! it was a 25 minute journey. 0ne you joking me?! it was a 25 minute journey. one of the reasons we moved to reading was because we thought it

would be affordable and reasonable to live here, but when we got the bill and it was more than £3000 every six months. who is the train company? it is great western. what you think about the cost? it was absolutely crippling, to be quite honest, which is why lockdown has been quite helpful for me. honest, which is why lockdown has been quite helpfulfor me. as honest, which is why lockdown has been quite helpful for me. as well as personally, obviously. just on the financial side, i am in my mid—30s, i have a toddler, so we have nursery fees, and also the living costs here in the south—east. if you add to the third mortgage on top, which was effectively our season ticket, working out something at around £500 per month, the books did not balance at the end of the month. when you are working full time, when your wife is working full—time and you are getting home late, you just think, what's the point. and even if, as transport

focus were telling us, even if there was a 5% cut in season tickets, which as we have heard because of inflation are going up 1.6% from next january, you still wouldn't be interested , next january, you still wouldn't be interested, would you ?|j next january, you still wouldn't be interested, would you? i don't think 596 interested, would you? i don't think 5% cuts it for me. the fact is that for me there is more than financial interest involved because i have discovered that working from home more days a week, i can read my son some stories in the morning, i can have breakfast with my family, a cup of tea with my wife, catch up over lunch and we all watch a bit of telly in the evening. those are simple pleasures i wasn't able to do before now. just on the financial side, i don't think a 5% cut would be enough to tempt me back for stop it would have to be something significantly altered. this tradition of pushing the cost of train travel onto the passenger and off the taxpayer, i think it has to change, and it has to be shifted back onto the state again. because

it's just not fair back onto the state again. because it'sjust not fair on back onto the state again. because it's just not fair on people like me who already have so many costs we have to shoulder. is your boss are cool with you will be going in one day per week? absolutely. my boss for now is happy for us to work flexibly, partly out of safety because she doesn't want to push us back before we are ready and before the virus has been eliminated. i am actually one of the only ones in the office who has decided to go in one day per week because i want to keep in touch with the few colleagues that do go in and to pop down the road and buy a sandwich and do all the nice things you do when you do work ina the nice things you do when you do work in a different place. but the point is, it is a time of my choosing, on a day that works for me, and! choosing, on a day that works for me, and i am in control. that's really the way i want it to be in the future. what you do sound empowered, if you don't mind me saying so. i think i do feel that way. for many years i felt at the mercy of the system. i was being

sucked into the system. we spend our lives and education working towards a dream of working somewhere glamorous like london and when it arrives it is a bit of a let down because you feel you are not in control and you are not working. in the words of some people, i am taking back control of my life. thank you. pizza express is closing 73 of its restaurants with the potential loss of 1100 jobs. the chain, which currently has a54 uk outlets, has also cut a deal to reduce rents. its md said the decision to close branches was hard — but would ultimately safeguard 9000 jobs. the democratic party in the united states has formally

nominated joe biden as candidate for president in the election in november. mr biden was endorsed by two former presidents, including bill clinton — who fiercely criticised the current republican president, donald trump. peter bowes reports. this was the night that joe biden has been working towards for decades — the seal of approval from his party to run for the white house. with leadership as the theme, two former democratic presidents spoke to rally the troops. jimmy carter sent an audio message, while bill clinton lashed out at donald trump. you have to decide whether to renew his contract or hire someone else. if you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching tv and zapping people on social media, he is your man. the keynote speaker wasjill biden, who spent eight years as america's second lady, when her husband was vice president. a lifelong teacher, hoping to become the next first lady. she reintroduced herself to the country and laid out the case for a new family in the white house. across this country, educators,

parents, first responders, americans of all walks of life are putting their shoulders back, fighting for each other. we have not given up. wejust need leadership worthy of our nation. the main business of the night was the roll call, without the usual convention centre razzmatazz. coming to you live from the wisconsin centre. it is time to begin our virtual trip around america. i am honoured to cast connecticut's 75 votes for our next president, joe biden. alaska. it was a revamped and speeded—up format for prime time tv. 2a votes for our next president, joe biden. quick—fire contributions from sea to shining sea. 11 votes for our next president, joe biden. with democrats from all 57 us states and territories pledging delegates to their chosen candidate. 50 votes for our next president

of the united states, mrjoseph r biden. the result was never in doubt. joe biden is now the party's official nominee for president. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue joins me now. what is the polling looking like three months out from the presidential election question you're looking at the national polls they have been pretty consistent in they have been pretty consistent in the last few months giving joe biden an eight or nine point advantage over donald trump. that's nationwide. the battle is in the swing states and he still has an advantage there but it is narrower, as you would expect, around six or seven points. i think they hope this week will give them some kind of bounce to increase that margin.

conventions usually do, but because this is such an unusual event, no one really knows whether they will get that kind of convention bounce as they would have done in previous yea rs. as they would have done in previous years. any outlier polling? there area years. any outlier polling? there are a few, there always are, particularly state polls, some of them can be weird because believe it or not, even in some of those key states there are not that many polls done on a regular basis. the president is clearly worried because this wiki has been visiting some of those battle ground states. it is worth remembering that president trump was a surprise winner last time around but his victory was a very narrow one. you are looking at 80,000 votes in three separate states, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. you could fit those in wembley stadium who could make the difference between him winning and losing. wow, when you put it like that it losing. wow, when you put it like thatitis losing. wow, when you put it like

that it is stark. thank you to gary 0'donoghue. 0urwashington correspondent. university leaders say they need urgent financial support from the government to cope with a rise in student numbers after the u—turn on a—level results. they've also written to the education secretary, gavin williamson, demanding clarity on how they can offer more places to students without breaching social distancing guidelines. 0ur education correspondent dan johnson reports. teaching space, accommodation and a staff will all be stretched on socially distanceed campuses. and now many more students have the grades they need, universities are wondering how to fit them all in. clearing lines are busy, with thousands more trying to get into their first choice, having missed out last week. a letter sent to the education secretary on behalf of uk universities calls for help solving that puzzle, and support for the institutions that will lose out if places are rejected in favour of higher grade offers. there was only one place that this could go to,

which is the point we've reached now. i think the question we all ask is, why wasn't that point reached before thursday, when all those applicants, those hundreds of thousands of people who...whose lives were left in uncertainty, could have had some, you know, just clarity about where their futures lay? 0ne early pinch point is medical schools, where places are highly competitive and still limited because part of the cost is met by the government. universities are now asking for the limit to be lifted. medicine is both a very practical discipline and also requires a great deal of clinical and practical experience, and hence clinical placement capacity needs also to be increased. it is going to be layer upon layer in terms of it's a long course and it isn'tjust a fix for a year. the education secretary has said he's sorry for the confusion and announced he's created a task force to tackle the issues facing universities.

the immediate challenge is matching students with places. but there are warnings — some may need to defer if they are intent on sticking to theirfirst choice. dan johnson, bbc news. ben cross, who was best known for playing athlete harold abrahams in the film chariots of fire, has died at the age of 72. representatives said he died suddenly after a short illness. tributes on social media include one from his daughter, lauren, who wrote that she is "utterly heartbroken". welcome to bbc one and the bbc news channel. we start with some news breaking this morning, and we've heard that chris froome

has been left out of his team's squad for the tour de france, which starts in ten days' time. he's won the most prestigious of the grand tours four times, but he was badly injured in a crash a year ago and there had been some doubt that he would make the team ineos line—up. also missing out is geraint thomas, who won the tour two years ago. the team is focusing on last year's winner egan bernal, and richard carapaz, who won the giro d'italia last year. it really shows you how much this football season has been disrupted when you realise that we're still playing one champions league, when the next has already started! let's begin with this year's competition, and paris saint—germain have reached the final for the first time after beating rb leipzig 3—0. angel di maria was man of the match, setting up their first goal, before he was set up himself by a spectacular neymar flick to score the second. so, on sunday they'll face either lyon or bayern munich, who play tonight. and qualifying for this season's champions league began last night.

celtic made light work of kr reykjavik in glasgow. mohamed elyounoussi scoring twice as they won 6—0. but northern ireland's champions linfield are out, beaten 1—0 at legia warsaw. they now join fellow irish premiership sides glentoran and coleraine in the europa league. fans of lower league clubs will soon be able to attend games, thanks to a change in the government's rules. clubs in the seventh tier in england — that's the level below the national league north and south — will be able to open their gates to spectators for the first time since the pandemic began. social distancing will be in place and fans will need to stick to, what's being called, "discrete six—person gathering limits". what matters is there are hundreds of non—league clubs now, and their local communities can now go back and watch their team. so, they are going to survive financially, they are going to get

back to business. so, it is massive news. the women's super league in england is attracting the best players in the world and the latest to make the move is world cup winner rose lavelle. she's signed for manchester city. lavelle scored in the final as the usa beat the netherlands to lift the world cup last summer. she believes the wsl is getting better every year and she's excited to be heading to manchester. going overseas is something i wanted to experience at some point in my career and man city is obviously a great club. for the men's and women's side they have a lot of resources and, erm, i don't know much about the city yet, but i do know that the football culture is amazing. so it was just something i wanted to be a part of. just two days before the resumption of the pro14 rugby union season, the wales and dragons centre jamie roberts has tested positive for coronavirus. he's said to be in good health but he is in isolation,

and he won't be playing against 0spreys on sunday. the rest of the squad has been retested and the results are due today. if there more positives, that game may be in doubt. and finally to good news if you're a netball player — recreational matches have been given the go—ahead to resume in england. there'll be some rule modifications in place to make the sport covid secure, but with up to 30 people allowed on court, it means clubs can arrange training sessions and friendlies. england netball hope to have the domestic super league up and running by the end of september. good news for many women across england who play netball as a recreational sport. that's all for now. thank you, sally. more now on that rapid expansion of coronavirus testing that's being planned... dr poppy lamberton is a global health specialist

at the university of glasgow. good morning to you. it means, according to the 0ns and oxford university that by october, 150,000 of us will be being tested every couple of weeks. if that happens, how significant is that? yes, that isa how significant is that? yes, that is a brilliant target to aim for and if it does happen it means that we get so much more information on the number of people infected across the whole country. and really importantly the number of people asymptomatic. so will know that a lot of people have it and and this will start to to highlight who those people are and how old they are, for example, not just how people are and how old they are, for example, notjust how many there are. right, can i specifically ask you about antibodies that people haveif you about antibodies that people have if they have had coronavirus? are we any clearer yet about how long the antibodies last for? so, this is still very much up for debate and it is another thing that

this survey will help to explain. this survey in the households will be using active test to see if people have that infection at that point of time and that is when they use the nasal and throat swabs, and then in 10% of the people in households that are doing these blood sampling and that will show antibody responses, and it will not do it if someone has symptoms but they will follow—up households and it will start to provide information on how antibodies, how long they might last for. and importantly, not just on the people who have had symptoms but in the people who are asymptomatic, that is something we don't know. if someone had a minor infection and do not have symptoms, do they get a strong antibody response? we don't know that at the moment. it is too early to say how long these antibodies might remain in someone's system for. yes, we have an estimate and some people think... we cannot talk about years yet because it has not been around that long but some people are having

antibody responses for several months. but there are people with very low antibody responses who have known infections and that is a real concern and looking forward towards vaccines, for example, we need the response to be strong enough and long enough so that we might have to re—vaccinate but we would not want to do that every few months, for example. so it is all—important to find this out. but unfortunately, we cannot tell for the long duration because coronavirus, covid—19 has not been around for that long. u nfortu nately, we not been around for that long. unfortunately, we do not know the upper end yet. from the community testing done so far, are any trends emerging so far that are going to be useful for us? yes, emerging so far that are going to be usefulfor us? yes, and emerging so far that are going to be useful for us? yes, and this is particularly where the wider testing will become really useful, because they were doing 5000 each week they are now talking about 150000 and a fortnight and so on but what is really important about that is the greater coverage of the country, and

that the time it will highlight early outbreaks in certain areas, but it will also give information as we move forward so that we know in the future that if an area has an outbreak we can look back at the data and see where people were infected, possible look at transmissions. was there transmissions. was there transmission in local, nearby towns before a small village had an outbreak? look at the dynamics of the infection. that is a kind of information that over time would be really cumulative and helpful and help with future outbreaks. when you talk about the dynamics, you mean who is potentially passing the virus on to her, that kind of thing? yes, at the individual level and also with these tests, we know that sensitivity, particularly when doing a home test, if you are swabbing a two—year—old you might not get the swa b two—year—old you might not get the swab deep enough in the nasal passage, so there is caution in the interpretation of these results, but you can look at what sort of continuation over the weeks, what people are being affected any local

area but now greater numbers across the whole country, we can see possibly how an outbreak, for example, and this is completely theoretical, in northern london might spread to other parts of the country or somewhere like that, so we could look at the countrywide dynamics as well. we talked about safe corridors between countries for flying back, but perhaps there are corridors where transmission might carry on in the future moving forward , carry on in the future moving forward, using rail networks more, forward, using rail networks more, for example. there is a local one person to person transmission but also local community networks will be can also look at that as we get more numbers sampled. and presumably, maybe we can do this already, there are 20,000 people, i think every week or every two weeks been tested at the moment and the goal is to expand to 150,000 by 0ctober every fortnight. we will have real localised data, postcode, street, road data. yes, we will, but the good thing is that not that many

people are infected at any given time, so it sounds like an enormous number of test, but we must remember that the number that will be positive will be quite small. so it is still using this data to put them into mathematical models so that the modellers can then predict what they mean only bigger scale. there will still be quite a small number of infected individuals in those groups, but it will give us fantastic information, particularly on the children, if they are shedding viruses, so it is talking about viral load, how many varices they have in their nasal passage and that will help us to understand with schools and house parties which have been happening with young children, but also with older people and the possible spread between individuals and the different communities. and house parties with older people, adults as well. yes, there was the worry that that could be happening in schools but it seems to be happening in house parties. kids

parties? scottish schools have just returned and there were several pupils across several schools that had infections and that was the first week back and it was causing a lot of anxiety amongst teachers that —— teachers, pupils, parents and the community in general, but a significant number of these infections appear to have occurred ata infections appear to have occurred at a house party, where several young people who then went to school the next week. so, yes, there is probably the next week. so, yes, there is pro ba bly less the next week. so, yes, there is probably less social distancing at a house party. especially with 16 and 17 euros. absolutely, thank you for talking to us. dr poppy lamberton, a global health specialist at the university of glasgow. a one—minute silence is being held at all train stations in scotland to mark one week since the fatal train derailment in aberdeenshire. three people died when a scotrail passenger service crashed into a landslide and left the tracks at stonehaven. first minister nicola sturgeon is marking the silence

at edinburgh station. and as you can see, reefs have been laid at some of the stations, that his aberdeen station. the md of the scottish railway has been laying a wreath along with the british transport police. we are expecting a station announcement in the next couple of seconds, which will alert passengers. but a one—minute silence will be held to remember those who died. the men who tragically lost their lives.

brett mccullough, donald dinnie and chris stuchbury.

the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, observing the minute's silence at edinburgh train station. that one—minute silence held at all train stations across scotla nd held at all train stations across scotland to mark one week since that fatal train derailment in aberdeenshire.

it is coming up to 9:45am. welcome to bbc news. after the black grime star wiley had his social media accounts shut down because he shared anti—semitic hate speech online, a conversation was sparked about all forms of discrimination, specifically what it means to be a jew of colour. in the wake of black lives matter protests, many black celebrities argued that although it was right his comments were removed, wiley‘s treatment was unfair. in turn, some members of thejewish community expressed their disappointment at the lack of support. while these debates are happening on public platforms, somejews of colour have told the bbc they are often ignored. 0ur reporter shamaan freeman—powell has more. and it is exhausting to be always fighting against the next eight, and that is where people like me find ourselves. madeleine is a french—american and british national with west african and european ancestry. she is alsojewish and confined

herself being caught any crossfire when it comes to her identity. we are always fighting against this and that, and if it is this, you know, african—caribbean community having issues with thejewish community not understanding that there are african—caribbean jews, or if it is thejewish community being angry at the african—caribbean community for not fighting against anti—semitism, it's like... ugh! you know? these experiences where made worse in recent weeks when grime star wiley took to social media to share anti—semitic hate speech, some from white supremacists‘ accounts. madeleine says, although highly offensive, these dangerous slurs often come from a place of ignorance, and when shared by someone also from an ethnic minority group, it can have further consequences. what i am upset about is when it becomes a movement and people start to normalise it, and that starts to spread. that is what concerns me is more the mass of ignorant hateful behaviour. so, my perspective on that, especially considering the context of black lives matter, which ends up making things very messy... sometimes people begin to pit one

kind of discrimination against another. i think what's important to remember is that not all black people are christian and not alljews are white. what we must understand a little bit more about each other and crucially, where these racist and anti—semitic conspiracy theories and the tropes, where they come from. they are about white supremacy. we sadly lost a member of the family. i turned up later at the synagogue and my siblings and they we re synagogue and my siblings and they were refused entry and it was not until i got there and i actually remembered a couple of people who we re remembered a couple of people who were members that we were able to negotiate. i think the lives of british dues matt ward —— the lives of britishjews are british dues matt ward —— the lives of british jews are difficult because of this. stephen bush is a

political editor of the new statesman and is chairing a commission on racial inclusivity set up commission on racial inclusivity set up by commission on racial inclusivity set up by the board of deputies of british jews jews. it comes up by the board of deputies of britishjewsjews. it comes after black lives matter protest party conversation about the experience of jews of colour. most of the anti—semitism my experience is because someone, regardless of their colour, see someone with dark skin, thinks they cannot possibly be jewish and they say something that is deeply and painfully anti—semitic, and it makes you feel unwelcome, and they make me feel unwelcome, and they make me feel unwelcome in my own skin because they don't like jewish people. and ultimately, we are trying to do the same thing, building a flourishing multiethnic democracy in which everyone can get on and flourish. and if we can't work together, our shared interest in anti—racism, we will never successfully nailed that argument in the wider context. it is usually important to build and strengthen those relationships. stephen hopes the commission will

address some of the issues thatjews of colour experience. the first step is allowing a space for their voices to be heard. shamaan freeman—powell, bbc news. rabbi charley baginsky is the director of liberaljudaism — a progressive jewsh movement which is working to ensure alljewish people feel included in society. she joins us from herefordshire. i know you're working to make all jewish people feel more included. do you think people realise you can be jewish and non—white? you think people realise you can be jewish and non-white? it is very ha rd to jewish and non-white? it is very hard to make a generation —— generalisation about the statement like that. i think many people do realise that. across the country there will always be people who have not met a jew and so might have a com pletely not met a jew and so might have a completely different perception about what a jew looks like. what are the kind of thing is a jewish person of colour might face that is distinct or different to the issues that a jewish person who is white might face? look, i cannot speak,

andi might face? look, i cannot speak, and i would not want to speak on behalf ofjews of colour within our community. but from your own experience, what would you say?|j think people have stereotypes of the time as to what hejew looks like or think santa first thing that many jews of colour have said to me is that the first thing is to assume that the first thing is to assume that they are notjewish and that perhaps they have converted or they area perhaps they have converted or they are a non—family member or so on and we are trying hard to raise the awareness thatjews come in many different shapes and forms and to make everybody feel included within our community. during bogged down i know you have been having regular meetings, including one specifically talking about jews meetings, including one specifically talking aboutjews of colour. what kind of response that you have to do that? i have been amazed, firstly, by the interaction across our community of people wanting to get engaged and involved with thejewish

community across the board, and when we had our meeting on blackjews and jews of colour and hearing voices within our community from jews of colour, we have had an overwhelming response of people wanting to come and listen and learn. and to learn how to get their own communities more engaged. and how do you make people feel more included? the first thing is to make it a priority. liberaljudaism, we always talk that that should be a home for everyone's jewish story. we need to be conscious, firstly, that we have work to do with any inclusion and making people feel like judaism work to do with any inclusion and making people feel likejudaism can be their home and their space and to celebrate their diversity. so, firstly we must listen and learn from our action group on blackjews and jews of colour and what they can do to make our community is

welcoming, safe, silly bakery spaces for everybody. and secondly, —— celebrate array —— spaces that can be celebrated. secondly, the more that we can raise consciousness of the diversity ofjews within our community, the more that people will feel like it is their home and it is a safe space. thank you for talking to us this morning. three victorian forts — originally built to defend england against the french — are going up for sale. they're in the middle of the solent. john maguire reports. when buying property there are important things to consider. the commute to work. the neighbours. seem friendly, but very serious. and local schools. well, here they're all fish. but of course the main factor — location, location, location. so how do you fancy the middle

of the solentjust off portsmouth? the three forts being sold separately, or together for £9 million, were built around 150 years ago, as part of the sea defences against a french invasion, the brainchild of the british prime minister, lord palmerston. it's time to take a look around. first up, we have no man's fort. fourfloors, 23 bedrooms, 99,000 square feet and plenty of fresh air. if you get too hot lounging in the garden, what about this? your own private diving board. it used to be used to train royal commandos. it's called commando leap. theyjump off here and swim right around the fort. rather them than me. and down below a passageway designed to allow divers access to attack invading ships. initially manned during the 19th century, the forts also saw service

in both the first and second world wars. so many different people touched these forts in so many different ways, from the people who built them in the first place, to the people who manned them in the early wars, and eventually people who manned them through world war one and world war two, when they became really anti—aircraft defence batteries. much cheaper, and in need of some tlc, is horse sand. in your best estate agent pitch, how do you describe this one?! well, erm, in need of some refurbishment, of course. definitely not deceptively spacious. it's 100,000 square foot of fort, which is really an amazing, amazing opportunity for someone to bring this historic piece of england back into something exciting that works for them. cash may well be an issue, but if its vision you're lacking, well, here's one they made over earlier. this is spitbank.

it's being run as a nine—room boutique hotel. and the admiral fisher suite comes complete with its own fishing hole. here, the gun emplacements have been modified for peaceful pursuits. and the many million dollar question, of course — who is in the market for a sea fort or three? a lot of the people we've had so far are people who have been incredibly successful, as the current owner was himself. they've sold a business. and they want to do something fun, but at the same time something that will bring them a financial reward as well, and perhaps looking for something that they can isolate in again, or maybe just have for their own sort of peace of mind and privacy. so for a cool £9 million you get these three victorian forts. one drawback though i've noticed — no car parking. luckily, they come with

a helicopter landing pad. all mod cons, of course. we are back at spitbank fort. we had all sorts of squalls blowing through as we have been here all morning. martin, thatis have been here all morning. martin, that is life at sea, i suppose? something you have to get used to, but lots of facilities inside to keep us entertained. a fascinating story behind the fort, particularly where you get your water from. you have freshwater here, that surprises me. it comes from an aquifer that ru ns me. it comes from an aquifer that runs under the sea. basically, the victorians identified this and drilled down a 400 feet on each of the forts into this aquifer. the interesting history of the aquifer is that it comes from france. so considering we were building these forts for the napoleonic wars we we re

forts for the napoleonic wars we were drinking the french water whilst fighting them! how did they find that, a divining rod or something? the victorians were very up something? the victorians were very up on the geological studies and worked it out, hats off to victorain engineering. anti-submarine net was used in the wars? yes, protecting the portsmouth harbour entrance and it ran from the shore across to the two ports and then to the bit that went in and out and they could bring in the ships, bring in their own staff and close it off to stop the enemy getting in. the interest in buying the forts so far, do you think they will go as a job lot or bought individually, what has the interest been like? we would hope they would go together as a job lot and there have been a number of people interested but are three very different forts. yes, they were built for the same purpose but we have spitbank fort the luxury smaller premises and we have no mans

which has all the fun in the toys and it has a laser wars and hot tubs and it has a laser wars and hot tubs and bowling greens. there are lots of opportunities. each very different. we will get inside with the warm and dry but quite extraordinary and impressive marbles of victorian engineering to look at. back to you. thank you, john. time for the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. 0ver for the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. over the next few nights we are over a period of strong winds. potentially damaging as well. a band of rain pushing northwards and eastwards, using as it advances northwards but ringing with it showers, sunshine and some low cloud and murk climbing to the far east coast of scotland. through the afternoon the wind will strengthen, gusting at 40 mph in the south—west. the wind strengthened through the overnight period,

gusting potentially at 50 mph with a band of rain moving northwards. a milder night, temperatures falling to between 17 and 18 for some. tomorrow, the rain moves northwards and a lot of dry weather coming in behind, but it will be one day, gusting in excess of 50 mph up towards the west and in excess of 30 mph towards the west and in excess of 30 l towards the west and in excess of 30 mph alp towards the east. temperatures between 15 and 25.

this is bbc news — welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. a big increase in coronavirus testing across england — with the aim that 150,000 people a fortnight will be tested by october. this is an almost ten times expansion in our single most important tool for making policy decisions. thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. us democrats formally choose joe biden as their candidate to fight donald trump to become the next president of the usa. eu leaders hold emergency talks on belarus — as the country's president accuses the opposition of attempting to overthrow him. some railfares in the uk are going to go up