going to be no other viable way in order to be able to provide that assessment. she raises important points about higher education. this is vital, and i would also like to flag up some of the challenges and the further education sector, as not eve ryo ne the further education sector, as not everyone will be progressing on to university. many would like to go into further education, and we have been working with both sectors to ensure that as a kiss, but in terms of higher education and university sector, we will be increasing funding through the teaching grant, we have also lifted the cap on medicine and dentistry places to create extra capacity within the system as well. we have also seen a drop off and the number of students coming from the european union that would traditionally have come to the uk in orderto would traditionally have come to the uk in order to study. and obviously this has created extra capacity within the system as well.

on this side of the house, we have already delivered a £1 billion covid ketchup fund, for those in the most deprived backgrounds and we have actually used evidence to see how we can help and how we can improve their outcomes, working with the education foundation to ensure that that money is targeted at interventions that will deliver results. and the honourable lady touches upon exams and the potential about putting exams back. back injune, in this house, and answered my honourable friend, this was something we highlighted that we would be doing. on the 2nd ofjuly, quual did a public consultation about potentially moving the exam dates back. i have been to check as to whether the labour party made a submission as to whether they supported this, the labour party did not make a submission supporting the

idea of moving exams back, so i very much welcome the labour party to our position. we will continue to work with local authorities and ensuring that we have the transport infrastructure in place. i touch upon the fact that £40 million has been made available, transport for london, other transport authorities have been working very closely most —— and most important, with schools, to ruark with any transport problems may occui’. to ruark with any transport problems may occur. we work with all transport authorities make sure the system transport authorities make sure the syste m ru ns transport authorities make sure the system runs as smoothly as possible and it is absolutely vital we do every thing we can to to ensure every thing we can to to ensure every child has the opportunity to get back to school. we all know, i think we all know in this house, on both sides, how important it is to see all children benefiting from a brilliant education, having the opportunity to be back in the

classroom, to be inspired by their teachers. that is what we are going to be delivering, that is what we are going to be seeing over this week and next week, as all schools return, and they welcomed their pupils back. virtual link. thank you. i sank my right honourable friend for the statement. there was a report in july suggesting a delay in the date of the exams, and given that we now know that millions of children have not been learning during lockdown, does my right honourable friend agree that the way forward should be an urgent assessment or benchmarking made of all children in school, with data collected by the dfe and regulators so as to inform the government's decision as to when the exams are to take place next year?

my exams are to take place next year? my right honourable friend makes an important point about the importance of benchmarking and making an assessment as to where pupils are. this is something we are looking at doing and working with a broad, right across the sector, making sure there is no understanding as to where some of the learning gaps for children are, but also it will be absolutely vital in terms of informing policy for the coming year ahead. video link. thank you, mr deputy speaker. and i think the secretary of state for his statement. i nearly had time to read it before he started speaking. scottish schools have been back for three weeks now and although there have been cases of covid, track and trace has meant that disruption has been kept to a minimum stub can i think everyone who is helped prepare out think everyone who is helped prepare our schools for reopening and can i wish the schools in northern ireland, england and wales the very

best of success as they start to return? of course this has been a summer return? of course this has been a summerof return? of course this has been a summer of confusion for young people across the uk, who find them selves at the mercy of algorithms. while scotland's young people received their results from the 4th of august, it became clear something had gone wrong, butjohn sweeney august, it became clear something had gone wrong, but john sweeney sat down, he listens to the young people, he apologised for the turmoil and, crucially, he people, he apologised for the turmoiland, crucially, he took decisive action. predicted grades we re decisive action. predicted grades were awarded and new funding was found for universities to ensure that any young people with the entry grades could secure their place. despite what the security of state has said this afternoon, his actions we re has said this afternoon, his actions were certainly not immediate. he had both foresight and time on his side but squandered both. managing to further mess up the validity of appeals, and by the time of his

u—turn on results, university places had been lost the schools minister has maintained that he did not see the algorithm until results day on the algorithm until results day on the suggesting that something went wrong with it some limitation —— with its implementation. what... did anyone ask for a trial run of the algorithm? while there are calls for algorithm? while there are calls for a delay to next year's exams, any postponement introduces further issues in terms of marking and unification, so what consideration has been given to rationalize coui’ses has been given to rationalize courses that would allow quality, rich learning rather than superficially covering everything in a reduced time? i know the secretary of state is reluctant to follow scotland's lead on anything, but scottish youngsters have accepted the need for masks in corridors

without any issues, sol the need for masks in corridors without any issues, so i see determined that england will not follow the view h0 advice? this does not need local lockdowns to wear masks. young people are willingly produced pain. he has a duty of care to young people and to teachers. in any normal cabinet, his repeated failure to take responsibility would lead to his sacking, but in this blame passing government, and the pm himself talks of mutant algorithms. will he now listen to scientific advice and ensure pupils, staff and the wider school community are as safe as possible as their schools return? the honourable lady will witness that 1.6 million children returned to school before the summer holidays here in england, and it's interesting as to why she raises the fa ct of interesting as to why she raises the fact of listening to the best

scientific and medical advice. that's exactly what we do. we follow the best scientific and medical advice at every stage. that was something the scottish government did not do when it did not listen to their chief medical officer in scotla nd their chief medical officer in scotland that did not support their proposal, and what was basically a political decision against one that was informed by best science and medicine. they have been many individual initiatives over the summer individual initiatives over the summerto individual initiatives over the summer to help children catch up, including the brilliant academy started in kent, but can my right audible friend outline the steps his apartment is taking in helping all children catch up, especially the most deprived —— right honourable friend? it is great to hear of the brilliant work of the academy. and we have seen drilling examples across the country of schools been so across the country of schools been so much to support the learning when children have been out of school but also over the summer as well. but

the reason we have got the £1 billion covid ketchup fund is we recognise more needs to be done, more assistance and more help needs to bea more assistance and more help needs to be a fillable. —— catch up fund. that is why a lot of funding is available for those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, those who need the most support in order to catch up, so their life changes are not impacted by this virus, and a very much hope my honourable friend will see the benefits of that right across kent... we will leave gavin williamson there, the education secretary, who has been talking in the commons. he has been talking about, in many things, being sorry for the pupils affected. labour accusing the government of a summer

of incompetence and confusion. our political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster for us. at the very least, the government relief schools are back, finally. something that is been slightly familiar, they have been getting a bit of a ticking on education. we heard labour accusing them of incompetence there, the snp saying they do not heed the warning of scotla nd they do not heed the warning of scotland and the exam chaos. gavin williamson, i think was pretty clear there but he is quite confident that when it comes to schools, things are on the right path now, most children england are going to go back over the next few days. that is a confidence reflected in down a street as well, so perhaps we might start to see government strategy starting to work when it comes to education —— reflected in downing street. there is the question over a call we heard from the labour party

to delayed next year's exam. we know people want that decision made nice and early so teachers and pupils have time to prepare for that if it is good to happen. i am not sure if we got all that much further forward , we got all that much further forward, to be honest. the education secretary said it was something being considered. he has asked quual to look at what the potential ramifications are and whether those exams may need to be put back by a month or two sub gavin williamson did say he is covered at those exams will go ahead, but not much on when just yet —— gavin williamson did say he is confident those exams. a quick question on the quarantine rules. it is looking like people coming back from portugal may want to get have to quarantine. portugal has only been on the exemption list after it was added by ministers last

saturday. since then, the number of cases has been going up, and it has 110w cases has been going up, and it has now reached that threshold at which real concern is felt, 20 cases per 100,000 people. the bbc has been told government is looking at whether those restrictions have to be put back in, whether people returning have to quarantine for 14 days. i have been speaking to people today who think it is very likely portugal is going to end up back on the list where people are advised not to travel to, and when they return, they have to quarantine for 14 days. we have spoken about this a lot in the last few weeks. every thursday, we find out a bunch of new countries that add into that list. it isa countries that add into that list. it is a real uncertain time to travel. we are hearing increasingly, there is not much point in booking a foreign holiday unless you're prepared potentially for some disruption. yes. nick, thank you

very much indeed. nick eardley, our political correspondent. let's just pick up on that point. schools are returning the next few days. we can now speak to the executive head teacher for fulston manor, alan brookes. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. your pupils go back on thursday, is that right? what sort preparations have been making? we have been making all the preparations we possibly could, and that has been going on for some months now. all the exams debacle over the summer has taken the eyes off in the crucial weeks leading up to thursday, but all the things are in place in terms of zoning and social distancing, where it is possible, where —— mask wearing, staggered lunches and so on. so i think all schools have done all they can to make this

as safe as it can be under the very difficult circumstances. and in terms of your parents and your teachers, is there a level of anxiety, or are they all fully on board with this return to school? there is a level of anxiety, understandably for some there's also a level of enthusiasm, particular among teachers, to try and get back to some sort of normality. i think the anxiety comes very much from the society outside of the school. what will make schools safe is driving down the numbers of covid cases and be reassured we have a test and trace be reassured we have a test and tra ce syste m be reassured we have a test and trace system in place that is swift and operates properly for schools. that is beyond the schools control but hopefully in the control of the government, and that's what we would look forfrom them. government, and that's what we would look for from them. this is a question you may not be able to answer, but how much damage do you think has been done to the children generally, in your school, think has been done to the children generally, in yourschool, other schools, by missing all these much of education? there are two types of damage we need to be aware of. one

is the mental health, the welfare of those students, critically the most deprived background students, and that will be a big task and a big ask for schools when they do come back on thursday, to focus on that first. when you go beyond that, and i know they were talking about this just recently around the whole exam question, the academic progress, thatis question, the academic progress, that is a challenge also. i welcome the idea of delaying the exams. i don't think it goes far enough. i think we should be looking at shaving the content of exams further down. i think we should be looking at whether we could be introducing more of a coursework element so that if there is a problem summer, we have some foundation on which to base the centre assessed grades, and a solid and a sensible manner, i think a lot more needs to be done. i do think more consultation with the sector would help. i don't have all the answers, personally, what i have 600 head teachers in kent that, between us, if we were contacted, we

probably do. i think it is to be done quickly but it also needs to be done, tested with head teachers. some of the u—turn, some of the disasters we have seen could have been avoided if that had happened before things were announced or introduced rather than belatedly, once they went wrong. quickly on that point about delaying exams, how long, roughly, would you like to see them delayed to? i was talking to ucas. they were saying it was pretty much logistically impossible to delay a level. there are huge logistic problems, and terms of getting the marking done and every thing else done, which is white, looking at the content, looking at involving coursework, which used to be the case, which perhaps be a better way to go, possibly alongside a slight delay. if you just delay, you're going to bake in the

difficulties of the vulnerable stu d e nts difficulties of the vulnerable students who have lost so much more time than those that have had access to computer software, the internet access and so on, to computer software, the internet access and so on, so to computer software, the internet access and so on, so the whole thing is needing looking at quickly, transparently, but it needs a whiter look than just pushing it back a couple of weeks. also, can ijust say, we should not forget primary schools in this because they all do tests. nobody seems to be mentioning primary schools, which ethic is a real omission. you've just mentioned them. thank you very much indeed, alan brookes, from fulston manor. dr mary bousted is joint general secretary of the national education union. shejoins me now. cani can i pick up on that point on whether to delay gcse and a—levels? what are your feelings on that?|j whether to delay gcse and a—levels? what are your feelings on that? i am absolutely with the head teacher, i am sorry absolutely with the head teacher, i am sorry did not get his name, on

just now. delaying is part of the solution but it is by no means the whole solution. we have written to the government and said the syllabus content the government and said the syllabus co nte nt for the government and said the syllabus content for the exams needs taken down, because teachers don't teach the syllabus and the same order. they need more choice in their exam papers, the content needs to be slimmed down. gcse, they need to ta ke fewer slimmed down. gcse, they need to take fewer exams. the average student takes 13 exams. you can slimmed those down. if you do those sorts of things, you can do them a bit later, because there's less of a load. the other thing, we do need a robust way of ensuring that if there isa robust way of ensuring that if there is a local lockdown or there is a second spike in schools cannot be used for the exams, there is a robust way of using centre assessed grades so we don't have the debacle we had this summer were the grades

from the centres were unmoderated, because that system was not put in place. many school systems returning to date in england, wales and northern ireland. labour were talking about a summer of competence, chaos and confusion, but we are where we are. “— competence, chaos and confusion, but we are where we are. —— summer competence, chaos and confusion, but we are where we are. —— summer of incompetence. schools are back. do you welcome that? absolutely. professionals really want to go back into schools and colleges, and make acquaintance again with their stu d e nts acquaintance again with their students and their pupils, in their lives are in education, trying to move on now from a terrible event of the past few months. i would say if we are going to do that, we need to have more robust safety measures onwards in case of a second spike or in case of a local lockdown, and the government still is not acting quickly or robustly enough to make preparations for that. and how much

damage do you think has been done to children in the last few months not being at school, not getting an education was make do you see this as in some ways a lost generation? absolutely not. i think the most difficult thing is for those students, 700,000 pupils in the uk don't have internet access, so it is very difficult for them to do remote learning. they need laptops and they need the ability to engage with the learning, which they did not before. some young people and children would have learned a lot during lactone, they will been able to access online learning. for the most disadvantag young people, revealing now need to ensure they are and they are helped. and they should have internet access. it should not be the children and young people are growing up now today, in the 21st

century, without that. they needed. good to talk to you there, dr mary bousted. many thanks. the latest government figures show there were 1,295 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported across the uk in the latest 24—hour period. three deaths were also recorded of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that takes the total number, across the uk, to 41,504. the conservative mp arrested on suspicion of rape has voluntarily agreed not to attend the house of commons for the period of the bail, the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, has said. the man in his 50s was arrested in august on suspicion of four separate incidents, involving allegations of sexual offences and assault. the metropolitan police confirmed it had extended the former minister's bail until the middle of november.

now, let's go to the united states. president trump is due to visit kenosha shortly, the wisconsin city that has seen protests and riots, after the police shooting of jacob blake. the african—american was shot seven times in the back by an officer last week and has been paralysed from the waist down. here's what president trump said before he boarded air force one to kenosha. one of the reasons i'm making the trip today and going to wisconsin is we've had such a big success in shutting down what would be, right now, a city that would have been — kenosha — a city that would have been burned to the ground by now. and we're going to really say hello to law enforcement and the national guard. and it all stopped immediately upon the national guard's arrival.

that is president trump just before he got on the plane to kenosha. joining me now from washington is our correspondent, gary o'donoghue. gary, the governor of wisconsin state, who is a democrat, is that he does not wants donald trump to go to kenosha today because he is going to hinder our healing, but president trump very much determines to go. and this is quite apolitical visit, isn't it? yet, the governor says don't come, the mayor of kenosha says don't come, the president says iam coming says don't come, the president says i am coming anyway. just on a point of fa ct, i am coming anyway. just on a point of fact, the president claimed credit for sending the national guard to kenosha to deal with the protest. that was not his decision, tony evers, the governor of wisconsin, did that. he cannot claim credit for having gotten the situation in kenosha under control. you are right, it will be intensely political visit. he will be pictured with lots of people in blue

uniforms, he will visit some of the protest areas, he will visit some of those people who are dealing with the fallout. what he wants do is meet the family of jacob the fallout. what he wants do is meet the family ofjacob lake, who was the man who was paralysed from the waist down, the black man shot seven times in the back by police officers at the beginning of last week. he is not quick to meet the family —— jacob lake. week. he is not quick to meet the family ——jacob lake. that week. he is not quick to meet the family —— jacob lake. that would muddy the water, i think, politically. also, the family don't wa nt to politically. also, the family don't want to see him. this is going to be a big moment, a huge photo opportunity for the president, and a way of hammering home and monopolizing the news cycle in terms of his message online and order, which he clearly now sees as central to any chance of winning on november three. gary, thank you very much indeed, gary o'donoghue. with me now is katie yonke, who has been resident of kenosha for 16 years. joins us now online. thank you very

much for being with us. this is a bit of a question whether president trump is welcome in kenosha were not posted what is your view? personally, i do welcome president trump to come to kenosha today. i would like for him to see first—hand the devastation these riots have caused to local businesses and residents in kenosha, i think it is important for him to meet our local law enforcement and national guard members who are here to offer them his support, as they have tried to keep our city safe since the riots broke out. you are a trim supporter, in general, are you? i am. the democrat governor of the state of wisconsin, tony evers, has said mr trump should not go because able hinder our healing. he argues the citizens of the town, the city, already traumatised. they don't need down from the come and see them.|j believe that donald trump connected

bring us together. it was with his help when the national guard arrived that the chaos finally ended, that order was brought about, lie in order, and that we have had peaceful nights —— law and order. ever since governor evers excepted the president's offer. i do approve of him coming. i don't that people in the town will welcome —— i know a lot of people in town will welcome him. the people who do not welcome him, the family ofjacob blake, the father saying the family don't want to meet the president. father saying the family don't want to meet the presidentlj father saying the family don't want to meet the president. i can understand they are going through difficult time right now. we want to be sensitive to their needs and theirfamily‘s privacy, be sensitive to their needs and their family's privacy, so be sensitive to their needs and theirfamily‘s privacy, so it is absolutely their right to refuse to meet with him if they wish to do

that. they are saying don't want this to become a political thing, which they fear it would, and the criticism of donald trump is that he is using this visit as part of his campaign trail, really, that he is betraying himself very much as the candidate of law and order. he is saying thatjoe biden represents anarchy and riots and so on and this isa anarchy and riots and so on and this is a political visit that he is making today. i understand it is campaign season, making today. i understand it is campaign season, but ultimately he is the president of the united states of america, and one of the things that he has promoted since he has been president is law and order across this country, and so whether or not it is campaign season, i think it is absolutely fitting for him to be here and to promote the safety of towns across america. 0k, katie yonke, thank you very much indeed, a resident of kenosha. thank you for having me. and we can see these pictures now which are live

from kenosha in wisconsin. this is actually the site of the shooting of jacob blake. the family is having an event there today, may speak, but as we we re event there today, may speak, but as we were sent to our guest, katie yonke, the family ofjacob blake making it clear they don't want to be the president. when he was asked about whether he would meet the familyjust about whether he would meet the family just before he about whether he would meet the familyjust before he got onto air force one, the president said, i don't know. but it does not look very likely there will be a meeting. that is the scene there in wisconsin, in kenosha, just ahead of president trump's visited the city, a rather controversial visit, and we will bring you full coverage of donald trump's visit. we are expecting him to arrive in the next hour or so. we can speak to a lifelong resident and organiser about his reactions to the incident, protests and community relations with the police.

he is with us now. i'm joined now by isaac wallner. give us your thoughts on whether you think president trump should be coming to kenosha today.|j personally don't think he should be coming here. it is a very political stop, it has nothing to do with the fa ct stop, it has nothing to do with the fact that jacob blake was shot seven times in the back. it is all about his chances to win reelection, and he knows that. he knows the damage she causes coming here, but he doesn't care, and the law and order message, all this unrest, this chaos, is happening under this presidency, notjoe biden's but donald trump's. so this is all happening while he is president, so if you cannot make it right now, how can he make it right later? it doesn't make any sense. personally, me, i don't want him here, along people don't want him here, and i

feel he knows that, which is more of a reason for him to come, to push his agenda on us. you say a lot of people don't want him there. we were just talking to one lady who is a trump supporter who said she doesn't wa nt trump supporter who said she doesn't want him there and said that he has helped to restore order in that city. i disagree. i was helped to restore order in that city. idisagree. iwas on helped to restore order in that city. i disagree. i was on the ground almost every night, i was in the study unrest, and what stopped it from coming out is... it had nothing to do with the national guard. the national guard, he sent in all the law enforcement could not stop. what do you think is happening in american cities like kenosha at the moment, that it seems the divisions are getting deeper and deeper all the time, and is quite frightening, isn't it? it is. and i truly feel that until we have the powers that be, whether be the

president, different elected officials, stand up for equality and will condemn division, we are going to keep dividing up and we have a president who makes off—color remarks and does not stand up for equality, and he is mated made it very clear he does not, he speaks division, and we start from there and it trickles down. until that day happens, i feel like we are not codified much equality and people coming together, into we get the elected officials the sand for equality. of course, there were deep divisions in american society in your own city long before donald trump came to the white house. you're just saying he trump came to the white house. you'rejust saying he has exacerbated those tensions. he has definitely made it more acceptable, if you will, to be that way and to carry out those ways of division.

and there are some observers who say the democrats are becoming more radical, the republicans under donald trump are becoming more right—wing, and that is just adding to divisions in american politics and american society.” to divisions in american politics and american society. i truly feel that at the end of the day, which is where politics is i want to go, we all need to get back to the basics of the fact that we are all equal, we don't want to live in a country where —— we all want to live in a country we all get along. the fact we are divided by political parties is division already, so is love and we re we is division already, so is love and were we just is division already, so is love and were wejust had is division already, so is love and were we just had to find a way to get along and, even though we may not agree with the other party, we need a president that stands for the majority and not the 1%. isaac wallner, very good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. isaac wallner speaking to us there from kenosha. and this is the scene back their life in

kenosha, close to the scene of that shooting of jacob blake, kenosha, close to the scene of that shooting ofjacob blake, in which he was shot seven times in the back and paralysed from the waist down. " justice forjacob", says that mask. and president trump will be arriving in the city little later on. he is on air force one he was saying, as he got on the plane, he was not sure if you would be meeting jacob blake's if you would be meeting jacob bla ke's family, but jacob's if you would be meeting jacob blake's family, but jacob's father has made it clear the relatives of jacob blake do not want to meet the president. they fear it would become a political meeting. let's pause and take a look at the latest weather forecast here. that comes today from nikki miller. hello. temperatures into mid single figures... knocking on the door of

northwest england, west wheels going to the morning, quite a range of temperatures, 14 in belfast and glasgow. it will be another spell of quite heavy rain moving into northern ireland through wednesday morning. don't push into scotland, went in the afternoon and evening for the hills of dumfries and galloway in particular. very slowly moving further east, as we get into the evening and night. all parts seeing a strengthening southerly wind, average speeds gusting towards northwest cullen of 40 mice per hour or so. northwest cullen of 40 mice per hour or so. for many of us, the characters just in the teens, where you stay dry and bright for longest, a few spots here just creeping into the low 20s. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the education secretary says the reopening of schools from today

is a "massive milestone" and that he's "confident" the necessary preparations are in place. mr williamson, again, said he regretted the chaos over this years exam grades and that the government is determined that next years exams and assessments will go ahead... we are determined that exams and assessments will go ahead next year and we are working with the secretary to ensure that this is done as smoothly as possible. president trump heads to the city of kenosha this afternoon following weeks of protests over the latest police shooting but won't meet jacob bla ke's family. good evening... we'll start at the us open tennis where andy murray's playing his first grand slam since january last year when he had to have a hip operation

after the australian open. he's taking on japan's yoshi—hito nishioka and it's started well for murray. he's taken the first game on serve games have gone with and serve at the moment leading to games to one a deuce at the moment in fourth game of that first set. 49th in the world he beat dan evans earlier this year on the australian open. and there's commentary on that match right now on bbc radio five live sports extra and the bbc sport website — there's commentary later on dan evans' first round match against brazilian youngster chiago zybutch vilge, and also coverage of the all—british encounter betweenjo konta and heather watson. french riderjulian alaphilippe has kept the leader's

yellow jersey at the tour de france after finishing fifth on stage four, won by one of the race favourites, primoz roglic. britain's adam yates was in the leading pack approaching the stage finish, that means he stays second in the overall rankings. but roglic underlined his tour credentials, with the strongest finish out of all the race favourites. he's up to third place overall. england's newest striker, mason greenwood, says it's a dream come true to be called into gareth southgate's squad for the first time. the 18—year—old's been included for the nations league matches against iceland and denmark having impressed for manchester united — where having started the season as a youth player, he finished as a first team regular. you can be called any time and i was called to some year of league games earlier this season. i took my chance really, i'd just been playing and just took everything as a game. i've just been out there playing my football it's a dream come true. i've been playing for england it's on privileged and honoured to as

well. i'm just happy to be... i'm just happy arsenal have announced the signing of centre back gabriel from french side lille, the player features in a quirky social media video released by the club alongside fellow brazilians david luiz and willian. the 22—year—old's signed a long term deal at the emirates after completing a £23 million pound move. meanwhile croatia international ivan rakitic has rejoined sevilla from barcelona on a four—year deal. rakitic spent six years with sevilla, lifting the europa league trophy as captain in 2014 before leaving for barca the same year, where he helped the club win 16 trophies including the champions league and four la liga titles. there's been some transfer activity in the women's game too this afternoon with chelsea confirming the signing of denmark captain and wolfsburg striker pernille harder the bbc

understands the fee is in excess of £250,000. harder won the domestic double in each of her four campaigns for wolfsburg, twice finishing as the top scorer in the german top flight. she was named uefa player of the year in 2018. celtic will be away to either latvian side riga, or tre fiori of san marino in the third qualifying round of the europa league. they dropped down into the competition after that disappointing champions league defeat to ferencvaros last week. there's a full list of who the rest of the british sides will play, if they get through their second—round matches, on the bbc sport website. don't forget england's cricketers play pakistan in the third and final t20 international at old trafford later. that gets going at six o'clock. you can get commentary on that from 6 o clock on radio 5 live sports extra and follow all the action on the bbc sport website. for now, back to you better. come on, and a. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed.

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has set out her government's plans for the coming year —— insisting the covid—19 pandemic can act as "an accelerant" for the ambitions of the country. speaking in the scottish parliament, ms sturgeon announced a youth guarantee scheme aimed at giving all scots aged between 16 and 24 a job, a place in education or a training position, as well as plans to investigate the establishment of a national service for elderly care. she also said a draft bill would be drawn up setting out the timing, terms and question for a new scottish independence referendum: brexit in the way in which brexit is being implemented and measurably strengthens the case for scotland becoming an independent country. with the ability to share our own destiny and contribute positively to europe in the world. this was a programme for government and independent scotland it wouldn't have to contemplate the damage of brexit it set to eight instead he could set out even more far—reaching

plans. plans for an immediate extension of thejob plans. plans for an immediate extension of the job retention scheme not another plea for government to do so. the greater use of borrowing powers to further stimulate our economy. transformation of our national grid to support faster development of renewables. a migration system that welcomes talent at all levels and supports people to make scotland their home. a universal i'm a basic income and a social security system geared holy not just income and a social security system geared holy notjust partially to lifting households out of poverty. that is why before the end of this parliament we will publish a draft bill setting out the proposed term and timing of an independent referendum as well as the proposed question that people will be asked in the referendum. and then... and then at next years election we will make the case for scotland to become an independent country. and we will

seek a clear endorsement of scotland's right to choose our own future. the local counsel in greater manchester because of a rise in the number of cases of coronavirus there. the number of infections has risen in bolton and trafford where restrictions on meeting in homes and gardens are due to be lifted tomorrow. the labour leader of trafford counsel has accused the government of causing chaos and confusion with a haphazard and nakedly a political confusion with a haphazard and na kedly a political approach confusion with a haphazard and nakedly a political approach to public health. i will help correspondent has been telling me what causes a localised lockdown to be introduced and how they function. the local lockdowns were introduced as a result of spikes or surges in infections in particular areas. some people will remember for example, a tough restriction put in place around leicester but then subsequent to that in blackburn and darwin also in older parts

in whole of greater manchester, parts of like a share, bits of west yorkshire. so last friday it was announced that as a result of some of those areas in the infection rate falling in some of those areas, they would be coming out of those extra restrictions. basically amounting to, you couldn't have people coming round to your own house or indeed in your own garden. you couldn't see other families. so it's very much aimed at socialising rather than economic measures. it was announced that some areas would come out of lockdown particular in greater manchester on wednesday of this week. three areas in greater manchester were highlighted. stockport which is where i'm speaking to you from it now but also bolton and trafford. at the time trafford complained that that went against the advice of their own public health officials.

they said that there advised to government have been not to release them from local lockdown because they were seeing a surge in infection rates. and today, the council at bold and have written to the government to say they should stay in lockdown, which is meant to be coming in tomorrow morning restrictions are meant to be eased tomorrow morning. they feel they should stay in these tougher lockdown measures because they've seen their infection rates go from around 18 per 100,000 to a very sudden rids to 56 per 100,000 that is a very sudden and unexpected rise. with a scene and bolted for so they are asking for it to be for the lockdown easing to be delayed. i suppose the government might say they are always likely to be disagreements between local government officials and central government over theirs. the wider point is that local lockdowns are broadly the way to go. because they avoid a national lockdown, the world health organisation have commended the uk for that kind of action. yes, i think the broad

agreement on that. i think that the local lockdowns are what we will be seeing in the weeks and months to come. rather than turning to some sort of national lockdown. i don't think that's where the point of difference is. the point of difference i think, whose advice do you take? the counsellors are saying we are the people on the ground, we are the people who have the public health expertise and particularly the local directors of public health who really understand epidemiology, how these illnesses are transmitted across communities but the government is saying we need to broad let out a bit. so they said we also need to listen to the views of local mps. and in trafford in particular, that is where the problem has arisen. because one of the local mps is sir graham brady to conservative and he has been pushing very hard for they are restrictions to be eased. in the face of the advice of the local council, the director of public health, most of the council

and the conservatives on local counsel and that's where the conflict has arisen. so the leader of the local counsel in trafford has written to the government this afternoon in very strongly worded term saying you are playing politics with this illness. you are ignoring the advice of local politicians and more importantly the local public health experts. they are saying that that is deemed chaos. people are not really trusting the governments message. employers who are making use of the governments furloughs scheme will have to contribute to the wages from today. since march they paid 80%. that's going down to 70% business groups are saying some employers may struggle to cover the cost making redundancies more likely. this supplier of sound systems should be winding down after the summer festival season, but with those events cancelled, it faces an agonising decision over

the fate of its 170 staff, who've so far had their wages subsidised by the state. the fact that our costs would be ramping up in relation to the furlough scheme, as of september the 1st, that was when we decided we needed to go through our initial round of redundancies. so we entered a consultation period injuly, we spoke to everybody in the company. we wanted to make sure that we were preparing ourselves for the worst. with social distancing requirements a challenge, more than half of those in the arts and entertainment sector remained on furlough in august. they are not alone. one in eight workers, around 2.5 million in total, remained on the scheme in which the government paid up to 80% of wages. but that's being wound down. from today, the government will still pay 70% of wages, but employers will now have to find the other 10%, as well as paying national insurance and pension contributions.

from next month, the government will only pay up to 60% of wages, while employers will be putting up the other 20% before the scheme stops altogether at the end of that month. and with business far from usual, economists and unions are warning that lay—offs could accelerate, with unemployment reaching rates not seen since the 1980s. it's too soon to turn off the tap. we need a plan forjobs and that working our way out of this crisis is the best way to ensure that workers are spending their money locally, paying taxes and that we, step—by—step, begin to reopen the economy and build our way back. from a loyalty scheme for keeping on staff to lower vat rates for hospitality, there is still help available. but, with the eat out to help out programme also ending, there are concerns from business groups too. the chancellor has been deft,

he needs to show that same deftness going forward, look at the evidence, see what's happening in the economy and think about how you might, whether it is extended furlough or look at other grants, vat relief, business rate or national insurance, because jobs saved now are so much better value than dealing with a huge level of unemployment in the future. the chancellor is adamant that it's time for this scheme to end. having supported 9.5 million livelihoods, thejob retention scheme has been a ground—breaking and vital lifeline, but with a price tag to match, over £35 billion so far, which may mean tax rises further down the line. but this could be rishi sunak‘s toughest test yet. withdraw help too rapidly and it could be even more costly ultimately for livelihoods and our economy as a whole. dharshini david, bbc news.

the climate campaign have begun demonstrations in london which they say will go on for ten days. the group are planning to protest at several landmarks including trafalgar where ann buckingham palace. the bbc‘s chief environment meant correspondentjoined the protesters in the square. it is notoriously difficult to demonstrate how much reason for thousand people have been here over the course of the day. they congregated at five points around london trafalgar square, buckingham palace, and then co nve rg e square, buckingham palace, and then converge here on parliament square about midday. they've been here ever sense. there were very strict rules laid down by the police for the conduct of this demonstration for that one of the words was drunk when the road. obvious immediately the organisers alerted the rebellion protesters to go in the road and occu py protesters to go in the road and occupy the roads. they've been here for sometime now. the police have been amassing, slowly pushing in on the demonstration beginning to pick off people, arresting them. there

are groups of police standing by, ready to come in. i think the long—term objective is to clear the square. rebellion say protest like this and the disruption they cause is justified given the ecological emergency that we face as a world community. the police say obviously, this should be conducted in a safe and sensible way. particular given the covid—19 dangers at the moment. i shouldn't say this isn't the only ways that have demonstrations. there are cardiff and manchester as well. the rebellion says this marks the beginning of two weeks of demonstrations around the capital and other cities in the uk. the england football marsh rochford has formed a task force. food poverty in the uk. three months ago his campaign led to the government making a u—turn on providing free school meal vouchers in england during the summer holidays. the manchester united striker has now written to the prime minister,

outlining the extra help he says some families still need. the government says it will carefully consider the ideas. marcus rashford has spoken exclusively to sally nugent. go on, get it. 0h! for the footballer marcus rushford, this is a deeply personal project. i am a single parent. itjust helped him so much with getting food for himself. thank you. it's no problem. i thinkjust to see the smiles on their faces and to see how much it has helped them made me happy to see that actually with my own eyes. it's a stigma. they look at it as, well, who goes to these places, food bank? they look down on it, but with you speaking about it and saying you have been through it, it has given a family confidence. 0k, he has gone through it. it is only a situation,

we can pass it and ask for help. marcus has spent the summer thinking about what he wants to do next. we pretty much knew straightaway that we had found a short—term solution, but that wasn't going to work in the long run so we had to think about how is the best way to do it so that these families can eat long term and not have any issues. hello, everyone. can everybody hear me? some of the biggest brands on the country are on this call. in the country are on this call. most have now signed up to rashford's task force. they are supporting these proposals from the national food strategy. expanding free school meals to every child from a household on universal credit or similar benefits, providing holiday food and activities for all children on free school meals, increasing healthy start food vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25 per week. henry dimbleby is leading the review and spoke at the start of the call. it is important because

the alternative to a school lunch is packed lunch, and only 1% of packed lunches have the nutritional value of a school meal, and if you look at packed lunches as children get less affluent, those packed lunches have increasingly low nutritional balance. so this is a fantastic way to get children eating well at school. we're not specialists in the area. they actually are. so i am learning so much more, they are giving me figures that have sent me a bit. like, wow! now, the footballer has written to the prime minister, thanking him for the u—turn over free school meals in the summer holidays back in june. in a very personal letter drawing on his own experiences as a child, he outlines the extra help he feels some families still need now more than ever. his task force calls for it to be funded as soon as possible. marcus rashford is hoping that

by extending the conversation about food poverty with a bigger team of experts around him, he might be able to help even more of today's children. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello there. september on the way i don't not eve ryo ne september on the way i don't not everyone agrees but the statistical purposes it's the easiest time to say that the three months of autumn underway. plenty of signs of autumn out there today. whether you have sunshine orfor some, out there today. whether you have sunshine or for some, carl. out there today. whether you have sunshine orforsome, carl. more out there today. whether you have sunshine orfor some, carl. more of us will have cloud tomorrow as in area of low pressure comes in from the atlantic. very loosely speaking, containing some of the energy that was once hurricane laura. farming out they are bringing in some outbreaks of rain. very gradually eastward through the uk into wednesday. as we get on into the night some rain into northern ireland will push on towards western parts of scotland, knocking on the door of northwest england and west wales later in the night. range of

temperature 14 belfast, belfast parts of eastern england down to mid single figures in a few places with five in norwich as we start the day tomorrow. they will be a another speu tomorrow. they will be a another spell of heavy rain for northern ireland in the morning. that will push into scotland. really quite wet in the hills of galilee into the afternoon and evening. maybe 40 to 60 mm before it's all done. will head into parts of western england and wales. pushing further ease later in the day. strengthening southerly winds for all average speed doesn't it not let scotland approaching 40 mph. while many of us see temperatures in the teens where you are dry the longest and still may hazy bright east of england a few spots us into the low 20s. into the evening a little bit of rain moving through doesn't look like it's going to amount to very much. as we get back out of the big picture for a thursday this weather front then is moving south. this will be weakening as it does so. not a huge amount of rain it left on that one as it reaches down toward southern england. behind that

brightening up under scotland and northern ireland it's a bright but blustery day. showers moving through could be quite heavy. specially into western scotland. wendy on thursday and it will be tomorrow. for the most pa rt and it will be tomorrow. for the most part temperatures in the team but briefly a little bit warmer through parts of central and eastern england. temperatures come down again on friday. south may find a new lease of life on friday some uncertainty about exactly where any rain might be setting elsewhere againa day rain might be setting elsewhere again a day of sunny spells but blustery and possibly at times heavy showers.

schools in england prepare to re open their classrooms to pupils after almost six months at home. the government says schools are safe to return to, teachers say they're ready too. we're just looking forward to getting back to seeing them and doing what we do best, and teaching, with them in the classroom with us. also on the programme tonight... british holidaymakers scamble forflights home from portugal amid growing concerns it is about to be put back back on the quarantine less than two weeks after it was taken off. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, sets out how she plans to pave the way for a second independence referendum. president trump is on his way to kenosha in wisconisn, his first visit since violent protests following the police shooting of a black man, jacob blake.