good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and mega munchetty. our headlines today: the uk splits over travel to greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change elsewhere. work on hs2 moves from preparation to construction today, but the impact of coronavirus is deepening divisions over the high—speed rail line. good morning from the top of blackpool tower, one of the uk's most famous landmarks. tonight the town's famous eliminations will be switched on little different than normal. we will find out how this and other seaside resorts have hoped during an extraordinary summer ——

illuminations. good morning, it is the future of electric, the government wants to ban petrol cars by 2035 but customers are not convinced so i will put some of the newest electric ca i’s will put some of the newest electric cars through their paces in bedford this morning. and good morning. a match too far for andy murray. he's been knocked out of the us open overnight as he continues his return to the top level of tennis. good morning, a caller, breezy day on the cards with scattered showers particularly across parts of scotla nd particularly across parts of scotland and northern ireland. all of the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. —— a caller. good morning, everybody. it's friday the 4th of september. our top story: there's more confusion this morning as the uk is divided on quarantine rules for people returning from parts of portugal and greece. passengers returning to wales from mainland portugal, gibraltar and six greek islands, have to self—isolate for two weeks from today. scottish tourists coming back from portugal will have to do the same from tomorrow.

but england and northern ireland haven't made any changes. andy moore reports. british tourists arriving in portugal yesterday afternoon, before the new restrictions were announced by wales and scotland. most were prepared for the possibility of quarantine on their return. i'm not afraid of the covid here. if you put the block on, you put the block on. i don't care. yes, we had already booked so you lose money or take the chance and hope it does not get closed. it doesn't stop us, we have been looking forward to coming here so been looking forward to coming here so it is good. you are not upset if you have to make quarantine? no. it is an extra 14 days holiday when we get home as well. what was a united approach by the four nations to foreign travel during the pandemic has now broken down with different approaches based on the same

scientific evidence. unfortunately with the spikes of covid in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one by one. we are united kingdom but on this issue with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. wales and scotland are imposing quarantine on travel from greece and portugal. while the situation remains unchanged in england and northern ireland. the government in cardiff says it has identified at least 30 infections in people arriving from six greek islands targeted as part of the restrictions. that advice is underpinned the choice we may previously and the ability to have conversations across four nations about those changes, it underpins the choice we make today to help keep wealth safe and i'm confident we are doing the right thing. keep wealth safe and i'm confident we are doing the right thingm keep wealth safe and i'm confident we are doing the right thing. it was widely expected that the west and the government would reimpose quarantine restrictions on portugal. but in the end, the travel corridor

from england to portugal remained open. the department for transport that infection rates were not the only factor involved in the decision—making process. it also said that portugal had drastically increased its testing capacity, as well as taking measures to stop the spread of the virus. andy moore, bbc news. and we'll be speaking to the transport secretary grant shapps at 7:30 this morning. we will put some of those travel questions to him this morning so if you do, get in touch. i believe many people will have some questions for him! we can speak now to our political correspondent iain watson. i guess when we have a devolved government these things will happen. they are in charge of their own policies. but it is hard for the public to get a geta grip get a grip of it. it is a complicated picture through the uk, and the devolved administrations seem to be increasingly going their own way with all four nations meeting to discuss these things

although i do not think it happened this week. and they have the same data to look at but reaching different decisions, partly because in some cases of the number coming off specific flights from specific destinations who have subsequently tested positive. ithink destinations who have subsequently tested positive. i think one of the most interesting aspects though is that the travel industry are complaining about the effect that quarantine is having on the industry and the aviation industry and it is interesting that wealth for example has taken a much more targeted approach than the rest of the uk so although they have imposed for example quarantine in portugal and england has not, nonetheless they have excluded the islands of madeira and the azores where the prevalence of the virus is far lower —— wales. equally quarantine from six islands, not the mainland, so some people see this as a potential way forward and original, targeted approach to quarantine. the other demand not just from the travel industry but senior politicians such as the conservative david davis and tony blair is that airports test to reduce the amount of time people

spending quarantine getting tested when they come off the plane and then perhaps three or five days later but in this programme yesterday the health secretary matt hancock seemed to pour cold water on that idea, suggesting perhaps 7% of infections would be picked up so a lot of pressure from some politicians and the travel industry to try to sort out the problem of quarantine but at the moment certainly i think wherever you live in the uk you may be confused as to what you have to do when you return home from holiday. thank you very much indeed and we will try to make sense on breakfast of it for you this morning. of course we will! the company responsible for building the hs2 high—speed rail line linking london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase today. ministers insist the project will boost economic growth, with the creation of 22,000 jobs, but critics say it's too expensive and harmful to the environment. theo leggett reports. this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after yea rs of this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years of planning and development, not to mention delays

and rising costs, construction on the 140 mile route from london to birmingham can officially begin. in fa ct, birmingham can officially begin. in fact, a great deal of work, demolishing buildings, clearing sites and preparing the route has already been carried out. this is where birmingham's new curzon street station will be built. in a few yea rs' station will be built. in a few years' time, it should look like this. the first phase of hs2 will require 32 miles of new tunnels. there will be 110 embankments, 70 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require1 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require 1 million tons of steel. the company in charge of the project hs2 ltd says some 22,000 new jobs will be created over the next two years, including 2000 apprenticeships. but opponents of the scheme which remains highly controversial say they are not impressed. from their own figures it shows there will be over 90,000 jobs that are being displaced, purely got

rid of, purely because macro one is discriminating on shutting down businesses that have those jobs —— hs2. so these 22,000 jobs, it sounds great but when you compare it to the number ofjobs great but when you compare it to the number of jobs that going because hs2 is built, it is a drop in the ocean. it is expected to cost £35 billion and a second phase extending the line to manchester and leedsis extending the line to manchester and leeds is expected to take the total bill to more than $100 billion —— pounds. the government says it will fire up economic growth and provide opportunities across the country. but critics say the money could be better spent on improving existing transport links. theo leggett, bbc news. people in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or risk tighter restrictions. the city is expected to be classed as an area of concern after its infection rate rose. the local council says the city has reached a pivotal moment in its efforts to control the spread of covid—19. the duchess of cornwall has offered

a message of support for those who have been affected by domestic abuse during the pandemic. cases of violence have risen by 20% globally, according to the un. writing in the guardian newspaper, camilla says she fears for the victims who feel unable to seek help for fear of repercussions from their partner, or because of the restrictions imposed during lockdown. 0ur royal correspondent nick witchell reports. it is an issue about which she feels strongly and which she has set out to highlight with a series of speeches. this was a conference last march. charity begins at home. but so march. charity begins at home. but so does domestic violence. three quarters of violence against women happens in a place where a woman should feel safest. her own home. happens in a place where a woman should feel safest. her own homem is the problem of domestic abuse, of

people usually women experiencing violence in their own homes and enduring it as often as not in silence. in an article in today's guardian, the duchess of cornwall focuses on how coronavirus has made matters even worse. she writes: the duchess is the latest research has shown a large rise in domestic violence since march. globally it is thought cases have risen by 20%. it is clear that covert is not the only pernicious disease that has been attacking our society, she writes —— covid safe.

it is everyone's problem, she has said, and it is time society found a solution. nick witchell, bbc news. and if you're being affected by domestic abuse, there is support available. you can find it through the bbc‘s action line website, which is at bbc.co.uk/actionline. demand for child care at nurseries and childminders in england was down —— the freight industry is warning of significant gaps in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period. eight organisations, including the road haulage association and logistics uk, say the supply chain will be severely disrupted if concerns such as a lack of funds to train customs officials are not addressed before december 31. the government said it had plans to ensure we are ready for the changes. demand for child care at nurseries and childminders in england was down by 70% injuly, putting some at risk of closure. the institute for fiscal studies said loss of income from parents

paying fees since march means that many providers face a tough time keeping their doors open. the department for education said there's been significant support for childcare providers and it would continue to fund free places at pre—pandemic levels. there's no doubt that the character of mr darcy in pride and prejudice has a certain appeal, and for his admirers, this latest incarnation may be like having all your birthdays come at once. look at this! a life—sized cake version of the character, as played by colin firth in the tv adaptation, has been unveiled by a cable channel at lyme park in cheshire — the original location used in the series. the cake artist used 20 kilos of flour, 20 kilos of butter and a whopping 45 kilos of sugar to create the life—sized likeness. look, come on. if you are a big fan of mr darcy, and you are presented

without cake. the question is, which pa rt without cake. the question is, which part do cut first? and which do you leave until last? i don't know! it looks... interesting. iwill leave until last? i don't know! it looks... interesting. i will buy you a slice if you want one? a slice of what? thank you forjoining us on brea kfast thank you forjoining us on breakfast and we are getting our head around the quarantine rules but looking further away from home as well. search teams in beirut say they've found possible signs of life in a collapsed building one month after the massive explosion which destroyed parts of the city. emergency workers are painstakingly searching through the rubble after a rescue dog indicated a person could be alive underneath. that would be remarkable if it is true. let's speak now with journalist bel trew, who's in beirut. bel, thank you forjoining us, i know you have been following this over the last 24 hours so tell us what you know. i don't know if you

can see behind me but i am here at the rescue site and the teams are actually still scrambling through the rubble, trying to find hopefully what they believed to be a survivor 01’ what they believed to be a survivor or at least a few bodies of missing people. it has been a bit fraught here overnight. at one point the army called off the search because parts of the building were coming down but onlookers and volunteers who were curious and said if there is anybody else who is underneath, they need to intervene and someone called a crane in and people clambered on top of the rubble and said they would not leave until the operation was started up again so at around two or three o'clock, they started again and as you can see the security forces here who are cordoning off the streets have a crane in the background and are hoping to find the person they believe may be a small child, if indeed there is anyone and see if they are alive which obviously is not likely, given it has an entire month. why is there speculation that somebody could be alive? what has

been heard and what have rescue was said? i understand chilean rescuers are helping. this chilean rescue team use different equipment and they believe to have found a heart beat, a very slow heartbeat. they use thermal imaging equipment. two bodies. the smaller one showed signs of life. a rescue dog also indicated there was a sign of life. that was enough for them. even if there was not .5% chance, rescuers told me they would work through the night. that would not know exactly what they are looking for and if they are in fact going to find a survivor but they have three stories worth of rubble to dig through with most of the building not stable at all. looking at the scene behind you and we have

been showing pictures of the contrast of a route before this explosion and the one that exists today. —— beirut. they also have to deal with coronavirus. really, there isa deal with coronavirus. really, there is a sense of desperation and in lebanon on generally. no—one has any a nswe i’s over lebanon on generally. no—one has any answers over what compensation people are going to get, what reconstruction is going to happen, who is going to pay all the bills. the government said no—one would have to pay for treatment in hospital but hospitals do not have a clear idea. when it gets very cold, people here will not have any places to live. the reason a financial crisis still going on and not many a nswe i’s crisis still going on and not many answers from the authorities. they

have promised to make major reforms but so far we have not said anything concrete 30 days on. you are based in beirut so who better to know how everyday has changed? my flight is within the blast radius so i was basically living in a bombed out shell with no windows and doors and a 6—storey drop website balcony was. i was a 6—storey drop website balcony was. iwasa a 6—storey drop website balcony was. i was a target of humanitarian aid, which was very strange. soldiers coming into my flat with food. they also came in to assess the damage. the neighbourhood is empty and destroyed. this main street behind me is to bea destroyed. this main street behind me is to be a popular restaurant, cafe and bar district. nobody can see is piles of rubble. for someone who lives here, it is deeply depressing to see how people's lives

are torn apart. people living at friends places or living in shelled out houses. the government is at a pressure to show they can deliver and push through reforms. really interesting talking to you and, of course, if we do have a miracle upon a miracle and someone survived, i note you will keep us up—to—date. what an amazing blast of hope. can you imagine! if they found somebody it would be amazing. fingers crossed. let's take a look at today's papers: the front page of the daily mail addresses borisjohnson, urging the prime minister to help "get britain flying again". the paper quotes "furious business chiefs" who say 14—day quarantines

are "wrecking trade prospects". that is another twist on this quarantine situation we are discussing in depth. the times leads on comments from the bbc‘s new director general, tim davie, that the corporation needs to be "cut down to size". mr davie raised the prospect of a 20% cut in bbc output, including the closure of some channels if necessary. the guardian reports that boris johnson is facing "mounting pressure" over the appointment of the controversial former australian prime minister, tony abbott, as a post—brexit trade adviser. and wales 0nline reports on the changes to quarantine rules that come into effect today. it points out that the rule change signifies the first time wales has diverged from the quarantine rules set out by the uk government in london.

a few things on the inside. in the express, talking about a hair salon in gloucestershire who put an advert in the paper looking for a new employee and what they specifically asked for was a happy stylist to work in their happy salon and a p pa re ntly work in their happy salon and apparently they got a phone call from the localjob centre saying you cannot ask for a happy stylist because that is discriminatory against people who is not happy. they have been trying to think of other words but every other word would seem to be distributing against other personality traits. the department has now said the stuff of made a mistake and they can ask for a happy stylist.

approachable... ask for a happy stylist. approachable. .. luckily it is all right stop we don't have to be happy here. never. do you have any cats? no... why did you say it like that? i don't like cats. although i am very open—minded about cats and prepared to consider cats as an option for the future. i have three cats. i know. cat owners fall into three categories. this is a study published in frontiers in ecology and the environment and researchers found uk owners range in type. the once concerned about wildlife. i am one of those. i have a very murderous cat and she gets rid of her colours and she brings in all sorts and i am scared to go downstairs of a morning. you are not

selling me cats. at another friend of mine has a cat who saw a mouse, looked at it and then moved onto her food bowl. we are caring people on the whole. i do love dogs as well. plant pot, somewhere in the uk, a mystery education, the owners thought they would try to sell that at auction. it turns out it is worth 15 grand, they reckon. it was some sort of chinese emperor's bars from the 19th century and they are going to sell it. what was the plant in it? a cat plan.

the world —famous blackpool illuminations will return this weekend for its longest ever display. this year's lights will be in place until the new year — two months longer than usual — to try and boost tourism in the area. more than a million lightbulbs will be switched on today, and tim muffett is at the top of blackpool tower for us this morning. how many lightbulbs? 1 million. i really wish i could have seen your face when you were told this is what you would be doing this morning. you have to shout! i was thoroughly excited. we are at the top of blackfoot tower, built in 1894, one of the most loved landmarks in the uk. astonishing views right along

the coastline. and absolutely amazing site. tonight, the world—famous amazing site. tonight, the world —famous blackpool illuminations will be switched on. typically 20,000 people would be here but that is not going to be happening this year. they will be switched on and the socially distance way. more than 5000 light bulb on the tower and for the first time in ten years, they are being changed in one undertaking and there's a few left to do and later on, get we will be dangling from the tower to put the final few lightbulbs in place? yes, it will be me. but what a summer it has been for this seaside resort, going from com plete for this seaside resort, going from complete lockdown to act out beaches.

some 2020 has been nojoke. some 2020 has been nojokem some 2020 has been no joke. it has been interesting. it has been a challenge. you find out how much you enjoy what you do for a living when you cannot do it. the clowns are brothers and neighbours. we have been able to keep our skills up over the governing fence. the circus was able to reopen. the audiences have been friendlier, absolutely. you can kind of see the lifelines over the make up. blackpool had its highest visitor numbers in ten years in august. for many, a holiday abroad was not an option. since we have had the removal of lockdown it has been absolutely amazing. i got sent to the businesses who lost a significant part of the trading for this year, including easter and holidays so it has been great for them and good for the morale of the

town. we decided to do a stay—at—home location. town. we decided to do a stay-at-home location. how does it compare? we were supposed to be going to turkey in october but we did not want to run the risk of a 14 day quarantine. many who visited uk results this summer did so at the last minute. perhaps a foreign holiday had been cancelled or the weather was good so many came on day trips without saying the night. claire's bed and breakfast has still struggle. horrendous start. the virus hit at the was possible time. we spend all winter refurbishing decorating, spending all our money and when we're at peak of our overdraft, easter hits and it

straightens out our finances and of course all this happened before easter is an a lot of hoteliers are a little bit older orjust did not feel confident in opening up the businesses. august has been brilliant, thank goodness. it will be interesting to see how it continues going forward. jason had hoped to open this new club in april. it is frustrating to see the sand and dust gathering. people like myself, we need a clear route to opening. we need clear guidelines. an indication of at least a date because we cannot plan anything. blackpool‘s world —famous blackpool illuminations are normally switched on in front of crowds. no audience, just performers and then the lights will go on at 9:30pm. but they will say on eight weeks longer than

normal. a town reliant on tourist doing everything they can to keep them coming. eight is the first time the blackpool illuminations were turned on. those switching them on our team of specially selected local covid heroes, people who have done a lot for other people. i am delighted to bejoined by fiona, a nurse. for other people. i am delighted to be joined by fiona, a nurse. how does it feel to be chosen? i am com pletely does it feel to be chosen? i am completely honoured, privilege. there are so many amazing people out there who have done so many fantastic things in each and every one deserves to be on that stage. you have been nicknamed the angel of the north because you raised £75,000 for people who needed the money. the north because you raised £75,000 for people who needed the moneylj was for people who needed the money.” was a covid nurse from day one and immediately saw the need for patients to connect with families.

patients were isolated and could not have any visitors and the difference it made was unbelievable. people and families could see each other and it helped, it boosted morale for everybody, including staff. congratulations for raising that some. what will go through your mind as you flip the switch?” some. what will go through your mind as you flip the switch? i don't know. it is amazing. when i switch them lights on, everybody across the country switches that lights on, tell your family and friends and let's light up britain so they can see us let's light up britain so they can see us from the moon. how important that these illuminations keep going? it is an extension to our season and gives the opportunity for people to come and visit and get normality to their lives. they are a beacon of

light in terms of going forward. for the first time, all the bulbs have been replaced and it looks absolutely amazing.” been replaced and it looks absolutely amazing. i will be involved in the placing of the last few bobs. how long has it taken? it started in november last year, a team working replacing all the lights and electrics. they will continue to work and work safely and you will see yourself what an amazing job they've done. you can finish the job. we had the winds out this morning and that is why they need replacing? the wind is very challenging in terms of the environment. you can see the tower from miles away some people coming into full of all was that the first person to spot blackpool tower so we can now see it for as far as possible. and we're looking for a great time. this is going to be really special and so different in

some ways, more poignant? the world has been through a difficult time and coming to blackpool and giving people an element of fun and normality, but paul is here and we can do it safely and it is a beacon of tight acolyte for many years to come but this year it is so important. great to hear that and luck with the flicking of the switch and we will be watching and it is happening this evening, different to how we would normally ta ke different to how we would normally take place but very, very special and it wouldn't be the same without the eliminations and it is great they are able to be switched on, if not quite in the normal way they are. good luck to them and good luck to you and looking forward to seeing you hard at work with those bulbs. what a beautiful, beautiful site! did you see the sky? quite moody. i wonder if that is the option. we will find out soon enough. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come: we'll meet the couple who have been

running a milk round for the last 50 years. we talked about them yesterday, didn't we? yes! and they're showing no signs of slowing down. we'll also bring you the latest news. it is 31 minutes past six. now let's get the weather with sarah keith—lucas. did you see those? they were lovely. good morning to you. from the blackpool eliminations to natures own eliminations, some beautiful sunrises and the weather watchers have been out and about capturing the beautiful skies and this is how things are looking in peterborough. as we head through the course of the day we are looking at a call, breezy sort of theme. we had some scattered showers around but we will not see them and there will also be some sunshine out there. one area of cloud on the satellite which is clearing away towards the east and you can see in the atlantic, the next area of cloud is moving in from the south—west so it will be clowning over across southern parts of england, south wales through the day as well. to the north, sunshine for parts of north wales, northern

england, southern scotland. plenty of showers packing in on this north—westerly breeze across northern and western scotland and for northern ireland. temperatures today a little cooler than recent days are around about 15—19. moving on into the evening, this patchy rain across southern england will clear away so clearing skies in the south tonight but will keep with the breezy, showery theme as the showers packing particularly to scotland and northern ireland. temperatures down to about eight — 11 degrees tomorrow morning, enough of a breeze to keep things frost—free certainly and we should not see any mist or fog. through the day we have high pressure in the atlantic, low pressure in the atlantic, low pressure out towards the north—east, the combination means that we will be drawing on these north—westerly winds heading on into the weekend so quite a cool ms on the way. through the course of the weekend it will feel a bit cooler and that mixed once again of sunshine and some blustery showers —— air mass. during the day on saturday then most of those showers will be packing and

across northern scotland, into northern ireland as well, some sunnier, clearer weather northern ireland as well, some sunnier, clearerweatherfor northern ireland as well, some sunnier, clearer weather for central parts of scotland and further south across england and wales expect spells of sunshine. not as warm as it has been recently, temperatures 14-18. it has been recently, temperatures 14—18. feeling cooler in the breeze in the north—west. heading through into sunday, less of a wind around and fewer showers for scotland and northern ireland but most of the showers will be later in the day across parts of england and wales, perhaps the odd heavy one could be a rumble of thunder also. temperatures for most of us in the mid—to—high teens on sunday. not quite as warm as it has been but less breezy for a time on sunday. into monday, the next area of low sets to the north of the uk with quite a lot of those isobars on the map with another blustery field of the weather for scotla nd blustery field of the weather for scotland and northern ireland into monday, heavy burst of rain likely. prior conditions holding on across england and wales with some sunshine and it will feel that little bit warmer by the time we get to monday.

warming up towards the south, monday onwards. expect the unsettled weather to continue further north. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. it is 30 my —— 35 minutes past six. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning, we'll be talking to former strictly dancer kevin clifton about the new covid—safe theatre show he's staging with his sister joanne clifton, looking back at their love of ballroom. he will have something to say about blackpool as well, won't he. absolutely! a new trailer has been released for the upcoming james bond movie, so will it tempt us back to the cinema? we're looking at what it means for the future of the industry. and after nearly three months off our screens, eastenders returns on monday. we'll find out what coronavirus safety measures they've put in place and how they get round kissing scenes. that's later on the show. good morning.

here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. let's face it, all we want to know is about the kissing, how the kissing has been done. family members from behind. yes, plastic screens. members from behind. yes, plastic screens. we will get all of the details. today's main stories. passengers returning to wales from mainland portugal, gibraltar and six greek islands will have to quarantine from today. scottish tourists coming back from portugal will also have to self—isolate for two weeks from tomorrow. the rules apply to travellers arriving home, regardless of what part of the uk they return through. there are no changes for travellers coming back to england and northern ireland. the company responsible for building the hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham is starting the construction phase of the project today. prime minister borisjohnson said

the project would "fire up economic growth" with the creation of 22,000 jobs. critics have condemned it as too expensive and harmful to the environment. people in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or risk tighter restrictions. the city is expected to be classed as an "area of concern" after its infection rate rose. the local council says the city has reached a "pivotal moment" in its efforts to control the spread of covid—19. 23 minutes to seven o'clock. children showing symptoms of an upset stomach could have coronavirus — that's according to researchers from queen's university in belfast. let's get more on this with gp rosemary leonard, whojoins us from south london. good morning and thank you for joining us. it is interesting, this, because we're used hearing about a

high—temperature and sore throat but this is suggesting different symptoms, particularly in children, is it? yes. children always react differently to viral illnesses and there will always be kids — my son did my oldest, never he got a flulike illness he vomited and got diarrhoea but my youngest son didn't and this is typical of children who react in a different way to viral illnesses so doc is are not surprised by this. —— doctors. it was a small study and the reassuring thing is none of the children needed hospitalisation, none of them were seriously ill, it was just that they we re seriously ill, it was just that they were symptoms that they had.” seriously ill, it was just that they were symptoms that they had. i am imagining your son thank mum, do not overs ha d ow imagining your son thank mum, do not overshadow my medical history! but his children. does that therefore —— thatis his children. does that therefore —— that is children. does it have a knock—on effect in terms of testing, testing all of the time we are talking about so if parents have a child who has a dodgy tummy, should they think about getting the child

tested or isolating? ideally, yes. i say ideally because as we saw in the news yesterday there is currently chaos with the testing outside of areas where there are known hot spots. in fact in my surgery yesterday we were having sort of tragicjokes with patients because we are in london, people have been directed to peterborough and the isle of wight to get testing. this clearly needs to be sorted out. ideally, yes, children who are u nwell ideally, yes, children who are unwell and in fact anybody who is unwell, the message came out of a fortnight ago, anybody who is unwell, get a test. but where do you stop that? that is the problem, isn't it, especially if the testing system is already full stretch because so many people at this time of year as we get into winter will wa ke of year as we get into winter will wake up with a snuffle or have a bit ofa wake up with a snuffle or have a bit of a cold. do they get tested? where do you draw the line? exactly, and though the government has said they

are hyping up the testing to 500,000 are hyping up the testing to 500,000 a day we have not seen evidence of this yet and i think people have to be practical and pragmatic and if you wake up with just a runny nose, it is unlikely you are going to have overnight. and if we were saying to everybody who is unwell, stay at home, isolate get a test, we would have no children in school, particularly into the autumn —— covid. and we have people in work missing so i think the thing to do is be practical, pragmatic. have you got a fever? i think that is the thing. fever is a big sign in children and adults, that you may have covid. you say you had patients yesterday in your clinic, rosemary, who were talking about being sent hundreds of miles potentially for test. are you seeing any signs that this is getting under control? that you can get testing closer to home more easily? no. no. it is dreadful. it is actually ludicrous in london.

i went on last nightjust out of interest to see where i could get a test if i wanted one. bedford, 40 miles away, two hours through the centre of london. i have a gp friend in west london who lives in ealing and she was directed to connive and to get a test. —— can arvin —— carnarvon. we are told the testing has been relocated to the hot spots but we're not going to know if london has a hot spot because londoners cannot get a test. the official advice is no—one will be sent more than 75 miles away. well, who is going to travel if they have a fever, particularly, 75 miles to get a test? i mean, the government have said, matt hancock was here yesterday morning and said we are investing hundreds of millions of pounds in rapid testing, there are trials i think in salford, hampshire at the moment, hoping to roll it out as soon as possible. should we be

reassured by that? can we start to relax? i hope, i desperately hope they can get these rapid test going, particularly the ones they can tell you whether you have the flu or covid. it would be fantastic if we had those but for now, we need, the government needs to get on top of the testing system and get it available right the way across the country. the other thing is the algorithm that the computer users is it sends people as the crow flies. so it is sending people who live in cornwall and devon to wales, not realising that actually, you cannot get across that bit of water. yeah, rosemary, thank you indeed and interesting to hear about your insights there from patients just in the last few hours. thank you, i will let you go and respond to a text from your son now! 18 minutes to seven. good morning. mike knows about embarrassing children. lovely to see you. did you

have to bring that up? all of the time, especially when i tried to do sport. you have to feel for andy murray. just 48 hours after that first round marathon victory at the us open and the effect that had on his body, and then having to play the young whipper—snapper from canada, felix auger aliassime — 13 years younger, and it showed, as murray lost in straight sets. let's talk to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who also deserves our sympathy as he's been up since yesterday afternoon following all the action here in salford. i have lost count of the hours i have been up, mike. despite the defeat, russell, murray will be encouraged by the last couple of weeks, won't he? yes, he does not want to lose grand slam matches in straight sets, that is something he would like to avoid in future, but yes, he is old and wise enough now to reflect on how far he has come over the last couple of weeks. he won a couple of matches on the atp men's tour last week, including beating broad number seven

alex ferro, —— alexander zverev, but he did not have enough in the tank left against felix auger aliassime in this match. it was not really a contest. the 20—year—old, how dare he be 13 years hisjunior, was a lot sharper. he was serving brilliantly, the performance of a consummate old professional really and murray had no answer. he says he is more positive about his future than he was a couple of months ago because he didn't quite know how to hit, he has had two operations on, would respond —— hip. disappointing night but missing overall pick. it is great to hear considering where we we re great to hear considering where we were at the start of the year. —— overall picture. where is he now, in terms of his rehabilitation? head of the french open next. the french open is likely to be his next tournament in about three weeks' time. he will not play a warm—up event on the clay because he needs to rest after playing in the united

states in new york for a couple of weeks and also because he has not played a clay—court tournament since the summer of 2017. his body needs to get used to the surface where you slide and it can put a lot of pressure on your back and your hips. so he would rather do that gradually. he says his body needs to become more robust. he hopes that with training and a number of tournaments under his belt, should he play felix auger aliassime in the us open in12 he play felix auger aliassime in the us open in 12 months' time, that he would be in a completely different position. he is still very ambitious but he is correct in saying at the moment, the body is not resilient enough, he is not playing very many grand slams in the last three years and therefore, he just needs to go through the hard yards and build the body up once again. and some of the pain he must have been after that first marathon victory which was brilliant to see, it was likely murray of old. how would his body suffer? his toes

suffered in particular. judy murray was saying that this is perhaps apparent over sharing their son's medical history and the circumstances but she was saying how he had to have injections to drain the blood from his toes because they we re the blood from his toes because they were a mess. particularly playing in hot and were a mess. particularly playing in hotand humid were a mess. particularly playing in hot and humid conditions in new york, the feet and toes take an absolute beating and it is not unusual. generally, it is not too bad. not one part of his body was hurting more than any other. he was a little bit slow and sluggish and you cannot do that against a 20—year—old who was absolutely amazing and playing great tennis. thank you russell, sweet dreams. thank you russell, sweet dreams. thank you. thanks russell so now, murray's conquerer, felix,

auger aliasim, may face british number one dan evans next — if he gets through, to round three. he had a frustrating day, with rain halting his match against, moutet. they're in the middle of a feisty encounter, and they'll resume today at one set all, with evans serving to take the third set, into a tie—break. and there was huge disappointment forjohanna konta, who had a great start against the world number 77 sora na cirstea, before losing in three sets. konta led by a set and a break and she had two match points in the decider but she couldn't close it out. i think my level was a lot higher than hers in the first set but she's a great player and she has had some pretty amazing results in the past in her career but she is capable of playing some really good tennis and she obviously raised her level and then we were battling kind of toe to toe, really, but she was better in the. --at

toe, really, but she was better in the. ——at the close. as international football returned for european teams for the first time in 10 months, wales were winners on the first night of, nations league action. they were missing several senior players but a young and inexperienced side beat finland 1—0 in helsinki. kiefer more with his first game sent beating hungary back. stephen kenny's first game as republic of ireland manager was suitably dramatic. they were 1—0 down to bulgaria in sofia until three minutes into injury time, when captain shane duffy snatched a point. britain's adam yates will spend a third successive day in the leader's yellowjersey at the tour de france. after inheriting it on wednesday, he kept it by finishing tenth on yesterday's stage alongside his closest rivals to maintain his three second lead over slovenia's primoz roglic. he should stay in yellow, with today being one for the sprinters, before facing two tough days in the pyrenees. we heard the very rare sound of a crowd at a cricket ground yesterday evening, as some fans

were allowed back for the first time this season. it was for the t—20 blast game between surrey and hampshire at the 0val. a total of 2,500 fans were allowed inside the south london ground — about a tenth of the capacity — and they were reminded of what cricket can be like in september as the start was delayed by rain, but at least they could cheer and add some oohs and ahhs when play did start. now, how far do you think you could run in an hour? 12 kilometres maybe? 10? 8? the legendary ethiopian runner haile gebrselassie set the bar, atjust over 21 and it's a record that's stood since 2007! later this evening at a diamond league meeting in brussels, britain's mo farah will try to run even further. the four—times 0lympic gold medallist says he thinks it's "possible". it's a return to the track for farah, three years after opting for road running.

his personal best half marathon just over 30 miles is under an hour or so he has proved he can do it but he's 37 now so he's already superhuman but he would be even more superhuman. abia whippersnapper! that's it only a whippersnapper. the government wants to ban the sale of diesel, petrol and hybrid cars by 2035, and preferably even sooner than that. ben is in bedford on a special track used for testing new vehicles. good morning. good morning. they have let me loose and if this car this morning. we're talking about electric vehicles my goodness, more and more being sold but, as the government says it wants to hand them and ban the sale of electric

and diesel cars by 2030. the big question is whether consumers are ready to start buying more of them. just one intent the vehicles was a fully electric vehicle. —— one in ten. i believe it takes too long to charge and i am very impatient. shortage of power, the time it takes to powerup, the shortage of power, the time it takes to power up, the limited distance. i think technology is getting that bit by bit. | think technology is getting that bit by bit. i am from the lake district so by bit. i am from the lake district so that is the key thing. that is where a diesel or petrol at the moment. it's the distance. i would buy an electric car but i would like to see them out for a little bit longer. some thoughts from some

would—be buyers in london. the chief executive of the society of motor manufacturers and trading is with me. you have this big event and the idea to put some of these new electric cars through their paces. but lots of people worried about things like range, distance, how much it costs to charge. but that is your job, much it costs to charge. but that is yourjob, to educate people. for many years, people have had the choice of petrol and diesel but now the opportunity to get different types of technology is increasing so the right people that have concerns, primarily about charging and we need to invest a lot in that infrastructure but we have hybrids that will do 30 miles, and that is probably on average what people do. 0ther probably on average what people do. other vehicles may be up to 150, even 400 miles so it is getting

better and technology is continuing to evolve. the government wants to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars, maybe 2030. that is a lot of work to do before that stage. we will still see petrol and diesel ca rs will still see petrol and diesel cars after that date? absolutely, they are ending the sale. that is a massive challenge for the industry to go from that huge range of 400 different models on the market to make them all electrified, hydrogen or whatever. we can probably get it to 2035 but for people who are buying now, their vehicles can continue to be driven after that but you cannot buy a new one. the technology is changing all the time and some people might think, i might hold off for longer until the technology has improved, the battery

is better and faster to charge. it is better and faster to charge. it is all about this in the testing to make sure people know what is on sale. they can test the different type of technologies. you have plugged in hybrids which combine battery and petrol engine. pure electric, hydrogen and the only omission here is water. it is totally different to what people are used to but the driving experience is fantastic and it is not a compromise. 0nce is fantastic and it is not a compromise. once people drive these type of vehicles that do not go back to anything else. really good to see you. we will be here all morning and i will take test drive in some of these on this amazing test track. the real issue is about things like range and charging but also just changing our perception of cars and

vehicles. we have been so used to petrol and diesel and the big industry event to get people become more aware of what technology can do. more from me after seven. you are enjoying this today, i can tell. thank you. we picked up on this yesterday. imagine you're in your eighties, and you've been doing a milk round for the last 50 years — you'd think lockdown would have been the perfect chance to take a break? well, not derek and maureen from yorkshire — the couple kept delivering to doorsteps and show no sign of slowing down yet. charlotte leeming went to meet them. marine and derek clancy are a formidable pair. both into their 805, they have had a milk run for 50 years. the alarm goes off at 2am and they go about delivering 800 pints. what keeps them going strong? early

morning5, fresh air, exercise. what keeps them going strong? early mornings, fresh air, exercise. that is all i can say. she is like a show horse. i don't mention looks like a show horse, i mean she has the strength of a show horse and she loves it. i do. they've been together since teenagers and set up the business before you could regularly buy milk in the stores. the rather fond regularly buy milk in the stores. the ratherfond memories of earlier time5. the ratherfond memories of earlier times. i started in 1982. we absolutely loved it. we were the envy absolutely loved it. we were the e nvy of absolutely loved it. we were the envy of our friends because we aren'ta envy of our friends because we aren't a bit more than the lads that did the paperaround. they aren't a bit more than the lads that did the paper around. they were like a second family to be. kept in touch all the way to now and it is absolutely fantastic they are still going. really unbelievable. their 5on going. really unbelievable. their son is also part of the family firm and that they have been bu5ier

son is also part of the family firm and that they have been busier than ever during seeing a big increase in cu5tomers ever during seeing a big increase in customers but they had work is certainly appreciated. we never run out of milk, we never over order, the wallace every day, if it is getting low, they will pop down for the extra part. it is a service you do not expect to get this day and age. they deliver day or shine stop that three—year—old granddaughter i5 already showing signs 5he that three—year—old granddaughter i5 already showing signs she could be the future generation of the bu5iness. maureen and derek have been on this for half a century and they have no intention whatsoever of putting a lid on it. charlotte leeming, bbc news. well done to them and congratulations on their 50th anniversary. 50 years in a job, congratulations on their 50th anniversary. 50 years in ajob, that i5 anniversary. 50 years in ajob, that is an achievement. to raise a pint... of milk? maybe something

5tronger. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. a sunrise rainbow captured in commonwealth. a few more rainbows on the clouds. some 5un5hine commonwealth. a few more rainbows on the clouds. some sunshine and scattered showers. a cool and breezy field to the weather for today and on into the weekend for some of us. an area of cloud clearing. this next area moving in from the atlantic so skies will be clouding over across southern parts of england wales with showers moving in later on. packing in on quite a brisk northerly wind. some of them heavy. the odd rumble of thunder. drier and brighter weather for much of northern england and wales. temperatures in the mid— teens, a bit cooler than recently. 20 degrees in the warmest spots. rain pushing eastwards across parts

of southern england. clearing skies for most places but further moving into was the north—west. 8—11 degrees first thing tomorrow morning. should not see any mist and fog because of the breeze. high—pressure moving in on saturday from the west. blood pressure out to the east and that means we will be drawing on winds from a north—westerly direction so quite a cool air mass as we head into the day saturday and sunday. a cooler filled to the day for the weekend with a mix of sunshine and showers. for saturday, most of the showers across northern ireland, parts of scotla nd across northern ireland, parts of scotland and perhaps some sunshine fought central scotland through the day. further south, more fought central scotland through the day. furthersouth, more likely fought central scotland through the day. further south, more likely to stay dry with sunshine on offer on saturday. temperatures a little bit cooler. the wind will be easing as we head through the day on sunday. most of the showers will be across

england and wales on sunday. brighterfor england and wales on sunday. brighter for scotland and northern ireland as well. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the uk splits over travel to greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change elsewhere. work on hs2 moves from preparation to construction today, but the impact of coronavirus is deepening divisions over the high—speed rail line. good morning from blackpool towers, the 158 metre high, one of the uk's most famous landmarks. tonight, the town's eliminations will be switched on differently than normal. we will find out how this and other seaside resorts have coped during an extraordinary summer. murray meets

his match at the us open. he's been knocked out of the us open overnight as he continues his return to the top level of tennis. it's friday the 4th of september. our top story: there's more confusion this morning as the uk is divided over quarantine rules for people returning from portugal and greece. passengers returning to wales from mainland portugal, gibraltar and six greek islands, have to self—isolate for two weeks from today. scottish tourists coming back from portugal will have to do the same from tomorrow. but england and northern ireland haven't made any changes. andy moore reports. british tourists arriving in portugal yesterday afternoon, before the new restrictions were announced by wales and scotland. most were prepared for the possibility of quarantine on their return. i'm not afraid of the covid here. you know, if they put the block on, they put put the block on. keep me here till october, i don't care. well, yeah, 'cause we'd already

booked, so you lose money or take the chance and hope it does not get closed. it didn't stop us. we have been looking forward to coming here, so it is good. you're not upset if you have to make quarantine? uh, no. it's an extra 14 days holiday when we get home as well. what was a united approach by the four nations to foreign travel during the pandemic has now broken down, with different approaches based on the same scientific evidence. unfortunately, with the spikes of covid in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one by one. we are a united kingdom but on this issue, with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. wales and scotland are imposing quarantine on travel from greece and portugal, while the situation remains unchanged in england and northern ireland. the government in cardiff says it has identified at least 30 infections in people arriving from six greek islands targeted as part of the restrictions.

that advice has underpinned the choice we've made previously, and the ability to have conversations across four nations about those choice. it underpins the choice we make today to help keep wales safe, and i'm confident we're doing the right thing. it was widely expected that the westminster government would reimpose quarantine restrictions on portugal. but in the end, the travel corridorfrom england to portugal remained open. the department for transport said infection rates were not the only factor involved in the decision—making process. it also said that portugal had drastically increased its testing capacity, as well as taking measures to stop the spread of the virus. andy moore, bbc news. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in faro for us, where holidaymakers are trying to make sense the rules. a plumb job. another brilliant view. i cannot help but be jealous!

another brilliant view. i cannot help but bejealous! there is a lot of confusion there about, as holiday makers try to make sense of the rules ? i seem to have lost you, naga. i lost you for a second. i was saying there is some confusion about trying to make sense of the rules? yeah. first of all, the fact is that you andi first of all, the fact is that you and i were talking about this yesterday. it was sort of thought or known by people here that it was coming. we were talking to so many families who were already making plans to go back to the uk, buying extra tickets for either today or yesterday, paying between 500 and £700 and for those returning to england, big groups going out for a week here and some going back home and one family, one man whose wife isa and one family, one man whose wife is a nurse going back this morning to england, and the money spent, they will not have to corentin but if you are going to wales or scotland, the welsh announcement

came that more flights back to cardiff for example before four o'clock this morning and if you are going to try to scramble on a late flight you would have to work out if you are going to get to london or manchester and drive through the night to get back to wales and scotla nd night to get back to wales and scotland have the same issue, but to 24 hours now to do the same so it is different because as you say as well, one chap yesterday —— match—up said yesterday england and northern ireland have looked at these factors such as increased testing and the torch move —— portuguese diplomats tell me they have increased their lobbying so it is porto and lisbon are the areas that are badly affect it here —— grant schapps. it is comparably barely touched so they believe it has made a difference. gavin, good to talk to you. thank you. we can speak now to our political correspondent iain watson. iain, are all four nations just separate entities now when it comes to setting travel rules?

that's right. certainly the devolved administrations were always able to go their own way on this but they are becoming increasingly divergent. interesting they are looking at the same data and getting the same advice but coming to different conclusions and sometimes because quite a lot of people want specific lights and specific destinations for example subsequently tested positive but it makes it a confusing picture people are trying to decide where to go on holiday and went to try to get back from holiday. i think one of the most interesting aspects of the corentin announcement though is announcement in wales because what they're doing is taking a more targeted approach —— the quarantining announcement. you come back from one of six islands but not from the greek midland when it comes to portugal, because anyone can arrive back in england from portugal but what the welsh government is saying is the areas with lower prevalence of the disease, madeira and the azores would be exempt from

corentin and this is one of the demands of the travel industry, they are back against the wall and saying can you do something to mitigate it and make the effects of severe and one of these effects might be to have a regional approach perhaps, something which other nations in the uk could follow —— quarantine. also demanding tests at airports for example to reduce the amount of time that people may have to spend in quarantine but on this programme yesterday the health secretary seem to pour cold water on that idea and suggested hopes that would only pick up suggested hopes that would only pick up around 7% of infections so it looks like in one form or another quarantine is here to stay but in the united kingdom, where you stay will affect your travel plans. thank youindeed will affect your travel plans. thank you indeed for that. and we'll be speaking to the transport secretary grant shapps at 7:30 this morning. the company responsible for building the hs2 high—speed rail line linking london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase today. ministers insist the project will boost economic growth with the creation of 22,000 jobs, but critics say it's too expensive

and harmful to the environment. theo leggett reports. this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years of planning and development, not to mention delays and rising costs, construction on the 140 mile route from london to birmingham can officially begin. in fact, a great deal of work — demolishing buildings, clearing sites and preparing the route — has already been carried out. this is where birmingham's new curzon street station will be built. in a few years' time, it should look like this. the first phase of hs2 will require 32 miles of new tunnels. there will be 110 embankments, 70 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require a million tons of steel. the company in charge of the project, hs2 ltd, says some 22,000 newjobs will be created over the next two years,

including 2,000 apprenticeships. but opponents of the scheme, which remains highly controversial, say they are not impressed. from their own figures, it showed that there's going to be over 19,000 jobs that are being displaced, purely, or got rid of, purely because hs2 is discriminating or shushing — shutting down businesses that have those jobs. so these 22,000 jobs sounds great but when you compare it to the number ofjobs that are going because going because hs2 is built, its a drop in the ocean. the first part of hs2 alone is expected to cost at least £35 billion. a second phase extending the line to manchester and leeds is expected to take the total bill to more than £100 billion. the government says it will fire up economic growth and provide opportunities across the country but critics say the money could be better spent on improving existing transport links. theo leggett, bbc news.

search teams in beirut say they've found possible signs of life in a collapsed building one month after the massive explosion which destroyed parts of the city. emergency workers are painstakingly searching through the rubble after a rescue dog indicated a person could be alive underneath. these are life shots from beirut. —— these are live shots from beirut. 0ne one month on from the blast. the crews equipment later detected what they believe to be a heartbeat. a weak heart beat in the rubble but are now investigating and all eyes in beirutare are now investigating and all eyes in beirut are on the pile of rubble in the hope that maybe, possibly, there could be some kind of positive resolution after all of this time. we will get the latest from beirut a little later on the search. people in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or risk tighter restrictions.

the city is expected to be classed as an "area of concern" after its infection rate rose. the local council says the city has reached a "pivotal moment" in its efforts to control the spread of covid—19. the freight industry is warning of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period. eight organisations, including the road haulage association and logistics uk, say the supply chain "will be severely disrupted" if concerns such as a lack of funds to train customs officials are not addressed before december 31st. the government said it had plans to ensure "we are ready for the changes". actor robert pattinson, who is set to star in the latest batman production, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to us media. on thursday, a spokesperson for warner brothers confirmed a member of the production team was self—isolating but did not identify who it was.

production of the batman has now been forced to stop just days after they had resumed filming. talking a lot about movies this morning, there is going to be a new bond film, coming out in november, and that will hopefully get us back into the cinema is in great numbers to watch it. we cannot sit too close together in the cinema, can we? we will talk about that later in the programme. it is 12 minutes past seven. let's turn to the tv screen. the presenter gary lineker has been outspoken on social media about his feelings on how the government is handling the issue of migrants coming into the uk. now the television star has decided to go a step further and has applied to a charity to be a potential host for a refugee to stay with him. well, television star and former england player. the match of the day host did so after receiving a tweet earlier this month, asking if he had housed any refugees. speaking to the daily mirror this

week, lineker said he had "been thinking of doing something like that for a while," adding that his "kids are all grown up, so i've got plenty of room, so if i can help on a temporary basis, then i'm more than happy to do so. why not?" to find out more about the process, we can speak to guy wyatt — who's been hosting refugees and asylum seekers via the charity refugees at home for more than three years — and mo rahimeh, a former refugee who previously had help from the same charity, and now lives with guy as a lodger. good morning to you both! hankey for joining us on the bbc breakfast this morning. we will explain to you interviewers, you are in the same household which is why you can sit together and talk to us —— thank you. tell us what the experience has been like for you, guy. universally positive. my wife julia and been like for you, guy. universally positive. my wifejulia and i have been looking after refugees duck well, asylum seekers for 3.5 years.

we looked after i think 11 or 12. and it has been a joyous experience. what made you decide to do it? well, i'm a lawyer, specialising in crime, andi i'm a lawyer, specialising in crime, and i meet an awful lot of people in and i meet an awful lot of people in a lot of trouble in various, various ways. and i was representing a client from liberia who was part of me understanding his background. in order to mitigate, try to persuade thejudge that his order to mitigate, try to persuade the judge that his sentence should be less than it otherwise might be andi be less than it otherwise might be and i learned about his personal history which went back 20 years and the dreadful, dreadful experiences that he had had. and it got me thinking quite a lot about asylum seeker and refugee issues and very

shortly afterwards, we saw a newspaper article in the times, sunday times i think, about refugees at home and we both immediately turned to each other and said we ought to do that. so we did. here we are. you come from syria, tell me about your journey? you come from syria, tell me about yourjourney? across the border from calais. i met lovely people and i have been 0k and it has been lovely, to be honest and i like being with guy and a big experience with refugees at home. we are lots of people and learning a new culture. you fled from syria and the. war.

what were you hoping far from the uk? i don't know what i was expecting but a good future for me. i don't know. lots of things, to be honest, and good things. everyone who comes here just want normality. everyone that crosses the channel, they are just like anyone else, no matter where they have come from. they want a home, they want security, in due course, family and jobs and things like that and, really, when you say what do asylum seekers want to make the just want the same as everyone else. basic human rights are what you are describing. there will be people

watching people say, what you were doing is illegal, why don't you stay in the countries you originally travelled to? in fact, this might encourage people to take unsafe journeys and we have had some tragic stories about people taking risks. let's be clear, no asylum seeker here is committing a criminal offence by doing so. in this country, unlike many others, you can only apply for asylum once you are into the borders of the uk. there are strong arguments that should change but that is a situation at the moment stop when someone comes into the uk, albeit informally, say crossing the channel in a boat or something like that, if they make themselves known to the authorities and say i am applying for asylum, then their presence here is a matter of law is legal. they are not

illegal immigrants. they are asylum seekers and we are obliged as a nation to entertain that application for asylum and to assist people in their lives while that asylum claim is going on. so not illegal immigrants. it is what i am doing encouraging people to cross the channel? well, in a sense, that is not my business. as a charity, refugees at home, don't bring anyone here, we do not encourage anyone to come here, we don't advocate for people being able to come here, we just say, there are people here who are in trouble. the asylum system as it currently works, has a great many gaps in the system where, even if

someone is being supported by the state, they will get a maximum of about the equivalent of £5 a day and some very poor quality accommodation, generally, but, very frequently, asylum seekers get nothing, no accommodation, no money... i am sorry, time is always against us. i think you help people and mow is living the life and having a life he's looking for. ——mo. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you forjoining us on breakfast. it is a big day for transport. the company responsible for building the hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham is starting the construction phase of the project today.

we have talked about it for years. the government says the project will boost economic growth and provide opportunities across the country. but critics fear a negative impact on the environment and feel the money would be better spent on improving existing transport links. let's speak to one of those campaigners. joe rukin, from stop hs2, joins us now. from central london. people this morning looking at a long commute either in cars or slower trained saying let's bring this honour, speed up the journey across the country but you are not celebrating today, why? the case for hs2 was dodgy at best and covid—19 has made it non— existent. the entire rationale is that thousands and thousands of people every day our

commuting and 100,000 more passengers per day want to come into london and use these line. it is simply not the case. we have been saying for ten years that it will become the business imperative that homeworking will become more and more common, and they said it will be gradual but thanks to coronavirus, it has happen overnight. people realised it was doable, business want to do it, people want to do it and the government want people to come back into the office but they are not doing it because they realise they doing it because they realise they do not have to suffer the arduous torture of commuting into our cities. hs2 has never been a good idea and the case reached now is absolutely dead in the water. —— writ. the rock wildlife sites and

woodlands impacted. their own figures project that after 120 years of operation and we are a long way from operation, after 120 is it still will not be carbon neutral is basically saying, whenever single one of the 7 billion people alive on planet earth today, when everyone alive today is dead then it still will not be carbon neutral, it still would have been better to have done nothing. they are based on passenger numbers which will not turn up. let's talk about passenger numbers because i can see how you see that when you look at empty stations but many commuters and the government will say this is only temporary. we are going through a pandemic but in the next few months, maybe a couple of years, the next few months, maybe a couple of yea rs, we the next few months, maybe a couple of years, we will get back to normal and people go back to the office and we will need to get around.

and people go back to the office and we will need to get aroundm and people go back to the office and we will need to get around. it is simply not the case... how do you know? it has been happening for yea rs. know? it has been happening for years. it has been slow and gradual and covid—19 is proving to people this is doable. 0nly and covid—19 is proving to people this is doable. only 6% of people wa nt to this is doable. only 6% of people want to return to the old way of doing things. why on earth do people wa nt to doing things. why on earth do people want to commute. nobody wants to commute. people will still need to go into the office but not five days a week. the demand for travel will exponentially drop off a cliff and building hs2 is ridiculous in this point in time and how absolutely out of touch our government are. they say it will be good forjobs, my word! you say this trend has been slow and gradual but we have seen trains and many roots being packed and getting busier. you have looked at that and you say there is a

demand for this. you look at the report onto hs one, what was, with high—speed is that they always fail to attract the grossly inflated passenger numbers. with hs2 it is going to be worse because the move to homeworking is under way. what borisjohnson has said about the jobs. trying to push hs2 and we create all these jobs. 22,000 jobs, less keen to mention the almost 20,000 jobs that hsz less keen to mention the almost 20,000 jobs that hs2 permanently displaces. but if we look at 22,000 construction jobs displaces. but if we look at 22,000 constructionjobs and displaces. but if we look at 22,000 construction jobs and take the low estimate and believe the low estimate and believe the low estimate of cost for phase one of 45.1 billion pounds, that works out at £2 million to create one single job. there is a time when there are

businesses coming under every day for the want of less that it would cost to create one job. the government would say, if you build a rail line like this, you will level up rail line like this, you will level up the country, create investment and boost business in parts of the country like the midlands, the north—east, which is currently not served in a stop that is a brilliant argument from government. they will ta ke argument from government. they will take a statement and it sounds like it should be true then you look at every single piece of international evidence and the evidence of our hub and transport system and you realise that what hs2 will do is drag more and more economic activity to london. there will be some uplift around the station site and obviously that is why it is being lobbied for the people who want to build on and the money of the

associated land grab, there will be some uplift around that but the expense will be for the wider region. we will have to leave it there. i am sorry, we need to leave it there. thank you very much indeed. should we get to blackpool? these lights are in place until the new year. more than a million lightbulbs will be switched on today, and tim muffett is at the top of blackpool tower for us this morning. how is it looking, gosh? it is looking absolutely spectacular. we have the drying up this morning. 0ne

of the uk's most famous and loved landmark. built in 1894 and tonight, the world —famous blackpool illuminations will be switched on. it is going to be different to normal. typically crowds of 20,000 people but that will not be happening. it would be happening in a socially distant way and amongst those switching the eliminations on will be local covered mike harris. leona, a nurse based in berwick, you will be doing the switch on. how do you feel? it is an absolute privilege. there are so many heroes who have gone above and beyond the pandemic and it is really quite humbling. you raise £75,000 for people who really need the extra support. what did you do?” people who really need the extra support. what did you do? i was a covid nurse from day one and i immediately recognised the need for patience to connect with family and

friends because they could not have visitors. i raised 75,000 pounds and donated 200 ipads across the country so donated 200 ipads across the country so patients could see family and family could see patients. it should be fantastic this evening. the manager of the tower is with me. how important is that the eliminations will take place and they will last longer? the extended season gives the opportunity for people to come back and visit blackpool. people need to go back to some sort of normality and what better way than coming to blackpool and enjoy the eliminations. 5000 lights have been replaced, all of the lights. the work started 12 months ago. we are really excited for tonight. so people can see what an amazing tower it is. if you point the camera down,

we're going to be down there. it left a few still to be done — thanks for that! thank you very much indeed. i will be holding my breath and hoping for the best. blackpool illuminations switched on this evening, different to normal but still very, very spectacular and what a summer it has been for these and many other summer resorts. it is open for business and people are welcome. i do not how you stand that. i went a few weeks and mike kids were doing that and i could not standard. i do not mind heights. you are watching bbc breakfast, still to come, we'll have the latest sport and headlines. ought to do that. so we did. here we are. you have brought us some really beautiful skies and i think you are

trying to rival all of those great views we have got with bedford and in blackpool this morning. absolutely. good morning. some glorious sites out there as the sun has risen and lots of cloud around so quite pretty skies out there for many of us. some blue sky and sunshine around but through the day we're not all going to see it because there are some on the cards. this is hertfordshire this morning, many of us waking up to similar skies. through the course of the day, a cool and breezy feel to the weather and of course it will be that mix of sunshine but also some scattered showers. some places avoid those showers all day. one area of cloud has cleared towards the east and the next bulk of cloud here on the satellite is pushing in from the west so skies or cloud over across southern parts of england and wales and showers already across cornwall spreading slowly eastwards later on in the day towards the south but some sunshine further north, particularly north wales into northern england, scotland and northern england, scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england are likely to see heavy

showers, rattling through on a bristol north—westerly wind. could be the odd thunderstorm extend also. temperatures down on recent days, just about 20 degrees in the warmest spot on the south—east. rain slowly clearing away from parts of southern england tonight so clear spells and further showers moving in for scotla nd further showers moving in for scotland and northern ireland. quite breezy overnight so temperatures not falling too low, 8—11 first thing. tomorrow's weather is dominated by the high pressure that is starting to move in from the south—west. low pressure towards the north—east. that combination means we will draw in the winds from a north—westerly direction so i to call air mass on the way as we have through the course of the weekend and you will notice and fulfil a little bit cooler and fresher. —— cool air mass. some scattered showers through the course of the weekend. 0n saturday those showers were moving from the north—west over northern ireland into parts of south—west scotland, northern scotland, some showers, and some brighter and drier weather likely for central scotland.

further south across england and wales, you are likely to see drier and brighter weather. temperatures for most of us in the mid—to—high teens on saturday. a bit of a breeze in the northwest as well, taking the edge of those temperatures. into sunday, the breeze eases away so less blustery by sunday. still some showers but the bulk of them i think by sunday will be across parts of england and wales later on in the afternoon. dry conditions for scotla nd afternoon. dry conditions for scotland and northern ireland and temperatures 13— 19 degrees or so but it will feel pleasant as we lose the nagging breeze by sunday. into monday, low pressure is still to the north of the uk, quite a lot of isobars, wet and windy i think on monday particularly across parts of scotla nd monday particularly across parts of scotland into northern ireland and drier weather holding on across england and wales. temperatures will start to creep up, we could see 20 orso, start to creep up, we could see 20 or so, perhaps the mid 205, into the middle of the week. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay.

good with naga munchetty and jon kay. morning. the ns passengers returning to wales from mainland portugal, gibraltar and six greek islands will have to quarantine from today. scottish tourists coming back from portugal will also have to self—isolate for two weeks from tomorrow. the rules apply to travellers arriving home, regardless of what part of the uk they return through. there are no changes for travellers coming back to england and northern ireland. so to try and understand why those quarantine rules are so different, we can speak to the transport secretary grant shapps. he joins us from westminster. good morning. thank you forjoining us. it is a question many people are asking, why are we not, as four nations, not more united in our approach to quarantine. it is a bit similarto approach to quarantine. it is a bit similar to actually the way that the lockdowns have been applied as well and everyone is quite used to that now. you will get different approaches in scotland and wales and

northern ireland and england and similar unfortunately with quarantining. currently, similar unfortunately with quara ntining. currently, you similar unfortunately with quarantining. currently, you look at the data and then we do speak but i'm afraid quite often, we come to slightly different outcomes. i realise that is confusing for people. i do not think it is similar in terms of the lockdowns because when you look at local lockdowns, you have individual areas and the rates in certain regions in the uk yet have four nations looking at one country, portugal for example, and they have the data for that country. and they make a decision. why cannot you all use the same data? the thing that varies is actually the law, the way the law is drafted in each area so for scotland this week, i think on wednesday, they took a decision without looking at the joint biosecurity centre data which we all have access to, to remove grease and

they did that because they had some particular concerns about cases which had can return to scotland from their —— greece. we waited to see thejoint from their —— greece. we waited to see the joint biosecurity data this week on greece and indeed, it showed a small fall in their number of cases per 100,000 which, i should say and stress, is one of the many bits of data that we have to look at and the joint bits of data that we have to look at and thejoint biosecurity centre looks at, they also look at the test positivity rate as well. what about portugal? last week, you suggested 20 cases per 100,000 is kind of a good mark. to look at, you know, countries that perhaps should go on the quarantine list and portugal is currently at 23 per 100,000 so that is on the list for scotland and wales but not for northern ireland and england. that's right, yeah. a good example. as you say, that is a useful benchmark but it is not the only thing that the joint

biosecurity centre wants to look at. another thing they look closely is the positivity rate, the percentage of those tests which turned out to be positive. in the case of portugal, at the point that we looked at the data, the test positivity rate had fallen over the last fortnight. so that essentially means that if you test more people, of course your number of positives per 100,000 will be more, just as a product of having tested more people. we do not want to penalise a country for doing the right thing. we are additionally interested in is how many of those tests were actually positive. so it is getting that and how it has been treated and how fast it is moved, whether the government in that country has a plan in place and many otherfactors to go with it and portugal is, i think as people have realised, on the borderline with the opinion in northern ireland and england looking at that is it didn't quarantining this week. we continue to monitor it

carefully a nd this week. we continue to monitor it carefully and remember, these things can change potentially in a week as well. if we see something take off. i know it is frustrating and i have been there. i went to spain and my family holiday and immediately had to go into quarantine the day i got there and returned myself and to leave my family so i have every sympathy with people who have found themselves stranded. i'm not sure if themselves stranded. i'm not sure if the sympathy necessarily needs to be with the fact that people have to quarantine, i think it is that there is nothing clear to follow in terms of numbers. if you are planning to go on holiday and people, i think people generally accept that less testing levels or infection levels rates change, but there is no clear guidance in terms of like if you came on last week saying 20 in 100,000 is a level to look at, then look at portugal and you see the number rising so say you are out there and you book a flight and pay extra for tickets to come back and then the rules change so people have wasted money. what would you do?

where can you go is a member of the public who wants to take a holiday and support the travel industry, what can you look at the kind of say at least i was as informed as possible to stop myself from losing money? that number per 100,000 is a rule of thumb but it is only a rule of thumb and actually for those interested , of thumb and actually for those interested, i have tweeted about this extensively over several occasions, including last night in a couple of weeks ago, actually, the day that portugal came into the corridor, to explain all of the various corridor, to explain all of the various measures corridor, to explain all of the various measures and there were at least one doesn't rins which the joint biosecurity centre will look at to do this. i guess to look at the question, travel always has a certain amount of uncertainty and of course with coronavirus it is more uncertain than it has been at any other time and you know it is just the nature of this virus, it is very, very difficult to predict and a very good example one week or two ago is we had to remove jamaica. to make of the week before had a very

low rate —— jamaica the week before. it suddenly took off. it has not been the situation in portugal, it has been a gradual rise and other figures were going in the opposite direction, including the number of test which were positive out of the total quantity they were doing. shall we talk about hs2? can you be clear about what state we are at all what stage is construction at? is it the official construction phase that begins today? what does it mean? that's it, three years of work and i know it has been a controversial project and when i came in, we set up project and when i came in, we set up the review to see if we were even going to go ahead with it and we decided we would, it helped level of the country and will produce a better journey time and the country and will produce a betterjourney time and a lot of jobs and today is, if you like, spades on the ground up in the west midlands for the first time. the actual construction of part of the one of the stations, part of the route proper goes ahead. this is

22,000 jobs over the next few years onjust the 22,000 jobs over the next few years on just the first section which is the birmingham— london section. a lot of apprentices will be taking on a lot of high—quality engineering jobs and i know that we are obviously stuck thinking about coronavirus a lot of the time at the moment but it is sort of an indication that we are passionate about the future and improving lives and levelling up communities and all the best of it so we can get about in the future. use a 22,000 construction jobs will be created in the coming years. —— you said. the stop hs2 campaign isjobs permanently displaced will be about 19,500.50 permanently displaced will be about 19,500. so the net total over the next few years of jobs created 19,500. so the net total over the next few years ofjobs created is more like 3000. do you agree with that? i do not accept those figures. stop hs2 busily have a particular point to push. i came and looked at hs2 pretty much neutrally and i had not before been transport secretary

one year ago, been deeply involved in the subject, but i tell you what, the argument that somehow making it easier to get about and doing so in a clean, environmental way somehow destroys jobs in the long run overall, i think is totally untrue. how manyjobs will be displaced?” am not really how many, how they have come up with those figures i'm afraid because if you look at for example in birmingham, i know that hsbc have moved to birmingham. you may say that is fine, they moved out of london and it has not created a newjob but it is rebalancing the economy in a way that people have talked about for years and we are actually doing it and when it gets up actually doing it and when it gets up to manchester and leeds and makes those journey times to scotland much faster and the rest of it, i cannot see how there is an argument that making it easier to get about this country is somehow going to destroy jobs, quite the opposite in fact, it will clearly make the economy level

up. find those left behind areas that have found themselves to disconnected before and jointed together and not just hs2, disconnected before and jointed together and notjust hs2, the massive investments in rail, reversing some of those beaching line closures, those railway lines which were closed in the 705 and 805, 605 and before, and making sure that the country is connected. how can it be a bad thing? have you thought about the disconnection between some rail stations? it has been pointed out birmingham for example has three disconnected city centre railway stations, hs2 will add a fourth, but they will not be any easy connections to existing train services. also it is not serving london heathrow. there is criticism it is not connecting thoughtfully. the last thing i want to do is redesign the bit that is already going ahead now but of course. . . already going ahead now but of course... even if it is not right? i do not think it is quite as straightforward as that sounds because i have met with andy street, the mayor of the west midlands, and

walked around those stations and he showed me how there are pathways through and it means that, it is a bit like kings cross, st pancras, it sounds like it is to stations miles apart but actually everyone knows you can go to one and pretty much be at the other, so in a lot of the birmingham stations, i don't think activity is anything like as distant as it sounds. we say what we connect this or that place, ultimately a railway line has to run from a to b, it cannot connect everywhere, but i am convinced and i know that because of coronavirus and being on the trains this morning they are quieter than they normally would be although it is starting to pick up again, but before coronavirus we had a 4% year on year on year increase particularly on say the west coast mainline. that is the problem, though, isn't it? we have coronavirus and people are working from home and companies are realising they don't need people to travel into cities and people are relu cta nt to travel into cities and people are reluctant to travel into cities if they can ably and conveniently and

constructively work from home. why do we need the network?” constructively work from home. why do we need the network? i think that is true in the shorter term and indeed there may even be longer term impacts from all of this as people realise they can work from home. but ido realise they can work from home. but i do not think that in the kind of big sweep of history, and if you think about the west coast and east coast mainlines, 150 years or something, you are building these things for the future, not just for next year or, it won't even be finished next year of sewer because you are not, but ten years time, you are building for the next generation. 0ur are building for the next generation. our children and their children. so in the end i think you will be pleased we have additional rail capacity in the country and i think we need it and it is, if you like, today is a sign of confidence in the future of our country and 22,000 quickjobs over the next few yea rs 22,000 quickjobs over the next few years building as well. quick question, can you clear something 7 question, can you clear something 50 question, can you clear something up? 50 members of the conservative party met on wednesday, this is part of the 1922 committee, in a room

that had a note on the door saying covid reasons, 29 allowed. how did that happen, why did that happen, why was not allowed? i was not at the meeting so i'm afraid i cannot clear anything up for you but all around parliament measures are being taken and people will be doing their best as everywhere, to try to respect that. i know people taking the train, to metre possible... you cannot guarantee the rules were met in parliament? i was not at the meeting. it happened on wednesday and you could look into that. 50 attended in a room that said 29 were allowed. interesting because of the government is trying to advise people how to get back to work and they would be concerns about rules being bent or broken.” they would be concerns about rules

being bent or broken. i do not know where that report came from, you are in parliament, people will perhaps report out, perhaps not entirely accurately but i do not know the situation but i would say generally speaking in parliament, measures have been taken and you cannot have more than 50 into the chamber itself as you recall you could have up 600 people. in the chamber not more than 50. there are different measures in parliament to try to keep people apart as much as possible. grant shapps, transport secretary, thank you for your time. thank you. thank you for your time. thank you. thank you for your time. thank you. thank you forjoining us on bbc breakfast. we had to mike usually this morning he has a very special personal challenge. we love out sporting challenges on breakfast,

and this takes some beating. darts commentator dave clark was diagnosed with parkinson's disease ten years ago, but it was only this summer that saw him step away from the microphone, having covered some of the sport's greatest moments. dave is now walking the length of hadrian's wall to raise money for parkinson's uk. we'll speak with him shortly, but let's take a look at some of his highlights. good evening from wolverhampton. glazing conditions, six inches of snow and of course that has had an impact on the number of people turning up for the premier league. 0f of course, i am joking! they are here in force. there is not a seat to be had in the house. the famous

las vegas strip. five days of hot darts and when i say hot, i mean sweltering hot. are you ready for darts! globetrotting dave clark joins us now. dave is up and ready for day two outside the guest house where he stayed last night in heddon on the wall. morning, dave. well done on getting through the first 16 miles. how was it and how are you feeling? it isa it is a bit sore. it is not climbing everest or swimming the channel but it isa everest or swimming the channel but it is a big challenge because my parkinson is taking hold. the right side of my face, my arms are not what particularly well, my leg drags so it is getting worse. but after ten years, very proud to be doing this. it doesn't make walking harder

and it will get harder over the next few days? i think so. i will get fitter but the medication was invented when wilson was prime minister. so we need to raise money to find a cure and hopefully this will raise a few quid and raise awareness as well and i am very proud doing it. also how important it is for people living with parkinson's to get regular exercise? a lot of people have done research into this field. 2.5 hours of exercise a week slows down progression. cycling, pilates, keep fit and hopefully it. the degeneration. we are heading one way, eventually i will not be able to walk and talk. it is a slow attack and it gets you in the. how

important to have people alongside you. you have had people alongside you. you have had people alongside you in different walks? positivity grows a cross you in different walks? positivity grows across the country. people walk off the street, recognise meat from the darts. i have a couple of neighbours, a couple of friends. walking and enjoying it. fingers crossed, if the weather is good, carol says, it is good. you have had a word with carol. it looks beautiful into the sunshine how do the wilds of northumberland compare? very different to the himalayas but i will eventually want to base camp, maybe next year but i will get this out of the way. looking forward to it. it has been great so far and

hopefully the memories will continue. how tough was it for you to finally this summer stepping down from sky sports darts? it must have been tough. it was quite strange. i have been doing it for ten years which is quite incredible really, defying the odds. we got to a stage where i was about to walk out on stage in front of 10,000 people and my medication was not kicking in. it was nervy time. live tv, 10,000 people and every time it kicked in in time but anything not to distant future when it fell, did not want it to happen. i wanted to go out on a high, with dignity. no—one tapped me on the shoulder. it has been an absolute pleasure speaking to you this morning. i know you about to

start the second stage of over 15 miles. best of luck until next tuesday. if you are in that area of the world, look out for dave walking hadrian's wall. the latest james bond film should have hit uk cinemas in april but, like so many other things, it was put on hold by coronavirus. there's finally some good news for 007 fans, though, because a new trailer with unseen footage has been made public ahead of the film's release in november, which the industry hopes will finally tempt people back into cinemas. let's take a look. james bond. we both eradicate people to make the world a better place. i

just want to be a little tidier. come on, james bond, where the hell are you? i would love to be a bond villain. you would make a really good bond villain. you talk about your cats, i can see they're sitting on that chair. we're joined now by our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. morning, colin. what do we make of the trail and that you extended release a trail about this much awaited movie?m that you extended release a trail about this much awaited movie? it is about this much awaited movie? it is a lengthy trial, two minutes 30 seconds so we find out a lot. if you do not want anyjames bond spoiler, make a do not want anyjames bond spoiler, makea cup do not want anyjames bond spoiler, make a cup of tea and come back. it is the scope of it. we have freddie

mercury trying to destroy the world because rami malek who won an oscar for playing freddie mercury is the baddie, safin, a man with a mission. we hear that millions might die, we hear that james bond thinks there might be nothing left for him to save. compare this to daniel craig's other films. this is save. compare this to daniel craig's otherfilms. this is thrown back to the days of men breaker and the likes of abadie trying to take over the whole planet. —— moonraker. a roll in the film for a 00 operative and very careful not to mention which number this is. a theory is this picks up five years after the

last james bond film and this picks up five years after the lastjames bond film and james bond has been retired for five years so much believed it could actually be her who is 007 when this film starts. good, sound great. the whole point is, with this trailer, they delayed the release of this film because of the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions. a raft of films and restrictions. a raft of films and also trying to get people back into cinemas. will it be a push for that? inaudible. 0h, technology, the gremlins. that was a great film! laughter. i really wanted to talk to colin about robert patterson because

he had covered max so that meant was another thing. which films, fees, batman would get people back into the cinema? which film would be the catalyst? there has been so much talk about this and tenant was at the field that hit uk cinemas last week and took £5 million which had a lot of people in the cinema world thinking, that is assigned people are willing to return to the cinemas if it is the right film and they are hoping that james bond if it is the right film and they are hoping thatjames bond can take if it is the right film and they are hoping that james bond can take that to another level when it opens in november but interestingly, another development in the way people are releasing film stop today, mulan was

supposed to open in march, what is the have decided to do is release that straight to disney plus but you have to pay £20 to watch that film today. it will be free to watch on disney plus come december but if you wa nt to disney plus come december but if you want to sit today, £20. in countries where disney plus is not available, like china, it will be opening in cinemas. people are trying in different ways. mulan cost $200 million to make, the most expensive film ever direct did by a woman and it is going straight to pay for view. you need a lot to make that money back. look forward to talking more movies over the weeks ahead as things hopefully get back to a glimpse of normality. tim moffat is

at the blackpool tower, and he will be hanging around some time today. we will explain that a little later. moody skies. they need some light and they will do that, a million of them at the blackpool illuminations starting later today. all the latest on quarantine changes in a couple of minutes at the top of the hour. getting to know the latest decisions are now. a real mixed in the skies. blue skies for some and other areas with more cloud and showers. cumulus clouds out there, very pretty, such as this picture taken by one about watchers. a mix of sunshine and

showers. quite a cool and breezy feel to the weather. cloud moving in from the west. you can see this on the satellite image. turning quite cloudy across parts of southern england, south wales. slowly moving its words. to the north, some sunshine to be enjoyed particularly through midlands, north wales, northern england but also some scattered showers. the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland. they will be quite happy with the odd rumble of thunder and blustery conditions. for most of us a little cooler than in recent days. rain slowly clearing in the south—east. more showers across scotla nd south—east. more showers across scotland and northern ireland and temperatures between eight and 11 degrees. we start the day tomorrow with high pressure moving india from the west. blood pressure in the east

and the combination drawing in the winter from and the combination drawing in the winterfrom a and the combination drawing in the winter from a westerly direction. —— moving in good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today... the uk splits over travel to greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change elsewhere. work on hs2 moves from preparation to construction today, but the impact of coronavirus is deepening divisions over the high speed rail line. good morning. is the future really electric? the government wants to ban the sale of petrol and diesel ca rs by ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by the year 2035. but our consumers really convinced by all of this and what will persuade them to

buy one? i am at this test track in bedford today, to put some of the newest cars through their paces. good morning. a match too far, for andy murray — he's been knocked out of the us open overnight by a rising star 13 years younger, as he continues his return to the top level of tennis. and after nearly three months off our screens, eastenders returns on monday. we'll find out how they've managed to film in coronavirus times — and how they get round 'intimate' scenes it's friday the 4th of september. our top story. the uk is divided this morning over quarantine rules for people returning from portugal and greece. passengers returning to wales from mainland portugal, gibraltar and six greek islands, have to self—isolate for two weeks from today — scottish tourists coming back from portugal will have to do the same from tomorrow.

but england and northern ireland haven't made any changes. we can speak now to our political correspondent, iain watson. iain, we've heard from transport secretary on this issue in the last half an hour. 0ne one of the things i picked up on is how testing has increased in some countries, that has almost changed the way we kind of receive the numbers or should monitor the numbers or should monitor the numbers as well? yes, that's right, i thought it was interesting, as you pointed out, different approaches taken in the different devolved administrations but they all look at the same data and come to different conclusions. sometimes that is simply because the number of people getting off a flight from a specific destination then test positive but interesting the transport secretary grant shapps said he took into account the wider picture, not just the numberof account the wider picture, not just the number of infections in a particular area, so, for example, benchmark is 20 new infections per 100,000, but he also said if you

had, as you had in portugal, a big increase in testing than you expect the numbers of people who tested positive to go up so he was much more interested in the percentage of positive tests. and clearly, if a country seems to have a handle on its increasing coronavirus problem, then the government, at least, the uk government, as far as england is concerned, are willing to perhaps be a little bit more liberal with their approach than perhaps the scottish or welsh administrations. he also addressed this question of the patchwork arrangements we now have throughout the uk, just to reiterate, a couple of them, briefly, if you are coming from greece or portugal you have to quarantine in scotland, if you come from six greek islands and mainland portugal you have to quarantine in wales, you do not have to do either in england or northern ireland so the transport secretary trying to explain the reasons, the differences. yes, it's a bit similar to actually eat the weight the lockdown has been applied as well and everyone is quite used to that now. you will get a different

approach in scotland and wales and northern ireland than you do in england and it's similar, unfortunately with quarantine, currently. we look at the data. and then we do speak but i'm afraid, quite often, coming to slightly different outcomes, which, i realise, is confusing for people.” think one of the interesting different outcomes is the approach taken in wales because what they seem to be doing is applying, if you like, are perhaps more sophisticated, targeted approach there as though they are saying for example, six greek islands, but if you come from the greek mainland no quarantine, if you come from mainland portugal, quarantine, if you come from the islands, this prevalence of the virus, midyear or the azores, you don't have to quarantine, blanket approach adopted in other nations of the uk so i think it will be interesting to see if the move towards a more targeted approach which is something the more travel industry has been pushing government ministers to do. thank

you for taking us through all of that. the company responsible for building the hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase today. we also spoke to grant shapps about that. ministers insist the project will boost economic growth with the creation of 22,000 jobs, but critics say it's too expensive and harmful to the environment. theo leggett reports. this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years of planning and development, not to mention delays and rising costs, construction on the 140 mile route from london to birmingham can officially begin. in fact, a great deal of work — demolishing buildings, clearing sites and preparing the route — has already been carried out. this is where birmingham's new curzon street station will be built. in a few years' time, it should look like this. the first phase of hs2 will require 32 miles of new tunnels. there will be 110 embankments,

70 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require a million tons of steel. the company in charge of the project, hs2 ltd, says some 22,000 newjobs will be created over the next two years, including 2,000 apprenticeships. but opponents of the scheme, which remains highly controversial, say they are not impressed. from their own figures, it showed that there's going to be over 19,000 jobs that are being displaced, purely, or got rid of, purely because hs2 is discriminating or shutting down businesses that have those jobs. so these 22,000 jobs sounds great but when you compare it to the number ofjobs that are going because hs2 is built, its a drop in the ocean. the first part of hs2 alone is expected to cost at least £35 billion. a second phase extending the line to manchester and leeds is expected to take the total bill

to more than £100 billion. the government says it will fire up economic growth and provide opportunities across the country but critics say the money could be better spent on improving existing transport links. theo leggett, bbc news. search teams in beirut say they've found possible signs of life in a collapsed building — one month after the massive explosion which destroyed parts of the city. emergency workers are painstakingly searching through the rubble, after a rescue dog indicated a person could be alive underneath. wouldn't that be unbelievable? it would be a miracle. let's speak now with journalist bel trew, who's the middle east correspondent for the independent newspaper. we don't want to get too ahead of ourselves, we must be cautious with this, but discuss with us what the possibilities of life may be. i've just been asked to move slightly away from the mound of rubble they

are searching through to find this possible survivor because they been using equipment to see if they can't get more information as to offer this so—called heartbeat is coming from. what they do is they ask everyone to move away from the site, switch off their phones so there is no interference which is why i'm quite a distance right now from the actual site where the rescue workers are working. there are apparently 80 centimetres away from the area they are trying to get to, where they first picked up these signals, they are seeing in thermal imaging equipment, the outline of two bodies one slightly larger than the other, the smaller one, supposedly curled up, may be a child, showing signs of life but it's really a very small chance, it's been a whole month since the blast destroyed this neighbourhood. it's unclear how anyone would be able to survive under the rubble without water in the intense heat that is beirut right now. but rescue workers told me they are going to keep going because if there is a 0.1% chance, they will try and see if they can find a survivor or another body.

good luck to them and fingers crossed. as this month milestone approaches, after the explosion. thank you for that update. people in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or risk tighter restrictions. the city is expected to be classed as an "area of concern" after its infection rate rose. the local council says the city has reached a "pivotal moment" in its efforts to control the spread of covid—19. firefighters in kent are dealing with a fire at an industrial building near rochester. people living in the area of hoo were woken to loud bangs around 5 o'clock this morning. people are being advised to close their windows and doors because of the smoke. the tank now is nine minutes past eight. —— the time now. actor robert pattinson, who is set to star in the latest batman production, has tested positive for coronavirus, according

to us media. on thursday, a spokesperson for warner brothers confirmed a member of the production team was self—isolating but did not identify who it was. production of the batman has now been forced to stop just days after they had resumed filming. they are hoping to get back unsaid again ina they are hoping to get back unsaid again in a couple of weeks. we heard yesterday that dwayne johnson had come down with it. now apparently robert pattinson as well. take care. let's return to the top story. quarantine rules that have been imposed for some tourists travelling back from portugal and greece. the rules are different depending on where you live in the uk — so what's changed and where? last night, the welsh government announced anyone arriving into the country from six greek islands, including zakynthos and mykonos must self—isolate for 14 days. those new measures came into force overnight from 4am.

the whole of greece was added to scotland's list yesterday. whilst in england and northern ireland, there will be no change. meanwhile, anyone returning to wales from the portuguese mainland will have to stick to the new rules from today. it's the same in scotland, but the rules there come into force tomorrow from 4am. again, there is no change in england and northern ireland. have you got it? maybe! we can speak now to the welsh health minister, vaughan gething. iam asking i am asking people if they get it, it's really confusing for most of us but i know you have been looking at the data. can you explain how you came toa the data. can you explain how you came to a different decision from the site, the government in westminster, as far as england is concerned, having apparently looked at the same data. you will be aware from early this week we had a

particular issue with flights from zante, we recognised we had over 30 infections from four flights, two of the flights landed in england. i change the advice for the flight that landed in cardiff on tuesday, subsequent testing of people on the flight subsequent testing of people on the flight showed over 20 positive cases, more than 10% of the flight. that means altogether we have over 50 within the last week or so, just from the one island. the data that we received from the joint by a security centre confirms there is a problem on the greek island and we that we have taken action in respect of and rising tides in the affected pa rt of of and rising tides in the affected part of europe, the number one destination for uk tourists, could not ignore the practical reality of the infection is already in wales and the very clear advice from the joint bio—security centre that those islands represent a high risk to people in their public health in the

uk. it's not for me to explain why other governments chose not to act on that advice but i think that advice is very clear, it will form the explanatory memoranda the regulations we made and introduced so we are being upfront about the risks. it important to remember the first wave of coronavirus was largely introduced into the uk by travel from mainland europe. there isa travel from mainland europe. there is a much larger tide of infections, from these parts of europe, before taking action, it's all about keeping wales safe. you say you don't want to necessarily comment but you must have if what you think is being done in westminster, do you think the government dealing with england in quarantine is acting too slowly as far as greece and portugal is concerned? i am a health minister, i have responsibility for public health and if the situation with the other way around, giving you have the rising tide of infections from these particular islands and you have advice that

portugal has a rising tide of infection rates as well, can you afford not to act? i take the view that i cannot discharge my public health responsibility and not make this decision. it's important to remember quarantine regulations we have a public health legislation, to both introduce restrictions but also lift them as well. i am very confident the action we have now taken is in line with that advice, supported by the chief medical officer and as i say, this is about keeping wales safe. when you see a pattern of infections taking place, you trace it back to a location, tourist travel, i think the right course of action is to act and i have done. so travellers coming back to wales from six greek islands will have to quarantine, i will list them, crete, mykonos, second pulse, lesbos, pa ros them, crete, mykonos, second pulse, lesbos, paros will have to quarantine, but people asking this

morning, do i have to fly directly back from those islands or if i have visited on a boat trip for a day, during a two—week holiday, how does that affect things? if people have stayed on the islands, they clearly need to, people have been on the islands they should get in touch with the test, trace, protect service, we will test people who had contacted the silence, i would rather be cautious and have people come forward for testing than not and as! come forward for testing than not and as i say, the testing that people have been on those islands is very, very clear. having over 10% of flights, with new covid—19 infections coming into wales, if we don't introduce these restrictions we know we will have a much greater chain of transmission and the potential for wider community transmission. if there is anyone who is concerned, get in touch with the contact tracers, get in touch with the testing centre and book themselves a test. some people say what you're doing is the smart approach, targeting specific islands

rather than just saying the of greece gets banned but i suppose there is a risk for you, isn't there, that creates more confusion, like this question about whether you come straight back from somewhere, whether you island hop briefly, in a way, targeting creates more questions than it does answers? well, there's no way of having an easy option here, i'm afraid. and it's the choice to understand where we see the biggest risk and the rates of infection coming into the country already. that is a choice we made and there are reasonable arguments to make, wanting to take our whole country approach rather than targeting it as we have done. i understand it would be easier to communicate but at the same time, it shuts down travel in areas of the country that appeared to be safe but the reason we are taking the approach of the whole of mainland portugal is a very difficult, it's difficult to define travel within a whole mainland route for us with the azores and madeira we excluded from quarantine, they have different

entry requirements, they are much more distinct and easier to define. cani more distinct and easier to define. can i ask briefly, we are running out of time, and it's important, if somebody who lives in wales flies back from one of those islands into, say, bristol airport in england, do they still have to isolate when they get home? yes. we get information from the travellers coming in from different parts of europe, they should get contact in cells from our services here in wales, from the health service, however, the rules are very clear. if you live in wales, regardless of which airport you fly into, these rules apply to you. 0k, thank you, we have to leave it there. thank you so much. what impact will this have on greece's holiday industry? harry theoharis is the greek minister for tourism, and joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. what is your reaction to the latest moves in terms of

scotla nd to the latest moves in terms of scotland and wales? well, it's a mixed bag in terms of the uk, england did not change the rules. every country has the right to protect their citizens the best way they see fit. i mean, there is no doubt about that. what we are saying and what we are maintaining is that according to the rules that the uk has said, 20 cases in the last seven days per hundred thousand of population, we are well below that, if anything, we are moving population, we are well below that, ifanything, we are moving in population, we are well below that, if anything, we are moving in the right direction, lowering the figure. we are also taking targeted measures in those areas that they have found specific cases, a concentration of cases, in order to ensure the safety of every visitor as the safety of every citizen of

greece is well protected. so we are increasing, where necessary, the kind of measures we are taking and we have seen this in the past, it has an effect. in many areas the concentration has dissipated. has an effect. in many areas the concentration has dissipatedm terms of conversations you're having with governments and authorities, have you spoken about regional quarantine, so, you know, obviously there are lots of greek islands, people travel amongst those as well as the mainland. so you can target where quarantine is applied to encourage more tourism in the greek economy. well, this, in terms of the rules that every country imposes, it's not our place to tell them exactly what they should be doing. what we are doing is we have a policy of full transparency, sharing our day to we find, with art testing and our services in each and every

region and each and every destination, if you like, so that we can inform, you can make informed decisions about that and the second thing is, when we see areas of concern from the uk authorities, we target those areas as well to ensure that we,, you know, ensure they are well addressed. those things are really the policy that we are trying, to implement in the past few days and weeks. in order to ensure that there is a clear understanding between the agencies. it's always good to talk to you. the greek minister for tourism, good to talk to you. the greek ministerfor tourism, thank good to talk to you. the greek minister for tourism, thank you so much for your time this morning. there are big differences between the nations when it comes to these quarantine rules. what does it mean for passengers? simon calderjoins us from heathrow.

simon, undeniably complicated, isn't it? it is absolutely fragmented. we heard in the past hour, you were talking to grant shapps, the transport secretary for the uk. he makes these decisions on behalf of england. but it's clear everything is fragmenting and your boarding passis is fragmenting and your boarding pass is turning into more of a lottery ticket than you thought it was! let's be absolutely clear about what this means. there is a flight coming injust before what this means. there is a flight coming in just before 11pm what this means. there is a flight coming injust before 11pm tonight from the capital of portugal, suppose there is an english man, a scotsman, a welsh man on the flight, in the front row, what happens to each of them? the english man does what he likes. the welshman has to go straight home and self—isolate as we heard from the welsh health minister, it depends where you live, not for you land, the scotsman,

meanwhile, better have a fast car waiting, if he can get across the border by 4am, he can avoid two weeks of self isolation! but, i think it gives you an idea of how messy it's all become and i pity the poor traveller trying to make sense of it all. messi is one word but maybe we should celebrate the fact we have different nations in the uk, different regions of those nations, implementing different policies according to the circumstances. we heard the welsh health minister talking about how this was a particular issue there because of flights that had come back from one of the greek islands, maybe this is a good thing? there two completely different schools of thought going on. as we heard from the welsh health minister, they are doing absolutely very specific targeting of places where they know from their data that there is a problem. so they are saying these six greek islands, we are not worried about beautiful madeira or the azores, we

know they are ok, for as the uk government takes the view it's all or nothing. either a country is low risk or it is high risk, you cannot divide it up. it also takes the view that the only alternative to two weeks of self isolation is no quarantine at all. it doesn't agree with the idea that you can have some sort of testing regime which of course is what the airlines desperately want. we are going to hear, sadly, later today, virgin atla ntic hear, sadly, later today, virgin atlantic has had to make 1000 more staff redundant because travel simply isn't coming back. they get most of their money across the atlantic. there's no traffic there at all. in fact, i think what the welsh are doing in terms of testing everybody who came in on that so—called coronavirus charter from one of the greek islands to cardiff, they tested them on arrival, they found more than 20 cases, they are going to test everyone again in a

couple of days and that way, they think they can actually get a much better result than actually these blanket quara ntines but better result than actually these blanket quarantines but as i say, the uk government says it absolutely all or nothing. remember, it's the rules that apply to the country you live in, that is what you have got to look at when you are trying to work out what your responsibilities are. it's not where you fly into, it's where you go home to. simon, thank you very much for explaining all of that. let's go from air travel to ground travel. ben thompson joins us this morning. you are being safe obviously, and good morning to you. welcome to bedford, we are here, talking about the rise in electric vehicle sales. the government telling us they want to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by the year 2035. the question is whether

we as consumers are ready for all of that. are we convinced enough to buy them so we've come to this test track in bedford and what we are going to do all day, the industry is laying on the show to try and convince consumers electric as the future. what is holding people back from buying? we've been asking some people in london yesterday what they made a bit and why they might be relu cta nt. made a bit and why they might be reluctant. it doesn't appeal to me. i believe it takes way too long to charge. i'm very impatient which is not a good thing. shortage of power places, the time it takes to power up, that sort of thing. limited distance you can go. i think technology is getting there. i'm from the lake district, it's getting back between london and the lake district is the key thing. that's where diesel or petrol at the moment still is, the distance, that's my key thing. i would also buy an electric cart but i think i would like to see them out for a little bit longer. so, that's the view from

consumers about why they might be a little reluctant to buy but i have a guest, nick from nissan who is with me this morning. we heard from people suggesting there are so many reasons they might not want to buy but it is yourjob and the rest of the industry to convince them so let's talk about them. what is the range, how far you can go on a charge and where you can charge these things, it's not like pulling into a petrol station. actually, we find and our customers find, we have been selling electric vehicles in the uk for more than ten years, we have 500,000 customers around the world and we find these cars are much more convenient than a petrol car. they don't need to go to the petrol station, you plug in the car at home, your office, destination and they wake up every morning with and they wake up every morning with a fully charged car, they can preform the car on a cold morning like this morning. actually, it can bea like this morning. actually, it can be a lot more convenient. the range, we started ten years ago with small ranges. now we have well over 200 miles of range in the nissan leaf for example. what customers are

finding is for those long journeys, they can go forever they want. we have a rapid charging network on the highways. i want to talk about the charging network. most people say, fine if you have a big driveway, you can plug it in at home but what if you live in a terraced house with on street parking, or a flat, what do you do? it's going to hold people back. the customers today, 90% of them do overcharging at home which is easy if you have parking but if you have not, we are actively working with government, local authorities and with a lot of private entrepreneurs and small businesses, installing a great deal of parking in cities. it is a chicken and egg thing, people aren't going to embrace because if you cannot charge them and you are not going to put in a lot of charges if there aren't people with cars so who is responsible for the overview and saying we need to sort it. you are right but it's a lot easier than people imagine. on street parking is hugely important but i for example to all of my charging in the office and we are working with employers,

local authorities, and we are working with employers, localauthorities, hospitals, supermarkets, to put charging inconvenient places for people so it is the convenience factor, everybody needs to play their part, government, localauthorities needs to play their part, government, local authorities need to give us the framework and infrastructure but then, as i say, the power companies and individual entrepreneurs are springing up all over the place to put this in. what about cost? they are much more expensive in many cases to buy electric. if you are thinking about a ru na round electric. if you are thinking about a runaround for electric. if you are thinking about a ru na round for the electric. if you are thinking about a runaround for the city centre, 15, 16 grand, electric cars are 25, as much as 27 grand, there is a huge difference. certainly a difference in the upfront cost but what we find is the vast majority of customers today lease their vehicles anyway and ina today lease their vehicles anyway and in a monthly payment term you might look at as much as £100 difference in a monthly payment, for the car alone would consider you are not paying for fuel, very, very small amount and the maintenance costs are significantly lower. we even find some customers are able to read part of the battery when they are not using it back to the energy company and earn money from their

vehicle. ona company and earn money from their vehicle. on a total monthly cost, you might be looking at a much cheaper option with an electric car. fascinating how quickly changes, nick, thank you, enjoy the next couple of days. there you have it. i will try not to get run over. this place, designed to let you put these ca rs place, designed to let you put these cars through their paces, make sure they are able to convince people that electric is the future but there are so many hurdles, as you heard, to convince people that buying one will not be detrimental in terms of how far you can go or where you can charge and how much it'll cost the figures suggest one in ten of new cars registered in the uk last year was fully electric. there is a huge amount of work to do to convince all of us that electric is the future. if that lack of noise, so quiet. be careful, keep them peeled and all of that! thank you. you are watching bbc breakfast, still to come... we'll be talking to former strictly dancer kevin clifton about the new covid—safe theatre

show he's staging with his sister joanne clifton, looking back at their love of ballroom. dancing on your own, that is one way around it. we ll also bring you the latest news, but the time now is... it's exactly 830. now let's get the weather with sarah. some beautiful views around and a real mix of weather types, we have got some sunshine and showers around which is the recipe for rainbows. this one was taken in northern ireland this morning. we have got the mix of blue skies and some scattered, heavy downpours around first thing. we won't all see the showers today but it will be quite a cool and breezy sort of day with that mix of sunshine and heavy showers around as well. skies will be clouding over from the west. you can see on the satellite, the bulk of cloud is already moving in across parts of south—west england and

wales. it will bring some outbreaks of fairly light and patchy rain. already a few showers across parts of cornwall. clouding over the south. to the north, a zone of dry, sunny weather parts —— cross parts of northern england and wales but parts of northern ireland will continue to see heavy showers rattling along quite a brisk north—westerly wind. temperatures up to about 20 degrees in the warmest spot but for most, looking at the mid to high teens today, feeling a bit cooler where you are exposed to that strong and gusty wind in the north—west. could be the odd rumble of thunder with their heavy showers. showers across parts of northern ireland and scotland continuing through the night, rain and cloud clearing away the south—east. temperatures first thing tomorrow, somewhere between 8—11 for most of us. in the weekend, the weather dominated by an area of high pressure that is starting to move from the south—west. we have got low pressure sitting out in the north—east which combination means we will be drawing in the wind from the north—westerly direction, quite a coolair the north—westerly direction, quite a cool air mass filing across the uk as we head into the weekend. a

fresher, cool, breezy feel to the weather, particularly on saturday. their weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and some scattered showers. during saturday, most showers across parts of northern ireland and scotla nd parts of northern ireland and scotland as well. some sunshine in between the showers. much of england and wales keeping the dry weather through much of the day but there will be some showers pushing in from the north, particularly in the afternoon. temperatures on saturday, about 14—18, cooler than we have seen recently. but the wind will tend to be through the weekend so by the time we get to sunday, a less blustery sort of day. a drier day for much of scotland and northern ireland, too. most of the showers on sunday will be across parts of england and wales, especially a bit later in the afternoon. temperatures by this stage about 14—19 on sunday. a bit cooler than they have been recently but at least the wind will ease on sunday. heading to the new working week and monday brings another area of low pressure that will move to the north of the uk so quite blustery here with some outbreaks of rain for scotland and

northern ireland on monday. england and wales meanwhile looking a bit drier with some sunshine. we could see temperatures as high as about 20 on monday and they will be rising further as we head into the middle of that week. that is how it is looking but a fairly cool and blustery weekend ahead. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. it isa it is a big weekend in blackpool. the world —famous illuminations will return this weekend for its longest ever display. this year's lights will be in place until the new year, two months longer than usual, to try and boost tourism in the area. more than a million light bulbs will be switched on today, and tim muffett is at the top of blackpool tower for us this morning. he has gone all the way up there to get the view and, apparently. are you hanging around?

get the view and, apparently. are you hanging around ?” get the view and, apparently. are you hanging around? i am indeed. good morning, i've done some amazing things on bbc breakfast but hanging off the side of blackpool tower is third in the first. it is incredible up third in the first. it is incredible up a. it is more than 500 feet high, one of the uk's most loved and famous landmarks. as you say, tonight, the world—famous blackpool illuminations will be switched on. typically, you would expect a crowd of about 20,000 but for obvious reasons, that can't happen. instead, they are going to be switched on in a socially distance away. we will be finding out how in a moment. it also, on the tower, more than 5000 light bulbs, and for the first time in ten years, all of them have been changed in one undertaking. there area changed in one undertaking. there are a few more to go and in just changed in one undertaking. there are a few more to go and injust a few minutes, we are going to put the last one is in place. but for the resort and so many others in the uk, it has been an extraordinary summer, a terrible start, total lockdown, and then as lockdown eased, the beaches has become packed. i have

been finding out how blackpool has been finding out how blackpool has been coping in 2020. ridiculous! for mooki and mr boo, summer 2020 has been nojoke. it has been interesting. it has been a challenge and it won. you find out how much you enjoy what you do for a living when you can't do it. the clowns of blackpool tower circus are brothers and neighbours. we have been able to keep our juggling skills up over the garden fence. the circus was able to reopen last month. i think the audiences have been better, haven't they? yes. more friendlier. yes. absolutely. they're more appreciative of live entertainment. absolutely. even though the faces are covered but you can kind of see the laugh lines on the side of the face so it's good. yes. injuly and august, blackpool had its highest visitor numbers in ten years, according to the council. for many, a holiday abroad just was not an option. since we had the removal of lockdown, it has been absolutely amazing. i has been a god—send to the businesses who, of course, lost a significant part

of the trading for this year, including easter and the may bank holidays, and so it has been great for them, it's been good for the morale of the town. yeah, we were supposed to be in lanzarote. so we decided to do like a staycation. so instead of being in lanzarote, you're in blackpool. how does it compare? uh, it's a bit more busy in blackpool. we were supposed to be going to turkey in october but we did not want to run the risk of the 14—day quarantine when we come back. i think more people are having british holidays this year. many who visited uk resorts this summer did so at the last minute. perhaps a foreign holiday had been cancelled or the weather was good, so many who came to blackpool did so on day trips, without necessarily staying the night. hi, claire. claire's bed and breakfast has still struggled. a horrendous start. the virus hit at the worst possible time because, as blackpool hoteliers, we spend all winter refurbishing, refreshing, redecorating, spending all our money

and then, just when we're at the peak of our overdraft, easter hits and that usually kind of straightens out our finances and, of course, all this happened just before easter. a lot of hoteliers are a little bit older and maybe were shielding, orjust did not feel confident in opening up their businesses. august has been brilliant, thank goodness. so it will be interesting to see how it continues going forward. jason had hoped to open this new nightclub in april. it is frustrating, you know, and to see the sand and the dust that's gathering up. for people like myself and people who own nightclubs and festivals, we need a clear route to opening, we need some guidelines, we need an indication of, at least a date would be the first step, because we can't plan anything. blackpool‘s world —famous illuminations are normally switched can't get my organised crime on in front of huge crowds. we are having a virtual switch—on

in this beautiful ballroom. no audience, just some performers and then the lights will go on at 9.30pm. but they will say on until the new year, eight weeks longer than normal. a town reliant on tourists, doing everything it can to keep them coming. the illuminations have been on since 1879 so it would have been really sad had they not been able to come on but as we saw in the report, they will be switched on in a socially distance away. here we are on the side of blackpool tower, ijust let go but don't worry, it is all fine, i'm safely strapped on and i'm joined by paul who is a lighting engineer. you have been part of this incredible undertaking to replace 5500 plus light bulbs. what has it been like? hard work. it hasjust been like? hard work. it hasjust been great fun, though. how do you go about it, logistically, how does it happen? it has taken 12 months in the planning, just taking off all of

the planning, just taking off all of the old lights and then it is a case of each light is individually addressed and has its own certain place on the tower. we have had to manage all that. and then manage with everything that has gone on with everything that has gone on with covid—19 and the weather as well, really. it has had a big impact. you mentioned the weather, of course, the irish sea isjust behind us and the wind is pretty strong. that is why the bulbs need replacing. yes, they will need maintenance all year round, it is harsh conditions in winter. it can be quite nice in summer, on very rare occasions! and you grab in battle, didn't you, so it must be amazing, this is your office? battle, didn't you, so it must be amazing, this is your office7m battle, didn't you, so it must be amazing, this is your office? it is — grew amazing, this is your office? it is —— grew up. amazing, this is your office? it is -- grew up. it is, a nice office in battle, you can't argue with that. the views —— in blackpool. you look out everyday and it is always a different view, there is something going on always, it is great. tonight, the eliminations will be switched on and that is a separate

rig if you like, more than a million lights. what does it mean to you are someone who grew up in blackpool that they are able to be switched on, even if it is being done differently this year? it is great, a lot of hard work and pride belongs to it, and you see how it is, i'm really pleased with the outcome of it. the technicalities of this, then, most of the... is it 5700? 5332 or something. we have done most of the replacement so far, when you ta ke of the replacement so far, when you take them out and put them back in, how long are they expected to last? it is difficult to say, we'd like to get about three years out of them. they have been tested to last that long in the weather conditions. hopefully fingers crossed, everything works. when you see them being switched on in all their glory, how will you be feeling? believed. no, over the

glory, how will you be feeling? believed. no, overthe moon, absolutely over the moon. i think friends and family will probably get bored with me talking about it, looking at the tower constantly. going out at night time, checking everything is working. put the fun of you and to place and see how it works? hopefully, the lights are on a yes, they are all working. you have done a very good job. not a single night out. to such an iconic site, iconic is an overused word but blackpool tower is as iconic as it can get. yes, driving in from the m55, you're always looking out for the tower, so even when is all switched on, you can see for miles. where are you going to be when you watch the illuminations? possibly sat in the office on the race, making sure everything is ok, and then i think i will go for a beer.

you have deserved it and you guys have been really good this month and helping us out with this extraordinary broadcast, hanging off the side of battle tower. i really appreciate it. all of the lights are looking good. i went back at you can come back next year. i will replace that have gone by then. thank you so much and there we go, blackpool tower, the lights are all safely replaced and tonight, the big switch on, the illuminations will be switched on as well, there's going to bea switched on as well, there's going to be a whole series of socially distance performances taking place as well, mel c amongst those taking pa rt as well, mel c amongst those taking part and as well, mel c amongst those taking partand a as well, mel c amongst those taking part and a performance from diversity and it will be available to watch on the visit blackpool website and mtv. blackpool would not be blackpool without the illuminations and it is great to be able to say that they will be switched on even if it is being done ina switched on even if it is being done in a slightly given way to how you would expect but from a fabulous blackpool tower, this most extraordinary location, and most extraordinary location, and most extraordinary view and we will say goodbye for now. if the camera a

wave. tim, i've got some bad news, there is one right at the very top that you have missed! i oh, no, paul, you've missed one at the top apparently. jon kay is not happy.” think you i will be the one going up. we will do it next year. no, i think you've got to go right back i think you've got to go right back ur think you've got to go right back up! rur is chilled out doing that as you seem to be because you seem very matter—of—fact about the fact you are hanging off blackpool tower? don't you have vertigo? i'd be terrified! it was interesting, i did not know what it would be like until idid it not know what it would be like until i did it so you don't think about it, just do it. i mean, the safety is of paramount importance and the quys is of paramount importance and the guys have been really good for us, and we are allowed to let go of our hands, it is fine, we are completely attached. we will do a bit of ymca, the mobot, the whole thing. what an

office full house, it is incredible. i suggest you don't look down at the moment. and i suggest you savour it because i think you are loving it and it is one of your highlights.” am. thanks to you and the team around you, and some brilliant camerawork. how many maps of bbc brea kfast camerawork. how many maps of bbc breakfast does it take to change a light bulb? 0ne reporter, one producer, one camera crew. and then all the experts one drone pilot. fabulous. and apologies if you are scared of heights because i think that moment when the hands go, i think that would have been slightly dodgy. but anyway, think that would have been slightly dodgy. butanyway, brilliant think that would have been slightly dodgy. but anyway, brilliant work. it is coming up in two quarters to nine. —— to quarter to nine. it's been almost three months since we last saw eastenders on our screens, but the wait is nearly over as from monday the soap will be back. but resuming filming in the midst of a pandemic has been no easy task! in a moment, we'll bejoined by executive producerjon sen and actress diane parish who plays denise fox. first let's remind ourselves of where we left off.

we had a deal. are we selling, or are we not? yeah, the deal‘s done. i shook hands with the new landlord this afternoon. if it's not him, then who? you're bluffing, there's no way he could have got another buyer that quick. i'm as surprised as you are. just fell in my lap, honestly. mick, who? hello, phil. what can i get you? duf-dufs. tense stuff! this with us now is producerjon sen and actress diane parish, who plays denise fox.

good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning. it has been a long time since we saw you, what is it like to be back denise? diane, sorry! it is great to be back, it was a long time away from the show and our friends, was a long time away from the show and ourfriends, and was a long time away from the show and our friends, and a long time for the viewers, even though we kept them going with secrets from the square and stuff, it was great to get back to work. but it must be so different now, as an actor, what are the changes? how do you film? well, at first, it was quite robotic and you are working with two brains, your acting brain and your covid brain which is sort of, you know, making sure that we are looking after each other, following the guidelines and stuff like that. usually as an actor, you are free, it is organic, you do what you have to do and if you want to reach out and touch someone or do something instinctively, you just go ahead and

do it. but you have to have that brain ticking while the other one is as well. it is getting used to that but i think now, a couple of months in, we are starting to loosen up with it and work on it organically. even though it is an organic outline. what have you been able to do to get actors and the storylines back going and back on screens? we had to relearn everything from scratch, not only did we have to make the studios really safe, and all of those things are in place, we also had to see that we could film those new stories in the most compelling way. we have obviously used ingenious methods that we have worked with the great kind of

creative teams here. we have used plate shots and perspex screens and we have employed supporting artists from similar households to make the square look as busy as it is in the real world. we have just square look as busy as it is in the real world. we havejust done everything we can, really, to kind of bring back eastenders, with the same rubbish that we left on the screen. i want to get down to the nitty—gritty, can we talk about the snogging, how is it working? he doesn't do it! maybe you are an expert, diane, you can tell us. sorry for interrupting! i have got the relationship story going at the moment with scott maslin who plays jack and we found it a bit difficult in terms of things where we would normally cuddle or get close on the sofa and stuff but i think on the floor, in the moment, we make things work but i know that you can answer

the question about the trickery we use for intimate kissing and stuff. go on. it is the lifeblood of a show like ours, intimacy, kissing, hugging, fighting. we have employed loads of methods including using real—life partners. we have got some of the actors bringing their real—life partners onto the set for those close—up moments. you can't tell it as their real—life partner but we do some clever cutting to make those kind of compelling kissing them as real. 0h, right, so the back of the head we might see is not necessarily the actor that we would associate with the character? exactly. it is so close, you can't really tell but there is no other way to do a kiss in these conditions. you have to resort to really ingenious methods to make it work. how much are you going to talk about and reflect covid within the storyli nes about and reflect covid within the storylines that come up? it is so much part of real—life and everybody‘s conversations but i

suppose the audience still want to escape from that when they are watching. it is a difficult balance for you. yes, completely. as a soap, our duty is to reflect the real world and we are doing that at the same time, it provides a context for the stories, we can't avoid it, people reference their characters, reference lockdown. we have got some mask wearing of course. we are reflecting the world out there but at the same time, we want to bring back compelling stories for our characters. we want to give the audience a bit of escapism as well, it is drama and entertainment, we don't want to major on just coronavirus, we have got stories for all of the families, including the treatment of foxes, —— foxes, great stories for diane coming back, how are the carter is going to survive outside the pub, we got the culmination of a brilliant domestic violence storyline that we have been telling for 18 months. all of those

stories and admission are still there but it is in the context of covid. will you have characters suffering from covid as part of the storylines? we referenced that has happened in the three months we have had of which is the first time we have been off—screen ever in our 35 year history. but actually, people catching covid, no. we will see the effects, obviously, of how it has had a cultural impact on the square and one character who is anxious already, with the increased attention on hand washing, it has exacerbated his anxiety. we look at it in exacerbated his anxiety. we look at itina exacerbated his anxiety. we look at it in a lateral way like that but there is no specific covid storylines. diane, how pleased are you to be back at work and to be in the gang? i know it is different but you are back and so many actors, obviously, the industry has really struggled. absolutely, ithink obviously, the industry has really struggled. absolutely, i think that has been, throughout the lockdown, andl has been, throughout the lockdown, and i think that the phrase we were able to use on our show and other

shows to our cast is that when we go back to work. that has not been a commonly used phrase in our entity because the industry has kind of been decimated —— in our industry. the rug has been pulled out from under it but we are in a unique position being anything called a continuing drama, not single drama or something like that or theatre. it isa or something like that or theatre. it is a real struggle at the moment. our show it is a real struggle at the moment. ourshow in it is a real struggle at the moment. our show in particular, we now provide a rep company for actors who are working to come in and cut their teeth again and oil their wheels. we we re very aware teeth again and oil their wheels. we were very aware when we went back that we were in a unique position in having a job to go back to that we knew was there for us and to be able to work because ultimately, outside of all of this, all actors want to do is work, we just want to be able to flex our muscles and we have sort of had the legs cut off in terms of there being no theatre and no

productions, and there's a lot of recovery. we need all the support we can get, really. well said. it is lovely to see you both and thank you for joining lovely to see you both and thank you forjoining us both. we are looking forward to having you back. eastenders is back on our screens from monday next week at 8:05pm. theatres across the uk have struggled to remain open as many productions are unable to adapt to social distancing measures. former strictly come dancing professional kevin clifton had to contend with his own show, called burn the floor, being cancelled earlier this year, but he has managed to find a way to bring dance back to the stage. let's take a quick look at what burn the floor had been shaping up to be. # burn the floor # burn the floor

# burn kevin will be teaming up with his sister and former strictly professionaljoanne clifton for the show, which looks back at their life and love of ballroom. kevinjoins us now from london. good morning. how are you doing? really good, how are you guys? fine, thank you for asking. you must be excited to get back on stage? really, really excited. the thing is, me and joanne have talked about doing a show for so long, we have talked about doing a show together. we used to compete together. we have done burn the floor, before,

obviously, sticky and then we went into musical theatre and we talked for a views about doing a show together and this you were supposed together and this you were supposed to be it, but with everything that has happened, it had to be moved to next year. my sister has already committed to a musical that she is doing next year as well. we thought it wasn't going to happen but they our producers have worked tirelessly to say, right, ratherthanjust our producers have worked tirelessly to say, right, rather thanjust bin the show, with all of the guidelines in place, thinking, what can we do, how can we put a show on? and we have come up with an evening with kevin and joanne clifton which we will be able to tour this october with all of the guidelines in place, and it will be one of the first shows out in theatres with all the guidelines, socially distanced audiences. it is going to be doable. we will be doing songs from the show, doing a bit of dancing, because we made an album earlier this year of the songs from burn the floor so we thought we could do like an album tour but also do some dancing as well and talk to the

audience, tell stories about our careers and do some question and a nswer careers and do some question and answer sessions, that kind of thing. a show is happening, finally! we saw some very cute pictures of the two of you when you are kids, a black—and—white photo of you sitting on the doorstep of the family home. 0h, on the doorstep of the family home. oh, no! we were talking to the eastenders guys about how they're filming a soap opera with all of the covid restrictions and they were talking about perspex screens between actors and using family member does body double for intimate scenes. you have spoken about managing to do it with the dance show but how? what are the practical things, the differences you have had to make to ensure this can happen? firstly, because we are restricted to what is going to be me and my sister and a dance partner each, there's not going to be the full kind of cast and set. we have brought all the expenses side down because that is one of the problems for a lot of the theatres,

financially, it is not doable to have a full audience. shows are just not happening. so what we have been able to do, because we are restricted by dance to just a few of us, without all of the set and everything, is that, say we have a 1000 seater theatre, there will probably be 300 tickets sold, or in a 600, there might be 200 tickets, so the audience can be totally socially distant and sat in groups, much like they are starting to do in restau ra nts a nd much like they are starting to do in restaurants and things like that. there will be masks worn and that kind of thing, but basically, we have come to this place were actually it is safe to do. and as a group, the two of you, brother and sister, your partners, the four of you, you treat yourselves as a bubble, do you? yes, we will be touring around as a bubble together andi touring around as a bubble together and i don't think we are even allowed within a certain distance of any of the crew and things like

that. it is going to just be the few of us, much like sports teams are set up at the moment, where they are not allowed to see certain people outside of the bubble, that is what we will do. are normally at this time of the eu would be getting ready for strictly. is your body thinking you should be there and pa rt thinking you should be there and part of it? to slightly weird and i'm looking at my calendar, like, "i should be doing something, hear", normally i've got about a month's rehearsal with the professionals and beating the celebrities now but i've seen the announcements coming out in the last few days, it is getting me really excited to watch it as a fan this year. thank you forjoining us. great to talk to you and good luck with the show. an evening with kevin and joanne clifton is on tour throughout the uk from october 29th. just before we go, we'd like to apologise for a mistake we made earlier in the programme. in a graphic sequence explaining the differing travel quarantine rules around the nations of the uk, we mistakenly showed the wrong flag for northern ireland. that's all from us for today. we'll both be back tomorrow from six o'clock.

join us then. goodbye.

good morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines work on the hs2 rail line linking london to birmingham moves from preparation to construction, with a pledge to create 22,000 jobs it helps to level up the country. it's going to produce betterjourney times and a lot ofjobs and today is, if you like, spades in the ground. confusion as the uk splits over travel to greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland with the spikes of covid 19 in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one by one. we are a united kingdom but on this issue with regards to