good morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines work on the h52 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 quarantine, each nation seems to be

making up different rules. and if you're affected by this story, and would like to ask a question about the latest quarantine rules — or comment on any of our other stories, you can contact me on twitter @annita—mcveigh #bbcyourquestions in other new, haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st the duchess of cornwall sends a message of support for those who have been affected by domestic abuse during the pandemic. cases of violence have risen by 20 per cent globally, according to the un. and, coming up — the yorkshire couple that have been delivering milk to people's doorsteps for 50 years — with no signs of slowing down. and as kremlin critic alexei navalny remains in a coma after being poisoned with a novichok nerve agent, we'll speak to marina litvinenko, the wife of ex—russian agent alexander litvinenko who died of radioactive polonium poisoning in the uk in 2006.

good morning and welcome to bbc news. i am annita mcveigh. the company responsible for building the h52 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase. it's the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. 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, it's 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. the transport secretary grant shapps has been defending the need for hs2, despite our changing commuting habits because of coronavirus. there may even be longer term

impacts from all of this as people realise they can work from home more but i don't think that in the kind of big sweep of history, and if you think about the west coast and east coast main lines, 150 years or something, and that is what you are building. you are building these things for the future, not just next year, even if we finish next year, of course you're not, or ten years time. you are building for the next generation, our children and their children. i think in the end, we will find we will be very pleased that we do have additional rail capacity which i think we need it and it is sort of, if you like, today is a sign of confidence in the future of our country and 22,000 jobs over the next few years of building as well. we can talk to the rail journalist, philip haigh. good morning to you. 100 and a0 miles —— 1a0 miles of controversy to begin with, what do you make of the construction formally starting today? i am pleased to see the start of construction, symbolic day, work has been going on for quite a considerable time but it is good to

see this formal shovels, buckets, figures in the ground, tunnelling machines coming up, work starting to build the biggest improvement to the dish rail network we've seen for many years. let's talk about what the government says in terms of this project being a simple, if you like, building back better to use a government phrase from covid 19. building back better to use a government phrase from covid19. 0n the subject of coronavirus, this project was conceived in very different times, is it really what is needed now as we expect people's working habits, many firms from small to big firms, considering different ways of working and people going into the office for fewer days each week? that's the situation we see today. we've seen over the last few months. hs2 has been ten years 01’ more few months. hs2 has been ten years or more in the planning, it will be ten yea rs or more in the planning, it will be ten years in the building, it will last for decades and decades beyond that. nobody really knows what this

country will be like in 50 years time but i think it will be a better country if people can easily move around it, easily move tojobs, easily move to go and see family, friends, all of those sorts of things. based on a reliable rail system, that's what it can bring to the country. philip, i'm sorry to interrupt, the future, but it will bring arguments, really cancel out the concerns right now, the government saying 22,000 jobs to be created through this, critics saying actually, 19,000 jobs will be displaced. it's tens of billions of pounds over budget. do you think those future arguments really cancel out the concerns and i haven't even mentioned the environment yet, that many people have? i think you do need to take the long view with such

major strategic projects such as this and when people talk ofjobs displaced, that sounds like jobs moved so they are stilljobs, they aren'tjobs moved so they are stilljobs, they aren't jobs destroyed. moved so they are stilljobs, they aren'tjobs destroyed. and as to the environmental piece, projects such as hs2 should radically cut the number of flights taken within britain, cut the number of flights from scotland to london, help shift people away from motorways, move freight from motorways onto the rail network, that is all good for the environment. well, there are all sorts of arguments about the environment, and how long it will ta ke environment, and how long it will take potentially for this project to become carbon neutral. in the slightly shorter term, what do you make of the suggestion that this is going to level up the economy, that's a big thing for this government, isn't it? but what evidence is there that this is going to create that levelling up between the south—east and other parts of

the south—east and other parts of the uk? well, i think railways work into macro directions, people argue that it will suck all the jobs and work into london but equally, it makes it easier to travel outside london, makes it easier i think for employers to look further afield and to base their businesses away from london. but retaining those good travel links so that they can move back and forward. i think any project that makes it easier to move around the country should make it cheaper in the long term to move around the country, is a good thing, because people, humans, are a naturally sociable bunch. we do move around, we do go and see other people, and a good rail link will help that thing. thank you very much for your thoughts on hs2 today. 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 ia 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 choices 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. grant shapps, the transport secretary, was asked to explain why the travel restrictions are so different across the nations. it is a bit similar to the way the lockdowns have been applied as well and everyone is quite used to that now. you know, you will get a different approach in scotland, wales and northern ireland than you do in england, and it is similar, unfortunately, with quarantine currently, where 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. some of you getting in touch about this, a couple of you asking about testing on return from different destinations. julie says why can't we have a test on arrival back to england, then test again five days later. diane saying if you go to a country on the quarantine list, spain, from the uk and test negatively on return, do you still have to quarantine and gillian says i live in south wales, if i holidayed in one of the affected countries, flying back into cardiff, i would have to self isolate but by flying into bristol i don't. could this drive customers and business away from cardiff airport? i think in that last point, if you are welsh, even if you fly back into bristol, you have to live by the welsh rules. it is confusing. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee is in faro for us where holidaymakers are trying

to make sense of the rules. how is that going, gavin! well, i think one thing is really clear. throughout the week, all of those british tourists whether they are going back to wales or scotland or england or northern ireland, the same feeling has been there, increasingly this week, they will expect that this quarantine announcement would come yesterday for saturday morning, aam, that had been the think we'd seen from spain, more than a month ago now. given that did not happen, would be seen, especially this morning, you can see quite a lot of flights coming through to manchester, newcastle, glasgow, the east midlands, people going back to the uk, england, who paid for tickets, i've met three families already in the space of five minutes, who paid up to 9000, and £1000, for families five minutes, who paid up to 9000, and £1000, forfamilies of two and three to get back to england because they were worried about quarantine, they were worried about quarantine, they are on the flight anyway, it

did not come for england so they say why can't they coordinate with the rest of the uk and have a single policy? a couple of other people i will bring in, jenny ——jenny, kenny, going back to scotland, you got extra tickets, tell us what's happening. i was concerned, the fact they would bring in quarantine. —— jimmy. i need to get back to my business. what we did, we booked an extra flight costing may be a couple of hundred pounds, to make sure, it was a safety net, we lost half a holiday, but it's been still good, you've got to see the positives, we are going back and we are not stuck in the house for ia days. are going back and we are not stuck in the house for 1a days. a bonus there, we have had an extra day. quarantine for scotland, you have to get back before aam tomorrow. kenny, silver season here at the moment, portugal, older british people come out for golf and so on, now you are coming back, tell me how it has

affected your holiday? there was eight of us went over on monday. four of us staying on. doing quarantine when they go back, another four of us, for business reasons, or another four of us, for business reasons, 01' personal reasons, another four of us, for business reasons, or personal reasons, they don't want to do two weeks, going back this morning, effectively, the others are in a different flight to edinburgh, in about two hours. that's been quite difficult, a final thought, the government mantra, transport secretary saying you should only go away if you are content should only go away if you are co nte nt to should only go away if you are content to unexpectedly to quarantine if required, but does that sound fair to you? it sounds fair, they are trying to do the best they can but i think they need to give you a bit of notice, i was happier from the scottish point of view we got 36 hours for us in ways i think they got less than 12 so from that point of view you've got to be slightly happy but you've got to be slightly happy but you've got to expect what's going to happen. nobody knows, it's one of those situations. there is no winners.

thank you for talking to and safe journey, both of you, as you go back. all the best. saying talking to portuguese officials here, there appears to have been quite a strong diplomatic effort to say at least to their counterparts in london, we are trying to control this, they are above 20 cases per 100,000, 23 at the moment, 1a last week in terms of cases per hundred thousand that they say the algarve has barely touched compared to porto or lisbon, and they believe that has made a difference. gavin, good to hear from you. stephjepson is the manager of courtney world travel and has worked in the travel industry for over 20 years. that is in tewkesbury, i should add, good morning to you and thank you for your time this morning! what have your customers said to you about this weekly routine now, of checking whether or not a particular country is going to be on the quarantine is? it's an absolute nightmare. it's just destroying all

confidence in people travelling. we have people coming in, getting upset, one lady, changed her holiday for times now, she was supposed to go away in may. changed it to september to go to spain. that went off, changed it to croatia, that went off, now going to portugal, but obviously, after today, she might not be. four times one customer has changed her holiday in the space of a few months? i guess that has never happened before, has it? no, no, and the problem is, we don't get paid until people go on holiday. so, you know, all year we've worked for absolutely nothing, all we've done is postpone holidays. there was this glimmer of hope that august, september, october, people could actually travel and now that's just, the carpet is being ripped from underneath us. in terms of cash float this year, it's obviously been very limited, given that lots of

people haven't actually been able to go on holiday? yes. the travel industry has been hit so, so very hard. we, basically, the first lot of cancellations started the beginning of january on of cancellations started the beginning ofjanuary on the worldwide travel because obviously coronavirus was in china there and spreading to other countries. the first wave of cancellations was january. then it's just first wave of cancellations was january. then it'sjust carried on, just cancelling, postponing, its hit our industry really hard. u nfortu nately, most our industry really hard. unfortunately, most travel agents haven't been able to furlough all their staff so because we've had to keep postponing holidays and cancelling them for clients, you've got to look after your clients. so coming now, after october, we are going into what is traditionally a quiet period for travel, there's going to be a whole raft of redundancies. it's really, really worrying as you look ahead, obviously. you're in tewkesbury, not too far from wales. just across the

border. what do you make of the fact the rules are different between england and wales? it's so confusing. we actually do use wales quite a lot here. it's only an hour and a bit away from us. it is one of our local airports. it is really, really confusing for people. i think there needs to be some sort of coordination but also, what they need to stop doing is this silliness with where you get 12, 2a, 36 hours notice, all it does is create panic and people are being charged ridiculous amounts to try and get home. i think, ridiculous amounts to try and get home. ithink, personally, if they could do it for either a week or a two—week period from the date they announce it, at least people then canjust come announce it, at least people then can just come back on the normal flights instead of this mad panic. some of your customers could come back into a welsh airport on a flight back into a welsh airport on a flight along with some welsh people, the welsh people on the flight have

to obviously self isolate now, the customers who book with you who are living on the english side of the border, they come back to england and do not have the self isolate from that same flight. what do you say to people who make the argument look, fight with anyone be trying to book a holiday right now, they shouldn't be trying to book a holiday right now unless they are prepared to self isolate because the situation is constantly shifting. people are fed up, they are tired. you've got nhs workers, people who have been on the front line, all the way through this. and they've had no time off, they need a break, people need a break. and the beaches are brought are quieter, they are better managed, the restaurants are half empty, the hotels are half empty. i think, personally, you are probably safer over there than you are over here. and it's the minority of

people like the clubbers, who have obviously been in places like zante, they are destroying it for the rest of the people. really good to talk to you. thank you very much. kevin on twitter saying we are talking about the uk, we are too small to have three sets of rules. and at 12:30 on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions on the latest travel restrictions — and why they're so different across the nations. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the #bbcyourquestions. 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.

new zealand has recorded its first coronavirus death in more than three months. officials in auckland say a man in his 50s has died with the virus. his death takes new zealand's death toll from covid 19 to 23. the last fatality was at the end of may. ministers are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the uk's borders when the transition period ends in less than four months' time. 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 the country is ready for the changes. let's get more with our political correspondent iain watson in westminster. good morning to you. first of all, tell us more about the concerns from the road haulage association and

those organisations, more detail about what they are saying. these organisations are very experienced in moving freight, goods across international borders and they are expressing severe concerns about what might happen to the supply chain, saying they are so concerned about the government ‘s lack of preparedness for the end of the transition period on december the 3ist transition period on december the 31st they are seeking an urgent meeting with senior government ministers including michael gove, the chancellor at rishi sunak, the transport secretary grant shapps, ministers say they are happy to meet them and they are aware of their concerns but the concern particularly of the road haulage association is that over the past few weeks, they don't think anything has moved further forward few weeks, they don't think anything has moved furtherforward in few weeks, they don't think anything has moved further forward in areas they flagged up as of concern and those are firstly, the need to employ more customs agents to help businesses fill out customs declarations. irrespective of whether there is a dealer not with the eu, we will be outside the customs union at the end of next year, new customs declarations will be required for goods, the road

haulage association reckon they could be 228 million declarations, they don't think the appropriate it systems a re they don't think the appropriate it systems are in place, looking at delays at the borders, trafficjams for lorry drivers, also very worried about whether there will be enough new border infrastructure built in time to cope with the new system. what the government says is, they announced this in june, what the government says is, they announced this injune, putting more than 700 million into border infrastructure and also separately announced they were going to bypass local authorities and give themselves the powers to build 29 lorry parks or inspection posts on a temporary basis after the end of the transition period. they say they are on top of concerns but the hauliers and others are severely worried and very concerned that the kind of things they think will need to be in place by the end of december it simply won't be ready in time. thank you very much. i will be speaking to a representative of the road haulage

association in a few minutes. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, remains in a coma in a berlin hospital. it follows germany revealing he was poisoned by a novichok nerve agent. meawhile, the polish prime minister, has again condemned russia for the nerve agent attack. in a tweet, he asked how many wake— up calls the west needed before it realised it was dealing with a hostile regime. we can speak to marina litvinenko, the wife of ex—russian agent alexander litvinenko who died of radioactive polonium poisoning in the uk in 2006. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. when you first heard about aleksei navalny, fort thoughts went through your mind? it was absolutely shocking news. even if everybody knows he is a very high profile critic of the kremlin and russia, until the last two weeks, he

escaped from a very serious assassination, he spent time in prison, spent time under house arrest, he was attacked a few times. but being attempting to poison, of course, idid but being attempting to poison, of course, i did not believe it, one day it would happen. unfortunately, it happened again. you must be thinking about what his family are going through right now because of what you went through, this must ta ke what you went through, this must take you back to your own experience? it was my first feeling, what i could do to his wife and his family, i don't know her personally, andi family, i don't know her personally, and i have never met aleksei navalny but of course, if they need my help i was just ready but i am absolutely sure his wife needs her own time, when you are in front of all the world, when everybody is looking to what happened to him, it's very difficult because everybody

expecting what she will say, what she will do but mostly what she needs to do is to be with him. she has to put all her energy and all her love to spend with him and i do understand why she might be, not giving the interviews, not trying to communicate but we need to respect it. what is your response to what germany has had to say? angela merkel condemning russia condemning russia, saying only russia has the a nswer to russia, saying only russia has the answer to this. i think it is a very serious point, before, when it happened here in the uk, my husband, alexander litvinenko, and a couple of years ago, in the case of the skripals, there was international community support but there was not a strong response, germany, being in the part of negotiations with russia, business with russia, now

has made this straight accusation, nova chuck was produced in russia, i think it was a very serious statement from angela merkel. -- novichok. what do you think the west can do, your husband was poisoned, we had the salisbury poisonings as you mentioned a couple of years ago, diplomats were expelled, what further response do you think in relation to this case, can the west bring? you are absolutely right. it is another call to international and west community to understand stop u nfortu nately, west community to understand stop unfortunately, russia is not a democratic country right now, it is a lot of signs of dictatorship regime and doing business with a dictatorship regime, you have a different approach and every single thing you try to do as you did

before, you cannot say now it is business as usual stop of course, you cannot stop communicating with russia, it is still an important country in world politics but you need to measure in a different, not as before, and i don't think it's any harm —— and i don't think it is business as usual. as you alluded to, many world leaders will be thinking they don't want to com pletely thinking they don't want to completely ostracise russia, they don't want to build up more walls but how far do you go with that? if a country believes that russia is responsible for this, how far do you go in terms of response? you know, it's a fairly complicated model. and it's a fairly complicated model. and it was the soviet union before, we all described a country is united people and government. but now, it's

slightly different, we have a government and we have the people, we try to help the people, to become freedom, to build democracy but we have a government who predicated everything on the soviet union, and everything on the soviet union, and everything that was in the soviet union, they are proud to be and particularly security service. killing critics, what they call enemies, it is practical, what it was in the soviet union and now we need to go back over 30 years, what happened when the soviet union collapsed, and understand, it is not so many things change. i am not asking you to create another iron curtain but you have to understand, all ideology, actually, is very similarto all ideology, actually, is very similar to modern russia, how it was in the soviet union, again, i am talking government, not the people,

they will try to build something different, ordinary people like aleksei navalny, he is not ordinary, he isa aleksei navalny, he is not ordinary, he is a politician, and has a lot of supporters. sorry, do you have any doubts in your mind as to who was responsible for this? again, in the case of my husband, the key was the polonium—210, after it was discovered, it was proved beyond doubt it was a state—sponsored murder. now, when they have another drug used in the state of russia, we have another question, was this programme of chemical weapons massive destruction, worked, is russia still producing another choc? but now, not to use it for massive but using it against opponents —— never do use it on a single person. for

me, it is the same, even though it isa me, it is the same, even though it is a thing or person, novichok points straight to russia. do your main concern for your safety, talking as you do, criticising as you do? i still believe i am doing what i have to do. first of all, i am nota what i have to do. first of all, i am not a politician, i'm not an investigative journalist, and i am not a politician, i'm not an investigativejournalist, and i have my rights as the wife of the man who was my husband, to talk about my husband and what happened to me. maybe doing this, i will try to help people just to be brave and free. i don't think it makes me feel targeted because again, it is my right and targeted because again, it is my rightandi targeted because again, it is my right and i live in the freedom country, and i believe i have freedom to say what i want to say. thank you forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather

with sarah keith lucas. hello. a bit of a cooler, breezy day than we have seen recently with a real mix of weather types. for some, heavy, scattered showers, particularly for scotland and northern ireland where they could be thundery at times. elsewhere, quite a bit of dry weather, the best of the sunshine through northern england and north wales, further south, fairly cloudy with the odd spot of rain, temperatures 19 or 20 in the warmest spots but typically, the high teens for most of us. rain clears the south—east through tonight, further showers across the north west but for many, looking largely dry and clear with temperatures falling to between 8-11. temperatures falling to between 8—11. tomorrow, we will start with showers from the word go across parts of scotland, and northern ireland, further south across england and wales, you should stay dry through much of the day but they could be a few showers for north wales into northern england as well. temperature is about 1a—18 through the day on saturday, heading into sunday, things are looking a bit drierfor sunday, things are looking a bit drier for scotland and northern ireland, with scattered showers bubbling up across parts of england

and wales and highs of 13—19. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. work on the hs2 rail line linking london to birmingham moves from preparation to construction, with a pledge to create 22,000 jobs. 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. in other news, haulage and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. also coming up, the yorkshire couple who've been delivering milk to people's doorsteps for 50 years, with no signs of slowing down. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning.

idid not i did not stay up for the andy very much because it got under way at 2am and it started at five. andy murray lost and is out. he says he needs to build up more robustness in his body as he continues his comeback at the top level he may have been knocked out of the us open overnight, but he can be encouraged overall by his return to grand slam action for the first time in 20 months after his hip surgery. murray showed glimpses of his old selfjust two days after his epic five—setter in the first round, but given the impact that had on his body, he couldn't match rising star felix auger aliassime, from canada, and 13 years younger, who won in straight sets. but murray will feel he can get stronger, ahead of next month's french 0pen....and as for the 20 —year—old canadian, he goes into round three,

where he could face british number one dan evans...his second round match will resume today. well, the french open is likely to be his next tournament in about three weeks' time. he's not going to play a warm—up event on the clay, firstly because he needs to rest after playing in the us and new york for a couple of weeks but also because he's not actually played a clay—court tournament since the summer of 2017, and his body needs to get used to the surface, where it can slide and you put a lot of pressure on your back and hips. he is still very ambitious, but he is right in saying that actually, at the moment, the body is not resilient enough. he's not played very many grand slams in the last three years, and therefore, he just needs to go through the hard yards and build up his body again. russell fuller, who did stay up to watch the match. so now, murray's conquerer, felix auger aliassime, 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 corentin 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. there was huge disappointment forjohanna konta, who had a great start against the world number 77, sora na kostaya, 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. 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. kieffer moore with the goal late on. this was wales' first game since they beat hungary last november to qualify for the european championship which has been postponed until next year. i thought we worked really hard and showed good desire and concentration. not giving many... wayne did not have a save to make. 0k, we got a little bit of luck with hitting the post. but overall, really pleased because it was a difficult game, not many chances. for us to win this game, at the start of the group, away

from home, really, really pleased. 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 a while longer, with today being one for the sprinters, before two tough stages 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 t20 blast game between surrey and hampshire at the 0val. there was a crowd of two and a half thousand, that's 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 add some oohs and ahhs when play did start. england play the first of three t20 internationals

against australia later. and first practice is under way for the italian grand prix — you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. ministers are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the uk's borders when the transition period ends in less than four months' time. 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 the country is ready for the changes. rod mckenzie is director of policy at the road haulage association and joins me now. thank you forjoining us. tell us first, what are the significant gaps you have identified ? first, what are the significant gaps you have identified? good morning. we are heading for a shambles. it is

a real case of the government sleepwalking into a disaster with the broader preparations that we have, whether it is a deal or no—deal brexit at the end of december. —— the border preparations. the reason is, there's an awful lot of different and a p pa re ntly an awful lot of different and apparently contradictory it systems, probably about ten. we are not clear whether they work because they are new and untested and we are not clear whether they talk to each other. so what that really means in terms of everyone who is watching this programme is supply chain, on which we all depend, to get the things we need, could be disrupted and there is a lack of government focus and action on this, and we are calling on the government to act now both —— before it's too late. calling on the government to act now both -- before it's too late. grant shapps has said he is prepared to meet the haulage industry representatives to talk about this. is that enough at this stage? we

need a meeting, absolutely no doubt about that. but more than anything else, we need action because these systems a re else, we need action because these systems are not ready. we do not have clarity. we have got traders who will have to fill in lots of different forms they have never had to do before with lots of different fields and they are not clear what they have to do so there is a lack of clarity. you know, the dangers are enormous in terms of our trade, when we are trying to emerge from the crisis of covid, if we don't wa nt to the crisis of covid, if we don't want to plunge straight in to a brexit related crisis, we need real pace on this. sorry to interrupt, i wa nt to pace on this. sorry to interrupt, i want to try to take you through a view quickfire questions to establish this, we got about 17 weeks until the end of the transition period so it what point do you think the it systems ought to be trialled? well, they need to be

in action now, because actually, as we all know, with any new it system, there are bugs and they need to be trialled and fixed. to give one example, there is a app that government is proposing called the freight app which lorries were carried to prove they done the necessary paperwork but one of the problems is that most international lorry drivers don't speak english or they may not have very good english. so how do we know they will be able to operate a app nothing ever is language? that is one of the many questions we have. on the number of customs officials, where are we in terms of the numbers required as far as you are aware? well, we have got about 5000 now and we need 50,000 customs officials to fill in all of the forms... is that recruitment and training under way? there is no great evidence we are anywhere near that kind of number. there may be some sporadic hiring here and there.

we at the association have been trying to do our bit to get involved in that but again, there is a lack of progress. when you think how long it takes to hire somebody, train them to do something they have never had to do before, and get all of that up and running in the tiny timeframe that you have referred to, we are in trouble. look, the government said earlier in the summer that it was investing around £700 million in this. it has talked about plans to create lorry parks, or you might prefer to call them inspection bases. is that not enough rectify this situation in that period of time, or do you seriously believe we simply do not have enough time to sort this out? well, we need real urgency and we have not got it now because a lot of civil servants are saying the right sort of things but not doing very much, and the government are in charge of the civil service, so it is the government's. not the civil

servants. these lorry parks that have been talked about are not some kind of luxury base for lorry drivers to park in — we wish! they are effectively holding areas which could be pretty miserable places to exist in if the paperwork is not done and that will not be the fault of the traders and the hauliers themselves. you paint a pretty disastrous sounding picture, really, what it could be like after the 31st of december but let me put this to you from grant shapps this morning who said he was confident supply chains will cope with the end of the brexit transition period. he said, "ivm brexit transition period. he said, "i'm used to dealing with a large number of cataclysmic cases and you will have noticed that through this last varied of got six months, where supply chains have been under record, supply chains have been under record , enormous pressure, supply chains have been under record, enormous pressure, not once have we ended up running out of medicine and although there was a run on toilet rolls and pasta and the like, there were never actually genuine shortages", so he is confident that supply chains will keep going. talking now to viewers, can you say with an equal level of

confidence that supply chains will be fine? logistics in the uk is a brilliant industry, and great at dealing with crises like covid and they did but this is a new set of factors involving paperwork that is com pletely factors involving paperwork that is completely unknown, a lack of customs agents, new it systems. these are things we cannot manage in the way that we would normally manage a logistics crisis, which we are very good at. this is out of our control. that is why we are worried about it and why we are flagging it up about it and why we are flagging it up now to the public, to the government, and saying, you know, the time for talking is over and we really need rapid action on this. their argument is we don't know whether there is a deal or not yet on the brexit talks. well, you know, the difference here is between pretty much of a disaster area and a disaster area with rocket boosters on. ok. thank you forjoining us.

it is a full month since the huge explosion in beirut, which killed hundreds of people. and yet even at this late stage, rescue workers believe there may be someone alive under the rubble of one of the buildings in one of the worst—hit areas. let's show you the scene live. effo rts efforts are continuing to try and establish whether there is a survivor under the rubble. volu nteers survivor under the rubble. volunteers from chile with a sniffer dog detected movement under the rubble in this residential area and then they brought in scanners, which according to reports, detected a pulse some two metres under the rubble. there were also reading from a temperature sensor which indicated the possibility of a survivor. but obviously, if somebody is alive under there, it is going to be an incredibly delicate operation to remove the rubble on top to try to

get the source of these readings. but everybody is obviously cautious but incredibly hopeful that there could possibly be a survivor after a month under the rubble. we are going to keep a close eye on the situation there as the rescue workers continue their efforts. bel trew is a journalist based in beirut and has been following the latest rescue developments. this volunteer chilean rescue team yesterday using different parts of their equipment, found what they believed to be a heartbeat, a very slow heartbeat, under the rubble. they used thermal imaging equipment, they found the shape of two bodies, the smaller one curled up, showed signs of life. they also have a rescue dog here who indicated there might be something under the rubble. that was enough for them to start trying to look. i spoke to rescue workers yesterday, they said even if there is a 0.1% chance of there being anything there, they will work through the day

and night to find out. at the moment we don't have any answers as to what they are looking for, if they are going to find a survivor, but they have got three storeys worth of rubble to dig through in very difficult circumstances, with most of the building not stable at all. at one point, the army actually called off the search because parts of the building were coming down. 0nlookers and volunteers who were furious said if there is anyone else alive under the rubble, they need to continue the search efforts and intervened, someone called a crane in. people clambered over the top of the rubble and said they would not leave until the rescue operation started up again so around two, three o'clock this morning, they started again. as you see behind me, security forces here cordoning off the street, they have a crane in the background and they are hoping to be able to find that person, they believe it may be a small child, if indeed there is anyone else there and to see if they are alive as well, which is obviously not very likely given its been an entire month since the blast happened.

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 united nations. 0ur royal correspondent nick witchell reports. applause. it's 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 does domestic violence. three quarters of violence against women happens in a place where a woman should feel safest — her own home. it 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 says the latest research has revealed a sharp rise in domestic violence since march. globally, it's thought cases have risen by 20%. it is everyone's problem, camilla 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. as the film industry tries to recover from months of closed cinemas and postponed releases, production companies are using new ways to release their content. disney has chosen to launch the live action remake of the film mulan on its own streaming service. jack kilbride reports. my father cannot fight, so i will take his place. it is premiere day for mulan but not the type of release we are used to seeing for a big budget blockbuster. almost six months after it was scheduled to hit the big screen, disney's live action remake of their animated classic is hitting the small screen instead. specifically, disney's own streaming service, disney plus. to watch it, you have to be a subscriber and then pay an extra $30 — a move that disney hopes will pay off big. the big question with disney right

now is can a $200 million blockbusterfilm like mulan perform as well for them on a strictly premium video—on—demand streaming service basis than it would theatrically? that's the question that people are posing but not necessarily the correct question. this is an experiment for disney in a number of different ways, but what the company is looking to do really is build its streaming service. while mulan will get its big cinema release in china, where coronavirus restrictions have eased, those in the us seeking a more traditional cinema experience this weekend have a very different option, with christopher nolan's complex sci—fi blockbuster tenet making its us premiere after already finding some success elsewhere. i feel great that people outside of america feel safe and support film. they still love the movie theatre experience, which is great to me because it's why i got into the business because i love movies and i love the movie theatre experience. it's too early to say which option will prove to be a success, but deciding how to release a finished film is only one

of the many problems facing the industry. you are justice! production on the batman has been suspended because the film's caped crusader, robert pattinson, has contracted coronavirus — a reminder for all that even a superhero isn't immune from the virus. jack kilbride, bbc news. that is about £22 to watch the film, quite a lot of money but i guess if you add up what it would cost the family to take to the cinema to see it, let's see how popular it is. we we re it, let's see how popular it is. we were telling you about this story in our headlines. now they might be in their eighties, but derek and maureen clancy have had a milk round for the last 50 years and they have refused to be thwarted by the pandemic. charlotte leeming went to meet the couple at their home in yorkshire. as double acts go, maureen and derek clancy are a formidable pair. both in their 80s, they have had a milk round for 50 years. every weekday morning, the alarm goes off at 2am and they go about delivering 800 pints. so what keeps them going strong?

early mornings, fresh air, exercise. that's all i can say. she is like a show horse. she is like a shire horse. that's one way of describing me! i don't mean she looks like a shire horse, i mean she's got the stamina of a shire horse. oh, dear. but she loves it, she loves it. yeah, ido. the couple have been together since they were teenagers and set up the business long before you could readily buy milk in the stores. keith wilson worked as a milk boy for the clancys in the 1980s and has fond memories of that time. as i started in 1982, absolutely loved it. you were the envy of your friends because we earned a little bit more than the lads that had the paper rounds. they were like a second family to me. worked all the way through. i've kept in touch all the way through until now, and it is absolutely fantastic that they are still going. and really unbelievable. maureen and derek's son, martin, is also part of the family firm, and they have been busier than ever during covid,

seeing a big increase in customers, but their hard work is certainly appreciated. we never run out of milk, we never over—order, they call us every day. if it is getting low, they will straight away bob down with some extra pints for us. i mean, it is a service you just do not expect to get this day and age. the clancys deliver rain or shine, with rarely a day off. and their three—year—old granddaughter is already showing signs that she could be the future generation of the business. maureen and derek have been at this for half a century and, let me tell you, they have no intention whatsoever of putting a lid on it. charlotte leeming, bbc news. they are brilliant, aren't they? now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. with the weekend just around the corner, many of us will see sunshine at times of the weekend but a mix of weather today, cool and breezy with

scattered showers but we won't all see them. most of the showers will be across scotland and northern ireland, the odd heavy one producing some rumbles of thunder, quite a brisk north—westerly wind with gusts of about a0 mph. further south across england and wales, some sunshine in the north, claudia skies further south with some light rain pushing eastwards across southern england and south wales later. temperatures in the warmest spot, up to 20 today. this evening and overnight, cloud and patchy rain clearing from southern england, clearer skies for most places but we will see some showers continuing to feed in from the north—west. temperatures overnight down to about 8-11 temperatures overnight down to about 8—11 as we start saturday morning. saturday's whether dominated by the fa ct we saturday's whether dominated by the fact we have got high pressure close to the azores moving towards the uk but low pressure sitting towards the north—east, and that combination will be drawing in a north—westerly wind so quite a cool air mass heading from the north—west as we go through saturday and into sunday. sunshine and showers through the course of the weekend, a cooler and sheffield and we have seen recently. most of the showers on saturday will

be across parts of scotland and northern ireland, especially for parts of northern scotland, south—west scotland and northern ireland but in central scotland, a bit of sunshine coming through. showers working into northern england and north wales but further south, you should say largely dry with spells of sunshine, temperatures around 1a—18. a bit cooler than recently and still a bit ofa cooler than recently and still a bit of a breeze in the north. heading into sunday, the wind will ease, certainly a less blustery kind of day and dryer for scotland and northern ireland. sunshine and showers, most of the showers will be across england and wales and later in the afternoon, could be the odd, possibly heavy thundery one. temperatures 13—19 on sunday but it will feel better out of the breeze in scotland and northern ireland. the next area of low pressure in the uof the next area of low pressure in the u of the —— north of the players are going to monday, quite a few isa buys, a wet and windy spell of weather moving into the north—west, rainfor weather moving into the north—west, rain for scotland and northern ireland. monday looks largely dry for the bulk of england and wales with longer spells of sunshine

around. temperatures on the up, they could reach 20 down to the south—east, warming up further in the south through the middle of the week. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised 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 quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland.