no audience, just some performers and then the lights will go on at 9.30pm. but they'll say on until the new year, eight weeks longer than normal. a town reliant on tourists, doing everything it can to keep them coming. tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. cloud is one of those recurring themes of our weather over the next few days. skies like this will become increasingly commonplace as we go through the afternoon, across england and wales. eventually, we get some rain over parts of the south—west. scotland and northern ireland, brighter but with plenty of showers. over the atlantic, this area of cloud will be coming in just in time for the weekend. things

looking pretty cloudy for many of us. looking pretty cloudy for many of us. today we have the cloud continuing to thicken over england and wales and later we will start to see some rain getting into south—west england and probably southern parts of wales as well. the brightest weather for northern ireland and scotland, but here we quite frequent showers, blustery for the north and west of scotland. the rain turns heavy for a time over east anglia and south—east england, but it won't last long and it will be followed by clearing skies. showers will continue over northern and western areas. temperatures, 8-12 c and western areas. temperatures, 8—12 c overnight. for the weekend, it is going to be quite cloudy, some rain around as well. most of it light and patchy, especially over north and west areas. sunny spells getting through the cloud from time to time. probably in quite short supply. showers from the word go in north—west scotland. thick cloud pushes through northern ireland and into the north and west of england

and wales. quite damp year with outbreaks of mainly light and patchy rain. we continually rather theme into sunday for northern ireland, england and wales. further patches of rain developing through the day, pushing further eastwards. scotland, dryer with a few showers in the north—east. with that kind of windfall, i think the central belt properly having the best of the brightest weather. temperatures in glasgow and edinburgh getting into the mid to high teens. next week, weather fronts slowly meander their way over central portions of the uk. they continue to be quite weak, bringing cloud and some patchy rain with them. overall, the weather picture continues on that rather cloudy theme with a view brighter spells. we could see things getting a little warmer over parts of southern england. temperatures don't look like will change a great deal. through the rest of the day end of

the weekend, quite a bit of cloud around with some patchy outbreaks of rainfor around with some patchy outbreaks of rain for some of you as well. that is the weather, ben. chris, thanks. a reminder of our top story: the government has admitted the difference in new uk quarantine rules is confusing for travellers. scotland and wales impose new restrictions, while there's no change in england and northern ireland. obviously not very happy. we feel as though we have lost two days of our holiday and its cost as an arm and a leg. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. good afternoon.

you're watching bbc news. andy murray wasn't too downhearted after his defeat overnight in the second round at the us open. he went down in straight sets against the canadian prodigy felix auger aliassime. it was murray's first grand slam appearaance since the start of last year, and the three—time grand slam champion showed a few flashes of his old self, but his 20—year—old opponent was too strong in every department, winning 6—2, 6—3, 6—4. murray says he'll still be shooting for the stars but he needs to build up his fitness and stamina before the french open next month. i don't want to lose in straight sets anywhere, and certainly not in grand slams. what they need to do is look at what happened the last couple of weeks, look at the things in my game that were not as how i would like it, and physically what i can do to improve so that if i'm in that situation again in a few weeks‘ time at the french open, that i deal

with it better. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was commentating on murray‘s match overnight — here‘s his analysis. it was not really a contest. the 20—year—old was a lot sharper. he was serving brilliantly. it was the performance of a consummate professional and andy murray had no answer. but he said he is more confident of his future than he was a view months ago because he did not know how his hip, which she has had an operation on commode response. —— which he has had. next up for auger aliassime could be another british player, dan evans, but his match was interrupted by rain overnight and he‘ll resume later today at one set—all against the frenchman corentin moutet. evans will have to hold serve to take the third set, into a tie—break. six—time champion serena williams is through to the third round, thanks to a straight sets win over

margarita gasparyan. she now faces her fellow american sloane stephens, who took the us open title in 2017. williams usually feeds off the crowd at flushing meadows but she said the peace was allowing her to focus. i love the crowd here, obviously. but it is something cool. i have been playing so long. there is no crowd. there is something calming about it. gareth southgate has been talking about harry maguire‘s exclsusion from the his current england squad. the manchester united defender was involved in an altercation with greek police on mykonos last month and was found guilty in a greek court. he is appealing against the ruling but he was dropped from the squad for the matches against iceland tomorrow and denmark next week.

gareth southgate said the door is open for the next international. gareth southgate said the door is open for the next internationalm has been a difficult period for him and the last few days it has been important for him to be able to relax, get away from all the attention, get a rest, relax, get away from all the attention, geta rest, mentally relax, get away from all the attention, get a rest, mentally get attention, get a rest, mentally get a rest because he had a short break anyway, but then the events that happened in greece dominated that. i think he needed that switch off. you will be able to go back to his club, and absolutely we will be looking to involve him in october. four of the six nominees for the pfa player of the year award are from the champions liverpool. captain jordan henderson made the shortlist, along with trent alexander—arnold, sadio mane, and last year‘s winner virgil van dijk. the other nominees are manchester city‘s kevin de bruyne and raheem stirling. alexander—arnold is also up for the young player award. the winners will be announced next tuesday.

chelsea dominate the list for women‘s player of the year. beth england scored 21 goals in all competitions last season, helping chelsea to the wsl title. she‘sjoined by sophie ingle, guro reiten and ji so—yun on the list, as well as holder vivianne miedema and her arsenal team—mate kim little. there was another mercedes one—two in first practice for the italian grand prix, with valtteri bottas finishing ahead of lewis hamilton. the session got off to a dramatic start with max verstappen crashing his red bull. after repairs he managed to record the fifth fastest time. bottas it was though who went quickest. second practice starts at two o‘clock, with live text commentary on the bbc sport website. the former england fast bowler graham onions has announced his retirement from professional cricket.

he started his career at durham, becoming their all—time leading wicket—taker in 14 seasons there, before spending the last two years at lancashire. he was capped nine times at test level. onions, 37, has been advised to stop playing professional sport on medical grounds after suffering a back injury last month. england‘s cricketers are back in the bio bubble for their next series. they face australia this evening in the first of three t20s at southampton‘s ageas bowl. the england captain has been talking about their role in the continuing fight against racism. we feel that we have a role to play with this. we feel that we are one of the most diverse sports teams in the country. when it comes to talking about diversity we should be able to do it. at the moment we are in the process of trying to provide something that has longevity within the game. that‘s all the sport for now — i‘ll have more for you in the next

hour — but now on bbc news it‘s time for your questions answered. time for your questions answered. with me is felicity hannah, personal finance reporter from bbc radio five live‘s wake up to money. also i‘m joined by lisa minot, the travel editor of the sun. we have got quite a few questions because of these changes that we have seen today on greece and portugal, but different rules for england, northern ireland, scotland and wales. we have had a lot of questions. let me start with one. we are going to the algarve, on our return can we fly back to england and come to wales and not

self—isolate in wales? it is not as simple as that and they have anticipated people doing that. the rules are if you have been in any country in the previous 14 days that is on the quarantine list, does not matter if you fly into england and then go to wales, you then have to fill in the form, because you have been to portugal, and it is now on the welsh quarantine list, you have to go into quarantine for 14 days. and david asks, what happens with quarantine if you live in england, returning from portugal or greece, but you work in wales or scotland? some of the confusion that this split is going to cause is going to come down to these border issues. the rules are very clear. if you live in england you can carry on with your normal life. you can go to the cinema, you can carry on as you were. what you cannot do is travel through wales or into wales or scotland, unless you are travelling

to a place where you are living, or you are going to remain for 14 days. you can carry on as normal with your outside life in england but do not expect to be able to work in wales or scotland until you are through the 14 days, or to travel for socialising or other activity, you are not allowed to do it. we have got a question from sarah, will england review its decision on portugal again next thursday, and given their rising infection rates, is it likely to go on the list? it is quite confusing, because the levels are than where we have seen the cut—off point for quarantine. that is right but grant shapps this morning on tv has been saying they are notjust using this 20 per 100,000 cases in seven days is the only indicator as to whether or not a country is in quarantine, there are other factors taken into account.

we have been told however this is not necessarily going to be a situation that every thursday a country will be added or taken away. we have been warned it could happen at any time. although at the moment the numbers look good and they are happy with the numbers they are still edging up in that 20 100,000 range, and it could also be a case of there is more testing happening, and the number of positive tests coming out is not increasing by a huge amount, as much as the other numbers would suggest. it is unfortunately a case at the moment we are going to have to accept the fact that travelling anywhere is going to be at risk of quarantine. just to pick up on that, that perhaps explains why there is a different interpretation on what we should do, by all the different nations, because the portuguese numbers are above 20 per 100,000, therefore open to question. absolutely. we are not seeing behind—the—scenes. nobody has lifted the curtain for us to see exactly how these numbers are being worked out, exactly how they are assessing

the risk. as we said, we have got to accept that any overseas travel at the moment does include an element of risk. even if the country you are travelling to is not added to the quarantine list while you‘re there, not added to the quarantine list before you go, if you come back on the flight and there are a number of cases that happen to be on that flight, then you could be tracked and traced on your return and told to isolate for two weeks, even if the country you have come from has not been quarantined. all travel does contain risk. a question from karen, we are set to fly from glasgow to portugal next week, scotland has put portugal on the 1a day quarantine list, i am not able to quarantine on my return because of childcare, can i change my trip free of charge to turkey? i am not entirely sure if you are allowed to change your holiday at all. terms and conditions on the website see you cannot —— suggest

you cannot change destination. back at the beginning, one and a half months ago, there was a quarantine guarantee, jet2 and some other providers, if a country was added to the quarantine list they would allow you to move your destination. they scpedrap that about one month ago. you might struggle to get that refund or move your trip. it is worth talking to them about it. if you have an insurance policy that existed before mid march you might find you can claim on perhaps an annual insurance policy or a policy that comes with a bank account. as it stands i do not think you will be able to move your trip perhaps at all. insurance policies all very different. and discretionary behaviour of all the

companies is varying as we have seen. we have got a question from gillian who says her son is on holiday in spain, when he returns can he do a test and quarantine for seven days rather than 1a days? no. that is what the industry has been pressing for. they say it doesn't have to be 14 days, if there was testing at airports and in four or five days later, a negative test result could reduce 14 day period to seven days. right now whether or not you have a test or not, you could go to a country that is in one of those that you have to quarantine, you have to quarantine, even if you have a test. we have got a question from elaine who hopes to travel to mainland spain in two weeks‘ time, spain is on that list for essential travel only but she has been told by the airline they are still flying to spain, if she does not travel, does

she stand to lose the cost of a flight? i wish i had better news for this. people keep asking. there is no good answer. yes, if a flight is going ahead, unless the airline has cancelled the flight, you do stand to lose the amount you have paid. it can be frustrating. it can be particularly frustrating because if the flight empties out, if lots of people cancel the flight, then the airline might decide to cancel, and people who want to travel, will be in a different position then. it is disinclination on your part to travel, even though it has been added to the list, you will not be able to get a refund. no automatic refund. that is not great news for lots of people who are still hoping to try and balance the books on their travel plans. we have got a question from wayne who says what scientific evidence does the welsh and scottish government use which results in a confusing stance on travel from portugal, from england and northern

ireland? it is a combination of factors, isn‘t it? yes. they are taking into account information from the joint bio—security, also from the european and the centre for disease control, also looking at whether or not the health care facilities in that particular country is under any pressure, what the governments are doing in those countries to help relieve the numbers, reduce the numbers. there is many different factors. what we are seeing is that basically we don't know exactly what information is being used by scotland or wales that made them come up with a different excuse, different decision, from england. it would help if the consumer did understand what that was based on. being told it wasjust based on science is not much help.

if you are trying to predict what country is going to be on or off quarantine list at some point in the coming weeks. question from jonathan who says, a question we have heard quite a lot, who is checking that people coming back to the uk are quarantining? we all know people who have not exactly stuck to the guidelines. we perhaps do know people who have not stuck to the guidelines but the most important thing here is not the £1000 fine, it is to keep your community safe. it is a public health measure. i do not think they are bringing in these rules to be flippant or mess people around. it is for a specific reason to try to keep everybody including vulnerable people in the community safe. having said that, people who are carrying out spot checks include border patrol, police, public health officials, they are allowed to carry out spot checks, they are allowed to issue fines of up to £1000 if you are found to be outside of your house when you are supposed to be quarantining and you do not have a good reason like going to the shops for essentials. it is frustrating and you might

know people ignoring the rules that they are putting themselves at risk of £1000 fine and they are putting their communities at risk because this is a global health crisis. on popping to the shops for essentials, when you are quarantining you are not even supposed to be doing that in this it is a matter of urgency, you‘re supposed to pretend that support —— put in that support structure around you, that‘s one of the points. absolutely. if you can stay for two weeks you absently should. if you have to pop out for medications, if you have nobody able to bring them, if you cannot access community support, then i think it is ok, but as a general rule you need to be at home for two weeks. a question, a holiday is booked for two weeks, flying to portugal, planning to taxi to spain, will we need to isolate? not clear where they live. we don‘t know where they live. if they are living in england, ireland, scotland or wales. the answer is the same. spain is on all of the quarantine lists for every part of the united kingdom. despite the fact you are going to be holidaying in portugal, travelling to spain, going into portugal and travelling to spain, you will have to

quarantine for 14 days. when you are filling in that passenger form it asks for all the places you have visited in the previous 14 days, all of the countries. should any of those countries be a country where we are required to quarantine, whether or not you have spent the majority or minority of time in that country, you have to quarantine for 14 days on your return. wales were supposed to be flying to zante from bristol two weeks today, the airline has said they cannot amend or provide refund because the fight is going ahead despite new regulations, can you explain our rights on this matter? the rights are quite complicated. because you booked flights and not a package holiday, if the fights are going ahead, just as the previous question, you are not entitled to a refund if those flights are still going ahead. if you booked a package holiday and the area, you are told to quarantine on return, a lot of

holiday companies will allow you to move your break. what is interesting for you is you are flying to that island, you live in wales but you live in bristol, you are flying from england, even if you have booked a package holiday you might struggle to move your break or get a refund because you are flying from a country that has not quarantined on that area. double—check where you are flying to because i know that tui have cancelled holidays to the area where they see a particular hot spot of outbreaks but flights to other resorts are going ahead. talk to tui to see if they could support or help. if flights are going ahead and you have booked those flights the only way to get out of them is to cancel it and lose your cash. a couple of questions i will ask. someone whose french holiday was cancelled because they were supposed to go

on the day quarantine was announced, had a lovely time in the uk, but if anyone is thinking of going away for half term in six weeks‘ time, what would your recommendations be? is itjust completely unpredictable, leave it to the last minute? it is going to be a case, i have had many people asking me, i cannot say with any confidence at any rate is going to be safe or on the non—quarantine list. it is going to be a case of deciding very much at the last minute where you will be able to go. because there is such a dampening of demand and so few people wanting to travel at the moment, although it is going to be more expensive than booking a long time in advance, i do not think it will be that expensive. we have seen this week ryanair come out with £5 flights across the whole of europe. airlines are desperate to get us back on board. travel companies desperate to have us taking holidays. if i was going to try to bet on somewhere, italy has been doing best up until now,

but their numbers have crept up. and greece. they one place you can guarantee is going to remain low is cyprus, and that is always great in october holidays because it is still warm there. the only issue with that is you have to have that negative covid test that you have taken up to 72 hours and before you get into the country, and they will require to see a negative test when you enter the country. that is very helpful. i do not want to say that country will be ok. look carefully at the airline or holiday company you are booking through. take advice on that rather than on a location. make sure you're happy with their cancellation policy. whatever restrictions in place, whether they are happy to move if quarantine situation comes into force. read what other holiday— makers experiences with various travel companies have been like.

vote with your feet based on that customer service. having said that, there are lovely castles in the uk, perfect for a halloween holiday. yes, i was in northumberland, lots of good castles and good beaches. also cornwall and scotland of course. thank you very much. we will look ahead to the weekend weather forecast in a moment. for the rest of the day we will see scenes like this with clouds tending to increase. we will have showers affecting scotland, northern ireland, fat north of england. clouds will eventually bring rain.

this cloud will be moving in for this weekend. this afternoon it is a showery story across northern areas. further south, some rain moving into the south—west of england later on. overnight that rain could turn heavier across east anglia and south—east england. showers continue across into scotland, perhaps north coast of northern ireland and if you coming into the north west of england and wales. the weekend is looking cloudy. patchy rain. mostly affecting north—western areas. saturday, a bright note for many, showers from that word go. scotland will get patchy rain across northern ireland, patchy rain in north—west england. quite damp around greater

manchester area, especially towards the end of the day. southern england dry with sunshine. the second half of the weekend, quite a bit of cloud around. we are expecting further rain. rain moves across north—west england, north—west wales, it could be dampfor england, north—west wales, it could be damp for much of the day. rain light but persistent. eastern scotla nd light but persistent. eastern scotland could beat the place that stays dry with occasional brighter spells. next week, weatherfronts across the uk, always quite weak fears, bringing cloud and the threat ofa fears, bringing cloud and the threat of a little bit of rain at times. little in the way of big changes next week. often cloudy, a little bit of rain for some others, and some bright spells.

this is bbc news. the headlines... confusion over quarantine — holidaymakers are angry and frustrated as scotand and wales impose new restrictions, while there‘s no change in england and northern ireland. obviously, not very happy. we feel as though we‘ve lost two days of our holiday. it‘s cost us an arm and a leg. people in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or face new restrictions. claims of a looming crisis in britain‘s supply chains and possible shortages when the brexit transition ends. construction gets underway 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.