good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and mega munchetty. our headlines today: more areas of england are added to the government's watchlist of coronavirus hotspots as scientists warn outbreaks at universities are highly

likely. back to work: government departments are ordered to get more staff into the office by the end of this month. it's world record glory for mo farah as he runs further in one hour than anyone else before him, breaking a record that had stood for 13 years on his return to the track. and the gran who dressed up as a dinosaur: we look at the lengths some people are going to for a hug. good morning. weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be in the north and the showers will be in the north and the west today and they will drift south—east woods tomorrow. i will bring you all of the details throughout the morning. good morning. it's saturday 5th of september. our top story: several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the government's watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. they will now be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re—imposed if infections continue to rise. meanwhile, in some other areas,

restrictions are to be lifted. all these changes come as scientists warn that significant outbreaks linked to universities are "highly likely". andy moore reports. leedsis leeds is the latest city to become an area of concern for public health england. there will be an increased monitoring of cases and potentially more restrictions further down the line if the rate of infection does not fall. the local council says there is a growing number of cases in young people aged 18—34. other places are in a similar position. we are ina places are in a similar position. we are in a situation where we are being watched quite closely by public health england and the department of health and offered additional help and support if we need it but at this point in time, we are yet to see those rates translating to additional hospital admissions or situations in care homes. the place is added to public health england's watchlist are :

in other areas, restrictions are being eased. they include: except bolton, where infection rates are still high. in these areas venues such as skating rings and bowling alleys will be allowed to be open from tuesday in line with the rest of the country but there will still bea ban of the country but there will still be a ban on social gatherings. in social gatherings of a different type in universities, there is cause in concern for government scientific advisors. they believe the beginning of the autumn turn will also inevitably lead to significant outbreaks. the fact that many stu d e nts outbreaks. the fact that many students will not show any symptoms will make those outbreaks more difficult to pinpoint. and they believe the biggest risk will come when students had home for the christmas break. they are going to be travelling potentially to other parts of the country which may not be necessarily seeing outbreaks at that point in time and, of course, they may be carrying infection with

them and may potentially infect more relative —— elderly relatives who may be more at risk. sages has wider scale testing is needed. it also says universities should consider writing specialist accommodation on campus to isolate students who test positive —— sage says. andy moore, bbc news. the government has written a letter to senior members of the civil service, urging them to get public sector workers back into the office. it says it wants 80% of staff to be able to attend their usual workplace at least once a week by the end of september, but the head of one union has accused ministers of outdated thinking. let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. nick, is the government under pressure to get people back into the office, starting with the civil service? outdated thinking because so many people are working from home but it is important, the government says, to get people back into society and get business is thriving? absolutely. this is something the government has been talking about

for the last few weeks, trying to get more people back into officers to increase interactions, to hopefully lead to more productivity. but also to get the economy moving again because we know there are many in government and many conservatives as well who are really worried about quiet high streets and some chains having to shed staff because they are so having to shed staff because they are so quietjust now so this is a directive that has come from the head of the civil service, saying get as many staff back into the office as quickly as possible. as you say, there is the ambitious target of getting 80% of civil serva nts target of getting 80% of civil servants back into the workplace, at least once a week, as quickly as possible. it is worth pointing out that this is for england and although the civil service has jobs across the uk, the advice is slightly different in scotland, wales and northern ireland where people are not being encouraged into the office as quickly as possible but the prime minister clearly takes this very seriously because he is

asking for weekly figures to show how well each department is doing when it comes to getting people back physically into the office. not everybody is convinced, though, and we have heard for the last few weeks that some people are saying the world of work has changed completely and we need to adapt to that and the union that represents civil service says exactly about this morning, but the government should not be trying to strong—arm people back into the office and instead, they should be trying to prepare for a world after covid—i9, in which potentially a lot more people are working from home. next, thank you for taking us through that. —— nick, thank you for taking us through that. travellers returning to scotland from portugal will now have to self—isolate for iii—days under new rules which came into force a few hours ago. the country was added to the quarantine list after a rise in infections there and comes after wales imposed its own restrictions yesterday. nothing has changed for people who live in england and northern ireland. these holidaymakers were on one of the last flights back to glasgow

from portugal before the quarantine was reintroduced. as naga says, just a couple of hours ago. disappointed that scotland has to go into quarantine but england do not so it seems ridiculous. people will fly into england now and drive up will fly into england now and drive up the road. it was a risk and we knew that we were making a risk a nyway knew that we were making a risk anyway so we only lost one day, it is annoying but i am glad to make it backin is annoying but i am glad to make it back in time. we paid an extra £100 to come backjust in case so we had to come backjust in case so we had to come back because i have to stay with my mother. one minute silence has been held in beirut one month after the explosion which killed nearly 200 people and left thousands more homeless. rescuers have been digging through the rubble after sensor equipment detected a possible heartbeat in the wreckage, as our correspondent orla guerin reports.

still searching for signs of life. a specialist team from chile probing deep inside the rubble. over the past two days, their scanners picked up past two days, their scanners picked up reading sounds. —— breathing. but when they called for silence, there was no sign of life. beirut didn't get its miracle. but this man did. on the fifth of august, he was reclaimed from the wreckage of his home after a 17 —— after 17 hours buried alive. this week, he returned for the first time, the minute he was released from hospital. he could barely stand. he could barely take it in. his family had a four story

house that stood for a century. —— storey. so i came running and calling out. his cousin read the rescue effort here. but could not save his older brother —— lead. rescue effort here. but could not save his older brother -- lead. you know, you feel empty inside, especially when i look over the place where we took out abdul. when i was here, i knew abdul was not here. i could not feel him. is this, ina way, here. i could not feel him. is this, in a way, like a burial ground for you now? no, it's not. no, it's not. they will not bury us here, for sure they won't. they might bury our bodies but they will not bury our souls. abdul loved books and music. his cigarettes and his coffee. he came from a tightly knit christian family. richie says they were best friends. abdul and all of

the dead we re friends. abdul and all of the dead were honoured today, one month on. some stood in silence, remembering lost friends and colleagues. others stood with ropes in their hands, a hangman's noose for the entire political leadership here. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. a bit later in the programme this morning we will speak to an independent journalist who will bring us up to date with the search and reflection, the moment of reflection overnight. it is nine minutes past six. labour say the former australian prime minister tony abbott is the "wrong choice" to be an advisor to the new uk board of trade. he's been accused of being homophobic and misogynistic, but borisjohnson has rejected claims mr abbott was not suitable for the role, which is unpaid. the board has been set up to help ministers and encourage firms to do more business internationally. blackpool‘s world —famous

illuminations are usually switched on in front of thousands of people on the seafront but this year, the annual event was done over the internet. and instead of a celebrity, a group of coronavirus heroes were given the honour of performing the big switch—on. steve saul reports. blackpool, 452 nights every year and a bonanza for the electricity board... decade after decade the world—famous board... decade after decade the world —famous illuminations have board... decade after decade the world—famous illuminations have been switched on by famous celebrity members. but this year, the switch on was in the safe hands of a collection of coronavirus heroes in a virtual ceremony streamed online. this is a wonderful moment for all of us to say thank you to them and the hundreds of thousands of frontline workers that these guys

represent. ten... nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one... whoa! we are a light! blackpool is a light! meet six —year—old will richie and his family. will was one of those switch on heroes. he has a genetic condition affecting his brain and eyesight. during lockdown this summer eyesight. during lockdown this summer he completed a charity marathon, raising more than £14,000 for his local hospital. just for the therapy dog along with hospital chaplain david anderson also helped switch on the lights. they provided comfort and support to patients at a west lancashire's nhs hospitals. this year's theme bring on the light celebrates the nhs and key workers. 50 coronavirus heroes have eliminated images of themselves in special hearts and rainbows in the lights —— illuminated.

the illuminations have been extended by two months, they will shine over christmas and new year for the first time. we have to go. you have to go. we have got until the end of the year, not now, we have to go to blackpool and watch the illuminations. you have to stay, you have 3.5 hours of work to do! you are watching brea kfast work to do! you are watching breakfast from me and her i will make sure of it! i am committed to this, absolutely! it's time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. the times reports that two thirds of confirmed coronavirus cases are now in those aged under 40, which it calls an "extraordinary shift". the paper adds increased testing of people with milder symptoms accounts partly for the shift in demographic, but younger people were also taking advantage of lockdown easing. the prime minister has been criticised for appointing the former australian prime minister tony abbott as an official uk trade adviser, the guardian reports. he'll be one of nine external advisers helping shape

post—brexit trade policy. the move has drawn widespread criticism from opposition parties, charities and activists, who have called him a "misogynist". the daily mail claims borisjohnson is facing a "dramatic revolt" from conservative mps over testing for coronavirus at britain's borders. it says 40 backbench mps are tipped to join a rebellion ahead of a commons debate next week. but has been the front page of the daily mailfor the last but has been the front page of the daily mail for the last couple of days, hasn't it? and the huffington post is putting a different spin on political stories. it's reporting how the former labour home secretary jacqui smith has been confirmed as a contestant on this year's strictly come dancing. how has the weather been for you? it has been all right. it feels like autumn is staying away. just. just. by autumn is staying away. just. just. by inches, hasn't it? who knows? sarah knows! some

slightly more autumnal weather through the course of the weekend and feeling a little bit cooler but most of us should see some sunshine at times so a slightly fresher filter the weather for most of us with temperatures down a few degrees on recent days. sunny spells and scattered showers, not all of us seeing those showers today but they will drift really across the uk by the time we get to tomorrow. high pressure m oves the time we get to tomorrow. high pressure moves in from the atlantic, low pressure sitting towards the north—east, drawing on these north—westerly winds through the course of today so most of the showers will be across parts of scotland, northern ireland, some into the north—west of england and later on into wales, perhaps the midlands as well. further east and south across england and into south wales as well you should miss most of those so a lot of dry weather to be seen out there but perhaps a more persistent rain for parts of northern ireland and the west of scotla nd northern ireland and the west of scotland later on this afternoon and temperatures 14—18 out there. through this evening and tonight we will stick with the showery theme.

they show is pushing further south and east, should stay largely driver east anglia and the south—east of england and the north—east of scotland. temperatures just about into mid— single figures in the cooler spots but are relatively mild and fairly cloudy starting your sunday morning. through sunday we have this frontal system here which is going to be pushing its way southwards and eastwards, bringing the bulk of the showers during sunday. largely across parts of wales, west and northern england first thing, but spreading eastwards through the day. later in the afternoon some of the showers arriving across parts of eastern england, the south—east perhaps as well, scotland and northern ireland though having a better, drier day by the time we get to tomorrow so more sunshine and less breezy compared to today and a little warmer for most of us, temperatures up to 20 degrees in the south—east, the good be an odd rumble of thunder. monday, deep area of low pressure to the north of the uk patrolling weather fronts will bring some outbreaks of rain, particularly wet and windy across parts of scotland, northern ireland, and as the rain drift across england

and as the rain drift across england and wales it will become quite patchy and showery in nature. not too much rain reaching the south—east and east anglia, predominantly dry on monday, and temperatures of a few degrees compared to the weekend so high is around about 15—20 by monday. looking a bit further ahead into next weekend you will find a return to the orange colours, this is a mild, warm air mass moving its way in from the south—west, particularly holding on across the southern half of the uk into the middle of the week so we could see the temperatures in the low or possibly mid 20s, especially in the south as we have through the first part of next week. then it turns fresher once again and more unsettled later in the week. it has been up and down but most of us should see some sunshine at times this weekend. do you know what sunshine feels like when it is on your skin? a big hug, doesn't it? we're talking about hugging and are you a hunger, sarah? iam.i i am. i missed the hugs. iam. i missed the hugs. in i am. i missed the hugs. in the

office. the weather department is so much nicer than ours. virtual hugs. see how we like hugging. well, we thought we would. another couple of weeks, but yeah. we were talking about that this morning, creative ways of hugging. we have a lovely piece on that later in the morning. we love to hear your experiences on how you have perhaps the virtually hugs this morning. we will pass them on. we will see you at half past six after the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. theme music

over the years, there've been a plethora of movies called les miserables. from the 1935 best picture contender starring fredric march and charles laughton, through the 1958 adaptation hailed as one of the first french blockbusters, to the more recent adaptation of the hit stage musical which proved that whatever else he can do, like running you over with a big truck, unhinged star russell crowe really cannot sing. at all. # leave it all in flames...# the latest film to take its title from victor hugo's 19th century novel is cesar winning contemporary urban drama that was nominated for best international feature. a streetwise tale of dispossessed masses brought once again to the brink of rebellion.

writer director ladj ly‘s film largely plays out, immortalised in hugo's novel where a new member of the anti—crime unit learns about the neighbourhoods rival factions and two colleagues whose methods blur the line between policing and harassment. when a drone camera captures video footage of a violently botched arrest, tensions between police and residents reach boiling point, threatening to throw everyone in the lions' den. building on his 2017 short film, ly‘s feature debut presents an admirably un—cliched view of borneo life, as vibrant and diverse as that of celine sciamma's film girlhood. in stark contrast to the monochrome hues of mathieu kassovitz‘s 1995 masterpiece, la haine,

which gets the 25th anniversary re—release next week, les miserables is lensed in vivid colour by cinematographer julien poupard whose cameras sneak in and out of the action, in this tangibly real world. there are echoes too of the pressure cooker structure of spike lee's do the right thing and the even—handed verity grit of david simon's ground—breaking tv series, the wire. taking care never to paint its complex characters in simple black—and—white strokes, les miserables has slipped stealthily from astute observation to urgent action. reminding us all the time of hugo's maxim that there is no such thing as bad plants or bad men, only bad cultivators. les miserables is cinemas now and i urge you to seek it out. it's snowing. winter is coming! we have a real connection.

a rare and intense attachment. i've never experienced anything like it. i am thinking of ending things. huh? charlie kaufman is the screenwriting genius who won a bafta for being john markovich, and another for adaptation, and a third for an eternal sunshine in a spotless mind which he also nabbed an oscar. he has fared less well as a director, with 2008 synecdoche, new york polarising critics and bombing at the box office, earning less than a quarter of its $20 million budget. we will never know if kaufman's critically fated latest proves more popular, since it's released direct netflix, their audience figures are a closely—guarded secret. i am visiting jake's parents for the first time. the typically solipsistic story centres on a snowy road trip taken by young couple played byjesse plemons and jessie buckley. we're here! toni collette and david thewlis are the mum and dad whose age changes between scenes and whose remote farmhouse seems to be the stuff of dreams, or nightmares.

what exactly is going on? and more importantly, do we care? well, in the case of ian reed's short source novel, the answer is yes. not least because the twilight zone and a—levels narrative rushes towards a page turning third act in which psychology meets psycho splatter. you have to go. i have to go where? forward. not so the movie, which sheds the trashy treats of reed's book, replacing stalk—and—slash thrills with sombre song and dance theatrics, turning a potboiler into a chin—stroker. aimed as one would say, "more that head than the heart." it's a credit to the brilliant jessie buckley that she managed to breathe such human life in what is essentially a cypher role. buckley, who commanded the screen in movies as diverse as beast and wild roads, works wonders, ensuring that this generally remains

more intriguing than irritating. generally. if the absence of unsettling horror in kaufman's movie proves disappointing, then fear not, creepy thrills await in the swedish danish thriller koko—di, koko—da. which is available on bfi player, blu—ray and digital download on monday. traumatised by tragedy, a bereaved couple go on a woodland camping trip in a bid to save their marriage. for their daughter, the pair find themselves stuck in a nightmarish loop of grief, terrorised by a troop

of fairy tale characters depicted on the side of the aforementioned gift. built around a nursery rhyme that will get into your head and taunt you for days, this blackly comic oddity was brilliantly described my friend and colleague trevorjohnson as a weird version of groundhog day and funny games, a phrase i wish i could claim as my own. it's deeply troubling and frequently very nasty stuff, rated 18 for sexual violence and threat, although it is the twisted echoes of heinrich hoffmann and the brothers grimm that really got under my skin. i'm going to ask you a series of questions. i want you to respond truthfully. there is a hint of horror at play in the new mutants, the long—delayed addendum to the x—men series that was meant to launch a new trilogy, seems to be more of a full stop. distant chanting # we don't need no education...# co—written and directed

byjosh boone who made the fault in our stars and pitched as "the breakfast club in a cuckoos' nest institution," it centres on the new generation of mutants being held in a secret facility run by alice braga's authoritarian doctor reyes. with the talented top line cast including anya taylor-joy, maisie williams and newcomer blu hunt, the new mutants was shot back in 2017 with an eye on a 2018 opening. but as executives swithered over whether they wanted a horror movie ora ya romp, and fox was acquired by disney, reshoots were planned and then dropped and everyone moved onto other things. it sounds like a recipe for disaster, and the film which finally opens in uk cinemas three years after principal photography is indeed something of a mishmash — but it's not a total disaster. boasting an lgbt—friendly narrative, some likeable performances, most notably for maisie williams and a few creepy moments that redeemed from the silliness of scenes

in which our heroes do battle with a giant cg demon bear. that thing will kill you. you're right, it's magic. so am i? loyal, grace and truth. while the new mutants may be getting a cinema release, the more high—profile mulan has ruffled industry feathers by going straight to disney+, where it's available to rent forjust shy of 20 quid in addition to the cost of channel subscription. directed by niki caro, best known for the 2002 film whale rider, this live action remake of disney's 90s animation is one of the most expensive movies ever directed by a woman. unlike such recent house of mouse remakes like beauty and the beast, this new mulan isn't a musical — although music plays a key role. nor does it feature a talking dragon. it is my

duty to fight for the kingdom. instead, it's a sumptuously attired coming—of—age adventure with martial arts action and so much splendidly cinematic scenery. you can't help wishing you were watching at a big screen. unlike so many disney reboots, mulan is very much its own film, looking back to the chinese folk story which inspired the original animation, and taking it in a direction that's different enough to justify its existence. whether this straight—this—home viewing release can also justify its cost, reported to be around $200 million, remains to be seen. at the other end of the financial spectrum, socrates, which is made for under $20,000 is a striking brazilian feature about a 15—year—old isolated by his sexuality and facing destitution following the death of his mother.

playing in selected cinemas and also available on digital platforms, this is the first feature produced by the caro institute in brazil, where it was co—written, produced and acted by at—risk teenagers from low—income communities with the support of unicef. the result is a remarkably moving and accomplished film that combines the smack of verite realism with a poetic and ultimately redemptive sensibility. a mere 70 minutes in length, this urgent heartfelt drama packs more truth and insight into its compact running time than many, if not, most of its more mainstream competitors. that's it for this week. thanks to anna smith for holding the fort so brilliantly in my absence, thanks to you for watching and i would like to end this show by adding my voice to those mourning the loss of chadwick boseman, a remarkable and inspirational figure who lit up the screen in a string of movies from marshall, adn 42, to get on up,

21 bridges, da 5 bloods and of course, black panther. king t'challa! it's an extraordinary body of work, the final film, ma rainey‘s black bottom, still to come on one of cinemas most admired and most loved modern legends. my king. wa kanda forever! all: wakanda forever! hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. more areas of england have been put on a government watch list of coronavirus hotspots. leeds, south tyneside, corby, middlesbrough and kettering have all been named as "areas of concern" by public health england. it comes as the government's scientific advisers warn significant outbreaks of coronavirus linked

to universities are "highly likely". borisjohnson wants more civil servants to start working from the office again, now that lockdown restrictions are easing. the outgoing head of the civil service, sir mark sedwill, has written to staff outlining boris johnson's view that getting more people back into the office in england will improve the services they deliver and boost local economies. travellers returning to scotland from portugal will now have to self—isolate for 14 days, under new rules which came into force a few hours ago. the country was added to the quarantine list after a rise in infections there, and comes after wales imposed its own restrictions yesterday. nothing has changed for people who live in england and northern ireland. a man has been rescued from the east china sea, two days after his cargo ship sank during a typhoon. this is the moment the 30—year—old was given a lifeline by the japan coast guard after they found him alone and drifting in a raft. he's the second survivor

from the ship, which issued a distress call on wednesday. it was carrying 6,000 and 43 crew. both are your news headlines this saturday morning and it is just after 6:30 and if you think you will go for a after 6:30 and if you think you will go fora run after 6:30 and if you think you will go for a run early and how far will you make it? you will not make it this far. you might, but you will not do it in this time. that is true. that is the difference, isn't it? what scares me, i'd go for a bike ride and it takes me one hour to do 20 kilometres and i am not fast but there is heels but mo farah can run faster in an hour than me on a bike! i think many of us on a cycle. incredible. he smashed the world record. mo farah has managed to run further in one hour than anyone else in history. he set this new world record at the diamond league meeting

in brussels last night, breaking the one—hour run landmark set by haile gebrselassie 13 years ago. so farah covered 21,300 metres, so that's running 45 metres further than the previous record. what's more, this was his first track race since he switched to road racing after the rio olympics four years ago. he was being matched by belgium's bashir abdi, before he kicked away, to set the new mark. that was incredible. i am happy to get that record today. me and bashir work together and i am so pleased for him and for myself and what an amazing way to do it and to show the people what is possible. now, it was another big night of international football, and northern ireland scrambled a late equaliser to salvage a point in their nations league encounter in romania. back with us after an absence of ten months. their luck was in, but scotland's wasn't. our sports correspondent andy swiss rounds up the action. his first game as northern ireland manager, and ian baraclough will do well to see a more dramatic one. at half—time, his team looked beaten.

george pushing romania ahead, before even deeper trouble for the visitors. a second yellow forjosh mcginnis, and he was off. a goal down and a man down, there was surely no way back. but bailey peacock—ferrell's goalkeeping brilliance kept them in it and with just minutes left, remarkably they conjured an equaliser. gavin whyte, the late hero, to give northern ireland a draw, but it barely seemed possible. at hampden park, meanwhile, a more disappointing night for scotland. it began well enough — israel conceding a penalty, which was emphatically dispatched by ryan christie. scotland ahead at the break but after it, israel found an equaliser, and how! a net—busterfrom eran zahavi — not a bad way to earn a draw — but for the hosts, an ultimately frustrating result. andy swiss, bbc news. now, scotland were due to play the czech republic next, in olomouc, but that match has

apparently been postponed because of coronavirus concerns in the czech squad. the scottish fa is waiting for official notification. all the excitement, surrounding where lionel messi is going to moving to is over after he announced, he'd be sticking with barcelona for now. he had told the club he wanted to leave, but it all came down to the £624 million release payment, which he thought he was free of, but the spanish fa ruled was still in play. messi said he didn't want to face the club he loves in court and that his children were crying at the thought of moving and changing schools. now, this is what t20 cricket is all about — the thrill of the run chase — and england staged a remarkable comeback to beat australia by two runs in their first match in southampton. dawid malan top—scored for england with 66 but when he was caught, they lost momentum and ended on 162—7. australia looked set to reach their target with ease but the wicket of steve smith, sparked a collapse and they crumbled to some inspired england bowling, tom

curran finishing them off. it's everybody out at the us open with all british interest in the singles now over. dan evans was the last to go, losing to corentin moutet. evans had taken the first set but after a rain delay, the frenchman won the next three. he now faces, felix auger aliassime, who beat andy murray in the second round. cameron norrie's best run in a grand slam ended with defeat to spain's fokina. norrie lost 11 of the last 12 games, as he went down in four sets. british rider adam yates is still wearing the leader's yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tour de france. the fans were treated to another sprint finish in lavaur/ 5,000 spectators are allowed along the route of each

stage. van aert put on a stunning burst to win it but yates kept up with the leading pack and he's still three seconds ahead overall, with the race heading into the pyrenees today. lewis hamilton has warned that qualifying —— now squash is often seen as a sport that you can't play beyond your 40s and 50s. there is such an impact on your knees and ankles and otherjoints. and indeed, when world champion lance kinder suffered a heart attack in his 60s, he was told he'd never be able to play again. but two decades later, he's still going strong and is said to be the oldest competitive player on the planet. and since lockdown restrictions have eased, he's been able to get back on the court. i went to meet him. you make me feel so young. this is how we may expect to find lance kenda passing the time as he approaches his 85th birthday next week. —— kinder. but

hold the front page! i am such a happy individual! he has a well title to defend, squash balls to be hit again, and think to the easing of lockdown restrictions the man said to be the old est restrictions the man said to be the oldest competitive squash player on the planet is back on court again. wonderful. after a game of squash you feel so alive. squash i think ta kes you feel so alive. squash i think takes more out of you in a shorter period of time than any other sport that i know. because of the movement on court, very explosive. so the world champion is back on the court again and at the moment they are having to play sides due to covid—19 safety protocols and this is a version of the game that they can only play on their own side of the court unless they are switching for service positions. whatever version lance is playing, he has proved to bea game lance is playing, he has proved to be a game changer. first he only started playing squash in his mid— 405. started playing squash in his mid— 40s. purely out of vanity. i had with a term is a little bit of a belly. over the next decade

he became the world number one for his age group and started to win title after title until he hit a problem. i found that after 55 it was the end of your squash life. so... because there were no tournaments? there we re there were no tournaments? there were no tournaments. the lance worked with the governing bodies to set up new competition for older age group across the world and despite suffering a heart attack in his 60s and being told he would not be able to play again he bounced back to when world more titles and now the spot is booming for older generations. and believe me, it makes such a difference. i can remember when i had people who retired, they used to just sit down all day in their lounge and they just were bored to tears. but that is how they thought because everybody else of that age group was doing exactly the same thing. you make me feel so young. lance has only been able to swim against the tide because of all of the court exercise he does that make stretching is essential. all

the little things make life so much easier. on a squash court. anyone starting to play again should get checked by the dock the first and lance and his competitors are only able to keep playing because of the general fitness they maintained to stave off the risk of injury. lance is surely an inspiration, surely, you look at him and he say why the heck should i pack up when, if he cannot, you know, i must be able to. ifi cannot, you know, i must be able to. if i stay on my side of the court, the safest way to see it firsthand than, the skill, speed and technique of the wild champion. and even when i'm old and grey. i'm going to feel the way i do today. now, i thought i was reasonably fit and i am in the age category that in the past would have been hanging up their racket by now. now i see the level i need to aim for over the next 30 years. in the corner. you make me feel so young. you make me

feel so young. what a champion. i am glad we were only playing sides because if we fell —— later full game only playing sides because if we fell —— laterfull game i probably would not have even returned one point. he is hoping to keep going and eventually have a competition around the world for over 90s and i think it would be the favourite to win that as well. he is certainly determined, isn't he? it shows the importance of the fitness off the court which is what got me, he stretches when he shaved in the morning and he stretches before and after matches and the stretching thing, i have to start doing that because it seems to make such a difference. be careful if you are stretching while you're shaving! don't try touching your toes. it is not good. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning and can you imagine that, being that fit when you are that, being that fit when you are that age? it puts us all to shame, we have to try harder, definitely an inspiration. a decent weekend ahead in getting some exercise up there because some will see some sunshine around at times and it is a fairly

serene around at times and it is a fairly serene start to the day, this is a picture in bushy park in hampton so clear skies, little bit of mist dinners around which will burn off quickly now that the sun is up. through the day, day of sunshine and showers, a cool and fresh feel to the weather through the weekend compared to what we have seen recently so temperature down a notch but still not feeling too bad in those files of sunshine. we have an area of high pressure moving in from the west end low pressure sitting towards the north—east and that combination means we will draw in the winds from a north—westerly direction and a fairly cool direction, bringing scattered showers particularly to scotland and northern ireland and some of them also filtering into the north—west of england wales and by the end of the afternoon one or two into london and the midlands but further south and the midlands but further south and east across england into south wales you will avoid most of the showers. today's long spells of sunshine, temperatures 13—18. as we move through into the evening, some more persistent rain for a time for northern ireland south—west scotland. the cloud and shall remain them pushing its way gradually southwards and eastwards across most

areas. should stay largely bright and clever east anglia and the south—east and also for the north—east of scotland. temperatures heading down into single figures for some of us but are relatively mild start to sunday morning. through sunday we're going to have this system this feature, will bring more clout and showers putting south—east across england and wales. a different feeling day for scotland and northern ireland, ir compared to with long spells of sunshine. less windy across the board. both showers move eastwards across england and wales through the day, could be the odd thunderstorm parts of eastern england and the midlands later in the afternoon but temperatures up to about 20 degrees in the warmest spots are a little warmer tomorrow compared to today. as we move through sunday night into monday, quantitative area of low pressure well to the north of the uk but the trailing weather fronts from but will bring wet and windy weather so someone will bring wet and windy weather so someone to come will bring wet and windy weather so someone to come on will bring wet and windy weather so someone to come on monday, particularly for northern ireland and scotland to start with, and is the range of the rain shifts across england and wales it will turn showery and patchy in nature so not too much rain reaching southern

anglia and you should stay mostly dry. starting to warm up a bit so 15- 20 dry. starting to warm up a bit so 15— 20 degrees on monday and then as we look further ahead into next week, the orange colours are returning to the map which is quite a warm air mass coming in from a south—westerly direction, typically holding on across the southern half of the uk so we could well see those temperatures in the low, possibly mid 20s for a time through tuesday into wednesday, especially in the south. by the latter part of next week things do turn more autumnal, full and unsettled but once again so up full and unsettled but once again so up and down a bit but some spells of sunshine out there at times through the weekend. thank you very much indeed. we will see you again a bit later. with social distancing a part of all our lives now. yeah. a cuddle from a loved one is something we all may have missed. it's led some to come up with ingenious ways to make sure they can still enjoy a hug — as graham satchell has been finding out.

you've got to put your arms through the bottom. this is anthony gordon's grandmother, about to have a hope for the first time in 2.5 months stop —— have a hug. for the first time in 2.5 months stop -- have a hug. i sat down and said to my wife and said i could be eight a shower curtain as such, a clear one, but some holes and arms in itand clear one, but some holes and arms in it and there is no physical contact. my wife thought i was not, but i was balmy, thought i was bonkers. how great is this? oh! anthony posted this video in may. it's been what is more than 30 million times. we came up with the name cuddle curtain. now we have seen name cuddle curtain. now we have seen videos of other people recreating their own. i'm just in awe of how many people are trying it and it's working. oh! anthony's idea has spread around the country, around the world. evidence ofjust

how far people will go for a cuddle. that's it! hyde park, in the centre of london. by the italian gardens, a statue of two bears hugging. there isa statue of two bears hugging. there is a basic animal instinct at play here. rebecca is a professional therapist. studies have shown hugging releases oxytocin, a hormone associated with happiness was that it enhances trust between one another, it makes us feel bonded. and when you are a social tribune need each other. and if that is taken away, all sort of emotional and mental and physical consequences will follow. these pictures, taken before the pandemic, so rebecca at

work, sometimes only a hug will do. but the current rules on social distancing across the uk means officially the only people you're allowed to hugger those you live with and those in your bubble. in the back of his card in the car park in hyde park, we found lee practising his saxophone. in hyde park, we found lee practising his saxophonelj in hyde park, we found lee practising his saxophone. i do like cuddling because it shows emotion and it's like a bit of a distance, i'm a friendly patient as well, so yeah, i have missed it. i have missed it. we need to get it back. we need to sort this out. this is tenure rolled will and his dad, mark. but he can't hug his 92—year—old grandmother. —— ten—year—old. 92—year—old grandmother. —— ten-year-old. it's really hard, because she is really old and she needs hugs like everyone. and nobody can give her hugs. do you understand why the rules are there, do you

think they are right? yes, they are right, because if it's like, if everybody is hugging each other, well, because my godmother, my mum's sister worked at the nhs. and we're not to hug her. and if we did hug her, and she had coronavirus, and then we hugged our grandmother, then she may die. grandma. so it's for the best, really. but as time goes on, are people really sticking closely to the rules? this couple say they have been really careful, but... within a few friends that i have seen, who i know i have observed lockdown, then, yeah, i think we have had a little cheeky cuddle, which has been very nice. would you describe yourselves as a hugging kind of family? yeah, definitely. we finished with kim and herfamily, who definitely. we finished with kim and her family, who haven't definitely. we finished with kim and herfamily, who haven't coped definitely. we finished with kim and

her family, who haven't coped well at all without hugs. back from the neighbours on a thursday night, i didn't see another human being for 15 weeks. and that's when you realise just how much you miss a hug. the solution, frankly a bizarre one, came from kim's grandson, douglas. watch this. when douglas came running toward us, that was it. i'm going to pray now. so emotional. it really was. like a baby in there, it was so emotional. these are strange times indeed. grandmas have just up as inflatable dinosaurs to cuddle theirfamily. just up as inflatable dinosaurs to cuddle their family. graham satchell, bbc news. you know, people have been getting in touch. dee loves a hug, and used to hug her bus driver, mark. now they blew kisses to each other. but

it's got to the point where her 11—year—old is walking with her and says, oh, my god, mum, you guys are such old embarrassing people. keep at it! and keep letting us know this morning who you have missed and what are you are “— morning who you have missed and what are you are —— and what you are looking forward to in the weeks ahead. dinosaur costumes, shower curtains, we would love to see more. it's time for this week's travel show. headlines at seven a.m.. this week on the travel show, castles in lockdown. he is walking like a man who's walked a very long time. and social distancing lessons from medieval italy. this week, i'm in scotland, a country famous for its hundreds of incredible

castles. it's only the second time i've been here, but it's a place that is close to my heart. i'm canadian, and my name is mike corey, but my middle name is mcleod, and that's a scottish name, and that's what's brought us here today. i'm beginning myjourney in skye, scotland's second—largest island. this is dunvegan castle, the oldest inhabited castle in the country and, for the past 800 years, the ancestral home of the mcleod clan. hugh. nice to meet you, mike. excited to be here. welcome to dunvegan castle. we're closed due to covid. i see. so, no, problem with the mask, keep your distance. would you like to come inside? fantastic. my middle name is mc—leod, not mac—leod. they cut the a at some point. there's are many different spellings of macleod but, basically, welcome home, because but this is where

it all started. we've been holding fast. that's the bull, which is part of the family motto. we've been going through clan battles, famine, and hopefully we are going to manage to kind of survive the covid—19 pandemic as well. i think you will. even by historical standards, dunvegan has faced a difficult year. it has remained closed to visitors since the coronavirus lockdown began in march. we've managed now to open just the gardens and the gift shop in the car park, but it's very much a partial reopening, so the castle is still closed. we might trial opening for guided tours of no more than 25 people, but the mechanics of putting that in place is quite difficult, and actually the economics, it's not that viable, really, from a business point of view. the loss of revenue has impacted ongoing restoration work. so, mike, welcome to the fairy tower, which

is slightly less, well, plush interior than the ones you've just visited downstairs. and still under repair? yes, we've only managed to restore half the castle so far in the last 10 or 11 years, that's only the areas open to the public. so this is the kind of reality behind the scenes. in the uk, privately—owned heritage has a 1.4 billion backlog of repairs, 58 million of that is in scotland, and in the dunvegan context, in the estate, i think we've got a little bit - i think 2.5 million of outstanding repairs, some of which are urgent, some of which aren't, but, unfortunately, the pandemic is absolutely going to torpedo our restoration budgets. right. and if you can't get that money, what consequences does it have for dunvegan? well, in an exposed, unforgiving climate like skye's, you know, there is going to be more repairs obviously in a place like this, but some of the more importantjobs, if we don't have the money,

we don't have the money — sadly, they can't proceed. and dunvegan is far from the only place yet to fully reopen. the national trust of scotland manages 80 visited properties, almost 90% of which are now open again in some shape or form. but you won't be able to see inside some of their most famous historic buildings until 2021 including culzean castle and ayrshire. each one is unique, so they have a very different layout, a different size, so burns cottage in alloway is a simple 4—room cottage with one way and in one way out, so that's much easier to manage, so things like that have been really important to think about how visitors access and enjoy these spaces. despite a fundraising drive over the summer, the trust faces a £30 million shortfall. they've recently announced 200 job losses, a grim set of circumstances that's spurred one

trust worker to mount his own charity event. i'm here on the grounds of haddo house in aberdeenshire where there is an excited group of people, even though the building is still closed. we're here to greet edoardo bedin, a local historian and archaeologist who actually works here. edoardo's been walking for, give or take, 500 miles across the entirety of the country and, in a few minutes, he'll be rounding this corner behind us. this is edoardo and this is the goodbye team party. this is crathes castle, day one of our adventure. we will see in 26 days where we're going to be. eduardo stopped off at nearly two dozen historical properties on his route. his goal was to raise money for the trust's save our scotland campaign and to highlight the uncertain situation of heritage workers, like

himself. and there he is, with a smile on his face. eduardo, he's walking like a man who's walked a very long time. and the people are applauding. bagpipes skirl scotland the brave plays cheering intense? it is. i was crying, but you couldn't see it. laughter and i love scotland, and i love uk so much, and i was dreaming to have a bagpiper to welcome me back at haddo, and when he was playing scotland the brave, ijust felt back home, and i was proud to be part of this country and part of this organisation. coronavirus has had a major impact on scotland's heritage properties, affecting their upkeep and the people who look after them, but edoardo

is optimistic. these are centres of their communities. these buildings were here before the national trust existed, and they will be here after the national trust may be gone, one day, and wejust keep hoping for better days to come, and they will come back, good days, it's just a matter of time. everyone here is still congratulating edoardo and aberdeenshire, but us, we're off to tuscany, in italy, where the coronavirus lockdown has caused a revival of an odd mediaeval practice, one that had social distancing nailed centuries before we even coined the term. ‘babae' is from ancient latin and it

means, like, ‘wow‘, like, ‘magnificent‘, a very beautiful restaurant, so we like the word ‘babae'. we decided to start this restaurant in 2018, injune, and we are two friends, and this was a new experience for us. we found it inside the restaurant, so we decide not to open the restaurant but just the buchette del vino.

we start with selling wine and then cocktail. not only wine, but food as well. so we decided to do pizza, because we are very good with the schiacciata, focaccia and pizza. and when we started with the with first order in the pizza, we arrive here and we saw the buchetta is too little for pizza, so we could do it with the buchetta. so that was fun.

it explodes in, like, in one month, and people come and they call us and say, "the buchetta is open, when we can come, when we can eat, we can drink, what we can do?" maybe the lockdown and the post—lockdown is important for the local people to know about the story, the history of florence, the buchette, and give some happiness to the local people.

it is definitely beautiful out here but do you know what else is quite beautiful, a hot shower. so before we get going, make sure to follow us on social media. we're at bbctravel basically everywhere. and from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team, here in the beautiful scottish highlands, it is goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. our headlines today: more areas of england are added to the government's watchlist of coronavirus hotspots as scientists warn outbreaks at universities are highly likely. back to work: government departments are ordered to get more staff into the office by the end of this month. the coronavirus heroes switch on blackpool‘s world —famous illuminations.

it's a record—breaking power hour from mo farah as he runs further in one hour than anyone else before him, breaking a record that had stood for 13 years on his return to the track. good morning. the weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be in the north and the west today and they will drift south—eastwards tomorrow. i will bring you all of the details throughout the morning. it's saturday, 5th of september. our top story: several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the government's watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. they will now be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re—imposed if infections continue to rise. meanwhile, in some other areas, restrictions are to be lifted. all these changes come as scientists warn that significant outbreaks linked to universities are "highly likely". andy moore reports. leeds is the latest city to become an area of concern

for public health england. there will be an increased monitoring of cases and potentially more restrictions further down the line if the rate of infection does not fall. the local council says there is a growing number of cases in young people aged 18—34. other places are in a similar position. we are in a situation where we are being watched quite closely by public health england and the department of health and offered additional help and support if we need it. but at this point in time, we are yet to see those rates translating to additional hospital admissions or situations in care homes. the place is added to public health england's watchlist —— the places added to public health england's watchlist are leeds, south tyneside, corby, middlesbrough and kettering. but in other areas, restrictions are being eased. they include greater manchester, except bolton, where infection rates are still high, lancashire and west yorkshire.

in these areas, venues such as skating rinks and bowling alleys will be allowed to re—open from tuesday, in line with the rest of the country, but there will still be a ban on social gatherings. in social gatherings of a different type in universities, there's causing concern for government scientific advisors. they believe that the beginning of the autumn term will almost inevitably lead to significant outbreaks. the fact that many students will not show any symptoms will make those outbreaks more difficult to pinpoint, and they believe the biggest risk will come when students head home for the christmas break. they are going to be travelling potentially to other parts of the country which may not be necessarily seeing outbreaks at that point in time and, of course, they might be carrying infection with them and may potentially infect more elderly relatives who may be more severely at risk. the scientific advisory group sage says wider—scale testing is needed. it also says universities should consider providing special accommodation on campus to isolate students who test positive. andy moore, bbc news.

the government has written a letter to senior members of the civil service, urging them to get public sector workers in england back into the office. it says it wants 80% of staff to be able to attend their usual workplace at least once a week by the end of september, but the head of one union has accused ministers of outdated thinking. let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. the government is under pressure because they are trying to get everybody else back to work so they need to show they have their own workers back? i think that is right, a big part is leading by example and saying it is quieter now and there are lots of offices where there are not many staff so let's try and get them back in. the idea is the prime minister is going to ask every department in government, every week, to detail how many of its staff are coming in ona how many of its staff are coming in on a rotor basis so having some in

some days, some in others, and the goal that has been set by the head of the civil service is that 80% of staff will be at some point during the week, and they wanted done as soon as the week, and they wanted done as soon as possible, arguing it is good for collaborative working and good for collaborative working and good for local economies as well. we know the government is worried that if people don't get back into offices pretty soon, there could be some pretty soon, there could be some pretty devastating economic impacts in certain areas so it should certainly be seen in the context of that but it is interesting, isn't it? i think people are split on this one. some people would argue yes, it is time to get back to something approaching what it was like in february. other people are saying do you know what? if we can work from home now why not keep that going? we're hearing that argument from the unions who said the world of work has changed and we need to be more flexible and the government spend more time looking at how we can make this work in the long—term but clearly, hope for ministers in england is that they can kind of get

more people back into the offices over the next few weeks and months. worth pointing out the letter also says for civil servants in scotland, wales and northern ireland, they should stick to local guidance and if you are in those places the message has not changed and the governments they are telling you to work from home if you can. another difference! nick eardley, thank you indeed. travellers returning to scotland from portugal will now have to self—isolate for 14—days under new rules which came into force a few hours ago. at four am this morning. the country was added to the quarantine list after a rise in infections there, and comes after wales imposed its own restrictions yesterday. nothing has changed for people who live in england and northern ireland. these holidaymakers were on one of the last flights back to glasgow from portugal before the quarantine was reintroduced. we were just disappointed that scotland obviously had to quarantine but england do not, so it seems ridiculous. people are all gonna fly into england now and then drive up the road. it was a risk! we knew that we were making a risk anyway, so...

we only lost a day. it is annoying but i'm just glad we made it home in time. we were supposed to come back saturday but we did pay an extra £100 to come back, just in case. so we were scared we were going to have to unintelligble so we had to come back. a minute's silence has been held in beirut one month on from the explosion that killed nearly 200 people and left tens of thousands more homeless. rescuers have been digging through the rubble after sensor equipment suggested someone could still be alive in the wreckage. we can speak to the independent‘s middle east correspondent bel trew. bel, what's the latest on that search for survivors? we had a good chat yesterday when there was quite a lot of hope and it would have been a miracle of miracles if there was a survivor there though. i have literallyjust been speaking to a member of the chilean team who told me that overnight, they ended up working overnight. they did get some sense

of signs of life coming from one pa rt of signs of life coming from one part of the building, a stairwell thatis part of the building, a stairwell that is on the right—hand side near toa that is on the right—hand side near to a pizza restaurant that is still standing. he actually sounded more hopeful, he said he was then late last night but what they believe happened was that when they were doing these test with a sensitive senses the sheer numbers of the crowds here with their mobile phones making noise during the day had actually disrupted their ability to get a signal and so they got something very late last night and also a smell, they said, and the presence of flies so maybe there may be something there survey are focusing on that part of the building right now but yesterday they were talking about a 1% chance of hope and this morning he told me a2% of hope and this morning he told me a 2% chance of hope but still having all of the caveats that they do not know yet if there is anyone alive but certainly the presence of that signal overnight when things are quieter and people have gone home gives them a hope. bel, of course this minute's silence that has been held, you were explaining yesterday

of course the devastation that the whole area is feeling. yeah, i mean people here are pretty desperate. it has been a really tricky year for lebanon anyway, going through an unprecedented financial crisis before the blast happened and the country was not dealing well with the coronavirus pandemic because of that financial crisis hitting the hospital. —— hospitals. when you have this blast that destroyed vast areas of beirut, including homes and hospitals, people said that was the final straw. people here, they do not have homes or businesses, the coronavirus numbers are rising and we are still supposedly in a lockdown which is very hard to enforce and there are no answers as to whether reconstruction efforts will start and when the compensation will start and when the compensation will be delivered and answers as to why this even happened in the first place so people are desperate here and that is why they are clinging onto the piece of hope behind me that there may be a miracle survivor over one month on now. we should just say one month on there are still some people who are missing. yes, there are. only a handful that

we know of and there may be people who don't know because there is a large refugee and migrant population here but certainly still missing people, people looking at the hospitals and morgues, trying to find out where these people are and still work going on at the port to try to dig through the rubble there so try to dig through the rubble there so it is one month on but still very much feels like yesterday when the blast devastated beirut in such an appalling manner. the criteria, thank you forjoining us. bel trew, middle east correspondent for the independent who is also a resident of beirut. giving us the news from one of the people who is actually living there through this. labour say the former australian prime minister tony abbott is the "wrong choice" to be an advisor to the new uk board of trade. he's been accused of being homophobic and misogynistic, but borisjohnson has rejected claims mr abbott was not suitable for the role, which is unpaid. the board has been set up to help ministers and encourage firms to do more business internationally.

a man has been rescued from the east china sea, two days after his cargo ship sank during a typhoon. this is the moment the 30—year—old was given a lifeline by the japan coast guard after they found him alone and drifting in a raft. he's the second survivor from the ship, which issued a distress call on wednesday. it was carrying 6,000 cows and 43 crew. 11 minutes past seven. you may find it might be a bit more difficult getting hold of a newspaper this morning. to say? let's start again. you may find it might be a bit more difficult getting hold of a newspaper this morning. there are reports that extinction rebellion has been holding protests outside printing presses across the country. we are trying to work out exactly what is going on. police have been dealing with incidents at broxbourne in hertfordshire, knowsley near liverpool, and near motherwell. some newsagents have reported a shortage of some

titles this morning. that could then have a knock—on effect for customers. we will keep a cross that is the morning goes on. —— we will keep across that is the morning goes on. universities are "highly likely" to be linked to significant outbreaks of coronavirus after students go back to campuses according to the government's scientific advisers. the uk scientific advisory group for emergencies, known as sage, also says it's worried about the potential spread of cases when students return to their home towns at christmas. let's speak to dr mike tildesley, who is a professor of infection modelling at the university of warwick. you forjoining us this saturday morning here on breakfast. you are talking to us as an expert but an academic in a university. —— thank you forjoining us. what are you thinking about as students start returning to greater numbers on their campuses? of course this is a really big concern because obviously, speaking as an academic you want to make sure that

students coming to university and particularly those for the first time, have the best experience possible. but of course there is a risk and what we need to remember is at the moment in the country, we are dealing with a series of really local outbreaks that we are trying to manage with local control policies but when students come to university, potentially they are travelling across the country. and possibly they may be moving from parts of the country where there is a lot of infection to parts of the country where there may not be as much. so there is the possibility that when these students move long distances, they could carry infection with them so it is a concern what universities are trying to do is minimise that risk. so strategies such as grouping students together within year groups within courses so together within year groups within courses so that we can try and minimise the risk. also putting in place local testing and tracing policies so if we start to see outbreaks, we can try to manage them as rapidly as possible. what else

do you think universities could do? what would reassure you and students? well what we're trying to do at the moment and again there is trade—off that certain parts of the courses will be taking place online, and offa courses will be taking place online, and off a lot of virtual teaching taking place in the first term. it is not ideal. for the student experience it is not ideal. but these largely because really do represent a significant risk. at the moment, a lot of universities are doing that. —— these large lectures. it is generally happening in a lot of universities within large lecture theatres so there is face—to—face interaction of the risk is minimised so interaction of the risk is minimised soi interaction of the risk is minimised so i think the problem is this is something that we are having to deal with for the first time, of course, when the pandemic started universities closed. but was starting to reopen but what we are doing is putting in all of these measures to try to minimise risk.|j know there are so many students who are desperate to start at university

or to get to their mates at university and they have not seen them for ages and reclaim their independence and i suppose a lot of them may say look at the statistics. we are highly unlikely to be badly affected healthwise. even if we do get coronavirus and even if there is an outbreak on campus. we have to get back to normal and we are paying for this education and we want to get stuck in. the vast majority of students have a low risk of developing severe symptoms. what we are more worried about is universities really acting as amplifiers, densely lots of stu d e nts as amplifiers, densely lots of students mixing together, that could cause lots of infection. that could spill over into the community. also, there is a concern at the end of term, when students start to travel home to their families, potentially interacting with more elderly relatives and people with underlying health conditions, that is where the real concern is. i appreciate,

as i sat at the front, we want students to enjoy their experience as much as possible, but we don't want because of this large mixing in universities, it could cause a knock on effect as we approach christmas. that could cause a significant wave of infections in cities across the uk, as students move home. as we get to that point at christmas time and they are heading up and heading all over the uk, all over the world intentionally for christmas, could you imaginea intentionally for christmas, could you imagine a situation where unions might say to the student, —— universities might say to students, stay here, stay on campus and i go back to your families for christmas. is that one way around it?|j back to your families for christmas. is that one way around it? i think that's extremely difficult to enforce. yeah, it's very difficult for universities to say that stu d e nts for universities to say that students would have to stay on campus. i think we have to monitor what happens in the next few weeks. we will have some understanding as we try to track how cases may be growing across the autumn and into the winter months as to what

we may expect to see, come december. and we may have to make decisions regarding what we would advise students to do when they start to go home over the christmas period, whether it may need to be advise for isolation, everything in —— if we start to see universities without brakes. the next few weeks will be here student sta rts next few weeks will be here student starts to go back, in terms of what we made see when we approach christmas. we have thought so much about nurseries and schools, now the attention turns to universities. thank you, my, forjoining us. thank you. —— michael. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. it feels more autumnal, but the temperatures aren't terrible. just a bit more rain and wind? yeah, it is on the cards and certainly on the way. things are feeling fresher out there today but most of us should

see some sunshine throughout the course of the weekend at times. something special about missing the dawn of a new day as the sun rises. no exception here for forfar in angus. some places waking up to blue skies as the sun rises in the morning. we will see some sunshine and scattered showers throughout the course of the day. good and fresher thanit course of the day. good and fresher than it has been over the past few days, but the winds will be easing through the weekend, too. we have an area of high pressure building in from the west, we also have low pressure sitting to the north—east of the uk, and that combination means we are drawing in winds from a north—westerly direction, so a cool our mouse with us today. bringing showers to scotland and northern ireland, where they will be quite frequent later on. some showers pushing and across north—west england into north wales and later in the day, one or two towards the midlands and south—east england. for most parts into south wales, you will dodge most of the showers. temperatures 14— 18 degrees,

cooler than they have been over the last couple of days. some persistent rain for a time over northern ireland and the south—west of scotland in the evening. then those clouds push southward and eastwards overnight. for south—east england, east anglia, northern scotland staying mostly dry. temperatures down to single figures for some of us but a reasonable start to sunday morning. through the day tomorrow will be another day of sunshine and so is that we have this feature here which will be pushing its way across england and wales, so bringing more cloud to start your day across england and wales, most showers will be in the west during the morning that they will drift their way eastwards a cross that they will drift their way eastwards across england and wales later in the day. there could be the thunderstorm around. scotland and northern ireland, a day to today. sunshine, less breeze, quite pleasa nt sunshine, less breeze, quite pleasant out there. up to 20 degrees. through sunday night into monday morning we have a deep area of low pressure to the north of the uk, but the trailing weather front from that system will bring some wet and windy weather for monday,

particularly for scotland and northern ireland. as the fronts push southwards and eastwards across england and wales the rain becomes patchy and showery in nature. most of the staff staying dry —— most of the south, high teens and a busy day. but it is going to turn warmer into the middle part of next week. back to you both. i like those warmer yellows. that makes it better. thank you, sarah. it is 7:20am. when janice burt was diagnosed with a terminal illness six weeks ago, she was determined to enjoy a family holiday with her grandchildren. plans to travel to florida and then croatia fell through, so the family opted for portugal instead. but they've now been caught up in new quarantine rules which came into force in scotland this morning. let's speak to janice and her son derek who are in the algarve. janice and derek, how are

you, good morning? good. good morning. iwas the holiday for you, janice? we are very excited. it's busy. talk to me about how important it was you could have this holiday? it was so important to lips —— it was so important! derek, are you happy to carry on? this is something we do as afamily carry on? this is something we do as a family every year. one of the things on the wish list, it said, have a trip away and make that happen. and you can see in the background here, this was a treat for my mum and dad and the rest of the family. my dad is due to retire on sunday. so that will happen and this is an amazing place for us. it's totally fantastic. and it is an emotional time as well, because you had the diagnosis and you want to

make the best of the time. the sun is shining as well, isn't itjanice. you have the grandchildren around you. tell us about your favourite moments so far of this holiday? just watching them playing in the pool... and there have been loads of distractions, the kids have been playing everywhere, you know, something is happening every day, and that was the aim. to have laughs. yeah. we are glad you have managed to have a good time. over the last couple of days, there have been changes in the quarantine restrictions. tell us, where is home, and what are you going to have to do now when you get back? so, home is firmly in and five —— from the non—5, so my brother headed home yesterday. and made a

mad dash to drive through the night to get home. it was a tough decisions are made. i mentioned my dad's retirement and the kids' school. what we didn't wa nt to the kids' school. what we didn't want to do was drive my mum through different airports to get back. so five or six hours after the curfew, so five or six hours after the curfew, so be it. we will have to isolate. you will all isolate for 14 days for quarantine when you get home? how do you all feel about that prospect?” think for us, it is very frustrating. florida and croatia failed. then portugal, rings like this always come with a. —— these things always come with a risk. but the lack

of consistency, the announcement came quite quickly, the various governments at different stages. it was difficult to tell what was happening and make decisions. we have spoken to lots of holiday—makers who are frustrated and leaders of all of the nations who have given their views on why this is necessary in order to keep people safe. janice and derek, we saw some photos. i want to finish on a high note. we saw some photos. i saw the family sitting around and eating pizza. iwant saw the family sitting around and eating pizza. i want to know which is the famous topping. and janice, a silly playing cards, i want to know the holiday card game. the card game was you know —— uno, and i lost every game. you need to have a serious word about fair play. and pizza topping, because it is never too early

for pizza? margarita. we wish you all the best with your health and enjoying time with the family. i hope the sun shines for the rest of it for you as well. please enjoy yourselves. thank you. thank you, bye—bye. please enjoy yourselves. thank you. thank you, bye-bye. lovely to chat to them. 7:25am. let's go closer to home. crowds of 20,000 people would usually gather on blackpool‘s seafront for the switch—on of the illuminations. they are doing it anyway. but things were a bit different this year as the event was watched over the internet. here's the moment the promenade was lit up. you will agree with me that these are seven absolutely unbelievable human beings who are taking on the responsibility of bringing late to

blackpool tonight —— light. this is a wonderful moment for all of us to say thank you to them and the hundreds of thousands of frontline workers that these guys represent. a big round of applause! so! avengers, assemble! now is the time to start the countdown. now is the time that we start at... ten... nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one! you did it! we are alight, dark pool is a light! -- it! we are alight, dark pool is a light! —— blackpool. i thought that was john i thought that wasjohn bishop, with the pass voice. but it was lawrence llewellyn bowen.

—— posh voice. let's speak to alan cavill who's director of communications and regeneration at blackpool council. i bet you had a late note that you are relieved to see those lights on? it is always stressful at this time of year, but it was great to see so many people last night and those lights. what do those lights stand for, that view of blackpool lit up? this resort extends its season into november. you know, which is the biggest thing, i suppose, for us. that is why they were invented in the first place. last night was the big celebration to tell the world they have been switched on. and it is the biggest light show in the world. the programme came second to the aurora borealis is the biggest light show in the world. not bad, there! you are in good company, that is pretty impressive. as far as the

seasonis is pretty impressive. as far as the season is concerned, you extended the lights, the eliminations in cell, white, new year? to get people in? -- cell, white, new year? to get people in? —— the illumations until, what, new in? —— the illumations until, what, new year? this should help people recover from the easter and new year? this should help people recoverfrom the easter and made new year? this should help people recover from the easter and made a bank holidays —— easter and may day holidays. when i was a kid we used to go in the car and see the elimination—— illuminations. but how do you get people to contribute to the economy there? we have tried over the years to bring more things you can see better if you

are not in the car. so that has had some success. only 30% of people drive through without stopping, at least for a pack of chips at the end. so we have been pretty successful with that, people spending a few hours when they come to the illuminations. you are right, the important things to make sure people be safe and social distance and we do have a big, wide promenade that allows people to do that. so we're hoping it goes well for the rest of the year, and people can enjoy the lights, if they haven't seen them for a while, and enjoy them for time to come. and other famous blackpool attractions, are they open for business? we did go to other attractions before we decided to do this. the tower and sea life sydney her and this. the tower and sea life sydney herand our this. the tower and sea life sydney her and our waterpark —— see life centre. and they are open for most days through the week up till

christmas. alan, thank you for joining us. have a good season and we will speak to you later, and some of the coronavirus heroes who were chosen to switch on those lights. coming up later, nothing like a good hug! we will explore some of the links that people have been going to get a cuddle. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty.

good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. more areas of england have been put on a government watch list of coronavirus hotspots. leeds, south tyneside, corby, middlesbrough and kettering have all been named as "areas of concern" by public health england. it comes as the government's scientific advisers warn significant outbreaks of coronavirus linked to universities are "highly likely". civil servants in england have been urged to return to the office, as part of a drive get people back into work following the coronavirus lockdown. the government says it wants 80% of workers to be able to attend their usual workplace at least once a week by the end of september, but the head of one union has accused ministers of outdated thinking. travellers returning to scotland from portugal will now have to self—isolate for 14 days, under new rules which came into force a few hours ago.

the country was added to the quarantine list after a rise in infections there and comes after wales imposed its own restrictions yesterday. nothing has changed for people who live in england and northern ireland. time to talk to mike and talking about brilliant achievements. people that never fail to impress us, about brilliant achievements. people that neverfail to impress us, mike, andi that neverfail to impress us, mike, and i am notjust talking about you! thank you indeed! you always impressed me. what amazes me about the long distance runners like mo farah is they seem to sprint faster than we could ever sprint over a huge distance. so for one whole hour, going faster than we could manage ina hour, going faster than we could manage in a little sprint ourselves. 45 metres may only be a few steps for athletes like mo farah, but it now has huge significance for mo farah as he managed to run further in one hour than anyone else in history. he set this new world hour record at the diamond league meeting

in brussels last night, breaking the previous best that had stood for 13 years. so farah covered 21,330 metres in the hour, and that was 45 metres further than the previous record. what's more, this was his first track race since he switched to road racing after the rio olympics four years ago. he was being matched by belgium's bashir abdi before he kicked away, to set the new mark. that was incredible. i am very happy to break the world record today. me and bashir abdi worked together. i'm so pleased for him and for myself, and what an amazing way to do it and to show the people what is possible. scotland's next nations league match in the czech republic on monday has been postponed because of coronavirus concerns in the czech squad. the scots began their campaign with a disappointing 1—1 draw at home to israel. they scored the opener from the penalty spot, ryan christie with a fantastic strike. but in the second half, a thunderous shot, from, eran zahavi

levelled the score. northern ireland were reduced to 10 men against romania whenjosh magennis was sent off, and they were heading for defeat before gavin whyte's 86th—minute header rescued a point in new manager ian baraclough's first game in charge. they next play norway on monday. lionel messi says at least his children are happy after he decided to stay at barcelona. he says they'd hated the thought of moving and changing schools. he had told the club he wanted to leave, but it all came down to the £624 million release payment, which he thought he was free of, but the spanish fa ruled was still in force. messi said he didn't want to face the club he loves in court so he'll be there until his contract runs out at the end of next season. england staged a remarkable comeback to beat australia by two runs in their first match in southampton in the first of their t20 matches. dawid malan top—scored for england with 66,

but they made an underwhelming 162—7. australia were cruising to their target but the wicket of steve smith sparked a collapse. they lost four wickets for nine runs in 14 balls, thanks to some inspired england bowling, and tom curran finished them off. they play again tomorrow. there's no more british interest in the singles at the us open, with dan evans was the last to fall to corentin moutet. evans had taken the first set but after a rain delay, the frenchman won the next three. he now faces, felix auger aliassime, who beat andy murray in the second round. cameron norrie's best run in a grand slam ended with defeat to spain's alejandro davidovich fokina. norrie lost 11 of the last 12 games as he went down in four sets. they're in good company, though. fourth seed stefanos tsitsipas has been knocked out after he crumbled in an extraordinary match

against borna coric. tsitsipas was 5—1 up in the fourth set and he had two match points, but he just couldn't get over the line. he blew another four match points in a fifth set tie—break before losing after more than 4.5 hours on court. lewis hamilton has warned that qualifying for the italian grand prix today could "be a nightmare" with drivers slowing down to try to find a slipstream behind other cars. hamilton was a quarter of a second quicker than team—mate valtteri bottas in second practice. but monza's long straights tempt drivers into seeking an advantage by getting a virtual tow from the car in front, and hamilton says it's going to be hard work. finally, let's return to football and today, the women's super league is back after a long wait. last season ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic, with chelsea awarded the title.

and we can look forward to seeing some stellar signings in action, including world cup winners and the most expensive female footballer joining the champions. rhia chohan reports. a macro they are off the mark! chelsea are too quick! —— two quickfire goals! after six months and 13 days the fa women's super league is back. and it looks to be one of the most exciting and competitive seasons yet. because the pandemic did not seem to affect tra nsfers. pandemic did not seem to affect transfers. if you thought chelsea meant business with sam kerr last year, fresh signing another hard and now makes for a terrifying squad. chelsea paid in excess of a quarter of £1 million for the danish international, a record fee in the women's game. manager emma hayes has her eyes on champions league success. but it is manchester city's newbon of gareth taylor who made the mother of all signings, two world cup winners, rose lavelle and

sam lewis. as people go on in their career of playing overseas or something they are interested into to maybe add some depth to the game orjust to maybe add some depth to the game or just have to maybe add some depth to the game orjust have the experience of playing in a country where the culture of soccer is so deep here, it is just been such a crazy year so for anyone to be able to continue to get games and training in right now isa win. get games and training in right now is a win. this will not be just a battle between two shades of blue though. expect to see three time title winners arsenal in the mix. with no big signings, they could be seen as with no big signings, they could be seen as the weaker of the triumvirate. however, they have players accustomed to silverware and if they find form, these underdogs will bite. elsewhere manchester united have been linked with world cup winners kristin price and tobin heath. they could add more star quality to the league. some big names but no—one to see them play in the flesh. fans can only hope to get back into stadiums to witness some

of the world's top players making their mark. this is the game that just keeps on giving! rhia chohan, bbc news. let's hope so, usually promoted aston villa against manchester city on radio 5 live and the women's football show returns tomorrow evening with highlights of all of the weekend's game, red button at eight o'clock and bbc one half past ten. mike, thank you. coming up to 20 minutes to eight and thank you forjoining us. let's talk about something that many people will be able to relate to. not being able to say goodbye to a loved one or hold a proper funeral because of coronavirus restrictions. it has meant people have often had to deal with their grief on their own. there are now calls for families to be allowed to form "bereavement bubbles" with others who have lost loved ones, so they can provide one another with support. let's speak to chief executive of the sue ryder charity heidi travis, who is behind the idea, and heather whittaker who lost her dad

paul during lockdown. good morning to you both. heather, let's start with you because let's getan let's start with you because let's get an idea of how important this is and i'm really sad to say and my condolences go to you you lost your father to a sudden heart attack during lockdown and this came just one year after the death of your husband, he died in april last year, so husband, he died in april last year, so you, i mean, so many people their hearts will go out to you this morning and you really have struggled in terms of coping with loss ? struggled in terms of coping with loss? yes, i have. as you said, my husband died in april 2019. he had cystic fibrosis and was waiting for a lung transplant. he unfortunately was not lucky enough to get one. so as we went into lockdown, i was struggling with the first anniversary of the year of his death. the easter that

we had spent together previously. so there was some really tough dates and being alone, but was very difficult. and then the sudden loss of my dad in junejust then the sudden loss of my dad in june just really came out of nowhere. again, i did not live with my dad so the night that i lost my dad, iam my dad so the night that i lost my dad, i am back home to an empty house and it was very, very hard. dad, i am back home to an empty house and it was very, very hardm you been able to talk to, heather? have you been able to see anyone?” have had people come and sat in the garden. neighbours over the fence which have been wonderful. and three using the sue ryder site i have met people, connected with an older lady, she only lost her husband in february, and we are support for each other. we are almost speaking every day. because grief can no two days are the same. one day you can feel it will be a reasonable day and then the next, it can be turned on

its head. when you say talking to her, you mean is that online on the phone or actually face—to—face? her, you mean is that online on the phone or actually face—to—face ?m is actually on the phone. we will meet face—to—face hopefully when the restrictions are not as bad but she isa restrictions are not as bad but she is a lot older so just being very careful. yeah. we will come back to you ina careful. yeah. we will come back to you in a moment but let me talk to heidi because i guess, heather's situation is exactly the one that you want to help people through. bereavement bubbles, you say, are pa rt of bereavement bubbles, you say, are part of the answer. how could that work? i think it is really similar to have — — work? i think it is really similar to have —— to how bubbles work for people living in single households. if, you know, during local lockdowns or another national lockdown that anyone who is going through grief who has been bereaved at that time, we want them to be able to form a support bubble. so that they can have co nta ct support bubble. so that they can have contact with other people. i think it is important people rememberthe think it is important people remember the difference in terms of a bubble is people can have human

contact and that is —— and that physical touch and i think that is the part that is really important for people, like heather, and they have lost someone. i suppose that could become very complicated, couldn't it, in terms of protecting people. how do you make sure it is safe to do so, especially if we do get a second wave and some people may have had contact with relatives who have died of coronavirus. how would that work? i think if you have heard, heatherjessee, people generally —— i think as you have just heard heather say, people want to be sensible and it would be the same rules for contact between people, between people using bubbles. that if anybody thought they had got an infection and was worried that they have got covid and was being tested then people would isolate. the same rules as it would be now. but this is a huge number of people being affected by something that i think all of us would take for granted, but if you had lost

someone for granted, but if you had lost someone and you for granted, but if you had lost someone and you are for granted, but if you had lost someone and you are talking to that person and he would reach out and hold their hand or perhaps put your arm around them. the idea actually when you think about it that you approach someone and stay two metres away and they sit in front of you very upset and crying and you can't offer them that physical touch, i don't think any of us would think that was really what was going to happen but that is what is happening up happen but that is what is happening up there —— out there for people. what difference would it have made or would it make to you, to have the physical touch? as heidi said, a hug oran physical touch? as heidi said, a hug or an arm physical touch? as heidi said, a hug oran arm around physical touch? as heidi said, a hug or an arm around you or someone holding your hand understands what you are going through?‘ holding your hand understands what you are going through? a massive difference. it is really really tough to do it on your own. heidi, heather, sorry, what. .. tough to do it on your own. heidi, heather, sorry, what... what will you do now? at the moment it is what it is, isn't it? what are you doing in terms of keeping yourself kind of going, moving forward as you say, no

way of grief is the same but it is something that you are having to cope with and move forward with. yeah, for me it is i am starting a whole new chapter, unfortunately, due to covid, and made redundant of myjob that i have done for ten yea rs myjob that i have done for ten years and made —— got a blank page. i lost my husband, i was very close to my dad and that has been difficult, losing myjob, so i've just got to push myself forward and stay strong. and it is very tough. thank you for talking to us this morning. it must be tough as well andi morning. it must be tough as well and i know just morning. it must be tough as well and i knowjust sharing it publicly but i know there will be a lot of people who are very grateful you have because you speak for them today and heidi as well, thank you for speaking to us and we wish you all of the best, heather. stay strong and thank you indeed. talking generally today about the importance of hugs and we have all missed hugging and we have a lovely piece

later about the length but some people go to hug the grandchildren or hug a family member. it is interesting, heatherjust absolutely, despite all of the stuff she has gone through, absolutely staying strong and being positive. we have a statement here. no. we will get back to that bit later. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. lots of people are heading out to enjoy a bit of autumn sunshine. and sarah has got some autumn sunshine for us! that's right. i found you a bit of sunshine out there. quite a lot of sunshine on the cards but some showers. this is astin in makerfield, the cows are betting it won't be raining, but we are expecting to see that mix of sunshine and passing showers around as well, as is with the nature of showers, we may not all see

them. it is going to be a bit cooler and fresher this weekend than it has been recently. we have a north—westerly wind and low pressure over the east. quite blustery across northern england in particular, so show is mainly across parts of scotla nd show is mainly across parts of scotland and northern ireland, some of them into the north—west of england. more persistent rain for the south—west later on. the further east you are, the more likely you are to dodge the showers. overnight, we will continue to see loud and some showery, patchy rain pushing eastwards a cross some showery, patchy rain pushing eastwards across much of the uk, clear skies in the south—east and also across the northern half of scotla nd also across the northern half of scotland as well. and a clear skies, attempt is getting into mid— single figures very few spots but reasonable for sunday morning. we

have this feature here, this weather front pushing its way south across the uk, that will bring more cloud tomorrow compared to today. after that cody starr, sunshine should break through. a much improved over scotland, expecting largely dry conditions tomorrow. england will see the bulk of the showers which will push their way eastwards. during the afternoon there could be an odd thunderstorm as well. 20 degrees towards the south—east, fresher further north. as we had through sunday night into monday, we have a deep area of low pressure to the north of the uk. trailing fronts will bring some outbreaks of rain. wet and windy weather for a time in northern ireland and scotland in particular on monday. is that front sink south we will see a few showers for england and wales but they were peter alley. largely dry for east anglia on monday morning. 20 in the warmest spots, high teens for most of us. as we head through the middle pa rt of us. as we head through the middle part of next week, we see orange colours returning to the maps. that is warmerair colours returning to the maps. that

is warmer air pushing its way in from the south—west, holding on particularly in the south. we could see those temperatures in the low, possibly mid 20s for a time, into the middle of next week. and then more autumnal and fresher later in the week. back to you. newswatch is back — let's have a look at this week's episode. hello and welcome back to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up on the programme: we hear your views on how bbc news has reported on the coronavirus over the past few months. has it done enough to challenge the government's handling of the pandemic? or has it been too critical, scaring the public unnecessarily? hello, we're back afterfive and a half months off air. as you can see, in a different

studio for the time being. that's because fewer members of staff are involved in the set—up. i'm operating the cue myself with my foot, and the bbc has been keeping the number of people coming into its buildings down since the virus struck. that's also why newswatch and some other news programmes have been off your screen since march, to reduce the burden on technical staff and the risk of transmission. not everyone has been happy about it however, with dean h david commenting... well, we will be seeking an answer to that and to other questions raised in this programme next week. we hope to speak to a senior figure from bbc news. and it hasn'tjust been the absence of some programmes which is caught the attention, some programmes have stayed on air but looked rather different. now, we're doing a very different programme tonight on question time

for obvious reasons. for the first time, there is no studio audience. but we will be hearing from some prerecorded questions. we will buy them through video link. -- play we will buy them through video link. —— play them. sean k complained about the new format. but other viewers liked the change, including john. over the following weeks, bbc news bulletins attracted record audiences and plaudits from the likes of nick horner. but there were also rows,

most notably over this introduction to an addition of newsnight in may, which generated tens of thousands of complaints, both for and against. dominic cummings broke the rules. the country can see that and it's shocked the government can not. the ministers and prime minister tell us the longer he worked with him, the more angry the response of the scandal is likely to be. he was a man, remember, who always got the public mood, who tagged the label of elite on those who disagreed. he understands the mood now with contempt and anguish. well, those words ignited quite a controversy with robertjones voicing his displeasure. well, the day after that

newsnight broadcast, the bbc released a statement which read... but that statement offended another group of people, including mark nixon, who described the climb—down on twitter as... other viewers agreed that, more widely the bbc had failed to challenge the government robustly enough over its handling of the pandemic. in the same month, jawad khan posted this...

injuly, a twitter user named reallyfrank wrote... and charlie meli criticised what he called the... well, let's get a very different perspective on the bbc‘s coverage of the pandemic from another viewer who contacted us, richard fletcher, who joins us from his home in sussex via webcam. richard, as you will have just heard, lots of viewers in touch were very positive about the bbc

needed to be tough. they thought the bbc was too soft on the government. what was your feeling about the covid coverage? it's just these responses that people are having to the virus, which have been rational. it's fuelled notjust from the bbc, but from media outlets. the numbers are improving. that is a remarkable achievement, not just from the government, who put everything in place but the general public as well. but the negative outputs from the bbc reallyjust feeds into these irrational fears. and that has

major consequences. especially for the economy of the country. so your concern is that now that the death toll has come right down, the bbc is being too negative and it's making people afraid ? you mentioned economic impact as well. what are your concerns, then, if you think the bbc in its news coverage is being negative? if they don't go out today, i don't get a coffee, therefore, it's one person with less work. and also the transport system. i suppose many viewers say there's a big divide in the country between those who feel as you do and those who have had direct experience of loss and those working in the nhs, who might say they think the fears are entirely rational? i don't diminish the loss of people. i don't diminish the loss of people. i don't diminish the dedication of

the medical staff, wherever they may be. and i don't diminish — but we are where we are. there were 30 people, last night, that's far less than those during the other day. richard fletcher, thank you. we have asked the bbc for an interview on covid. no one was available this week, we hope to speak to them next week. it's been a big week for the bbc, notjust because of the return of newswatch. tim davie took up his post at the corporation's 17th director general on tuesday, and his arrival in the job was swiftly followed by a shift of policy on a row that's been raging over the past couple weeks and would have been near the top of his intro.

the bbc now says rule britannia will be sung at the proms after all. it follows plans to dig the words. -- ditch. change of the policy have not been unknown in the part of the government either over the past few months, often described on bbc news using the same phrase. tonight at ten, a major u—turn on a—level and gcse results. pupils across the uk will now get the grade given by their school or college. the prime minister back in the classroom to defend the u—turn on face masks for some secondary school pupils in england. another government u—turn. people in old trafford will not have their lockdown restrictions eased after all.

so, were those uses of the phrase laced with negative connotations justified? john brooks agreed, wondering... finally, it was back to school this week for millions of pupils in england and wales and education correspondent dan johnson was reporting on that on wednesday. quite a momentous moment, not just for these kids, it's their first day of big school, which is a nervous, exciting time for them anyway. but this is the first day back, really, a proper education for so many kids. valerie houghton contacted us with this response.

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today: more areas of england are added to the government's watchlist of coronavirus hotspots as scientists warn outbreaks at universities are highly likely. back to work — government departments are ordered to get more staff into the office by the end of this month. the big switch on — the coronavirus heroes who took centre stage at blackpool‘s world famous illuminations. a friday night fightback from england's cricketers sees them beat old foes australia, by 2 runs, having been seemingly down and out in the first t—20 match at southampton... good morning. the weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be in the north and the west today and they will drift south—eastwards tomorrow. i will bring you all of the details throughout the morning. it's saturday 5th of september. our top story. several more areas of england — including leeds and middlesbrough — have been added to the government's

watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. they will now be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re—imposed if infections continue to rise. meanwhile, in some other areas, restrictions are to be lifted. all these changes come as scientists warn that significant outbreaks linked to universities are "highly likely". leadsis leads is the latest city to become an area of concern for public health england. there will be an increased monitoring of cases and potentially more restrictions further down the lane if the rate of infection does not fall. the local council says that there is a growing number of cases in young people aged 18 to 34, other places are any similar position. we are in a situation where we are being watched quite closely by public health england and at the department of health and offered additional help and support if we needed, but at this point in time, we are yet to see there was a

rich translating into additional hospital admissions are situations in care homes. the place is added to england's public health watch list are leeds, south tyneside, corby, middlesbrough and kettering. in other areas, restrictions are being eased. in greater manchester, a cce pta ble eased. in greater manchester, acceptable timber infections are still high and west yorkshire and lancashire. skating rinks and bowling alleys will be allowed to reopen on tuesday in these areas are in line with the rest of the country, but they will still be a ban on social gatherings. it is social gatherings of a different type, in universities, that is causing concern for government scientific advisers. they believe that the beginning of the autumn term will almost inevitably lead to significant outbreaks. the fact that many students will not show any symptoms will make those outbreaks are more difficult to pinpoint and they believe the biggest risk will come when students head home by the christmas break. they are going to be travelling, potentially to other parts of the country which may

not necessarily sing outbreaks at that point in time. and, of course, they may be carrying the infection with m and potentially infect more elderly relatives who might be more severely at risk. the scientific advisory group sage says wider skill testing is needed. it also says universities should consider providing special accommodation on campus to isolate stu d e nts accommodation on campus to isolate students test positive. andy moore, bbc news. we have been talking a lot about things getting back to normal. the government has written a letter to senior members of the civil service, urging them to get public sector workers in england back into the office. it says it wants 80% of staff to be able to attend their usual workplace at least once a week by the end of september, but the head of one union has accused ministers of outdated thinking. let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning, nick. it is interesting because so many people have been adapting to home—working. now there is some pressure to get people back into the office and physically be there?

yes, absolutely. this one because it is a bit of a split, doesn't it? some people think that as the virus is under control, the best thing to do is to try and encourage people back to normal life like it was in february, including being back in the office. other people are saying, well it has worked for the last few months, i enjoy working from home, so months, i enjoy working from home, so what is the problem in keeping that going? the government thinks that going? the government thinks that people should be back in the office where possible and civil servants are now being urged to go back as soon as possible. the idea is that she would have a rota system where people are in some days of the week, not all of the week, but by the end of the month, 80% of civil servants would be back in their department at least once a week. the prime minister is creeping a close eye on this because he is asking every department —— keeping a close eye and asking each department to give him figures every week to keep the progress. he thinks it will be good for the workforce and the local

economy, people travelling in and going out for lunch, things like that. the unions do not think convinced by this at all. there has been some political pushback as well. we heard from the union for civil servants, the fda this morning, they say the world of work has changed completely and instead of strong—arming people back into the office, the government should be trying to figure out what the new normal, that phrase you keep using, what that looks like and work on the consequences of these changes. it is one that does cause a bit of division and clearly in politics as well, that division is there. indeed. thank you, nick eardley. we have talked about the impact on holiday—makers. travellers returning to scotland from portugal will now have to self—isolate for 14—days under new rules which came into force a few hours ago. the country was added to the quarantine list after a rise in infections there — and comes after wales imposed its own

restrictions yesterday. nothing has changed for people who live in england and northern ireland. these holidaymakers were on one of the last flights back to glasgow from portugal before the quarantine was reintroduced. we we re we were disappointed that scotland had to quarantine, but england don't. it seems ridiculous as people are all going to fly into england now and drive up the road. are all going to fly into england now and drive up the roadm are all going to fly into england now and drive up the road. it was a risk. we knew that we were making a risk. we knew that we were making a risk anyway so we only lasted a day. it is annoying, but i'm just glad we have made it home in time. we were supposed to come back on saturday, but we had to pay an extra 100 p a come backjust in case. i have to look after my mother so we had to come back. —— £100. a minute's silence has been held in beirut one month on from the explosion that killed nearly 200 people — and left tens of thousands more homeless. rescuers say they haven't given up hope of finding survivors after sensor equipment picked up a faint heartbeat — suggesting someone could still be alive in the wreckage. the independent‘s middle east correspondent bel trew,

told us how the search was going. well i have literallyjust been speaking to a member of the chilean team who told me they did get some signs of signs of life coming from one part of the building, a stairwell that is on the right side next to a pizza restaurant which is still standing. they sounded more hopeful than that last night. what they believed was when they were doing these tests, the sheer numbers of crowds here with their mobile phones making noise last night during the day had actually disrupted their ability to get a signal so they were able to get something very, very late last night. there was also a smell and the presence of flies which mean something may be there. they are focusing on that part of the building now. yesterday they were talking about a 1% chance of hope and now they say they have a 2% chance of pop. there are still having all the caveats that they do not know yet if there is anyone alive but the presence of that signal of a night, alive but the presence of that signal ofa night, when alive but the presence of that

signal of a night, when things went a bit quieter and people had gone home has given them hope. the labour party says the former australian prime minister tony abbot is the "wrong choice" to be an advisor to the new uk board of trade. he's been accused of being homophobic and misogynistic, but borisjohnson has rejected claims that mr abbott was not suitable for the unpaid role. the board has been set up to help ministers and encourage firms to do more business internationally. a man has been rescued from the east china sea, two days after his cargo ship sank during a typhoon. this is the moment the 30—year—old was given a life—line by the japan coastguard, he was found alone drifting in a raft. he's the second survivor from the ship, which issued a distress call on wednesday. it was carrying 6,000 cows and 43 crew. you may find it might be a bit more difficult getting hold of a newspaper this morning. activists from extinction rebellion have been blocking access to printing presses

across the country. our pile of papers is a little smaller than usual. police have said they've made 13 arrests. the sun has tweeted a message to it's readers saying copies of the paper will be late arriving at newsagents today. it's 8.10am. as we've been hearing this morning, more areas of england have been added to a watchlist of coronavirus hotspots after a rise in the number of cases there. public health england have named them as "areas of concern" which could lead to further restrictions if cases continue to increase. yesterday, leeds, south tyneside, corby, middlesbrough and kettering were added to that list. meanwhile norfolk, rossendale and northampton are now areas in need of "enhanced support" — they will receive extra resources such as more mobile testing. this comes as some businesses in parts of north england, which has tighter restrictions imposed, will

be allowed to reopen next week. lets speak tojudith blake who's the leader of leeds city council — and dramir khan, a gpfrom leeds, who works in neighbouring bradford. good morning to you both. what does it now mean to you, councillor judith blake, being in charge of an area of concern? we have been monitoring our numbers every single day. we have a catch up every single day. we have a catch up every single day. we have a catch up every single day. we recognise the numbers have been creeping up so we fully expected to be on the leicester to become an area of concern. and we ta ke become an area of concern. and we take it very much as signal that we can go out and really reinforce all the messaging that we have been putting out over the last weeks and months to be honest. we feel there isa months to be honest. we feel there is a bit of complacency coming in, but what we are seeing is the numbers are changing. actually, more

young people are testing positive and they are spread around the city so and they are spread around the city so when as we and they are spread around the city so when as we were and they are spread around the city so when as we were focusing more on specific communities, at the beginning, it is now clear that the pattern is changing and a very strong message going out from us, you know, that to avoid having further restrictions put on us, everyone has a responsibility to follow all of the guidance. you know, the social distancing, wearing face coverings when appropriate, and being really, really fastidious about personal hygiene, handwashing, using and recognising that if the symptoms may not have a really serious effect on you, but at the risk is that you can take it out and again there was a with vulnerabilities and older people going into winter could see we will

increase in medical need and indeed a rise in the need for hospitalisations again. it is interesting looking at the rates, the latest infection rates for leeds, it is 32.5 cases per 100,000 people. we had markets cases on wednesday. we have had the government scientific advisors, a document released on friday by sage, saying, looking at the idea of stu d e nts saying, looking at the idea of students coming back. leads, you have a big university there, big university presence with students as well —— leads. do you have a particular message that community as they're coming back in september? absolutely. we have five universities in leeds so it is a major show. the most important thing for us for our local epic bird is that we are working very closely with —— outbreak board. we are looking at bringing in additional testing, all of the measures that you expect and that is that partnership work, working on the messaging and highlighting to young people the risk that is there for

themselves and the risk that they can spread to others. it is really getting across the message that any virus is still very much out there. it is in our communities and the impact —— the virus is still out there. the risks are there. really asking young people to recognise their own responsibility. unfortunately, we have seen a rise in house parties, but we also are working with police. last weekend we issued, with the police, seven of the £10,000 fines for organisers of illegal raves, for example. and more individual finds coming in. illegal raves, for example. and more individualfinds coming in. it illegal raves, for example. and more individual finds coming in. it is a message that all of us need to keep repeating and that partnership work on the ground i think will come through and help us to move forward and really see some changes in behaviour hopefully. let's talk to doctor amir khan any tranquillity of

your beautiful garden in leeds. you're probably sitting there thinking that you can believe this danger on the outside world. you live in leeds, but work in bradford where there are extra restrictions in place. whatever you learn from those restrictions about what might happen in leeds and the places you have mentioned —— we had mentioned? and how people might respond quite make it is more to remember that leedsis make it is more to remember that leeds is only watchlist what bradford was put into local restrictions. it was difficult for my patients in bradford. i have friends bradford. restrictions were put in place the day before eid which is a big community for a large community of muslim people who live in bradford as well. it is hard to see the rest of the country easing into there, easing of lockdown whereas other things are coming into place here. it will be the same in leeds. i live in leeds, working bradford. it is hard not to take that personally, but yeah, the residents of leeds have got to take

this really seriously. just as judhh this really seriously. just as judith was saying, we are all in this together. we have seen a rise in young people with the infections and they have got to that responsibility on and it will be ha rd responsibility on and it will be hard going into university. leeds schools are starting again next week and that will be difficult, but we are all in this together. we have all got to take it a really, really seriously and not become complacent, asjudith was staying seriously and not become complacent, as judith was staying there. we are heeding warnings from some government scientists and experts this morning about university starting up in the next couple of weeks and any place like leeds, where we have heard five universities, the virus already spreading in the young population, all these extra, tens of thousands of young people coming in, that will bea of young people coming in, that will be a real body, notjust for the students, but for the permanent residence, isn't it? what can be done —— real worry. what can be done to stop it spreading and reassure people? so students will have to ta ke people? so students will have to take responsibility themselves. university will feel very different if they are returning students, but if they are returning students, but if they are new, the experience will

be very different as well. we know that students like to mix, there is a lot of intimate mixing going on as well. they have to really bear that in mind. universities will be putting measures in place. we take students at our gp surgeries and currently have medical tents, nursing students, physio students coming and the way we are working is very, very different. they have their own rooms, consulting with patients remotely and with as they would be seen patients previously. if they are in the same room as us, when we are teaching them, if they are in those rooms, then 50 minutes, they have to be mass, we have to wear masks as well. —— 15 minutes. we maintain social distancing. the whole feeling of the university will be different. that is so, so important, as your previous report said. the students come from far and wide and once weekend, holiday breaks come, they will be returning back to their homes where they could potentially take dividers back there. we have got to adjust. this

is what we have to do around here now “— is what we have to do around here now —— the virus. is what we have to do around here now -- the virus. intimate mixing is my favourite euphemism for some time. intimate mixing on campus. amir khan and judith blake, thank you for your time. that phrase is not going to leave my head now. we will get one of those shower curtains. it is 80 minutes past eight. —— 18 minutes past eight. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. the problem with flicking through all these lovely weather which are pictures coming in as it makes me wa nt to pictures coming in as it makes me want to go on holiday. list n for some of us this money but also shows on the cards. the weekend of sunshine and showers, feeling cooler and fresher than it has done recently but the winds will be easing through the weekend. we have an area of high pressure building on from the south—west. low pressure setting out to the north—east and

that combination will be drawing any winds from a north—westerly direction is a blustery wednesday, particularly across the north of scotland. most of the showers will be concentrated across scotland, northern ireland, some in north—west england north wales too. further south and east, you're to dodge the charity. a lot of dry weather, substantial rain, temperatures just about 13 to 18 celsius or lower than they have been over recent days, but to little more sunshine, particularly in the south and east. this afternoon and this evening, showers to the midlands and down towards the london area possibly. overnight we could see persistent rainfora time overnight we could see persistent rain for a time for northern ireland, south—west scotland as well. cloudy skies pushing eastwards and some patchy light showers for many of us overnight. where we do see the clear skies, temperatures will be done into the mid—single figures. a cool start to sunday morning. this feature here will be pushing its way southwards and eastwards. that will bring more showers across england and wales tomorrow when in scotland and northern ireland will see a drier day. less breeding and today, more

sites in iran so it will feel warmer. some of the shares across england and wales as they push eastwards in the accident could be quite heavy. the odd rumble of thunder it will be hit and miss so we will not see them. sunday night and into monday, a dvd of the pressure that will move to the north of the uk. these are telling weather france will bring —— weather fronts. the —— weatherfronts. the rain —— weather fronts. the rain tends to become light and patchy. mostly dry for southern england and east anglia. temperatures up to 20 celsius. further north, 17 or 18 celsius. further north, 17 or 18 celsius. showery rain and any piece to contend with. further ahead into the new working week, the orange colour is returning to the map. this isa colour is returning to the map. this is a warmer colour is returning to the map. this isa warmerair colour is returning to the map. this is a warmer air mast wafting in from the south—west. this will rise temperatures into the lower mid 20s for a time. especially in the south. things will start to

turn pressure in the week. in the meantime, there will be sunshine to be enjoyed. thank you very much indeed. as the nights draw in, the perfect thing to do is go and enjoy the lights. blackpool‘s world famous illuminations are usually switched on in front of thousands of people on the seafront. but this year the annual event was done over the internet — and, instead of a celebrity, a group of "coronavirus heroes" were given the honour of performing the big switch—on. steve saul reports. give them an enormous round of applause. a beautiful angel of the north, the owner had us. and over here we have the superstar that is a will ritchie. —— leona harris. we have doctor jason cupid. will ritchie. —— leona harris. we have doctorjason cupid. last, but not least we have

the soft round eyes and wet knows that his hospital chaplain david anderson and has a lovely doug jasper. these are seven absolutely unbelievable human beings who are taking on the responsibility of bringing light to blackpool tonight. ten... nine... eight... seven laps six, five, four, three, two, one. we are a light! blackpool is a light! whatever weight was done, it looks fantastic. and it has been done. blackpool is a light hand it will stay longer alight this year and it

will finish the end of the year. let's speak to two of those who turned on the lights last night — david anderson who's a hospital chaplin — he's alongsidejasper who works as a therapy dog. it has taken it out of jasper, last night. and leona harris, a nurse from rossendale who raised £30,000 in a week to buy computer tablets for her patients. you're probably all exhausted, aren't you? yes, it was a fantastic night and jasper is a bit tired today. a real honour. it was also quite emotional at times, but really, really special. it me through the emotion of it? why was it such an intense, powerful moment for you? they treated us like celebrities, but there was that feeling also that you

wish you were not there, but you still kind of wish that we had never heard of covid and i think about some of my colleagues who have struggled as well. i get you. colleagues who have struggled as well. iget you. ican colleagues who have struggled as well. i get you. i can see how a lot of the work you do as a hospital chaplain is private and behind the scenes and working intensely with people and there you are in a stage in front of an internet audience of hundreds of thousands and all the glitz and glamour. that might be quite a contrast to come to terms with. yes, it is quite a contrast but a huge privilege to represent all miners and colleagues that i work with and yes, it was really special. they treated us like celebrities and we got picked up in a car that normally picks up the people from writing's got talent and chauffeured about. this —— britain's got talent. covid has been a horrible thing, it is still a horrible thing, it is still a horrible thing, it is still a horrible thing and we wish were not

there. all that celebrity has gone to jasper‘s had. there. all that celebrity has gone to jasper's had. he is really tired today, he will have a quite morning and then we will take him out this afternoon. they work jasper does as well is important because he is a therapy dog. yes, he has a therapy dog. he covid he worked with patients but now he is working with a star. and he helps them share their stories, and work through some of their experiences. so he works quite a few days at the hospital and i always say when people are hurting, when people are suffering, what they need is some love and jasper gives loads of love and lots of cuddles. and he is therefore staff and he is the hospital's dog as well is my dog. it is good he is getting the cuddles as well. leona, we should talk to you, we have spoken before. you're one of these people are very similar to david who does not quite get or accept the celebrity status are the hero status, but what you did was

brilliant because you were making sure that in these times people were connected. tell us what you did. yes, so from the beginning, being on a covid word, it was obvious that people were isolated. they could not have any visitors, patients need people, they need to see people, see families. it is so, so important. and by bringing the tablets and, there was a form of communication. patients could see families. and families could see patients. it made a massive difference. and what did last night been to your question it is important that people like you are recognised, i know you are relu cta nt to are recognised, i know you are reluctant to be in the limelight, but it is important. what did it mean to your? first of all, i have to say that i had the most fantastic night. it was... i even got a jumper which i am waiting right now. it was amazing. the head of traders in

blackpool, what an amazing, amazing man and his team —— the head of tourism. it wasjust man and his team —— the head of tourism. it was just fantastic, you felt like the queen for the night. i was really humbled, really privileged and i would do it all again. it was amazing.” privileged and i would do it all again. it was amazing. i suppose you can have all those lights are now for the next few months and every time you see them you will be reminded of last night. and at the gratitude that people feel for you and not just you gratitude that people feel for you and notjust you guys, but all of your colleagues as well. that will bea your colleagues as well. that will be a permanent reminder. yes. for us, for all of us who switch the lights on, we did not do it for ourselves, we did it for all of our colleagues, all at the other key workers across the country and we did it forthem. workers across the country and we did it for them. in fact, workers across the country and we did it forthem. in fact, we workers across the country and we did it for them. in fact, we were doing it for everybody. leona, david, jasper, ijust doing it for everybody. leona, david, jasper, i just want to fantastic. say honestly, i am cheating you, grateful and are so many people will be for all of the work you're doing.

—— cheering. it is tough and you have colleagues are going through tough times as well and you're supporting each other, but just that i, and you're supporting each other, butjust that i, for one, and thoroughly so grateful and you deserve to be treated like the queen and the dose you are. as a thank you. are you going to go on the roller—coaster behind you ? you. are you going to go on the roller—coaster behind you? i see it as open. no. yesterday i was on the tower at quarter to six. i think tim moffat was actually being dangled from there. he was. me going in a lift was massive because i do not do that. when are they called me back to do it again, i was like, oh, my god, i have to back on, but i had a great hymn. it was fantastic. well done on the view. take care. goodbye, jasper. we had a little wave from jasper with his father. the headlines are coming up, see you shortly.

first a summary of this morning's main news. "the darkest moment of my life" — that's how a dad—of—three has described his fight against coronavirus — after being told he had a 50—50 chance of pulling through. darren buttrick has fully recovered

and is now giving his blood plasma, which it's hoped will save the lives of others with covid. we can speak to darren now from where he's donating in birmingham. iam i am donating plasma. the antibodies that i have. painless experience. really rewarding and handling that i am now able to help others fight this virus through this trial programme. it is fantastic that you are giving something back but do you want to

explain what you went to and why it is so important that this plasma is available because this illness is brutal? it is very brutal. i have no underlying health issues. relatively fit. middle aged. do not take a ta blet fit. middle aged. do not take a tablet for anything. and i am struck down with coronavirus. the darkest day of my life, friday 20th of march. admitted to new cross hospital in wolverhampton. literally given a 50—50 chance of survival and that i did not go into intensive care, have an induced coma, be incubated with a ventilator, i probably would not survive. it was an awful experience having to ring your wife, your children, your pa rents, your wife, your children, your parents, your brothers, sister, colleagues, and tell this could be my last phone call. genuinely the worst time of my life and i would

not wish it on anybody. however, i came through it. the nhs were amazing. i thank them from the bottom of my heart from what they did for three people in particular. keats, dawn, sergio. i call them angels. they would sit and hold my hand. they were amazing. i can't thank them enough for what they and their colleagues did deceive me. for me now it is about giving back, helping others, raising awareness, and encouraging everybody to stay safe, stay well, and observe social distancing. we have been talking to two of the heroes who were turning blackpool illuminations on last night. you have told us how important the cure is that you get those who are struggling with coronavirus. how are you now? you are well enough opposite to give this plasma. how have you recovered? i am brilliant

now. i have started cycling, swimming. iam now. i have started cycling, swimming. i am back at my local gym. i feel really good. occasionally feel a little bit tired. back to work. feeling great. that support, they care, that love, that i have had from my wife, my children, my family, friends, colleagues, has been amazing. when you come here, this is my seventh plasma donation, iam this is my seventh plasma donation, i am told by the nhs it is a uk record for the number of donations for part of the trial. to me it is about giving back. it is a period of time that for me is so rewarding, so handling, to now help others and really helped this trial progress, that nobody has to go through what i went through, lying in intensive care, seeing all of those other patients fighting for their lives is not an excuse i would wish on anybody else. when you see that bag of plasma that is up there at the side of you, that is up there at the side of you, that is like a power pack that could help

other people potentially save their lives if they are infected? it is. it is. allegedly, it could give up to three people much needed antibodies to help the body fight this terrible virus. for me, i have now donated seven times, including today. potentially that is up to 21 people it could help avoid intensive care, coma and a ventilator. it is very well spent time to help others. to me it is about awareness, helping others. the staff here at the nhs blood donation centre are amazing. i would encourage anybody to follow them on social media and raise awareness. i look at stories of people that have suffered covid—19, but other illnesses as well, people are donating plasma platelets, i would encourage anybody that can to genuinely sign up and support everybody in the uk

through any illness. absolutely. it is great to see you looking well and inspiring other people. thank you very much indeed. we are going to find out more about how this works. congratulations on that record. it is important that men donate their plasma. lise estcourt is from nhs blood and transplant service. you could not find anyone more eloquent as an advocate for plasma donation. why are men crucialfor plasma donation? people that have already signed up to donate convalescent plasma, men are three times more able to provide us with plasma that has high levels of the antibody that we need to give in these trials to patients who are u nwell these trials to patients who are unwell in hospital with covid—19 at the moment. that is why we are asking specifically meant to

donate. pa rt asking specifically meant to donate. part of that reasoning is previous studies have shown that men become more unwell with covid—19, if you become more unwell you are more likely to have higher antibodies. darren was in touch with the hospital because he was hospitalised and a serious case but if somebody is watching this morning, it may be a bloke who thinks they have had it knows they have had it, is it open to anyone who has been infected? yes, it is open to anyone who has had a positive test or has had symptoms. if you are based in england then we have a website, nhs blood and transplant, you can go to the website.

anyone in the uk can use that to sign up who has had symptoms or has had a test. if you are based in scotland, wales or northern ireland, all the other blood services have their own website where you can sign up their own website where you can sign up as well. whenever you are in the uk you can sign up. we have to make clear this is still a trial. why is that? there is some early evidence that suggests it may be useful but we don't know for certain. we need to test in trials to see if it is effective, if it does save lives, and also that it is the sea. there are two big trials happening in the uk already. we have randomised now nearly 600 patients to that you trials and we are continuing to randomise because we wa nt to continuing to randomise because we want to get these trials completed so we want to get these trials completed so we have the answer whether it works, and also to make sure that it is safe as well. thank you very

much for joining is safe as well. thank you very much forjoining us to explain all that this morning. we are talking cricket. mike is getting excited about a certain game. it is what the shortest form of cricket is all about. the thrill of that run chase. players taking risks because of that short format, under the lights as well on a friday night and england staged a remarkable comeback to beat australia by two ru ns comeback to beat australia by two runs in the first of their t20 matches in southampton. davidd malan, top scored for england, with 66 but they made an underwhelming 162 for 7. australia were cruising to their target but the wicket of steve smith, sparked a collapse. they lost four wickets for nine runs in 14 balls thanks to some inspired england bowling and tom curran finished them off.

they play again tomorrow. england's footballers begin their nations league campaign later, away to iceland. while scotland's next match in the czech republic on monday has been posponed because of coronavirus concerns in the czech squad. the scots began with a disappointing 1—1 draw at home to israel. they scored the opener from the penalty spot — ryan christie with a fantastic strike. but in the second half, a thunderous shot, from, eran zahavi levelled the score. northern ireland, didn't look like they'd get anything from their trip to romania, afterjosh magennis, was sent off and they were heading for defeat, before gavin whyte's, 86th—minute header rescued a point, in new manager, ian baraclough's, first game in charge. they next play norway on monday. for all his olympic and world championship medals and

titles, mo farah finally has an outdoor world record now too. he's run further, in one hour than anyone in history, and what's more at the age of 37, when many athletes are past their peak. he set this new world hour record, at the diamond league meeting in brussels last night, covering 21 kilometres, and 330 metres, in the hour, and that was 45 metres further than the previous record and remember, this, was his first track race, since he switched to road racing four years ago. it's all over for the british players in the singles at the us open tennis, with dan evans was the last to go. evans had taken the first set, against corentin moutet, but after a rain delay,

the frenchman won the next three. rory mcilroy said the birth of his first child, had helped him rediscover some of his best form, at the season—ending tour championship in atlanta. and the arrival of daughter poppy this week, has clearly relaxed him — he birdied his final three holes, to stay in contention, for the £11—million winner's prize. after a superb round of 64, he's narrowed the gap, on world number one, dustin johnson to four shots, under the handicap system. now squash is often seen as a sport that you can't play beyond your 40's and 50's and indeed when world champion, lance kinder suffered a heart attack in his 60s, he was told he'd never be able to play again. but two decades later, he's still going strong and is said to be the oldest competitive player on the planet. and since lockdown restrictions have eased, he's been able to get back on the court. i went to meet him. # you make me feel so young. this is how we might expect to find lance kinder passing the time

as he approaches his 85th birthday next week. but hold the front page! # i'm such a happy individual! lance has a world title to defend! there are squash balls to be hit again! thanks to the easing of lockdown restrictions, the man said to be the oldest competitive squash player on the planet is back on court again. oh, wonderful! after a game of squash, you feel so alive. squash, i think, takes more out of you in a shorter period of time than any other sport that i know because of the movement on court — very explosive. so the world champion is back on the court again and at the moment, though, they are having to play sides, due to covid—19 safety protocol, so this is a version of the game that they can only play on their own side of the court, unless they're switching for service positions. whatever version lance is playing, he has already proved to be a game—changer. first of all, he only started playing squash in his mid 405. purely out of vanity.

i had what they term as a little bit of a belly. chuckles. over the next decade, he became the world number one for his age group and started to win title after title, until he hit a problem. i found that after 55, that was the end of your squash life. so... because there were no tournaments? that's right — there were no tournaments. so lance worked with the game's governing bodies to set up new competitions for older age groups across the world. and despite suffering a heart attack in his 60s and being told he would not be able to play again, he bounced back to win more world titles and now, the sport is booming for older generations. and, believe me, it makes such a difference. i can remember when i had people who retired, they used tojust sit down all day in their lounge and theyjust were bored to tears. but that's how they thought, because everybody else of that age group was doing exactly the same thing. lance has only been able to swim against the tide because of all of the off—court

exercise he does. stretching is essential. all these little things make life so much easier on a squash court. anyone starting to play again should get checked by their doctor first, and lance and his competitors are only able to keep playing because of the general fitness they maintain to stave off the risk of injury. lance is surely an inspiration, surely. you look at lance and say "well, why the heck should i pack up when, if he can, you know, i must be able to!" if i stay on my side of the court, a safe distance away, it is possible to see it first—hand, then, the skill, the speed and the technique of the world champion over 805. # and even when i'm old and grey. # i'm gonna feel the way i do today. now, i'd thought i was reasonably fit, and i am in the age category that in the past would've been hanging up their racket5 by now. now i see the level i need to aim for over the next 30 years. in the corner!

# you make me feel so young. # ooh, you make me feel so young. he will have to wait till next year to defend that world title because this year's championships because of covid—19 have been postponed. he is hoping for an over 85 title and eventually an over 905 title. that 5ound5 incredible when you think in the past that people were giving up in their 405 the past that people were giving up in their405 and the past that people were giving up in their 405 and 505 because they we re in their 405 and 505 because they were told to. that is incredible. itju5t shows, never give up, if you are able to do it, do it. look after yourself. stretching. how does he 5tretch when he is 5having? with a razor. electric razor. not a wet 5have. very good. thank you.

here is the weather. some autumn 5un5hine on the cards. if you do not 5ee 5un5hine on the cards. if you do not see it today you will see it tomorrow. a mixed picture this weekend. the is so things are looking in shropshire this morning. beautiful blue skies. through the day we will have sunny spell5 beautiful blue skies. through the day we will have sunny spells and scattered showers. cooler and fresher than over the last few days. we have got a ridge of high pressure building in from the south—west. low pressure in the north—east. that is bringing north—westerly winds. guests are about 30 mph across the north of scotland drawing in showers across scotland and northern ireland. further south and east across england and wales, more

likely to stay dry and dodge the showers. temperatures 14—19 c. one or two showers pushing across the south—east of england this evening. more prolonged rain for south—west scotla nd more prolonged rain for south—west scotland and northern ireland. overnight cloud pushes eastwards across the uk. patchy rain here and they are. temperatures getting down into mid single figures. this feature pushing south—east across england and wales. more likely to see showers in england and wales. could be the odd thunderstorm later. scotla nd could be the odd thunderstorm later. scotland and northern ireland tomorrow having a drier day. lighter winds and fewer showers. should feel quite pleasant. temperatures 14—20 c on sunday. sunday night into monday, a deep area of low pressure, that will move to the north of

the uk. these trailing weather fronts wringing wet and windy weather across scotland, northern ireland. as the france drift across england and wales rainfall will tend to peter out. mostly dry for southern england on monday. as we move through the course of next week what you will notice some warmer air on the way. warmer air mass coming in from a south—westerly direction. we are likely to see temperatures into low or mid 205 for a time, particularly across parts of england and we also stop then things turn more autumnal, cooler and unsettled by the end of this coming week. we were talking

earlier about missing giving hugs. it's led some to come up with ingenious ways. this is antony cauvin's grandma in stratford—upon—avon, and she's about to have a hug for the first time in 2.5 months. haha! 0h! i sat down and said to my wife "i could create, erm, you know, a shower curtain as such, a clear one, put some holes in it, put some arms in it, and there's no physical contact." my wife thought i was nuts. she thought i was barmy, she thought i was bonkers. how amazing is this? 0h!

antony posted this video online in may. it's been watched more than 30 million times. we came up with the name ‘cuddle curtain'. and now there are videos that we've seen of other people recreating their own. you know, i'm just in awe of how many people are trying it, and it's working. antony‘s idea has spread around the country, around the world. evidence, if it were needed, ofjust how far people will go for a cuddle. laidback trumpet music hyde park, in the centre of london. by the italian gardens, a statue of two bears hugging. there is a basic animal instinct at play here. rebecca is a professional cuddle therapist. studies have shown hugging releases oxytocin, a hormone associated with happiness. it enhances the trust

between one another, it makes us feel bonded. and again, when you are a social tribe, you need each other. and if we lack that or are taken away from it, all sorts of emotional and mental and physical consequences will follow. nonetheless # hold me close and hold me fast.# these pictures, taken before the pandemic, show rebecca at work. sometimes, only a hug will do. but the current rules on social distancing across the uk means officially, the only people you're allowed to hug are those you live with and those in your bubble. in the back of his cab in the car park in hyde park, we found lee practising his saxophone. i am a cuddly person, and i do like cuddling, because it shows more emotion, and yeah, i do miss it because, it's like a bit of a distance that i've been put. i'm a friendly person as well,

so yeah, i have missed it. i have missed it. we need to get it back. we need to sort this out. this is ten—year—old wilf and his dad, mark. they can cuddle each other. but wilf can't hug his 92—year—old grandmother. it's quite hard, because she's really old and, like, she needs huggles like everyone. and nobody can give her huggles. do you understand why the rules are there, do you think the rules are right? yes, they are right, because if, like, if everybody is hugging each other, well — because my godmother, my mum's sister, works at the nhs, and we're not allowed to hug her, and if we did hug her, and she had coronavirus, and then we hugged our grandma, then she may have died — ourgrandma. so, it's for the best, really. laughter. but as time goes on, are people really sticking closely to the rules? this couple say they have been really careful, but...

within, you know, a few friends that i have seen, who i know i have observed lockdown, then, yeah, i think we have had a little cheeky cuddle, which has been very nice. laughter. would you describe yourselves as a hugging kind of family? yeah, definitely. laughter. we finished with kim and herfamily, who haven't coped well at all without hugs. apart from the neighbours on a thursday night, i didn't see another human being for 15 weeks. and that's when you realise just how much you miss a hug. the solution, frankly a bizarre one, came from kim's grandson, douglas. watch this. screams. when douglas came running toward me, that was it. i'm going to cry now. so emotional.

it really was. i bubbled like a baby in there, it was just so emotional. these are strange times indeed. where sticking to the rules means grandmas have dressed up as inflatable dinosaurs to cuddle their family. graham satchell, bbc news. let's speak now to lindsay meadows, who is a counsellor and cuddle therapist. how do you become a candle therapist. i have a counselling background and i was looking for something different because i was based in brighton and there are a lot of councillors here. i thought that sounds like an amazing thing to do. it is like an officially recognised thing, candle therapy? it is not. it has reallyjust started. it is building up. people are just starting to hear about it. we are starting to hear about it. we a re interested

starting to hear about it. we are interested to hear about it this morning. why is having a candle so important? to give you an idea, it is essential for babies to have candles. there are all sorts of chemicals that we get from physical contact. it reduces stress and boost your immune system. it helps with depression. there is a lot of signs explaining all the benefits that we get from tax. it may dull the pain? yes, there has been studies done, if spouses held their partners handy physically felt less pain. how are you dealing in this environment with people who cannot cuddle, what is the alternative? environment with people who cannot cuddle, what is the alternative7m is difficult. obviously people are touching elbows.

you cannot cuddle an elbow. no. we need to be supporting each other. one good thing that has come out of this as we are talking more about our emotions and how going and difficulties and we can offer emotional support. this might feel silly but also if you stroke this area here, we have nerves that only actually pick up gentle stroking, so you can't reduce your own stress by giving yourself a hug. hug yourself? yes. i read about a teacher and a student and they hug themselves. what about ingenious ways that people come up to get a caddell chris wright did you see our peace? it is amazing. i was quite moved. it is amazing. i was quite moved. it is amazing. i was quite moved. it is important to people. you can see how much having that contact

means to us. i wonder about all this is over, when we get back to normal life and social contact, i wonder whether we will hike more because we mist it, or i wonder whether it might have put us off hugging, i wonder whether we will be as tactile ain? wonder whether we will be as tactile again? i think when we get to a point where we know we are safe and we know there is no health risk, it will increase, because i have talked to so many people who have said to me,| to so many people who have said to me, idid to so many people who have said to me, i did not think i was a tactile person, but i miss hugging, or even just casual reaching out and touching people. people are more aware of it now. i am optimistic. there are people out there who do not like hugging and that is absolutely fine. we may be advocates of hugging. one of the things that people do appreciate about the situation now is unwanted hugs. if you are a hugger, or someone comes infora hike you are a hugger, or someone comes in for a hike and you are like, i do

not know you very well, i do not hug me. it is allowed, isn't it? what we should be doing is we should always say, would you like a hug? we should do that as casually as we would say, would you like a coffee, and that person can say, no thank you. hopefully that is something we can start doing. how is business for you? this start doing. how is business for you ? this is start doing. how is business for you? this is yourjob, how are you doing this? i have got two jobs. i have got a dayjob i could still go to. i have put my caddell therapy on hold because i am not comfortable doing it until my clients are safe.. really good talking to you. talking about candles. are we going to get a shower curtain? you work on that this week. i will

buy it. it is coming up to nine o'clock. all the headlines and just a moment.

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. our headlines today: more areas of england are added to the government's watchlist of coronavirus hotspots as scientists warn outbreaks at universities are highly likely. back to work — government departments are ordered to get more staff into the office by the end of this month. a remarkable recovery from england's cricketers as they snatch victory by 2 runs, against old foes australia, who had thought they were cruising home in the first t—20 match. good morning. the weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be in the north and the west today and they will drift south—eastwards tomorrow. i will bring you all of the details throughout the morning. it's saturday 5th of september. our top story. several more areas of england — including leeds and middlesbrough —

have been added to the government's watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. they will now be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re—imposed if infections continue to rise. the leader of leeds council told breakfast that they have been working closely with the police on enforcement, but she's still concerned that the message isn't getting through. last weekend, we issued, with the police, seven of the £10,000 fines for organisers of illegal raves, for example. and more individual signs coming in. it is a message that all of us need to be repeating, that partnership work on the ground will come through and help us to move forward and really see some changes in behaviour, hopefully. there are also concerns that students travelling back to big cities like leeds could lead

to a rise in cases. the government's scientific advisory body sage is warning that outbreaks linked to universities are "highly likely". it is absolutely correct that the vast majority of students themselves their risk of developing symptoms is very, very low. what we are more worried about really is universities are really acting as amplifiers are potentially lots of students mixing together, that could cause lots of infection, that could spill over into the community. there is also a concern at the end of term when students start to travel home to their families, potentially interacting with more elderly relatives, more vulnerable people with underlying health conditions, thatis with underlying health conditions, that is where the real concern is. the government has written a letter to senior members of the civil service, urging them to get public sector workers in england back into the office. it says it wants 80% of staff to be able to attend their usual workplace at least once a week by the end of september,

but the head of one union has accused ministers of outdated thinking. let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. i guess that the government is trying to lead by example here, is it, with public servants in the office? i think that is absolutely right. we have already seen the government say to people, speak to your employer, see if it is maybe safe to go back to your office, there has not been a great uptake and that and i think this is trying to say, now if we can get some civil servants back, maybe that will encourage other people to do the same. as you say, the idea is to get 80% of people back in the office at some point during the week. it is not 80% at once, it will be staggered, a rota system, but the idea is to get most people coming in at least once a week. it is across the country, not just at least once a week. it is across the country, notjust about london but the civil service in general. the letter that has gone out says that civil servants in scotland, wales and northern ireland should stick to local guidelines and in

those parts of the uk, remember, the messages still work from home if you can. the prime ministerthink messages still work from home if you can. the prime minister think this isa can. the prime minister think this is a really good idea, he says it would be good for the workforce in general, also good for local economies that have really suffered from the shutdown over the last few months. unions are not convinced, though and that is some scepticism that this is necessary. the civil servants union, the fda, is saying that the workplace has changed, actually we should spend more time working out how to adapt to more people working from home and not having to make the commute and come into the office and ministers would be better spending their time on that, but if you want to knowjust how seriously boris johnson's taking this, he asked every department every week to send him figures on how many people they are getting back into the office so clearly something the government is taking very seriously. thank you for that. travellers returning to scotland from portugal will now have to self—isolate for 14—days

under new rules which came into force a few hours ago. the country was added to the quarantine list after a rise in infections there and comes after wales imposed its own restrictions yesterday. nothing has changed for people who live in england and northern ireland. these holidaymakers were on one of the last flights back to glasgow from portugal before the quarantine was reintroduced. we we re we were just disappointed that scotland obviously had to quarantine, but england don't as though it seems ridiculous, people we re though it seems ridiculous, people were all going to fly into england now and drive up the road. were all going to fly into england now and drive up the roadm were all going to fly into england now and drive up the road. it was a risk, we knew we were making a risk anyway, so we only lasted eight is a total anyway, so we only lasted eight of the bid is annoying, but i'mjust eight of the bid is annoying, but i'm just glad to be made at home in time. we were supposed to come back saturday but we had to pay £100 extra to come backjust in case. i look after my mother so we had to come back. a minute's silence has been held in beirut one month on from the explosion that killed nearly 200 people and left tens of thousands

more homeless. rescuers have been digging through the rubble after sensor equipment suggested someone could still be alive in the wreckage. we can speak to the independent‘s middle east correspondent bel trew. they'll tell us what has happened now because we spoke yesterday when there was a hope that a miracle of sorts would be happening. actually, speaking to the different rescue workers here, but the volunteer killing team and the lebanese syrian defence, there does seem to be a marginal —— the volunteer to chilea team. the chilean team did not want to go into details they came back in the middle of the next, send this mail, so a large presence of flies, tested an area that has just next to a stairwell to the right of the site and then again found some more of

these, what they call breaths, more signs of life. this morning they have more hope today than they did yesterday of finding someone or something under the rubble, but so far we have no confirmation of what that is. of course, the situation there is very much a needing some help because still thousands of people left homeless. still many left missing. it has been quite a bleak atmosphere here in beirut because tens of thousand people were made homeless, 6000 people who are injured and over 190 were killed. there are still several missing people here. what they are looking for is that chink of hope that there might be some who survived under the rubble for a full month, but it is obviously not very likely. in the meantime, the neighbourhoods that have been hit are still devastated, still destroyed buildings, there are still destroyed buildings, there are still destroyed buildings, there are still destroyed businesses and there is no sense from the authorities when that reconstruction is going to happen or how it is going to happen

and who's going to pay for it. people are really hoping and praying for the good —— playing piece of news. i know you are a resident there so take care of yourself. president trump has said that he hasn't yet seen proof that the russian opposition leader alexei navalny was poisoned with novichok. doctors in germany, where mr navalny is being treated, says it has "proof beyond doubt" that the nerve agent was used and is asking the russian government for an explanation. the labour party says the former australian prime minister tony abbot is the "wrong choice" to be an advisor to the new uk board of trade. he's been accused of being homophobic and misogynistic, but borisjohnson has rejected claims that mr abbott was not suitable for the unpaid role. the board has been set up to help ministers and encourage firms to do more business internationally.

you may find it might be a bit more difficult getting hold of a newspaper this morning. activists from extinction rebellion have been blocking access to three printing presses. the group are angry at the way the papers are reporting climate change. police have said they've made 13 arrests. the sun has condemned the action as an attack on the freedom of the press. blackpool‘s world famous illuminations have been officially switched on by a group of "coronavirus heroes". the annual event, which is usually attended by big crowds, was held virtually this time due to the pandemic. the display, which stretches for miles along the coast, is staying on for an extra two—months this year to help boost tourism. it's 9.10am. have you been trying to book a driving test?

computer problems and a huge backlog has meant hundreds and thousands of learner drivers in england and wales have had their tests cancelled or delayed. bookings for tests started up again two weeks ago, but for many learners it's been a huge struggle to get a slot, as our reporter adam mcclean has been finding out. it is jack's first time on the road since march. his test was cancelled and lessons are suspended and only now can he make up for lost time behind the wheel. have you checked everything? you are happy with your matters? you can revolve when you're ready and we are turning left at the end of the road. my original test was booked for the start of april, obviously everything went into lockdown. it then got rearranged for august. and then i got told just to wait for their reply, they will tell me when it was. after spending more than a four hours in an online queue, he tried to pick in the early hours of the morning and managed to get a test on the 30th of september.

it was an early rise, but got the job done. and i booked it for the month's time from when i had to press the link. panic over. i know it has been four or five months, but lam thinking it has been four or five months, but i am thinking we have a test coming up i am thinking we have a test coming up pretty soon. for those teaching others to drive, the shortage of tests presents a big challenge. we we re tests presents a big challenge. we were pleased that we were allowed back to work. i mean, that was a big plus for us, but when we came back and obviously we are dealing with the problems we have got, trying to book a driving test, we have not got anything for the pupils to aim for. so trying to get the lesson started out is really difficult. before march, there were nearly 4500 driving tests in great britain every day. there are now —— there is now a huge backlog of people his test had been postponed or cancelled. to help more people book a test, the dsa says it is increasing the number of tests each examiner does every

day from five to six. and from the 14th of september, it will be possible to book a test 18 weeks in advance, as opposed to the current six week limit. i waited all this time to then realise that there are half a million other people in the exact same boat and we just cannot do anything about it. and ijust feel we are not getting anywhere. i do not think i have seen anyone actually book a driving test. while practical tests had been suspended, the theory tests are provisional drivers have been exciting. those certificates will not be extended beyond the two—year limit. many many who were close to taking the practical test will have to retake the theory test. it is so frustrating, especially when i was good to go. it was literally in spitting distance of setting i tested all this happens and i was completely patient about it, i wanted it to be safer both my instructor or the test centre. but i thought on hand that mot

is are a legal requirement so they were completely waived during the so why are expiring theory tests not? it is completely ridiculous. the driving standards agency says that all candidates who had a test but too much had been rebated to book a test and from the 14th of september, a further 375,000 testing slots will be available to book. adam mclean, bbc news. let's get more on this now from sue duncan, who is the general secretary of the approved driving instructors nationaljoint council. very good to have you with us this morning. what do you think has happened here? well, i think the dsa have just been totally swamped, predictably it was going to be a rush and panic. i think they did not help themselves when they said there we re help themselves when they said there were 35,000 tests available so everybody panicked, trying to get on the system. the system has now crashed three times after

being reopened. within quite a short period of time so literally hours. the second week it reopened they introduced a queueing system, which sounded like a really good idea, but when you hear people who are 99,000, that far back in the queue, you can understand why people are getting anxious about it and then they were trying to login with multiple devices, getting mum, dad, everybody to login. so, you know, to say they had 200,000 people logging in and being in queue injust a few hours, the system could not cope. they have said it has released 375,000 tests and that will be on the 14th of september so that should calm things down. do you think so? i would hope so. down. do you think so? i would hope so. yes, as long as the system can cope with it and previously

there we re cope with it and previously there were only releasing on a rolling programme of six weeks at a time, whereas from the 14th it is going to be 18 weeks and people will be able to book a test up untiljanuary. the other was the people who are getting on were not being able to find a test slot in the area. they might get offered a testing centre that is 40 miles away. they do not want that, they want to take the test where they have learnt to drive in in their hometown. how do you think this delay actually affects those who are learning to drive? how does it affect their ability to retain questioning if you do things repeatedly, it sinks any bit more easily. this absolutely. they have all had... unless they have been able to do private practice with parents or whatever during lockdown, the lucky people the lucky people have been able to do that so they have been able to do that so they have kept their skills up, but it is like any other skill, you get a skill fade. perhaps not as

much as they think they do. i think people have been quite surprised that they have been quite surprised that they have got back in the car and actually they have remembered a lot more than they thought they did. but they still need to get back up to test standard. they might have been test standard. they might have been test ready in april, but are they still test ready now in september or october or november when they get there test? it is a worry for them and their instructors. it makes life very difficult for everybody. there's also the theory test, which has to be taken. what is the on that? well, the impact on that, the government decided they would not extend the theory test, which has affected a lot of people. a lot of people are now, because they were tested in april, the theory test certificate was still valid then, but it is not valid now so now there is also a scramble for those people to have to redo their theory. which is very hard on them. when you think these are, this is the generation

that have had problems with their a—levels, etc, etc, getting to university, driving tests is another real problem for them. i feel so sorry for them. a raw deal. however is facing a test, we wish them well. when they eventually get one. so duncan, general secretary of the approved driving instructors international joint council. approved driving instructors internationaljoint council. as if taking a driving test is not stressful enough. if you do not pass, you have got to rebook your test again, it could be another four or five months until you test again, it could be another four orfive months until you get your slot. pressure on. good luck if you are lining up to take your test. just up up to quite puzzling. lots more to come on breakfast before ten. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. we have a bit of a mixed bag for the course of the weekend and many of us will see sunshine around, if not today more of it tomorrow. this is a picture this morning over

dunfermline abbey in fife. we have some blue sky there, fair by the cloud around. many places have a very similar sky, some sunshine but a bit of cloud and starting to bubble up. we will see that mix of sunshine and scattered showers around today. and into tomorrow. it will feel cool, fresher than it has done over recent days. the wind is coming and from a north—westerly direction because there is high pressure in the south and low pressure in the south and low pressure at once an artist. those winds coming in equal direction, dragging and plenty of showers. the showers is mainly across parts of scotla nd showers is mainly across parts of scotland and northern ireland this morning. one to pushing in across... further south and east across england and wales, you're more likely to stay dry and dodge the showers. long is of sand and temperatures about 14 to 19 celsius. later this afternoon, there could be some showers across the midlands and south—east of england. now immune to a one or two passing showers. they are fairly hit and miss. overnight, the cloud tends to pass eastwards

—— push eastwards. let patchy rain here and there. some clear spells for the south—east of england and northern scotland. when smelling lighter as well. a bit of a chilly start to sunday morning for some of us. sunday's when i dominated by the system which will put the south—east was across england and wales and bring more cloud to start the day. the cloud will tend to thin and break up and sunshine coming through. scattered showers moving from west to east across england and wales during the day and during the —— in the east they could be heavy and funded in the afternoon. a dry day for scotland and northern ireland, lighter went sunshine and more sunshine so it will feel pleasant. temperatures 14 to 20 celsius on sunday. a little warmer than today. sunday night into monday, a deep area of low pressure well to the north of the uk, but these chilly weather fronts will bring some wet and windy weather, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland signet ring. as the weather front sinks out across england and wales, the rain turns quite showery and patchy nature. mainly dry on monday, from southern england towards east anglia

too. temperatures here 20 degrees or so too. temperatures here 20 degrees or so and typically up in the high teens for most of us. as we look further ahead into the working week, we will notice things worming up a bit. the orange colours, is the worm air mass coming in from a south—westerly direction. dash warmerair south—westerly direction. dash warmer air mass. we could see temperatures in the low, mid 205 for many of us, especially in the south through the middle part of the week. then it turns more unsettled, a little more autumnal towards the end of next week. timei time i was 20 minutes past nine. we have been talking about coronavirus on other aspects of our life, missing holidays, universities, etc. we have not talked about the impact on the process of giving birth. pregnant women spend months perfecting their birth plans, but because of coronavirus most are now having to go it alone once they're in

hospital. restrictions on the number of people allowed on wards means many hospitals won't allow partners to attend scans or stay after the birth. new mum holly avis has started an online petition to try and get this changed and she joins us along with birth and postnatal doula abbi leibert. holly, i have to say congratulations to you. well done propping up and talking to us or early on a saturday morning two weeks ago you had eid. 11 days — — 11 days —— you had monty. 11 days -- you had monty. the internet is cutting in and out a bit, but we will try to bear with it. you are planning a home birth because he wanted to make sure that your partner could be there. and yet

it did not work out. just talk me through how important it was for you to be together at that important moments in your life. it wasjust so imperative that he was there. very dramatic in my second was a cesarean section so a big operation. so they thought... —— traumatic. but an awful lot of it was terrifying. i did change my birth... holly, it is cutting in and out so we are going to try again. holly now has a joined up to try again. holly now has a joined u p forces to try again. holly now has a joined up forces with abbey and they have begun any twitter hashtag campaign but not maternity. we were hearing a bit of holly‘s experience. maybe you can pick up on that and white it was important for her partner to be there? holly had previously had an

induction with her first child and a planned c—section with her second. and she was due to have another planned c—section for her third. and she realised she would not be able to have her husband with her for the prep so he would only be able to be with her for an hour afterwards. having done this before, she knew it was not going to be enough support for her. so she started the petition. she really, really wanted him to be there and luckily when she started daily camping, she was on the radio northampton and a jeweller contacted her and talk to her about all of her options and that she could possibly have a home birth —— doula. that is what happened and then she was almost about to have her baby at home, got through it all at home, just fine, but started to feel a bit worried and felt safer going to hospital so she was taken to the hospital by ambulance and her husband was not allowed to be in the ambulance, he had to follow in the car. and she had come

at home, been two centimetres dilated when she was first check, but everything happened really quickly and by the time she got to the hospital, she was literally about to give birth and push. her husband onlyjust made it. he had to follow, come up from the car park and there was every chance that he may not have made it in tha n kfu lly that he may not have made it in thankfully he did. he was able to stay with them after the birth and she was quite quickly so that was a really great story. great for her and great for him. great for the whole family. how conscious are you and how aware are you of this is other cases like this at the moment because of the reels in hospitals question make there are many cases. you just have to search the hashtag. mums have been telling the stories on instagram, twitter of the things that have happened. there are many women who have not had issues at all and who have just put up with the fa ct and who have just put up with the fact that this is the way that it has to happen and that is fine. but

there are many people have had studies. i looked at when they do la st studies. i looked at when they do last night on instagram who had been at the royal london hospital in whitechapel in june i at the royal london hospital in whitechapel injune i think and she had been rushed in an ambulance at —— had stories. her husband was with her when they got to the hospital and was with her any labour word, but she was four centimetres salad, not an active labour so he was escorted back out of the hospital —— four centimetres dilated. his wife was really scared and wanted him there and he was told to go away. he left and started to go home and got halfway home and it was called to say she is eight centimetres, you need to rush back and he ran at the entire way back to the hospital. he had to queue to get back in, had a slight temperature when he got there because he had obviously been a running, was really stressed out and it had affected his body, had to get into an argument to get back to the doors and he missed the birth of his child. it happened all over the place. holly, we have got your back.

just briefly, what do you want to see happening? everything is to change now. we are in september, numbers are falling and falling and with ppe available, whether it is sourced by the birth part themselves or covid testing, which i admit, they're not even doing. when i went into hospital, they did not actually test him. he had his mask on, but thatis test him. he had his mask on, but that is all that was required. with these things now available, i cannot understand why that is such a lack of restriction with socialising and things like that and then obviously this is so unchanged. i suppose they could say it is because it is a hospital and you have people in their who are very vulnerable that they have to be ultra—cautious. you can kind of see why they would be thinking that through. you can, yes. it is hard to kind of compare that toa it is hard to kind of compare that to a social situation, but then at the same time when they are allowing partners and for a four hour window, for instance for visiting, but they

are not letting them in ten minutes either side, coronavirus obviously does not have a stopping point. it is very hard to justify why that is a small window, but not a window of, you know enough time to allow a partner to be there to support fully. in the birth or the labour. for instance, inductions, you're only allowed a four hour window visiting at the moment with inductions at my hospital. as we know, inductions can take days and days so when you look at that, my induction was 30 hours with my first labour so if i had only had my partner with me for four hours of that, i would partner with me for four hours of that, iwould have been in partner with me for four hours of that, i would have been in huge distress. i was in distress anyway. i think the frustrations are very, very clear. it has been really good to talk to both of you. congratulations with monty as well. thank you for explain what you guys are campaigning about. in a statement, nhs england told us they are continuing to work with frontline professionals

and patient groups to open up services safely, and allow partners to go to antenatal clinics, in addition to being present for labour, which partners have been able to do throughout the pandemic. it is nearly 9:30am. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen. harrier? saturday is always a double brea kfast saturday is always a double breakfast day for me. why is it double breakfast on a saturday? because we have a slightly longer programmes i have a porridge then later have eggs on toast as well. which are coming up in a fume minutes' time! i am completely full, ido minutes' time! i am completely full, i do not eat until lunch, later. that might surprise you! guest today are chris and rosie ramsay. well

come along. we can talk properly later. chris, what is your idea of food heaven? i metal i'd in the house, cheesecake. i have missed it you hit it, last time she was nearly sick on your shopis time she was nearly sick on your shop is rosy, what is your idea of having questionjacket shop is rosy, what is your idea of having question jacket potato.” know, i am a simple girl, but ijust love a jacket potato. only big hot sponge. yet home are in charge of what these guys eat at the end of the show. you have got to chose who is going to get heaven. what have you got for us? i have got a spicy mushroom lasagne which is going to be better than any meat lasagne. starving! chat masala potatoes, which is a take on indian street food. and the bar is stocked with

alcohol now collect drinks. rosie, you're pregnant. always ready! don't forget you guys in home are in charge, who gets the food heaven today question make we will see at ten. i agree with the whole jacket potatojudgment ten. i agree with the whole jacket potato judgment because i tend to eat the skin and the filling and leave the potato bit. really? see, there are someone leave the potato bit. really? see, there are someone out there... you made that sound like you at everything. just eat the skin and the filling. i do not count the fluffy potato bits has filling. we have a nice little breakfast one that you might like. send it my way. always welcome. she licked the plate as well. it is 931. coming up in the next half hour. a snapshot of britain during the pandemic. we'll hear the stories behind these striking portraits taken during an unusual year.

hello, this is breakfast with jon kay and naga munchetty. the family of a woman murdered by her stalker are worried he could be released early if allowed to complete his sentence in india — the country of his birth. trimaan dhillon was jailed for a minimum term of 22 years in 2017 for killing alice ruggles. alison freeman reports. alice ruggles was a bright and outgoing young women who had her life in front of her. but that life was cut short when trimaan dhillon murdered her. he was jailed for life. he was ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years. the appearance of alice ruggles fear now that he could be moved to a prison in his

native india and to be released before he should be. if someone is sentenced to life imprisonment and there is a minimum tariff in this country, that means they cannot be considered for parole until the end of that minimum tariff. we know in our case that when that happens the judges remarks, that were severe, will be taken into account, and our considerations will be taken in to account. if someone on that sort of sentence is transferred abroad, you lose all those reassurances. he had a restraining order prior to alice. he has showed no remorse. he has taken no responsibility. he could go back out and do the same

again. we need to know where he is. he has made threats against the family. if he goes back to his home country that would mean we would not know where he was at any stage. we would not be given information every year, like we are at now. we just want to know where he is and whether we are in danger if he is being released. ina in danger if he is being released. in a statement that ministry of justice described the murder of alice as an appalling crime and said the prisons minister had spoken to the prisons minister had spoken to the family to discuss their understandable concerns. the statement went on that foreign national offenders would only be deported where an appropriate sentence is guaranteed to be served overseas. that family has campaigned to raise awareness about the true dangers of stalking since the death of alice. alice had reported to the police. in a review last year

it was found that police and the army had failed to act upon the behaviour.“ he does go back to india, i would feel let down again. we are grateful to the appearance of alice for talking to us. all eyes on their cricket this morning. australia's cricketers will have a change for revenge as early tomorrow, as they ask themselves, how they lost the opening t20 match against england. it was a great advert for the sport — under the lights on a friday night, as england staged a remarkable comeback to beat australia, by two runs. davidd malan, top scored for england, with 66. but they made an underwhelming 162 for seven.

australia were cruising to their target. but the wicket of steve smith, sparked a collapse. they lost four wickets for nine runs in 14 balls thanks to some inspired england bowling. and it came down to the last ball, tom curran finishing them off. there are two more t20 matches to come. let's hope they're as good. mention iceland to england's football fans and they get nervous after what happened at euro 2016 and gareth southgate's team are in rekyavik tonight, to begin their nations league campaign later. for scotland, their next match in the czech republic on monday has been posponed because of coronavirus concerns in the czech squad. the scots began with a frustrating

1—1 draw at home to israel. it had looked promising after the scots scored the opener from the penalty spot — ryan christie, showing how to take the perfect penalty. but in the second half, a thunderous shot, from eran zahavi levelled the score. northern ireland, seemed to be heading to a defeat in romania, afterjosh magennis, was sent off and they went behind but against the odds, gavin whyte equalised late on in new manager, ian baraclough's, first game in charge. they next play norway on monday. mo farah says he's proved that anything is possible, after running further in one hour, than anyone else in history. he set this new world hour record, at the diamond league meeting in brussels last night, covering 21 kilometres, and 330 metres, in the hour, and that was 45 metres further than the previous record and remember, this was his first track race, since he switched to road racing four years ago. and he's now 37 years old. at the us open tennis, dan evans was the last british player to be knocked out, in the singles draw. evans had taken the first set, against corentin moutet,

but after a rain delay, the frenchman won the next three. cameron norrie, had also lost earlier in the day. if you want a lesson, in to how, to throw away a match, fourth seed stefanos tsitsipas, can provide it. he was 5—1 up in the fourth set, against borna coric, and he had two match points, but he just couldn't get over the line. he blew another four match points, in a final set tie—break — and coric eventually won, after more than four and a half hours on court. it will be a bit like a roller coaster for the riders in the tour de france today. adam yates, is still wearing the leader's

yellowjersey, after stage seven of the the tour de france — fans were treated to another sprint finish in lavaur, — 5000 spectators are allowed along the route, of each stage. wout van art, put on a stunning burst, to win it but yates kept up with the leading pack, and he's still three seconds ahead overall. lewis hamilton thinks qualifying, for the italian grand prix today could "be a nightmare", with drivers slowing down, to try to find a slipstream behind other cars. hamilton was a quarter of a second quicker, than team—mate valtteri bottas in second practice. but monza's long straights, tempt drivers into seeking an advantage, by getting a virtual tow, from the car in front and hamilton says it's going to be hard work. let's return to football now — and today, the women's super league is back, after a long wait — last season ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic, with chelsea awarded the title. and we can look forward, to seeing some stellar signings in action, including world cup winners — and the most expensive female footballer, joining the champions. rhia chohan reports. this they are off the mark. after six months and 13 days the fa women's super league is back and it

looks to be one of the most exciting and competitive season is yet because the pandemic did not seem to affect the transfers. if you thought chelsea met business last season, then there are fresh signing now makes for a terrifying squad. chelsea paid in excess of quarter of £1 million for the danish international, a record fee in the women's game. the manager has her eyes on a champions league success. but it is manchester city's new boss gareth taylor who made the mother of all signings, two world cup winners. as people go on in their career, a player wants to add depth to the game, or have the experience of playing in a country where the culture of soccer is so deep here. it has been such a crazy year. for anyone to be able to get games and training in right now, that is a

win. this will notjust be a battle between two shades of blue. expect to see three time title winners arsenal in the mix. with no big signings they could be seen as the wea ker of signings they could be seen as the weaker of the triumvirate, but there are more players are accustomed to silverware, and if on form, these underdogs will bite. manchester united have been linked with two world cup winners, who could add more star quality to the league. some big names, but no want to see them play in the flesh, fans can only hope to get back into the stadium to witness some of the world's top players making their mark. the season starts this afternoon with newly—promoted aston villa against manchester city — there's commentary on radio 5 live. and the women's football show returns tomorrow evening, with highlights of the weekend's games — it's on at 8 o'clock on the red button and on bbc one at 10.30. that women's super league is going

from strength to strength. iam from strength to strength. i am still trying to get my head around mo farah's distance in one hour. and at 37, when a lot of runners are looking back. and coming back to the track after switching to road racing. it is incredible. it is his first outdoor world record, consider all the titles he has got, his first outdoor world record. at the young age, i think you have to say, of 37. asi think you have to say, of 37. as i said earlier, he can run it faster than i can cycle. it takes me about one hour to do 20 kilometres, he did more than that running. ido he did more than that running. i do not know what that says more about his running or less about your cycling. thank you.

we're being warned how pricey it could be to buy insurance for a holiday rental car. consumer website which? claims there's a big difference in the amount you could be paying and what you're getting for your money — lets take a look at what they found. according to their research — to insure a carfor a week in malaga for example — it would cost — on average — £147 if you insured through a car hire firm. that drops to £23 if you buy an independent policy. they also found a lot of car hire policies don't include certain features — like cover for chipped widow screens, flat tyres or putting the wrong fuel in your car. joining us now is rory boland, editor of which? what should people be looking out for? people know that car hire insurance isa people know that car hire insurance is a rip—off particularly if you buy at the desk, which is what this research confirms. we perhaps do not

know how much of a rip—off it is. you talk about averages. the worst exa m ples we you talk about averages. the worst examples we found was a car hire company charging more than £200 for a week's rental, and you could have got better cover for just a week's rental, and you could have got better cover forjust £14. that is possibly the price of your flight ora is possibly the price of your flight or a couple of nights in a hotel. the result of this research is very clear. do not ever buy car hire insurance from the car hire rental firm. you will always pay more and you will find that there are lots of holes in that insurance as well. is that our responsibility our fault as customers that if we leave it too late to be the price? well, yes and no. the car hire firms, their business model, they advertise a low rate for the car, £9 per day, then they try to make up that money by charging extras, that is fuel

policy, car hire seat rental. insurance policy, that is the big one. they do have you at a disadvantage because you think about the experience of renting a car. you need to go up to the desk. when you get there, i know myself, these rip—offs, and all the tricks that car hire firms use, inside out. i break into a sweat when i get to the car hire rental desk because you are under pressure. you are just off a flight, under pressure. you are just off a flight, you want to get to where you need to go, there is probably a queue behind you of similarly impatient customers, and you do not necessarily know all the rules inside out at that moment. what we are seeing today is even when the car hire firm is telling you you must take this insurance and by our insurance, just stand your ground. you do not need to. make sure you purchase that third party insurance in advance. you will have save that money and got yourself better cover as well. british vehicle rental and leasing association which represent

the sector say: they are saying you cannot compare it to products, you look at excess waiver is that rental companies pay, that might be different. they are saying they might be offering a better product than some of those online companies. is that fair? i would invite them to read the research more carefully. perhaps they have just seen the headline which is about the price. it is not just the products that we had from third parties were cheaper, as your graphic showed, they were much better as well. the car hire rental insurance policies from most firms had been lots of holes in them. and for basic stuff. flat tire. that is exactly the sort of thing you want and insurance policy to cover you for. that is not what we found with a good third party providers. you can find a good third party providers. you canfind a a good third party providers. you can find a list of those on the which? website. you are not only saving money, you

are getting better policy. reassuring to hear you say that insurance companies and car companies should be reading the small print rather than as as customers. here is the weather. they will be some sunshine but also fairly heavy downpours at times. plenty of blue sky in yorkshire. they are elsewhere, practically towards the north—west, cloud is thicker and will produce heavy showers. they will produce heavy showers. they will be hit and myth. it is feeling cooler and fresher. quite a bit of sunshine. low pressure in the north—east. north—westerly winds. that winds coming from a cool direction. blustery across northern

parts of scotland. showers across parts of scotland. showers across parts of scotland and northern ireland. at times they will drift into north—west wales. further north and east —— south and east you will dodge the showers. long spells of sunshine. winds will be easing as we head into the evening. some showers could push towards the south—east of england into this evening. overnight cloudy skies from the west, could lead to more prolonged rain for northern ireland and south—west scotland. we do see those clear spells temperatures will fall to mid—single figures. a cool and cloudy start to sunday. this system will move across england and wales. a change in the areas likely to seek showers tomorrow. tomorrow england and wales will see the bulk of them. scotla nd and wales will see the bulk of them. scotland and northern ireland seeing a drier day tomorrow. clearer skies and lighter winds. some showers will drift eastwards and could be

heavy with the odd thunderstorm around. temperatures 14—20 c. as we move through into the new working week, sunday night into monday, this deep area of low pressure to that north of the uk, trailing weather front, speu of the uk, trailing weather front, spell of wet and windy weather, again across parts of scotland and northern ireland. as those france the end and wales the rainfall will become light, patchy and peter out. temperatures here at 220 degrees or so. temperatures here at 220 degrees or so. we are back in the high teens through the day on monday. as we head later into the week you can see are warmerair head later into the week you can see are warmer air mass. it will be holding on particularly in the south. it turns once again a fresher and more autumnal for all of as by the end of next week. thank

you. when a family from lincolnshire adopted a baby hare before releasing it into the wild — they thought they would never see it again. more than two months on however, clover, as she's been named, is a regular visitor. simon spark reports. sometimes nature both surprises and rewards as. for this family you could say they now have a new wild member of their family thanks to their own rescue mission. he phoned me from outside seeing it come out with gardening gloves and brackets. this baby hare was crying at him. the previous evening we had found a dead hare in the garden, we

realise she was orphaned. it was locked down. we could not take her anywhere. we started thinking what we could do to look after her. they are notoriously difficult to hand rear. every four or five hours, bottle—feeding a tiny hare? rear. every four or five hours, bottle-feeding a tiny hare? we were weighing and measuring it. she was getting milk off as, on her own free will or she would sit on our lap, almost as if to say, where is my bottle ? almost as if to say, where is my bottle? i gave her milk a couple of times. we had her eight weeks in their house, hand reading her, after eight weeks, it was released today, got the kids to say goodbye. then she started coming back every day. we thought we would check out their claims but upon our arrival clover was waiting for her interview. we did not know whether we would see

her today but she is alreadyjust following their family around. the entire family was greeted and sniffed. even i was investigated. changing my camera battery, clover came to. even when packing away, it was worth seeing if any of my equipment was edible. however long this family friendship will last as anyone's guess. maybe clover will bring her own family for a visit one day. hare raising, literally. that is a lovely story. ido lovely story. i do not think anybody could deny that this is a remarkable year.

black lives matter protests and coronavirus have dominated the headlines. but what are the defining images of 2020? this month 100 photographs, taken as part of the portrait of britain exhibition are on public display on digital screens across the uk. here are just a few of the images.

memories of quite a year. let as speak to one of the winners. let us talk about your pictures to start with. tell as what we are seeing. he is working in a hospital. that isjust before he goes into one of the rooms. the lord that he was working on was a covid—19 ward, the corridor is cold the green area. —— the award. he have to put that outfit on. he cleans and feeds the people. non—medical a very important job because of that you cannot work without the other people supporting the medics. he could not work at the time all the

ppe. the light suggests the significance of that battle. that is what it sums up. i was speaking to lots of the people working in the hospital, from the top consultants, to the nurses, and housekeepers, and cleaners, and porters, and warehouse staff. they went through a tough time. it is incredible what they did. you get a little bit of a feeling of that. it is such a lonely place. you put it all on, you march into the room, you do what you are doing whether it is medical, feeding them, whatever. at the back of your mind, i am sure, not me, because i was not really there apart from for the pictures, but it is crazy what they did. it is such an achievement. it is a tough one. obviously something

that has impacted you. i am seeing over your right shoulder at some pictures on the wall. opposite you are a keen photographer. the look similar, other workers as well, is there something you have taken to your heart? iama heart? i am a professional portrait photographer. during lockdown i started to be concerned that the stories of the people and that memories of it all were evaporating as time would go on. normally you go ona as time would go on. normally you go on a holiday and three weeks later you have forgotten it. i put some feelers out to different places and i spent a lot of time in this hospital in north london. i photographed people throughout the entire spectrum of the hospital. by putting it into a book, 91 people with the images and stories. how did

they react when you asked for the picture to be taken? we often speak to so many nhs workers, we call them heroes, they say, i am just getting on with my day—to—dayjob. heroes, they say, i am just getting on with my day-to-day job. one of the questions that i asked him a lot about, the clapping, their heroes, stuff like that. the book will be ready in one month. if you were to flick through it, a picture would emerge, a person by person, so many people had different views. there was one person who did not like the clapping. he thought that it implied that they were amateurish. he said, we have a crisis every ten years during the winter, it is what we do, we are professionals, this is what we are professionals, this is what we do. you had students who were in university who got pushed out really quickly and put into the hospital setting and were really new to it, surrounded by all of this incredible situation. and they took a lot of

solace and power from the clapping. one person that i was speaking to, he was telling me that at first the clapping, he was keen for it, he thought it was a real, good celebration of the nhs. sorry to interrupt, we are running out of time. it is very clear that so many different characters, the impact of this happening. congratulations it isa this happening. congratulations it is a great book. thank you. that is all for now. from all of the team, have a great day, back again tomorrow.

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