good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: one of england's most senior medical advisers says he's greatly concerned about a rise in coronavirus cases in recent days, and calls on people to take the virus seriously. if we don't take this incredibly seriously from this point in we are going to have a bumpy ride over the next few months. in wales, caerphilly becomes the first county to go into a local lockdown after recent figures show it has one of the highest number of cases in the uk. more than a million people in scotland are now subject to tougher restrictions after they were extended to two more areas overnight.

england's phil foden has apologised and says he'll learn a "valuable lesson" after he and mason greenwood are sent home for breaching quarantine rules ahead of tonight's game in denmark. 2020's unpredictable weather means an unpredictable harvest. there are warnings that yields of serial could be their lowest for a0 years. and the weather today comes with a much milder theme to it. humid out there this morning, most places are dry but there is some drizzle in the west. all the details, right here on brea kfast. it's tuesday the eighth of september. our top story. start taking coronavirus seriously orface a "bumpy ride" ahead — that's the warning from england's deputy chief medical officer following the highest numbers of daily cases since may. professorjonathan van tam said people had relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. charlotte gallagher reports.

coronavirus has turned lives upside down and there is a stark warning that the threat remains a serious one. this has not gone away. this is a virus we are going to have to live with and if we're not careful, if we do not take this incredibly seriously from this point in, we're going to have a bumpy ride the next few months. he says will not following social distancing guideline are primarily behind the rise. figures for england show the figure —— virus has spread more quickly among younger people. early in august, just over 21% of new coronavirus cases were in their 20s. the following week that went up to 2596. the following week that went up to 25%. the week after it was 29% and it stayed at about that same level. stricter measures are being introduced in some areas to here in

wales a rampant rise means a local lockdown is coming into force. from six o'clock this evening no—one will be able to leave or enter this borrower without good reason. the local lockdown measures for caephilly are that we will ask eve ryo ne caephilly are that we will ask everyone to wear face masks in endorse settings and we will be asking people, telling people that extended household arrangements are coming to an end within the caephilly county borrow and we are also introducing travel borrowers. —— travel restrictions. feelings are mixed. it is good. it is good to react early to this and to be cautious. there is no reason. nhs is fine. we had a lockdown to stop the nhs being overloaded. and it is not just this area causing concern. in the west of scotland, restrictions

have now been expanded to east dunbartonshire. also, council leaders in north—east england say they are concerned about the rising number of coronavirus cases in young adult. politicians in areas such as sunderland, newcastle and county durham say people are being reckless and selfish. there is alarm about this new spike in cases. also officials hope the warnings will be a major wake—up call. we will be talking about this throughout the morning and we will be joined by the housing secretary robertjenrick at 7:30. seven greek islands — including crete and mykonos — have been added to the government's list of destinations which will now require a period of self—isolation on return to england. the rest of greece remains open to quarantine—free travel after the transport secretary, grant shapps, announced that he now has sufficient data to avoid making blanket restrictions on entire countries. wales introduced a similar restriction last week but in scotland, the order

applies to all of greece. uk and eu negotiators will meet in london today to resume talks for a post—brexit trade deal. it comes after the prime minister borisjohnson pledged to walk away from the table if no agreement is reached by october 15th. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. helen, what will it take for the two sides to reach some sort of compromise? there are two main issues they need to find compromise on and the bad news is that it is the same few issues that have come up through the last seven rounds of works that talks. one is fishing, how much excess talks. one is fishing, how much excess fishermen should have two vision british waters. the eu want something similar to what they have now but the uk says that does not recognise we are an independent coastal state. the other one is around competition and, specifically, how the uk is able to put money into industries it wants to hear either because they are

failing or wants to give them a boost. the eu says it does not want a competitor with access to its markets so close that it is able to give businesses what it sees as possibly an unfair advantage. uk saying well, hang on, it wants us to saying well, hang on, it wants us to say what we're going to do with state aid and that is not what they ask other countries when they want a trade deal so they do not believe the eu is recognising sufficiently that the uk has left and is no longer a member to those of the two issues that they really need to make progress on. both sides believe an agreement can be reached but if you look at that issue, that is quite a mismatch on things that are quite fundamental approaches so i think it will be difficult for them to bridge that gap to the one thing that both sides do really seem to agree on is that time is running short and the transition period ends on december 31 stop things will change on january one. we will be out of the single market and the customs union regardless so there is an agreement there that both sides need to reach an agreement soon if an delisted

come forward. employers in the uk planned more than 300,000 redundancies injune and july as the pandemic took its toll on the workplace — that's according to figures obtained by the bbc. it's more than six times as many posts as businesses were planning to axe during the same period last year. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. claims for out of work benefits have jumped in the pandemic but because many were not seeking work are available for it and lockdown they we re available for it and lockdown they were not counted as unemployed and a more up—to—date emerges from forms that employers have two file with insolvency services if they plan to make more than 20 people redundant saying how many jobs make more than 20 people redundant saying how manyjobs they want to cut. the freedom of information request discovered that injune 1888 request discovered that injune1888 employers plan to cut 156,000 jobs. and then in july, employers plan to cut 156,000 jobs. and then injuly, a further 178a employers gave notice of plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs. because

many more will have been made redundant from smaller companies, the overall number of job redundant from smaller companies, the overall number ofjob cuts is likely to have been substantially higher and with the furlough scheme drawing to a close in less than two months, further redundancies are widely expected in august and september. a teenage boy remains critically ill in hospital after he was shot while walking to school. the 15—year—old was on his way to kesgrave high school near ipswich, in suffolk, when the attack took place yesterday morning. police have arrested a 15—year—old boy on suspicion of attempted murder. strong winds and extreme heat are threatening efforts to contain more than 20 wildfires which are now burning out of control across the us state of california. forecasters have warned of more challenging conditions today after temperatures soared to a record high of a9 degrees celsius over the weekend. more than 2 million acres of land have already been affected, making it the worst wildfire season in history.

so what is the weather like here? it is nine minutes past six and matt can tell us. i won'tjudge it, you let us know. good morning to you both. not as extreme as over there of course in the united states but today a mild start to the day across the country and it will be clear this morning if you are about to set out, you will not need a jacket. looking at the temperatures out there this morning, close to where they should be during the afternoon during this time of year, 16, 17 already across much of england and wales, not far behind scotland and northern ireland. a lot of cloud around, misty over the hills and western areas, not just around, misty over the hills and western areas, notjust this morning but throughout the day, cloud will be thick enough apache light rain with drizzle before something heavy turns up in the north—west of scotla nd turns up in the north—west of scotland later. after that mild start, warm afternoon, especially when you get the sunshine and if you do get the sunshine could see temperatures around 23— 25 degrees. best chance of that in some parts of the south—east, eastern wales was

lincolnshire and yorkshire. sangre are lincolnshire and yorkshire. sangre a re parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire. sangre are parts of england and wales and northern ireland, eastern scotland should have a great day but this evening, rain starts to spread extensively across the island, the hebrides and 0rkney. there will be heavy birth text in amongst that and through the evening and overnight, the first half will be wet for parts of scotla nd the first half will be wet for parts of scotland and northern ireland, turning clear here as we go through the night. patch images working into northern england, north wales in the northern england, north wales in the north midlands as we head into tomorrow morning's commute and tomorrow morning's commute and tomorrow morning's commute and tomorrow morning it looks like another mild start, a little fresher in the north with temperatures dropping back to single figures in a couple of spots. there will be wet and windy weather to come later this week in scotland and maybe northern ireland the further south you are the more likely you are to stay dry but the temperatures will drop a little bit relative to today. more detailsjust little bit relative to today. more details just before 7a5 —— 6a5.

it is louise's birthday today quite an important announcement. happy birthday! i hope to get some sunshine for you. dan only found out because my good friend sent me a message! that is how i found out as well. i am sure i put it in my phone a few years ago but sally...” well. i am sure i put it in my phone a few years ago but sally... i found out my true friends. sally sent me an emergency text asking me if it was louise's birthday. i brought a gift for you. which you cannot touch because of social distancing. thank you, dan. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. "don't kill your granny" is the warning to young people from the health secretary, matt hancock, on the front page of the times. the message follows a surge in cases over recent days. the guardian says it has seen leaked diplomatic cables, which reveal a growing mistrust of the uk in brussels, ahead of trade talks,

which get under way again today. "netflix and bill" is the headline on the metro's front page as the paper brings news that the duke and duchess of sussex have repaid the £2.a million of taxpayer money for the renovation of frogmore cottage. the metro says the couple have now "paid off their debt to the nation" after sealing a "mega bucks" production deal with us streaming service netflix. and that has been used for the past few days. been news. and one of the most—watched videos over on the bbc news website tells the story of a group of amateur botanists, known as the ‘rebel botanists', who have started a mission to label so—called weeds on verges and pavements. i like how they call them so—called weeds. if you are anti- weed, yes. yesterday we were talking about

novak djokovic for all the wrong reasons and today, we have the footballers. mason and phil who have been sent home from the england camp who are due to play denmark tonight but these two have been sent home for breaching all the quarantine rules. young stars sent home after sneaking two icelandic girls into their hotel rooms. a difficult few weeks therefore gareth southgate with the harry mcguire situation and these two now and sally will be looking at this through the morning for us. i love a story about the lottery but is a mystery. someone has won, or have they won, £57 millionjack. has won, or have they won, £57 million jack. they came has won, or have they won, £57 millionjack. they came forward to claim the prize on march 17 in april so they left it for a bit of time and the ticket was purchased somewhere in ayrshire. if they get that jack what it would make them

richer than world cup winning footballers such as paul pogba. but the operator has been unable to validate the tickets. someone has got a ticket but it is unable to be validated. i don't know what went wrong. there is speculation including that it could be damaged or have been lost. they have five days to sort it. this i don't know how you would validate a ticket if you lost it. anyway if they cannot validate it it will go to good causes at midnight on sunday.“ validate it it will go to good causes at midnight on sunday. if you are involved in this picture you would definitely put it up on a wall in your house. look at that. a full dolphin breach. a friendly dolphin makes friends

with a jet ski as he jumps a friendly dolphin makes friends with a jet ski as hejumps up a friendly dolphin makes friends with a jet ski as he jumps up for a quick chat of the south coast. this is called danny the dolphin. five feetin is called danny the dolphin. five feet in the air. it was taken by the instructor, steve hamilton, who took this incredible picture. it is rare for them to breach like that, especially that close. they are wild but they do enjoy spending time with theirfriends. but they do enjoy spending time with their friends. you will enjoy this one. this was the fa cup. have you seen that? i went to someone public —— someone parliament house. it has been sold and is tipped to fetch a lot of money. it looks absolutely beautiful. it is part of history as well. during lockdown i was during my football focus from home. i said to

my boss, could i haven't fa cup at home? they said, yes, thank you for that. they dropped it off at my house! it normally comes with a security guard. there were security guards who were brilliant. take care of it... they left it with you? i have the fa cup in my house for four hours! it was magnificent. whenever it comes in here, it is heavily guarded, you can't touch it... no outside and they were watching over everything and i am glad that only somewhat in the world trust me to take care of something important. brilliant! the theatre impresario andrew lloyd webber will today ask the government to do more to help the performing arts industry survive the impact of the lockdown. most theatres remain closed because current social distancing rules mean audiences would be too small to turn a profit. hopefully we can speak to nina in liverpool and tell us more. good

morning. good morning. it is so wonderful to be back in a theatre, the smell, the atmosphere, i have that tummy anything when i came in. it is not just that tummy anything when i came in. it is notjust any that tummy anything when i came in. it is not just any theatre. that tummy anything when i came in. it is notjust any theatre. it is liveable, really is english and i have treaded the boards here. matthew kelly, pete postlethwaite, many of the greats. but this theatre alone they estimate they have lost around £1 million in revenue since march. have a look at the stage here. has been exactly this way since march when they had to shut down midway through. they haven't got staff into movies while maintaining social distancing and they haven't been able to reopen since august 15, senators have been allowed to reopen, but they will only generate around 25%. many are saying it is not sustainable. the government have set up the weekend they want theatre is back on track.

nina... you are doing a greatjob, but we can't hear all of it. we have to leave you there. she is still talking, bless her. we will be back with you a little later. we will sort it out. we will try and fix whatever is not working later. a few sound issues there. we will work it out for you and we will be back at liverpool in a. the manchester united footballer marcus rashford helped to make sure that thousands of children didn't go hungry over the summer holidays, but new figures released today show there is still much work to be done. a survey has revealed that more than 6 million people have suffered from a lack of food at some point in the last six months, and marcus's child food poverty task force is calling for the government to take immediate action. breakfast‘s graham satchell reports. i have heard some real horror stories for want of a better word in connection with people going hungry. ifi connection with people going hungry. if i think about my finances, i

would say it is pretty tough. simone has struggled through lockdown money is tight. she is a full—time student from a law degree and a single mum. i buy things that stretch and die by ingredients that can be versatile and have a long life, like pasta and rice, etc. and meals that stretch over more than one day. simone is not alone. new figures today from the charity the foundation show 1a% of adults living with children say they experienced modest —— moderate orfood they experienced modest —— moderate or food insecurity in the last few months including put 2.3 million children. i also found 12% of adults living with children said they had skipped meals because they couldn't afford food in the last six months. i feel like at times people are looked down on if they are somebody to help, and in this generation we are in, that is one thing that

should change. marcus rashford's campaigning over look down has put food poverty on the political agenda. talking openly about his own experiences as a child helped change government policy. a food voucher scheme was extended through the summer holiday for those entitled to free school meals. the scheme was a huge benefit to simone and her ten—year—old son malachi. it gave heran ten—year—old son malachi. it gave her an extra £15 a week to spend at the supermarket. it was excellent and was really good, and really easy to put in place. i thought... i was worried. i would take it down there and it wouldn't work and that would be quite embarrassing, but, oh, very smooth from beginning to end. we are spending more time at home, so you know you are using more resources such as gas and electric, so it kind of eased the worries in connection with the extra expenditure in connection with food. malachi also

hugely appreciative of rashford's campaigning and the voucher scheme. i think it is great and i have never really experienced anything like not enough food or anything. i think it is right well. for your physical health to keep in shape, not get fat on there any diseases and even mentally, if you don't eat well, could start... something could happen, but i think eating healthy and keeping it balanced is a good way to live. get it! oh! marcus rashford's food poverty task force now wa nts rashford's food poverty task force now wants free school meals to be extended to anyone on universal benefits. the government in westminster says they have taken substantial action to make sure children don't go hungry through the pandemic and will consider the task force's recommendations at the next spending review. simone and malachi arejust one mother spending review. simone and malachi are just one mother and son among millions struggling to make ends meet. who will be watching government policy closely in the

coming months. the larger study of robots and care facilities have shown you can avert mental health and well—being of residents. universities found robots we re residents. universities found robots were culturally competent, and the report from bbc contains filming carried out before lockdown restrictions in care homes. hello, peter. in a care home in bedfordshire. .. pete peter. in a care home in bedfordshire... pete the human and pepper of the robot have become friends. nice to see you again. tell me what was the most difficult thing that you and your family had to go through during the second world war. well,... pepper has been programmed to play games or music, ask about meals, organise close —— phone calls to relatives. but most importantly, she is a great listener. also one inc i thought a doodle bug. thank you for sharing this with me. interesting to know

more about you. in the jargon, pepper is a culturally aware robot. do you feel that pepper is your friend? all that i am with him, yes. really? yes. you don't think that is a bit odd, having a robot as a friend? well, life can be a bit odd sometimes. especially the older you get! the idea that a computer would bea get! the idea that a computer would be a carer feels, get! the idea that a computer would be a carerfeels, well... alien. but an academic evaluation suggests that robots actually can do a pretty good job. i was a bit too keen on modern jazz. they view the robot almost as a person under the two weeks, they didn'tjust see a person under the two weeks, they didn't just see it a person under the two weeks, they didn'tjust see it as a person under the two weeks, they didn't just see it as a tool or a robot. they saw it as something that they could really connect with. hello, mark. the pandemic has changed human interactions in the ca re changed human interactions in the care home since we filmed, but pepper ever needs to wear ppe. a machine really understand compassion? i am just

machine really understand compassion? i amjust a machine. the participants found me to be compassionate and that is what matters. we cannot say that the robot is feeling real emotion or wants to occur, but what is very important is that the perception people have, so where you see the robot, you will see something that will behave as if it cares about you. alexa, answer from door. demand for care services is increasing in the system is struggling to cope. it can artificial intelligence ever offer a real relationship? what if you people get anxious that we are thinking of replacing carers. that is absolutely not the case. it is how can we use the technology to make our care staff more effective and efficient? in the technology is there to support us in doing so. and efficient? in the technology is there to support us in doing solj hope there to support us in doing sol hope you have fun together. we like to believe that empathy is a human trait. the troubling it may be, it appears some robots are actually more caring than some people. mark

easton, bbc news. that is a pretty deep thought, isn't it. yesterday the paper is not like the —— yesterday in the paper, those waiters. it is good that it lessens. what about real jobs? waiters. it is good that it lessens. what about realjobs? that is a good point. still to come on breakfast: we'll hear more about a family making waves in the world of waterskiing as three siblings — tilly, ben and seb turp — have all been selected to represent great britain in the sport. look at that! wait for a... it cuts out before they land! dma. also, a bit later, we are going to see hopefully live on breakfast television a surfing dog. come on! got to be the favourite story. it is the dog trained to surf. a therapy dog. it knows how to surf. remarkable. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. see you in a few minutes. good morning. i'm asad ahmad. a private members club in soho, which helps the homeless and boasts clientele including actor peter capaldi and singer jarvis cocker, says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to increase the problem. the house of st barnabas trains homeless people to find jobs. but they fear that covid's impact on the hospitality sector will cause large—scale unemployment and risk more people losing their homes. i think there is a significant cliff edge coming and we are optimistic here at the house that people do still want a connection to other people and that community is more important than ever.

the widow of thames valley police constable andrew harper is pushing for cross—party support over her campaign for life sentences for those who kill emergency services workers. lissie harper is meeting politicians this week after her 28—year—old husband died last year when he was dragged behind a car in berkshire whilst on duty, causing his death. the pandemic has caused live music to suffer as gigs across london have been cancelled overnight for nearly six months now. so a musician from east london has found a way of drawing attention to herself in a bright yellow van and take her music on the road. she says it may have also helped lift the gloom of the past few months for people who may have been struggling. i wanted this to be the sunshine truck and bring some light and flower power and positivity into people's life so when they see it, i wa nt people's life so when they see it, i want people to smile like this. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning apart from a planned closure on the waterloo

and city line. 0nto the roads: there are roadworks on wandsworth bridge. that's going to get busy this morning as traffic diverts onto it from vauxhall bridge, which is currently closed. so expect long delays. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. the first thing you will notice about today is the temperature, feeling very warm, quite sticky and humid. that comes the cloud. it will be a rather grey day all in all. you can it hangs around from it. we do have a westerly breeze break the cloud up a little this afternoon. 0ne westerly breeze break the cloud up a little this afternoon. one or two sunny spells in which case the temperature could get warmer, but temperatures widely around 23 celsius. 0vernight tonight we hang onto this very humid quite uncomfortable our actually in the cloud of course. could see some missing this out by dauntless, the

temperature mid teens celsius. quite uncomfortable sleeping. a similar day tomorrow, quite a lot of cloud temperatures again into the low 20s. but thursday we could see a cold front moving through bringing fresh airso it will front moving through bringing fresh air so it will feel a little bit cooler, we lose the humidity but we gain some sunshine and some blue sky. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. it's harvest time but the wet weather is making things tricky for potato growers. we've sentjohn maguire to a spud farm to do some digging — he'll tell us more in 20 minutes. dust off your trainers — because parkrun is coming back next month, in england at least. we'll be talking to one of the organisers about how they plan to keep runners and volunteers safe. and from acorn antiques to bridgetjones,

celia imrie has been entertaining us on stage and screen for the last five decades. celia willjoin us for a chatjust after half—past eight. let's return to our top story now and that warning from england's deputy chief medical officer, professor jonathan van—tam that people have "relaxed too much" when it comes to covid—19 precautions. we can get another medical view on this from one of our breakfast gps, dr rachel ward. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. firstly we have seen this rise in cases of people testing positive. have you found that where you are? over the summer i noticed that i was not really getting any positive swab tests coming in because we now get sent a copy of all the results that people are tested for and i have noticed

recently that we are starting to see a steady stream of positive results coming in again. can you give us an idea of the age group of those positive results? this we have a population of 15,000 so it is difficult to read a trend in that number. but in my area of 0xfordshire there is definitely an increase in numbers in 18—29 —year—old category which follows the national trend. how concerned are you by those increased numbers and how does it affect those who have been infected? i have to say that young people we know are low risk when it comes to coronavirus and low risk of getting a nasty infection. soiam risk of getting a nasty infection. so i am not aware of any of our patients being fitted but we are looking across the world now and we do not know how this will play out and we are looking at countries, we

have always had concerns about winter and the pressures we face in winter and the pressures we face in winter and the pressures we face in winter and if we get an increase we will struggle and we are now looking at places like france that seem to bea at places like france that seem to be a few weeks ahead of us and they have followed the pattern of increasing numbers and low hospital admissions but that all seems to be picking up again and certainly they are seeing more people in hospital, more icu admissions so we follow —— are worried we will follow that trend. there seems to be an increase among the young population but that comes back to older people again. yes, that is the concern. at the moment it seems to be the young population who are out and about more and returning to work and our elder population have learnt to be cautious and they are protecting themselves quite well. however, as themselves quite well. however, as the infection rates increase and the virus is more prevalent in our community again that is when we are worried that the older people will

be open for did —— affected. worried that the older people will be open for did -- affected. will people be able to get tested? we have heard a lot over the last few days that people can be tested but there seems to be problems with people getting it locally and for some people that is fine, they can travel no worries. but for others thatis travel no worries. but for others that is a real problem if you do not have transport or you have to pay a lot of money to take transport and if you possibly do have coronavirus you cannot go on public transport. so it is very difficult. it is a mixed picture. in some areas where there is an increased number, there have been additional pop—up testing centres which is useful but that does not represent the whole country. and how do you as gps prepare? given you have seen in a peak in the number of cases are you preparing differently? we are co nsta ntly preparing differently? we are constantly reviewing how we manage things. 0ur clinic has been a

movable feast throughout this. at the moment we are not seeing many people but we are prepared for it to be fully up and running again and, of course, we're also a lot of time in planning into ourflu immunisation at the moment because that will be critical to keep our population well. great to talk to you and thank you for taking the time. will show you use the front and back pages earlier and they are devoting time to fill foden and mason greenwood who have gotten themselves into an situation and left gareth southgate talking once again about non— football managers. it is like being a headmaster at the moment, who would wa nt to headmaster at the moment, who would want to be an english football manager?! phil foden has issued a statement apologising for his behaviour after he and mason greenwood breached quarantine rules for allegedly meeting two women at the team hotel following the win in iceland at the weekend, with both players sent

home. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. they are two of england's best young stars, both making senior debuts at the weekend but instead of looking forward to another, fill foden and mason greenwood have been kicked out of the squad in this case, the fa investigating after media reports they allegedly met two women at the tea m they allegedly met two women at the team hotel in iceland after their win. it was brought to my attention that two boys have broken the covid—19 guidelines in terms of our secure bubble and so we had to decide quickly that they could not have any interaction with the team. nothing has happened in the areas that we occupy in the hotel. having been excluded from training for what the fa called an unacceptable breach, foden and greenwood remained

in reykjavik while there teammates flew to copenhagen for the next match. both players also find by the local police. it is a very serious situation and i am trying to take a lot of information in. obviously they have been naive. in a statement, foden apologised for what he called a poor decision and failed to learn a valuable lesson from this error injudgement. to learn a valuable lesson from this error in judgement. manchester united said they were disappointed with the actions of raising greenwood over the situation and the clu b greenwood over the situation and the club will make a decision on his eligibility to return to training in due course. greenwood and foden have been absolutely irresponsible and have let the squad down, let the fa ns have let the squad down, let the fans down who were delighted that they were in the squad and that gareth southgate would be disappointed and gareth must be livid. england have already axed defender harry maguire for one off field controversy after another,

questions are being asked about a tea m questions are being asked about a team known for its talent increasingly for trouble as well. scotland are top of their nations league group after beating a makeshift czech republic side 2—1. the czechs were forced to completely change their squad after several players tested positive for covid—19, despite that they still went ahead through jakub pesek. but scotland came from behind to take the points with a first international goal for lyndon dykes here, followed by a ryan christie penalty. but northern ireland were thrashed 5—1 by norway. erling haaland was the star of the show as the norwegians inflicted a heavy defeat in new manager ian baraclough's first home game in charge. haaland struck in each half. northern ireland are bottom of their group. meanwhile, serena williams continues her quest for a record equalling 2ath grand slam title. she reached the quarters

with a 3—set victory over 15th seed maria sakkari of greece. and before i go, just time to tell you that novak college has issued an overnight statement asking people to bea overnight statement asking people to be a little more kind to the line judge. he was knocked out of the us open on sunday after he hit a ball that hit a line judge open on sunday after he hit a ball that hit a linejudge in the neck and she was shocked about that and he has appealed overnight for people to be more supportive and caring towards her because she has been receiving threats online which has been deeply unpleasant. he is urging people to be kind, it was an accident dig there are some falls out there, aren't they? this which end of the sports bulletin are you talking about? andrew lloyd webber will today ask the government to do more to help performing arts industry survived the impact of lockdown. most theatres remain closed because

current social distancing rules mean audiences will be too small to turn audiences will be too small to turn a profit. nina is in liverpool and can hopefully tell us more and, hopefully, the technique will work for us this morning. good morning. asi for us this morning. good morning. as i was saying earlier before the gremlins got the better of us, look at this picture of some of the actors who have trodden the boards. you can see that. julia walters, bill meyer, matthew kelly, some of the greats and we also have footage here of pete postlethwaite who has also been on stage here. local theatres are really important and they matter follows a is who start out but also for local communities in this theatre alone estimates already through the pandemic they have lost around £1 million. since august 15 theatres have been allowed to reopen but look, imagine if there was to me to distancing tween each seat here. like many theatres across the country they could only generate

about one quarter of revenue. they need 80% of bottoms on seats in order to make production sustainable. so at the weekend the government said that we want things back to normal by christmas, by pantomime season and some measures that may be brought in i think such as increased ventilation, may be on the day testing if that is ready in time but also things like the eat out to help out scheme that is just wrapped up. seat out to help up where they will. .. wrapped up. seat out to help up where they will... and they will be reimbursed. so how hard has been for people who work? we can chat with natasha here how are you on however things been since march?m natasha here how are you on however things been since march? it has been really difficult. in march i had a few different jobs lined up and then they were either cancelled or put on hold and the biggest concern was the lack of information we were getting from the government about when we could work again and when we could start to go into theatres and

freelancers make up about 80% of the creative industries so that is a lot of people do not know when they can make work again to they have to wait it out and there are many of us who cannot afford to do that so it has been stressful. it is the not knowing. the government would say we introduced a furlough scheme and support grants for businesses and individuals, 1.5 william £1.5 billion into the arts. are you seeing any of that? people don't get furlough all the benefits and that money from the government, as soon as that has gone to venues and heritage sites, that will not filter through to freelance workers so we're still waiting and not getting any money to help us. and it would be too late for some jobs. there is speculation about the seat out to help out scheme encouraging people to re—enter theatres. how much difference would that make was to

mark it would massive. during lockdown, people relied on the arts to get them through, they were watching films and television and watching films and television and watching online and theatre shows so it isa watching online and theatre shows so it is a chance to give back to the creative arts and have people come and support these freelancers who are waiting to work again. and support these freelancers who are waiting to work againm and support these freelancers who are waiting to work again. it would make a huge difference. the team here earlier was saying that many regulars want to financially support because it is a key part of the community and that is the case across the country to to get it has been amazing. the support from local to love this theatre or the local organisations has been brilliant and i think they could encourage people who are a bit nervous about going outdoors again going to the theatre, if more people can be encouraged to come in that would be fantastic. if more people can be encouraged to come in that would be fantasticm isa come in that would be fantasticm is a lot about confidence, isn't it? we will chat to you later on. so when you think about it, it is about confidence in getting people back inside but there is no real meat on the bones of this proposal audio

drops cameron mackintosh and andrew lloyd webber will later be giving evidence to the government about why this matters. we did here... a few technical issues there but thank you, nina. microphones! never mind. tuesday morning and almost one -- 6a0 —— 6a0 five. raising one child who represents their country at a sport is a great achievement. but having three? that takes things to a whole new level. siblings ben, tilly and seb turp have all been selected for the great britain water ski squad. tom williams went to meet them. meet the turps. then, to leanne stabb. waterskiing is there life. they live at gosford lake in essex. ben is the oldest at 20 and he began

asa ben is the oldest at 20 and he began as a toddler to all three are very much at home on the water. now that really is showing off. i do try. how much time and effort has gone into making something so difficult look so easy? a lot of time on the water is key. i spend most of my days out here on the lake. three or four sessions a day if i can, 15 miss —— 15 minute sessions each. it doesn't sound like a lot but the body does get tired. all three have been selected for the british waterski squad in their age categories to it has never happened in britain before. it maintains a strong family tradition following in the footsteps, or water skis, of tradition following in the footsteps, orwaterskis, of their grandfather and their father who also represented their country. can you tell there are going to be good from a very early age? it is up to them how good there. you can only offer them the opportunity. do you worry about the dangers? jumping worries me a little bit. they are

children, obviously, but they train properly, work hard, they are fit and strong and we minimise the chance of injury. in waterskiing there are three main disciplines, slay limb, tricks and dumping. —— slalom. this involves ski uses —— skiers reaching speeds of up to 70 mph. it is all about distance. only 12 —year—olds do you know can do that? and he has only beenjumping for one year. it is a lot of fun to just fly and feel the air underneath you. this it is very hard, you need the balance and the skill to do it. presumably you have to get it wrong a few times to get it right. absolutely. i have fallen off a few times and that has only made me better. i am still here and falling off today. ben is now also coaching his younger brother and sister. it is such an adrenaline rush. you

cannot compare it to anything else. it is family time, definitely something that we really appreciate. ben has already shone on the international stage, flipping and spinning his way to team gold at the under 21 world championships. it is not an olympic sport so it does not get much coverage but as the trio of turps turn on the style they are hoping to change that. can you want to see? ican! i can you want to see? i can! i used to be better than i am now. i used to be able to waterski. you would be annoyingly naturally good at it if you did it again. probably. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is really fun. he is actually a former olympic waterski are. i don't like to talk about it to be honest. nice, clean through the water like this. a pretty mild start out there to your tuesday morning and the good news is today is not

quite as wet as yesterday. there will be a lot of cloud around and drizzle in the west. if you are going outdoors, take a look. some of the temperatures out there at the moment are around 16, 17 degrees around southern parts of the country. 13 and 1a further north. plenty of cloud around, misty over the hills. a bit of sunshine to the east. a bit more sunshine here and there especially across eastern areas in the afternoon. turning weather in the far north—west of scotland. temperatures after a mild start are pretty warm. 25 degrees and some of the right response. sunshine east of wales parts of lincolnshire, yorkshire and the south—east. drizzle in the west, heavy rain into the highlands on the islands as we go through the ceiling in the rain will eventually spread into northern ireland as well. through the night pushing south and turning lighter in northern england, north wales and north midlands. a

bit of a difference tonight, temperatures could drop into single figures so a cooler night here and another mild one, a mild start wednesday morning across the south. south of this weather front, it will produce a bit of patchy rain and drizzle but introduce fresh air in from the north and the west. still nice enough where you have sunshine, and tomorrow there will be more sunshine for scotland, northern ireland and england. one or two showers. cloud across southern areas, patchy rain and western parts. temperatures around 20 degrees. you will see temperatures in the teens tomorrow. nice enough where you have the sunshine. i will have more later. see you later on. one group of people who'll be keeping a particularly keen eye on the weather at the moment are farmers. it's harvest time, and while some crops have had a bumper year, others are in short supply. john maguire is at a potato farm to tell us more.

good morning, john. good morning. hgppy good morning, john. good morning. happy birthday, by the way. farmers are glued to the weather. they will be hanging on your every word. that is always the case. we don'tjust say make hay while the sun shines for no reason. the weather is so important to agriculture. this year has been a very strange year weatherwise. all sorts of issues have created different issues for different crops, different types of farmers. for example, on the serial farm, in penkridge, they are thinking that crop yield will be down considerably —— cereal. maybe the worst cereal yield in a0 years. let's fly the drone about a0 minutes south and look at what has been happening with potatoes and contrast them to apples. a driver is a great

day for harvesting potatoes. may be one of our most loved and was versatile foods, but spuds don't like extreme weather —— a dry day. steady growing season, not too wet and not too dry. that hasn't helped. if you qualities, not too bad, and when we come to harvest, the machines, we need good condition so we can transport the potatoes up through the machines without damaging them and also some of the equipment can travel without getting bogged down. michael adams and his family produce around 7500 tons of potatoes each year. they farm on the border of staffordshire and shropshire. recent wet weather has met have to be very flexible. what has this harvest been like so far? testing i think is the key word for that. having every opportunity we can to harvest, not saying no to orders when we are asked for orders.

yeah, just keeping an eye on the weather. we are totally weather dependent and that is out of our control. very challenging. what is happening? nigel shows me what can happening? nigel shows me what can happen when the ground gets deluged. this is typical of a little bit where we had too much water, too much rain, it has run naturally down the field. a slight undulation in the field. a slight undulation in the field. a slight undulation in the field and the potatoes have grown higher and because of that we have some light on greening and they are stockfeed. a different crop and are stockfeed. a different crop and a different story. the trees in this national trust orchard in cornwall are straining under the weight of fruit. so this is cornish pine and this is one of the many varieties we have here, we have 125 varieties within the orchard here. this is a great one, quite a thick greasy

skin, and the aftertaste is a bit like pineapple so the great thing with this range of varieties is each is very different. it is a wonderful thing to try. for these apples, 2020 isa thing to try. for these apples, 2020 is a good year. lots of sunshine during the blossoms it has been really good for them, all the apples have pollinated really well, and with all the rain during summer it has helped the apples to swell and get bigger so it will be a good harvest we hope. they may be expecting a bumper crop, but covid—19 means not enough staff and volu nteers covid—19 means not enough staff and volunteers to help out so they are opening for pick your own. the plan is that our visitors can come in, buy a paper bag, and collect some apples from the orchard themselves. hopefully the money that will be able to be reinvested back into the orchard and look after this going forward. another example of how farmers are having to adapt, improvise and diversify to cope with uncertainty, adverse weather and a changing climate.

back on the farm in staffordshire, getan back on the farm in staffordshire, get an idea i think looking at the different colours, the different patches of the koppio, richard, good morning. the county chairman for the nfu, but this is your farm. morning. the county chairman for the nfu, but this is yourfarm. tell us what is going on. why have we got these different... they look like a different crop. we know it is weight. good morning. thank you very much. this is a prime example in this field, we had a wet autumn and winter, so we planned what we could in the autumn. this crop was planted in november and you will see plenty of grains there and it is fantastic quality. but the problem is 30% of the crop failed and passed of this field failed. we find that the other parts of the field in february and you can see the grain here, there is no weight in those grains essentially. the quality is very

bad. so it was dry and we had to abort. what you have to do as a farmer, as an industry then to cope with climate change? we have other things this year, covid—19 on top of everything else. how do you adapt to these changes in probably what will be changes for the rest of your career? exactly. it is a massive challenge and the extremes we are facing, one extreme to the other. i think really we can only do what we can do. we are here now in september, this crop should have been harvested by now and the next crop should be planted as well. we knew it would be a bad year but the challenge is even worse next year if we can't get this crop turnaround. back to british farming days is an issue that has been going for five yea rs, issue that has been going for five years, justifying —— show farming contributes a lot of money to the economy, employs a million people, going into autumn and mps making massive trade deals and looking at the agriculture bill as well, we

need to make sure farming is definitely heard in a lot of conversations and a lot of decisions. thank you. we have talked for yea rs decisions. thank you. we have talked for years about diversification, flexibility, farmers are used to changing practices because of the weather. those trainers will need to be more fundamental for generations to come. back to you. lovely to see the live harvesting here on request as well. thank you. it looks beautiful this morning. we will be back withjohn later this morning. if you're a regular breakfast viewer, you'll know we love to feature therapy dogs. we've seen them at work in hospitals, care homes and even helping children learn to read. now, we're going to show you one who works in a rather more high—octane setting. look at this! this is scooter. he's a poodle—cross, a therapy dog, and as you may have noticed, he can surf. our reporterjames ingham joins us now from sussex, along with scooter and his owner kirsty. morning, james. good morning. yes, what could be

more calming than the wide open ocean, looking fantastic. when you combine that with a therapeutic effects of a dog and particularly scooter, you have the perfect combination, one that kirsty has found helping her ptsd. tell us how you managed to get your dog on a surfboard. with a lot of patience and starting off in the back garden, it has taken a year to get to this point, but he was a therapy dog for the last three years and then when i got diagnosed with ptsd earlier this year, i had a lightbulb moment and thought why can't i combine my love of surfing and his therapy work, and with the blue therapy of the ocean and start doing surface therapy. fantastic. in just a and start doing surface therapy. fantastic. injust a little and start doing surface therapy. fantastic. in just a little over an hour here, we will see him hopefully surfing. if conditions are right, yes. brilliant. we will stay tuned for that. we love the blue haircut.

thank you very much indeed. scooter is so remarkably calm, isn't he? absolutely wonderful. we will see him hopefully if the surf is right a little later. iam little later. i am intrigued little later. iam intrigued by little later. i am intrigued by the approach mohawk! more on that later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i'm asad ahmad. a private members club in soho which helps the homeless and boasts clientele including actor peter capaldi and singer jarvis cocker says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to increase london's homeless problem. the house of st barnabas trains vulnerable people to find jobs. but they fear covid impact will cause large—scale unemployment and uncertainty. i really need a job otherwise that since within me of purpose goes. and

then what do i do? i understand... we are all on this knife edge. the widow of thames valley police constable andrew harper is pushing for cross—party support over her campaign for life sentences for those who kill emergency services workers. lissie harper is meeting politicians this week after her 28—year—old husband died last year when he was dragged behind a car in berkshire whilst on duty, causing his death. the pandemic has caused live music to suffer as gigs across london have been cancelled overnight for nearly six months now. so a musician from east london has found a way of drawing attention to herself in a bright yellow van and take her music on the road. she says it may have also helped lift the gloom of the past few months for people who may have been struggling day—to—day. i wanted this truck to be the sunshine truck and bring some light and flower power and positivity into people's life so when they see it,

i want people to smile like this. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes apart from a planned closure on the waterloo and city line. onto the roads: there are roadworks on wandsworth bridge. that's going to get busy this morning as traffic diverts onto it from vauxhall bridge, which is currently closed. so expect long delays. and in south london, brixton road is partly blocked because of water works near the prison. now, the weather with kate. good morning. well, the first thing you're going to notice about today is the temperature. it is feeling very warm, quite sticky and humid. and with that comes the cloud. it is going to be a rather grey day all in all. you can see it hangs around for much of it. now, we do have a westerly breeze, and that could just start to break the cloud up a little this afternoon. could see one or two sunny spells, in which case the temperature

could get a little warmer, but temperatures widely getting up to around 23 celsius. now, overnight tonight, we hang on to this very humid, quite uncomfortable air, actually, and the cloud of course. again, could see a bit of mistiness out there by dawn tomorrow morning, the minimum temperature mid teens celsius, around 15 or 16 celsius, so, again, quite uncomfortable sleeping. now, we've got a similar day tomorrow, still quite a lot of cloud, and temperatures again get up into the low 20s. but come thursday, we can see a cold front moving through. it brings some fresher air, so it is going to feel a little bit cooler, we lose the humidity, but we do gain some sunshine and some blue sky. the breakfast show is about to start on the radio. she is on until ten o'clock. goodbye for now. this good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: one of england's most senior medical advisers says he's greatly concerned about a rise in coronavirus cases in the past few days.

if we don't take this incredibly seriously from this point in we are going to have a bumpy ride over the next few months. in wales, caerphilly becomes the first county to go into a local lockdown after recent figures show it has one of the highest number of cases in the uk. more than a million people in scotland are now subject to tougher restrictions after they were extended to two more areas overnight. england's phil foden has apologised and says he'll learn a "valuable lesson" after he and mason greenwood are sent home for breaching quarantine rules ahead of tonight's game in denmark. and in whether you will not need a warm jacket this morning. a humid start across the country and after the sunshine comes up, a warm afternoon in store. all the details here on breakfast. it's tuesday the eighth

of september. our top story. start taking coronavirus seriously orface a "bumpy ride" ahead — that's the warning from england's deputy chief medical officer following the uk's highest number of daily cases since may. professorjonathan van tam said people had relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. charlotte gallagher reports. coronavirus has turned lives upside down and there is a stark warning that the threat remains a serious one. this has not gone away. this is a virus we are going to have to live with and if we're not careful, if we do not take this incredibly seriously from this point in, we're going to have a bumpy ride the next few months. he says people not following social distancing guideline are primarily behind the rise. figures for england show the virus has spread more quickly among younger people. early in august, just over 21% of new coronavirus cases

were in their 20s. the following week that went up to 25%. the week after it was 29% and it stayed at about that same level. stricter measures are being introduced in some areas. here in caerphilly, a rampant rise means a local lockdown is coming into force. from six o'clock this evening, no—one will be able to leave or enter this borough without good reason. the local lockdown measures for caerphilly are that we will ask everyone to wear face masks in indoors settings and we will be asking people, telling people that extended household arrangements are coming to an end within the caerphilly county borough and we are also introducing travel restrictions. feelings are mixed. it is good. it is good to react early

to this and to be cautious. there is no reason. nhs is fine. we had a lockdown to stop the nhs being overloaded. and it is notjust this area causing concern. in the west of scotland, restrictions have now been expanded to east dunbartonshire. also, council leaders in north—east england say they are concerned about the rising number of coronavirus cases in young adult. politicians in areas such as sunderland, newcastle and county durham say people are being reckless and selfish. there is alarm about this new spike in cases. so officials hope the warnings will be a major wake—up call. we'll bejoined by the housing secretary, robertjenrick, in around 25 minutes. seven greek islands —

including crete and mykonos — have been added to the government's list of destinations which will now require a period of self—isolation on return to england. the rest of greece remains open to quarantine—free travel after the transport secretary, grant shapps, announced that he now has sufficient data to avoid making blanket restrictions on entire countries. wales introduced a similar restriction last week but in scotland, the order applies to all of greece. uk and eu negotiators will meet in london today to resume talks for a post—brexit trade deal. it comes after the prime minister borisjohnson pledged to walk away from the table if no agreement is reached by october 15th. our political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. so many discussions and so important. what chances are of some sort of compromise? both sides say an agreement can be reached but there are a couple of major sticking points and i suppose the bad news is

that they are sticking points that have consistently been there for the last seven rounds of talks. one is fishing and how much access should eu fishermen have to fish in british waters. the uk says that they are our waters and it needs to be recognised and they want annual rent negotiations of and things like that. the other is on competition and specifically around the government of the uk's ability to subsidise industries here because they are failing or want to give them a boost and the eu ‘s position is that it does not want a competitor with access to its markets on its doorstep because we are so close with businesses perhaps then having an unfair advantage. uk has said that the eu is asking for things it has not asked other countries for and it is not sufficiently recognising that the uk is no longer a member's date and not bound by the rules and that has been the consistent message from the uk

side, the stumbling block from their perspective is that they do not believe the eu has consistently recognised the uk's independence and the chief negotiator saying they need to see more realism from the eu about our status as an independent country. employers in the uk planned more than 300,000 redundancies injune and july as the pandemic took its toll on the workplace — that's according to figures obtained by the bbc. it's more than six times as many posts as businesses were planning to axe during the same period last year. a spokesman for the government said that it had already protected more than nine million jobs through itsjob retention scheme. up to £3.5 billion may have been claimed fraudulently — or paid out in error — from the government's furlough scheme, according to the head of hm revenue and customs. jim harra told a committee of mps that as much as 10% of the £35 billion already awarded, could have been claimed unlawfully. the government said it was committed to recovering money for the taxpayer.

a teenage boy remains critically ill in hospital after he was shot while walking to school. the 15—year—old was on his way to kesgrave high school near ipswich, in suffolk, when the attack took place yesterday morning. police have arrested a 15—year—old boy on suspicion of attempted murder. strong winds and extreme heat are threatening efforts to contain more than 20 wildfires which are now burning out of control across the us state of california. forecasters have warned of more challenging conditions today after temperatures soared to a record high of a9 degrees celsius over the weekend. more than 2 million acres of land have already been affected, making it the worst wildfire season in history. some extreme temperatures there. let's have a look at what is happening in the uk with matt. let's have a look at what is happening in the uk with mattl promise you i would find you some

birthday sunshine, louise and there it is on the horizon. this was aberdeen at a short time ago stop not a lot of sunshine around this morning but plenty of crowd for the vast majority. if you are stepping outdoors you will notice it is mild and humid out there this morning. looking at some of the temperatures out side, they reach the upper teens across england and wales. still a mild start and plenty of cloud, cloud on the west thickening up for patchy light rain and drizzle throughout today and something a little wetter into the far north—west of scotland later as the breeze picks up some foremost it is a day of light wind and when you see the sunshine it will warm this afternoon with temperatures up to 23, 20 five degrees. breaks in the cloud across eastern parts of england and eastern scotland. till grey and misty around the hills and coast further west, but this is

where we will see wet conditions, north of loch lamont and into orkney. that heavy rain will gradually work south as it goes through the evening and scotland and northern ireland into northern england and north wales by dawn and tomorrow, another mild start across the south, fresher further north but a bit more sunshine around as well to act to you i shall go look for my birthday sunshine a bit later. as far as a panicked birthday present, a picture of sunshine in aberdeenshire is not that good. i do think it is better thana that good. i do think it is better than a used coffee mug, dan. there is an emergency gift coming her way! you know when you enter a conversation and you realise it was a bad idea? ithink thatjust happened happy birthday, by the

way. coronavirus has now killed more than a1,500 people in the uk, the vast majority of them adults. but while the virus appears to pose no great physical threat to children, its knock—on effect on their mental health is a different story. a new survey by public health england has revealed some worrying trends. over a third of the children and young people they spoke to feel more worried, sad or stressed than they did before the pandemic. more than two—thirds of parents say they've seen a change in their children's behaviour during that time. and more than half of them say their children's mental health has been their main concern over recent months. let's get more on this now from professor prathiba chitsabesan from nhs england. she's a consultant on children's mental health. and also from a dad, chris, who joins us with his son noah. good morning to you all. thank you for joining good morning to you all. thank you forjoining us. professor, what is your main concern at the moment

about young people and mental health? we know that covid-19 is having an impact on families, places and children so lives have been disrupt it over the last few months and a number of families and parents i talk to, i know there are concerns about the return to school in september. you mentioned a survey by public health england which showed that for many parents there biggest concern was the mental health of the child and many were looking for advice and information on how to support their child, particularly with the return to school. that is why the campaign by public health england is so important. the website that has been launched today provides a wealth of information, not just for young people provides a wealth of information, notjust for young people and pa rents notjust for young people and parents but also for other adults who support or work with young people, including people working in schools or the voluntary sector. i think it is important to stress the children's mental health is everybody‘s business.

children's mental health is everybody's business. over to chris and no—one now, good morning you both. noah is one of your three children. give us an idea about how your children of different ages have coped. like everybody, most parents i speak coped. like everybody, most parents ispeakto, coped. like everybody, most parents i speak to, it has been a challenge, particularly when we are trying to balance homework and homeschooling, never at the same time so the fact that kids are going back into full—time education is a really positive thing for families and for their well—being positive thing for families and for their well— being and mental positive thing for families and for their well—being and mental health. noah, who is 11, has done pretty well and coped well. my four—year—old last week was saying he just wants things to return to normal and i was saying this is normal. school is normal, being at home all the time with your parents, as much as we love it, that is a

blip. and then probably my eight—year—old son found that the most challenging because at that age you just want to be playing and running around with your friends and for him, most times when we see our friends, parents were telling them to stay two metres apart and give each other space so for them you could see was challenging, you could see that, really, lockdown and being away from friends and school did impact on his behaviour in terms of temper tantrums impact on his behaviour in terms of tempertantrums and impact on his behaviour in terms of temper tantrums and things like that. as a family we did quickly adjust and had to set our expectations at a different level to where they were before. you make a good point about the different ages of your boys, particularly, because it affects them differently. no, what have been your biggest concerns over the last few months? my biggest

concern is probably when i would go into the park and sometimes my friends would be there and we couldn't go or play or anything like that. because of covid. it makes it really tough for people. just up that thought. noah is 11. for children, this is a really difficult to understand, the social normal has been changed. they have indeed. i think it is really difficult for them to get back into very different routines. i know my children returned to school last week and were very excited about seeing their friends were sure what the new normal routine will be within school, within their social

bubbles. i guess that is why this campaign and this website is really helpful because there are lots of information there about how to support your child particular with that return to school. it was really interesting that chris was saying that with three children they were different with some of the stresses because i am seeing masses of children, the younger children may present with more regressed behaviours, older children really struggle with managing their emotions, difficulties with sleep or eating. but there are lots of helpful strategies that you can put into place. that is really helpful forfamilies to into place. that is really helpful for families to know. noah, i know you start secondary school on friday. what was it like for you to go back and start big school? well, because it was my first time there, it was going to be a big change

anyway. it was a bit weird because we all had face masks on, we had to put them on in corridors and everything. but once you understand or get into the schedule, it becomes a lot easier. and i thinkjust i think one of noah's biggest concerns was the fact that berber monday was off because it is all cold food at the moment unfortunately —— burger monday. there is a lot of changes for him and being a high school, and asa parent, for him and being a high school, and as a parent, when you see your son have his first day at high school and all the kids are coming up wearing face masks, i totally understand and support why we are doing it, but something in you as a pa re nt doing it, but something in you as a parent isa doing it, but something in you as a parent is a bit sad about seeing some of those things. chris, it is a

big change for parents, isn't it? they are going back to school. how are you coping with that?l they are going back to school. how are you coping with that? i think it has been mostly positive. on thursday and friday when we were at the primary school gates and quickly dropping the kids off and quickly coming away, you did see parents who looked a little bit brighter and a little bit happier than over the la st little bit happier than over the last few weeks. for us as a family, lockdown has been, by no news —— by no means has been bad. there has been some real positives. i totally understand the statistics that have come out of that and that is understandable. for us as a family we have tried to violent pockets of peace along the way, whether that is a dog walker a bike ride or being outside, and i think probably what we noticed most as a family is our environment is a real impact and effect on how we are with each other

and our mental health and our well—being. and our mental health and our well-being. has been great to hear from you all this morning. noah, you so much. it is always nervous when you are on tv live in the mornings. so thank you for telling us about what you have been going through and have a great day at school, and hopefully burger mondays returns as soon as possible. we all need our pockets of peace as well. thank you very much, everyone. the aviation and tourism industries are still trying to get back on their feet. but one major obstacle to that has been the blanket quarantine restrictions imposed on entire countries, even if their covid—19 outbreaks are hundreds of miles from tourist resorts. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has now said he'll impose more targeted restrictions. that means he'll allow separate rules for islands where levels of coronavirus are often markedly different to the mainland. let's take greece for example. seven greek islands have now been added to the quarantine list for people returning to england. they'll have to self—isolate for 1a days from early wednesday morning.

wales introduced similar restrictions last week. scotland, however, has imposed restrictions on the whole of greece. and northern ireland does not have greece on its quarantine list. so, the change would mean that tourists could go to areas such as the canary islands, which are part of spain, but have a much lower infection rate than the mainland, and not self—isolate on their return to england. if those rules were perhaps applied. not as yet. jonathan smith from the association of british travel agents joins us now, alongside pablo llenaris from the tourist board of gran canaria. good morning. thank you forjoining us. tableau, given what has happened with the greek islands, are you hopeful —— pablo. with the greek islands, are you hopeful -- pablo. i think with the greek islands, are you hopeful -- pablo. ithink this with the greek islands, are you hopeful -- pablo. i think this makes a difference when we have the past where i remember three weeks ago where i remember three weeks ago where we were in this interview and we had... we were very worried about having the safe corridor. now i

think the decision from the uk government, i think that we have had a window, it is not enough of course. we need more, this granting to be taken. it is something that is happening and we hope this is going to help for the canary islands, having again the decision from the uk market. the point you made before was that you have a different rate of infection on the islands than perhaps mainland spain. exactly. that is the point. that is the key. you cannot afford a full country, a total. you have to see exactly what is happening in the country, how great britain is happening in the economy, each regional part of the country. so that makes sense now, thatis country. so that makes sense now, that is for example in the canary islands, our rates are better than other parts of spain, it makes sense

that you can have a corridor, a safe corridorfrom the that you can have a corridor, a safe corridor from the uk that you can have a corridor, a safe corridorfrom the uk market. that you can have a corridor, a safe corridor from the uk market. what about from your perspective, jonathan? what does it mean for travellers? we welcome the announcement that the government will welcome islands separate from mainland. it will help places like the canaries if the travel restrictions change, it is a very popular destination with british travellers, especially going into late summer. it is fantastic whether they're well into the year. however, we do want them to look at landmasses as that of islands. if you think about some of our most important trading partners like the us, a huge landmass, so the next stage really is for the government to take an even more targeted approach when it comes to these measures. it is of course coming to the end of the traditional holiday season in the uk. is it too late for the travel industry? it is not too

late, no. ithink the travel industry? it is not too late, no. i think many members will be expecting people to be booking holidays late into the year given the lockdown restrictions we have had so far, and there are many destinations which are open for business which people can get good weather long into the year. our members will be very helpful that they will still be able to benefit from an elevated season. pablo, i assume negotiations are ongoing. what is the next step looking like from your perspective? our next step exactly what the travel industry saying right now. now we have the wintertime coming, the winter seasonis wintertime coming, the winter season is very important for us, we have a few destinations open in winter and the ca nary have a few destinations open in winter and the canary islands will be open. it is very important the uk government understands that this quarantine is not necessary, we are taking all the risk, all the tests, we are going to make tests at the

airport, going to make everyone feel safe in the canary islands in general. so the next step is to get out of this quarantine because it is not necessary, going to the canary islands. jonathan, we know not of different countries to test on arrival, and we know people are looking at that, you think that is likely to happen at any early stage? we work on that as well. we recognise that testing could be an important part of allowing people to travel to destinations with higher rates of infection than the uk. i made the example before about the us which, at the moment, does. how else are we going to be able to open up really important corridors with our economic partners without testing and a more regional approach to quarantine? these are something the government needs to look at. quickly before we go, there has been so many

changes. what is your advice to people who are still planning to try and get away on holiday?l people who are still planning to try and get away on holiday? i think it isa and get away on holiday? i think it is a difficult time for people looking to get away, but i think if people go in with an open mind about which destination they want to go to, they do their research, look online and the foreign advice and talk to a travel expert, then they can go into it knowing what to expect. there are restrictions in place and they are therefore our safety, so there are still a lot of options available, there are people going on holiday and having great experiences. my advice is to talk to an expert and do your research. thank you very much. we will be speaking to the housing minister about those travel corridors amongst other things. he will be with us in a few minutes. still to come on today's breakfast: dig out your trainers because parkrun is coming back next month, in england at least. we'll be talking to one of the organisers about how

they plan to keep runners and volunteers safe. i know so many people will be really pleased that parkrun is back. something in the papers today, these two, mason greenwood, the front page of the daily mirror, youngstar is sent home after sneaking two icelandic girls into their hotel room. the manager had to be speaking about this. england take on denmark tonight. the two have been sent home from the england camp. sally will be talking about that this morning. she is in in a few minutes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i'm asad ahmad. london's royal college of gps has told the bbc that much more nhs support is needed for people who remain ill for months

after suffering from coronavirus. the college is calling for a national network of "post—covid" clinics to help people who don't fully recover from symptoms. king's college london found tens of thousands of people reporting a continued illness after more than three months. nhs england said it's "rapidly expanding new rehab centres." the widow of thames valley police constable andrew harper is pushing for cross—party support over her campaign for life sentences for those who kill emergency services workers. lissie harper is meeting politicians this week after her 28—year—old husband died last year when he was dragged behind a car in berkshire whilst on duty after investigating a burglary. three men were covicted of manslaugher. the pandemic has caused live music to suffer as gigs across london have been cancelled overnight for nearly six months now. so a musician from east london has found a way of drawing attention to herself in a bright yellow van and take her music on the road.

she says it may have also helped lift the gloom of the past few months for people who may have been struggling day—to—day. i wanted this truck to be the sunshine truck and bring some light and flower power and positivity into people's life so when they see it, ijust want people to smile like this. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes apart from a planned closure on the waterloo and city line. onto the roads: it's very slow around vauxhall because vauxhall bridge is closed. it's not helped by london bridge and hammersmith bridge being closed too. and in south london, brixton road is partly blocked because of water works. now, the weather with kate. good morning. well, the first thing you're going to notice about today is the temperature.

it is feeling very warm, quite sticky and humid. and with that comes the cloud. it is going to be a rather grey day all in all. you can see it hangs around for much of it. now, we do have a westerly breeze, and that could just start to break the cloud up a little this afternoon. could see one or two sunny spells, in which case the temperature could get a little warmer, but temperatures widely getting up to around 23 celsius. now, overnight tonight, we hang on to this very humid, quite uncomfortable air, actually, and the cloud of course. again, could see a bit of mistiness out there by dawn tomorrow morning, the minimum temperature mid teens celsius, around 15 or 16 celsius, so, again, quite uncomfortable for sleeping. now, we've got a similar day tomorrow, still quite a lot of cloud, and temperatures again get up into the low 20s. but come thursday, we can see a cold front moving through. it brings some fresher air, so it is going to feel a little bit cooler, we lose the humidity, but we do gain some sunshine and some blue sky. vanessa feltz is talking about brexit in the next 15 minutes on bbc radio london. the next stage of talks begin today in london.

she's talking to the institute of government about what might develop. i will be back. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. england's deputy chief medical officer has warned that people must start taking coronavirus seriously or face what he calls a "bumpy ride" ahead. professor jonathan van—tam said people have relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. nearly 3,000 new daily cases of covid—19 were recorded in the uk on both sunday and monday, with sunday's tally being the highest since may. seven greek islands have been added to the list of destinations that will now require a period of self isolation after returning to england. the rest of the country remains open to quarantine free

travel after the transport secretary announced he now had sufficient data to avoid making a blanket restriction on an entire country. wales introduced a similar restriction last week but in scotla nd restriction last week but in scotland the order applies to all of greece. let's speak now to the housing minister robertjenrick. good morning to you and thank you for speaking with us this morning. can we start with those comments from professor van—tam who is concerned about the number of infection figures. you share that concern this morning?l infection figures. you share that concern this morning? i do and the comments that he made were to say that the virus is still with us. it is still concerning. we must still be concerned about it and be cautious and that means continuing to follow government guidance, those simple things in our daily lives like washing hands, wearing a mask and remaining apart from other

people and if we do that then we should be able to continue to control the virus but we will have to be especially cautious as we go into the autumn and winter. in recent times we have been speaking to government ministers about returning to work and trying to get more people to go back to work, and we are talking recently about going back to school. do you feel that those breaks need to be applied? have we gone too far too soon? those breaks need to be applied? have we gone too far too 500mm those breaks need to be applied? have we gone too far too soon? it is important to do what you have described. get in children back to school is important and the vast majority of children have gone back to school. we also need to open up our economy so that we can protect jobs and have a return to a degree of normality. but in each of those settings, people have gone to a huge amount of trouble to ensure that they are as covid—19 secure as possible. we have seen teachers doing so in schools and we have seen shopkeepers, pubs, restaurants and cafe's doing the same in the

hospitality area. if we do that and we all play our own part as well then we should be able to maintain our daily lives in this new normal. but we have got to be very cautious because, as you have seen, the number of cases is rising and there is evidence that some people, particularly young people, are catching the in greater numbers. and thatis catching the in greater numbers. and that is the key of getting the message across to young people. it feels like this has been a door you have knocked on for months but how do you make that message clear, particularly now when we look at the reopening of universities and colleges when there is an increase in cases in they area of those below the age of 25. we must keep on hammering the message home. of course people in those age categories are unlikely to become very u nwell categories are unlikely to become very unwell as a result of having

the virus but they can pass it on to others. they can pass it on to others. they can pass it on to others in the workplace, in society and back at home with parents and grandparents and so there is a responsibility on younger people do not just stay at home, but to responsibility on younger people do notjust stay at home, but to go out and go to work and enjoy pubs and restau ra nts. and go to work and enjoy pubs and restaurants. but to do so in accordance with the guidelines because although they themselves may not become seriously unwell they could pass it on to others and that is the message we ask people to pay particular heed to at the moment. the health secretary also suggests that mass testing could see a 2a—hour covid pass which would help in the opening of sporting events and theatre. how would that work? it isa and theatre. how would that work? it is a relatively early stage but as the health secretary said we are exploring it and seeing if it is an opportunity to use fast testing to then give an individual the ability to do some of those things that are

difficult to reopen, such as theatres, being able to prove at that moment in time that they do not have the virus. that is something we are exploring and it would be helpful if we could bring that forward in the future. we do now have sufficient testing more generally and so if anybody does have any of the symptoms, there are more than enough test and people should go out and get one as soon as possible and then follow the guidance in respect to track and trace and so on if they are found to have symptoms. the overall message at the moment is to please take particular caution as you enter into autumn and winter because no—one wa nts to autumn and winter because no—one wants to see a return to wider restrictions. the current approach of localised restrictions is probably working and we are seeing communities going into those restrictions and then coming out of them, places such as leicester and newark in the east —— east midlands.

but as jonathan van—tam newark in the east —— east midlands. but asjonathan van—tam said we are ina but asjonathan van—tam said we are in a moment where the cases are rising and it is a period of concern. and what about foreign travel? several greek islands have had a change to quarantine rules. we discussed as this morning already that the rules are becoming too complicated to follow. that the rules are becoming too complicated to followl that the rules are becoming too complicated to follow. i do hear those concerns but on the other hand we have also had a lot of perfectly legitimate comments in the past that the rules were too crude and you are not distinguishing between the greek or the spanish islands and the mainland. so we have listened to those concerns and are trying to come up with a more sophisticated approach and i think that is the right thing to do. we will keep that under review if it is proving to be confusing or if it is not working. but the feedback we had early in the summer was that it was better to ta ke summer was that it was better to take a more sophisticated approach because in some cases there are significant differences in the rate of transmission between the mainland

of transmission between the mainland of some of those countries and the islands which many british people wa nt to islands which many british people want to visit. have you been listening as well on the number of people who keep raising it and countries that are currently practising the testing of people at airport. is that something that may happen as well? the transport secretary is continuing to work with the industry on this issue. it is an attractive solution but it is not currently one that works as well as we would want it to if we were going to apply it because they're only needs to be a small number of people who later developed the virus who would be caught by being tested immediately on arrival, less than 10% would show symptoms when they arrived at a british airport. and so it is not the panacea that some suggest but if the model can be made more sophisticated and more effective in the weeks and months to come then it is something that we could adopt but we want to ensure

that we do not give people a false sense of security if they have been tested on arrival, the vast majority will show they do not have symptoms but then that could develop in a few days time. it is good to speak to you about housing this morning because you are making an announcement about affordable housing. what does that include? we wa nt to housing. what does that include? we want to get more people onto the housing ladder are particularly people on modest incomes and so today we are announcing a £12 billion investment in affordable housing. that will help to support the development of 180,000 homes across the country and they will be made available to people using different models for those people on the lowest incomes, some will be available for what is called social rent, that is where rent is heavily subsidised. some will be available at affordable rent, about 80% of market value, a significant reduction on private rents and then half of them will be available for people who really want to get on the

housing ladder but do not have the means to do so at the moment through what is called shared ownership where you can purchase a stake in a property and then if your circumstances property and then if your ci rcu msta nces allow property and then if your circumstances allow you can increase that stake overtime. on that model we have changed it to bring forward a new version today to enable you to purchase that stake for as little as 10% of the value of the property and to then increase that in increments as well as 1% so making it much more readily available to people on lower income. thank you for the details. and lastly, the labour amendment about putting into law some of the safety recommendations made during the first phase of the grenfell tower enquiry which was voted down yesterday. the labour leader called ita yesterday. the labour leader called it a dereliction of duty. how do you a nswer it a dereliction of duty. how do you answer that? i was disappointed either way that the labour party behave last night. the grenfell tower is an important issue and one that has not become party political or has not done so very often. on

the day that we publish all the judge published his recommendations following the first phase of the enquiry, we committed to implementing them all and we set out to do so. at the moment we are consulting on the technical details of how to do some of those things to so it will happen? it is definitely going to happen and we are halfway through the technical consultation so we can listen to residents of social housing and other buildings and the industry and understand the very best way in which we can do that and as soon as we finish the consultation then we will put those matters into law. what would have happened had we allow the amendment yesterday would have been that we we re yesterday would have been that we were just legislating for things before we had even finished listening to the sector as for the best possible way of doing this so that it works and keeps people safe and that would have been irresponsible to grenfell tower is a difficult issue for you and i am sure you have sent a letter from the survivors who say they refused to meet you because of your handling of

the scheme. what is your message to them this morning? i have the utmost respect for the groups who represent victims and survivors of the tragedy. i have met them on a number of occasions and my door is always open to them. we want to ensure that we learned the lessons of the tragedy and we try to ensure that it never happens again and that we ensure people who are living in social housing that the respect and the recognition that they deserve to ta ke the recognition that they deserve to take hopefully the announcement that we have made today have a record investment, the largest we have done since we came to power in 2010, in social housing, goes a long way to demonstrate the commitment of this government to good—quality secure and safe social housing in parts of the country. ijust want and safe social housing in parts of the country. i just want to and safe social housing in parts of the country. ijust want to put and safe social housing in parts of the country. i just want to put to you as well that they are talking about, the families are talking about, the families are talking about a permanent memorial. the community says you have failed to engage with them on that and they invited you down for a tour of the site and they have gotten the response. why is that? that is not

quite correct. we created a memorial commission choose decide the very difficult and sensitive question as to how we have a permanent lasting and beautiful memorial to the survivors and the victims of grand fell at all near the site. —— g re nfell tower fell at all near the site. —— grenfell tower at all near the site. the committee themselves chose the individuals would leave that and there was an election that was held last year and that organisation is now going ahead, engaging with the community and with the survivors and with the bereaved families to work out what is the best way of doing that and my department and i will support them in any way we can to come up with the right answer which will be there answer. the government will be there answer. the government will not be choosing the lasting memorial to grenfell tower. it will be the bereaved, the survivors and the community of north kensington doing so themselves. we have actually met the group that you are

referring to and i have visited that pa rt referring to and i have visited that part of north kensington where some of them live and we took a group of those resident within us to meet the prime minister earlier this year. so you did respond to that question then of touring the site, you are saying? we did respond. i will not get into private correspondent that i have had with rental tower survivors, that would not be appropriate but we have responded and government ministers did meet representatives of that part of the community in north kensington. my door as housing secretary is always open to groups representing the g re nfell tower open to groups representing the grenfell tower community and it is incredibly important that we respect and honour them and i have always been hugely impressed by their dignity and resolve and quest for justice and that is what drives us in trying to make the country's buildings safer. we are bringing forward legislation that will create a new regulator so buildings built

in the future in this country are built to a higher standard and tragedies like grenfell tower should not happen again. thank you very much for your time. it is 7.a3, this is breakfast and sally yesterday you were here talking about a sportsman making the headlines for the wrong reason and a different sport today. novak djokovic today and today it is english footballers. —— novak djokovic yesterday. england's phil foden has apologised after he and mason greenwood were sent home ahead of tonight's nations league match in denmark for arranging to meet two women at the team hotel following the win over iceland at the weekend. the fa are investigating the incident, which foden says was an error ofjudgement, while greenwood's club manchester united say they're disappointed with their player's behavour. england manager gareth southgate says it's unnacceptable. they have been naive. we have dealt with it appropriately and i think everything from thereon, i recognise

their age but, of course, the whole world is dealing with the pandemic and there is responsibility at every age group to make sure that they play their part in keeping each other safe and not spreading the virus. so we are certainly not underestimating how important it has been to try and keep the bubble as we have. in last night's nations league matches, scotland went top of their group after beating a makeshift czech republic side 2—1. the czechs were forced to completely change their squad after several players tested positive for covid—19 and despite that, they still went ahead throuthakub pesek. but scotland came from behind to take the points with a first international goal for lyndon dykes here followed by a ryan christie penalty. northern ireland were thrashed 5—1 by norway. erling haaland was the star of the show as the norwegians inflicted a heavy defeat in new manager ian baraclough's first home game in charge. haaland struck in each half. northern ireland are bottom of their group. a world cup golden boot winner

will be lining up in the premier league next season after everton signed james rodriguez from real madrid in a deal worth £20 million. he was the top scorer at the 201a world cup in brazil, and everton manager carlo ancelotti knows all about him having coached rodriguez at madrid and bayern munich. interesting to know that rodriguuz was a big star globally and he has a6 million instagram followers. everton, the club, have 1.7 million. that just goes to everton, the club, have 1.7 million. thatjust goes to show how big of a global name he is. serena williams continues her quest for a record equalling 2ath grand slam title. she recovered from a break down in the final set to reach the quarterfinals in new york with a 3—set victory over 15th seed maria sakkari of greece. men's number two seed dominic thiem is into the quarterfinals. the austrian beat felix auger aliassime of canada

in straight sets, finishing with this blistering backhand. thiem now the highest remaining men's seed following novak djokovic's exit. he's urged his fans to be supportive and caring towards the linejudge who he inadvertently struck with a ball, causing him to be disqualified from the us open on sunday after she was attacked online. djokovic said the official had "done nothing wrong". he has appealed for people to be kind about her online because she has been receiving threat. some things leave me speechless. yes, exactly. let's show you some lovely pictures from where we were this morning. this was some live harvesting taking base today. yes, we are talking about the state of the harvest because it is a mixed

bag as our reporter will be talking about later. i am bag as our reporter will be talking about later. iam not bag as our reporter will be talking about later. i am not sure we have seen live harvesting before. it is rather lovely. could watch it all morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. the farmers could do with some quieter weather and they will get that across the southern half of the country. some sunshine for those in north wales and eastern pa rt for those in north wales and eastern part of england. overall, a fairly cloudy day to come today, particularly in the west and wherever you are, cloud or not, a humid day as well. temperatures at the moment in the teens across the southern half of the country and the lower tea ms southern half of the country and the lower teams in the north and sunshine to the east of scotland, sunshine to the east of scotland, sunshine breaking trees wales and central eastern part of england. cloudy around the western coasts and hills and it will turn a bit wet across the highlands and islands later. because this afternoon, after starting in the mid to high teens, mid— 20s for some. sunshine later, maybe across part of the south—east

east towards lincolnshire. we will see rain become more dominant across the north—west of scotland through the north—west of scotland through the highlands, orkney through the evening and through the first part of the night to heavy rain spreads south across scotland, northern ireland and a little lighter as it pushes through northern england, north wales through the end of the night. we stick with some humid air. the weather front will produce something fresher tonight for scotland, northern ireland as we go through tomorrow morning. temperatures here in single figures. the weather moves through, introducing fresh air as we go through wednesday. humid air stick across the south. what the fresh air will also mean is a bit more sunshine around through tomorrow. a brighter day for some, if few showers here and there and a bit more breeze. a cloudy start for some, some sunny spells possible but drizzle in the west before things brighten up later. temperatures 22, 23 in the south—east corner. teams across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. a

fresh night to take us into thursday, temperatures into single figures to start the day but lots of sunshine around. cloud building as you go through thursday in the cloud could be fixed for one or two bright showers to the north and west of scotland. a lot more sunshine around. once the sun is out it is only early september it should feel pleasa ntly only early september it should feel pleasantly warm. as we go through the end of the week will see low pressure dominant to the north, so friday, a wet and windy day through parts and later in the far north of england. things gradually quietened down through the weekend. our weather is certainly nowhere near as extreme as we saw on the other side. let's ta ke extreme as we saw on the other side. let's take you to denver for copier we have seen extreme heat in california, yesterday afternoon was 3a degrees. this afternoon i'm a 2a hours later, the temperature will be one celsius, heavy snow, but by the end of the weekend, summer is back. damages back to the upper 20s. such a contrast is not unusual but it is

pretty extreme. massive wardrobe dilemmas for some over there. if you know it is coming, you would prepare. but that is something else, isn't it? 34 to one celsius in 24 hours, that would be a shock to the system. that is topless straight too long john! i'm talking about myself there. no comment! moving on! think before you speak. think! if you're a parkrunner, then it's time to dust off those trainers, which may well have been languishing in your wardrobe since march. the runs — or walks, if you prefer — are due to restart in england next month. let's get a sense of how the event has evolved over the years. it was founded in london in 2002 before going global, reaching 22 countries before the pandemic struck. the 5km — that's just over three miles — events take place on saturday mornings, while 2km junior events take place on sundays. they're free, open to all abilities,

and take place in more than 700 locations across the uk. over 2 million runners have taken part in uk parkruns since it began. i haven't done one. i asked you earlier. i have done probably a handful. let's get some more details from chrissie wellington. she's a a—time ironman triathlon world champion and parkrun's global head of health and wellbeing. we're alsojoined by parkrunner kate askew. good morning, both. thank you so much forjoining us. you must be so excited. i know so many people will be really delighted to know parkrun is coming back. yes, personally and professionally, we are dramatically excited and we know parkrun people across the uk and the world will be jumping for joy at across the uk and the world will be jumping forjoy at this news. take us jumping forjoy at this news. take us back to your first involvement in parkrun. what was it that spurred you want and how did you find it?l found out about parkrun through my

mum who has been an massive advocate for health. she just gets her trainers on and get stuck in. i was really nervous and the second i got there it is the sense of community, andl there it is the sense of community, and i have always had a complex relationship with my body and size. actually for me, parkrun filled the gap actually for me, parkrun filled the 95p| actually for me, parkrun filled the gap i didn't see in the media, i didn't see bodies like mine. for me, parkrun did that really well. there will be lots of people watching and listening to you this morning who probably understand that fear and may share that fear as well. talk us through how you felt going there and how being there, part of the community, how that made a difference in how you feel about it now. i had the kind of worry of exercising outside, and i felt, what i hold everybody up, will people laugh at me? it is such an inclusive

place for everybody and i think it is so free ofjudgement and it made me appreciate everything, and it is at every saturday and i have really missed it. it is not about the run, it is about the community, how it makes me feel, getting up there and meeting like—minded people i suppose. really important questions because so many people will be really looking forward to it. they are not all coming back, are they? where are they coming back and how many people will be able to go? why said, we have parkrun across 22 countries around the world. at the moment, it will return in england, but we're looking forward and to bring them back in whatever countries we can, taking the necessary precautionary measures to mitigate risk of course, but also to retain the essence of parkrun, all of those things that kate said, the

sense of community and comrade are really, sense of achievement — no, rather read. the purpose, the ability to be physically active —— camaraderie, essential things that make park run so special will be retained. you are a world champion so at the front of the field. kate makes the point, you made it as well. it doesn't matter where you are, whether you run, you walk. some parkruns allow you to take your dog. it is an inclusive thing to do, isn't it? absolutely. it is accessible and open to all, whether you want to walk, jog, run, come along and volunteer. the barriers to entry are very low. as kate so rightly said, there is nojudgement, eve ryo ne rightly said, there is nojudgement, everyone is united under the same banner. it really is just an opportunity for people to come together, but to be active in the

open airand together, but to be active in the open air and that is what is so important at the moment, and as we look forward and want to address some of the really deep entrenched health and well—being and inequalities, people need these opportunities to be outside and to be together. absolutely brilliant. thank you very much indeed. thank you, both. you may already know that we are very fond of therapy dogs here on breakfast. we love to see them at work in hospitals, care homes and schools. we have shown quite a few over the yea rs. and, it turns out, we also love to see them on a surfboard. take a look. this is scooter. he's a poodle—cross, a therapy dog and — as you may have noticed — he can surf. our reporterjames ingham joins us now from in sussex, along with scooter and his owner kirsty. they are on the water. good morning, all! yes, good morning. this is

scooter out on the waves with his owner, kirsty. she is a police officer. they are regulars here on the beach in west sussex, catching a wave. we are just waiting for them to come in now. normally, scooter can surfing on his own, but this morning, the waves just are not quite strong enough so you can see ki rsty quite strong enough so you can see kirsty has gone tandem with him, paddling in. doesn't make scooter just looks so poised on the end of that surfboard, so calm, a complete natural. there are three things that ki rsty really loves. the natural. there are three things that kirsty really loves. the water, surfing and her dog, scooter, who has already been working as a therapy dog in hospitals and care homes. kirsty has found he has really helped her deal with the ptsd that she has been suffering as a result of some of her work in the police force. we will talk to her in a moment about that. look at scooter. doesn't he look so happy!

just look like an absolute natural. how was that this morning? not great conditions. it was a bit of a struggle this morning. tell us how you got to the point of getting a dog on a surfboard. it was a year—long training programme that we discovered online that is set up by probably the world's most famous surf therapy dog, a dog in america called ricochet. it started off in the back garden, getting the dog used to being on the board, seeing it as something fun to do and then progressed to balancing on the board in the back garden. they can then get to not fall off and hone their skills are balancing. and then into the water. it doesn't like he really enjoys it. yeah, he prefers to be on the board than in the water because he isa the board than in the water because he is a street dog from portugal, though he performed —— prefers the

warmer climate. and there is a serious reason you wanted to do this, isn't there? basically, scooter has been a therapy dog for three years, and i was diagnosed with ptsd earlier this year and i had a lightbulb moment and thought why don't i train him to be a surf therapy dog so he can bring me some therapy dog so he can bring me some therapy and we could combine surfing and his therapy work. how does the actually help you? what benefits does he offer? basically, he is like my best friend, my crutch, my rock. he seems to know when i am feeling anxious or feeling down, he seems to know when i am feeling anxious orfeeling down, has a he seems to know when i am feeling anxious or feeling down, has a sixth sense. just being with him takes the focus of me, because people look at him. you are hoping to use him to help other people in the future. yes, i want to start a charity to help emergency service personnel deal with ptsd and mental health issues. brilliant. let's see you go

off once again with scooter, because he loves to be out there on the waves. why don't you head out and enjoy a little bit more surfing this morning. kirsty says a lot more help is needed to help people in the police force, and she is hoping that using pets as therapy tickly on the waves here is going to help others in the future. look at that. surfing is difficult anyway. trying to serve with a dog as well, that is challenging. brilliant. a bit of baywatch there! stay with us. magnificent. headlines coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today... one of england's most senior medical advisers says he's greatly concerned about a rise in coronavirus cases in the past few days. if we don't take this incredibly seriously from this point in, we are going to have a bumpy ride over the next few months. in wales, caerphilly becomes the first county to go into a local lockdown after recent figures show it has one of the highest number of cases in the uk. more than a million people in scotland are now subject to tougher restrictions after they were extended to two more areas overnight.

good morning, bring the curtain is off by christmas, that's the message from government to theatres. but how? we have had it out to help out, could seat out to help out to be next? england's phil foden has apologised and says he'll learn a "valuable lesson" after he and mason greenwood are sent home for arranging to meet girls at the team hotel in iceland, breaching strict quarantine rules. you certainly won't need a warm jacket today, a warm and humid start to tuesday. where you get to the sunshine, very pleasant. for many, a cloudy day ahead. we will have all of the details on breakfast. it's tuesday the 8th of september. our top story... start taking coronavirus seriously orface a "bumpy ride" ahead — that's the warning from england's deputy chief medical officer after the uk's daily total of covid cases reached nearly 3,000, for two consecutive days. in the past half hour, the housing secretary robertjenrick said people must start following hygiene and social distancing rules.

our political correspondent helen catt is in westminster for us. robert helen catt is in westminster for us. jenrick saying the robertjenrick saying that he shared the concern of professor van—tam? yes, the health secretary matt hancock said he was concerned by these numbers, and even though it appears to be among young people, who are less likely to be severely affected by coronavirus, the concern was, don't pass it onto your grandparents. as you said, jonathan van—tam, the deputy chief medical officerfor england, van—tam, the deputy chief medical officer for england, expressing concern about this yesterday, saying that people had relaxed too much over the summer and that we had got to start taking this very seriously indeed. early on this programme, robertjenrick, housing secretary, reiterated the importance of things like social distancing. the overall message at the moment is please take particular caution as we are entering into the autumn and winter because none of us want to see a return to wider restrictions. the current approach of localised

restrictions is broadly working. you are seeing communities going into those restrictions and then coming out of them, like leicester, like my own community, newark in the east midlands but, as jonathan van—tam said, we are at a moment when the number of cases is rising and it is a period of particular concern. there doesn't seem to be an imminent sense that the government wants to move back to wider, tighter restrictions. they want to continue focusing on this idea of localised lockdown is. robert jenrick focusing on this idea of localised lockdown is. robertjenrick said it's really important that things like school stay open of the economy keeps reopening. for now, the focus is reinforcing the guidelines. there are questions about how well the guidelines are currently understood. helen, the other thing, the big thing on the agenda today is the brexit negotiations. desperately trying to find some sort of compromise? this is round eight of

the brexit talks that a couple of sticking points around fishing in particular, and the rules on state aid, which have actually come up around the last seven rounds of talks. but what has put the pressure on this particular round is that both sides seem to see that time is running out. so, earlierthis both sides seem to see that time is running out. so, earlier this week borisjohnson said if there wasn't an agreement by october the 15th, they would have to accept that a deal was not going to be made. both sides of the negotiations have been pointing to this as being a crucial time of year, not least because the transition period comes to an end on the 31st of december. from the 1st of january next year, things will change and we will be out of the customs union, we will be out of the single market. it's just customs union, we will be out of the single market. it'sjust what customs union, we will be out of the single market. it's just what do they change to and can they make an agreement on some of those issues which have proved pretty intractable over the last few months? enough to be able to get a trade deal in place and time. helen, thanks very much. caerphilly becomes the first county

in wales to have a local lockdown from six o'clock this evening. let's get more from our wales correspondent, hywel griffith. what is changing there? good morning. from 6pm, the 180,000 or so people that live in that county, just to the north of cardiff, will be told they can't go in or out u nless be told they can't go in or out unless they have a valid, reasonable excuse, such as travelling to work or giving care to a loved one. no shopping trips, people will be told the rules are being enforced by the local authority, and even the police. now, the schools are going to stay open, bars, cafes and restau ra nts to stay open, bars, cafes and restaurants are going to stay open. another key changes that people won't be able to socialise indoors with other households, so no staying overnight. we are told by the welsh government that this is necessary after a spike in cases caused by a breakdown in social distancing, particularly, we are told, amongst young adults. these cases are mostly amongst young people. they are relatively mild at the moment, but the welsh health minister says it's almost inevitable that it may lead

to further community transmission and potentially lead to more serious cases and hospital admissions. there is no end date on this localised lockdown. it will take as long as it ta kes, lockdown. it will take as long as it takes, and more severe restrictions could follow if the numbers don't fall. numbers in caerphilly have spiked recently in the last week. they think may be at came in with people returning from overseas holidays. but the key point, the key concern, is that people have been going in and out of other peoples houses, and not sticking to those vital social distancing rules. thank you very much indeed. in a few minutes, we will be speaking to the welsh health minister to get more details. a 23—year—old man, who was stabbed to death in birmingham over the weekend has been described as "a funny, caring and wonderful person who was loved by everyone he met." jacob billington came from crosby, near liverpool, but was visiting birmingham with a group of former school friends when he was attacked — along with seven other people across four separate locations. police are continuing to question a 27—year—old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

employers in the uk planned more than 300,000 redundancies injune and july as the pandemic took its toll on the workplace — that's according to figures obtained by the bbc. it's more than six times as many posts as businesses were planning to axe during the same period last year. a spokesman for the government said that it had already protected more than 9 millionjobs through itsjob retention scheme. up to £3.5 billion may have been claimed fraudulently — or paid out in error — from the government's furlough scheme, according to the head of hm revenue and customs. jim harra told a committee of mps that as much as 10% of the £35 billion already awarded, could have been claimed unlawfully. the government said it was committed to recovering money for the taxpayer. a teenage boy remains critically ill in hospital after he was shot while walking to school. the 15—year—old was on his way to kesgrave high school near ipswich, in suffolk, when the attack took place yesterday morning. police have arrested

a 15—year—old boy on suspicion of attempted murder. shall we find out what is happening with the weather? matt has it today. that looks very nice and peaceful behind you. it is, a peaceful start out there, cloudy for many and a grey and misty day for many areas. get the sunshine today and it could be warmer than it has been for a few days. a humid feel where you have sunshine or cloud this morning for stopped temperatures have been holding up in the teens for the vast majority. that is how we start, with a pretty warm start across the country, temperatures between 17 and 18 degrees. in the far north—east of wales and scotland, and eastern parts of england, you will notice rain returns to the north west of scotla nd rain returns to the north west of scotland more extensively as we go to the afternoon. temperatures at their highest where the sun is out,

23-25 in their highest where the sun is out, 23—25 in some parts of eastern england. they will be some sunnier brea ks to england. they will be some sunnier breaks to the east of wales, across the east midlands. across parts of the east midlands. across parts of the west, west and wales, it will stay grey and misty in the hills all day long. patchy rain and drizzle across north—west england and northern ireland. eastern scotland, dry and bright. heavier rain towards the highlands, the hebrides and across the orkneys. through the evening, the rain will spread southwards across scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow morning, it will be there for northern england, north wales on the north midlands to begin the day. we start tomorrow morning's rush hour with things on the humid side. fresher further north. it does mean that there will be a bit more sunshine around tomorrow. let's return to our top story, the fa ct we let's return to our top story, the fact we are becoming too relaxed about measures to reduce coronavirus infections.

professorjonathan van tam said we have to start taking the virus seriously after the number of confirmed new infections in the uk reached nearly 3,000 on both sunday and monday — the highest totals since may. this hasn't gone away. this is a virus we are going to have to live with. and if we are not careful, if we don't take this incredibly seriously, from this point in, we are going to have a bumpy ride over the next few months. we're joined now by virologist calum semple, from the university of liverpool. nice to have you on the programme again. iam nice to have you on the programme again. i am sure you have heard what professor van—tam has had to say. it seems a stark warning. we spoke to the housing secretary robert jenrick, who shares that concern. should we all be feeling like that? we have to realise we're not about young children, we are talking about responsible young adults between the ages of 20 and a0. responsible young adults between the ages of 20 and 40. he was talking about the fact that there is an

increase in cases among those that are young, under 25, increase in cases among those that are young, under25, and increase in cases among those that are young, under 25, and trying to make that point of the impact they could have on other generations, those that are older all those with underlying health conditions. do you think there has been a watering down of that message, and is it something we need to be reminded about? there was a watering down of the message as we have tried to get society up and running again. but also, a lack of investment in that precaution by the groups that are least likely to come to harm from covid. sadly, we are seeing a bit of selfish behaviour. as that bad behaviour rises in that group, we are going to see the amplification and spill over into the more vulnerable, elderly at high risk groups. there are high—risk groups even in younger populations as well. so, people really do have to take seriously. we talked about the increased number of tests in recent days. do you think that has had an impact on the increased numbers, the highest we

have seen since may? it's a mistake to expect that because you are doing more testing that it is driving an outbreak. on the whole, these people are coming forward for tests because they are having symptoms, or because they are having symptoms, or because they have been identified as contacts they have been identified as co nta cts of they have been identified as contacts of people with symptoms. so i don't think we want to get into this american concept of the disease will go away if we do less testing. i think it is the correct thing to do more testing and get on top of it. do you think we just have to accept there will be some sort of wind back at some stage? i remember professor chris whitty saying some weeks ago now that we have reached the extent of how far we can relax things, and since then, schools have been reopened, we are talking about universities and colleges going back as well and the government are encouraging people to get back to work. and we just have to accept we can't make those changes without feeling those restrictions elsewhere? absolutely, i think you are right. particularly with universities coming back, which is a

large, mass migration across many parts of the country. inevitably, thatis parts of the country. inevitably, that is going to lead to rises of cases in many university cities. so iam cases in many university cities. so i am expecting that we will have to have some degree of increased restriction for some time, at the start of next term. and as we move into winter, no doubt there will be further restrictions in some areas. it is still hard to know what time this will happen, the health secretary matt hancock was talking about a vaccine may be by the end of this year or into next year. is that encouraging? from your perspective, is not the only way to find a resolution? i think we shouldn't place all our eggs in that basket. we know that social distancing and hand washing broke this epidemic‘s first wave. that will probably be the mainstay of control in this winter. although we will have a vaccine, i hope we will have a vaccine, i hope we will have a vaccine this winter, it probably will be for health care workers, the

frail, elderly and high risk groups. i don't see us having mass roll—out ofa i don't see us having mass roll—out of a vaccine ready for all 55 million people in england. so, sorry to put a damper know, i think we've got to rely on traditional public health methods of social distancing, hand washing, the face coverings as the last resort within that group of controls. in order to get on top of this. so, the next step from your perspective is just a this. so, the next step from your perspective isjust a reiteration this. so, the next step from your perspective is just a reiteration of the things we have been hearing for a long time, back to the essentials we have been talking back to march and april of this year, wash your hands, maintain social distance? yes, i'm afraid so, and it works. and we know it works. and that is one good bit of news. we know that the virus, although it does transmit mainly through droplets and for the surfaces we touch, it mostly isn't airborne, and that is a blessing. so social distancing, two metres if you

can, if you can't, where a face covering, and hand washing has worked. if it works, don't knock it and be ready to do that again going forward. thank you. let's get the latest now from our medical editor, fergus walsh. you have looked at this so closely over the last few months. explain the correlation between the numbers tested and the numbers found positive. there are many more people being tested. we can see there is a genuine rising places, about four times as many people who are testing positive than in mid—july. there is definitely an upward trend here. most of the people testing positive are the ones who have the least to worry about in terms of the health

effects of covid, people in their 20s, young people. that is why we are not seeing an increase in hospitalisations. at one stage we we re hospitalisations. at one stage we were having nearly 1000 people a day admitted to hospital, now there are fewer than 800 people across the country, 69 people on ventilators across the uk at one stage over 3300. we are in a dramatically different situation than we were backin different situation than we were back in april at the peak. listening to those words from jonathan van tam, this is the man many will remember who made the comments about dominic cummings, a fee months ago. dominic cummings, a fee months ago. do you think what he said now will raffle a few feathers in government ain? raffle a few feathers in government again? possibly. yesterday, matt

hancock said, do not kill your gran. the message we had been hearing from everybody who has looked at this is the key thing that people had to do and what some people may be had been forgetting to do, getting kind of covid fatigue is hand washing and social distancing. just because you put a mask on your face when you go outside does not suddenly make you immune from covid. people with symptoms, a huge proportion of people have covid symptoms who are reportedly not self isolating. it is the basics of hand hygiene and social distancing which will enable us social distancing which will enable us to try, as a society, to carry on ina more us to try, as a society, to carry on in a more normal, a new normal way, as children go back to school, stu d e nts as children go back to school, students go to university, people go

to the workplace. it is a real tension. it is inevitable we will see a real increase in cases in the future because as we spend more time indoors and we try to return society to normal it will be very, very hard not to see the virus picking up even further. i think matt hancock has said something similar before but this is the front page of the times newspaper, don't kill granny. the more the virus circulates in the community the harder it is for vulnerable people, who had been taking huge pair to then try to continue with a normal life. —— huge pair. it is about getting the most vulnerable and those with severe underlying conditions, forcing those into shielding again. it is

potentially possible we might see a return to shielding advice for people. it is also worth thinking about just getting people. it is also worth thinking aboutjust getting this in context. we are getting around 3000 cases a day but hospitalisations are low, deaths are low, i think there were three deaths yesterday. 30 men a day die from prostate cancer, 30 women a day die from breast cancer. we don't get those figures read out every night on the news. admittedly it is a false analogy, we are talking about an infectious disease against cancer. nonetheless we may as a society had to start recalibrating because we are going to had to live it seems with covid for a long time to come and we are going to have to try to keep society going whilst maintaining a grip on the virus,

trying to prevent it from spreading too much. and it is trying to do that without in effect destroying the economy and everything else. the other question we asked was about a vaccine. professor semple said it was something to look forward to but not a catchall. what is the latest? there are lots and lots, there are dozens there are lots and lots, there are d oze ns of there are lots and lots, there are dozens of vaccines in trials. you will have heard about the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. that has got tens of thousands of people now who had signed up and receive doses of that vaccine and other vaccines around the world. none of them yet have gone through all of the testing procedure is to show that they are safe and effective. it is looking good. we may get further indications before christmas and we may get some

kind of emergency authorisation, say for front line health workers to have one of those vaccines but i do not think we should count on it for the mass of the population until well into next year. until we get a vaccine, we are going to have to concentrate on social distancing and on other measures that we can all do to try to keep the virus in abeyance. thank you for your time. really interesting to hear from you this morning. the welsh government is to impose its first local lockdown in the county of caerphilly after more than 90 people tested positive for coronavirus there last week. the rise is being put down to people becoming infected on holiday and mixing with others indoors. we're joined now by the welsh health minister, vaughan gething. good morning. thank you very much for joining good morning. thank you very much forjoining us. just confirm how many coronavirus cases you have had

and what has made you make this decision? the rates of coronavirus cases has gone from over 55 per 100,000, at the top end of local authority areas across the uk. we had taken this measure also because the first day of additional testing in the caerphilly area showed a positivity of a%, significantly above the rest of the country, largely driven by people who are socialising in each other‘s homes in larger number above and beyond the rules of extended hassles and an element of coronavirus being transmitted into the community from returning travellers in europe and can particular. we have seen a rising tide in infections. —— in particular. the at risk groups are much more likely to suffer harm. the rules will come in at six pn

much more likely to suffer harm. the rules will come in at six pm this evening. the rules will change to work? within the caerphilly county area, extended households will no longer be possible, it is back to individual households. you will have to wear a face covering if you are over 11 in areas like shops and it also means we are going to have a local travel restriction as well, so you need a good reason to go in and out of the caerphilly county area. that is because transmission is particularly problematic within caerphilly county and we do not want to see it spilling into other areas. good reason like what? if you need to go to work or for pairing reasons, those kind of things. if you want a night out, that is not a good reason. we have had similar reasons before in wales. people should be aware of the reasons and those that are not. are you going to

close schools? no, they will remain open. it is one of the few positives in our understanding of coronavirus, children and young people have a much lower risk of harm so schools will stay open across caerphilly and the rest of wales. that is not where transmission is taking place, it is largely driven by people mixing in each other‘s houses. that also explains why pubs are not closing any caerphilly area. they will make sure pubs can remain open if they followed the rules. on the travel restriction, will that be policed by the police or what will happen?“ there are reported breaches, we will be working with the police to make sure they can enforce it. we saw with the previous day local measures, it was largely policed by people themselves following the rules. we expect that to be in large

measure what happens but there were particularly egregious breaches that we re particularly egregious breaches that were followed up and a number of fixed penalty notices were issued. i do not want that to be the case. this should largely be driven by the way people behave. that is after all how we got through the first wave, where people followed the rules. it is people putting the rules a side which leads to having to make these restrictions today. this is what is happening in caerphilly at the moment. other other counties you have had particular concerns? there isa have had particular concerns? there is a cluster in the lower rundown we are looking at. it is largely about individual clusters we are managing to isolate. it does mean we are looking at the whole country. it is my preference that people see it as a wake—up call and follow the rules

to protect them, that family and the community. thank you for your time. still to come on today's breakfast... thejuggling comedian steve royle stole the show on britain's got talent over the weekend and booked his place in the final. he'll be telling us about his life on stage and how he's hoping to help his local theatre to make it through the lockdown. hopefully, he will be doing some juggling. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. london's royal college of gps has told the bbc that much more nhs support is needed for people who remain ill for months — after suffering from coronavirus. the college is calling for a national network of "post—covid" clinics to help people who don't fully recover from symptoms. king's college london found tens of thousands of people reporting

a continued illness after more than three months. nhs england said it's "rapidly expanding new rehab centres". the widow of thames valley police constable andrew harper is pushing for cross—party support over her campaign for life sentences for those who kill emergency services workers. lissie harper is meeting politicians this week, after her 28 year—old husband died last year when he was dragged behind a car in berkshire, whilst investigating a burglary. three men were convicted of his manslaugher. a private members club in soho, which helps the homeless and boasts clientelle, including actor peter capaldi and singer jarvis cocker, says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to increase london's homeless problem. the house of st barnabus trains vulnerable people to find jobs — likejohn — who's currently working as a kitchen porter. i really need a job, otherwise that sense within me of purpose goes.

and then what do i do? i understand we are all on this knife edge. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes — apart from a planned closure on the waterloo and city line. on to the roads: it's very slow around vauxhall because vauxhall bridge is closed. it's not helped by london bridge and hammersmith bridge being closed too. and in south london, brixton road is partly blocked because of water works. now the weather with kate. good morning. well, the first thing you're going to notice about today is the temperature. it is feeling very warm, quite sticky and humid. and with that comes the cloud. it is going to be a rather grey day all in all. you can see it hangs around for much of it. now, we do have a westerly breeze, and that could just start to break the cloud up a little this afternoon. could see one or two sunny spells, in which case the temperature

could get a little warmer, but temperatures widely getting up to around 23 celsius. now, overnight tonight, we hang on to this very humid, quite uncomfortable air, actually, and the cloud of course. again, could see a bit of mistiness out there by dawn tomorrow morning, the minimum temperature mid teens celsius, around 15 or 16 celsius, so, again, quite uncomfortable for sleeping. now, we've got a similar day tomorrow, still quite a lot of cloud, and temperatures again get up into the low 20s. but come thursday, we can see a cold front moving through. it brings some fresher air, so it is going to feel a little bit cooler, we lose the humidity, but we do gain some sunshine and some blue sky. finally, the bfi london film festival is going ahead next month — and the programme is revealed today. there'll be both live and digital screenings for twelve days. the festival director will speak to vanessa feltz shortly on bbc radio london. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker.

the theatre impresario andrew lloyd—webber will today ask the government to do more to help the performing arts industry survive the impact of the lockdown. most theatres remain closed because current social distancing rules mean audiences would be too small to turn a profit. nina's in liverpool to tell us more. most important bit, the theatre bar! welcome to liverpool, if you've not been here, first of all, you haven't lived. this is the everyman sign. this is where the magic happens, where your tummy turns over, walking into the auditorium. what about the actors that have been on stage here? bill nye, julie walters, just some of the greats that have been part of the everyman company. the government

recognised a massive part of local theatres play in our national culture. they set at the weekend that they want curtains up by christmas. but that's a huge challenge, there has been speculation about something called operation sleeping beauty, which would include a seat out to help out scheme, subsidised seats, like the eat out to help out scheme that we saw in august. would it make a big difference? let's talk to amber, who works front of house. we have had a tweet from somebody who said it was a waste of money to subsidise this, there are people that really need there are people that really need the cash, why should it go to theatres? it's a strong emotional connection to people. whether you work on or off stage, we play a part in creating those memories for people. we have families here, people. we have families here, people coming for the first time ever to visit a theatre. it's about creating those memories. it's the magic that you can't put your finger

on. you miss people coming through? the box office is the first point of call, we miss our regulars, the initial excitement, hearing about when their dad got pulled on stage by the dame. the incredible family memories. mark, your chief executive, we heard that you had lost about £1 million in revenue over the course of the pandemic. the government would say that there are gra nts government would say that there are grants available, £1.5 billion put towards the arts in england. is that enough? it's a great start and it certainly helped us as an organisation. the hard thing for ohs is the planning around the uncertainty. so we are not sure about when social distancing guidance will relax. of course, depends on volume. we need full seats. to be critical, we are responsive and ready to hear the plans for social distancing. there

are speculations about the seat out to help out scheme, subsidise from monday to wednesday, how much of a difference would that make? monday to wednesday, how much of a difference would that make ?“ monday to wednesday, how much of a difference would that make? it would make a difference, especially for those that haven't been to theatre that want to experience it, it might introduce new audiences. ultimately, we need volume to make ourselves viable. two metres between each seat, what revenue would you get? it's about a quarter of capacity. not enough to fund the production? 0k. not enough to fund the production? ok. let's talk to natasha. it's not just about specific jobs in theatres, there is a chain reaction ofjobs around, an entire industry. natasha, you are an independent producer, what projects we're working on? i was working on my own stuff, as well as being employed by a different organisation. in march, i lost all the work and had to put a lot of shows on pause. there's been a lot of uncertainty about when i'll

be able to working again. although this £1.75 billion is brilliant, as soon as organisations of heritage sites have access to that, does not leave a lot left over for freelancers to make work. there will bea freelancers to make work. there will be a smaller percentage of freelancers in employment. some of the staff have been on a flexible furlough scheme, in terms of their income. what kind of support have you had? a lot of freelancers have had the seiss scheme, and access to funding pots, but apart from that it has been difficult for freelancers to stay financially viable. as the schemes wrap up, it's about planning for the future. it is really easy for the future. it is really easy for people to say that theatre has got nothing to do with me, but it's not just about the jobs, like got nothing to do with me, but it's notjust about the jobs, like mark, amber and natasha, overall, across the country, 300,000 jobs depend on theatre life. a revenue of £1.2

billion. thank you for your tweets this morning. julie says, i would go if possible today, it would feel safer than the pubs. and boz says get live entertainment open, or it might be lost for ever. it is not just about money, it is about the experiences you can't put a price on. thank you very much indeed. we get a sense of real concerns from people there. let's speak to another passionate advocate of the theatre now. celia imrie has trod the boards of many stages — as well as starring in some of our best—loved films and tv shows, including dinner ladies and acorn antiques. celia joins us now from nice, in the south of france. good morning to you. lovely to have you on the programme. thank you for being with us. nice to see a lovely big smile on your face, being with us. nice to see a lovely big smile on yourface, but being with us. nice to see a lovely big smile on your face, but the industry is struggling, isn't it? it's been a really difficult few months. it is, it's awful. the thing is, we have to think of new ways, i

think, even if it means going outside, even in the winter. i think we've just got to keep positive, and imagine that it can never be quite the same, i'm afraid. but we've just got to think of new ways to create, and make the most of this new invention of doing plays. and the other thing that i think is terribly important is that we all need a good laugh, don't we? i mean, that will keep our spirits up. that is one of the most important things. we must keep going. but we have got to reinvent ourselves. how important is it as an actor to have a live audience and be part of that theatre production? well, it's like having an injection, when you hear an audience laugh. there is no question about it. any actor will tell you that there is nothing to replace that. and please, god, it will come back. but i fear that we are just going to have to think of more

outside productions to make it safe for everybody. is that the thing you've missed more than anything else? you know, everybody talks about the interaction with others, but are somebody who thrives on that interaction with a live audience, is that something... you probably haven't had as long a time without this in your life, have you? no, it is like a drug. i did a zoom dialogue with sharon dee clark, i was in france and she was in spain, and it was exciting, it was like the screens disappeared. so it is possible. there are definitely different ways of doing things. but ido miss different ways of doing things. but i do miss people laughing at me. that is the whole point of why i am an actor. one of the ideas, i'm not sure if you've been able... i know you are away at the moment, this idea of seat out to help out, we had

it out to help out, which encouraged people back in, helping? may be, try anything. talk to us about some of the other things you have been working on. we are going to see a new series of better things. having seen what you said about the series in the past, this is something you love working on? ideal, -- i do. we are watching it now. what is it you like so much about the character? she has been described as a well preserved bombshell, which i rather love. but she has also been described as infuriating and amazingly frank. but it is my excuse to behave very badly. the director and writer, and who stars in it, she

and writer, and who stars in it, she andi and writer, and who stars in it, she and i have a very good relationship, because i play her mother, who lives next door. you can imagine how annoying that can be. and don't you have quite a lot of things in common with her, particularly around that? yes, i bought the house next door to my mother on the isle of wight. so i do understand that. and we brought up do understand that. and we brought up our children on our own, and we are actors. there were many links. we both did animation, animals at the beginning of our careers. but she really is quite remarkable. i love her choice of music throughout the programme as well. but i do get to play this marvellously... she says and does whatever comes into her head. knowing that she is not going to get into trouble. pamela knows very well that if i'm not in any of the episodes, ijust

knows very well that if i'm not in any of the episodes, i just tear up the script and throw it in the bin in front of her. because i want to be in every scene, in every episode. that is how much i love it. without getting too technical, how do you as actors managed to create that... it almost feels like a documentary, you know what i mean? i'm glad you said that, that is how i think it is. somebody described it as that there are certain somebody described it as that there a re certain events somebody described it as that there are certain events in each episode, and you almost think, did they know there is a camera? is there a camera around? it there is a camera? is there a camera around ? it doesn't look like there is a camera? is there a camera around? it doesn't look like there is. she doesn't like acting. she knows very well that in series three, i think it was, that i had just been in kingly air. so when i got over to america and i started my first scene, she said, i don't want any of that acting. —— king lear. she said, stop it! she is wonderfully correct. but her notes

what actors are superb. you have also started a new film called love sarah, tell us about that? tonight, it is having a premiere in hamburg. it is playing a 200 cinemas over germany. the director, aliza, is german, so she is very happy. another three generations. i can't believe i always play the grandmother, i'm far too young! grandmother, daughter and granddaughter. it is a slightly bleaker beginning which i won't spoilfor bleaker beginning which i won't spoil for you. bleaker beginning which i won't spoilfor you. but it bleaker beginning which i won't spoil for you. but it all comes together with us fulfilling my daughter's dream of opening a bakery. but the wonderful thing about it is that we filmed on a street in notting hill, which is famously cosmopolitan. and the whole point of the cake shop, to make it different, was that we decided to

make any cake, from any person, to make any cake, from any person, to make them feel at home. so there is a very complicated greenjapanese cake. there are portuguese cakes. it everybody who comes in, generally they are from a different country. but to make them feel at home, we decided to make it especially for the country. which was originally telephoto original idea. we have been watching pictures, and the ca kes been watching pictures, and the cakes look truly scrumptious. thank you forjoining us. you can watch better things at ten o'clock on sunday, on bbc two. and also available on iplayer. let's get a final look at this morning's weather from matt. looking pretty warm. a fair bit of clout. you can see that breaking up, a short while ago in cumbria. when you see the cloud breaks,

temperatures will shoot up quite nicely. even with the cloud, it will feel quite humid out there. already, we have temperatures widely into the teens. it didn't drop below 16 degrees in some spots of england and wales. as i said, the sun will only let them back up further. cloud in western areas, misty and drizzly around the hills on the coast. that may plague today throughout across the far western parts. the further east you are, a better chance of the cloud breaking up at times, and once you do, you could see temperatures up you do, you could see temperatures up to 25 degrees through some parts of central and eastern england in particular. we will, however, north and west of scotland, see the clouds thickening up to the second half of the day. as you go into the evening, heavy rain across the hebrides, the highlands and into orkney. the heavier rain will push its way southwards and eastwards across the rest of scotland, during the first pa rt rest of scotland, during the first part of the night. also across northern ireland for a short while before things turn dry later. take a cloud with more occasional rain will

push into northern england and north wales. to the south of it, another murky night, temperatures 15 or 16 again for some. away from towns and cities, temperatures back down into single figures. a north—westerly breeze behind it whether it will be trying to sweep away the humid air from the south tomorrow. it will ta ke from the south tomorrow. it will take a while. in the fresh air, more sunshine around. tomorrow, expect sunnier skies in scotland, northern ireland and northern england. if you shower is coming and going, a bit more breeze in the far north. brightening up across england and wales after a cloudy start. patchy rain and drizzle around southern counties. yeah, 22 or 23 degrees possible. temperatures back into the teens this afternoon across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that will be followed by a chilly night, with temperatures more widely into single figures. thursday, sunny for many, a dry day for the vast majority. more cloud, and across the west of scotla nd cloud, and across the west of

scotland a few showers. not much rain across the south. that continues as we go into friday. high pressure just about holding on. it will be a wet and windy end to the week across scotland and northern ireland and parts of northern england. we could see temperatures rise again as we go through the weekend, particularly across the south. no where near the temperature extremes south. no where near the temperature extre m es we south. no where near the temperature extremes we see across the other side of the atlantic in the usa. denver in particular, yesterday afternoon, 3a degrees. get this for afternoon, 3a degrees. get this for a bit ofa afternoon, 3a degrees. get this for a bit of a temperature roller—coaster. one celsius, heavy snow through the afternoon, and then we end the week, going to the weekend, summer is back. a wardrobe dilemma that i think none of us would want to face, and a shock to the system. no extremes like that over here. one group of people who'll be keeping a particularly keen eye on the weather at the moment are farmers. it's harvest time and, while some crops have had a bumper year, others are in short supply. john maguire is at a farm to tell us

more. ido i do love it when you get your drown out. good morning. we are at lower drayton farm in staffordshire. they arejust finishing off drayton farm in staffordshire. they are just finishing off the harvest. it has been an extremely difficult year this year. a very wet autumn last year, a very wet spring, dry summer, wet again now because of all these storms we had. chaos really. especially for farmers growing crops like wheat here the nfu is warning of one of the worst yields for something like a0 years. such has been the unpredictability of the weather in 2020. some crops had done well, others not so well. we are going to compare potatoes to apples. a dry day is a great day for harvesting potatoes.

it may be one of our most loved and most versatile foods, but spuds don't like extreme weather. the potato crop needs a nice sort of — a steady growing season, you know, not too wet, not too dry. so that hasn't helped. so we've got a few quality issues — not too bad, and then onto — when we come to harvest, obviously, the machines, we need really good conditions so that we can transport the potatoes up through the machines without damaging them, and also, so the equipment can travel without getting bogged down, which we've had a few instances in the last couple of weeks. nigel adams and his family produce around 7,500 tons of potatoes each year, farming on the border of staffordshire and shropshire. recent wet weather has meant they have to be very flexible. what's this harvest been like so far? testing i think is the key word for that. grabbing every opportunity when we can to harvest, not say no to orders when we're asked for orders. um...yeah, just keeping an eye on the weather. we're totally weather dependent

and that's out of our control. so, yeah, been very challenging. so, what's happening here? nigel shows me what can happen when the ground gets deluged. well, this is typical of a little bit where we've had over — too much water, too much rain, where its run naturally down the field. a slight low—lying undulation in the field, and the potatoes haven't liked it, so it's encouraged them to grow higher to the surface, and because of that, we've got a greening effect from the sunlight, and unfortunately, those are. . .they‘re stockfeed. they're no good. yeah, no good for the end market. a different crop and a different story. the trees in this national trust orchard at cotehele in cornwall are straining under the weight of fruit. so, this is cornish pine, and this is one of the many varieties we've got here at cotehele. so we've got 125 varieties within the orchard here. and this is a great one — it's quite a thick, greasy skin, and the aftertaste is a bit pineappley, so the great thing

with all this range of varieties is each one is very different. so it's a wonderful thing to try. for these apples, 2020 is a good year. we've had lots of sunshine during the blossom, so it's been really good for them, all the apples have pollinated really well, and then with all the rains during summer, it's actually helped the apples to swell and get bigger, so it's going to be a good harvest we hope. they may be expecting a bumper crop, but covid means not enough staff and volunteers to help out, so they are opening for ‘pick your own'. so the plan is that our visitors can come in, buya paper bag, and come and collect some apples from the orchard themselves. so, hopefully, that will — the money that will be able to be reinvested back into the orchard and kind of look after this going forward. another example of how farmers are having to adapt, improvise and diversify to cope with uncertainty, adverse weather and a changing climate.

so as you can see from our shops now, just look at this wheat field. different colours. let's find out what is going on? good morning to you. you are a farmer and the chair of the staffordshire county nfu. what has been happening? i can see the crop looks different, why? good morning. first of all we are very lucky to even have a crop because some far could not even plan a crop in the autumn. —— some farmers. all the ears are kneeling down because there is plenty of weight in the brain. the higher part of the crop, we could not plant. it established really well but during may when it was too dry and there was a drought all the is aborted and the is are facing to the sky. as you say, a

better yield here. another part of the crop we harvest is the straw, the crop we harvest is the straw, the stem of the crop. you can see how short it is at the moment. straw is vital for livestock farmers. there is a bit of a double whammy. how difficult of the year dipping a 2020 harvest is looking? we knew it was going to be bad because we have had all these extremes this year. we need to start planting next year's crop. tomorrow is back britain farming day, what is that about?l represent the nfu when they launch this initiative. tomorrow we are asking all the mp5 to wear a wheat lapel during prime ministers question time. we have seen through this pandemic method quality is important with all the decisions

that mps are making on trade and the agriculture bill need to make sure farmers voices are heard. when you think about it, it has been a strange year weather wise. put on top of that, covid and uncertainty about brexit that difficult times ahead for the industry. lovely watching their shots this morning. thank you to everyone who has been taking part. i feel like thank you to everyone who has been taking part. ifeel like i am on spring watch. britain's got talent returned to our screens at the weekend — and the first act to book his place in the final was a juggling comedian called steve royle. before we speak to steve, let's see him in action on the itv show. mum and dad are supposed to be logging onto the system, somehow. and i know what they're like for technology. so just bear with us. i've got to find them. mum, dad? dad, you know the three dots on the corner?

look at that, effortless. hey, hey, cheating! yes! hey! oh, yes! cheering and applause. i was totally wowed. if you are not in the final of britain's got talent 2020, there will be no justice in this world! you had me ugly—laughing once again. you are superhuman. you are perfect for the show and i really hope that you're in the final. thank you. that was brilliant. we were just talking about the importance of making people laugh and steve was doing that at the weekend. steve joins us now from his home in lancashire. talk us through the experience. what was it like? it was so surreal. the

covid situation meant there was no audience. it was massive. i have never seen a video screen so large. i had to entertain as well as the fourjudges at the desk. i knew if i concentrated too much on the video screen, 500 individual tvs if you like on the screen and i knew i would hone in on the one family that we re would hone in on the one family that were getting up to make a brew if i looked at it. i was determined not to concentrate on it. i was talking about my dad trying to log on to the system. i was determined not to look anywhere. you have injured yourself, what have you done? ridiculous. the trick i did at the very beginning with the bowling balls, i had done it for years, hundreds of times. last week i did a holiday camp in southport. i threw the false ball into the airand

southport. i threw the false ball into the air and i hit my head. the funniest bit was going to chorley, my local a&e. the lady behind the counter said, how have you done it? isaid, counter said, how have you done it? i said, juggling balls. i said, if you watch britain's got talent, you will see. they said, there is a lad from chile in that. i said, that was me. “— from chile in that. i said, that was me. —— from chorley. you had to be recognised with a face mask. you need good eyes. tell us about the whole experience. it is different. you had a screen with social distancing. what is it like filming it? there is a lot of covid. it

ta kes a it? there is a lot of covid. it takes a long time to nip to the toilet. there is a one—way system all around the studio but it is brilliant. because of the situation, there were only fourjudges behind there were only fourjudges behind the table, that was your only audience. i think they put in extra effort to encourage the acts. you could probably tell by the reaction i was getting anyway but i felt real warmth in the room. thejudges were lovely, i loved it. what do you do for the final? we saw you blowing out your cheeks. you want to throw everything, your best, and when you get there, you have to come up with something new. i genuinely thought my semifinal appearance would be my last appearance, so i threw

everything at it. oh, no, i've got to think of something else! what i will do, because it seems to be working, is start off with a lot of jokes and go for a big finish. i must stick with a winning formula. obviously you are injured, will you bea obviously you are injured, will you be a right for the final? and get crossed. i can't even do that, can i? can someone do that for me? we we re i? can someone do that for me? we were going to get you to juggle today, can you do that? there you go. and you see that? it is not easy sitting down but there you go. well done. i will give you a little round of applause. with a damaged finger as well. all of the best for the final. good stuff. you're watching bbc breakfast. in a moment the latest news headlines, but the time now is 8:59.

hi. good morning. welcome to bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines this tuesday morning... as a government scientific adviser tells us we've relaxed too much over coronavirus, a minister urges young people to think of others... there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. notjust a responsibility to stay at home but go out following the guidelines. what do you thnk of the messaging?