said centres around the country. he said £1 . 575 centres around the country. he said £1.575 billion the government has set aside to help the arts out through this terrible times, he said a lot of that money should not go to the buildings in london, it should go to regional theatres and very specifically to regional theatres, to give them the capacity to put any necessary measures like cleaning and sanitising that have allowed them to welcome to welcome audiences again, to operate and to make a contribution to the community. this isa contribution to the community. this is a story that is actually much bigger than theatre. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. a much brighter day for some of us today. this picture is from northumberland. on the satellite clinic yesterday, so much clout. there are big breaks in the cloud, east of england, eastern scotland and parts of wales as well. the

further west you are glad the more cloud. lots of the uk is between s warm front and this cold front. it is called a warm sector. —— this warm front. a lot of cloud coming into the west of the uk. you may be seeing like rain or drizzle. in the east, this is where there are the highest temperatures. some spots in eastern england now approaching 25 celsius. turning much wetter in north—west scotland before the afternoon is up this evening heavy rain will push across scotland. by the end of the night it will reach into parts of northern england and wales. in the south, look how warm it is again with temperatures holding up into the mid teens. not much rain but the cloud will move

south tomorrow. a few showers in northern scotland on the breeze. behind the cold front, it is cooler, fresher air moving in. notice temperatures coming down. sunnier skies for many of us. tomorrow evening will be mainly clear going into tomorrow night, that means much cooler coming into thursday morning compared with the last few nights. there will be a ridge of high pressure on thursday, a bit of cloud in the west. patchy rain in the north west of scotland and temperatures in the mid to high teens, close to average for the time of year it was that there will be a wetter, windier system approaching scotla nd wetter, windier system approaching scotland and some others will see heavy rain from that. that rain pushing into northern ireland as well. into the weekend a chance of seeing rain. we may see a bit of that into northern ireland. away

from scotland to collect much of the uk, particularly england and wales, it will be dry with occasional sunshine, more so by sunday. temperatures at that stage are starting to creep up again a few degrees. thank you for that. a reminder of our top story... the uk is entering a period of great concern as the number of coronavirus cases rises across the country. that's all from the bbc news at one , so it's goodbye from me , good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england's mason greenwood has apologised for breaking quarantine rules after agreeing to meet two women at the team hotel following the win over iceland at the weekend. in a statement released this morning, the manchester united forwward says his actions were "irresponsible" and has

promised to learn lessons from the incident with phil foden, who has already apologised. both players have been sent home from the england camp and are unavialble for tonight's nations league game against denmark. foden's absence means manager gareth southgate will be forced into changes for this evening's game in copenhagen, something he was already planning. we have tried things in training across the week with a long—term view on different possibilities for us as a team. where it is the right thing to be able to win the game, we've got to think that through, but it is no secret because everything in this camp seems to have got out, so we have tried three at the back earlier in the week, but you know, we will make a decision on that. one of the most decoated players in the women's game is back in the wsl, with england defender

lucy bronze re—signing from lyon on a free transfer. bronze moved to france in 2017, winning three successive champions league titles among a host of other honours, and says she is returning to a much stronger league than the one she left. ican i can only see the english to getting better, and the way it has improved already in the past four yea rs, improved already in the past four yea rs , eve n improved already in the past four years, even the last six years when a kind of hit the scene, has changed massively every single year and i just can't see that coming to a halt anytime soon. england, especially with the fa, there are a lot of premier league clubs, manchester united, who have burst onto the scene. tottenham, west ham. ithink it is just scene. tottenham, west ham. ithink it isjust going bigger scene. tottenham, west ham. ithink it is just going bigger because the solar global brands all around the world, everybody has heard of them and everybody wants to be part of english football. arsenal defender hector bellerin has

become the second largest shareholder at league two side forest green rovers, after saying he wants to support their environmentally—friendly ethos. forest green have been recognised by fifa and the united nations as the world's most environmentally—friendly team, having become the world's first carbon—neutral sports club in 2017. bellerin's new role will see him work with the club on raising the environmental agenda across football. defending champion ash barty has pulled out of the french open later this month because of fears over coronavirus. the world number also decided not to play at the us open, which is ongoing in new york, and says she won't play at roland garros because the health and wellbeing of her family is her priority. a new report by uk sport has revealed under half of british olympic and paralympic athletes believe there are consequences to people behaving inappropriately within their training programmes. the survey‘s findings come at a time in which an independent review into allegations of mistreatment within british gymnastics

is under way. not every athlete will have a wonderful, positive experience from being in this high—performance world. not every athlete will leave with the results that they wanted or their dreams coming true moment. not every athlete can have that. but we still feel every athlete can, when they finish their time, look back and say, do you know what? that was a great time i spent. i am better in some way for having been an athlete with another system, been an athlete within that system, and while at the moment we are hearing athletes still having bad experiences and walking away worse off for being part of that, then we still have work to do. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including the latest from stage ten of the tour de france, that continues today despite race director christian prudhomme and staff members from four teams testing positive for coronavirus. all riders returned negative tests. here's more on that at bbc.co.uk/sport.

more from me in the next hour. our political correspondent iain watsonjoins us. brandon lewis is basically admitting that the proposed legislation for the internal market will break international law, is that right? that is right, it was a jaw—dropping moment. bob neill asked brandon lewis, the northern ireland secretary, this specific question. he said, does the secretary of state recognise the adherence to the rule of law is not negotiable and will hear sure is that nothing proposed in this legislation would potentially breach international obligations and arrangements? this legislation is the uk's internal market legislation, due to be

published tomorrow, which some people think would seek to overrule pa rt people think would seek to overrule part of the withdrawal agreement with the eu. this was his response. he said, yes, this crows break international law and a very specific and limited way. it then goes on to explain the precedents for this, apparently there is an international tax treaty seven years ago. there is concern in the conservative benches about how the government is approaching its negotiations with the eu and whether it will stand by the obligations it made as part of our withdrawal agreement so brexit could happen in the first place. there are some concerns on how the protocol for northern ireland would operate. the government is saying if it can't reach agreement on some of the detail of that with the european union, then in limited circumstances it would unilaterally decide how that would operate. this is the first admission it would break international law. this is what he had to say. will he assure us that

nothing that is proposed in this legislation doors or potentially might breach international legal obligations or international legal arrangements that we have entered into? was any material direction given? i would say to my honourable friend that, yes, this does break international law and a very specific and limited way. we are taking the power required by article four ina taking the power required by article four in a certain very tightly defined circumstance. our clear —— there are clear precedents. we will return to that shortly. we will go to the health secretary. however, mr deputy speaker, we have seen concerning rise in the number of positive cases, particularly amongst younger people. these figures serve a salutary reminder that this virus is still very much

with us and remains a threat. it is critical that we maintain our collective commitment to controlling this disease and social distancing is the first line of defence. while young people are less likely to die from this disease, be in no doubt that they are still at risk. the long—term effects can be terrible and, of course, they can infect others. six months on, many people are still suffering chronic fatigue, muscle being able to function. at kings college survey published today shows that 300,000 people in the uk have reported symptoms lasting for more than a month and 60,000 people have beeniu than a month and 60,000 people have been ill for more than three months. i want to address the point, which is good news that the number of

people sadly dying from coronavirus in this country is currently low we have seen all across the world how a rise in cases initially among younger people then spreads leading to hospitalisations and fatalities. in spain, worked the rise in cases started around two months ago, hospitalisations have risen 15 times since mid—july. the number of daily deaths has reached 184. in france, hospitalisations have more than tripled in the same period, so this must be a moment of clarity for us all. this is not over. just because we have come through one peak, it doesn't mean we can see another one coming towards our shores. but together we can tackle it so long as we remember that in a pandemic our actions today have consequences tomorrow for the people we love for

our communities and for our country each and every citizen has a responsibility to help stop the second peak and after social distancing, the next line of defence is test and trace. over the past six months we have built the biggest testing system of any major european country and one of the biggest testing systems in the world and today i can tell the house that we have met our target to provide testing kits to all care homes for older people and people with dementia that have registered to get tests, but i will not rest stop we are working flat out to expand testing capacity even further using existing technology we are expanding our capacity right now and we are investing in new testing technology, too. last week i was able to announce £500 million for next—generation tests like saliva tests a nd next—generation tests like saliva tests and rapid turnaround tests that can deliver results in just 20

minutes. the ability to get rapid on the spot results will significantly increase the weapons in our armoury inafight increase the weapons in our armoury in a fight with against coronavirus and for economic recovery. we are rolling out these tests right now and plan to use them to relieve capacity constraints, to expand asymptomatic testing to find the virus and to give people the confidence that a negative test result brings. where it is necessary we will not shy away from taking targeted local action. in june, we will not shy away from taking targeted localaction. injune, i established a joint bio—security centre to provide the best possible data analytics using information from all possible sources. our local action is driven by the data. we now publish daily local data on cases, so that everyone can see the data on which these decisions are taken. this shows that our approach is

working. for instance, in both leicester and luton the weekly case rate has more than half during august. i want to thank the people of leicester, including the honourable gentleman opposite, and of religion, and the other areas where we have taken legal action. i wa nt to where we have taken legal action. i want to thank people who followed social distancing and help to bring the virus under control. sometimes local action requires us to act fast and respond to changing circumstances. unfortunately, after improving for several weeks, we have seen a very significant rise in cases in bolton. bolton is now up to 120 cases per hundred thousand population, the highest case rate in the country, and i am publishing the data behind the decisions we have taken. i must therefore tell the house that working with the local council we are taking further legal action. the rise in cases in bolton is partly due to socialise and pay

people in their 20s and 30s. we know this from contact tracing. through our contact tracing system we have identified a number of pubs at which the virus is spread significantly. we are therefore taking the following action in bolton starting immediately. we will restrict all hospitality to take away ways only and we will introduce a late—night restriction of operating hours which will mean all venues will be required to close from 10pm two 5am. we will introduce urgently further measures that put the current guidance that people cannot socialise outside the household into law. i want us to learn the lesson from spain and america and france, not have to learn the lesson all over again ourselves through more hospitalisations and more deaths and ta ke hospitalisations and more deaths and take this action locally in bolton, but crucially, we all have a part to play. young people don'tjust spread

the virus to each other, they spread the virus to each other, they spread the virus to their parents and their grandparents. they spread it to do they come in contact with and to others who they love. i know social distancing can be hard and how it can be extra tough for students who will be starting university, but please, stick with it and play your pa rt please, stick with it and play your part in getting this virus under control. mr deputy speaker, we are also putting in place extra measures including visitor restrictions to restrict the spread of virus into ca re restrict the spread of virus into care homes and hospitals in bolton andi care homes and hospitals in bolton and i want to thank the leader of chip of bolton council who are doing an outstanding job in very difficult circumstances and i want to thank collea g u es circumstances and i want to thank colleagues who represent bolton in this house with whom i have discussed these measures. i want to say this directly to everybody living in bolton, i know how anxious this can be and they know the impact that these measures will have. we

are asking you to take a time when we alljust are asking you to take a time when we all just want to are asking you to take a time when we alljust want to get on with our lives and what we love, get back to normal, but we need to take this crucial step to keep the virus at bay because as we have seen elsewhere if we actually and control the virus, then we can save lives. mr speaker, mr deputy speaker, as well as controlling the tools we have now, we will reduce everything in our power to bring to bear the technologies of the future. over the past few months we have seen the pivotal role that technology has played a response, let's next—generation rapid testing and machine learning tools to help the nhs protect our vital resources might be needed, and the discovery here in the uk of the only two treatments known to save lives from coronavirus. we want to keep this momentum going and so today we are also allocating £50 million from our

ai also allocating £50 million from our aland health and care award, this fund aims to speed up the testing and evaluation of some of the most promising technologies. because through bringing new technologies to the front line we can transform how we deliver critical care and services across the country. finally, the best way out of this corona pandemic remains a vaccine. we have already announced that we will rule out the most comprehensive flu vaccination programme in history this winter. we now have agreements with six separate vaccine developers for early access for 340 million doses of vaccine, and we will use every method of our disposal to get as many people tested as possible. this virus feeds on complacency, and although time has passed since the peak we saw in the spring, the threat posed by the virus has not gone away, so now, with winter on the horizon, we must all redouble our efforts so we can get this virus

on the back foot. i commend the statement of the house. thank you, mr deputy speaker. i thank the secretary of state for a fun side of the statement. there can be no question that the rates we have seen in recent days in case numbers is deeply worrying. i agree with the secretary of state that this is no time for complacency, that those who suggested this could be over by christmas were foolish, and that we should be doing everything we can, taking every reasonable measure possible to actually suppress this virus. it is indeed a very dangerous virus. it is indeed a very dangerous virus and i am pleased that he and his department have recognised the condition of long covid. many people do get long term conditions as a result of this virus and i am pleased about the emerging research into that. the trench we have seen in young people getting the virus is something we have seen for some time

in greater manchester, and when leicester went into lockdown it was because of trench we were saying in young people. specifically on bolton, can he confirm that he has just announced the pub closures and hospitality across bolton, whether that has been discussed and agreed with the mayor of greater manchester? he might not realise, but i grew up in radcliffe, which is next to bolton. what happens to people in bolton want to go for a drink and end up going to radcliffe, barry, or chorley. would they be allowed to travel to neighbouring areas for a drink or not? how will it be enforced ? areas for a drink or not? how will it be enforced? given the action he has taken on the hospitality sector in bolton, is he keeping the hospitality sector under review another hotspot. what guidance has heissued another hotspot. what guidance has he issued to other pubs etc in those

areas? iam he issued to other pubs etc in those areas? i am gratefulfor what he issued to other pubs etc in those areas? i am grateful for what is he issued to other pubs etc in those areas? i am gratefulfor what is it about leicester, and we have made great progress in the city of leicester, but we still have the rule in place for people can't congregate in their private gardens with their extended family. can i ask him again, kelly he set out the evidence as to why two people cannot congregate in gardens? can he update us as to when leicester will be reviewed next, because the infection rates have come down? universities are set to return imminently, yet the analysis by sage was not published until last friday. will urgently provide a national plan for reducing transmission of the virus in the higher education sector? on schools we have seen a number of outbreaks in recent days, including the that the prime minister visited a few weeks ago to promote the opening up of schools. what are the exact ci rcu msta nces opening up of schools. what are the exact circumstances for a school to close ? exact circumstances for a school to close? in what circumstances does

the health secretary believe our school should close? he may recall, i want school should close? he may recall, iwant him school should close? he may recall, i want him early on, that one of the biggest barriers in this outbreak to self quarantine would not be fatigue or personalfinances. self quarantine would not be fatigue or personal finances. will he accept that the government needs to go much further in helping people who need financial or housing support to isolate? otherwise he will never get on top of infections in areas that are characterised by low pay, child poverty and overcrowded housing? does this not help explain the poor record of contact tracing in these areas? in bolton, only 57% of non—complex cases were reached. in oldham, only 50% were reached. in blackburn, only 40% —— 47%. blackburn, only 40% —— 47%. blackburn, only 40% —— 47%. blackburn, only 43%. nationally, only 69.4% of contacts are now reached and asked to self—isolate. these are the latest statistics.

these are the latest statistics. these are the latest statistics. these are his own statistics that he publishes. what is world beating about that? on testing, there was little explanation in his statement as to what has gone wrong with testing in recent days. he tells us we are supposed to have capacity for around 300,000 tests a day, 100,000 of that is antibody test. what is the current testing capability at the current testing capability at the moment? actually, the secretary of state said no one should have to travel further than 75 miles for a test, but for many people, such as the 20% of home care workers on zero—hour contracts, taking out 150 mile round trip for a test simply isn't feasible. at the moment, it is not even possible! last night it was reported there were no tests in london. people in kent were asked to travel to cardiff. intent and they

we re travel to cardiff. intent and they were advised to visit llandudno. in leicester somebody was advised to head north to edinburgh. in devon, helpfully, people were told they only need travel 20 miles, but u nfortu nately only need travel 20 miles, but unfortunately that involved crossing the sea to get to swansea! i know the sea to get to swansea! i know the secretary of state and see walks on water, but many of our constituents count. at the health select committee earlier, he admitted it would take weeks to fix these problems, get last week he was boasting of plans for 10 million tests a day as part of his operation moonshot. when he can't even get the basics right, yet alone the moonshot, people think he is on another planet. his testing regime has been a fiasco, yet we have had no apology from him today. is it the co re no apology from him today. is it the core of the problem is this? he didn't listen to the experts. they all advised him to invest in public health teams and nhs labs, instead health teams and nhs labs, instead he gave contracts to outsourcing

firms who had no experience in testing and tracing. surely he should now accept that was a mistake and invest in public health teams instead. mr deputy speaker, we must do everything reasonable to suppress this virus, but instead in recent weeks we have had muddled messages, field testing, in effect a contact tracing, winter is coming, the secretary of state needs to get a grip. i will certainly answer the questions that the honourable gentleman poses, but i would start with this form of the proposal from the gentleman opposite to dismantle the gentleman opposite to dismantle the testing system that we have built so painstakingly over the last six months, yes, using the nhs and pha, but also using all of the testing capacity of the nation, that is one that i am the british people will reject, because we need to build our capacity, build what we can do. we have built it, we have

built one of the biggest test and capacities in the world over the past six months, and i will reject all past six months, and i will reject a ll calls past six months, and i will reject all calls for narrow partisan reasons to dismantle a testing capacity that is working. of course, of course with the increasing demand for a test that we have seen in the past few days, there have been challenges which we have acknowledged when we are working day at night to fix those. the long term solution, using the new technologies that are coming on stream, is a critical part of making sure that we can expand testing capacity still further. he also got his... got into a bit ofa further. he also got his... got into a bit of a model on contact tracing, saying that under 70% of contacts are not dressed, that is simply untrue and below the number we publish weekly stop we published the latest last thursday. he asked... some of the questions were very sensible. he asked about schools. he

is quite right that having a clear guidance on how we approach schools and having clear guidance on what school should do in the event of an outbreak is important. that guidance has been sent to schools and published, and in the first instance high school should work with their local director of public health to minimise the impact of an outbreak. he also asked about financial support for those who have to self—isolate. we have put that in place and all that out in areas of the north west, and we are watching the north west, and we are watching the progress of that effectively. he asked rightly about leicester. i understand he has a national responsibility under local interest in leicester. the local lockdown in leicester has resulted in a very significant drop in the number of cases and we take a formal review of

the measures in leicester on thursday and i will be certain to talk to him in advance of that and ta ke talk to him in advance of that and take his local intelligence and views into account. he asked also for a plan for higher education. there's been an enormous amount of work with all of the universities to ensure we have a opening of the university sector in the coming weeks. finally, on bolton, iam university sector in the coming weeks. finally, on bolton, i am glad that he started his response in a constructive form about the measures that we have to take on bolton. i have communicated with the mayor of greater manchester and he has had a briefing from the official team that has been offered. the statutory responsibility is with bolton council, with whom we have been working very closely to put these measures into place and the measures have been, essentially, building on

the measures that bolton council have been putting in place. i want to put on the record my thanks to those in bolton council, the leader, david greenall, he has been doing an excellent job. the david greenall, he has been doing an excellentjob. the director of public health and the chief executive. it has been a difficult challenge in bolton. thankfully, what we have learnt from this sort of local action elsewhere in the country, is that we don't see large—scale country, is that we don't see la rge—scale numbers of country, is that we don't see large—scale numbers of people travelling nearby, to nearby other areas. where there is a problem. we haven't seen that yet. of course we remain vigilant on that and all of these measures, but i'm sure that these measures, but i'm sure that the people of bolton will understand how significant this problem is and will follow the guidance and indeed the new laws that we will bring in to back—up the proposal so we have made today.

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