hello, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as coronavirus cases continue this is bbc news with to rise, social gatherings of more joanna gosling with the latest than six people in england — headlines for viewers in the uk both indoors and out — are to become illegal. and around the world. as coronavirus cases continue for a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant to rise, social gatherings of more than six people in england — restrictions, i get that, both indoors and out — and we don't do this lightly. are to become illegal. do you back the new measures? for a family of five or six, will it work to bring down this will bring in some significant the number of cases? restrictions, i get that, and we don't do this lightly. one of the leading thousands of people flee fires at an overcrowded migrant camp coronavirus vaccine trials — on the greek island of lesbos. by oxford university and astrazeneca — has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. one of the leading thousands of people flee fires coronavirus vaccine trials at an overcrowded migrant camp by oxford university and astrazeneca on the greek island of lesbos. has been temporarily widespread floods hit much of north—eastern, halted worldwide after a uk central and west africa.

volunteer falls ill. new legislation which would override elements of the uk government's brexit in sudan, the nile has risen to its highest withdrawal deal is published today — level in over a century. ministers acknowledge it will breach international law. new legislation which nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — would override elements the british—iranian woman who was detained in iran four years of the uk government's brexit withdrawal deal is due ago and is almost reaching to be published today. the end of herjail term — ministers admit it will breach international law. is told she'll face another the shadow attorney general says trial on sunday. the decision will come back we've been battling to get her home, to haunt the government. insisting it was unfair all along and that it's been a political use of her as a bargaining chip but we were near to the end every time another government is and certainly she was counting down inconvenient for them to comply with the weeks until it was going an international agreement they will to all be over. researchers say the discovery of deep channels of warm water say to the uk we understand your under the ice of the biggest glacier in west antarctica explains why position is specific and limited it's melting so rapidly. breaches are ok and that is not a good place for the uk to be. the last opposition leader in belarus still at large, maxim znak, has been taken from his office by masked people in plain clothes. the foreign office says british officials will try to attend

any new trial in iran of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — the british—iranian woman who was detained four years ago we've been battling to get her home, insisting it was unfair all along hello. and that it's been a political use the british government has said that a ban on gatherings of more than six people, of her as a bargaining chip in response to a surge but we were near to the end in coronoavirus cases, will be in place for the "foreseeable and certainly she was counting down future" — possibly the weeks until it was going even until christmas. to all be over. if you live in england, you won't be able to socialise researchers say the discovery with more than six people of deep channels of warm water — under the ice of the biggest glacier from monday — both inside and out; it will be illegal. in west antarctica — explains why borisjohnson has described the rise it's melting so rapidly. in cases as concerning. the new legal limit of six is for people of all ages, and comes in on the 14th of september. but it will not apply to schools, workplaces or covid—secure weddings, funerals and organised team sports. households and support bubbles bigger than six people are also unaffected. if you break the new law you could be fined £100 — doubling with each offence to a maximum of £3,200. it's all becuase of that steep rise hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around in coronavirus cases. the world ? and stay with us for the latest news and analysis the devolved administrations in from here and across the globe. scotland, wales and northern ireland will be setting their own rules. the british government has said that a ban on gatherings the prime minister will give more of more than six people, details at a news conference at four in response to a surge o'clock this afternoon. in coronoavirus cases, will be 0ur political correspondent in place for the "foreseeable

nick eardley reports. voiceover: wash your hands, future". . . possibly even til christmas. cover your face, make space. a new campaign by the government if you live in england, you won't be able to socialise to remind us all of the basics with more than six people to stop the spread of coronavirus. from monday — both inside and out, it will be illegal. ministers and experts have become borisjohnson has described the rise in cases as concerning . increasingly worried the new legal limit of six about the number of new cases and today, new measures is for people of all ages, are being announced to try and applies from the to limit social contact. you could pick up 14th of september. or pass on the virus. from monday, in england, but it will not apply to schools, gatherings of more than six people workplaces or covid—secure weddings, are being banned by law. funerals and organised team sports. the new measures apply households and support indoors and outdoors. bubbles bigger than six people are also unaffected. police will be given the power if you break the new law to break up groups, and, you could be fined £100 — if people don't comply, they could be fined £100. doubling with each offence to a maximum of £3,200. this will double on each further it's all because of that steep rise repeat offence, up to £3,200. in the number of covid—19 cases until now, people from two households could meet in larger in recent days — 8396 since sunday. groups, but that's been limited to six, meaning two families of four the devolved administrations in can't all meet at the same time. scotland, wales and northern ireland will be setting their own rules. the prime minister will give more the new restrictions will apply details at a news conference at four to hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants, o'clock this afternoon. 0ur political correspondent but there will be some exemptions

nick eardley reports. for work and education, and funerals and weddings v0|ceover: wash your hands, and organised team sports. cover your face, make space. a new campaign by the government borisjohnson will be back at the podium in downing street to remind us all of the basics later where he will tell people: to stop the spread of coronavirus. ministers and experts have become increasingly worried about the number of new cases and today, new measures are being announced to try to limit social contact. you could pick up or pass on the virus. from monday, in england, gatherings of more than six people are being banned by law. the new measures apply we've seen tighter rules in a number indoors and outdoors. of areas in recent weeks, large parts of the north of england, police will be given the power to break up groups, and, a number of councils in the west of scotland, if people don't comply, caerphilly in wales. they could be fined £100. in bolton, significant this will double on each further new restrictions have repeat offence, up to £3,200. just come into force. pubs and restaurants have been told until now, people from two they can only serve takeaways. opening hours have been restricted at night, households could meet in larger and people have been banned from socialising with those from outside their household. groups, but that's being limited to six, meaning two families of four can't all meet at the same time.

the rise in cases in bolton the new restrictions will apply is largely due to socialising to hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants, by people in their 20s and 30s, but there will be some exemptions for work and education, we know this from contact tracing, and funerals and weddings and through our contact tracing system, we've identified a number and organised team sports. of pubs at which the virus has borisjohnson will be back spread significantly. but from monday, there will also be at the podium in downing street new national restrictions for the whole of england — later where he will tell people: limiting how many people can meet at a time, as the government tries to avoid the virus running out of control. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonjoins us. will this work? i don't know, we've seen tighter rules in a number of areas in recent weeks, large parts of the north of england, victoria. i'm not sure the a number of councils in the west of scotland, department of health necessarily know either about what they know is caerphilly in wales. the number of cases have been going in bolton, significant new restrictions have just come into force. up, 2500 and just under 3000 in recent days and they have to take pubs and restaurants have been told national action. you know it is they can only serve takeaways. serious when the prime minister opening hours have been restricted at night, emerges and does one of these press and people have been banned from socialising with those from outside our household. conferences. he is back with a press

conference, likely to be flanked by the rise in cases in bolton medical or scientific experts this afternoon and he will be making a is largely due to socialising by people in their 20s and 30s, very clear message to people that we know this from contact tracing, and through our contact tracing effectively, especially young people, behaviour will have to system we've identified a number change if we are not going to see of pubs at which the virus has the virus get out of control. there spread significantly. will be several days before the new but from monday, there will also be restrictions are brought into force. new national restrictions some people will say there is a for the whole of england, limiting how many people can meet danger people have the last house parties over the weekend but the at a time as the government tries to avoid the virus running government is saying they want people to really get into their out of control. heads what the new rules are going nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. to be and then there is going to be much tougher enforcement of those rules. so far, the police have been 0ur political perfectly happy, i think, with the idea they only really get involved correspondent iain watson. if there is group of more than 30. we have seen them breaking up house lots of new developments, the new parties in different parts of the country. now they will be required to stop people meting outdoors as restrictions and prime minister's questions later. matters and an hour well as indoors in groups of more than six. i think the government andi questions later. matters and an hour and i suspect labour will be will say enforcement and education attacking the government on its will say enforcement and education will be the key to this to try and track and trace system and for that bring these restrictions in and to is adequate and whether the ensure people comply with those government is getting a grip on the

restrictions. if they do, sure, it virus. as far as the government is may well work. if it doesn't, we concerned they want to show they are now willing to take tough measures could lasting a long time. people and reimpose restrictions to prevent already worrying about family gatherings at christmas, households any exponential rise in the virus across england this restriction on of more than six. they will still be six people meeting indoors or outdoors will have a huge effect able to meet less than six but especially on larger families. a family of six more not all be able otherwise restrictions could apply. to go and visit their grandparents given the level of restrictions, at the same time. tough new it's quite a challenge for a lot of families to have to stick to this restrictions from monday and the andi families to have to stick to this and i think that is why the government hopefully people will not government is going so clearly on use aweekend as a last blast to have enforcement. the other part of this house parties. it will also mean new is making sure the government stays on top of the virus by having its obligations on the police because at test, track and trace system. the the moment we have seen them health secretary matt hancock was asked this morning why it is the case that people are still finding it very difficult to local tests. breaking up gatherings of more than 30 but a gang of six teenagers we want getting a test to be as easy as possible. hanging around a street corner may we haven't put in place on the website to go through, well feel the full force of the law. you know, strong requirements to prove the eligibility. i don't want to have to do that we'll be hearing from the prime because i don't want to put minister at 4pm, a measure of how

a barrier for symptomatic people she the government is taking this. to get a test. but, unfortunately, we have seen this quite sharp rise in the last those daily press conferences couple of weeks of people without symptoms who don't disappeared over the summer but the have a good reason coming forward to get a test. there have been stories of whole famous three out going to be back, schools or parts of schools borisjohnson famous three out going to be back, being all sent to get a test. boris johnson flight by the that is not — not acceptable. famous three out going to be back, borisjohnson flight by the chief advisor and scientific officer and it is not an appropriate use they will be trying to stress that of our testing resources. so we have record amount of testing people have to effectively get their and we need to use it on people head around the idea this virus has who are symptomatic. not gone away so dearly to practice right, can ijust put to you... social distancing but also as well just before we finish on this, i also want to address this point as the incentives to make sure you to everybody who does come forward for testing. if you have symptoms, are not passing on the virus there please keep coming forward or be are not passing on the virus there and trying to get a test. orbea are not passing on the virus there or be a strong message also on we make tests available enforcement. 0n test, track and regularly so that you can get trace in terms of staying on to the a test local to you. virus the health secretary was asked white was the case some people were the vast majority of people do get a test local to them still having to drive many miles to and we are trying to stop get a drive—through test. the problem of people having to travel. we want getting a test to be as easy as possible. we haven't put in place very clearly, matt hancock's message on the website to go through, you know, strong requirements is demand could be outstripping to prove the eligibility. i don't want to have to do that

supply for the tests even though because i don't want to put capacity is going up in the message a barrier for symptomatic from the government is don't go for people to get a test. but, unfortunately, we have seen a test unless you have symptoms, not this quite sharp rise in the last least because if you are couple of weeks of people without symptoms who don't have a good reason coming forward to get a test. asymptomatic you could give a there have been stories of whole schools or parts of schools positive test. there are problems being all sent to get a test. with track and trace, i think we that is not — not acceptable. will hear more about that between it is not an appropriate use keir starmer and boris johnson later of our testing resources. at pmqs. 0ne so we have record amount of testing keir starmer and boris johnson later at pmqs. one other thought is this: and we need to use it the government will be saying on people who are symptomatic. strongly at the press conference right, can ijust put to you... this afternoon that people must just before we finish on this, follow new rules. this comes 2a i also want to address this point hours after a government minister to everybody who does come said that he and indeed the rest of forward for testing. if you have symptoms, please keep coming forward the government, in relation to brexit, were prepared to break the and trying to get a test. we make tests available law. but only in limited and regularly so that you can specific way but i imagine some if get a test local to you. they want to, potentially quoting the vast majority of people do get that if they break coronavirus a test local to them rules. that is a good point. thank and we are trying to stop the problem of people you very much. iain watson. we will having to travel. talk more about that plan to break matt hancock claiming that as a international law should it come to that a little later. problem not of capacity but of supply and demand and the people

without symptoms on asymptomatic and for viewers in the uk — should not be going for a test in the first place because it is likely we'll be answering your questions at 3:30 on the to prove negative. that is stopping what the new measures people who need test getting them. mean for you. send them in via email in terms of people complying with to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk — or you can tweet #bbcyourquestions. new regulations and rules, some people will be raising the fact only 24 and was ago a government minister i mentionjust before i mention just before ten o'clock and the house of commons said the when a woman asked if she could take government was prepared to break her daughter to bangor university international law and limited and from caerphilly. a couple of people specific ways and the government will have to try very hard to e—mailed to say there are on the convince people not to do their own actual official website, there are exemptions and that is one of them. limited and specific exemptions from i was looking at one that talked about exemptions for going to new coronavirus rules. school, i didn't see one for university. i am just looking school, i didn't see one for university. iam just looking now, soi university. iam just looking now, so i will check that for you. you as we've been hearing social have to have a reasonable excuse and gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in england presumably taking your daughter to from monday — with some exemptions. uni for herfirst the devolved administrations presumably taking your daughter to uni for her first year is one but in scotland, wales and presumably taking your daughter to uni for herfirst year is one but i will double—check, i haven't quite northern ireland are able to set their own restrictions, had time yet. which means that the number and you can see that of people allowed to meet inside or outside varies coronavirus briefing in the uk's four nations. in scotland, up to eight people from the government led from three different households can meet indoors, by the prime minister

while fifteen people from five along with chris whitty and patrick different households can gather outdoors. in wales, valla nce along with chris whitty and patrick vallance starts at lipm. coverage up to four households can form an "extended household" sta rts but they shouldn't gather indoors vallance starts at lipm. coverage starts at 3:45, as with anyone else. vallance starts at 4pm. coverage starts at 3:45, as they say in the up to 30 people can meet outdoors. build—up to football matches. that in northern ireland, will be on bbc one and the bbc news up to six people from two households are allowed to meet indoors, channel. a major trial of a coronavirus while up to 15 people vaccine has been put on hold across the world, can gather outdoors. after a volunteer in this country fell ill. and viewers in the uk can see that the vaccine, being developed by oxford university coronavirus briefing this and drugs company astrazeneca, afternoon from the government is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, led by the prime minister. and in smaller groups in brazil coverage starts at 3.45 on bbc one and south america. and the bbc news channel — astrazeneca described it as a "routine" pause in the case where you can also get the news of "an unexplained illness". a safety review will be carried out before the trial can restart. conference with bsl signing. earlier, i spoke to our science correspondent pallab ghosh, who gave an update on the condition a major trial of a coronavirus of the patient. vaccine has been put the volunteer has an on hold across the world, after a volunteer inflammation in his spine. in the uk fell ill. the doctors say that he should recover, but the main thing on this story is that this is a normal the vaccine — being developed procedure, to halt the vaccine by oxford university and drugs company astrazeneca — is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, if someone taking part in a trial and in smaller groups in brazil falls ill and there's no and south america.

readily available explanation. astrazeneca described it as a "routine" pause in the case of "an unexplained illness". a safety review will be carried out they're going to spend the next before the trial can restart. few days finding out whether it is a side effect let's speak to our health corresondent pallab ghosh about this. from the vaccine or not, and hopefully it will get the all clear and this will happen again. what is known about why this this has happened once before. it didn't receive the same amount of publicity, procedure has been halted? the new but it is a precaution because clearly it has to be safe for everyone to use. york times have reported that uk of course. do you know how many people in total patient had inflammation around the are taking part in this vaccine, spinal area and as you said so we can put in perspective astrazeneca has said this is a the fact it's been stopped twice and this is a man routine pause, but of the protocol with an inflammation of the spine and he should recover? but if someone taking part in a so, 10,000 people in the uk have trial does suffer from an illness taken part and thousands and that is no clear explanation to more in other countries. start with the trial will be poised none of — apart from that one case for everyone until they can find a that you mentioned, there have been satisfactory explanation. hopefully no other safety issues. so there is a huge amount there is an alternative explanation of evidence to suggest that it there is an alternative explanation thatitis there is an alternative explanation that it is not a reaction to the that the vaccine is safe. vaccination and if that is the case the trials will continue. at two but even the slightest worry has to be checked out because once

a vaccine is rolled out, points on this, there has been a it'll be the entire population that's going to receive it. pause before any similar situation and also 10,000 people have been greece's largest migrant camp on the island of lesbos has been taking part safely in the trials so partially destroyed by a huge fire, leaving up to 13,000 people homeless. farapart taking part safely in the trials so far apart from that only an the camp is notoriously overcrowded, exception without any serious and there had been anger over strict quarantine procedures after dozens symptoms so this is purely a of people there tested positive for covid—19. precaution because the vaccine the cause of the fire is still not effort is successful any vaccine immediately clear and the government will be used on the entire uk in athens is preparing to announce population and so it has to be a a state of emergency for the island. case of safety first. it underlines the european union has offerered support, saying it will finance the transfer and accomodation of 400 unaccompanied children. that exactly, this could be 0ur correspondent mark something not related to the vaccine at all but they have to be lobel has the latest. absolutely clear and follow procedures, no short cuts. 0ne hopeless as their homes burn. many houses finished. many... absolutely clear and follow procedures, no short cuts. one of theissues procedures, no short cuts. one of the issues with the virus as it ..all finished. affects about 20% of the population thousands of migrants in this very badly and the remaining crammed refugee camp of makeshift tents and shipping containers population are less badly soever eve ryo ne population are less badly soever everyone is going to receive the

are being told to evacuate. vaccine it has to be safer for strong winds are hindering fire eve ryo ne vaccine it has to be safer for everyone so nothing must be left to crews battling to contain the blaze. chance. it is better that the local residents are now witnessing vaccine is delayed by a few days to homeless asylum seekers ensure it is safe rather than with nowhere to turn, with reports many are corners cut. thank you. being held on a highway. these, people, they don't you're watching bbc news... have a place to stay tonight. it's about, here in front of me, greece's largest migrant camp it's about 1000 people on the island of lesbos has been largely destroyed by a huge fire leaving up to 13,000 that have everything, their belongings and they're sitting on the street. people homeless. the camp is notoriously overcrowded and there had been anger over strict if you go to...if you drive quarantine procedures after dozens of people there tested to mytilene, it's15km, positive for covid—19. and on the way you will see people the cause of the fire is still not walking with their luggage. immediately clear and the government tensions have been rising in recent in athens is preparing to annouce days as residents objected a state of emergency for the island. to their proximity to dozens who've the european union has offerered support to greece, tested positive with coronavirus. saying it will finance the transfer the whole camp was under and accomodation of 400 unaccompanied children. a strict quarantine. authorities had promised to improve segregation conditions after a medical charity had warned of disastrous consequences i'm joined now by amanda munoz de toro —

after the forced closure she's the executive director of their relief centre of fenix, an organisation there injuly. which provides humanitarian legal it's not the first fire that's has broken out of the camp. aid to refugees in lesbos. aid agencies have repeatedly warned about the fragile situation. this is a concerning development, today's fire will once what is the latest on the impact on again put the spotlight on this gateway to europe for many of the world's migrants. those at the camp? at the moment mark lobel, bbc news. there are thousands of people on the streets without any access to 0ur population correspondent stephanie hegarty has reported medical aid, water orfood, on the moria migrant camp — shejoins me now. blankets. they spent the night, the hello. give our audience and insight aust all the belongings and there are thousands on the street and to what it is like in there and the outside the camps, police checkpoints so they are not allowed layout? it's incredibly cramped. the camp was built for about 2000 people to leave a specific area or access and then an extra part was added to aids. we are expecting an announcement from the government accommodate more. there has been up soon so hopefully they will have to 13,000 people living there, so incredibly overcrowded. very little helped. people with disabilities and access to things like water, sanitation. we reported a few months ago on how it was a perfect breeding

ground foran ago on how it was a perfect breeding ground for an epidemic like covid suffering torture and sexual and sadly, that's what happened last violence and this experience is week. they saw their first case of a lwa ys violence and this experience is always traumatising. we are losing you a bit but we will stay with it the virus and the reaction in the because i think the lighthouse camp was not good. i've spoken to a cleared up. in terms of making sure pharmacist, he's from afghanistan, a these people are safe, what is resident of the camp, who had been happening? there is nothing in place trying to educate people on at the moment so everyone is on the coronavirus protection measures and streets and there is no plan, no he said last week after the outbreak, as people were being told information since last night. what to quarantine, there was this are you able to do for them? at the atmosphere of serious paranoia and moment we are making a list of most distrust. he said thatjust before, vulnerable to move them to private yesterday before the fire broke out, people were complaining, saying they we re people were complaining, saying they housing... we have lost the line were being taken at random by authorities to be tested. that is again unfortunately. the latest on how they felt we don't know exactly what was happening. this atmosphere the situation on lesbos where a of paranoia and distrust seems to refugee camp has been evacuated have erupted into some violence. thank you very much, stephanie. because of fire. the headlines on bbc news... the worst ever wildfires to hit the west coast as coronavirus cases continue of the united states are continuing to rise, social gatherings of more to burn out of control in california than six people in england —

and washington state. both indoors and out — small towns have been left are to become illegal. in ruins and officials say thousands of people flee fires the town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. at an overcrowded migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos. the governor of california says the state is dealing with one of the most challenging periods one of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials — in its history, with over 900 fires by oxford university and astrazeneca since the middle of august. — has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. the headlines on bbc news... as coronavirus cases continue to rise, social gatherings of more than six people in england — the last opposition leader in belarus still both indoors and out — at large has been detained. are to become illegal. maxim znak was due to take thousands of people flee fires at an overcrowded migrant camp part in a video call on the greek island of lesbos. from his office; instead, he texted his group one of the leading one word — "masks" — an apparent reference coronavirus vaccine trials — to balaclava—wearing security officers. 0ne russian news agency said by oxford university and he was detained by the state astrazeneca, has been temporarily halted worldwide after investigative committee. a volunteer falls ill. this comes after monday's abdution of maria kolyesnikova, who yesterday resisted attempts to forcibly deport her to ukraine by ripping up her passport and is now in detention. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher is back in kiev in ukraine, after reporting on the protests. he explains why this this country is making plans to break international law if brexit

negotiations with the eu break down. is significant... it's not every day that a government minister says that in the house of commons. effectively, maxim znak was the last here he is — the northern active member of that presidium ireland sec brandon lewis of the coordinating council. speaking yesterday. yes, this does break international law in a very all indications are that specific and limited way. he has been picked up we are taking the powers to disapply by the authorities in minsk. the eu law concept of direct effect it's something we've seen repeatedly required by article over the last several weeks. 4, in a certain... ..very tightly defined they've steadily been picking off circumstances. members of the coordinating council speaking in the last few minutes at a news conference, and it seems giving them a pretty the irish prime minister, michael martin, said meaningful stark choice: negotiations can only proceed they can either sit in jail on the basis of mutual trust. in belarus and possibly face unilateral actions which seek to charges, or they can be taken change the operation of measures to a border and given already agreed included in an the opportunity to go into exile, international treaty and and that is, of course, incorporated into domestic law do what happened with maria kolesnikova not build trust. michael martin. yesterday and she, of course, famously tore up her passport and refused to be sent into exile here in ukraine. as a result, the government's top legal adviser resigned in protest and former prime minister theresa may asked whether the uk will ever be trusted again when it makes agreements in future. the uk government has admitted but the head of the european council that it is making plans

advised everyone to keep cool. to break international law, it's all to do with something called by unilaterally altering the terms of its withdrawal the internal market bill. agreement with the eu. let's get some reaction to this — it's not every day that and speak to the labour a government minister says that in the house of commons. shadow attorney general, lord falconer. he shadows the attorney general, who here he is — the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis is the main legal advisor to the speaking yesterday. yes, this does break government. thank you for your international law in a very specific and limited way. patience. hello to you. what was we are taking the powers to disapply your reaction when you heard the uk the eu law concept of direct effect required by article 4, in a certain... ..very tightly defined would be breaking international law circumstances. ina limited would be breaking international law speaking in the last few minutes in a limited way? surprised and upset. i think those words, specific the irish prime minister, michael martin, said meaningful negotiations can only proceed on the basis of mutual trust. and limited breach of united law unilateral actions which seek to will come back to haunt the uk for change the operation of medals many years to come. every time already agreed including an another government thinks it is inconvenient for them to comply with international treaty and incorporated into domestic law do the terms of an international not build trust. agreement they will say to the united kingdom, we understand your the shadow attorney general, lord falconer, said downing street position is specific and limited has made a "terrible mistake". breaches are ok and that is not a good place for the uk to be. you i think those words a specific and know that number 10 say this will only come into place potentially if limited breach of international law there is no free trade deal agreed welcome back to point the uk for with the european union before the end of our transition period and it many years to come. every time is to protect the peace process in another government thinks it is

inconvenient for them to comply with northern ireland business. is to protect the peace process in northern ireland businesslj is to protect the peace process in the terms of international agreement northern ireland business. i don't think that number 10 are right when they will say to the uk we they say it will only come into play understand your position is that if there is no deal. my specific and limited pictures are understanding is there are two 0k. specific and limited pictures are ok. that is not a good place for the particular things we signed up to in the northern irish protocol. first, uk to be. fraklin dehousse is a professor when goods went from northern eu law, a former eu ireland to great britain that there had to be an exit declaration, a judge and eu treaties negotiator. he joins us from brussels. piece of paperwork. secondly, in thank you forjoining us. what do effect, the european state aid rules you think about the government would continue to apply effectively right across the uk. it was a saying the withdrawal likely much treaty will be break international terrible mistake for the country, the uk, to agree to those. we should law and they specific and limited never have agreed to those two way. we must be careful, it is provisions but the way to deal with thatis provisions but the way to deal with that is to deal with it through a a lwa ys way. we must be careful, it is always better to read text and not process called the joint committee, deal only with declarations but it contained in the northern irish protocol, rather than what we have isa deal only with declarations but it said, which as we are going to break is a seismic moment because it will the agreement. i think it is very undermine many british interests. difficult for us now to get back to you must realise the government of the uk makes thousands of a position where what we say is there are problems with these two representations per year to defend areas, let's negotiate them in good faith because what we are saying is british people, british enterprises

if you don't agree with us, european and productions and this is going to union, we will break it anyway and be undermined by this approach. thatis union, we will break it anyway and that is not a good place to be. whilst another alternative strategy maybe it is a wise and blinding could have been less damaging. can negotiating tactic? if you say to the person you are trying to reach you explain in what way it will undermine the british interests in an agreement with, we will not stand by the last agreement we reached your view. because all these with you, i would have thought it would cause a big problem in representations that are made to protect british interests not only relation to negotiating a new with the eu but also partners on the agreement. so i don't think it is a wise negotiating tactic. indeed, i would think what will happen now and five continents, they are based on rules of international law in the the irish taoiseach you quoted said we have to get assurances they will future your invocation of comply with the last agreements. international rules will be less potent and these interests will be less protected. the government says minister designed yesterday. should it is doing this in order to ensure the attorney general and shadow trade between awful nations and the uk as trade between awful nations and the ukasa trade between awful nations and the uk as a barrier for the after brexit. —— all four nations. it secretary resign? let's hear what the bill says and what the attorney describes that as a tidying up general and chance i have to say first that we as a country have exercise to deal with unforeseen a lwa ys first that we as a country have issues. is that something that has always prided ourselves on complying

with the law, including addison before and you experience international law. the attorney when these treaties are done and general and lord chancellor have legal obligations to uphold the law. we haven't heard from them yet. so thanks come along behind as is before anyone starts calling for happening here, can it lead to this their resignation, i would like to sort of necessity for what has been hear what they have to say about it. described as tidying up? personally right. whatever they say, it will be i would have understood at the uk after another colleague, government government had said we have problems minister, brandon lewis, acknowledge with some provisions and the there is a potentialfor withdrawal agreement because they minister, brandon lewis, acknowledge there is a potential for breaking international law. can you imagine a should not be there but any future scenario where they could justify knowledge and ship agreement. at that? i cannot at the moment. i least this was a defendable, you agree with you that it seems very, could discuss and it was not a very difficult. brandon lewis would frontal attack against the whole of international law. this will not i assume have been reading from briefing papers that were given to bring legal security to the interest him by the northern irish office, in northern ireland because you who presumably would have had cannot say i bring more security to conversations with the attorney general‘s office before he made that cover exchanges between the uk and statement. so i am waiting to hear what the attorney and lord northern ireland at the price of more and security for the list. chancellor say when one of the reasons you have a lord chancellor and an attorney general in the

centre of government is that they clear -- more insecurity for the make sure that the government of the day stands by the law because the rest. this can have a cost in two bits of our constitution that really matter our democracy and the rule of law. now this is investments and in jobs. problematic, it seems to me, for rest. this can have a cost in investments and injobs. at rest. this can have a cost in investments and in jobs. at this point of the trade treaty them. we haven't heard from them yet andi them. we haven't heard from them yet and i would be interested to hear what they say. the other aspect of negotiations after brexit, what impact do you think it will have on this is its in the interests of britain because we are leaving the those negotiations. when it european union that we try and get a concentrate minds could it undermine? it cannot but undermine, sensible deal, including northern ireland. and to be very cavalier and i have always pleaded for a balanced approach to this degree station. if at the last minute say by the way, we are not standing by two we we re approach to this degree station. if provisions in the northern irish we were negotiating the two of us protocol does not seem to me to be a way of promoting either a trade deal andi we were negotiating the two of us and i tell you i want a new agreement with you but by the way i or security in ireland. i want to do not give a damn about the ask you, you may recall although it was 17 years ago, when another legal previous one put into force last adviser resigned because she thought year, what will you do, you will say the government by flouting iam not year, what will you do, you will say i am not trustworthy and you would international law. she resigned on be right. it is going only to make the eve of the 2003 iraq war. is people on the eu side to search for

more solid legal guarantees against this similar? i don't think it is the uk. this is totally because the position then was the counter—productive. the uk. this is totally counter-productive. thank you. attorney general took the view it widespread floods have hit was in accordance with international much of north—eastern, central and west africa. in sudan, the nile has risen to its highest law and she took the view it wasn't level in over a century. the floods are yet another blow in accordance with international for a country struggling law. legitimately, the government to emerge from conflict, political upheaval, stood by the view of the attorney and economic turmoil. general. here, there does not appear the sudanese government has declared to be any dispute by anybody that a state of emergency. the bbc s senior africa what the government is doing is breaking international law. thank you very much. labour's shadow correspondent anne soy reports. attorney general, lord falconer. this is the island of tuti, domestic abuse has increased dramatically around the blue and white nile rivers the world as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. converge in sudan. the commonwealth is now launching the country is experiencing the worst flooding a new initiative in partnership since records began. with the no more campaign — satellite images showjust how aimed at tackling domestic bad the situation is. this was before the rains. and sexual violence in 54 countries. the no more campaign has released now see how sudanese farms this video to raise awareness. obviously, it's hard—hitting and upsetting. on the banks of the nile

have disappeared underwater. lives have been lost, livelihoods destroyed and homes damaged. i just took my children and left, the beds and everything still inside. all i took was some clothes. when the neighbors wanted to see let's speak now to baroness scotland, secretary—general the rest of the furniture from the homes. of the commonwealth. the water level increased again. the government has declared sudan a natural disaster zone and water the commonwealth has announced levels continue to rise. a new partnership designed to reduce putting more people at risk. domestic violence in member countries. also, pamela za balla, global executive director of the no more campaign, we are trying to convince the people of tuti island to leave, whose video we just saw there. but they want. iam not i am not sure if i pronounced your but they won't. we tried to convince them surname correctly, pamela, i hope i to save their lives. we told them that people will stand did. thank you forjoining us. that by them and that the houses isa did. thank you forjoining us. that can be replaced. is a very powerful advert. why is that needed right now? the problem this is a scramble to stop nature's destruction. some areas of the largely desert country are getting swamped. for the first time in living memory right now is we need to look at the and important archeological sites are under threat.

people around us, our neighbours... everything... in lockdown, it's been it's notjust in sudan multiplying. we want to raise and neighbouring countries. across central and western africa, consciousness for bystanders to be more devastation. this is senegal‘s capital, dakar. aware and report if they say anything. baroness got on, i wonder what kind of stories you have heard from women who have experience, not people are desperate to minimise destruction. just women actually, mostly women but some men as well, who have in this community they are trying to save the health center as fears experienced violence during lockdown? it has really intensified of disease outbreaks increase. the horror of what happens when you more rains are predicted to continue pounding all the affected areas on the continent in coming weeks. cannot get away from the there's no respite in sight. perpetrator. in some of the cases, violence in the countries have gone up violence in the countries have gone up by violence in the countries have gone up by 30%. but some by 500%. you nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — the british—iranian woman think about what that means for an who was detained in iran four years ago and is almost reaching individual who normally could go to the end of herjail term, work or could go to school, because but has been told she will face another trial on sunday. this doesn't just affect the women and girls, it also effect the boys and girls, it also effect the boys earlier we spoke to richard and the men in those households.

we've been really clear, if we don't ratcliffe, nazanin's huband — to find out more — have peace in our homes, we are who has spent the past four years never going to have peace in the fighting for her return communities or in the world. so it was absolutely critical for us to follow through on the pledges that we've made to end this violence and we have been battling to get home the no more campaign is really insisting it has been a political barn and checked all along. we had supporting the commonwealth agenda, counted only weeks until it would be over so to be dragged into court in terms of women equality and ending violence, but it's about all yesterday by the judge to be told of us because domestic violence is there was a new court case on sunday like this pandemic. it knows no boundaries, it doesn't care whether and to be told it is all the same we are black, white, rich, poor, we evidence as last time, it is a very live in an island state or a huge, political charge and it was a tough day yesterday. i am calling on the multifaceted country. but we do know that if we come together, if we pool government to protect people. it is not for me to tell them how to do theirjob but it is clearly that our resources and knowledge about what works and what doesn't work, we policy is not working and they have can be the difference which will to look at ways both to protect bring this domestic violence and nazanin and the others being held sexual violence pandemic finally to but also make sure others are not an end. but it will take all of us.

taken. at the moment it seems the pamela, it's a laudable ambition to authorities are getting more wa nt to emboldened and taking people and if pamela, it's a laudable ambition to want to bring this to an end but is this does not work with nazanin i am it realistic, though? inaudible sure there will be others. here in the uk a man accused of murder and seven counts we have gone great strides, in terms of attempted murder after a series of knife attacks in birmingham has been remanded in custody. zephaniah mcleod — who's 27 and from selly oak, of domestic abuse in the 70s. long appeared before the city's magistrate's court via video link. a 23—year—old died from strides have been made. it's important to take the next step and a stab wound to the neck. move into prevention and education and just being aware these ways to some breaking news about pizza hut announcing closures of 29 of its 244 uk announcing closures of 29 of its 244 u k restau ra nts announcing closures of 29 of its 244 uk restaurants which will put around behave are not acceptable any more. 450 jobs at risk. that news just if we can break that culture, we can bring change. baroness scotland, how through. researchers have discovered deep do you break that cycle, that channels under the ice at the front of the biggest glacier culture, if you like? i think it's in west antarctica. they believe these channels, about pooling what we know. the some of which are more than 800 metres deep, whole point of the portal is it will provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get to the front

of the ice, helping explain why have information and support for it is melting so rapidly. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, is one governments, businesses, but also of a handful of people to have visited the glacier. for each of us as individuals. what can we do? how can we help to be the change question mark so often when someone says i want to do something, we are whisky, three, five. the first thing they say is but how next co—ord will be at one, seven, four, zero... cani the first thing they say is but how can i do it? i don't know anything, this one antarctic glacier i don't know what to do first, how is the size of the uk and is already do you handle this? that is where responsible for 5% of world the portal comes in. how do people sea level rise. get a ccess the portal comes in. how do people get access to that? it is online, it and the rate the thwaites glacier is live today. we are launching it is melting has accelerated fivefold and you will see some fabulous in the last 30 years. information. we have information for last year, a team of british how you change the law, how you help and american scientists set up camp on the glacier. your business, but how you help it is one of the most individuals. it is alive today, we are launching it and we want every remote places on earth. single person listening to the bbc by measuring the gravitational pull of the sea bed under the ice, news to go online at the they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step commonwealth says no more dot org in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. so, these channels are really,

really important because they are the pathway that links the deep and see what you can do because none ocean to the grounded ice sheet of us want to be part any longer of and although the surface waters the problem. for all those men out around antarctica are really cold, there who have fantastic women in the deep ocean waters are actually their lives, they want to protect, somewhat warmer and it is these this is an opportunity for all of us warmer ocean waters that get into the ice that you can actually to come together and say no more is start to see quite rapid changes in the ice sheet behaviour. 93v, to come together and say no more is gay, straight, black, white, this is what they religious, no religion at all, this think is happening. is our moment. we can be the a series of huge channels, difference. ijust some almost a kilometre below the ice, allowing the warmer, deep ocean water to flow up to the front of the glacier, is our moment. we can be the difference. i just googled commonwealth no more, is it say no melting it increasingly rapidly. more or says no more? its commonwealth, i think it is says no another team of scientists work from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. more. pamela is about to launch it so she is the one to ask. what do i search for? commonwealth says no exceptional sea ice break—up last year meant they could survey over 2000 square kilometres of the sea floor in front more. but he might not see it at the of the thwaites ice shelf. moment. it is going to be launched it's so important to understand what's going on in antarctica today, particularly these big glaciers, at 11 today. i am half an hour too like thwaites, because they are

changing really quickly as the climate warms and, early, that is why! commonwealth as they melt, they are feeding more says no more are from half an hour's and more water to our global oceans, time. thank you both so much. which is increasing the rate of sea level rise. there is up to 3.5 metres of sea if you have been affected by any level rise locked up in the ice of the issues discussed, here, in west antarctica. and would like some advice, details of organisations offering that's enough to reshape the map information and support of the earth, flooding with domestic violence are available many of the world's greatest cities. at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded understanding why this remote area information on 0800 888 809. is changing and how quickly it will do so, is essential if the world is to prepare for researchers have discovered deep channels under the ice the rising waters to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. at the front of the biggest glacier in west antarctica. they believe these channels, some of which are more than 800 metres deep, provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get to the front of the ice, helping explain why it is melting so rapidly. 0ur chief environment correspondent, hello, this is bbc news. justin rowlatt, is one the headlines: of a handful of people to have as coronavirus cases continue visited the glacier. to rise, social gatherings of more here 5 his report. than six people in england — both indoors and out — are to become illegal.

we are whiskey, three, five. thousands of people flee fires next co—ord will be at one, at an overcrowded migrant camp seven, four, zero... on the greek island of lesbos. this one antarctic glacier one of the leading is the size of the uk and is already coronavirus vaccine trials — responsible for 5% of world by oxford university and astrazeneca — has been temporarily halted worldwide after sea level rise. a volunteer falls ill. widespread floods hit and the rate the thwaites glacier much of north—eastern, is melting has accelerated fivefold central and west africa. in the last 30 years. in sudan, the nile has last year, a team of british risen to its highest and american scientists set up level in over a century. camp on the glacier. new legislation which would it is one of the most override elements of the uk government's brexit withdrawal deal is published today — remote places on earth. ministers admit it will breach international law. the shadow attorney general says by measuring the gravitational pull the decision will come back to haunt the government. of the sea bed under the ice, they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. so, these channels are really, more now on our top story — britain's health secretary, really important because they are matt hancock, has said new coronavirus restrictions the pathway that links the deep in england will be "super simple" ocean to the grounded ice sheet to follow and be in force "for the forseeable future". and although the surface waters the rules, which are being brought around antarctica are really cold, in because of a rise in cases, the deep ocean waters are actually will ban social gatherings of more than six people,

somewhat warmer and it is these with some exemptions. warmer ocean waters that get we can speak now to the virologist into the ice that you can actually dr chris smith, who's the founder start to see quite rapid changes of the naked scientist podcast. in the ice sheet behaviour. this is what they thank you forjoining us. so, super think is happening. a series of huge simple, the government says, is it channels, some almost a kilometre below the ice, allowing the warmer, simpler simple as far as you are deep ocean water to flow up concerned on how important is it to the front of the glacier, melting it increasingly rapidly. that it is? simplicity is the name another team of scientists work of the game. i've spent many years from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. helping to write guidelines for hospitals to do good infection control, and what has proven itself exceptional sea ice break—up last time and again as the winner is year meant they could survey over simplicity and doing the same thing 2000 square kilometres of the sea everywhere, everyone does the same floor in front of the thwaites ice shelf. thing, the message is really clear, really easy to get behind, really it's so important to understand easy to learn, and then everyone what's going on in antarctica today, gets on board. and i think the particularly these big glaciers, u nfortu nate gets on board. and i think the unfortunate circumstance we face in like thwaites, because they are the uk is that we have four changing really quickly countries all doing their own as the climate warms and, things, so not only is there as they melt, they are feeding more confusion within one country, and more water to our global oceans, because this is a lot for people to which is increasing the rate ta ke because this is a lot for people to take on board, you then have the of sea level rise. tension of what is the rule in

there is up to 3.5 metres of sea scotla nd tension of what is the rule in scotland and how does that differ level rise locked up in the ice with england, how is it different to here, in west antarctica. wales and what are northern ireland doing? and we have four horses for that's enough to reshape the map of the earth, flooding many of the world's greatest cities. four different courses. and i think this is lots of little sideshows eclipsing the main act, they should understanding why this remote area all work together and have one unified set of guidelines for is changing and how quickly it everybody. but, yes, i welcome will do so, is essential simplicity. matt hancock is to be saluted for trying to make it if the world is to prepare for the rising waters to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. easier. it's notjust the confusion of what rule where a comet is also a man with serious breathing issues the question of if that is ok there, says he was "ambushed" into wearing a face covering why isn't it ok here? exactly. we on a plane. easyjet has apologised after one of its pilots was filmed are all one population. we are a threatening to remove the passenger very small country, albeit with a from the flight, from big population and high population jersey to london's gatwick airport. density, but it means we are pretty mobile phone footage captured homogenous in terms of who we are, the moment the man was told where we live, how we get to work, to leav. etc. and that should mean it is easy to come up with a set of policies which are relevant to everybody and would remove a lot of confusion. i think that would be a big step forward. but the changes being introduced, are being introduced for

a reason and that is we have seen a departure in the number of caresses applause and cheering of coronavirus in the population, it is an uptick and it seems it might be sustained, and this has provoked some action, and the action is being we will have a full report on that taken to try to balance on the in the next r. you can read more about it on the bbc news website. —— seesaw where we have loaded one side quite heavily with people going to in the next hour. work, returning to school, returning to university, people on public transport, that is obviously contributing to more spread all at the boss of ryanair, michael 0'leary, says the uk s higher risk of spread, and we need travel quarantine policy has been a shambles of mismanagement‘. to counterbalance that somehow and in an interview with the bbc‘s going for where we know 80 or 90% of travel correspondent, the risk of transmission, which is a mr 0'leary said the strategy had been been "lumpy and defective". domestic setting, is, seems sensible he's been speaking to our transport to me. unless we hear otherwise, correspondent tom burridge. i would characterise it, tom, as a shambles of mismanagement. and in that sense, later today there will be more than i would say that the uk 2500 people gathering at doncaster government and the irish government stand indicted. compare that to, for example, for the first crowd to watch british the performance of the horse since lockdown. what message german and italian governments, does that send? does that add to the both of whom allowed the return of intra—eu air travel from the 1st ofjuly confusion? it will depend on whether and yet are managing much lower

covid rates than ireland and the uk this is executed in the right way. government are, because of a much it's perfectly safe for 2000 people better, much more aggressive test and tracing system. and we are not doing enough together outdoors as long as they are not standing shoulder to in the uk or ireland shoulder. we know social distancing to test our citizens, to test passengers arriving at airports and, is your best defence against instead, they are resorting catching anything. ta ken is your best defence against catching anything. taken to extremes, if i stood in london and to these kind of lumpy, you stood at the north pole, there defective quarantines that are manifestly failing is no way you could infect me. the to slow the spread of the virus question becomes, how close do we in the uk and ireland. have to become before we have a high do you accept that the virus risk of transmission? the distance is spreading in certain parts of europe, and therefore the uk we have arrived at that seems to government is saying that it's being work best is about two metres. and prudent, and its primary concern if you can stay two metres or we are is public health, and people not bringing the virus into the country? no, i don't accept that. saying one metre plus, that is at the virus is already in the country and is spreading in the country, one metre with other some other even as the country imposes these defective quarantines. mitigation, that gives you a much, the germans and the italians are not imposing these quarantines and yet have covid rates that much lower risk of infection than if are less than half that of the uk. you are indoors sharing with other i think what it needs is a much more people. can you expect that social aggressive testing regime. distance to be observed with a big crowd ? distance to be observed with a big crowd? that distance to be observed with a big crowd ? that is distance to be observed with a big crowd? that is the whole reason

gatherings of more than six are not we use an institute for tests allowed even outdoors? since this on passengers in arrivals at airports, that would be a much more effective measure than, for started it has been very dependent on people getting behind this, example, banning british citizens getting behind the spirit of this, travelling to see friends and family within europe. and it's all a numbers game. if most people do most of the right things the surge in coronavirus cases has most of the time, then we will go in thrown into doubt the prospect of spectators attending one the right direction. we are loading of britain's top racing meetings. the government had previously given the right direction. we are loading the go—ahead for thousands of people the seesaw in our favour. 0bviously to attend the four—day st leger festival at doncaster — but that guidance could if people are irresponsible or change later today. the mayor of doncaster, forget themselves, it is a loophole, rosjones, says she does not want spectators attending — it's an opportunity for more spread she said: to occur. let's hope people are this is what the health secretary going to be sensible and keep their matt hancock said earlier. distance if they are not in household group, because it's fine the prime minister is going to set for household groups to be together. out more details of the consequences of the new rule for six people gathering later today, and we will as long as people get behind the spirit of this and are sensible and set out what that means for some of responsible, that is the key thing. these events that we were planning we'll have to be responsible and do to do. our bit. well, local lockdowns are already in force in areas across the uk — including bolton, which has seen a recent spike.

people cannot meet with those outside their own household in any setting. restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs we arejoined by have been restricted to takeaway we are joined by the racing broadcaster emma spencer. have you only and will have to close at 10pm. 0ur correspondent any intel on this? is it definitely going ahead, or what? it is going john maguire has more. ahead today because we await what the infection level here in bolton the prime minister says later on so has increased over the past two weeks from the low 20s, it is very much going ahead today, something like 15—18 per 100,000 to now, we find, but who knows what will happen tomorrow or the rest of the week? we more than 120 cases per 100,000. that is what has caused the change in the restrictions. planned to have racing at glorious goodwood on august one, to pilot primarily, the difference it will make is to the hospitality industry, so no longer will pubs, 5000 people going and within 24 cafes and restaurant to be able hours that was very much capped, and to serve sit down meals. they had gone to great lengths to it will be takeaway only. they will also have to close accommodate everything, so, who at 10pm and only then be knows? we will find out later. at the moment it is quite vague. 6000 able to open at 5am. i want to introduce you to sanjiv. good morning. spectators expected to go. i'm just when we talk about these figures, looking at the rules. there will be silently cheering, silent clapping, does it sound like your hometown? is that really feasible? the i was not expecting atmosphere is certainly going to be the figures to be that high.

i knew that the numbers very different. 2500 people today. were rising but didn't think it would be this bad. it has always been a very fun event, bolton seems pretty safe. people are keeping their distance a big social event in the yorkshire calendar, the final classic of the in the supermarkets and shopping centres and stuff like that. season, the st leger. about 27,000 it seems safe, but the numbers say otherwise. we know from the test and trace data people normally attend on saturday. it is people perhaps in their 20s and 30s that are driving the spike. and there will be 6500. there is a lwa ys and there will be 6500. there is always a real buzz about the place you are 18. but there are designated areas for what has been the attitude among your friends? eve ryo ne but there are designated areas for everyone this time around, and do you feel people have safety is paramount. there are lots been acting responsibly? of procedures to go through, but i most of my friends and i, we try to be safe, keep masks hope this is a stepping stone to on and things like that, bigger and better things for racing but you can only distance and for sport, in that we can get to a certain extent when you are together. you do see other groups back to being able to attend, so without their masks on, that sort of thing. fingers crossed that things go well. there is that element to it. we will see. we just kind of need to be more safe and keep ourdistance. with this new lockdown, people may be a little bit more scared so they will be a little bit more careful. john bognar lives in doncaster and spent time shielding we are in the town centre surrounded during lockdown earlier this year. by lots of pubs that what do you think of this going

will start to feel the pinch. ahead? i think this is crazy, to be what is the night—time economy like? honest with you. we had the this will be quite important for the town. government and the media telling us i have not really been out much gatherings must reduce to six people at night, but with the pubs closing i can guess people will not be too indoors, but it is only going to happy about that. happen from monday. when local but it needs to be done if the numbers are rising. lockdowns have happened, it has you yourself are off happened within hours, so how can to university next week. they allow an event like this to go what are your thoughts about that? i am kind of excited ahead and put lots of people in the to move out to liverpool, town, at risk, because when the which should be exciting, a new experience for me, races have finished they will all but i'm not sure what distancing wa nt to races have finished they will all want to go into the town centre, will be like and what lectures will be like. which is traditional, to visit pubs they said they would do lots of online classes, and restaurants, with social but i'm not sure how much of that there will be. distancing in place. is it really it will be exciting going to work in the grand scheme of and a good experience. things? the racecourse have got some we wish you well, and thank absolutely crazy measures in place, you for talking to us this morning. interesting, difficult times, like you say, silent clapping, stay in yourareas, for many of the people in this town, like you say, silent clapping, stay in your areas, etc, like you say, silent clapping, stay in yourareas, etc, but like you say, silent clapping, stay in your areas, etc, but after that who is going to control it all? to hear it mentioned as having the highest infection rate in the country, according to the health secretary. in your areas, etc, but after that who is going to control it alum will be the rules as we have today obviously, very unwelcome news which is, as you say, after the yesterday afternoon. talking to someone who runs a pub event, people going into shops

earlier this morning, having to wear masks, in pubs, track they said they have onlyjust started to feel that they are and trace, book it online, socially getting back on their feet, distance etc. you don't think that and having been initially closed is enough? when people have had a and then from july 4th being given the opportunity to reopen once again, fair bit to drink they tend to a slap in the face for them. change slightly. i know what it is but talking to many people in the town over the past 24 hours, like after the recent ledger, i've many people have been saying been to it myself. with the that they feel that these type of restrictions situation as it is, the mayor was have to come into place, to try and drive those right to say it shouldn't go ahead infection numbers down. —— the st leger. itjust mirrors back to you. what happened before lockdown with six wounded veterans are going to be tackling the cheltenham festival. except it a new challenge in the form is different. there are rules in of an epic trek in extreme temperatures across the 0mani desert place for those spectators, at at the end of november. the walk of oman is being launched cheltenham, hundreds of thousands of by the charity walking people, no rules, it was a free for with the wounded and is being supported by the duke of sussex. all. look at bolton. there are rules i am joined now by two of the veterans who will be taking part. in place all over the uk a jet boat andrew phillips served in the raf and suffered a spinal and has high figures, because people are not following the rules. —— all cord injury in the run up to the gulf war. i'm alsojoined by ashley winter who served over the uk, as a challenger 2 tank

are not following the rules. —— all overthe uk, and are not following the rules. —— all crewman in kosovo and iraq. over the uk, and yet bolton has high he was diagnosed with figures. what about the money it a visual distortion degenerative eye condition ten years ago. brings in? what you have to look at is what is more important, the health and longevity of the country, welcome, both of you. this would be the economy can repair itself in time. we have to make sure that this a considerable challenge for anyone, pandemic is controlled, is brought not least if you have physical under control. yes, the economy is issues you have to contend with. important, but personally, ifeel andrew, how are you feeling about that the government has relaxed this? there is a definite sense of things far too quickly. it should be trepidation towards the whole donein things far too quickly. it should be done in stages. football matches are expedition, but the main one really played behind closed doors, why isiam expedition, but the main one really is i am looking forward to the can't the st leger be done behind challenge and getting out to cover closed doors? why do people have to those miles and get to the end. it's be there, i put the people of doncaster at risk? the director of 400 kilometres in very high temperatures, 32 to 35 degrees heat. public health for doncaster doctor i think you will be carrying a lot rupert suckling is going to monitor of wait as well, taking your the situation and ask for action if supplies with you. what will the necessary. we will see from the particular challenges before you? prime minister's press conference 0bviously particular challenges before you? later. thank you forjoining us. obviously the physical challenges take care. some newsjust in. with the spinal injury, we will be telling a trolley which hopefully

will be carrying a lot of our 27—year—old zephaniah mcleod has appeared via link at birmingham equipment, but that will be hard work as well, but we will take it in magistrates' court charged with the turns. i think the main one, a lot murder ofjacob illingworth magistrates' court charged with the murder of jacob illingworth on sunday morning. he spoke only to confirm his name and address in a of it will be psychological. we are short hearing. he has been remanded walking to a never ending horizon in custody until tomorrow. he has that goes on and on, so being part ofa also been charged with the attempted that goes on and on, so being part of a tight—knit team i hope we will all pull each other along. you got murder of seven other people who we re murder of seven other people who were stabbed during a 90 minute involved with the invicta scapes because you saw an advert and period. replied to it, and went on to win a the last opposition leader in belarus still at large has been detained. gold medalfor replied to it, and went on to win a gold medal for archery. replied to it, and went on to win a gold medalfor archery. buti replied to it, and went on to win a gold medalfor archery. but i know from having read about your background that you took away a lot maxim znak was due to take part in a video call more than that. can you tell us how important all this has been to you? from his office. when i suffered my injury back in maxim znak was due to take part in a video call from his office. 1990 i spent a few years in and out instead, he texted his group one word — "masks" — an apparent reference to of hospital and was discharged in balaclava—wearing security officers. 93, but there was no real support, a russian news agency the internet and facebook and all said he was detained by the state that didn't really exist. it was investigative committee. only from doing the first games i this comes after monday's abduction realised i had suffered from

of maria kolyesnikova, who yesterday resisted attempts depression for well over 20 years, and it flicked that switch from to forcibly deport her to ukraine everything in my life being negative by ripping up her passport to not worrying about it and and she is now in detention. concentrating on the positive and 0ur correspondentjonah the things i can do. so for me it fisher is back in kiev, after reporting on the protests. made a massive difference to my he explains why this is significant. life. ashley, how you feel about this challenge? what will be the effectively, maxim znak was the last primary challenge for you? active member of that presidium this challenge? what will be the of the coordinating council. primary challenge for you ?|j this challenge? what will be the primary challenge for you? i think the first thing is being excited to all indications are that get there and get started. the he has been picked up by the authorities in minsk. biggest challenge is obviously it's something we've seen repeatedly over the last several weeks. mentally, but for me with my they've steadily been picking off members of the coordinating council eyesight, i use a specialist contact and it seems giving them a pretty lenses that do not 30 well in stark choice: varying weather conditions, so a lot they can either sit in jail of dust and sand will be a a huge in belarus and possibly face charges, or they can be taken challenge for me. what have you to a border and given the opportunity to go into exile, taken from your involvement with the and that is of course what happened with maria kolesnikova yesterday and she of course famously tore invictus games? i never got to the up her passport and refused to be sent into exile here in ukraine. games themselves, but going and

anais marin is the un meeting the duke of sussex, and meeting the duke of sussex, and meeting a new family, and special rapporteur on human brotherhood, if you like, and rights in belarus. meeting so many new people that we thank you for talking to us. i want can relate to, it is massive. how to ask for your reaction to the fact tough is the transition from the that maxim znak, apparently the last military to leaving with an injury opposition leader who is free has now been detained. it is a bit wrong that means you cannot do the things you were doing before, your whole way of life has to change? leaving to claim that all these people are opposition leaders. most of the the military, it was a way of life, historical opposition leaders are it is your life. simi, 14 years of still free in belarus, the ones running election, have indeed been that, that is what i wanted to do, i would still do it now if i could. jailed, the most famous of them in but the transition to becoming a april and june are effectively and civilian was difficult. but when you the third one is in exile, so, all meet like—minded individuals who can help get you through those tough times, to me that is one of the main of the others are members of the things i take from it. we'll coordination council, they are not struggle, we all bad days, but if we opposition leaders as such, they are pull together we all won't have bad

people representing civil society and coordinating the protests, and they are trying to establish a days on the same day, so we can pick dialogue with the authorities with a each other up and move forward. view of starting a transition of days on the same day, so we can pick each other up and move forwardlj each other up and move forward.” would like you to talk to each other power. i understand, and thank you now, you are going to be a tight—knit team, there are six of for clarifying that, but what is you, and as you say there will be your reaction to this fact that days when one of you, more of you, maxim znak has been detained? people we'll just feel like you days when one of you, more of you, we'lljust feel like you cannot keep going, so what will you say to each have choices. it is either faced other? i think the military banter attention and possibly torture. we comes into it. we are all from have had allegations of torture different regiments, different arms of the military, and we'll have this confirmed for 450 people since the 9th of august. when people are rivalry. yes, it is a friendly rivalry, but just having rivalry. yes, it is a friendly rivalry, butjust having someone ta ke rivalry, butjust having someone sentenced, they can face charges of take the mickey out of you and jolly you upa up sentenced, they can face charges of up to eight years in prison for take the mickey out of you and jolly you up a little bit. for instance, i organising so—called mass disorder. was in the cavalry, so i am quite happy to get in the trolley on a bad another option is to flee the day and have them all pull me along! country which many have done, or and what about you andrew? i guess indeed, this is new, and goes back in the military the approach is to the worst times of the survey often, get on with it and pull

yourself together. but as you said, union, when people are forced to go yourself together. but as you said, you realised after a long time you had suffered with depression for a long time, that approach can often in exile. we are seeing this in lead to feelings being overlooked. so when you are up in this situation history. where is maria kolyesnikova where you are really pulling on your resources , where you are really pulling on your resources, what will help you to get through? what will you need to hear now? her whereabouts are unknown but from those around you?” through? what will you need to hear from those around you? i think the big one for all of us, we are she is under custody, and she will becoming quite a close—knit team, probably face trial for being part we'll trust each other implicitly, we'll trust each other implicitly, we haven't really got any secrets between us, so just opening of this group which the authorities we haven't really got any secrets between us, sojust opening up we haven't really got any secrets between us, so just opening up and saying are having a bad day, i think accuse of having tried to illegally seize power. again these are people will realise you are not your normal self and start looking out for you. that is the big one, we potentially very heavy charges. what have that peer mentoring of each other and making sure we are all 0k do you think of the fact that she and doing the best we can, whether ripped up her passport? what is the or not someone is having a bad day significance of that ‘s or not someone is having a bad day or someone needs to take more of a load of them. but mostly it's just a ripped up her passport? what is the significance of that 's she immediately turned into a national hero in belarus for all of the dark sense of humour you get from the military, and the banter, and peaceful protesters. she has shown making fun of each other, and that

really pulls us along quite well. we wish you the very best of luck with that she is sometimes more it, and hopefully we can maybe speak courageous than them, with the to you on your way or certainly afterwards. thank you. details and the comparison a man with serious breathing circulating on social media, that issues says he was "ambushed" into wearing a face covering on a plane. easyjet has apologised after one she became the new augury of this of its pilots was filmed threatening to remove the passenger from the flight, from jersey in the channel islands revolution by being so brave and to london's gatwick airport. mobile phone footage getting out of the car window and captured the moment the man was told to leave the plane. running back to the border, she anna collinson reports. would not abandon the country, i have explained the legal position. i have provided you with a document because once people are abroad, then from a government website... the propaganda machine of the this is the moment a passenger is trying to convince an easyjet belarussian government works crew that he doesn't need to wear a face covering. purposefully to discredit them as i have shown you proof being traitors. sorry about that, we of my medication. you have given me a piece of paper with something... the fact that you don't know the government website is not my fault. have lost that line. anais marin after half an hour, and with the flight already delayed, the pilot and many of the passengers saying it was an incredibly brave have had enough. thing to do to rip up the passport last chance. because there was no way that she you get two seconds to grab wa nted because there was no way that she wanted to be taken out of her this and put it on, country, belarus. otherwise you are off. no, i defend the legal position. the headlines on bbc news... right, you're off.

as coronavirus cases continue cheering and applause. to rise, social gatherings of more than six people in england — both indoors and out — are to become illegal. thousands of people flee fires at an overcrowded migrant camp this is that passenger. on the greek island of lesbos. nick struggles to wear a mask one of the leading because he has chronic asthma. coronavirus vaccine trials, shocked by the abuse he says by oxford university and he received from other astrazeneca, has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. people on the plane, he's asked for his face not to be shown. insulted. shouted at. laughed at. all senior police leaders i've gone past exasperation. in the us city of rochester i'm getting worried. is everybody against me? in new york state have resigned in the aftermath of the death of a black man in police custody. 0fficers came under scrutiny, i've just run out of things to say. after details of the death of daniel prude became public. looking at you now, you look 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has this report — and a warning that you may find some upset talking about it. of the images distressing. well, it's not that pleasant, ijust grabbed him with my hand. being ambushed by about a hundred passengers. this is body cam footage of the arrest of daniel prude. research suggests face naked in the street, coverings can help to reduce the 41—year—old man, the spread of coronavirus, who had mental health issues, but some people are exempt was restrained by several officers. he was not armed. from wearing them because of age,

health or disability reasons. he became increasingly agitated now, it's not essential, after being handcuffed but the government in england says and the officers used what's known people can carry a badge or a card. as a spit hood on him — a device that's designed to protect officers nick had one of those cards. from the saliva of a detainee. it was accepted on his outward moments later mr prude flight, but not back. he eventually agreed lost consciousness to wear a mask, but says it caused him to hyperventilate. as he was held on the ground. he was taken to hospital the government are really clear that there are exemptions but died a week later. from having to wear a mask, his death was ruled a homicide and that includes if you have caused by complications a serious lung condition or serious of asphyxia in the setting breathing problems which make it of physical restraint. impossible for you to wear one. seven police officers involved that is something that should be in the arrest were suspended, upheld and should be respected by companies, but only after lawyers and it is something that the general public should be aware of. for mr prude's family obtained the body cam footage in a statement, easyjet says it had and made his death public last week. recently updated its policy it led to several days to accept the government's exemption of protests in rochester. documents, and has apologised this now the city's senior police was not recognised on nick's flight. leaders have all resigned. there will be people watching who say, well, in a statement, the police chief, i have to wear a mask, why can't he? ijust find it increasingly la'ron singletary, said claims of a cover—up in the case difficult to breathe. were a mis—characterisation. "as a man of integrity, i will not

sit idly by while outside entities it's notjust a wheeze. attempt to destroy my character." asthmatics would describe it like having a steel belt the police chief was supported by the city's mayor, put around your chest. it is from a government website. although she said changes that is the legal position... with masks now part in the department were needed. of all of our lives, the challenges striking a balance well, this has been very challenging between safety procedures and protecting the vulnerable. times for the city of rochester anna collinson, bbc news. and the chief was not asked to give his resignation, because i do believe that he's giving his very best, but, you know, he didn't in any way kim kardashian has announced the end of the reality tv show which helped try to cover this up. to make her a celebrity and a billionaire. "keeping up with the kardashians" a lawyer for one of daniel prude's was panned by the critics when it family members said that began 14 years ago — but it won huge ratings for the e! police resignations were "a step in the right direction". channel, and a legion of devoted peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. fans for the kardashian family. the final series — the 21st — will be broadcast early next year. kim kardashian has announced the end kim tweeted, "it's with a heavy heart we've made the difficult decision as a family to say goodbye to keeping up with the kardashians." of the reality tv show which helped she went on thank the "thousands of individuals and businesses" to make her a global involved in the programme and added, celebrity and a billionaire. "i am so incredibly grateful keeping up with the kardashians to everyone who has watched was panned by the critics and supported me and my family these when it began 14 years ago — past 14 incredible years." but it won huge ratings for the e!

channel, and a legion of devoted fans for the kardashian family. scott bryan is a tv critic, the final series — the 21st — and is one third of the bbc 5live s will be broadcast early next year. must watch podcast — kim tweeted... hejoins me now. thanks forjoining us. what is it it's with a heavy heart we've made about the kardashians that gripped the difficult decision so many people, because they are huge now but they were pretty much as a family to say goodbye to keeping up with the kardashians." unknown when they started out? this she went on thank the thousands of individuals and businesses show has become a huge phenomenon. i involved in the programme and added: "i am so incredibly grateful feel there are three different types to everyone who has watched and supported me and my family these of people, there are people who past 14 incredible years." adore this show and watch every well, let's take a quick look episode, people who are appalled at the fact that it exists, and then at the promo for that final series. the fact that it exists, and then the people who completely say the i know that it has been amazing, show is a complete waste of time but but... delete me being there, to the then they watch every episode and so press. you couldn't trust anybody. different in public. it is the why couldn't it be that way when we we re why couldn't it be that way when we were together? everybody in the reality transparency that this show world is talking about coronavirus. managed to create which made it such things are escalating. why did you a success. but also the weird thing about it, which is very everyday now but back then was a real innovation, have to leave maxim znak? keeping up was that there would be a storyline,

scandal happening in one of the episodes, the press would talk about it and the public word, which then with the kardashians early 0n e! . went back into the show, and it became a big talking point all over again. it creates this sort of 0ur entertainment correspondent bizarre circle, so much so that the show ending has already been a lizo mzimba is here. storyline in keeping up with the this is big news. they had a massive impact on people, at the time the kardashians so far which is very critics said it is not very meta! even if you don't watch, you interesting. it has no value to it. can't avoid it because there is it is people trying to be famous for the sake of being famous. when we endless coverage of their lives. what impact do you think they have had in our societies? i think a had shows like the 0sbornes, what definite arguably good or bad, but a keeping up with the kardashians did huge impact on our society and the way we use social media. what was to take this family were so many siblings and people involved and they've done so effectively as ca ptu re attach themselves with brands to all siblings and people involved and capture the spirit of a developing the posts, all the things they share social media age. when they first online, and that has helped them started instagram was about to create a massive financial empire. launch, twitter was in its infancy if you look at the modern day and what they did through huge phenomena of influencers, people who saturation awareness was become

are paid to be posing with a handbag incredibly famous, and windows platforms grew, they grew along with or make it seem that they absolutely love this item which they have been them, launching fashion empires, billion dollar business empires and given, that has become a thing. and along the way there were some important milestones as well, kim's it has become a way in which online romance with ka nye we are incredibly transparent, for good or bad, about all aspects of important milestones as well, kim's our lives, and i think the romance with kanye west, him coming from the road of music, from the kardashians innovated that. i think world of reality tv and they came it is no surprise this show came together and gave the programme and into its own at the time when social their brand, if you like, an incredible boost. then you have media was really coming into its own, and now we share everything online, or most of it, without even things like caitlin jenner talking thinking about it. them doing so was about transitioning and this being one of the first programmes to put seen to be quite lowbrow, but now it this at the forefront and have is very much commonly associated people talking about it and with our lives. you talk about the appreciating the different issues involved, and the mainstream media, massive financial empire they've magazines and so on, were slow to catch up but even magazines like built, and that obviously was not there when they started out. 0ver there when they started out. 0ver the years as they have got more and vogue needed and realised that they more wealthy and more and more needed younger readers, and needed a removed from the lives the rest of us know, how are they still

finger more than a pulse and suddenly they were on the cover of connecting with people? this is the these kind of magazines, and built up these kind of magazines, and built up an incredible amount of thing. i think now, arguably, influence, both business wise and connecting with people? this is the thing. ithink now, arguably, this show is now devoid of purpose socially. they are the embodiment of because people now don't have to the social media age, i suppose. you watch an hour of what they have been up watch an hour of what they have been up to, they can pretty much see it say that, but i follow kim ona up to, they can pretty much see it on a day—to—day basis. and i think it is that kind of celebrity kardashian west as she now is. she now has on instagram 188 kardashian west as she now is. she now has on instagram188 million followers. 0h, massiveness. .. it is that kind of celebrity massiveness... kim it is that kind of celebrity now has on instagram188 million followers. oh, my work. that is why massiveness. .. kim kardashian herself is 188 million instagram she is absolutely loaded as well —— followers. 0ne oh, my word. she has become so much herself is 188 million instagram followers. one of the most popular instagram accounts. and i think the fa ct instagram accounts. and i think the fact they are able to bypass the more famous outside that particular press, bypass even the medium of arena. just a single word or a television and go straight to audiences saying exactly what they tweet, or an instagram post, wa nt to audiences saying exactly what they want to say, or refuting allegations absolutely, all of those kind of against them, or clearing up things, and the share price of scandal, or causing a bit of entry, companies, an errant word from one i think it says a lot about where we of them disparaging and other social are as a society and how important media platform can hit them the web is. but also about how with incredibly usually. this programme is going off the air after all this

keeping up with the kardashians they time but we have not heard the last would normally relate to stories that were in the press a few months of the kardashians. they have come ago, now i think the instagram and through from starting the programme and they are now big social media twitter are moving at such a speed that we can't remember what happened stars across the world with huge this morning let alone a few weeks amounts of influence. a massive deal. we haven't heard the last of ago. thank you so much. you're watching bbc news. them, just on this show. now a look in a few moments — we'll bring you prime minister's questions from the house of commons. at the weather with matt. hello, let's speak to our they are. humid air sitting across political correspondent iain watson. parts of the country set to be pushed away, but with that comes it's going to be another one where increasing amounts of sunshine. not there are so many issues to go a bad start this morning in parts of through. a lot of issues to go scotland, whereas southern parts of through. a lot of issues to go through. i suspect the labour leader england and wales seeing grey skies, some holding on to that this will want to go and test the track afternoon. bringing the change, this and trace system because labour in weather front, patchy rain and the past 24 hours has issued warnings it was on the verge of drizzle working through northern collapse, the government is not england, rain and the midlands and getting a grip on the rising number now moving into southernmost counties of england through the of cases. so i think he will try to afternoon. many staying focus on that primarily rather than predominantly dry, some practice across the channel islands and lots on brexit, because there are plenty

of people who may have been of sunshine further north, with showers across the northern half of traditional labour supporters who scotland. for most, sunny this defected at the last election over theissue, defected at the last election over the issue, so i don't think he wants afternoon. 22—24 in the south—east to make a huge deal of that. but it will be interesting to see, having corner, most places further north in had the admission from the northern the teens. with pressure air and ireland secretary that the place it will be a colder night government, in limited and specific tonight. that milder air holding on circumstances, was willing to breach across the channel islands with international law, some of the discontent on the conservative thicker cloud, temperatures around 14 into the morning but for most of benches about this including from us temperatures back into single chairs of cross—party committees, whether any of them will use p and figures tonight. we haven't seen that for a few nights. and a fresh but sunny start to thursday. some qs asa patchy cloud in the west, cloud is whether any of them will use p and qs as a venue for expressing their discontent. from labour‘s point of view they will be very much focused increasing during the day, dry and not just sunny for the majority, the greater view they will be very much focused notjust on view they will be very much focused chance of some rain and showers not just on the view they will be very much focused notjust on the coronavirus issue but also on the government's across the north—west of scotland, handling of this given we are going particularly during the afternoon. to get the announcement that there is now going to be new restrictions temperatures around 11—13 here, and across the whole of england and possibly from the premise later on elsewhere, 14—19 as the high. similar temperatures on friday. ata possibly from the premise later on at a conference, possibly even further restrictions. so i think the starting to see a change, heavy rain opposition will want to interrogate and strong winds across scotland him on that. thank you. starting in pushing south through northern ireland and eventually into northern

england. the further south and east a few minutes' time. you are, you will stay largely dry now it's time for a look at the weather. but the wind is going to the hello there. south—west, temperatures starting to so many in the west are much creep up. saturday, back to westerly winds. that weather front pushing brighter day than yesterday. a bit cloudy for some in the south, through with nothing more than a few because we have a weather front edging southwards across parts of showers on. that will clear see east england and wales at the moment, anglia and the south—east during the patchy rain or drizzle, lying across morning. after showers in the the southernmost counties for the morning. after showers in the morning and the west of scotland, more than a way of persistent rain end of the afternoon. in the north, pushing n. maybe also into a lots more sunshine. still some sunshine breaking through the cloud northern ireland were stronger winds in the channel islands and across later in the day. england and wales the south, but overall a cloudy staying predominantly dry with afternoon, temperatures of 22 to 24. temperatures in the upper teens, much more sunshine through parts of maybe 22 in the south—east corner. 0n maybe 22 in the south—east corner. on sunday, temperatures starting to rise a bit more widely, and by wales, a sunny day for england and northern ireland. a few shows in the monday with most places dry, temperatures as high as 27 in parts 00:58:44,508 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of eastern england. north—west of scotland pushing through a keen breeze and temperatures here of 12 to 15 compared to the 22 to 24 in south—east england. 0vernight the humid airwe have south—east england. 0vernight the humid air we have seen is limited to the channel islands. elsewhere, clearer skies, much fresher night to come, we start tomorrow with temperatures in many places in

single figures, but it should be a sunny start.

this is bbc news, the headlines. as coronavirus cases continue to rise, social gatherings of more than six people in england — both indoors and out — are to become illegal. for a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we don't do this lightly. one of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials — by oxford university and astrazeneca — has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. new legislation which would override elements of the uk government's brexit withdrawal deal will be published shortly — ministers admit it will breach international law. this is the scene live in the house of commons ahead of prime minister's questions, due to begin in a moment.

thousands of people flee fires at an overcrowded migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos. researchers say the discovery of deep channels of warm water — under the ice of the biggest glacier in west antarctica — explains why it's melting so rapidly. and i shall have further such meetings later today. if ministers think it is acceptable for this government to not obey the law, how on earth can the prime minister expect the public at home to do so?

we expect everybody in this country to obey the law. we now come to sir robert neill. the prime minister will be aware that tomorrow the people of gibraltar celebrate their national day. and as i am chair of the all— party parliamentary group for gibraltar, will he join me in sending the people of gibraltar theirvery sending the people of gibraltar their very best wishes for that day when they celebrate their democratic decision and continuing wish to remain british and also pledge her majesty's government will continue to give every support in that matter and also in all the practical issues they may need our assistance going forward for the challenges we jointly face? i congratulate my honourable friend on the continual support he gives to the people of

gibraltar and gibraltar and i can assure the sovereign —— sovereignty of gibraltar is inviolable and i wish them a happy day on thursday. the leader of the opposition, keir starmer. yesterday, i spoke to a mother in london. she has a four—year—old daughter who had a high temperature yesterday morning. she phoned!!! high temperature yesterday morning. she phoned 111 and was told to get a test. she tried to book and was told the nearest was romford, that was 9am. she explored that that there we re 9am. she explored that that there were no tests there. she was told hayes hayward heath, no test there. and then she was told by lunchtime the nearest place was telford or inverness. a slot became available in lee valley in the afternoon but unfortunately that was offered across the country including to

people to manchester and that was impossible to book. at 9pm, she was told the nearest centre was swansea. this is frankly ridiculous. who does the prime minister think is responsible for this? clearly i take responsibility as i have done for the entire handling of the coronavirus crisis but i would say to those who attack nhs test and trace and those who deprecate the effo rts trace and those who deprecate the efforts of people doing their level best to keep us safe, it is precisely because of the success of test and trace that a capacity has gone up from 2000 a month in march, up gone up from 2000 a month in march, up to 320,000 a day. we know, thanks to nhs test and trace in detail, in the way we didn't earlier, what is happening

with this pandemic. we know the groups suffering, the extent of infection rates, and we have been able to do local lockdowns that have been working. we also know that some people have not been following the guidance in the way they should and therefore we are seeing a rise in infections and that is why today we are taking steps to intensify our social distancing measures, the rule of six, will be familiar to the country, in order we can keep the economy going and schools open and keep this virus under control. i hope he will support those measures andindeed hope he will support those measures and indeed support nhs test and trace. i will hear the measures later, but we will in principle support them as i have supported all measures the prime minister introduced. it is the

right thing to do and i have asked people to follow government advice. nobody is attacking. the prime minister needs to know how anxious hundreds of families are. they have been sent all over the country or told there are no tests. this year the health secretary said anybody who needs a test can get a test, it is the most important thing you can do to stop the spread of the virus. the government line on this seems to change. yesterday the director of nhs test and trace said, come i offer apologies to anyone who cannot get a test, it is laboratory processing. this morning the health secretary appeared to blame the public. yesterday he made a statement in faced questions and did not say anything about the excuse this morning, that emerged overnight. who is right? the director of test and trace, a laboratory problem, all the health secretary, the public's foot?”

sympathise with those facing difficulty getting a test as fast as they want. demand is at an unprecedented high particular because of demand for asymptomatic patients. but this country has done more tests, 17.6 million, than any other country in europe, thanks... he likes his international comparisons. that is thanks to effo rts comparisons. that is thanks to efforts of nhs test and trace. in my view they are doing an heroicjob, in spite of the difficulties they face. they have raised their output and they will be up to testing 500,000 tests a day by the end of october. this is an organisation working heroically to contain the spread of this disease and it requires the public to trust this organisation and participate. yesterday he said it was on the verge of collapse. i think they were ill chosen words and i think he

regrets those words. he should reflect a nd ta ke regrets those words. he should reflect and take them back. hundreds of families are trying to get a test in the past week and cannot get one. i acknowledge the number of tests over all but this is basic stuff. people with symptoms are anxious about themselves, children, families, and what to do. it means they cannot go to work, send their children to school. if they cannot get tests the prime minister needs to take responsibility. notjust about the future, but address this problem. i want to take it further. it is notjust people are told to go hundreds of miles. somebody contacted me and said, my wife has a temperature and they said we needed to isolate and get a test. i have tried to book a test, this is yesterday, and the site says no capacity. i tried for a home test. they tell me there are no kits available. this is the state today,

yesterday. no tests available in london yesterday and the day before. what is happening? i doubt he will not take back his criticism and attack on nhs test and trace. i regret that, and i gave him the opportunity to withdraw his verdict it was on the verge of collapse. it is not. they are doing a heroicjob and testing hundreds of thousands of people. we will do more and the world we want to move to as fast as possible is a world where everybody can take enabling tests at the beginning of the day to identify whether we have the virus, like a pregnancy test, within 15 minutes, so we know whether we are able to live our lives normally as possible. that is the vision being sketched out over the past days and that is where we intend to get to. nhs test and trace is doing injob and today

ican and trace is doing injob and today i can tell him that most people can getan i can tell him that most people can get an in—person test result within 24 hours and the median journey is under ten miles. we all want test and trace and isolate to succeed but the prime minister ignores a problem. if people are told to go hundreds of miles, something is wrong. it has got worse in the last week or two and everybody knows it because they have all had constituents telling them. he talks about capacity. latest figures updated last night. they show on average 75,000 tests are not being used every day. if 75,000 are not used, why yesterday were people told to go hundreds of miles for test and told there is no capacity? mr speaker... the issue at the moment is there has been a massive increase

in the number of people who need or wa nt in the number of people who need or want a test, particularly people who do not have symptoms. we need to prioritise people such as nhs front—line staff, care workers, who urgently tests. as we increase the number of tests it is those groups who are priority. actually, he is wrong in what he says about the failure of nhs test and trace. let me tell him that of those contacts who supply details, 80% are reached and 320,000 people are persuaded to self—isolate and to stop the spread of the disease. that is the british people ignoring his attempt to undermine confidence in test and trace and ignoring his attempt to undermine confidence and working together to get this disease is

defeated. i am listening carefully to what he says, and what undermines confidence is families being told to go hundreds of miles and they cannot get a test. i want it fixed. i do not need to have an argument. except there is a problem, tell us the solution, and we will try to make it better and tell constituents. is he saying there are too many people coming forward for test? it is a capacity problem or not? people are trying to do the right thing and wa nt trying to do the right thing and want to go back to work, want children back in schools. the prime minister has encouraged that and support that. the government side of the bargain was to deliver an effective test trace and isolate scheme. but there is a glaring hole. can he tell asked when did he first know about this particular problem of having to go hundreds of miles, or that tests would not be available? or that tests would not be available ? last or that tests would not be available? last week it has arisen, when did he first know that was a

problem? it is obviously a function of the growing demand and public confidence in nhs test and trace that we have to supply more tests and that is what we have been doing. i have been trying to give the house the figures. thanks to the heroic effo rts the figures. thanks to the heroic efforts of nhs test and trace we have gone from 2000 tests a day in march to 320,000 a day to day. it is thanks to the efforts of those thousands who are listening keenly to his words for encouragement, belief in what they are trying to do. it is thanks to them that people on average have to travel less than ten miles, and thanks to them that 80% of contacts they identified, a patient identifies, are reached and told to self—isolate. that is what we are trying to do. it is hard work, it is a big job, we are trying to do. it is hard work, it is a bigjob, and we are trying to do. it is hard work, it is a big job, and they are doing a fantasticjob. what they would like to hear is praise and

encouragement and support from the right honourable gentleman. why can't we just hear from the prime ministeran can't we just hear from the prime minister an honest answer? if he stood at the dispatch box and said i know something has gone wrong and we have examples of people being sent all over the place, i have looked into it, i have worked out the problem and here is my plan, people might be reassured. as ever, he pretends the problem is not there. the infection rate is rising and this is the very point we need a functioning testing regime. farfrom the world beating system promised, the world beating system promised, the government cannot get the basics right. it is lurching from crisis to crisis and still lacks even basic competence. it lacks competence. yes, it lacks competence. this is what is holding britain back. my final question is when is this problem with test, trace and isolate

going to be fixed? i think he was on the money when he said this government lacked incompetence. ifi can say to him we are working flat out to address the issues confronting us today, including trying to get the infection rates down. we are taking the tough decisions, making the tough calls that will take this country. when it came to saying schools were safe he was silent because he did not want to offend his union bosses. when left—wing anarchists try to destroy the freedom of the press he was silent because he did not want to offend crusty left—wing anarchists. when it comes to sticking up for our uk internal markets, and for delivering on the will of the british people, he is totally silent

on this bill. he possesses, the rest of his backbenchers. totally silent. stood on his tongue, he has nothing to say about that subject because he does not want to offend the huge number of backbenchers who want to overturn the verdict of the people and take us back into the eu, which is what he wants to do himself. this government takes tough decisions, delivering thousands of jobs government takes tough decisions, delivering thousands ofjobs through kick—start scheme, a record—breaking investment in affordable housing, and getting on with all our work, working with the british people and working with the british people and working with the right honourable gentleman, if he would only do so, to get coronavirus defeated and to ta ke to get coronavirus defeated and to take our country forward. we take the tough calls, all he does is sit on the sidelines and carp. the work of the armed forces and

especially the royal electrical and mechanical in is in northampton and logistical support of the nhs cancer isa logistical support of the nhs cancer is a volunteer during a long time was truly inspirational. will he join with me in thanking them and in recognising the importance to the town of the clash treat barracks now and into the future based on my dash? i recognise the importance of the barretts and i salute the entire work of the armed forces across the united kingdom. shortly this government will publish its internal market proposals. i have seen them. it is nothing short of an attack on scotland's parliament and an affront to the people of scotland. as we have already heard, this legislation

brea ks have already heard, this legislation breaks international law, but it also breaks domestic law. the prime minister and his friends, a parcel of rogues, are creating a rogue state where the rule of law does not apply. why does the prime minister thinks that he and his friends are above the law? on the contrary this see a key internal market bill is about protecting jobs, protecting growth, ensuring the fluidity and safety of their uk internal market and prosperity throughout the united kingdom and it should be welcomed i believe in scotland, northern ireland, wales and throughout the whole country. we saw the prime minister breaking the law last year of the prorogation of parliament. we have seen the behaviour of dominic cummings and we know this government is prepared to break international obligations and what the prime minister said it's obligations and what the prime minister said its complete rubbish in the prime minister knows it. his

weight paper is clear that state it is going to be grabbed back from scotla nd is going to be grabbed back from scotland and handed back to westminster. if the prime minister will not listen to the scottish government will he listen to the nfu scotla nd government will he listen to the nfu scotland president who warned the proposals limit the devolved administrations? the commons constitution affairs committee that warned it will create new reservations and areas of devolved confidence in the general teaching council for scotland that one that undermines devolved education functions? that is the reality. scotla nd functions? that is the reality. scotland is speaking out and i state that the scottish parliament will reject this attack on devolution so the question is, well the prime minister breaks domestic law, disregard the settled will of the scottish people, ignore the concerns of scotland's communities and press ahead with this bill? the time for scotland's place is an independent international law abiding nation is

almost here. our time has come. the a nswer almost here. our time has come. the answer is that yes indeed we will press on with this bill because i believe that his attacks on it are totally illogical. it represents a very substantial transfer of powers, sovereignty, to scotland, to wales, it isa sovereignty, to scotland, to wales, it is a massive devolutionary act. what it also does, and i believe this is common ground across the dispatch box, it ensures, it also ensures the integrity of the uk internal market, and he speaks of a tra nsfer of internal market, and he speaks of a transfer of powers to the uk government. on the contrary what he would do is transfer powers notjust over competition and state aids back to brussels but of course over fisheries as well and that is the policy of the scottish nationalist

party and it would be a disaster for our country. i am sure that the leader of the snp would like you to withdraw that. it is on the face of the bill that the government of the uk is going to trample over devolution. that is not a lie. you do the right things by this house. before being elected last year i worked in mental health. since october last year there have been 120 suicides across the northumbria police force area alone. there have been 24 deaths in blyth in that time. iam been 24 deaths in blyth in that time. i am sure the prime minister will agree with me that one death is one too many. would he support me in supporting national suicide

prevention data model and acknowledge the fantastic work that is being carried out by the mental health charity mind as well as engage? every suicide is an absolute tragedy and he is absolutely right to focus on that issue in the way that he does and i am proud that this government is rolling out record investments into suicide prevention. i would also like to pay tribute to the charitable sector, to mind, engage and others for the fantastic work they do to make a difference at that crucial moment and to prevent suicide. they herd them onto trains, shave their heads, abort their babies, a genocide of the uighur people is taking place.

what action is the prime minister going to take to stop the ethnic cleansing of the uighur people? when will he lead organisation of an international tribunal? because this time no country can see that they did not know. she is entirely right to draw attention to the plight of the uighurs as both i and the foreign secretary have done ourselves and we raise these concerns directly with the chinese authorities and i will continue to do so in the g20, in the un and in every other context. on monday night bbc panorama revealed what parents have been telling me for months, that let them run sutton council is failing our most vulnerable children. given the shocking scenes we saw, does the prime minister

agree that the council should hang its head in shame, meet with these pa rents, its head in shame, meet with these parents, sack their arms length company and the councillors that presided over this failure should resign? i understand the council concerned has acknowledged the failure to sign the improvements that are needed and we for our part are reviewing the oversight of special educational needs schools and we will be commissioning a new round of inspections both by ofsted and the cqc and i am happy to write further about that issue. the prime minister is aware of the tragic case three weeks ago of a woman found starved to death in her flat with her child next to her. he has been through more than any other

one—year—old should have to go through and his father passed ‘s asylu m through and his father passed ‘s asylum application is ongoing. will he look at eric's kiss and make sure that this family can go forward at such a difficult time? i know that the house willjoin with me in sending condolences to the family and friends of mercy baguma and we ta ke and friends of mercy baguma and we take seriously the well—being of all those in the asylum system and i can assure him the relevant minister will be taking up that particular case with him. the prime minister knows very well i have an 11 year track record of opposing hs2 not least because of the environmental damage it is causing and have expressed my support for peaceful environmental campaigns against this

costly project. regrettably the actions of extinction rebellion who glued themselves to trains and are trying to interfere with the freedom of the press have tarnished the reputation of peaceful environmental protesters. will he tell me what options he is considering to insure rather than offering encouragement to lawbreakers this unacceptable behaviour and attacks on our democratic freedoms can be prevented from happening again and the integrity of peaceful campaigners is not impugned? i draw a sharp distinction and contrast between the civilised approach of my right honourable friend to environmental protest a nd honourable friend to environmental protest and that taken by those who have tried in vain to frustrate the freedom of the press, and i must say i was struck by the silence of the right honourable gentleman opposite when he had an opportunity to condemn. to answer her point

directly, i think it is important, given the weight of the economic interests that are under threat and the freedom of the press, that we look at what we can do under public order and indeed under the law on nuisance, and that is what we will do. yesterday the health secretary said, and! do. yesterday the health secretary said, and i quote, we have the largest testing system imaginable, yet in my constituency, one of the government puzzling areas of concern, people are struggling to get a covid test. this is not a criticism or attack of our nhs but it is months since the prime minister promised us all a world leading test, track and trace system, so where is it?” leading test, track and trace system, so where is it? i have every sympathy with those wanting to get tests a nd sympathy with those wanting to get tests and the demand is very acute, partly because we have so many people who do not have symptoms who

wa nt to people who do not have symptoms who want to test and our review is the priority should be for those who do have symptoms and for the groups i mentioned earlier we will do everything we can to address the issues in jarrow and across everything we can to address the issues injarrow and across the country, but i would remind her that nhs test and trees has so far conducted 17.6 million tests, more than any other european country, so she should take at least some pride in that. while i am pleased localised data is allowed local restrictions to be lifted in parts of my constituency, with the prime minister reassure the people of dewsbury but if infection rates continue to reduce dewsbury will be lifted out of local restrictions sooner rather than later?” lifted out of local restrictions sooner rather than later? i thank the people of dewsbury for their fortitude in doing what they have

donein fortitude in doing what they have done in the local action they are taking to defeat the virus and of course as soon as we see results in the case of a local lockdown we take that area out of lockdown and no doubt the same will happen in dewsbury and elsewhere. there have been reports in the last few days that the chancellor may scrap a planned increase in the national living wage on the grounds it may be considered unaffordable. can the prime minister ruled this out once and for all, recognise working people should not be made to pay for this crisis and confirm the national living wage will rise as planned to 9p and 21p as planned in april?m is this government that introduced a living wage and i am proud we have so far delivered a record increase in the living wage and supported families throughout the crisis not just with a living wage but of course with a huge £160 billion package of support. this is a government that puts its arms around

the people of the country and helps them through tough times. burnley college has been recognised for its dedicated students, quality teaching staff and fantastic facilities including a centre for advanced engineering. the college has experienced strong growth in admissions. to ensure young people continue to have skills they need, it is vital further education coueges it is vital further education colleges are invested in and keep up—to—date, which is why i support burleigh college with its expansion plans that include greater teaching on drones, robotics and clean engines. will he give burnley couege engines. will he give burnley college backing from government and join with me and visiting the couege? join with me and visiting the college? i think my honourable friend is right to champion burnley couege friend is right to champion burnley college and the cutting edge education in the technologies of the future this government supports and

i welcome all the plans burnley couege i welcome all the plans burnley college has for capital investment to develop their campus. liverpool in 1869 was the first council to build council housing to replace over crowded slums and progress over the years has often been obstructed by this tory government. recently with the refusal to extend a successful landlord licensing scheme and the introduction of permissive development rights which bypass local control and are likely to create slums of the future. will the prime minister give a straight answer and prime minister give a straight answerand commit to prime minister give a straight answer and commit to withdrawing these plans and return control back to local communities and prevent a return to the 1860s? this government has built more council homes than labourdid in13 years has built more council homes than labour did in 13 years when they we re labour did in 13 years when they were last in office and we will go

on. you have heard about the £12 billion investment in affordable homes we are making this week and we will deliver beautiful new homes across the country, building on brownfield sites in a way that is affordable and helps young people onto the housing ladder in the way they need. either through affordable rent, through part by, part rent schemes, which are attractive. that is the way forward for our country. king's lynn will benefit from the government levelling up agenda with £25 million through the town is fun. will he encourage ministers to look favourably at proposals for school of nursing at the college of west anglia to kick—sta rt of nursing at the college of west anglia to kick—start local training opportunities and job opportunities for the people of west norfolk?” thank him. he is an excellent champion for his area and if he can

contain his impatience a little bit, he may hear something to his advantage and to his constituency from his right honourable friend the communities secretary. £150 million spent on faulty masks, 120 million spent on faulty masks, 120 million spent on faulty masks, 120 million spent on contracts awarded to a tory councillor and £1 billion of contracts order without due diligence. where has the money gone, prime minister? i can tell her that there has been a massive investment in ppe throughout the pandemic and billions of items have been supplied. if she has an anxiety about a particular contract, i am more than happy to address that if she takes the trouble to write to me. from growing food and producing renewable energy and managing the environment, british farmers lead the world in many ways. on back

british farming day will he thank farmers in hampshire and across the country for their contribution? as someone who grew up on a farm, i am thrilled to support british farming day, back british farming day, and it is thanks to them we have fantastic food on our plates everyday and also we have an amazing opportunity to increase agricultural exports around the world, which is why i am looking forward to that period that comes at the end of this year when we will be able to take advantage of the freedoms of brexit andi advantage of the freedoms of brexit and i hope members opposite will join the whole in pushing through this valuable uk internal market bill which will help to support uk farming across the country and build a stronger agricultural industry for the whole country. the prime

minister may be aware some scottish nationalists want scotland to follow the example of catalonia and to have a wildcat independence referendum. i oppose that because it would be illegal. if the prime minister thinks it acceptable for his government to ignore international law, on what basis would he oppose it? i have great respect for him and let me say this, because the leader of the opposition in my view neglected to raise this important subject. myjob neglected to raise this important subject. my job is neglected to raise this important subject. myjob is to uphold the integrity of the uk but also to protect the northern irish peace process and good friday agreement. to do that, we need a legal safety net to protect our country against

extreme or irrational interpretations of the protocol, which could lead to a border down the irish sea in a way i believe and i think members around the house believe, would be prejudicial to the interests of the good friday agreement and to the interests of peace in our country. that has to be our priority. me notice. i'm very sympathetic, i

understand that at timings for statements that are that it is really not good for the government to make decisions of this kind to make... can i say to him i have already sent a letter to the secretary of state, i think the total disregard for this is not acceptable, i know the premise is a memberof acceptable, i know the premise is a member of parliament as well, and he will ensure that statements should be made here first, especially as this particular secretary of state requests statements, and then to ignore the major fact that he wanted to put the country, not before this house is not acceptable and i hope you will apologise to members. further to that point of order from the right honourable gentleman from new forest west, not only did we not get a convincing explanation

yesterday for the ongoing testing fiasco from the secretary of state, but in fact... annoyance in the house at the end of the queues about the fact matt hancock did not detail the fact matt hancock did not detail the new covid—19 restrictions yesterday when he was in the house, and that brought, just came at the end of the session. just to quickly summarise, keir starmer went strongly on track and trace, ian blackford for the snp actually address the issue of the new internal market spell which is being published today, which is going to give legal provision to override parts of the withdrawal agreement over brexit. he said that not only does that new legislation break international law, he says it also brea ks international law, he says it also breaks domestic law because it limits the devolved administrations, and this is an ongoing issue after

the government admitted yesterday that the legislation that will be announced today does break international law. they say in a limited and specific way. that legislation is due to be published shortly and we will bring you the detail of it as soon as we can. while we're waiting, we heard the eu is now demanding an emergency meeting with the uk over that, those proposals, and there is has also been some reaction from the eu commission, the vice president of the european commission has said yesterday, i had a phone call with the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, michael gove, i expressed our strong concerns and sought assurances that he and wilfully and tamely comply with the withdrawal agreement including the protocol on ireland, northern ireland. in this context i will call for an extraordinary joint context i will call for an extraordinaryjoint committee on the withdrawal agreement to be held as soon as possible so that our uk partners elaborate and respond to our strong concerns on the bill.

once the british government will table the bill which is expected this afternoon, our president will react and after that we will study the bill carefully and i believe the joint committee will be the most appropriate venue for future discussion. we will be speaking to our political correspondent shortly. just a quick point, if you're wondering why mps had a fleet pinned to their lapels, it is because it is back british farming day. the new coronavirus restrictions in england will be "super simple" according to engand's health ssecretary, matt hancock, the new coronavirus restrictions in england will be "super simple" to follow and be in force "for the forseeable future". social gatherings of more than six people wil be banned from monday, with some exemptions. local lockdowns are already in force in areas across the uk, including bolton, which has seen a recent spike. people cannot meet with those outside their own household in any setting, while restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs have been restricted to takeaway only and will have to close at 10pm. our correspondentjohn maguire has spent the day in bolton.

the infection level here in bolton has increased over the past two weeks from the low 20s, something like 15—18 per 100,000 to now, we find, more than 120 cases per 100,000. that is what has caused the change in the restrictions. primarily, the difference it will make is to the hospitality industry, so no longer will pubs, cafes and restaurant to be able to serve sit down meals. it will be takeaway only. they will also have to close at 10pm and only then be able to open at 5am. i want to introduce you to sanjiv. good morning. when we talk about these figures, does it sound like your hometown? i was not expecting the figures to be that high. i knew that the numbers were rising but didn't think it would be this bad. bolton seems pretty safe. people are keeping their distance in the supermarkets and shopping centres and stuff like that.

it seems safe, but the numbers say otherwise. we know from the test and trace data it is people perhaps in their 20s and 30s that are driving the spike. you are 18. what has been the attitude among your friends? do you feel people have been acting responsibly? most of my friends and i, we try to be safe, keep masks on and things like that, but you can only distance to a certain extent when you are together. you do see other groups without their masks on, that sort of thing. there is that element to it. we just kind of need to be more safe and keep ourdistance. with this new lockdown, people may be a little bit more scared so they will be a little bit more careful. we are in the town centre surrounded by lots of pubs that will start to feel the pinch. what is the night—time economy like? this will be quite important for the town. i have not really been out much at night, but with the pubs closing i can guess people will not be too happy about that.

but it needs to be done if the numbers are rising. you yourself are off to university next week. what are your thoughts about that? i am kind of excited to move out to liverpool, which should be exciting, a new experience for me, but i'm not sure what distancing will be like and what lectures will be like. they said they would do lots of online classes, but i'm not sure how much of that there will be. it will be exciting and a good experience. we wish you well, and thank you for talking to us this morning. interesting, difficult times, for many of the people in this town, to hear it mentioned as having the highest infection rate in the country, according to the health secretary. obviously, very unwelcome news yesterday afternoon. talking to someone who runs a pub earlier this morning, they said they have onlyjust started to feel that they are getting back on their feet, and having been initially closed and then from july 4th being given the opportunity to reopen once again,

a slap in the face for them. but talking to many people in the town over the past 24 hours, many people have been saying that they feel that these type of restrictions have to come into place, to try and drive those infection numbers down. back to you. as we've been hearing, social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in england from monday, with some exemptions. the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland are able to set their own restrictions, which means that the number of people allowed to meet inside or outside varies in the uk's four nations. in scotland, up to eight people from three different households can meet indoors, while 15 people from five different households can gather outdoors. in wales, up to four households can form an "extended household" but they shouldn't gather indoors with anyone else. up to 30 people can meet outdoors. in northern ireland, up to six people from two households are allowed to meet indoors, while up to 15 people

can gather outdoors. and for viewers in the uk — we'll be answering your questions at half past three on the what the new measures mean for you. send them in via email to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk — or you can tweet #bbcyourquestions and you can see that coronavirus briefing this afternoon from the government led by the prime minister. that's at 15:45 on bbc one — and available in british sign language on the bbc news channel. his speech is due to start at 4pm. you can stay up—to—date with the coronavirus epidemic on our live page. you can watch video clips and live coverage of events as they happen. visit bbc.co.uk/news or go to the bbc news app. no new coronavirus deaths have been reported in scotland in the past 24 hours, first minister nicola sturgeon said, but 159 new cases

have been recorded. speaking at the scottish government's daily briefing, she said scotland is at a very dangerous point in the course of the pandemic. if the virus runs out of control again we will face restrictions that are in themselves deeply damaging to the economy. so the best thing we can do right now, notjust for health but also for the long—term good of the economy, is suppressed covid—19 as far as we possibly can. it is not an exaggeration to say that scotland is currently at a very dangerous point, so too is the uk as a whole and many other countries across the world. we can see from the level of countries in cases like spain and france, that the current increasing cases, it could very easily continue and start to translate into serious illness and deaths if we are not careful. and having rightly opened up schools, we are now about to welcome students back to colleges and universities,

and that is in so many ways notjust and that is in so many ways notjust a welcome step back but a necessary step for the well—being of our young people. but it is also a risky development, and that is why tomorrow's review of lockdown regulations which i have set out in parliament is likely based on all of the recent data to take a very cautious approach to any further changes. in fact, we can't rule out the need to make changes to the numbers of people allowed to gather get together, like those announced for england last night. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. the vaccine — being developed by oxford university and drugs company astrazeneca — is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. astrazeneca described it as a "routine" pause in the case of "an unexplained illness". a safety review will be carried out before the trial can restart. the last opposition leader in belarus still at large

has been detained. maxim znak was due to take part in a video call from his office. instead, he texted his group one word — "masks" — an apparent reference to balaclava—wearing security officers. one russian news agency said he was detained by the state investigative committee. this comes after monday's abdution of maria kolesnikova, who yesterday resisted attempts to forcibly deport her to ukraine by ripping up her passport and is now in detention. our correspondentjonah fisher is back in kiev in ukraine, after reporting on the protests. he explains why this is significant. effectively, maxim znak was the last active member of that presidium of the coordinating council. all indications are that he has been picked up by the authorities in minsk. it's something we've seen repeatedly over the last several weeks. they've steadily been picking off members of the coordinating council and it seems giving them a pretty stark choice: they can either

sit injail in belarus and possibly face charges, or they can be taken to a border and given the opportunity to go into exile, and that is of course what happened with maria kolesnikova yesterday and she of course famously tore up her passport and refused to be sent into exile here in ukraine. we are expecting publication of the new legislation any moment that will enable the government to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement that was signed just eight months ago. let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson. a lot of anticipation as to what is going to be in it. what are you expecting? we haven't seen it so we can't be definitive, but it has been formally introduced into the house of commons in the last few minutes, that contentious bill has been tabled, and it is our understanding that it will indeed give the

government powers unilaterally to interpret the northern ireland protocol in various aspects should they fail to reach any agreement with the european union, and this is what the european union and many others were concerned about. there has never been a demand for an emergency meeting, an extraordinary meeting, by the vice—chairman of the european commission. he wants to meet michael gove, and they want to discuss some of the problems that might arise from this as quickly as possible. i do not yet know if that extraordinary meeting is going to go ahead, but it will be a meeting of the body that has been discussing theseissues the body that has been discussing these issues for some months behind—the—scenes, and the body which if it does not agree to the same interpretations of the northern ireland protocol, that would then trigger the government acting unilaterally in line with the new legislation which has just been introduced into the house of commons, and i think it's interesting that the prime minister's words in the commons when he said, we need a legal safety net

to protect our country against extreme and irrational interpretations of the northern ireland protocol. that is effectively what he is accusing the eu of doing, and that legal safety net is what has just been introduced into the house of commons a few minutes also at pm cues some of the conservatives concerned about this did not make their voices heard, but ian blackford accused them of being a rogue state and the lib dems mp said if the government does not stick to international law, is there a danger that scottish nationalists might have an illegal referendum on independence as well? we will hear more about the bill when we see it in black and white. if the eu does not agree with the government's interpretation, could the eu potentially take legal action over this? that remains to be seen. certainly from talking to a former attorney general, it was their view

that the eu could take legal action in this, but it depends on how legislation is worded, because it could be worded in a way that would then supersede or override previous agreements. that may well protect the government in the courts. but certainly it was the view by a former holder of high legal office that the government was potentially leaving itself open to a legal challenge by the eu if it did not like the uk's unilateral interpretation. they did not anticipate the process being there we re anticipate the process being there were breaking down and each side having vastly different interpretations of the way forward, so it could end up in the courts. we'll bring you the details as soon as it is published. around 4,500 children get cancer each year in the uk, and covid—19 has brought much uncertainty around diagnosis and treatment for all families affected. jayne mccubbin has been to meet two

young people who have continued treatment through the pandemic. every parent remembers the exact moment they were told. yeah, i do, like it was yesterday. i just think that will be in my mind forever. yes, it was sunday 1st october, 2017. the exact moment their child's cancer story started. vivid memory of a painting in the little private room where the doctor told her. we were told there was something growing in sally's chest. i don't think i'd remembered a picture like that before but ijust remember looking at it as she was telling me. hearing the word oncology, which is a word that you've never come across before, and as soon as you look it up, you realise it's a cancer treatment ward, your heart sinks.

but the reality is that, for most children, their cancer story will have a happy ending. # we like the cars, the cars that go boom #. let me introduce two children, rufus and sally... tell them about when you're going to see rovina, your nurse. ..who haven't just survived cancer... what you have done at the hospital. ..they‘ve survived it, in a pandemic. come on, rufy. this is 6—year—old rufus, who'd much rather tell me about spider—man than talk about leukaemia. now you're talking. and this is sally, who's 13. and how you are you feeling? i feel really well now. three years ago, sally's consultant gave the diagnosis of ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer.

and she actually asked me why i was looking so worried and said to stop being so worried because she knew what it was and she could fix it. "don't worry, i can fix this." in fact, almost 85% of childhood cancers are today cured, and sally has vlogged every moment of her story, from chemo to dialysis, from hair loss to lockdown. it's been hard because usually i would be able to have friends coming to visit me in hospital, and my sister would be able to come with me. you want both parents there and your family around you but you're only allowed to have one. covid might‘ve stopped visitors, but as it was never a significant threat to children like sally, it never stopped cancer treatment so today, they have a new date burnt on their memory. monday 24july, results day. it was a good day. as for rufus, he too has another day

to remember — april 15. we had a little bit of lego tea party at home on the day he finished his treatment and everybody came in the car, didn't they? hello! on the day he should have been ringing the bell to signify the end of his cancer treatment, he was in lockdown. horns toot. his family instead came to honk their horns. you couldn't do it in hospital, could you, so we've sent to a bell. i've got a bell! covid might not have stopped childhood cancer treatment... and again! ..but it has stopped fundraising. the impact that covid has had on the charities is devastating, and we reallyjust can't afford to lose them. cancer research uk for children and young people, the charity which has supported rufus and sally, estimate they will lose £300 million in income. it's like an impossible thank you.

these people i've never seen or met have put together this treatment and saved his life. he's strong and brave, and i'm just so thankful that he is who is, and that he's here. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. the humid air we've seen across some parts of the country is set to be pushed away during the next 24 hours, but with the fresh air comes increasing amounts of sunshine. certainly not a bad start this morning in parts of scotland, whereas southern parts of england and wales, greyer skies. and some will hold onto that this afternoon. bringing the change is this where the front. this is where the thickest of the cloud will be attached to. we've seen some patchy rain or drizzle work through northern england, wales, the midlands — that is now going to be moving into southern most counties of england through the afternoon. a little bit of drizzle here and there, many will stay predominantly dry. some brightness across the channel islands still, and lots more sunshine further north, although we'll see a few

showers across the northern half of scotland. for most it will be sunny this afternoon. where it is cloudiest, that is where the humid air still is, 22 to 24, maybe in the south—east corner. most places, though, further north will be in the teens. and of course, with the fresh air in place it is going to be a cold night tonight. some milder air will hold on across the channel islands with thicker cloud, so temperatures here at around 14 or 15 into the morning. but for most of us, temperatures back down into single figures tonight. not seen that for a few nights. and it will be a fresh but sunny start to thursday morning. after that sunny start, a bit of patchy cloud in the west. cloud amounts will generally increase through the day. dry with sunny spells for the vast majority. greatest chance of some rain will be in the form of showers across the north west of scotland, particularly during the afternoon. temperatures here only around 11 to 13 degrees, and elsewhere we are only looking around 14 to 19 as highs tomorrow. similar sort of temperatures on friday. we start to see a bit of a change. heavy rain and strong winds across scotland to begin with, pushing southwards through northern ireland and eventually into northern england. further south and east you are, you will stay largely dry.

but with winds growing south—westerly, temperatures will start to creep up again. only temporarily, because saturday we are back to westerly winds. that weather front pushes through with nothing more than a few showers on. that will clear east anglia, the south—east, hopefully during the morning. but after a showery start in western scotland, more in the way of cloud, more in the way of persistent rain will push in here, maybe too to northern ireland, with stronger winds later in the day. england and wales, though, will stay predominantly dry, and temperatures in the upper teens, may be 21 or 22 celsius in the south—east corner. and with winds growing southerly through sunday, those temperatures will start to rise a bit more widely. by monday, with most places dry, we could see temperatures as high as 26 or 27 in parts of eastern england.

a ban on gatherings of more than six people in england from next monday will stay in place for the forseeable future. it comes as rising numbers of new infections are blamed on people not following the guidance. the prime minister denies england's testing system is having problems. thanks to the heroic efforts of test and trace we have gone up to 320,000 tests a day... today. the government's side of the bargain was to deliver an effective test, trace and isolate scheme. but, two weeks into september, there is a glaring hole. out on patrol — as the police try and enforce the rules on social gatherings. we'll talk to our health editor

about the testing row, and we'll be live at doncaster races where 3000 people are due to attend.