elements out of the game. i think what a football regularity authority could do, what a financial regulatory authority could do is to say well, 0k, we've got these rules, we want to see that you are complying with those rules and guidelines. if an owner is injecting money into the club, we want to know how many years that will be there and is there a sustainable business plan, including those loans, which will help the club perform at the level they want it to. the bbc understands the english football league will review the test, but clubs will have to vote for reform. with empty stadiums around the country, the changes may not come quickly enough. jane dougal, bbc news. one of america's longest—running reality tv shows, ‘keeping up with the kardashians‘, will end next year. the series has turned kim kardashian—west and herfamily into global superstars. she said it had been a difficult decision to end the show after 1a years. time for a look at the weather,

here's helen willetts. a quite picture at the moment with sunshine around. if you're underneath the weather front it is not quite so bright. despite the cloud there are still some breaks coming through and to the north of that a great deal more sunshine compared with yesterday but also some showers around across the north and west of scotland. despite the sunshine it is a bit cooler than yesterday and further south because of more cloud more like 20, 20 yesterday and further south because of more cloud more like 20,20 2 degrees but under the clearing skies overnight and the light wind, a chilly night to come with some ground frost on the glens of scotla nd ground frost on the glens of scotland and perhaps even freezing

in some spots. that promises a sparkling start to the date for many tomorrow with plenty of sunshine around. showers returning and even longer spells of rain across parts of scotla nd longer spells of rain across parts of scotland but for many of us essentially it is dry with just the odd isolated shower but not as warm as today. we have changed where the air is coming from but still feeling pleasa nt air is coming from but still feeling pleasant enough because of the high—pressure hanging on. the atla ntic high—pressure hanging on. the atlantic fronts are back into scotla nd atlantic fronts are back into scotland and northern ireland bike friday, some heavy rain for a time. against the far south faring best with dry and bright weather and feeling warm. the weekend promises further bouts of wet and potentially quite windy weather especially for scotla nd quite windy weather especially for scotland and perhaps the far north of northern ireland. but with high pressure in the south it could well warm up going into the weekend. lots

of sunshine around for england and wales but the rent looking quite threatening. 20, 20 one celsius as we change the wind direction and we are pulling in some area from the south through saturday and sunday. the heaviest rain clearing away saturday's night but the weather front remains across scotland and could intensify it later in the day. more areasjoining in could intensify it later in the day. more areas joining in with the brighter and increasingly warm weather. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s hello, i'm katherine downes with your latest sports news. in the last half hour, doncaster racecourse has been told the remaining days of the st leger festival must take place behind closed doors —

thats despite more than 3,000 spectators being allowed to watch the action there today. they're the first racegoers at a british track in six months. 0ur correspondent andy swiss is there for us. a bit ofa a bit of a different story developing for you at doncaster today, it was supposed to be all about the risk is going back, but now they've been told it's behind closed doors from now on. that's right. as you say, this was supposed to be the start of a really big for days for racing, the first time fans had been allowed back on a racecourse since march. we had seen them arriving this morning, a lot of them arriving this morning, a lot of them wearing face masks, making use of hand sanitiser is available at the entrance, a real sense of excitement. but just as the entrance, a real sense of excitement. butjust as the the entrance, a real sense of excitement. but just as the first race of the day was getting under way, about 20 or 25 minutes ago, news came through from doncaster council that this would now be the

only day of the four—day meeting where fans would be allowed in. a statement from the director of public health at doncaster, he said on the grounds of public health and public safety, i have instructed the racecourse to hold the st leger festival behind closed doors from tomorrow. so this is now the only day where fans will be able to watch the racing. there had been controversy before the start of the meeting, the mayor of doncaster had said she thought this should not be going ahead, she said she thought it wasn't safe, she has in the last few minutes welcomed the news that it will be behind closed doors from tomorrow. it also raises big questions for the whole of sport that had been hoping to start retaining some sort of normality of the next few weeks. the premier league had been hoping to welcome back some fans from the start of 0ctober, back some fans from the start of october, that in the wake of this and in the new restrictions the government are announcing later today, people will be asking weather thatis today, people will be asking weather that is now realistic or not. andy,

thank you. we will be investigating the impact of that government announcement later on sport. rugby union fans expecting to go back. we'll be looking at that at 6:30pm. the final 2020 super league table will be decided by win percentage following a number of matches being postponed due to positive coronavirus tests. the switch, which has been applied immediately, sees catalan dragons as the big winners as they leap from fourth in the table to top, above champions st helens. aston villa have completed the signing of striker 0llie watkins from brentford for a club record fee of £28 million. watkins, who scored 26 goals last season in brentford's run to the championship play—off final, once again links up with his former manager dean smith with whom he worked at griffin park. following the signing of lucy bronze yesterday, manchester city have today announced the signing of her england team—mate alex greenwood.

the pair played together at lyon, winning the champions league last month. greenwood is also crossing the manchester divide, having had a spell at united before leaving for france, and she's expecting a reaction ahead of the first derby of the season. i fully expect it, i would also give me some stick as well! it is part of the game and i fully understand. i have a lot of respect for the fans and they will brilliant with me in my time there, but i also understand iamon my time there, but i also understand i am on the other side of manchester now, and that is my full focus. it makes derby day a little more interesting, and i can't wait. world cup winnerjason roy has been added to england 5 one day squad for the upcoming series against australia which starts on friday at old trafford. meanwhile, dawid malan‘s sparkling form in the twenty twenty series victory over the aussies has seen him named today as the top—ranked t20 batsman in world cricket. and he's been called up as a reserve for the one day game, a series all—rounder moeen ali

is looking forward to. yeah, 100%. australia are a very good side and we r number one so we wa nt to good side and we r number one so we want to play like the number one side. it's a different side but the intensity has got to be there. i'll have more for you in the next hour. new legislation on trade within the uk after the brexit transition period has been published in the last hour. ministers admit it will break international law. the internal market bill could over—ride parts of the divorce deal agreed with the eu about northern ireland. the european commission has called for an emergency meeting to discuss it. the bill says that ministers may make provision about the application of exit procedures to goods, or a description of goods, when moving from northern ireland to great britain, and that certain provisions are to have effect notwithstanding inconsistency or incompatibility with international or other domestic law.

if you didn't understand a word of that, you are not alone! 0ur reality check correspondent, chris morris, is with us in the studio. what does it mean? let's wind back a little. the northern ireland protocol became part of the eu withdrawal agreement because all sides agreed it was important to avoid the return of the hard border in ireland between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. in order to achieve that, it meant they had to be some additional bureaucracy between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, so one of the things it said was that goods moving from northern ireland to great britain would have to fill in a little online form, an export declaration form, one of the things the internal market bill says is that no longer has to apply, or ministers would have the right in the event of there being no trade deal to decide to unilaterally

change that measure. another thing which is in the protocol on northern ireland is that the uk would have an obligation to apply eu rules on state aid, something we talked about yesterday, the financial support government gives to business. that's in relation to goods in northern ireland. 0nce in relation to goods in northern ireland. once again, the single market bill disputes that says, no, ministers can decide to essentially override that. and it says, interestingly, the bill itself says, quote, certain provisions to have effect notwithstanding inconsistency or incompatibility with international or other domestic law. i think that is what was meant by brandon lewis in the house of commons yesterday when he said, yes, it does break international law in a very specific and limited way. but look at the reaction we've heard from the european commission... you are breaking the law is breaking the

law. germany hasjust said it expects the uk to fully implement the brexit agreement. this raises many questions. it does. we know there was a conversation last night between michael gove and his counterpart in the eu, they are leading thejoint counterpart in the eu, they are leading the joint committee which is supposed to work out exactly how the northern ireland protocol should be implemented. but this piece of proposed domestic legislation throws a bit ofa proposed domestic legislation throws a bit of a hand grenade into all that, and the eu now wants an emergency meeting of that committee to discuss it in detail. you can look at this in two ways. you can look at this in two ways. you can look at this in two ways. you can look at it as saying, the government has looked in more detail at the northern ireland protocol, which of course it negotiated and signed last year, and decided it simply doesn't like it any more. which is difficult to argue under international law. 0r you can potentially look at this as another move in a high—stakes game

of negotiation, which both sides still hope will end up in a deal. in other words, here is a public threat of something we will do unless you decide to do a deal with us. i'm not sure it will work very well. that's quite something, to say we are prepared to break the law to do it. it is quite something. it's not... well, it's illegal. it's not something you often hear ministers say. brandon lewis yesterday said there was precedent for this but there was precedent for this but there is no direct international precedent for something along these lines. there are examples where people have broken tax law and technical situations, but this particular piece of legislation is now an international treaty, the withdrawal agreement, including the northern ireland protocol, which the uk signed up to less than a year ago, and! uk signed up to less than a year ago, and i think it would be quite difficult if this went to some sort of dispute resolution, and there is a mechanism for if there are

disputes about their withdrawal agreement which involve first going to arbitration and then if it is a matter of interpretation of european law, a case of the european court of justice, so basically it presses all the wrong buttons for everyone. i think it is a good example of what a mess at the moment the overall trade negotiations are in. but sometimes thatis negotiations are in. but sometimes that is how negotiation works, sometimes the darkest hour is just before the dawn. thank you for that. a bit of philosophy for you! borisjohnson has justified the decision to restrict gatherings in england to six people, from monday. the new rules are being brought in after more than 8,000 coronavirus cases were recorded in the uk in the past three days. 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. 0ur 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, it's 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 should be 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 11th 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 2a 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. lots of reaction coming, germany in response to the internal market bill which was published in the last hour, which modifies the brexit deal, germany saying it expects the uk to fully implement the brexit agreement. we've had tweet from the president of the european council, making his view quite clear. the withdrawal agreement was concluded and ratified by both sides. it has to be applied in full, he says, breaking international law is not a cce pta ble breaking international law is not acceptable and does not create confidence we need to build our

future relationship. so that'sjust in the last five minutes on twitter. we are keeping an eye on that. let's get some reaction now to today's prime minister's questions. 0ur political correspondent is iain watson. we are going to talk to some mps who we re we are going to talk to some mps who were present, either virtually or actually at pmqs in a few moments. by actually at pmqs in a few moments. by and large, labour went on the whole issue of testing, they were suggesting it was a government's fault that people were having to travel many miles to get drive—through tests. they kept very focused on that, and keir starmer didn't really get into the brexit issue. but of course not long after pmqs, that bill was produced, the internal market bill, which has provoked that reaction from the eu. it does say explicitly that the uk can modify or interpret aspects of

the withdrawal agreement even if that breaches international law. we can turn to a panel of mps who will be joining can turn to a panel of mps who will bejoining me. first we have kieran mullan from the conservatives. kirsten 0swald for the snp and we also have hopefully bill esterton for labour, the shadow trade minister. let me start with kieran mullan. you are a former doctor and used to work for the patients' association, so you will know weather people take health advice seriously. when your own government says it is prepared to breach international law even in a limited way, does that undermine the government's credibility when it sta rts government's credibility when it starts to tell people they have to obey new laws are new rules on covid—19? we will hear from the prime minister this afternoon setting out new restrictions, but will he have the credibility when he is floating international law so openly? i think the british public have huge faith in him and are capable of determining the

difference between a very high—stakes negotiation that we are undergoing and what we all need to do on undergoing and what we all need to doona undergoing and what we all need to do on a day—to—day basis to put a stop to coronavirus. i know from speaking to constituents and meeting patients that people are sensible about these things, and i'm sure they're more than capable of making up they're more than capable of making up theirown minds. they're more than capable of making up their own minds. you say are sensible. staying on the covid—19 issue, presumably some people were not being sensible, we've seen a rise in infections among young people in particular, also worries among government ministers that not only are you in the position where you are doing no testing but —— doing more testing, but getting more positive results. do you think you we re positive results. do you think you were a little cavalier in relaxing restrictions and perhaps you should be more careful and cautious when you are bringing people back to school and back to the office? you are bringing people back to school and back to the office ?|j think the first thing to keep in mind is doing these things is very important, getting children back to school is vital to their long—term

outcomes in life and their health, their education, what they earn in life. i know the teachers and pet parents are welcoming it because it is very important. and what we are doing is learning from all the testing we are doing to target our activity when it comes to lockdown. but that testing regime, keir starmer was saying, is on the brink of chaos, people are having to travel perhaps a hundred, hundred and 30 miles to get a test. actually, i think that was not in the spirit of what labour claim to wa nt the spirit of what labour claim to want to do which is work constructively with government. this isa constructively with government. this is a testing regime which is testing half a million people a week, getting results for people 80% of the time the next day, tracing more and more people in the capacity is increasing every week, so for him to describe it as on the brink of collapse i think is not responsible opposition. then let's go to the opposition. then let's go to the opposition. let's go to bill esterton. keir starmer has gone on about the testing regime, but does

he have any figures or evidence that this is a widespread problem? how many people cannot get a test within ten miles of their own home? good afternoon. the prime minister did not have a clue in answering the question as to why people cannot get a test. i found question as to why people cannot get a test. ifound out question as to why people cannot get a test. i found out in question as to why people cannot get a test. ifound out in my constituency that no one in my constituency that no one in my constituency could get a test anywhere in the country on monday and tuesday. keir starmer gave exa m ples of and tuesday. keir starmer gave examples of people being told to travel from london to scotland for a test... but i'm wondering if you as the opposition no how big a problem this is, is it 10%... the opposition no how big a problem this is, is it 1096. .. they quoted the opposition no how big a problem this is, is it 1096... they quoted a figure of 75,000 tests not used each day, i think that gives the scale of the problem. the problem was we had a different excuse yesterday, which was that there was a problem with lab capacity, from today when they we re lab capacity, from today when they were blaming the public. the truth

is we need testing to work on the government needs to get a grip on it because it is demonstrating a com plete because it is demonstrating a complete lack of competence. unless testing works, we can't get people back to work properly when they have to go out to work, we can't... we need schools to stay open safely. testing is crucial for that. need schools to stay open safely. testing is crucialfor that. and need schools to stay open safely. testing is crucial for that. and we have a million students about to go back to university, so they have to sort this out quickly, and that is really the point keir starmer was driving at today. and it is exactly what the government must deliver on. he did mention this in all his questions. he did not mention brexit and the question of breaching international law. is labour too scared to go on to the brexit territory in case it upsets some of the former voters? no, he gave a series of interviews yesterday about our views on it. didn't raise it with the prime minister. well, we need the government to sort out the

deal with the eu so we can concentrate on this huge crisis, the fa ct concentrate on this huge crisis, the fact that the infection rate for covid—19 is growing, and that is the point he was making yesterday. so in the national interest, the government must sort this out. it really is a nonsense to suggest they will break international law, which is the remarkable statement that brandon lewis made yesterday. i'm going to move on to kirsten oswald. i wanted to ask you first, because in blackford the leader of the snp raise the issue of international law. i want to come closer to home, you have some big semi lockdown is in the greater glasgow area at the moment, we are now seeing in england new restrictions on a national basis, this restriction of six people meeting in or outdoors, are you contemplating wider scotland wide restrictions in the wake of what boris johnson wide restrictions in the wake of what borisjohnson is doing here and the situation in glasgow?”

what borisjohnson is doing here and the situation in glasgow? i think everything we do has to be led by evidence, and the first minister has been very clear and very helpfully clear for people about that when she is explaining every day to people what is happening and why it's happening. i live in east renfrewshire, which is one of the areas where we have a few more restrictions than we did until quite recently, and the reason for that is that there is evidence to suggest that there is evidence to suggest that gathering in people's homes, so parties, perhaps, or social gatherings, has led to the number of cases increasing. we have therefore had to restrict people's ability to do that. anything we do and anything we will do will similarly be guided by the evidence so we can try to keep the levels of infection under control. are you being less cautious than boris johnson? he control. are you being less cautious than borisjohnson? he is saying we may get further restrictions announced at four o'clock in his

press co nfe re nce . announced at four o'clock in his press conference. he is saying we wa nt press conference. he is saying we want a clear, national message on this. you again have this patchwork strategy going on in scotland. is it time for you to tighten restrictions? i think we are being very focused on how we dealt with it. i think it would be a stretch to suggest nicola sturgeon's approach has been anything other than focused and thoughtful and very open with people about what we're and why. the approach anywhere, weather in scotland, england, or anywhere approach anywhere, weather in scotland, england, oranywhere else, has to be driven by the evidence. i am certainly not going to pre—empt anything the first minister will do or say... that i think you've made that clear. i just wanted or say... that i think you've made that clear. ijust wanted to or say... that i think you've made that clear. i just wanted to ask one further question on the issue raised by ian blackford, which is the new bill introduced on the internal market of the uk. why would you object to the uk government as a whole, people back in 2014 voted to stay as part of the uk, why would you object to them spending money on

infrastructure projects in scotland, for example, that used to come from brussels? that is a form of devolution. why would you object to the group to government spending money in a part of the uk?|j the group to government spending money in a part of the uk? i don't think that characterises what is happening. this is not an issue which only the scottish government is unhappy about. i'm sure you have seen the comments from the labour first minister of wales who calls this a first minister of wales who calls thisa grim first minister of wales who calls this a grim day, he says it is an enormous power grab, looking at the 20 years of devolution and stripping away the parents. it is not an appropriate or sustainable tack for the uk government to take. to think it is for them to determine how power is in scotland or wales are managed. it is absolutely a power grab, it is an astonishing way to behave, to sit in the chamber of the house yesterday and here are uk government minister calmly and

openly say they intend to breach international law i think tells you everything you need to know about this power grab. it is a full frontal assault on devolution and it is completely unacceptable. i'm going to bring this discussion to a close. thank you forjoining us, kirsten oswald, bill esterton and kieran mullan. thank you all for the post pmqs analysis. it hasn't been as warm as it was yesterday, more like 20 or 23 today because of more cloud. in some areas it has been grey and drizzly, particularly across the south—west of england. further east there have been breaks in the cloud and it is moving away through the end of the day. to the north of that we had more sunshine common showers in the north—west initially but they will become more confined to the north—east was time. high pressure is building in from the atlantic

through the evening and overnight, which means under the starry skies, light winds, lots of clear sky, much cooler tonight, chill in the air with a touch of frost in the glens of scotland, but even further south within four or 5 degrees of freezing in the suburbs. we will see plenty of sunshine to start tomorrow, more abundant across england and wales compared with today. more showers will push back into north—west scotla nd will push back into north—west scotland through the day.

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. the announcement on new restrictions comes as the prime minister denies england's testing system is having problems. we have gone up 2,000 tests to 32,000 today. two we e ks two weeks into september, there is a glareing hole. back for one day only before being back behind closed doors — the crowd pilot scheme at doncaster‘s st leger festival is halted. ministers publish new legislation on trade in the uk —