and spain who saw contrast to france and spain who saw quick rises and perhaps did not quickly enough, it is relevant. in terms of people gathering, there has been intelligence from test and trace and certainly in scotland from test and protect that a contribution to those rising numbers is absolutely people meeting in their own home or other people's houses, so own home or other people's houses, so general socialising. to limit the numbers is a far lighter touch measure than some of the other restrictions that could come in future if things don't go better. so it's very difficult for people in terms of their social lives and i think behaviourally, this is challenging, but i understand the rationale of why this changes being made now. do you think, you are speaking to us from edinburgh, where, of course, the rules are different. does this complicate matters for people when they —— in terms of understanding what they can do? i think it does. terms of understanding what they can do? ithink it does. i mean, i couldn't tell you chapter and verse for every single devolved nation

what the current inside and outside numbers are off the top of my head, and i'm spending most of my time looking at these issues, so it is complex and in scotland, it is a maximum of eight people from three households for example, that may change. and indeed, we have had restrictions on that covering over a million people in the west of scotla nd million people in the west of scotland at the moment. so it is potentially confusing, but i think the public has gotten use to different messages from different devolved nations. we no longer have a four nations approach, and of course, if we are to avoid a bike approach to all of the uk in terms ofa approach to all of the uk in terms of a future lockdown, which i think all governments wish to avoid, then it is fair that each of the devolved nations look at what is happening in their communities and make policy based on that type of intelligence. i suppose you are saying a little earlier that these restrictions are very much on private gatherings, because there has been some comment about it is perhaps conflicting

m essa 9 es about it is perhaps conflicting m essa g es to about it is perhaps conflicting messages to encourage people to eat out to help out in august and then restrict people in september. of course, people can still go out to restau ra nts a nd bars course, people can still go out to restaurants and bars so long as they are socially distancing. yes, i think it's important to recognise the different layers of this. so what we're trying to do or what the government is trying to do is restrict this interaction indoors, we might let our down, for example in friends or family's houses. at the same time, we have heard the announcement that the enforcement of what happens in hospitality is going to increase. so what happens in hospitality is going to increase. so venues what happens in hospitality is going to increase. so venues are now having to be required to take everybody ‘s details and there will be penalties if they don't. that's already happening up here in terms of requirement. they will also be looking very carefully at environmental health, additional resources there to make sure that they are safer. it also sends a message to hospitality in other parts of the economy that if we want those businesses to remain open, they are really going to have to get they are really going to have to get the guidance absolutely correct. the final thing i would say on that is

we did not hear much discussion of universities in that briefing. you know, we have hundreds of thousands of stu d e nts know, we have hundreds of thousands of students returning to universities around the uk, and i am concerned about some of the gaps, for example, in testing for university students which cambridge has committed to but not many other universities. so, we are really going to have to watch that space on the higher education sector. that is a question of capacity, isn't it? absolutely. and i think that's, you know, this moonshot idea sounds absolutely brilliant, but as we can see from scotland a few weeks ago, where there was really quite chaotic picture when the schools went back and lots of parents requested tests and lots of parents requested tests and now in england. so i think of the next few weeks, we must testing rates because as we were hearing from your last person that you interviewed, mass testing is absolutely a key piece of the jigsaw to get us out of this. so, i think i welcome today's announcements, but welcome today's announcements, but we have still got some distance to travel until we see that working

well. thank you so much for your time. that is linda, professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. thank you so much. we have heard from cure this term or in response to what the prime minister aside. let's hear what he had to say. think all of us are deeply concerned by the rise and infection rates. the whole country is concerned by that. so we do support the measures that the government has put in place and we would urge the public to comply with the new rules. i think the government's now acknowledged that their poor communications where a large part of the problem, so that's got to be fixed. they also need to recognise that the testing regime is all over the place at the moment. they can pretend that's not a problem and that needs fixing as well. we support the principle of the measures and we ask everybody to follow those rules. one of the big headline changes is the fact that now six people can meet indoors and

outdoors. people are talking about loopholes already, they're talking about going to pubs, sitting at two separate tables, having bigger groups than sex. in response to that, the prime ministers at the police will not have more power to tackle it. do you think that's the right way to get enforcement? altemeyerjeff or betty to them —— comply with the roles and i tried to find ways around them. there's nothing between the labour party and the government on this, we all want people to follow those rules. obviously, the police have had a very difficultjob, not least because of the poor communications, i believe that by consent and consensus is best. at the police do need the powers they need to back these rules. so, consent but with these rules. so, consent but with the powers to back it up. just to be clear, you are supporting people being fined if they break these rules. i think these roles have got to be enforced. we are seeing an increase in the infection rate, nobody wants a second spike. i think the best thing and i think about mac vast majority of people across the country are trying to comply with the rules. the problem i hear more

than anything is that people don't understand because of poor communication of what the rules are. so if that is the first thing, the police by consent and persuading people, controlling people, but if necessary , we people, controlling people, but if necessary, we do need that back—up of fines. reddish holidays aren't exempt from this. —— british holidays. they are already talking about christmas, do you think they will have it turned around by christmas? welcome christmas is a long way off, and we will take this in stages. the most important thing is that we stick to the rules now in place, reinforce those rules and have a communication strategy so the public understand. that's the vital thing. the new rules are clear, do you agree with that? look, i'm afraid over the last few weeks and months, they've not been clear. and that's across the country that you have heard that. the government has not recognised it's had a problem with communication. it needs to put that right but it also needs to recognise that it's got a testing

where people are having to go miles and miles for a test or there is no test available, don't pretend that problem doesn't exist, tactless, move forward. something else the pm mentioned is that they will not be looking at whether people can attend sporting events are large events, the government is going to be reviewing that. do you think it's the right idea for people to be attending these events? the right idea for people to be attending these eve nts?|j the right idea for people to be attending these events? i think we've got to be very careful. everybody wants to go back to sporting events, of course they do. people want to go back to a degree of normality. at the most important thing is saving lives, and that means making sure that the rise in infection is stopped. now come on this, thickets rate for the government to make a judgement call with their scientific advisers, if government things for the restrictions are necessary, then we will back them. that is what we have done so far. but, you know, the communications has to improve in relation to this. we have seen a huge spike in cases. that comes after people have been told to go out and go for meals, go to the gym, go to the cinema. do you think the

government is to blame for this bike? look, there is always going to bea bike? look, there is always going to be a difficulty. there is a risk of an increase of infection, but that's the very time you need absolutely clear communications because that is crucial in a period like this and you need the most effective testing regime. we haven't had very good communications and the testing regime is not working properly, so the government is right to introduce these restrictions and we will support that. but you know, tackle the communications, tackle the testing problems, don'tjust pretend they are not there. moving away from they are not there. moving away from the pandemic, the former tory prime minister has intervened today saying that the uk international agreements we re that the uk international agreements were sacrosanct. he worried about the invocations of potentially breaking international law. what the government is proposing is wrong and the government should consider the reputational risk that it is taking in the proposed way forward. but

what i think people want more than anything is ideal. that's in the national interest, that's what the prime minister promised, and oven ready good deal, he needs to deliver on that promise, get that deal, that's what the net —— in the national interest on what they say they need to exist to avoid a dangerous position, is not something you agree with? the way forward here is to get a deal. the outstanding issues are not difficult. they can be resolved. so what i say to the permit is or is you promised a good deal, get on, negotiated, that is what is in the national interest and focused then on the issue at hand which is tackling this pandemic. do you agree that this could result in, the prime and servicing the agreement isn't like other international treaties, commit was signed at peace and challenging circumstances, they think they have a valid reason to circumvent it. do you agree with them regardless of whether or not they can?” you agree with them regardless of whether or not they can? i don't think the government is persuading anyone to their case. what they are trying to do is wrong and that is

why previous prime ministers are calling it out. at the way around this is to get a deal. that is what was promised and i say to the prime minister, deliver on your promise, and then focus on the pandemic, but if you fail to get a deal, prime minister, you own that failure. one of the only ways you could potentially stop this is by winning a vote in commons, are you speaking to tori and pease who may be willing to tori and pease who may be willing to vote against him, many are talking out against them? there are no cross party talks going on in relation to this legislation. the focus for the labour party is on the premonition are getting the deal that he promised he would get. that is what is in the national interest, thatis is what is in the national interest, that is what he needs to deliver. the labour leader there talking about the brexit legislation and its comes off the back of the prime minister urging comes off the back of the prime ministerurging mps to comes off the back of the prime minister urging mps to support a new bill which modifies the brexit deal he signed in january, despite ministers admitting that 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 bill proposes no new checks on goods moving from northern ireland to the rest of great britain. ministers will be able to modify or "disapply" rules relating to the movement of goods if the uk and eu are unable to reach an alternative agreement through a trade deal. and there'll be powers to override previously agreed obligations on state—government support for businesses. borisjohnson says it's necessary to "ensure the integrity of the uk internal market". the european commission's ursula von der leyen said... and the scottish government fears the uk single market will cut across areas that are usually devolved. at prime minister's questions in the commons — borisjohnson nick beek is in brussels for us. nick, the president of the european commission making no bones about unhappiness about this. you are absolutely right. this set the alarm

bells ringing here in brussels and the other capital cities of the remaining 27 remaining states of european yesterday when they first heard about this proposal. today they have looked in detail and the dismay really has grown. as you say, it was the president of the european commissioner who tweeted about her deep concerns. it is interesting, she used a phrase in latin, a language we know that borisjohnson likes to drop into conversation sometimes. she tweeted... agreements must be kept. she said if the british government pursues this policy, if it goes back in anyway on the divorce deal was signed and sealed last year, not only with the government to be breaking international law, but it would be breaking the trust that has been built up between the two sides. ok, many thanks. our europe correspondent

nick beake is in brussels. we can speak now to our correspondent in belfast, our eye wear lens correspondent, chris page. chris, the government said it's making this move in order to protect the northern ireland peace process, how is this being viewed in belfast? well, here in belfast, i suppose, is really where all the rhetoric will at some stage meets reality. northern ireland and so many ways at the sharp end of the brexit process, laying bare divisions amongst the main political parties here, and certainly this internal markets bell has done just that. there —— they we re particularly has done just that. there —— they were particularly on display, the visit by the two power—sharing partners, the first minister in the deputy first minister to a factory here today to stop mrs foster, the leader of the democratic unionist party who are pro—brexit but very against the withdrawal agreements because they say the arrangements are tantamount to a border in the i receive. well, she said that she

would work within the law, but she said that also there was nothing wrong with trying to change the law. so underlining unionist opposition to the withdrawal agreement as it stands, pointing up the fact that they believe this does create a barrier between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, and they would wa nt the rest of the uk, and they would want that section of the withdrawal agreements, the northern ireland protocol water down or even scrapped altogether. but on the other side, the nationalist parties and also the cross can unity parties identifies neither unionist nor nationalists on a well, they have said what is in this internal market spell amounts to an act of bad faith by the government that any attempt to tinker with the withdrawal agreement would be very bad indeed for northern ireland. 50, michelle o'neill of sinn fein, the deputy first minister in the power—sharing devolved government here in accused a northern ireland secretary of having a brass neck for what he said in the house of commons yesterday that this bill would in some aspects break international law. 50, you see

how politically contentious this remainsa how politically contentious this remains a northern ireland, how complex it is. it's notjust about economics, the parties are mainly talking about the economic impact of the moment in connection with brexit and it's also of course what people sense basically of national identity do they look to london or do they look to dublin, and in dublin today, they are the prime minister made his point that in his opening, boris johnson the bridge government are bringing forward this bill and risking an impact on the ongoing brexit trade negotiations that trustee said was the basis of all negotiations and he raised those concerns and a phone call with boris johnson today. chris, many thanks. our correspondent in belfast there, chris page. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. hello there. it hasn't been as warm across the south as it was yesterday. 26 yesterday, more like 22—23 today because there has been more cloud around. in fact, in some areas, it's been quite grey and drizzly, particularly across the southwest of england. but further east, there have been some breaks in the cloud, and it is meandering its way away

through the end of the day. to the north of that, we've had more sunshine. brightest skies in northern ireland, scotland, a fair rush of showers in the northwest initially, but they are going to become more confined to the northeast with time — because we've got a rigid high—pressure building and from the atlantic as we go through the evening and overnight, which means that under the starry skies, light winds, lots of clear sky, it will be much cooler tonight — a distinct chill in the air with a touch of frost in the glens of scotland. but even further south within 4—5 degrees of freezing out in the suburbs. but then we will see plenty of sunshine to start the day tomorrow, more abundant across england and wales compared with today. but more showers will push back into northwest scotland through the day. hello this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines. tighter restrictions in england to try and curb the spread of coronavirus — with the prime minister outlining what he calls the "rule of six".

you must not meet socially in groups of more than six, and if you do, you will be breaking the law. this will apply in any setting — indoors or outdoors, at home, or in the pub. fines for pubs, restaurants and venues if they don't take customer's contact details — as enforcement of the restrictions is stepped up. border force will step up enforcement of quarantine rules for travellers arriving into the country. in other news — borisjohnson calls on mps to support new legislation — which would alter the brexit withdrawal deal even though the government admits it breaks international law. let's return now to the latest coronavirus restrictions for england. borisjohnson has urged people to limit their social contact "as much as possible"

and to minimise interactions with other households as he outlined new measures to control a surge in coronavirus cases. venues where people meet socially, such as pubs and restaurants, will be legally required to request contact details of every member of a party and retain the information for 21 days. kate nicholls is the chief executive of hospitality trade association — uk hospitality. she joins us from west london. good afternoon to you. how do you view the new restrictions as outlined today? a lot of the new restrictions are new for members of the public in terms of socialising in their own houses and in parks and other public spaces. for hospitality businesses these are pretty much the guidelines we have been operating on it sincejuly in order to keep our customers safe and her team members safe so that there have artie been restrictions on party sizes within hospitality and we have already been participating in track and trace.

our big concern about today by psych announcement is that this will see a real cooling of consumer confidence and a rise in prevalence of the disease and a gather of businesses over the summer... this will all be swept away and we will be back to very uncertain times for many small business owners over the coming weeks and months. why should that be the case if in fact essentially the restrictions are ones that you have been operating under all of this time? i think it is about the fact that while we have been enforcing it, not everybody else has been out inside their homes and in public spaces and customers may well feel concern that hearing the premise or say for the restrictions are needed, for the controls are needed, that the disease is gaining hold again, and they may change their behaviour and they may change their behaviour and stuff coming out in the numbers that they had been coming out and.

we have been keeping them safe, they have been socialising safe with us. but the fear is people will vote with their feet, stay back home, say way for being out in pubs, bars and restau ra nts, way for being out in pubs, bars and restaurants, and lose that confidence because the number of cases is seen to be increasing. we wa nt to cases is seen to be increasing. we want to reassure people that we have their safety at heart, that these new measures are things that the industry has been working towards and we have had very high levels of compliance. it is safe to continue to do so but we are countering that narrative that is coming out of westminster that restrictions are needed. i suppose in a may is that the focus is on you now or on hospitality venues to really take that message out to the public because they can eat out, they can go out and they can do so safely. we can and that is what we are wanting to do is to make sure the people are reassured that they can be kept safe, that we have five of us on

compliance with test and trace, that we have high covid secure protocols to keep them safe, that we will limit table numbers and group sizes and we are the safest place to be socialising if you are wanting to go out and about but we can't do it on our own. we need the government to also work with us and i think the danger is that you have had a message today that talks about further restrictions on hospitality, further restrictions on hospitality, further legal enforcement on hospitality and an implication that hospitality and an implication that hospitality may not be keeping people as safe as we actually are. we are doing our bit, we need government to work with us and we also crucially need government to work with us to provide support measures when we face restrictions on trade or we face a downturn in trade our businesses are just operating at break even, we have i billion people who have still not come off of fargo, a third of our premises have not yet open and we need the government to help us with vital measures whether it is

furlough, the vat cut or this is how it is to make sure hospitality can survive into the new year and beyond. we will have to leave it there. many thanks, kate nicholls from uk hospitality. all senior police leaders in the us city of rochester in new york state have resigned in the aftermath of the death of a black man in police custody. officers came under scrutiny, after details of the death of daniel prude became public. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has this report — and a warning that you may find some of the images distressing. ijust grabbed him with my hand. this is body cam footage of the arrest of daniel prude. naked in the street, the 41—year—old man, who had mental health issues, was restrained by several officers. he was not armed. he became increasingly agitated after being handcuffed and the officers used what's known as a spit hood on him — a device that's designed to protect officers from the saliva of a detainee. moments later mr prude lost consciousness as he was held on the ground. he was taken to hospital but died a week later.

his death was ruled a homicide caused by complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint. seven police officers involved in the arrest were suspended, but only after lawyers for mr prude's family obtained the body cam footage and made his death public last week. it led to several days of protests in rochester. now the city's senior police leaders have all resigned. in a statement, the police chief, la'ron singletary, said claims of a cover—up in the case were a mischaracterisation... "as a man of integrity, i will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character." the police chief was supported by the city's mayor, although she said changes in the department were needed. well, this has been very challenging times for the city of rochester 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 try to cover this up. a lawyer for one of daniel prude's family members said that police resignations were "a step in the right direction". peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. more now on the news that borisjohnson has urged mps to support legislation which modifies the brexit deal. he said the internal markets bill, would "ensure the integrity of the uk internal market" and protect the northern ireland peace process. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says the bill amounts to an assault on devolution. this bill is an abomination on almost every level. i mean, firstly, it breaks international law. the government has admitted that. it makes the prospect of a hard border in ireland all the more likely, but it is also a no holds barred, full frontal assault on devolution. and for anybody who might say, "well, the leader of the snp

"would say that, wouldn't she?" that's exactly the opinion of the welsh first minister who is labour. so, it drives the coach and horses through devolution. let me just give three quick examples of that. firstly, it could force scotland to accept lower food standards, it could force chlorinated chicken in scotland if that is the deal borisjohnson wants to do with donald trump. secondly, it would substitute uk government spending priority in devolved areas for the spending of priorities of the democratically elected government of the day in scotland. so if the government of scotland were to invest in schools and hospitals, the uk government could insist that the money went instead to building a bridge to northern ireland. —— billeting boris's bridge to northern ireland. thirdly, this bill would stop the scottish parliament introducing the minimum pricing legislation, which has been the flagship public health bill of recent years in scotland. so, this steals, to use the words of the welsh government,

it steals powers from the devolved administrations that have been with us for 20 years now. it makes very clear, in my view, the only way to protect devolution is for scotland to become independent, because otherwise we face a future of the scottish parliament being undermined, eroded and, frankly, crippled. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon there. prince william thanked police officers, firefighters and ambulance crew members for their work during the covid—i9 pandemic. crew members for their work during the covid-19 pandemic. today is 999 day, a day where we come together to celebrate and think the 2 million people just like all of you in this room who put their own lives on the line time and time again to keep the rest of us safe and healthy. this has already been an extraordinary

year. the months ahead will no doubt be uncertain and at some point scary. but thanks to the dedication and sacrifices of those of you working across the emergency services and the nhs, i count myself and others in this country very fortunate. your dedication is not only apparent when we are faced with a copal pandemic, each and every day, people from teams across the committee are called to the scenes of dreadful incidence for suggest last week in birmingham, ambulance and police workers turned up to a horrendous incident and provided critical care support to the most vulnerable. as you care for us in our time of need, so too must we ensure that we are there for you when you needed the most. now on bbc news, simon mccoy has been taking at look at what you've been asking about the changes to coronvairus rules in england — in your questions answered.

to look at this in more depth i am joined by our health correspondent nick triggle and alice wiseman director of public health for gateshead. thanks for joining director of public health for gateshead. thanks forjoining the programme this afternoon. let's start with this question from shareen simon which says should a gathering of more than six people be restricted if dish also or otherwise missing if there were two gatherers of more than six people for any situation, that would create huge rooms for schools and workplaces. what they are doing here is they are trying to tackle a specific problem and that is the fact that the police did not have powers to disperse groups if there were up to 30 people and the current guidance had said to households of any size or up to six people from different households. and police were reporting that they we re and police were reporting that they were faced with large gatherings, large parties that they did not feel they had the powers to crack down on facade they are introducing these new rules that will allow police to issue fines of £100 doubling for

each offence to tackle this specific problem. david well asked at this. there are still some confusion out there. is this six people from two households, three households, or fork was her essence cotton, wales and northern ireland and if so which one or is it from six households?m is actually six people from any household. so if you're a household of four people, you can only have two other people coming to that household. six people maximum but they could be from different households. let us go to alice, just for protect more questions, the northeast has a specific problem it seems. i am just wondering what you make of the messaging and how the government is dealing with this. two we have always been concerned that the messaging it's been over complicated. when you're talking about how the police have been hard to respond, it is been hard for all of us to keep up with that. basic

messaging is the way to go forward and we are still trying to stick to the basic messages of keeping a safe social distance of two metres or more, good hand hygiene and isolating if you have symptoms. i think if we start to overcomplicate this to too much of an accent than people start to lose trust in the messaging that they are being given andl messaging that they are being given and i think that is what we have seenin and i think that is what we have seen in the last few months and is contributing to the increasing in cases that we are seeing both in the area i represent, gateshead, but also across the whole of the northeast. next to the questions, gail assets but i want to clear five because it goes the route of difficult. she says "we are a family of five with three teenage children. does this mean we can only welcome one person into her home or garden?" i think from the interpretation that we have seen so far unless further guidance is provided before monday that the answer is the number of six

and whenl that the answer is the number of six and when i heard matt hancock speak about it, the number six is something that is enabling us to then be able to take enforcement action if necessary. whilst it may seem arbitrary for this particular question and for this particular family, actually it is really important that we have really clear advice and guidance out there because otherwise it is too open to interpretation and also to be misused. i'm going to stay with you alice because one from karen mason aouar, "we are getting married on the 19th of september, where having 13 family members, two bubbles back to our house afterwards for the reception can we still do this? we have changed our wedding reception from 100 230,213, have changed our wedding reception from 100 230, 213, to not to change this to only six?" this is tragic for all concerned. i know that we will have to wait to see the further detail about the policy on monday.

but i understand if they were having their wedding but i understand if they were having theirwedding ina but i understand if they were having their wedding in a cove it's a premises so in a premises where they could implement social distance there may well be some exemptions but i am not yet sure about what that that will apply to an individual's home. nick this is something borisjohnson will be expanding on way to an individual's home. nick this is something boris johnson will be expanding unweighted but what do we think? what i understand as alice says, this will be for covert secure weddings and this will be one of them. but it is aimed more at the venue than the private residence understand. but the government has promised to publish before monday for a list of the details of what is covered and what is exempt so people can understand it more and plan the sort of offence they might have been planning alice this is something thatis planning alice this is something that is being raised. we incur packard asked why wait until monday to impose a new perspective stashed restrictions? it will enable us to

get on the front foot as organisations to be able to support communities. we need time to be able to understand this and interpret it for our communities. having said that, the guidance has always been to keep your contacts to a minimum and certainly i would encourage people to continue to do that or to start doing that more if they haven't been before because we have been ata haven't been before because we have been at a critical point now and if we don't act together as a community across the country, than we are going to be in a position where further restrictions will have to be put in place. this is from david westwood, he says "our post funeral celebrations in private homes to exempt? my father project finra is next week which is 17 family mourners present at the crematorium". this is similar to the wedding one. but he says this is about his family at the house. covid secure funerals are summer

principles to the when it's, you are allowed gatherings of up to 30 people, you are still allowed large gatherings but i am not sure that will extend to the house. we will have to see these full detail of the guidance but i think things like that could be difficult. i would urging to look at that guidance when it comes out. —— urge him. there will be exemptions for team sports to allow things to take place. but i think in private households, things might be difficult if you have a funeral next week, you want to know now don't you really? alice, gordon haslam says, "why can't the whole country agree on a common policy?"|j know country agree on a common policy?” know it is not an exact science as we are working with trying to give people enough freedom so they can start to live their lives but actually making sure we've got sufficient restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus. i think we hoped and anticipated that the virus

would be much more through various outbreaks across the country which we could manage in different ways in different places so that we could limit the restriction on people's lives. it does feel like we are moving towards the position of much more widespread community transition where you may end up back in a position where we have to provide guidance across the whole country. my other point is that there are lots of people who have had views on this and many valid views, we are as concerned on the impact of our economy for the example on the longer—term impact that will have on wealth and health —— health and well—being. nothing wealth and health —— health and well— being. nothing has wealth and health —— health and well—being. nothing has zero risk and we are having to work with people and make the changes that we have to make as different and new evidence emerges for some it is really tricky, i understand, i am finding it hard to keep up sol can't comprehend being a general member from the public. this one from eileen donnellly assets will open essays with family still be

allowed after monday?” open essays with family still be allowed after monday? i have been asking about this. my understanding is overnight stays will be allowed. againi is overnight stays will be allowed. again i would urge to wait for the guidance because what brief got from government wasn't so clear but i think they will be allowed. at the briefing from the government wasn't clear? indeed! and i think it is because these rules change quickly and things are commute —— confusing. i think the government wants to try and geta i think the government wants to try and get a set of rules and guidance in place. we are likely to see this in place. we are likely to see this in place for a couple of months, thatis in place for a couple of months, that is quite clear. from what i understand, overnight stays will be about but the important principle to remember is when you're in someone else's home is to be socially distance within the home, take the necessary pitch cautions of washing hands and try to keep some sense of space and distance from the other people in that house was up i think those are the principles we will hear later in the daily press briefing that is taking place and

the messaging that the government will be trying to get across. now mac two has message, alice she asks, "what will the impact of the new social distancing rules be upon restaurants? " you can social distancing rules be upon restaurants?" you can widen this to cafes, pubs, anything.” restaurants?" you can widen this to cafes, pubs, anything. i am of the understanding now that the majority of restaurants are operating quite strict policies in terms of the numberof strict policies in terms of the number of people that they will allow to sit at a single tables so certainly many of the businesses that are in gateshead will only allow you to have a party of six people and the owner will actually be turning away groups where there are greater numbers than six. i think the number majority of places will be operating this. and they will be operating this. and they will ensure that this is enforced. it gives us the opportunity to work with those businesses who are not yet compliant with the covert safe guidelines so we can ensure that

their customers and staff are protected as well. nick? i reiterate that that the key is groups of six andi that that the key is groups of six and i think the government is hoping this guidance will do is ensure that in restaurants and in particular pubs we have seen the pictures of crowded pubs. that it will help ensure that there is social distancing and we see no more groups of six and then some distance between them. it is obviously a problem on a friday and saturday night ina problem on a friday and saturday night in a busy pub but those of the sort of measures and guidance that will be expected and the police will now have those powers to enforce that. alice of hisjust thinking, friday night, gateshead, newcastle, all these places, they are going to be heaving before all of this is pa rt be heaving before all of this is part of monday aren't they? we have deftly had some issues in the hospitality industry locally. the majority of places are being responsible but we are being really tough with those who are not. we have already served 15 prohibition

notices in gateshead alone and we have revoked one licence and we are determined that we will continue to do more of this as is needed. but we had done just today and i note local authorities are doing similar things is we have an online reporting syste m is we have an online reporting system so that people can report very easily where they think that there are rules that are being broken in relation to businesses. the other thing that we have done is written out to offer businesses across the whole of gateshead regardless of what type of business they are to remind them of their duty of care to both their staff and their customers. and also to let them note that we know which places are not operating covid safe guidelines that we will be visiting and taking action. the final one, this is from sheila and this one is a biggie. my daughter has returned to university. what are the rules for social gatherings and face—to—face tutorials are still going ahead at university? are they

exempt? universities and educational establishments are exempt from the six person rope but that doesn't mean there will not be social distancing procedures in place at universities. i think some of the face—to—face tutorials and classes he was see there is a lot of social distance in the lecture halls. more stuff done online, and if people are going out to restaurants and pubs, they too like everyone else will have to ensure that there is no more than six in the groups. nick triggle think of her much and also alice wiseman director of public health for gateshead, thank you very much for gateshead, thank you very much for joining for gateshead, thank you very much forjoining us here on your questions answered. hello there. a lot of dry weather to be found across the uk throughout the rest of today although it is not quite as warm as yesterday because this weather front here, this cold weather front here, this cold weather front here, this cold weather front is pushing slightly cooler air southwards and in

producing more cloud across the southern half of the country for that the south but earlier in the day so clearly drizzly cloud in some areas was up to the north of that in bethesda and quinn add to, we had affair with a quote as you can see there are showers at the fair with there are showers at the fair with the cloud in the north and west. they will become more confined to more eastern parts of scotland through the remainder of the day and it is cooler and refresher despite more sunshine across the northern half of the country. it should be a fine and the day in the south with clear skies developing widely through the night. clever skies and light winds, a recipe for a very chilly night in comparison with last night. temperatures will get towards freezing if not to freezing in the glens of scotland within three or 4 degrees of freezing... the cloud would tend to bubble up through the course of this a just brushing the odd sharp potentially to northern ireland but it will be the north—west of scotland receipt showers, longer spells of rain started to develop but away from

that in the south—east as cotton, perhaps 16 degrees but notably cooler even with the sunshine further south the high teens for most of us. those high weather fronts keeping every thing at babel key to the south but the next atla ntic key to the south but the next atlantic glow is one to get some up and likely to bring northern ireland and likely to bring northern ireland and a scotland a spell of wet or windy or weather on friday. some of that may push into the northern half of northern england, surgically more cloud spending for the south but because this is a south—westerly wind we see the pictures —— temperatures picking up a little bit but it wont feel that way for the north. in the week and we have further weather systems racing towards the northern half of the uk, particularly scotland. saturday will cease showers emerging and that could affect northern ireland but for the bulk of the uk, i want a dry and bright and warm weather to the east of scotland, temperatures started to lift again as we start to pick upa started to lift again as we start to pick up a south south—westerly wind and temperatures may rise further

again as we go into sunday and monday as you can see. there is more on the website.

tough new coronavirus restrictions on england — from monday social gatherings of more than six people are banned — the new law will be enforced by police. the prime minister says the rules — which could be in place for months — are needed to prevent another national lockdown this winter. i wish that we did not have to take this step, but as your prime minister, i must do what is necessary to stop the spread of the virus and save lives. anyone going out to eat or drink in england will now be forced to give their contact details and there'll be new covid marshals on the streets to enforce social distancing. the moves are designed to stop