good morning and welcome to brea kfast. good morning and welcome to breakfast. our headlines today. strict measures on gatherings to remain in place until spring as borisjohnson remain in place until spring as boris johnson sets remain in place until spring as borisjohnson sets out remain in place until spring as boris johnson sets out what remain in place until spring as borisjohnson sets out what he calls the rule of 60 dick the reason we are doing this is precisely because we wa nt are doing this is precisely because we want to prevent a wider lockdown, a wider damage to the economy. the prime minister says he wants a huge increase in covid—19 testing which could cost up to £100 billion. and what could the new rule of six mean for pubs and restaurants? i get

reaction from hospitality businesses. president trump is accused of lying to the american people about the threat posed by coronavirus and there are fears that fa ns coronavirus and there are fears that fans could be shut out from sport again. all crowds of 1000 people will be allowed a pilot event this month all this is now under review after the rising infection rates. and it is a cool start to your thursday but for many a dry day in store. the full forecast here on brea kfast. good morning. it is thursday, september ten. 0ur our top story is that borisjohnson has said it breaks is hard to ban gatherings of more than six people in england but he insisted the letter is necessary to avoid a second down. the prime minister also outlined an ambition to increase testing capacity to millions of people per day which could cost tens of billions of pounds according to lea ked of billions of pounds according to leaked documents. back at the downing street podium, to announce new restrictions for england

because of real concern in government about the rising number of coronavirus cases. we are introducing 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. schools and workplaces are exempt, so ourfunerals, weddings and team sports but this is here's why the government is taking action. this map shows the number of coronavirus cases in england. as areas get darker, they are seeing more people testing positive. in recent days, there has been a significant increase. flanked by the government's two key experts for the first time in weeks, borisjohnson said imposing new restrictions was tough but necessary. the trouble is, that the people who think they can take responsibility for their own health and take their own risk are, i'm afraid, misunderstanding the situation.

it is notjust the risk to yourself alas, but you can be at any age, you can be a vehicle, a vector for the disease. the chief medical officer warned new restrictions limiting gatherings could be in place for a while. we have to be honest with ourselves that we are in a much better place than we would go but there are still constraints and they will not magically disappear and the demand on testing has increased, outpacing the increase in testing and that may happen for a little while, i think. the government hopes that in time, mass testing could allow many people to return to normal. leaked documents reveal ministers are hoping 3 million tests every day could be available by december, even up to 10 million a day early next year, costing billions and at the moment capacity is far lower.

so, from now, downing street is hoping extra restrictions will help control the virus. nick eardley, bbc news. let talk to our political correspondent who is in westminster for us this morning. good morning. prime minister has outlined some big and expensive ambitions for testing, lots of numbers flying around and how realistic are they? basically we have to start at the beginning, the foothills of all this that which is at the moment there are test going on in southampton to try and find out if you can get faster turnaround result for coronavirus testing. for example, new saliva tests that could give results within 98 minutes. that would be essential for the give results within 98 minutes. that would be essentialfor the kind of thing the prime minister was outlining yesterday where people could be tested on their way into a theatre and if everyone was negative they could go and enjoy a

performance as normal. firstly, you need to make sure that the tests work and secondly, how effective mass testing would be, if people are willing to take regular tests every week, every day if necessary. in salford there will be test there are people on a weekly basis. these are a trial stage and to try and roll this out to the whole country is ambitious because the project moonshot and if you want a definition of that, it is believed to be trying to achieve what is regarded as impossible. a little pinch of salt at least but the prime minister clearly wa nts pinch of salt at least but the prime minister clearly wants to give people hope but at the height of the pandemic again he was talking about a game changer or a silver body that makes silver bullet test. but it turns out we don't know if catching this once gives you immunity a second time. there has not yet been a game changer that it is the government's ambition to reach mass testing and tony blair and jeremy

hunt have been calling for that for some time. thank you very much. we will be talking to the transport secretary at 7.30. senior ministers will hold emergency talks with eu officials today about the government's plan to override parts of brexit withdrawal agreement. borisjohnson has of brexit withdrawal agreement. boris johnson has urged of brexit withdrawal agreement. borisjohnson has urged mps to support the bill but some senior conservatives have warned that trust in the uk will be damaged if the plans go ahead. we're joined in the uk will be damaged if the plans go ahead. we'rejoined now in the uk will be damaged if the plans go ahead. we're joined now our correspondent in brussels. good morning, nick there. how have eu leaders reacted to this move by borisjohnson? leaders reacted to this move by boris johnson? well, publicly they are saying that they are strongly concerned by this move from boris johnson but privately eu people will tell you that they are flabbergasted that they are stunned i what they have seen in the last 2a hours. the reason for this is that they did not see it coming and they thought they had the divorce deal with the uk signed and sealed last year and they

thought that that was that. and this is why they have called for an emergency meeting today. local gove, the senior cabinet minister will be in attendance from the british side and the eu want to hear a bit more detail about what the uk intends to do. the difficulty with all of this is that at the same time you have trade talks going on, looking at a trading relationship between the uk and the eu and talking to people here in brussels less aid is a really good atmosphere now because they are looking the minute details ofa they are looking the minute details of a future trade agreement but at the same time the bigger picture is bleak because we know borisjohnson has said that if there is no deal the uk will walk away and will do very well. so i think it will be really interesting day today. president trump has defended his decision to play down the anger that make play down the danger caused by coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic. his election rival has

accused mr trump have knowingly and willingly lying to the american people. our correspondent has this report. even as the coronavirus began claiming scores of american lives, the us president talked down the affected if it is going away, you know it is going away and it will go away and we will have a great victory. at the same time, donald trump was telling the legendary watergate journalist that he deliberately play down the pandemic, even though he understood the deadliness of the virus. even though he understood the deadliness of the viruslj even though he understood the deadliness of the virus. i think bob, really, to be honest with you, i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down because i don't want to create a panic. this was impossible to dismiss as fake news and, instead, the president tried to explain his comments. news and, instead, the president tried to explain his commentslj news and, instead, the president tried to explain his comments. i am a cheerleaderfor this tried to explain his comments. i am a cheerleader for this country and i love this country and i do not want people to be frightened, i do not wa nt to people to be frightened, i do not want to create panic, as you say,

and, certainly, i am want to create panic, as you say, and, certainly, iam not going want to create panic, as you say, and, certainly, i am not going to drive this country, all the world, into a frenzy. his democratic rival, joe biden is already leading in the polls and he immediately weaponised what the resident's critics will seize upon as a covid smoking gun. he lied to the american people to the he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. he had the information. he knew how dangerous it was. and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do hisjob on purpose. donald trump keeps on trying to change the conversation to law and order but we continue to return to the health crisis that has claimed the health crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 190,000 americans. this feels like a covid campaign. global wildlife populations have fallen by more than two—thirds over the last 50 years according to a major report by the conservation

group uws the report warns that nature is being destroyed by humans ata nature is being destroyed by humans at a rate never seen before and that the catastrophic decline shows no sign of slowing. he blames overfishing, burning forest and the destruction of habitat. a founding member of the soul funk band cool and the gang has died at the age of 68. he passed away at his home in the us virgin islands with his wife by the side according to his wife by the side according to his publicist he started with kool and the gang with his brother. wildfires are continuing to burn out of control along parts of the west coast of the united states, destroying hundreds of homes to smoke — have turned the sky orange in the city of san francisco and other parts of california where 13 major fires other parts of california where 13 majorfires are burning. parts of 0regon majorfires are burning. parts of oregon and washington state are also badly affected. it is ten minutes past six now. time for the weather with matthew. did

you see those images a second ago of the weather there in california? i know it is smoke induced but it extraordinary. it is incredible and it is thick smoke. initially the satellite imagery from their, that plume of smoke from the fires across the west coast extends 1000 miles out and a thousand mice that make miles down, it is the equivalent of edinburgh to barcelona. more to come the next few days to the big story here is that it is a cooler start for many compared to the past few days but largely dry and for many a sunny day ahead. a bright start for the vast majority but here are some of the temperatures we are experiencing to they are in single figures away from towns and city centres hence actually feel. and there are a few showers around, across the north and west of scotland. 0ne across the north and west of scotland. one or two isolated light ones in the north—west of england and north wales and the showers will start to become a bit more frequent across north—west of scotland later in the day before the rest of us after a bright and sunny start we will a little more cloud build up

but, certainly, a lot more sunshine today across the channel islands and southern part of england compared to yesterday. generally around the mid to high teens for many as we had further north and more cloud this afternoon in northern ireland, western scotland compared to this morning where you can seek showers are coming and going. most of eastern scotland should stay dry with temperatures around 11— 1a celsius another call like to come tonight. more details later. and we will chat with you a little later on. pink you very much. 12 minutes past six, let's have a look at the papers. almost all of them leaving on the new restrictions that could be in place for the next few months. the daily mail says there goes christmas, that reaction to the draconian developments they say that festive plans have been thrown into chaos and a new army of slippers or covid secure marshals are being recruited to target lawbreakers. normal life is unlikely to resume before spring according to the times

which also fears for family gatherings at christmas. at his press c0 nfe re nce , gatherings at christmas. at his press conference, the prime minister said he broke his heart to impose the new restrictions on individuals with families to and mrjohnson also outlined a moonshot plan to control the virus with mass testing, possibly available by next spring. the guardian features a leaked memo seen the guardian features a leaked memo seen by the british medicaljournal that says the testing plan is a £100 billion gamble to avoid a second national lockdown. and suggestions that christmas may not be like the ones we used to nobody could be the way to save lives. now for many older people, the long months of self isolation during the height of the pandemic were made mile bearable by the thought of spending quality time with grandchildren once lockdown was over. sadly that is about to become a lot more difficult in england, particularly for large families. moffat has been to meet some of them. like so many grandparents, isabel has found 2020 incredibly tough. how important is it to

interact with the grandchildren? very. you going to make mum cry now. it is very important. i do not see my grandchildren in suffolk very much because they are in suffolk and it is not always that easy. isabel's daughter lucy and her husband andy live in basingstoke. as lockdown restrictions have eased she has been able to visit more often. but from monday for this family gatherings involving more than one grandparent will not be possible. because they areafamily will not be possible. because they are a family of five so to more people will push it up over the limit. and i think that is a great shame because the children enjoy seeing all the relatives and, for the moment, that will have to stop. i really do feel for all those families where it willjust not be able to happen again. hi, dad. i'm good, thank you. lucy's father is

exasperated at the actions of many younger people. do you think you are suffering because of the actions of younger people who are taking the rule seriously? most definitely. i have seen it firsthand. where i live here i see gatherings of youngsters going out on the street on a friday and saturday in the early hours. i see groups coming back from parks and or whatever. and they are all youngsters. so it is probably going to get worse, unfortunately, before it gets better. what impact do you feel these restrictions could have on yourfamily and your feel these restrictions could have on your family and your ability to see each other? it is necessary precautions to overcome the virus. i think everybody understands that and eve ryo ne think everybody understands that and everyone should adhere and listen to the advice that the government has given us but many people are not mentally prepared for this type of

situation to you know, christmas, birthdays, family get—togethers, they are what fulfil your year and thatis they are what fulfil your year and that is how you build memories as a family. so without that there is quite a significant impact. family. so without that there is quite a significant impactlj family. so without that there is quite a significant impact. i am happy to crack on with any rules we need to adhere to to get rid of this virus, basically sitting at the end of the day i do not want my kids and my older family members to be at any risk so we are fine to just do it. jenny lives in york and has three young children. i am happy about these changes. after all i am feeling really frustrated, a little bit angry feeling really frustrated, a little bitangry —— feeling really frustrated, a little bit angry —— i am not happy. ifeel that the government has its priorities on the economy and not families and that is a real problem for me. we will be isolated and stuck. grandparents really need to

see them so, yeah, day to day it will be massive, just completely change the way we live our lives at the moment. they are worried about the moment. they are worried about the youngest, they are worried she will forget them and skype is not the same when you try to speak to them and she has started getting back to not being scared of them again and not thinking of them as a stranger and now we will not be able to have a family meeting like we have been having so they are worried about that. from monday in england the rule of six will kick in. gatherings of seven or more will not be allowed to people's homes and in many families will once again have to rethink the way they interact. lots of people thinking about how they are going to be seeing their families and how the world will

change again. pubs and restaurants we re change again. pubs and restaurants were beginning to get back on their feet. they have had such a difficult time. it will really feel like a blow because they have just built up momentum. good morning. food and drinks businesses particularly hard hit by coronavirus. to businesses we are looking at going bust. many in the industry say these new restrictions will cause fresh damage. peter lloyd, a chef, this is what he told us. just as confidence in the public was growing and get

stepped outside to help, and then realised it felt quite a safe environment being covid secure and we ove rca m e environment being covid secure and we overcame that first step of customers coming back into the restau ra nt customers coming back into the restaurant and realising it was not going to be so bad the problem now isi going to be so bad the problem now is i fear these six steps now will put that thought back into their mind. from monday i lost 22 covers and cancellations alone for this evening's service with people thinking now is not the right time to go back out into restaurants. so much is about how we feel about our confidence as well as restaurants, pubs and conference venue is set to struggle. kate nichol is a chief

executive of uk hospitality. some argue very little has changed. the guidance has been six people to meet ina guidance has been six people to meet in a venue anyway. absolutely. since july this is what they have been working towards an implementing. no more than six people outside and no more than six people outside and no more than six people outside and no more than two households inside. i think what you just heard encapsulates about consumer confidence which was just returning. 0ur businesses were saying confidence was already fragile and this is a real knock as to what it might mean to consumer behaviour and crucially a lookahead at what we we re crucially a lookahead at what we were anticipating at the end of the

year, events, functions, activities all put on hold and an uncertain future for businesses. the expectation for reopening venues would be at the beginning of october but now it becomes a legal requirement to take track and trace details. it has felt quite optional when i have been out and about. how do you enforce that without ruining people's afternoon? at the moment it is guidance and voluntary. we can ask but not always getting it. a strong message from the prime minister that it is mandatory. about 90% of businesses have been fully complying with track and trace. 0bviously, complying with track and trace. obviously, a lot of people

complying with track and trace. 0bviously, a lot of people pre— booking on websites and by telephone. what we have seen over the last two months is, businesses working really hard to be compliant and meeting high standards of covid secure measures. we are probably the safest place for people to do it if you need to socialise. we will enforce and make sure you are doing it safely. but we also need to make sure the government keeps up the pressure to get a national trace and track app happening to make it easierfor track app happening to make it easier for customers track app happening to make it easierfor customers and track app happening to make it easier for customers and businesses to comply with the new regulations. the distinction now that takes it from guidance to legal requirement andi from guidance to legal requirement and i worry that people will see this week as a last hurrah and then it falls on hospitality venues to

make sure security measures are not broken. while the coronavirus pandemic has shown how hard and dangerous a nurse's job can pandemic has shown how hard and dangerous a nurse'sjob can be, a huge amount of public appreciation for what they do. applications for trainee nurses is up by 60%. we went out to meet some new recruits. these are some of the most uplifting images during lockdown, every week we gathered to thank healthcare workers. up the nhs! cheering and applause. the next generation already getting used to the new normal and if you're working on the frontline, you need to be taught how to deal with unruly patients. this first year paramedics are part of a new wave to sign up with these types of courses and that is larger because of what has happened in the

past six months. some have doubled the number of students and doubled the number of students and doubled the intake next year. we have a record year which started with us this september. they are from our local area but they are even more committed than usual because i think so committed than usual because i think so many have been inspired to go into nursing by the effects of the pandemic. has that been a key factor? it has undoubtedly seen a group of people who have been able to see what a valuable role nurses play in society. more men are applying as well. 5% may not sound a lot but ricky baker, who used to be a children's entertainer, is about to graduate as a paediatric nurse. he is up for some national awards as well and has picked up plenty of

hands—on experience during the pandemic. i learned a lot about myself, about the resilience about myself, about the resilience about myself and to maintain that passion and remember why i wanted to be a nurse. it is such a varied and wide profession and people have seen what the role of the nurse is and that is the role of the nurse is and that is the big attraction because nurses are being recognised for the amazing work we do do. many people who have lost theirjobs because of work we do do. many people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic see it as a to see change the career —— see it as a chance to change career. to be forced out of work was quite scary as an independent adult so i wanted a job i knew i could have indefinitely until the end of time. there are two types of people during the pandemic, people who want to help and people

who want to stay safe and both are 0k who want to stay safe and both are ok but i am more of a person that sees that people out that can be vulnerable and need help. now he has enrolled on a new course at a university in birmingham and he is farfrom university in birmingham and he is far from the oldest student at 32. the pandemic has raised awareness nationwide as to the extent of the work of nurses and has made people realise that it is a really highly skilled profession and there is security and jobs at the end of a degree programme. the new students hope that when they graduate in three years' time the pandemic is over by the high regard with which they are held is still there. that is the image i'm going to have when you clap and do the floss! it was

extreme floss. time to find out about what is happening with the news, travel, and weather where you are today. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. a cyclist who was stopped and searched by the police last year during a ride to promote diversity has had a complaint against the officers upheld. mani arthur, the founder of the black cyclists network, described what happened as "humiliating and degrading". the complaint was upheld by the police watchdog the iopc. figures show, if you are black, you are four times more likely to be stopped and searched in london. it was quite humiliating. it is a degrading experience. you have to wonder whether the police are on my side. another layout now added on. london's ambulance service is the first in the country to employ violence reduction officers to try to protect paramedics.

there've been 260 physical assaults on staff since april. the new officers will also push for tougher sentences for those who carry out attacks. bbc london has learned that some boats will be allowed to pass under hammersmith bridge from tomorrow. the bridge was suddenly closed in august after faults were found in its structure. some boat owners, who've found themselves stranded down stream, say it'll be good to get on the move again. the largest ever bronze age haul ever discovered in london is to go on display at the museum of london docklands from tomorrow. the havering hoard includes axe heads, spearheads and other unusual objects. it was discovered on a building site in rainham two years ago. it will be free to go and visit. let's take a look at the travel situation now: there's been a signal failure.

minor delays on the piccadilly line— eastbound, between acton town cockfosters. and there's no waterloo & city line. some more works in holloway road at thejunction some more works in holloway road at the junction with horsley lane. time for the weather— here's kate kinsella. feeling a little fresher. we lost the humidity overnight and a bright start. a little more cloud as we head into the afternoon. bright spells with the sunshine. temperatures reaching around 18 or 19 celsius. it is feeling cooler than the last couple of days. 0vernight conditions similar. clear spells but also a bit of cloud with minimum temperatures in the summer is around eight or nine. central

london staying around 10 celsius. conditions remain the same tomorrow. and for saturday as well. sunday, we start to pull in warmer air from the continent so the temperature is going to rise. lots of sunshine and perhaps the high 20s on monday. i'll be back in around half an hour— you can check out more stories on our facebook and instagram— now it's back to charlie and naga — bye for now. good morning and welcome to breakfast. all the news and sport coming up in just a moment. also coming up this morning, dogs who died fingers as they push items through the letterbox land their owners with fine ora letterbox land their owners with fine or a prison sentence. we will hear more on that high court ruling in about 20 minutes. we will be at

london zoo is a major report reveals the global animal populations have plunged by two—thirds in the last 50 yea rs. plunged by two—thirds in the last 50 years. and we will talk to the footballer who loves to lose weight. he shed seven stone during the lockdown and now he cannot stop scoring. let's get a medical view on all the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis from one of our regular dock. where did you get that mug from? did you steal it?|j regular dock. where did you get that mug from? did you steal it? i got down to posted out to me. they are very rare. good morning to you. we are talking and we heard boris johnson speak yesterday with the chief medical officer about numerals coming in on monday but also much talk about testing. how has the testing been for you? your patients

are demanding more. testing been for you? your patients are demanding morelj testing been for you? your patients are demanding more. i work as an nhs gp and a private gp and in my private practice yesterday we had an influx of so many people calling in. where we are in bucks we had to testing centres that were closed and we have not been told why so patients who have symptoms such as a sore throat or a runny nose invariably once children go back to school they now have runny noses and whether that is just part of the weather change or seasonal, we don't know if it could be covid—19. under the rules if you have symptoms such asa high the rules if you have symptoms such as a high fever, aches, pains, loss of smell, a new cough, then you need to be tested for covid—19 otherwise you could be in self isolation. pa rents a re you could be in self isolation. parents are desperate to get back to work so they are opting to do this privately. yesterday we had 20 tests in our surgery because they could not access the system. we need to

look at what is going on and i know that this is across the country, that this is across the country, that there are difficulties. but i don't know what is going on. either kind of lost the plot there. there are so many kind of lost the plot there. there are so many different changes happening every day and general pack this is changing and we are preparing forflu this is changing and we are preparing for flu season and it feels like it is just all happening at once and now the rule of how many people you can see has changed so, honestly, i no longer know what is going on to many people will not be reassured hearing a gp saying that this morning. so it will now be, what? up to six people who can meet but at the moment it still can be from different households but six is the limit. that rule of six is what needs to be remembered and we have acknowledged that it has been slightly confusing or difficult to get your head around the different rules so rule of six is the basic thing to remember. you spoke about

testing and the turnaround for those testing and the turnaround for those test people were getting was what? 24 test people were getting was what? 2a hours? boris johnson test people were getting was what? 2a hours? borisjohnson is proposing millions of tests being available, thatis millions of tests being available, that is the plan, millions available each day that would have up to a 90 minute turnaround. would that reassure people and if that will come into practice it would help?|j come into practice it would help?” think it would but at the minute where is the plan and where is the testing going to be done? how will it be distributed and where will it come out was to mark and adjust about not knowing what is going on, thatis about not knowing what is going on, that is the reality. if you want someone that is the reality. if you want someone who that is the reality. if you want someone who says that is the reality. if you want someone who says that everything will be absolutely fine then that is not real life either because on the ground, as gps, we have an onslaught. we have to deal with a backlog of up to six months of work and on top of that they want us to distribute flu vaccines and at the moment 30 million people will need vaccines and we need to look at

storing that. i am honestly sitting here saying that as gps we are just as much in the dark as i get patients coming to the surgery who are frustrated and annoyed and want to know what is happening to so i think i am being honest. to know what is happening to so i thinki am being honest. absolutely andi thinki am being honest. absolutely and i appreciate that. that is why we talk to the family of gps on this programme. how are you communicating that to your patients? if you are concerned about being overrun, especially with the flu vaccine, and more are getting in touch because they want this, how are you able to communicate that to your patients and when might you have a clear idea of getting a handle on it? we will have a clearer idea when boris johnson handle on it? we will have a clearer idea when borisjohnson says he will get these 20 minutes test and whenever the test sentences —— centres open again and when we get the flu stocks so we can rule out

the flu stocks so we can rule out the programme. also we are reassuring our patients are saying that we are here and open, please come and talk to us. saying to our patients that this is unprecedented and these are times that we have never dealt with before. 0n and these are times that we have never dealt with before. on top of that we will have the seasonal flu and historically general practice a lwa ys and historically general practice always comes under pressure during flu season. in the public —— public are fantastic but we are frustrated in general practice because we are still dealing with patients with symptoms that hang around and that is impacting work and finances. this will be a struggle overwinter is impacting work and finances. this will be a struggle over winter and we are trying to do as much as we can to prepare for that. you are trying to prepare and the message the government is trying to get a message through, one of the problems when it came to testing that was flagged by the health secretary and by borisjohnson was that people without symptoms were asking for test. have you experienced that and

what do you make of that direct instruction if you do not have symptoms, do not ask for a test?” think that is clear. if you have no symptoms, please don't go because we have finite resources and we need to ration those resources. but i have not come across any people myself, patients orfamily not come across any people myself, patients or family or anyone in not come across any people myself, patients orfamily or anyone in my community asking for test without symptoms. it is when they do have symptoms. it is when they do have symptoms and the issue is that the symptoms and the issue is that the symptoms are vague because it is now a low—grade temperature. they will be on the phone asking for a test because everybody is desperate to get back to work and desperate to get back to work and desperate to get their children into school, business needs to thrive, we are also trying to get people to come into our prep as is and we want to ease out of lockdown and it is trying to find that balance which is a struggle at the moment.” trying to find that balance which is a struggle at the moment. i do hope it gets easierfor you. a struggle at the moment. i do hope it gets easier for you. it is good to talk to you. i didn't mean to

complain this morning i am so sorry idid. complain this morning i am so sorry i did. dig complain this morning i am so sorry i did. dig it is refreshing. you are the gp who sees us and that is why the gp who sees us and that is why the point, that is why we talk to you. i am a mother with three children and there are five of us in the rule that has suddenly changed andi the rule that has suddenly changed and i know many parents out there need to pick an extra one person and ican need to pick an extra one person and i can understand why the government is doing it but ijust feel slightly frustrated as a gp and as a mother. because we are doing as much as we possibly can and the goalposts keep shifting. so i hope i am not alone in voicing that. we will be talking to the transport secretary later on this morning as well and to jane harris and try to clear this up. that was one of our regular gps. harris and try to clear this up. that was one of our regular gpsm you do have questions along those

lines, and that doctor is pretty tuned in, absolutely. how does it work out in practice, the rule of six, if you have questions, let us know and we will try to clear up any confusion. i am so delighted. 21 minutes before seven and look over there. hello! i know it is far away but is so good to have you here. my first time here since march. i can almost smell charlie's aftershave. 0r almost smell charlie's aftershave. or maybe it is yours? mine? look at charlie wanting to throw something at me. it was done in fondness, mike. anyway, the back page of sport is bayern munich reflecting what is happening in the rest of sport and there is a lot of fear on the back pages about what might happen if fans are prevented from returning. this was the scene yesterday a donkey stop. hold your horses

because 2500 fans there, not allowed in for the rest of the meeting to bold headlines here. sports's £1 billion crisis because the brakes have been put on that review about fans returning to sport. the government has a number of fans allowed into events at 1000 and plans to admit larger numbers from october one could put on hold. it is under review again. last month, 2500 people watched differently between brighton and chelsea to see how it all could work and it was the first time that fans have been allowed into a time that fans have been allowed intoa premier time that fans have been allowed into a premier league ground in six months. all matches will be played behind closed doors from the start of the season on saturday. the chief executive of the league says it is absolutely critical that that ends as soon as absolutely critical that that ends as soon as possible. like every other industry, football has been impacted already by covid and it is common knowledge that we lost around £700 million from the economy last

year and there will be matches this season without fans inside the stadiums and further losses will be incurred. it can go on forever. we have to get back to fans inside the stadium. that is the big thing that is missing, economic or otherwise to we need fans back inside the stadium for all sorts of reasons. jurgen klopp says he is not even thinking about last season's title triumph. it is gone, forgotten and moving forward as they start their new campaign against leeds united on saturday. nothing inside me is remembering becoming champion last year. what i am thinking about is how can we play against leeds united. we finish here and ijump into the next meeting. that is how the things go and we are completely in the situation. we don't dream, we don't think too

farahead. far ahead. serena williams had another three setter but she is now through to the semifinals so her quest for a record equalling 24th grand slam final is on track. her yorkshire puppy tucked away there in her handbag. she lost the opening set however before making it through to last four meeting. she said her opponenfs to last four meeting. she said her opponent's strategies of throwing her off. you have to wonder about the nerves and what they are like now in the men's draw with novak djokovic out and a great opportunity to rent when the title. the top seed left now is the number two, dominic tea m left now is the number two, dominic team who defeated the australian in straight sets in a semi—final meeting. we are now getting to the critical stage of the us. open but it is great to be back and to see you only a few metres away. it is

6.42 you only a few metres away. it is 6.112 and that means we can chat to matt who is not here in the studio but he is welcome anyway. mostly. most times. always a pleasure to be here and you know that. morning to you all. a lovely start to the thursday out there for many with the latest of our photos here from pall mall and a beautiful sunrise on the goa mall and a beautiful sunrise on the go a short while ago. if you are about to step outdoors it has been quite humid and muddy and much fresher start. here's a selection of cool spots this morning. aberdeenshire around one degree at the moment. many places away from towns and city centres are in single figures. a slightly warmerjacket this morning as you step out but it should be a fine start for many. most should be a fine start for many. m ost pla ces should be a fine start for many. most places are dry with sunny spells. it is the north and west of scotla nd spells. it is the north and west of scotland whether showers become a bit more frequent into the afternoon and a few into northern ireland as well. many will spend the day dry with a bit more cloud this

afternoon, some good sunny spells, wind light in the south, is developing across the north—west of scotla nd developing across the north—west of scotland and that will make it feel on the cool side still this afternoon to 18 or 19 degrees towards the south—east corner, down towards the south—east corner, down to touch on what we saw yesterday did it this evening and overnight showers to begin within north—west of scotla nd showers to begin within north—west of scotland but they will merge into longer spells of rain as we go into the start of tomorrow morning to most of you again a dry night, partly clear skies and a few stars every now and then and temperatures are down into single figures in the countryside to as we go into tomorrow we have an area of low pressure in iceland and that will impact whether in the north of the uk and we will see outbreaks of rain spread across scotland, northern ireland during the day with heavy bursts moved mixed in. some showers later and it could touch 15 mile an hour gusts. rain arrives in the end of the afternoon and the further south you are the more predominantly

dry you remain with temperatures in the upper teens, perhaps in the low 20s. into the weekend, the week with a front pushes southwards through friday night into saturday, just a zone of cloud as we start saturday. there will be clouded time in southern and eastern areas and maybe the odd light shower here but the bulk of the rain will be towards the north—west again, especially later in the day with western scotland and into northern ireland. between those areas, afair into northern ireland. between those areas, a fair bit of sunshine and temperatures as they will be over the next few days in the teens did through saturday night and sunday, the rain is relentless across parts of the north—west of scotland and we will see a real risk of minor flooding here as we go through the weekend. still somewhat weather around on sunday but not as wet as we have seen on saturday so increasing amounts of sunshine the further south you go and note the temperature is starting to climb up. pleasa ntly warm temperature is starting to climb up. pleasantly warm day for many on sunday and as we go into the start of next week, the wranglers away from northern scotland celebrated a here on monday but what we will also see is increasing amounts of warmth building up and by then temperatures could get back to 20 degrees and

parts of scotland but it is across england and wales where we could see them in the mid— maybe high 20s. that will not last too long. a little taste of summer again. looking forward to that. one of the most common scheme looking forward to that. one of the most common scheme complaint and many say it has had the effect. the expert society says people have suffered the condition. most people when they get up in the morning, before they start getting ready, they get on with the day and make they get on with the day and make the bed. most days i change all of the bed. most days i change all of the bedding. having a shower can be an unpleasant experience and sometimes quite painful so it is important to have enough time to use the medicated products properly and give them the time to work. these are some of the selections i need to

ta ke are some of the selections i need to take ona are some of the selections i need to take on a daily basis. the single most important thing you can do is to keep your skin moisturiser and hydrated. changing the bed, having a shower, applying medicine. it takes an average of 1.5 hours stop that is just basic everyday life. i like wearing make up but it is just not possible to wear it every day so i tend to wear it when i am going out. luckily, i do work from home. i can get away from wearing my pyjamas all day. she is so brave for being on screen day. she is so brave for being on screen and talk about it, just putting up with people staring and wondering all the time about what it is like. we can talk to her now. she

joins us with the chief executive of the national eczema society. how difficult was it? when we asked you to do that filled and also exposing and showing yourself to viewers? how time consuming eczema can be inaudible... time consuming eczema can be inaudible. .. we time consuming eczema can be inaudible... we will try time consuming eczema can be inaudible. .. we will try to get. we are having a problem with the line. we will try to stabilise it. we can talk to andrew proctor.” we will try to stabilise it. we can talk to andrew proctor. i think one of the things we learned from that field, how brave she is to come forward and talk about it but also we are hearing more about the other problems that come with the

condition and how it affects lives. we hear it every day on our hotline. that is why we wanted to do this survey to highlight and demonstrate how tough it can be and how it can affect almost every aspect of your life from your friendship, relationship, career, job prospects and to the way you and others see yourself. it can be a profound thing difficult to deal with. clearly, there are the practical elements about what they can do and what you have to do to help ease the condition to a degree but then there's the psychological effects which may be even more damaging? yes, most people have heard of eczema and seen yes, most people have heard of eczema and seen someone yes, most people have heard of eczema and seen someone with red or

inflamed skin but what is not always understood and recognised is that eczema fracture how you feel about yourself, your self—esteem. nine out of ten adults in our survey said that it had affected their mental health and 60% of parents and their children's mental health had been affected. it is a huge thing. we surveyed over a thousand people so it was very large. it was surprising to us, in some ways, just how many people are affected and how sick difficultly they were affect. these times now, we are being asked to wear masks in enclosed spaces. using hand sanitiser, more than perhaps more you would have done. how is

that impacting on people who have the condition? as you heard at the start of the clip, a lot of time and effort goes into managing your skincare routine to make sure you are doing all you can to keep your skin fully moisturised and protected, and washing hands with soap — site can be an irritant to skin. hand sanitisers naturally have alcohol most of them and dry out the skin so they can be a real problem ina skin so they can be a real problem in a day—to—day situation. just walking into a store and they ask you to use sanitiser, they can be a challenge if your hands are red and raw with eczema. we could not re—establish the line but we saw her

explaining her experiences and the battles she has with it. if you own a dog who is territorial or aggressive, the best way to protect postal workers is to simply keep the front door close but that may not be enough. since 2015 more than 600 posters have been bitten by dogs. the high court has ruled that owners can be fined or sent to prison if they do not take steps to stop that sort of attack, even if they are not at home when they happen. helen is a postal worker from darlington. at home when they happen. helen is a postal workerfrom darlington. you have been the victim of one of these attacks. can you set the scene for us? i had a puzzle to deliver to a customer one day and when the lady came to the door, she opened the front door but there was. to the porch behind her which she had not

closed properly so the dog came bounding out, and bit me on my side. the lady was very apologetic and got the dog back in the house. i had to ring my manager. we rank the police. but due to the time my attack happened, there was no legislation in place that nothing could be done and we just had to advise the lady to be more careful next time when she answered the door so that it did not happen again. how did it affect you? i have a permanent scar, puncture wound scar. it is a psychological scar as well because i am very psychological scar as well because i am very nervous around psychological scar as well because i am very nervous around dogs now. i am very nervous around dogs now. i ama am very nervous around dogs now. i am a dog lover and i have am very nervous around dogs now. i am a dog loverand i have my am very nervous around dogs now. i am a dog lover and i have my own dogs but when i am at work, i am always more cautious and whenever i hear a dog bite,

always more cautious and whenever i heara dog bite, i always more cautious and whenever i heara dog bite, lam always more cautious and whenever i hear a dog bite, lam nervous always more cautious and whenever i hear a dog bite, i am nervous that the customer will be able to get the dog safely away. posted get to know their patch quite well. —— postal workers. had you had any contact with this dog previously? did you know it was aggressive? no, even the lady has said he had never done that before. i was fairly new to the job when that happened so it was a fairly new round but yes, now i know where the friendly dogs are and where the friendly dogs are and where the friendly dogs are and where the aggressive dogs are but sometimes there are dogs behind a door that you cannot hear and they door that you cannot hear and they do not bite. i haven't quite a lot of colleagues that have had an injury is to their fingers and hands just through the letterbox. injury is to their fingers and hands just through the letterboxm injury is to their fingers and hands just through the letterbox. it must be really frustrating. i am looking at the high court ruling and, in

theory, it means that people could be taken to task if they do not take cautions. what do you say to people. it does not necessarily mean the dogs are bad. you are a dog lover yourself. a dog here is that noise, letters coming through or a puzzle. what do you say to owners of dogs who react like that? you need to ta ke who react like that? you need to take the extra time to make sure the dog is secure before you answer the door. even if you are not there, you can put a cage on the back of your letterbox. you can get letterbox put on the wall outside. there are ways to protect postal workers and protect yourself. are you going out this morning? i am, protect yourself. are you going out this morning? iam, i protect yourself. are you going out this morning? i am, i will be. good luck with that and thank you for

taking time. what time is your round? around nine o'clock. all right, i hope it goes smoothly. thank you. lovely of helen to be up so thank you. lovely of helen to be up so early. i imagine it takes ages to sort out the mail. they don't have to deal with that, do they? it is time to find out what is happening wherever you are. see you with the headlines at seven o'clock. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessop. a cyclist, who was stopped and searched by the police last year, during a ride to promote diversity, has had a complaint against the officers upheld. footage of mani arthur being searched was widely shared on social media. the complaint was upheld by the police watchdog the iopc. figures show, if you are black, you are four times more likely to be stopped and searched in london.

it was quite humiliating. it was a degrading experience. i have so many obstacles to already go through to then have to wonder whether the police are on my side is another layer. london's ambulance service is the first in the country to employ violence reduction officers to try to protect paramedics. there've been 260 physical assaults on staff since april. the new officers will also push for tougher sentences for those who carry out attacks. bbc london has learned that some boats will be allowed to pass under hammersmith bridge from tomorrow. the bridge was suddenly closed in august after faults were found in its structure. some boat owners, who've found themselves stranded down stream, say it'll be good to get on the move again. iam not i am not saying the place where we are is bad but we are stuck in a pin turned and are not able to move. i am not going to think about the rest

going under the bridge. i'm going to think about going back home. the largest ever bronze age haul ever discovered in london is to go on display at the museum of london docklands from tomorrow. the havering hoard includes axe heads, spearheads and other unusual objects. it was discovered on a building site in rainham two years ago. it will be free to go and visit. let's take a look at the travel: we have severe delays on the dlr — there's been a signal failure. minor delays on the piccadilly line— eastbound between acton town and cockfosters. and there's no waterloo and city line. onto the roads then and this is vauxhall bridge which is still closed for works — it'll stay that way till december and some more wroks to be aware of in holloway, that's on the a1 holloway road at the junction with hornsey lane 3) time for the weather. here's kate kinsella. feeling a little fresher. we lost the humidity overnight and a bright start. a little more cloud as we head into the afternoon.

bright spells with the sunshine. temperatures reaching around 18 or 19 celsius. it is feeling cooler than the last couple of days. overnight conditions remain similar. clear spells but also a bit of cloud with minimum temperatures in the suburbs is around eight or nine. central london staying around 10 celsius. conditions remain the same tomorrow. and for saturday as well. sunday, we start to pull in warmer airfrom the continent so the temperature is going to rise. lots of sunshine and perhaps the high 20s on monday. i'll be back in around half an hour — you can check out more stories on our facebook and instagram. now it's back to charlie and naga — bye for now.

‘s good morning and welcome to breakfast. our headlines today. strict measures on gatherings could remain in place until spring is borisjohnson sets out what he calls the rule of six. the reason we are doing this is precisely because we wa nt are doing this is precisely because we want to prevent a wider lockdown, and wider damage to the economy. the

prime minister says he wants a huge increase in covid testing which lea ked increase in covid testing which leaked documents suggest could cost up leaked documents suggest could cost up to £100 billion. the sky turns orange over california as wildfires continue to burn along the west coast of america. good morning. the future of food shopping. supermarket salesjumped future of food shopping. supermarket sales jumped during lockdown future of food shopping. supermarket salesjumped during lockdown with future of food shopping. supermarket sales jumped during lockdown with a big move towards online. lower prices could be on the way, will that be good for shoppers and bad for business? i will talk to the boss of morrison's. good morning. no fa ns boss of morrison's. good morning. no fans cheering on the favourites here at doncaster later today after yesterday saw the first crowds of a british horse racing fixture. it has been forced to make a u—turn and close the gates once again for spectators. i will find out what that means for the industry. and another cool start there with holly and doncaster as it is for many of you this morning but largely dry day in store. forecast coming up here on

brea kfast. in store. forecast coming up here on breakfast. good morning. it is thursday, september ten and our top story is that borisjohnson has said it breaks this heart to ban gatherings of more than six people in england but insists that the measures are necessary to avoid a second lockdown to the prime minister outlined an ambition to increase testing to millions of people's day which would cost tens of millions of pounds according to lea ked of millions of pounds according to leaked documents. our correspondent is in westminster for us this morning. good morning. the first time, prime minister recognising that there have been confusing m essa g es that there have been confusing messages and now we have the rule of six but we also have a long side that some huge ambitions. that is right. the rule of six he thinks will be much more simple although there will be some exceptions to it for example attendance at weddings and funerals at the moment if you thought the previous rule was confused there is not this question ofa

confused there is not this question of a rule of six, gatherings of more than six people effectively being illegal and people putting themselves at risk of a fine indoors or out if they are gathering greater numbers than that but also there will be stronger enforcements. what he cold covid marshals in towns and city centres as well to try and encourage social distancing. businesses which are not covid secure businesses which are not covid secure will be shut down and all of this sparked, effectively, by a recent and rapid increase in the transmission of the disease especially amongst 17—29 —year—olds and there is a fear that they may affect people more vulnerable later down the line. that is why they are taking action now. he also said that effectively we will all have to take more responsibility for our own hills. the trouble is that people who think they can take responsibility for their own health and take their own risk are misunderstanding the situation to it is not just misunderstanding the situation to it is notjust the risk to yourself,

alas, that at any age you could be a vehicle, a vectorfor the alas, that at any age you could be a vehicle, a vector for the disease. and so young people, as you rightly say, are overwhelmingly now getting it as the graph shows, but they are more than capable of transmitting it to the much more vulnerable older generation. i think what boris johnson was saying there is trying to strike some fear into younger people about the consequences of their actions but he also put it up asa their actions but he also put it up as a politician who likes to give us hope and he talks about the sunlit uplands of normality coming back again through a probe gram of massed testing, he called it operation moonshot, something that tries to achieve the impossible. we don't know if it will be possible but perhaps up to 10 million tests have been talked about a day and perhaps

people who are negative can go about their business in a pre— covid way in due course. we should stress and his own chief scientist is stressing this as well is that we are in the foothills of this ambition at the moment it is a trial stage and an attempt to get quicker test, regular testing being trialled in salford. at this stage we do not know if the technology will patch up with the prime minister ‘s ambitions. technology will patch up with the prime minister 's ambitions. we will be speaking to the transport secretary at 7.30 so if you have questions about the rule of six, how it will apply in your situation, let us know this morning. we are in the business of trying to clarify that for you. senior ministers will hold emergency talks with eu officials today about the government's plans today about the government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. borisjohnson urged mps to support the bill some senior conservatives have warned that trust in the uk will be if the plans go ahead. the latest round of

negotiations on securing a post—brexit trade deal with the eu are also due to take part today. president trump has defended his decision to play down the danger posed by coronavirus at the start of the pandemic saying he did not want to create a frenzy of panic stop he first made the admission to veteran journalist in a recorded interview. his election rival has accused him of knowingly and willingly lying to the american people to wildfires are still morning at —— burning out of control along with part —— along the western coast of the united states. more than two dozen blazes are burning across the states of california oregon and washington. this is san francisco in the middle of the day. the city by the bay almost unrecognisable. look at the golden gate bridge, the same colour as the dark orange skies surrounding it. smoke and ash

blocking out the sun, making it feel like the end of the world. 11:15am. crazy. 11:15 in the morning and it is like the middle of the night, almost. they're saying it is coming all the way from oregon, which is hundreds of miles away. and it looks like the apocalypse right now. it's like nighttime in the daytime. in los angeles, the sky is a more normal colour, but the smoke is still there, a hazy mist enveloping much of the city, and this is the reason — just one of the fires burning out of control, here, in california and also further north. this was a trailer park in the town of medford, oregon. there's not much left of it now the fire has ripped through it, destroying property, destroying lives. sheriff's coming through, going,

"level three, get out, get out," and, yeah, grabbed some papers... grabbed some papers and stuff and this is it. this is what i've got. what you are wearing right now? this is what i've got... i'm so sorry. for oregon, this has been described as a once in a generation event, and it is a similar story for neighbouring states. this fire season is unprecedented, the flames continue to burn. tim allman, bbc news. ronald ‘khalis‘ bell, a founding member of the soul funk band kool & the gang has died at the age of 68. he passed away at his home in the us virgin islands with his wife by the side according to his publicist. he started kool & the gang with his brother robert, and had hits including celebration, summer madness and jungle boogie. it is eight minutes past seven and time now to find out what is

happening with the weather. there is hot temperatures coming our way but i know you are starting in san francisco because it has been horrendous there. the smoke turned the sky dark orange and people have died in the fires. exactly. because the smoke has been so thick it has turned the sky orange. you can see it that tan colour here on the chart it that tan colour here on the chart it extends 1000 miles out to the west in 1000 miles from north to south as well, equivalent to edinburgh to barcelona and there is more smoke to edinburgh to barcelona and there is more smoke to come over edinburgh to barcelona and there is more smoke to come over the next few days as fires continue to burn. back to our part of the world there is some warmth on the way but today a little bit cooler with a fresh start out there this morning. temperatures across many part are close to, if not in single figures particularly away from towns and city centres. so it is probably something a little bit warmer if you are about to step out the door but for the but vast majority it is a dry and sunny start to thursday fourth there are a few showers across parts of north—west

england and late to the scotland will see more showers for many it will see more showers for many it will be dry. sunny spells in the channel islands and a bit more sunshine today across southern counties of england compared to yesterday, the sun will come and go in wales with a small chance of one or two isolated showers but wind will be light and temperatures in the mid to high teens. cooler further north as the breeze picks up and it is across the western half of scotla nd and it is across the western half of scotland whether showers will be more frequent during the afternoon and temperatures here around 11— 13 celsius. showers replaced by long parts of —— long spells of rain but elsewhere you stay dry. into thursday and friday morning it will be another start and the full forecast is coming up just before quarter to eight. it is ten past seven and more than 2000 horse racing fans went to don castilla's today for the first day of the festival. today, no fans. the

decision to hold the rest of the meeting behind closed doors was barred by the government new restrictions on social gatherings. holly is there for us this morning. so, holly... one moment they thought they were going towards a place where there would be crowds and it is beautiful there, what a glorious day you have, but there will be none today, it has all changed. almost a shame when you look at the stunning day here but as you say, over 2500 fa ns were day here but as you say, over 2500 fans were here yesterday cheering on their favourites, felt like a little bit of normality, the first crowds ata bit of normality, the first crowds at a british horseracing fixture in over six months to still drop in the ocean when you consider that over the next three days we are expect and maybe 6000 today but that has all changed now. we know the government has announced that the on venues like this will now be 1000 people. that after pressure from public health officials asking them not to go ahead with this has led them to make a u—turn here in doncaster and that means the gates

have closed once again to spectators in the race here will have to continue behind closed doors. and what does that mean for the industry? let's speak now to mark spencer, the managing director at the racing division here. i suppose it is disappointment? absolutely. the team have worked so hard and everybody who was here yesterday worked with us in the code of conduct, everyone was well behaved and we had a great day, a proper racing day of racing fans, not some groups. just real disappointment. when did you realise that this would no longer be going ahead? early in the morning, mid morning we had a call with the council to get their statistics about ten o'clock in the morning. the statistics for the previous 24—hour is had gone up fivefold which made the public health doctor nervous and he changes from the government the night before really m ea nt from the government the night before really meant that two of the ten things outside of our control meant that they took away our capacity for

crowds. so we have a certificate but not the public. there were over 2500 here yesterday and you said that it has been successful from what you can see so has been successful from what you can see so far. a lot of social distancing and images of the fans wearing masks. it could continue in that thread? we had a full debrief with the council and they are happy with the council and they are happy with the council and they are happy with the protocol, it was a successful pilot. so we have learnt a lot it is just a successful pilot. so we have learnt a lot it isjust a shame successful pilot. so we have learnt a lot it is just a shame we have been unable to do it for the next three days but we understand that the residents of doncaster must be kept safe and healthy. the government has said the cat will now bea government has said the cat will now be a 1000. an event like this, a four day festival when you expect crowds of 56,000, it is a drop in the ocean. it is in the bigger sites will find it harder than smaller sites. we are about to finish the season in the next eight or ten weeks and then we go into the jump season where crowds are smaller so for some of the smaller sites, 1000 is workable and manageable. but the

big side it will be much more difficult because we realise —— rely heavily on revenue from attendees. thank you for your time this morning. there are two pilot races still to go ahead this month and the government has said it will reconsider everything in october but at newmarket, the couple still be at 1000 and people have to remember social distancing will be in place but it will be interesting to see what does happen after that. we discussed this morning, 1000 people ata discussed this morning, 1000 people at a huge event like this does not seem very at a huge event like this does not seem very much right now, does it? that it is important to be safe. doncaster race is not the first sporting venue to welcome back fans temporarily. the world snooker championship became the first indoor live sport in england to have a crowd since lockdown. around 300 people attended the final at the crucible. fans were then allowed back to the cricket including at the ovalin back to the cricket including at the oval in surrey, edgbaston and birmingham and at the end of august

around 2500 football fans watched a friendly between brighton and chelsea. the new premier league season begins this weekend but no fa ns season begins this weekend but no fans will be admitted to matches before october at the earliest although the league's chief executive says it is critical to bring them back as soon as possible. like every other industry, football has been impacted already by covid—19. it is common knowledge we lost something like £700 million last year and there will be matches this season without fans inside the stadium and further losses will be incurred stop it cannot go on forever. we must get back to fans inside stadiums. it is the big thing thatis inside stadiums. it is the big thing that is missing, economic or otherwise, we need fans back inside stadiums for all sorts of reasons. let's talk to people who are keen to open up venues. very good morning to you both. let's stay with the

sporting theme. give us a snapshot at your club. we all understand that the government strategy is for local targeted action predicated on individual responsibility and we are working closely with council around that and lots of clubs have been socially responsible for the communities. we deliver around 5000 meals to vulnerable people. that aspect is taken as is about perspective. but we suffer badly, especially down to the lower legs with the percentage of income that relates to the gate is probably close to about a third. in our particular case it is about 25%. for

us it means that for every thousand supporters you get through the gate we get about £10,000 for that and another £4000 for the auxiliary from food and beverage. it is damaging but like other industries, the thing that makes it worse is trying to plan in uncertainty. we have a rule of six so we had to commit salaries for the previous season. it has been a missed opportunity to adjust the salary market but we have had to ta ke salary market but we have had to take those players on because they cannot be on furlough. until we get back to paying gates, we will have problems. transmere

back to paying gates, we will have problems. tra nsmere have back to paying gates, we will have problems. transmere have built up some reserves and we will manage thanks to that. the manager of a theatre in west london, you have tried to get people back in in a socially distant capacity for performances. how did that go?m socially distant capacity for performances. how did that go? it is not without its challenges we have converted a 250 capacity show now. from 1250. the finances are terrible but we're taking the positives and being able to open safely and getting customers back at work to continue business. matt hancock yesterday was talking about his passion for the theatre and following andrew lloyd webber‘s comments saying the theatre has been at the heart of the arts and the

a nswer at the heart of the arts and the answer is going to be with testing. considering what we know in terms of government ambitions and the reality of testing right now, how optimistic are you about theatres and entertainment getting back into business? it is questionable whether testing he's talking about will be activated in time for us to open without distancing in place for long—term. notjust without distancing in place for long—term. not just venues like ourselves but nightclubs, for any venue you ourselves but nightclubs, for any venue you want to be able to trade with distancing a browser close without. obviously, the testing would be absolutely incredible but i am not filled with confidence. would be absolutely incredible but i am not filled with confidencem would be absolutely incredible but i am not filled with confidence. it is to be chief executive of the fa and know the football world. do you

think it is inevitable some clubs will not survive? football club is a fairly resilient but the major problem is there are lots of ways they have solved the cash problem over the summer will come home to roost. people present for repayment of debt built over the summer so in the next few months, that is the area where potential help from the government would be looking at the debt. everybody is living hand to mouth in this game and i think the real danger is when fellow starts to. —— furlough. real danger is when fellow starts to. -- furlough. thank you very much for coming to talk with us. mike

will have spotted in about ten minutes. labour leader sir keir starmer has expressed his support for the new rule of six. the shadow foreign secretaryjoins for the new rule of six. the shadow foreign secretary joins us for the new rule of six. the shadow foreign secretaryjoins us now. there is a rule of six which will clear things up. in england. much more clear? i think they are real problems with the clarity about what the government is doing but i think they are right to say we need further restrictions and we certainly support that approach. we have seen a rise in infection rates in many parts of the country, a significant rise in recent weeks at most of the public to understand that, all as difficult as this is, we need to make sure that as we go into winter and as the nhs is preparing for winterflu into winter and as the nhs is preparing for winter flu and other

ranks, we had to make sure the nhs is protected. you agree the government is doing the right thing? they are absolutely right to bring further restrictions but what is causing confusion is yet again way instructions are brought in. real issues about the fact we have a weekend coming before restrictions come into force. police have had challenges trying to enforce lockdowns and restrictions taking place and there is confusion about exactly what people can and cannot do under these measures. the need to get out and explain this to people. it gives businesses, restaurant bookings, certain galleries walked up bookings, certain galleries walked up to groups of 30 so that time to happen and for others to be postponed or cancelled. the government, when it comes to policing, they are introducing covid

marshalls. do you know much about that? not a huge amount. we have been trying to get the government to go out more regularly and explain what they are doing. pelissier have been saying to me that they are quite concerned about the fact that they need more support, more public guidance and clarity. most people wa nt to guidance and clarity. most people want to do the right thing but they also need to understand what that is and police in wigan are taking a large approach, try to support and explain to people why they should follow the rules but part of the frustration is that we do not have that from the government. people understand why they asked to do thing largely they will do it. and that's of the police from taking a heavy—handed approach. that's of the police from taking a heavy-handed approach. what is more important, people gathering for christmas traditionally as a family or sticking to groups of six and keeping everyone safe?” or sticking to groups of six and keeping everyone safe? i think keeping everyone safe? i think keeping people safe has to be the

overwhelming priority and this is obviously about individuals and your own family but also about the fact that if you do not have the right level of restrictions in place the nhs can become overwhelmed and the consequences of that can become really seriously. i think we have to pay attention to the emotional and mental effect of this as well. people want to feel as if there is some kind of light at the end of the tunnel. the vaccine developed in oxford has given people hope but they can take a few years to develop. we have been pushing hard to get the minister to develop the test trace. other countries have moved much more quickly and have been able to open up the restrictions and allowed people to see theirfamilies restrictions and allowed people to see their families more quickly and thatis see their families more quickly and that is what we need the government to focus on now. the government has made clear that mass testing is the

strategy for the way forward and there are targets of billions per day, 3 million by christmas per day. that is the plan. when it comes to spending, should there be a cap on this or spend whatever is needed to get this testing out there people back into work and entertainment venues? i think most people accept this has to be the priority for the country. there is a huge knock—on effect for the economy, and the fact we have been so slow to get test, trace and isolate more quickly has had an effect. the problem is, the prime minister yesterday could not even explain how he was going to fix problems in the system that we have been wanting him about since the fourth of august. if you cannot acknowledge that a problem in the system, many people, including many in my constituency, who cannot get tests until having symptoms, have

real anxiety about it and it is sad to see how he thinks he can get 10 million tests per day at the cost of £100 billion especially because of the late papers overnight —— leaked pressures , the late papers overnight —— leaked pressures, seems to say that the government is not learning from their mistakes in the public have problems understanding things on the ground. the government still seemed to be shutting local health and governments out of the system. it seems to be a void of medical content. seems to be a void of medical co nte nt. we seems to be a void of medical content. we need to start learning the lessons as to how we got this wrong before so we can move the country wrong before so we can move the cou ntry forward wrong before so we can move the country forward more quickly. thank you very much. we will be speaking to the transport secretary in a few minutes' time. time out for the

news, travel and whether you. good morning from bbc london, i'm sonja jessop. a cyclist, who was stopped and searched by the police, last year, during a ride to promote diversity, has had a complaint against the officers upheld. footage of mani arthur being searched was widely shared on social media. the complaint was upheld by the police watchdog the iopc. figures show, if you are black, you are four times more likely to be stopped and searched in london. it was quite humiliating. it was a degrading experience. i have so many obstacles to already go through to then have to wonder whether the police are on my side is another layer. london's ambulance service is the first in the country to employ violence reduction officers, to try to protect paramedics. there've been 260 physical assaults on staff since april. the new officers will also push for tougher sentences for those who carry out attacks. bbc london has learned that some boats will be allowed to pass

under hammersmith bridge from tomorrow. the bridge was suddenly closed in august after faults were found in its structure. some boat owners have found themselves stranded down stream since then. i am not saying that the place where we are is bad, the largest ever bronze age haul ever discovered in the capital is to go on display at the museum of london docklands from tomorrow. the havering hoard includes axe heads, spearheads, and other unusual objects. they were discovered on a building site in rainham two years ago. it will be free to go and visit. let's take a look at the travel: the dl are is now travelling fine. minor delays on the piccadilly line eastbound, between acton town and cockfosters. and there's no waterloo and city line. onto the roads then and this is vauxhall bridge, which is still closed for works — it'll stay that way till december and the north circular is pretty

slow westbound from the a10 at edmonton towards palmers green. time for the weather — here's kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's feeling a little fresher out there this morning. we lost the humidity overnight. under clear skies as well, the temperature dropped but it means we have got a bright start this morning. plenty of sunshine around at least first thing but we will notice a little more cloud moving through as we head into the afternoon. still some bright spells there, with the sunshine. just glimpses of it a little later. and temperatures today reaching around 18 or 19 celsius. we may get one or two spots at 20 so it is feeling cooler than the last couple of days. now, overnight, conditions remain very similar. we've still got some clear spells but also a bit of cloud around as well. the minimum temperatures in the suburbs around eight or nine. central london probably staying around 10 celsius. now, for friday, we've still got some sunny spells around. tomorrow, conditions really remain the same. temeperatures similar and for saturday as well. but for sunday, we start to pull in warmer air from the continent so actually the temperature is going to rise. we're looking at mid—20s on sunday

with lots of sunshine. perhaps the high 20s on monday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast. it is 7:30. returning now to our main story. new restrictions on social gatherings of more than six people in england. we have the transport secretary grant shapps. we have a new message from the government that has conceded, i think for the first time, that they have put out in the past confusing messages. a rule of six. the prime minister says he can do this in a single sentence. and you? the rule of six is going to be

straight forward and is a number people are familiar with from previous parts of the response. you talk about the complexity of these things, the original lockdown was obviously extremely straightforward because people knew that theyjust had to stay home if it wasn't for one of four specific reasons. and then as you unlock and you try to ta ke then as you unlock and you try to take in different circumstances, you do end up with layers of different numbers of people who could be inside as two families in a restau ra nt inside as two families in a restaurant but then six people separately and it becomes more complicated. as we have seen numbers increase across europe and the world, and numbers start to pick up here we just want to make sure it is absolutely clear and simplify the whole thing so it is easier for people to follow. the rule of six is the way to do that. six people inside, outside, in a restaurant, in a pub, it is straightforward and eve ryo ne a pub, it is straightforward and everyone can follow that and we will

make it enforceable. why was the number six chosen? why not eight or five? what is the reasoning behind that? we had some extensive discussions with the chief medical officer and the chief scientific officer advising us on this. to a nswer officer advising us on this. to answer your question it is not that we looked around the world and found that this country has used a specific number. countries use different numbers and overlay different numbers and overlay different types of rules. what we know is that the more people mix, the more the virus will spread. we have got to balance that against people being able to practically go about their lives. we do not want there to be a second lockdown, that is not what this out —— this is. we wa nt to is not what this out —— this is. we want to avoid that and the rule of six, we found, is likely to be the right balance between the two based on advice from people like the chief medical officer. but i do not want to pretend there is a magic solution to pretend there is a magic solution to any of this. the reality is you

need to set some rules and you need to stick to them and live by them and as long as everybody is doing that, what the experts are saying, the medical officer in the scientific officer are saying, is that if you do that the reproduction rate will drop back low one and the thing starts to shrink away again whereas at the moment we know for certain it is somewhere above one because it is growing. a question from a viewer this morning. we are a family of five with two adults and three children. my main support and childcare are my parents. is the rule of six really stating that seven of us from two households cannot spend time together without leaving someone at home, that but i can go fora leaving someone at home, that but i can go for a meal with five individuals from five households. this is my family position as well, there are five of us in the family and if! there are five of us in the family and if i want to see both my parents at the same time, i cannot do that. i cannot have seven people inside my

house or outside my house or to go for dinner with them somewhere else either. even if it is an established support model. so there are just a couple of exemptions on here, one of which is a support bubble which is a genuine support bubble. so you will recall that if somebody lives on their own, for example or perhaps with children but an adult on their own who would otherwise be isolated in their own existing support bubble but, broadly speaking, and we gave an example that springs to mind, family in terms of number, it is now the case that if all five of us were at home i could not have both my pa rents over at home i could not have both my parents over at the same time. we do have to have a limit and we do have to have clear rules and rather than saying households and that sort of thing which was leading to the situation getting stretched and perhaps confusing and complicating, the rule of six is very straightforward. you cannot have more than six people, whether they

are from different households or not. a question about someone who gets together with a fitness class ina gets together with a fitness class in a village hall which is more than six people. is that deemed to be a social gathering or is that a workplace estimate how does that sit within the rule of six? we want to make sure that you don't have to lockdown the economy again and people have returned on the children are returning to school people are getting out and about. so in schools you can have in an organised format you can have in an organised format you can have more than six children ina you can have more than six children in a classroom, obviously, or in workplaces you can have more than six people and in organised events you can have more than six people. what you cannot do is decide to go toa what you cannot do is decide to go to a restaurant and have more than six people there. so... in that setting i described for you then, i think we understand a bit about pubs in those environments but in a less formal setting, say a gathering of people who do an art class or a

fitness class which is not a professional thing, it is a gathering of people, so that is out, is that right? so in the business they would put measures in to be covid secure, that was one of the things we said yesterday, we want to make sure that every business understands the requirements under the guidance. so a business can be covid secure, professionally organised thing would be suitable. but we do ask people to be very sensible and smart about not gathering in groups of more than six where it is not in a formal covid secure environment where it is not in a formal covid secure environment like a business, like an organised sporting event which would be ok or school and education, universities and those things. can you talk to me then about marshall's. prime minister mention for the first time these marshall's who will be helping, as i understand it, helping the police with enforcement to how many marshals are in place was to mark

these rules kick in on monday and todayis these rules kick in on monday and today is thursday. how many marshals are in place as we speak? the prime minister outlined a series of different things that we will be doing, not all of which come in from monday. another example would be simplifying the passenger locator form. butjust first on the marshall's. not everything is coming in on monday but what he has said is what we should have is covid secure marshals assisting in places like town and city centres to help remind people of the rules and support police in doing that. so local authorities will be helping to get that in place. to give you an example in my local area, we have people who are called street wardens and they would be very good people to help perform this activity which is not something i think they are doing right now in my local area stop it is something that they could clearly be quite easily moved to doing. the idea is to have more

people who can be covid secure marshals but the housing secretary of state who looks after that area will be outlining details in due course along with a number of other things, set changes and other things mentioned there that the prime minister flagged mentioned there that the prime ministerflagged in his speech yesterday. wires the prime minister, in his speech yesterday, talking about the moonshot idea of this mass testing when many people are telling us, as you will know over the last few days, they cannot get a test today stop they cannot get a test tomorrow and even if they have symptoms. why are we even talking about what might happen at the end of the year or in the spring, i think as the prime minister suggested, when there are immediate problems now? there is pressure on the testing system now but that is not because we do not have a huge amount of testing. looking at the figures we are doing 1.2 million tests a week right now and have done

17 one half million in total. that is more than in france and germany and italy and other places to but there are pressures on the systems and the reason is we have schools returning and sometimes now we need to test perhaps an entire class or have a situation where we need to test a n have a situation where we need to test an entire year group and universities are returning and as was said earlier in the week, there are was said earlier in the week, there a re pressures was said earlier in the week, there are pressures on testing right now, even though we can perform 300,000 a day. we will bring that up to half a million tests per day and we have a test centres in newport and charnwood and that will take our conventional style of testing, what we are used to doing with people turning up to one of 400 turn up and be tested sites plus the home testing. so that is expanding anyway. but the problem here, as you are well aware, is that every time we ask this question we get the numbers and you say they will be escalated to 500,000, what is the point in saying that if, today, you

cannot get a test when you should be getting one? if people are being told to go way out of their own area told to go way out of their own area to get a test, potentially carrying the virus with them. i do not see the virus with them. i do not see the point of talking about numbers in the future when there clearly is a problem now for which there is a p pa re ntly a problem now for which there is apparently no explanation to there is pressure on testing right now and we don't deny that. but on the other hand the average distance people have to travel is 6.5 miles to get a test and we are carrying out record numbers of tests, as i mentioned. and in the very short—term. so is not some distant future, by the end of october we will have 300,000 a 2/2 a million tests per day based on those new centres opening. that is the short term issue which is, to say, it is being addressed. in the medium term and this is what the prime minister was talking about, and why do we say this? the prime ministers and leaders point out that

we are ambitious in trying to sort things out for the future as well and what he was saying is that we will have a moonshot attempt, something that does not exist at the moment and we will have to work on science and technology but the idea is to have a test that can be carried out at the location, a bit like a pregnancy test provides a quick result and that would com pletely quick result and that would completely revolutionise things. if a test does not have to go back to a lab and you could test in the millions on a daily basis, then you could open up testing in a way that it does not exist at the moment. but you would be aware already that many people in the medical community is saying that this is not possible to do at present. if i may like to get onto another issue. we are told young people, and this is fact, those with the fastest rise in infection rate at the moment. we also know that young people are most likely to be asymptomatic. so will show no symptoms. but we are

simultaneously being told by the government that you shouldn't go and get a test if you do not have any symptoms. there is a problem there isn't there? if a young person is trying to do the right thing and make sure that they do not pass it on to an older generation, under the current government instructions they should not get a test. so we're talking about two sides of the same coin here. in a sense, if we had the thing which doesn't exist at the moment which is unlimited testing in a very fast way and, as you say, the science is not quite there yet, there are some prototypes and i heard the chief scientist talking about this yesterday, there are prototypes of this but there are test at the moment we can rely on which is why they are announcing this moonshot to try and get them. on the other hand even though we have an extraordinary amount of testing, 300,000 test per day, 1.2 million available at the moment, nonetheless we need to make sure we

prioritise that for people who do have symptoms and so everyone else, the 17-24 have symptoms and so everyone else, the 17—24 —year—old age group in which it is most prevalent at the moment, but also for the rest of us, the whole of society, we ask people to wash their hands, keep their hands away from the face. so what would you say, what would you say to a 19—year—old who is thinking that they are worried about going to see their grandparents, they have no symptoms but they like to get a test before they go because that would be a responsible thing to do. what do you say to them? i literally have a 19—year—old in the house in that situation and what i'd sailed him is what i will tell you. wash your hands, do not touch your face and spread it and maintain space. and then you can go and see my mum and dad and whatever you do, maintain that space and take sensible precautions, for example, meet them outside rather than inside. don't get too close. and it is the same

for all of us. there is no magic solution. the science has not changed although we do know a lot more about coronavirus. hands, face, space remains the most important advice that is possible until we get to the day when we can systematically, as you say, either test everybody every day in some future scientific breakthrough and it is important that we invest in trying to get there all we get the vaccine and, again, no country in the world has done more to try and find things which help such as render severe, a treatment, and to have created so many tests that can be done, dare i mentioned, in an additional test capacity. there is no magic solution but i am telling you it as it is. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you very much. it is quarter to eight and thank you for being with us this morning.

bye for now. a little burst of cyber worms into the start of next week. not quite for everyone. however, at the moment, a lovely start here. a fresh a few days to get through. these are some of the cooler spots across the uk. aberdeenshire is the coolest of all. a lot of sunshine though to go with it so quite a pleasant start to your thursday. isolated showers in wales and north—west england and northern scotland. becoming more frequent as the breeze picks up. maybe one or two in northern ireland. even though temperatures have dropped relative to yesterday,

quite a bit of sunshine around and feeling quite pleasant. it is here in northern scotland where showers will be replaced by longer spells of rain. most will have a dry night. in the clear slots, temperatures will drop down into single figures. tomorrow morning, a little on the fresh side. further north fresh because of the stronger winds. more persistent rain here as well. a band of heavy rain through northern ireland and across southern scotland, clearing by the afternoon. went pickup with sunshine and showers in their wake. the further south you are, you will stay dry through friday. temperature is fairly similarto through friday. temperature is fairly similar to today. friday night and into the weekend, warm weather front pushing in.

night and into the weekend, warm weatherfront pushing in. nothing more than a band of cloud in northern england and isolated showers in southern england and east anglia. a few showers in north—west england. across northern ireland and west scotland cloud thickening to bring heavy rain. temperatures similarto bring heavy rain. temperatures similar to friday but i thoroughly wet start to the night across parts of scotla nd wet start to the night across parts of scotland and the rain going even into sunday. from glasgow, southwards, we expect sunny skies for many on sunday and temperatures are starting to rise, up to the 20 is more widely as we go through sunday afternoon. the potentialfor some flooding into the north—west island pushing northwards and suddenly winds will dominate and will bring norther air. by monday, temperatures could head to 28 degrees in the south—east corner but how long that lasts still a little

bit of uncertainty. cooler air pushing through the west during the week. there is always but. with me there is. spending lockdown with a box of biscuits and hand is not always good. kieran amos is here at the start of the pandemic. he weighed in at 21 stones after injuring his ankle and having a poor diet. he started playing football for his local nonleague team scoring an injury time winner on his first outing after losing some weight. who was in charge of the camera! good morning. it was a young lad called

jesse, and i think they got a little bit excited as the goal went in. we saw the before and after pictures of you. at the start of the season, you had let yourself go for quite a long period of time? about seven - eight years. what sort of condition were youin? years. what sort of condition were you in? not a great one, if i am honest. at the start of lockdown, my brother was out running every day and going to the gym and he said to me, do you want to come out for a run with me and if i am honest i was thinking, no, not at all but i decided to go with him and i did one kilometre with him and i must've stopped four or five times and that kind of says where my fitness was

added. but you decided to persevere. we have spoken to people who have done the couch to five k and it is really ha rd to done the couch to five k and it is really hard to get into something like running. what motivated you to stick with it? a couple of things. i have coached football and i have been involved with all the boys at the club and i was always watching games thinking i could play forgot myself it. i spoke to the manager at the start of lockdown and told him i was trying to get myself it and he was trying to get myself it and he was very was trying to get myself it and he was very supportive and told me to set a target of losing five stone and then you can start training with the team in pre—season if and when that arrives. injuly the team in pre—season if and when that arrives. in july i the team in pre—season if and when that arrives. injuly i had lost the five stones and plus a little bit more and started training with the

boys. he signed me up and told me it was now up to me. that was the first motivator and the second one was having my friends and families around me, asking me howl having my friends and families around me, asking me how i was getting on and just cheering me on, really. congratulations because you have clearly achieved a great deal ina have clearly achieved a great deal in a short space of time and what an immaculate kitchen. can ijust say your kitchen is absolutely immaculate! that is my mum and dad, nothing to do with me. they will be pleased to know that, thank you. they have done themselves proud and so they have done themselves proud and so have you. well done. thank you very much and we have the next round on saturday at home so we're forward to it. good luck, good luck. thank you, guys. see what you can do. many

supermarkets have benefited during lockdown because pubs and restau ra nts lockdown because pubs and restaurants were closed out so we we re restaurants were closed out so we were shopping and eating more at home. we are going to talk to one of the players? in some ways supermarkets with a big covid winners. scenes of big queues and empty shelves have disappeared but spending is still much higher than pre— pandemic levels and also how we have been spending has changed. some have been spending has changed. some have moved to on line shopping but not everyone has embraced home delivery. run family, they have been going to the shop in stock for one week. we were having quite a few deliveries missing items and also giving alternatives that we were not

going to eat so we decided to go backin going to eat so we decided to go back in store and picked up the items we wanted and we would eat and we are probably shopping less but trying to get everything done in one shop. you get drawn into the office so we are shop. you get drawn into the office so we are spending a bit more, the biggest impact was the kids being home but i think we may have spent marginally more than on line shopping but you get what you were looking for. with my dad being poorly, he comes out shopping with us once a week and so he would be heartbroken if we stopped and went back to shopping on line. the highlight of my week going shopping.

we spoke in march and the headline in yourfigures, revenue up significantly, 8.7% profits down significantly, 8.7% profits down significantly 28%. that is not a good picture. we are very relaxed about that picture because we have taken about that picture because we have ta ke n costs about that picture because we have ta ken costs to about that picture because we have taken costs to get that revenue going and to play our part in defeating the nation and the british public probably recognises what is going on. we will see those costs not continuing. on the revenue line, there is a blending going on. consumers are spending time shopping and we would have doubled the on line sales during the first six months and we have increased capacity by five times. as society

changes, we can change as well. we have to remember that, since march, food retailers have been one of the few lifelines, one of the few businesses that have been open for the british public. one thing we know is that as the economy has been getting smaller, the recession and job losses increasing at the end of the furlough scheme, people will see prices drop on essential items and up prices drop on essential items and up it on other artists. i can say that no prices were increased in morrisons in the first half. it's a very important categories like fruit and vegetables, if we look ahead to christmas, i can promise and commit to the 451 most important items,

judged by consumers, will on average be around £20 each week cheaper than in 2019. what about guaranteeing other prices will not go up? the market is very competitive so none of the retailers set out to do that andi of the retailers set out to do that and i think you could see this week that we have dropped prices very meaningfully on customer favourites which is a chunky part of our volume and they are the biggest price scores we have done since i have been here in the past six years. so it is up to the consumers to keep an eye on the products. you took on 45 you and temporary staff over the covert period. —— new. only a quarter have got contracts. two the rest deserve a bit of loyalty from

you? they have all been brilliant. we could not have fed the nation without them. many people who joined us clearly wanted work. they were followed and it suited them while they were returning to their work. —— furloughes. our staffing levels have risen to over 125,000 in the second half and a significant number of those are furloughed as we extend the business... just to be clear, of the business... just to be clear, of the 25,000, if they want a staff contract, you cannot necessarily offer that to all of them at the moment? to be very clear, we are in fa ct moment? to be very clear, we are in fact offering permanent contracts of around half of that number and for the rest it sues them and it suits us to see how that goes. —— suits.

this is a very important employment story as the country is facing some economic challenges. a question on face coverings. lots of people telling us not everybody is adhering into guidelines going into supermarkets. what are your staff encouraging customers to do?m supermarkets. what are your staff encouraging customers to do? if we see customers who had forgotten or they haven't chosen to wear a face covering, we remind them of the guideline and we go from there. to be honest, peer pressure often works and we have not really had in morrisons many incidents and i have been around the stores and i have seen very been around the stores and i have seen very few people, very few members of the public who have not adhered to... ok david potts, many thanks. in that report a return, an implication that people are buying

more on small convenience stores on the high street. using the high street as a lifeline and that will be one of the consumer legacies of covert mate. the headlights coming up covert mate. the headlights coming up in covert mate. the headlights coming upina covert mate. the headlights coming up in a moment.

good morning and welcome to brea kfast. good morning and welcome to breakfast. the headlines today. stricter measures on gatherings could remain in place until spring as borisjohnson sets out what he calls the rule of six. the reason we are as borisjohnson sets out what he calls the rule of six. the reason we are doing this is precisely because we wa nt are doing this is precisely because we want to prevent a wider lockdown, wider damage to the economy. the prime minister says he wants a huge increase in testing which leaked documents suggest could cost up to £100 billion. the sky turns orange over california as wildfires continue to burn across the west coast of the united states. there are fears of a financial meltdown in sport if fans are shut out again. small crowds of 1000 people will be

allowed at some pilot events this month but all of this is now under review after the rise in infection rates. and a fresh start to thursday but for most of you, a dry day today and even more warmth returning on the horizon. iwill and even more warmth returning on the horizon. i will have all of the details here on breakfast. good morning. it's thursday the 10th of september and the top story is that in the last half hour a senior cabinet minister has outlined the government's ambition to revolutionise testing for covid—19. ministers want to increase testing capacity to millions a day which would cost tens of billions of pounds according to leaked documents. in the last half hour, the transport secretary grant shapps admitted the technology does not yet exist. we will have a moonshot attempt, something that doesn't attempt, something that doesn't attempt —— exist at the moment and we will have to work on the science and technology but the idea is to have a test that will be carried out at the location, a bit like a pregnancy test provides a quick

result and that would completely revolutionise things. if you imagine the test doesn't have to go back to a lab and you can test in the millions and on a daily basis, then you can open up testing in a way that doesn't exist at the moment, perhaps opening up larger sporting events perhaps opening up larger sporting eve nts o n perhaps opening up larger sporting events on that sort of thing. this comes events on that sort of thing. this co m es after events on that sort of thing. this comes after borisjohnson announced stricter rules on social gatherings banning more than six people getting together and we can talk to the deputy chief medical officer for england, doctorjenny harris, in westminster and good morning and thanks for your time this morning. this mass testing, the numbers are ambitious, the costs will be significant. what is realistic, say, by christmas, by the end of the year? as everybody knows, we are living in unprecedented times and having ambitious plans to try and get a sore back to a degree of normality is actually really important for us —— get us all back. there are two aspects, the economic

side, the cost is for politicians and ministers to weigh up the benefits of that, but on the technical side there are a number of tests already in the pipeline and they are being evaluated currently, so they are being evaluated currently, so the fact that there will be technical solutions, if you like, to provide a test and relatively quickly in some cases is reasonable. i think perhaps, and some of my professional colleagues have highlighted this, that the implementation of that is quite challenging as well. so the idea that you get up and have a test, and you might have some sort of lateral flow kit, it's not unreasonable at all i would say months, but in a reasonably short timeframe. the difficulty is how you implement that to make sure that issues like false positivity is all false negative rates allow you to deliver what you're trying to do, so effectively keep the population safe. i don't

think these are comparable to the sorts of tests we have on a routine basis. it may well be that having been identified, if you are positive, you might have to come back into the normal system because we need to prevent disease transmission. i wasn't asking you whether money should be spent on the test, i was trying to get from you the number of tests that can realistically be done by the end of the year and a realistic idea of how much it will cost, regardless of who makes the decision to spend the money. i can't give you that number precisely because we are talking about two completely different testing approaches. the tests we have for clinical decision—making if you like, now, the routine nhs test and tray system is one type of testing and the one the prime minister referred to as a mass population test system and they are quite different. shall we talk about

the mass population one, because thatis the mass population one, because that is the one the prime minister said would help us get back to some sort of normality or at least closer to the normality we knew before lockdown began. that's the one where a20 lockdown began. that's the one where a 20 minute or 90 minute test could be done before major events or people getting back into the office, that's the one which is being targeted for millions to be done. exactly, and the points i made earlier were very much about the tricky thing with this is not so much the technology, which i'm sure we will have, in a short while, in weeks or months, the issue is how it gets used in practice so that if you have, for example, a false negative test but you feel assured that you do not have the disease you don't end up going back into the workplace, which brings me back to why it still so important that the critical measure here, although testing is really important, whether it be mass testing or routine nhs test and trace, but if people have

systems —— symptoms they need to come out of society to prevent transmission and these are adjuncts including the mass population testing, they are adjunct to managing the pandemic. do you have an idea ora managing the pandemic. do you have an idea or a picture you can paint when it comes to increase testing when it comes to increase testing when there are still reports that people are unable to get tests locally or people have been given error messages when it came to getting tested and being told not to call the helpline. i'm not the logistics person behind that but i can understand and appreciate the frustration. i heard of a family being asked to take a child over 100 miles, and as a parent, previously, that's not a practical thing to do. there will be glitches and i think there have been comments from nhs test and trace, but the fact is that the uk, unlike back in march, now has one of the most prolific testing

capacities, even now, certainly in europe by head of population so we are actually in a very good position to be testing while recognising there are glitches in the system from time to time. i think one of the things that has been happening recently is with the increased understanding of testing and where we are seeing rises in rates, there has been the opportunity to move testing to those sites, so for example, there are plans for all sorts of institutions, before schools go back, orfor care homes, where we have very specific asymptomatic testing which is designed and focused at staff and residents in order to manage outbreaks and prevent them in care homes wherever it can. asymptomatic testing? yes, for very specific groups, and that was my point. if you take for example care homes where we have very vulnerable populations, we know that the

transmission is not simply residents. we know this from hospitals as well and it is very much about working between residents and staff and actually often in these places it is very much to do with the social side of things, it's where we let our guard down and start socialising and that is of course why the prime minister has announced that the rule of six in relation to gatherings in social areas. it's interesting you talk about asymptomatic testing because we brought this up with grant shapps, and when it comes to stu d e nts shapps, and when it comes to students and younger people and we saw the graphs yesterday showing the infection rate amongst younger people, thinking mid to late teenagers in particular. so with asymptomatic testing, could this be used say in university or sixth form environments because at the moment the message from the government is if you don't have any symptoms, don't get tested, but we know with younger people they are more likely

to be asymptomatic and suffer less with the symptoms of the virus. that is true. for young people, they also socialise the most, it's part of your lifestyle for most young people and is an important part as well, so for absolute clarity, these are older young people, if you like. 17 up older young people, if you like. 17 up to 21, not school—age children where transmission rates tend to be much lower. again, we have the same problems, and property not able to explain in detail in the short time we have, but where we have a low background level of infection you can, with testing, pick up as many false positives as true positives and that has an impact for closing down bubbles or workplaces, so we have to be really clear what the benefit is if you put in asymptomatic testing. sorry, if there are so many false positives, concerning a number of false

positives, what's the point of testing if you can't rely on the results ? testing if you can't rely on the results? well, at a very low background population rate, that's an important question, but because it relates partly to the prevalence of the disease in the population for well—founded and well—known statistical reasons, but as you get rising rates, as we've seen through the pandemic, it's absolutely critical that people are being tested, and you are right, the people we want to come forward for testing are those who have symptoms or if they have been told by a health professional to be tested or by nhs test and trace, we don't want people routinely to come forward for asymptomatic testing, only in the areas where we know it will be beneficial and prevent disease in vulnerable populations.” beneficial and prevent disease in vulnerable populations. ijust want to make clear that i've understood you correctly. up to 50% of the results could be false positives? is that correct? that's not what i

said. what i'm saying is, when you get down to very low background prevalence rates you can have an equivalent number of low positive test but you're talking about where they might be one case in a very large population, so that's not where we are at the moment. we want people to come forward when they are symptomatic, have the test, and then link up with nhs test and trace. what i'm saying is, the reliability of testing in asymptomatic populations very much depends on the background prevalence of disease and the benefit that would come out of it which is why we are absolutely focused on, for example, protecting people in care homes and there is a specific time to testing regime for carers, for example, in care homes to make sure that we are protecting those who are most vulnerable but if you applied that across the whole population i mean, for example, in scotland, there were 17,500 test

done one day and only two were positive and you can see how that true positive might dissipate the capacity to really manage the people who need to have testing and for clinical management. very briefly then, if you have students who are asymptomatic but in an area of low prevalence, the advice is don't get tested, or don't test in those areas for asymptomatic symptoms, so they could be at risk of taking it back to families and grandparents because they are told not to get tested. there are two things there. generally, asymptomatic testing u nless generally, asymptomatic testing unless there is a well evidence—based reason for doing it is not something we would do without understanding the consequences of that. some universities are looking at how that might work for their populations, and absolutely, if there is an indication, for example, that a local health protection team is working with a university because there has been a case, the likelihood of you finding more cases

is higher, so the really important m essa g es to is higher, so the really important messages to be guided by the health professionals and from protection teams as to when that is a useful intervention teams for example in ca re intervention teams for example in care homes or outbreak situations, but routinely, the thing to do is, if you are symptomatic we encourage you to get a test as quickly as possible but isolate yourself as well because then you cease to become a transmission risk, and work with nhs test and trace to control any potential risk. jenny harris, deputy chief medical officer, thank you for your time this morning. that ta kes you for your time this morning. that takes us to 8:13am and i think matt is going to look over some pictures with us now and we're going to talk about the weather in a moment, but these are the images coming out of these are the images coming out of the us this morning, the city of san francisco, just extraordinary. we know about the major fires burning in parts of oregon and washington as well but it's creating this extraordinary haze over the city. incredible site. very eerie, and

i've been caught in wildfire smoke before and it drops the temperature markedly and think of it like sunrise and sunset because there we re sunrise and sunset because there were bits of particle from the fires up were bits of particle from the fires up in the air, it splits the lights into different colours and you see mainly orange, hence the eerie look and you could see the wildfire smoke from space yesterday, this dirty brown colour here which extends around 1000 miles from north to south and east and west, the equivalent of edinburgh to barcelona. at least in the next few days the winds in the air will ease a touch and that might help fight those fires a little bit more. back to the uk whether and the winds have eased through the night to leave us with a bit of a fresh start to the morning and most places will have a dry day but temperatures still in many parts around the single figures values as we step out so you might need something a bit warmer, but sunshine overhead will warm you up and not a bad start to the day with plenty of sunshine around. a bit more cloud in the west and one or two isolated showers but through the

day, north—west scotland will see more showers develop and the odd shower in northern ireland for a time and the breeze will pick up and in the south with lighter winds we will see temperatures get to around 19 or 20 degrees in one or two spots, down on recent days but pleasa nt spots, down on recent days but pleasant enough with light winds and sunnier moments. isolated showers in wales, north—west england but most will be dry and the main shower risk this afternoon will be across the north and west of scotland. he the winds will pick up and it will feel cool at 11 to 13 degrees in the showers replaced by longer spells of rain across western scotland and temperatures will drop again, probably cold is tonight across england and wales with countryside temperatures down to single figures. thanks very much. time now is 8:15. from monday people in england will only be allowed to meet in groups of up only be allowed to meet in groups of up to six or face a fine. the new rules were introduced after a sharp rise in cases. we have been to swindon, one of the area is being watched closely by public health

officials to see what people they are thinking. we are simplifying and strengthening the rules. rules are set in downing street but how do they go down on the high street? heart—wrenching. it is really upsetting. hannah is desperate to get all the generations of her big family back together again but now she fears it won't happen. christmas is going to be really challenging because they are used to being around family and seeing everyone. so explaining to them why they can't see so explaining to them why they can't see granny at christmas and stuff is going to dramatically affect them.” think it's a good thing. retired bin man alan told me it's about time the rules were tightened. well i think all these gatherings between 24 years old and 34 years of age and they don't take any notice and just carry on doing it, kissing one another, shaking hands. a limit of six, what was your response? happy,

well done. it's in the atmosphere, it is not visible but still people are feeling it doesn't matter. what we are feeling it doesn't matter. what we need now is for everyone to work together to enforce the rules of six and get the covid back down. it's really confusing, no one understands what they are supposed to be doing are not supposed to be doing. the government says they are trying to make it simpler now. they say that, they say a lot of things, the government, don't they?” they say a lot of things, the government, don't they? i don't think anyone is going to listen to it. abby and megan say they will keep to the restrictions but what about others? people don't care. they feel comfortable going out, opening up places again. sol they feel comfortable going out, opening up places again. so i don't see opening up places again. so i don't see why it's going to be different. what do they want us to do is to mark this woman doesn't know how the new rules would be pleased to have a £100 fine will be enforced. where

will you get the money to pay for it and where will the oaps get the money to pay for it and where are all these young ones, where are they going to get the money from to pay the fines? i like to hug my kids. i love to hug my friends. and i can't do that now. so it will break my heart. it breaks my heart to insist on these restrictions. jon kay, bbc news, swindon. really interesting hearing how people in the real world, interpret what is being laid down, and from monday in england, we keep repeating that. that's get some questions you're asking this morning. to help answer them are joined by professor sian griffiths, an expert in how diseases are spread and our medical editor fergus walsh. good morning to you both. lots of people have been getting in touch. loan has been in touch on twitter and asks, i want to know why sex? i

have two daughters and their partners and three grandchildren between them, so we can't continue to meet. because that totals eight. she says she feels safe with them but now she will have to see each family separately or not at all —— mike six. fergus. so this is down to trying to simplify the rules in england. the prime minister admitted yesterday that people had found the rules confusing and i certainly have lots of people saying to me they got confused so it's an attempt at clarification and simplification and its a response to rising cases and the fear is that if those cases continue to rise, hospital numbers, which come at the moment, are still quite low, will follow the pattern in france and spain and start to rise and we get an increase in deaths. there was a art of criticism early on that we didn't lockdown

early on that we didn't lockdown early enough. well, this is an attempt to take action before it has an impact on hospitals. a pick-up question on the number six, which goes to the heart of this. will it make any difference? the rule of six will make a difference if we stick to it because obviously if six people are meeting together, the chance of infection is less and more than 30 would be worse, so mathematically the rule of six should make a difference. it would be good to understand how the number six was arrived at. and hopefully in the next few days there will be some understanding of the thinking of how much less six people meeting will affect the spread of disease than if they were 30. fergus, let's pick up with another one from sheila. she says...

that's a very interesting one because educational and training establishments are exempt from this and, as are covid secure venues, so i think it will be worth double checking on this. i can't give an absolutely clear response. i think if they meet in a hall where they are covid secure they might be ok, but i would hate to have them all arrested or fined £100. but i would hate to have them all arrested orfined £100. i would check first. if they rate it as a training or education i think they might be ok. who would they check with, fergus? well, i've been on the guidance this morning and there is a very lengthy guidance on the uk

website for the government, and i'm afraid it doesn't talk about art groups meeting and social holes but does say training and education and covid secure venues such as restau ra nts covid secure venues such as restaurants where you can have groups of up to six people and more than one table of six, but they are exempt. we have had complaints of the rules being too complicated before. and the idea that six is an easier rule to follow as a message from the government. is there more clarity this morning on what is and isn't allowed? i think it is much, much simpler. you cannot meet indoors or outdoors in england from monday in groups of more than six. there are exceptions to that. if you live in a household which is larger than six, if there is a to be living together in one household, then you will be exempt and also if you are ina will be exempt and also if you are in a support bubble with another

single person household, that will also count as 0k, as well, but then you won't be allowed to meet anybody else. it is trying to clamp down on things where people were having barbecues with 20 neighbours and there were complaints from other residents. the police could not intervene but now they will be able to. it will be much simpler. for these covid marshals and the police to intervene if they are outside and they see large groups of people meeting up and being able to say to them, you don't live together, you have to stop. a question from john. he says... no, it doesn't. the wording as it could be advised and, as yet, shielding hasn't resumed and the main focus as fergus has been saying

is that it is six people gathering and no more, and i think people who wear shielding before can interpret that as they need to be very careful to stick below that six number and also to take the precautions that they should be taking in their homes in terms of hygiene and hand washing. fergus, this one is for you. lots of people asking about children's birthday parties. and i suppose part of this is because some of the rules which apply to masks have been different for children than adults and people asking whether children's birthday parties in any way are exempt, so do we know about that from monday?” in any way are exempt, so do we know about that from monday? i hate to break this to any six—year—olds who may be watching and we are planning a big party in a week's time, for their friends, they a big party in a week's time, for theirfriends, they do a big party in a week's time, for their friends, they do count. children count towards the number six, soi children count towards the number six, so i suppose if you are a pa rent six, so i suppose if you are a parent and you have got a soon to be

six—year—old, they could have three friends around for a party, so a very small party, but the rule of six applies across the board. ok. fergus, it's almost as bad as saying christmas is cancelled for some. let's talk about mass testing. we spoke tojohnny harris earlier and you may have heard the conversation. how practical is the mass testing on a huge scale and how realistic and achievable is it what the prime minister wants? i presume you're talking about the routine test and tray system and because we have to be careful because he announced the move a shot of tests which were calculated to cost us £10 billion to have millions of tests, but leaving that on the side, just getting track and trace working and up to half a million by the end of october is a big ask because at the current time we big ask because at the current time we have heard frequently over the la st

we have heard frequently over the last few days about the problems test and trace are facing in getting the logistics right, so hopefully if people use test and trace correctly, meaning if you go for a test if you are recommended to have a test, don't get it tested just because you don't get it tested just because you do like getting a test, the capacity to cope will be fine but at the same timel to cope will be fine but at the same time i believe the lighthouse labs are coming online, but whenever anything comes online there could be initial glitches. hopefully, the mass testing will continue to develop and we really need it in place to enable us to get back to break the rule of six and we need to have a better testing system in place. fergus, explain this phrase moonshot, and i had to google it yesterday. it's actually a term matt hancock has been using a lot. it's

about trying to shift to a situation where you could notjust test people who have symptoms, but test anyone at any point, so for example, the dream is that you would have a situation may be with saliva tests, where people go into work or the theatre could spit in a cup, the test would be done and we will get the results back ten minutes later, and then you could have no social distancing at all. you could go back to normal. but patrick vallance and professor chris whitty yesterday we re very professor chris whitty yesterday were very cautious. patrick vallance said this is not a slam dunk. there are these tests available but they haven't been validated yet, and i was down in southampton a few months ago where i sat with a family who all did ago where i sat with a family who alldid a ago where i sat with a family who all did a saliva test, they spat on

all did a saliva test, they spat on a cup, and then they put the test tube in, sent off, got the results back a day later and that pilot project worked quite well but it's one thing doing it with a few thousand people but another scaling it up toa thousand people but another scaling it up to a whole city or indeed on this new moonshot idea, millions of people a day, and that's a long way off. fergus, always good to talk to you. and you, professor sian griffiths, epidemiologist, thank you both for your expertise. time right now is to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm sonja jessop. a cyclist who was stopped and searched by the police last year during a ride to promote diversity has had a complaint against the officers upheld. footage of mani arthur being searched was widely shared on social media. the complaint was upheld

by the police watchdog the iopc. figures show, if you are black, you are four times more likely to be stopped and searched in london. it was quite humiliating. it was a degrading experience. i have so many obstacles to already go through. to then have to wonder whether the police are on my side or not, it's another layer. london's ambulance service is the first in the country to employ violence reduction officers to try to protect paramedics. there have been 260 physical assaults on staff since april. the new officers will also push for tougher sentences for those who carry out attacks. bbc london has learned that some boats will be allowed to pass under hammersmith bridge from tomorrow. the bridge was suddenly closed in august afterfaults were found in its structure. some boat owners have found themselves stranded down stream since then. the largest bronze age haul ever discovered in the capital is to go on display at the museum of london docklands from tomorrow.

the havering hoard includes axe heads, spearheads and other unusual objects dating between 800 and 900 bc. they were discovered on a building site in rainham two years ago. it'll be free to visit. let's take a look at the travel. we still have minor delays on the piccadilly line — it‘s after a signal failure— it's slow between northfields and heathrow. and there's no waterloo & city line. onto the roads then. firstly just to show you vauxhall bridge because that's closed for works till december. and in neasden, the north circular is down to two lanes westbound at apsley way for works. the queues are back towards brent cross. and on the m25, it's slow anti clockwise heading towards junction 25 for enfield. there's been a breakdown at the holmesdale tunnel. time for the weather. here's kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's feeling a little fresher and there this morning. we lost the humidity overnight. under clear skies, as well, the temperatures dropped, but it means we have got a bright start this morning.

plenty of sunshine around at least first thing. but we will notice a little more cloud moving through as we head into the afternoon. still some bright spells, though, with sunshine. just glimpses of it a little later and temperatures today reaching around 18—19. we may get one or two spots at 20, so it is feeling cooler than the last couple of days. now, overnight, conditions remaining very similar. we've still got some clear spells, but also a bit of cloud around, as well. the minimum temperature in the suburbs around eight or nine. central london probably staying around 10 celsius. now, for friday, we've still got some sunny spells around tomorrow. conditions really remain the same. temperatures similar. and, for saturday, as well. but, for sunday, we start to pull in the warmer air from the continent so actually the temperature is going to rise. we are looking at mid 20s on sunday with lots of sunshine. perhaps the high 20s on monday. i'll be back in around half an hour. you can check out more stories on our facebook and instagram now it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now.

this is breakfast. good morning. the time is 8:31am and we are turning now to a campaign forjustice which we followed closely on breakfast about the death of a young motorcyclist called harry dunn. we will speak to his mother charlotte ina will speak to his mother charlotte in a moment. a reminder of what happened. he was aged 19 when he was hit by a car outside aria crowd and in northamptonshire and that was last august driven by the wife of a us intelligence officials. she was interviewed by the police but two weeks later left the uk on a us air force plane and later issued a statement saying the crash had left her devastated. shortly before christmas, anne sacoolas was charged in the uk with causing death by dangerous driving and injanuary this year, the us formally rejected an extradition request for anne

sacoolas. that prompted andrea leadsom the family mp to call for a virtual trial via video link. harry's virtual trial via video link. ha rry‘s charlotte virtual trial via video link. harry's charlotte charles and the family spokesman rod seegerjoin us from banbury and good morning to you both. we should explain to people that you are in a bubble, which is why the two of you are standing next to each other and it's important to point these things out. charlotte, what came out of the meeting that you had with the prosecution service? pretty much nothing, to be perfectly honest. we were invited to london under the pretense that we would be a lot further forward than what we actually are. we have been led to believe that a virtual trial was pretty much imminent and that the obstacles had been cleared to have that done and in fact we are no further forward. the us

have that done and in fact we are no furtherforward. the us are have that done and in fact we are no further forward. the us are still not playing ball, so needless to say, i'm extremely angry, really angry. my anger has been reignited as much as it was when we found out that the fco allowed her to leave and lawfully, and that has bubble to the surface again because if they had not let her leave and if they had not let her leave and if they had not let her leave and if they had not withheld information from the police then we wouldn't need to be stood here today and we would not have ourcampaign be stood here today and we would not have our campaign for justice, be stood here today and we would not have our campaign forjustice, and i'm just really angry, clearly, with the us government thinking that they can still overrule everything that the uk suggest. maybe it's a good chance for you to fill in the gaps in terms of where we stand with the legal process and charlotte's and it is clear to see. there is still some kind of a process occurring. can you tell us exactly where it stands as we speak now. charlie, good morning,

and to follow on from charlotte's comments, the parents were invited to london yesterday and we genuinely we nt to london yesterday and we genuinely went with the expectation that the americans had changed their position and that the idea of a virtual trial, which would be unprecedented, was under active consideration. but what we in fact learned was the americans had not shifted their position at all and the administration are saying that anne sacoolas will not face the english justice system. so in those circumstances, what the americans are in fact proposing and this was the director of public prosecutions's own words, that this wasjust a show prosecutions's own words, that this was just a show trial to go through the motions to show that they are trying to deliver some sort of justice, but it's not something that he is going to agree to, not withstanding the pressure he is coming under because itjust would not deliverjustice for harry. in

the legal sense, we genuinely thought that this was a meaningful way forward and we are really grateful to the dpp for saying no to that. the other big development that came out yesterday was that he confirmed to us that it is the crown prosecution service's view that anne sacoolas did not have diplomatic immunity at the time of the crash and that is the very reason that they went on to charge her with causing death by dangerous driving. he said to the family yesterday that if she did have diplomatic immunity at the time of the crash, the cps could not have charged, so dominic raab has real questions to answer this morning. is there on an island on his own because our legal team and the cps have both concluded that anne sacoolas did not have diplomatic immunity and yet he effectively is misleading the nation and misled the house of parliament

ina and misled the house of parliament in a statement in october when he said that she did have diplomatic immunity, so and he must go palu —— back to parliament to urge me to explain how he is, as i said, on that island on his own. tragically, charlie, this family went down to london yesterday seriously thinking thatjustice was in reach only to have those hopes dashed and you cannot tell this morning but their mental health is at stake and we need to move this on very quickly now. charlotte, what do you want to happen next? we just now. charlotte, what do you want to happen next? wejust want now. charlotte, what do you want to happen next? we just want things to move forward. we need either her to come back. she has got a choice to come back. she has got a choice to come back, she's not being held there by the us government. there is still a tiny hope that she will find some sort of moral ground, some moral... i don't know, show some

sort of affection to us and come back, or the us government play ball or the back, or the us government play ball orthe uk back, or the us government play ball or the uk government actually stand up or the uk government actually stand up and do something about it instead of just saying that they are trying to do something about it. you know, we need a trial to take place. it is the most important thing. without our trial we cannot even have our inquest so we still do not know the last hour of harry's life. we have got one hell of a jigsaw puzzle to still put together and as a mother and asa still put together and as a mother and as a set of parents, not knowing what your boy or‘s last hour of life held is more than mentally damaging. it makes you hurt morning, noon and night, every day and the longer we have to wait for a trial, the longer we have to wait for our inquest, thatis we have to wait for our inquest, that is downright not fair. charlotte, thank you so much for

talking to us this morning. i know it's such an important campaign for you and i know it's not easy for you to talk about these things, so thank you so much and thank you for your time this morning. thanks for having us. we will of course follow the story and see what happens next. mike is back in the studio this morning, lovely to see you. you are talking lots, and we had the conversations earlier we were having about tranmere rovers and getting sporting events, and dong caster, the racing yesterday there were funds allowed to watch and today they are allowed, and it's at the practical way of getting it done. they are allowed, and it's at the practical way of getting it donem is all under review and that's the concern for a lot of sports this morning. the longer term financial impact on sportive fans continue to be shut out after the latest review of things because of the rising infection rates. the government has capped the number of fans allowed into the test events, so plans going

forward to admit larger numbers as planned from the 1st of october could be put on hold. it is all under review again and we will have to watch this space. last month, 2500 people watched a friendly between brighton and chelsea to see how it could work and this was the first time fans had been allowed back into a premier league ground in nearly six months. all matches will be played behind closed doors from the start of the season on saturday and the league's chief executive says it is absolutely critical that that ends as soon as possible. like every other industry, football has been impacted by covid—19 and it's common knowledge that we lost around £700 million in the premier league economy last year and there will be matches this season without fans inside the stadiums and further losses will be incurred. it can't go on forever. we have to get back to fans inside stadiums. it's the big thing that is missing, economic or otherwise, we need the fans back inside the is for stadium all sorts of reasons. away from the main

story, serena williams‘s dreams of a 24th grand slam title is alive despite a scare at the us open and she had a bit of company as she arrived at flushing meadows for her match. a little yorkshire terrier called chip, tucked away and looking around at all that was going on. she lost the opening set before making it through to the last four meeting with victoria azarenka and she says opponents keep changing tactics and she takes time to adjust. some of these matches, you are playing serena williams, so it's like, close your eyes and hit as hard as you can and it doesn't matter sol your eyes and hit as hard as you can and it doesn't matter so i have to adjust to that. i started to adjust to that later because now you know what will happen, sol to that later because now you know what will happen, so i have to go into matches knowing that that this is going to happen and just kind of adjust to that earlier. you also have to wonder about the nerves are like in the men's draw with novak djokovic out on a great chance for one of these to win the title with

dominic thiem winning to earn a semifinal meeting against daniel medvedev. some formula 1 breaking news this morning, sebastian vettel has moved to aston martin, that has been confirmed and he is in the midst of a troublesome season with ferrari, the four—time world champion, who has been deemed surplus to requirements so he will com plete surplus to requirements so he will complete the rest of the calendar with them beforejoining complete the rest of the calendar with them before joining with lance stroll at the aston martin team which is funded by his dad, the canadian billionaire lawrence stroll. what a way to mark your first start in the rugby union premiership. 19—year—old alfie barberry was the star of the show, scoring a hat—trick of tries as wasps thumped leicester 54—7, running in eight tries to keep their play—off bid on track and they are currently fourth in the table. 11 stages down, tend to go in the tour de france and primoz roglic is the man to beat. today it is the holiest

stage of the race after the flat stage of the race after the flat stage which produced the closest sprint finish so far. caleb un won it with sam bennett second. he leads the green jersey as competition and today's stage saves the worst to last with a hundred kilometres on the flat, but then you start to climb after 100 kilometres in the saddle and it gets steeper and steeper right to the top. that is what training is for. exactly. i'm talking proper hills. we were talking proper hills. we were talking to ciaran earlier about losing seven stone in lockdown and how difficult his first one kilometre run was, and you know this, it's never easy starting out. the first bit of training is always the worst and then you get more used to it and gradually build it up. that's the way to do it. can i just say i've thoroughly enjoyed your presence. lovely to see you in the fresh. —— the flesh.

presence. lovely to see you in the fresh. -- the flesh. it lifts the whole room. virtual hug. it is 8:43am. for many older people the long months of self isolation during the height of the pandemic were made more bearable by the thought of spending quality time with their grandchildren once the lockdown was over. that's become a bit more difficult in england, particularly for largerfamilies. tim difficult in england, particularly for larger families. tim has difficult in england, particularly for largerfamilies. tim has been to meet some of them. like so many grandparents, isabel has found twe nty20 grandparents, isabel has found twenty20 incredibly tough. how important is it to interact with your grandchildren? very. you are going to make her cry now. yes, it's very important. i don't see my grandchildren in suffolk very much because they are in suffolk and it's not always that easy. isabel's daughter lucy and her husband andy live in basingstoke. as lockdown

restrictions have eased, she's been able to visit more often but from monday, for this family, gatherings involving more than one grandparent won't be possible. because they are a family of five, so to more people, that pushes it over the limit. and i think that's a great shame because the children in syria —— enjoy seeing all of their relatives and for the moment that will have to stop. and i really do feel for all of those families that it's just not going to be able to happen again. hi, dad. yes, i'm good, thank you. lu cy‘s hi, dad. yes, i'm good, thank you. lucy's dad trevor is exasperated at the actions of many younger people. do you think you are suffering because of the actions of maybe younger people who aren't taking the role seriously? most definitely. i've seen it first hand where i live here in stowmarket, i see gatherings of youngsters going up and down the street on a friday and saturday in the early hours. i always see groups coming back from the pubs or

whatever, and they are all youngsters. and that's going to happen, so it is probably going to get worse before it gets better. what impact do you fear the restrictions can have on your family and your ability to see each other? its necessary precautions to ove rco m e its necessary precautions to overcome the virus and i think everybody gets that and everyone should add and listen to the advice that the government has given us, but i think, you know, a lot of people aren't mentally prepared for this type of situation. you know, christmas, birthdays, family get—togethers, they are what fill your year and that's how you kind of build memories as a family, so without that there is quite a significant impact. i'm happy to crack on with any rules we need to adhere to to get rid of this virus, basically. at the end of the day, i don't want my kids and my elder

family members to be at any risk, so we are family members to be at any risk, so we are fine tojust do it. family members to be at any risk, so we are fine to just do it. jenny lives in york and has three young children. we are not happy about these changes at all. i'm feeling really frustrated and a little bit angry and! really frustrated and a little bit angry and ijust really frustrated and a little bit angry and i just feel like the government has got its priorities on the economy and not families, and that's a real problem for me. we are just going to be isolated and stuck. grandparents just going to be isolated and stuck. g ra nd pa rents really just going to be isolated and stuck. grandparents really need to see them, so day to day, it will be massive, just completely change the way we live our lives at the moment. they are really worried about the youngest with her only being two, they are worried they will forget them and skype is not the same when you speak to them, and you know, she's just started getting you speak to them, and you know, she'sjust started getting back you speak to them, and you know, she's just started getting back to being used to them and not being scared of them and thinking who is this stranger, and now we won't be able to see them in the same way and

have the family meetings we have been having. so they are really worried about that part. from monday in england, the rule of six will kick in. gatherings of seven or more will not be allowed at peoples homes and many families will once again have to rethink the way they interact. i'm sure that something many people will be able to relate to, families, getting their heads around, in england, the new rules which come into effect on monday. what will weather be like for the next few days? the man that the answers is here. good morning. lovely picture. i gave it a big build—up there. good morning. a lovely view from up here. looking over ullswater in cumbria, a bit of cloud around, but a bright start for many of you. a bit on the chilly side this morning so bit on the chilly side this morning so far. temperatures on the rise of the moment but even now we still

have temperatures as low as 4 degrees in eastern scotland. but it's a dry start for the vast majority, one or two isolated showers in the west. showers will become more frequent and heavier into the north and west of scotland as we go into the afternoon. the breeze picking up here. temperatures around 11—13. away from that, more cloud for some of you compared to what you've had so far today but with lighter winds further south, not the humidity of the recent days but pleasant enough in the sunshine, 19-20 at the but pleasant enough in the sunshine, 19—20 at the highest in the south—eastern channel islands. as we go into this evening and overnight, showers in the north—west of scotla nd showers in the north—west of scotland to begin with will actually start to be replaced by longer spells of rain into tomorrow morning and a stronger wind and the breeze picking up in the northern half of the country. varying amounts of cloud. starry skies particular further south and east you are and this is where temperatures will drop the ferrous, 7—8. low pressure will

bring a different day in scotland and northern ireland. some will start dry but very wet weather in the north—west highlands to begin with and the rain spreads southwards to northern ireland in the second half of the morning. southern scotland, early afternoon and then the far north of england through the second half of the day. a windy day in scotland. sunshine following on from the rain in the morning. lighter winds further south, varying amounts of cloud. a dry outlook for many in the south, even this weather front which will move out to north wales through friday night into saturday, won't have much rain on it by the stage. one or two showers potentially. some rain across parts of western scotland continuing through the day particularly in the highlands and cloudier, damp afternoon across northern ireland, as well, but many parts of england and wales are staying dry as will northeast scotland. temperatures similarto northeast scotland. temperatures similar to friday. the rain relents in the western half of scotland that they could be minorflooding into they could be minorflooding into the start of sunday before further bursts return to the second half of

the day, but during the day, brighter skies develop. northern ireland, southern scotland, southwards, longer spells of sunshine around. temperatures rising more widely into the low 20s. that's a sign of a brief glimpse of a return to summer warmth as low pressure to the rest of us, high pressure to the rest of us, high pressure southerly winds, 11 direction at this time of year. temperatures could peak around 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit, in the south—east corner. how long it'll last uncertain but fresh air will move back into the west through the week. that's how it's looking and back to you. lovely, thank you. from africa's elephants to the turtles of costa rica, populations of animals across the world are falling at a rapid rate and this is according to a new report by the conservation group wwf. it says the nature around us is in freefall during human activity

and our correspondence clear marshall has this report. wildlife is dying out at a rate which has never been seen before in human history. according to today's report. from the arctic to the warm seas of the caribbean, to the gardens of britain, it's happening faster than all the predictions and its global. the living planet report carried out every two years assesses more than 20,000 creatures all around the world, species in all groups of animals on every continent are being lost. what we have seen is are being lost. what we have seen is a wholesale destruction of some of our most important natural assets in the space of one human lifetime, 50 yea rs. the space of one human lifetime, 50 years. and this is a trend only increasing and accelerating and that's why we have to stop now and actually start to address it. intensive agriculture is one of the key drivers. these are huge banana plantations in ghana and its monoculture. wildlife is being

driven out, so people around the world can eat the fruit whenever they like. it's the same story elsewhere. in the amazon, a football pitch of rainforest is lost every minute, claire disgracing for beef cattle and to plant soy which goes into animalfeed. cattle and to plant soy which goes into animal feed. and cattle and to plant soy which goes into animalfeed. and a third of their food produced into animalfeed. and a third of theirfood produced in the into animalfeed. and a third of their food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. but it is possible for food to be intensively produced working with nature and that's what's happening here in wiltshire. it's a very good hunting ground for birds of prey. this farm isn't organic but still haven for wildlife. the grey partridge, he filmed in a different location, has declined by 85% since 1970 but is thriving on his farm. it's a matter wildlife habitat. he believes agriculture has to be balanced with nature. if we have no fertility in our soil, if we have poorair fertility in our soil, if we have poor air quality, if we have poor

water quality then we are not going to have high yields of crops and we are not going to have healthy animals and healthy food and that directly feed through to people. oil pours from a tanker ship wrecked off mauritius last month. this is about people destroying systems that we ourselves depend on rather thanjust wildlife. humans are managing nature for their own benefit, whether it's for their own benefit, whether it's for grazing animals or for for their own benefit, whether it's for grazing animals orfor building on and it's having a dramatic impact all over the world. scientists say we can see this now by the pandemic we can see this now by the pandemic we are living through. research suggests the emergence of covid—19 could be linked to bats. we are fairly confident that the driving forces which have led to the spread of that virus came through a combination of expansion into habitats, illegal wildlife trade, the removal of wildlife, and we are going to see those threats increase, so going to see those threats increase, so we've had a clear warning that

impacts on wildlife overseas directly affect us at home. about the report says we can stop and even repair the damage but it will need unprecedented conservation action and radical changes in how we produce and consume food. claire marshall, bbc news. let's speak to doctor robert freeman, the head of indicators and assessments unit at london zoo. he worked on this report. good morning to you, doctor freeman. let's get it out of the way first, we can see all the penguins behind you which is a glorious sight this morning and notwithstanding the subject matter, you are in the penguin enclosure at london zoo? this is the penguins which are classed as vulnerable so still at risk of extinction and these are the humble penguins at london zoo in regenfs humble penguins at london zoo in regent's park. you say they are one of the animals at risk of extinction? yes, humble penguins, we

don't have great evidence about the current population numbers but expect that they are in decline so they are classed as vulnerable and tend to live on the west coast of south america, and in the living planet report will be look at terrestrial populations in south america we see a 94% decline in general so they live in a place most impacted. tell us more about why it's such a problem for them? populations in general i think when we look at the threat wildlife population space we see a combination of things. the most significant threat is habitat degradation, deforestation, building dams, but things like exploitations, overfishing, overharvesting. when you hear the chief executive of wwf saying nature is in freefall, what does that mean to you? when you hear something is in freefall, it feels almost hopeless? do you feel we are at that stage? so i think that we

compiled these statistics constantly and we've added 25% more data to the number this year and we see a more significant decline of 68% and i think that despair is not helpful and it's striking and alarming and we should clearly be worried, but it should motivate us. whether that is to write to your mp, join a volunteer organisation, get out and do something is what i would encourage people what has changed? for years, we have spoken about certain species at risk of extinction in the list gets longer. of course, we don't want species to die out, but why would the reaction to the message change now do you think? it's a good question. in addition to the risk of extinction, this report talks about the population we have and their

decline, so it's about population trend. i think what we have managed to do with a big collaboration of co—authors is look at what's likely to happen in the future. for the first time we've brought these statistics together with scenario modelling, looking at different possible futures, and seeing that, if we keep business as usual, we will see things decline but if we have a concerted effort to conserve land and species but also change the way we consume we can see these populations turn around and that should give us hope. doctor freeman, it's been lovely talking to you this morning and we have been listening to every word you have been saying very carefully but our attention has been drawn to the humble penguin behind you. i won't lie, we have all been very engaged in the frolicking this morning. come and see them. they are wonderful. i saw one with an itchy tail feather which amused me, the way they were dealing with it and one chewing it flipper. the camera got in tight for us. look at the way they are grooming. beautiful

things at risk of extinction, you've got to love them. they know how to showboat. you are watching breakfast at the time now is 8.59.

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