this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3... britain is "on the edge of losing control" of coronavirus — a stark warning from one leading scientist following a sharp rise in cases. this is still a very widely distributed infection, it's across the whole of the uk and by every measure, the numbers are going up. the university of oxford and astrazeneca have restarted clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccine which was halted after a volunteer fell ill. boris johnson defends his plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, saying the eu is looking to "carve up and divide" the uk. sir terence conran — the british designer who revolutionised retail and decor

— has died aged 88. and the new premier league season begins with the champions, liverpool, hosting leeds united, who are back after an absence of 16 years. and coming up in half an hour — click takes a look at how virtual reality is being used to help the emergency services find an alternative for traditional face—to—face training. a leading scientist has warned that the uk is "on the edge of losing control" of coronavirus as infections rise. professor sir mark walport, a member of the government's sage advisory committee, said people needed to limit their socialising, to ensure children can remain at school — and students at university. this report from our

health correspondent, lauren moss. it's the final weekend before new restrictions are introduced across the uk. from monday, the rule of six will limit the number of people that we can socialise with. yesterday, there were 3,500 new confirmed covid cases, and scientists have warned the rate of infection is doubling every seven to ten days. i think one would have to say that we are on the edge of losing control, and you've only got to look across the channel to see what's happening in france and what's happening in spain. the french on thursday had 9,800 new infections, and one can see that their hospital admissions, and indeed, their intensive care admissions are going up. the rate of infection is much lower than it was at the peak of the pandemic, when it's thought there were 100,000 new infections a day. but government advisers believe the r number — the number of people an infected person can pass the virus on to —

is between 1 and 1.2, which means it is growing. the latest data from public health england shows the largest increase in positive cases is among 20 to 39—year—olds. but there has also been a steep rise in the number of people over the age of 80 testing positive, which is beginning to lead to an increase in hospital admissions. while people will not be able to socialise in groups of more than six from monday, in parts of the midlands the restrictions are going further. from tuesday, in birmingham, and nearby sandwell and solihull, 1.5 million people will be banned from mixing with other households. the onus is on all of us to do everything that we can to make sure that we are abiding by those rules. and those rules, of course, ensure that we can, with close family members and friends, socialise in appropriate circumstances and those rules also stress the vital importance of making sure that children are at school, that students can study at university and that we can work in a covid—safe environment. in scotland, restrictions on two households mixing were expanded

into lanarkshire at midnight. and there are still reported issues with testing in england, after dozens of people told the bbc they were struggling to get one. the department of health says capacity is being targeted at the hardest—hit areas. as coronavirus cases rise, the country will walk a tightrope between containing it and maintaining a way of life. lauren moss, bbc news. let's hear now from dr gabriel scally, visiting professor of public health at the university of bristol and a member of independent sage — a group of scientific experts. ijust want i just want to refer to a comment ijust want to refer to a comment by your chair, said david king, he said the current test and try system is flawed. in what way? well, i think it is not fit for purpose at all. it's not delivering the goods. it's

not getting people tested quickly and locally. it's not delivering the results in a timely fashion, it's taking far too long. and finally, there are still data—flow issues getting that information to local level. it needs to be completely rethought and moved to a more locally based system which is responsive not just locally based system which is responsive notjust to the needs of the population, but also to a number of cases in the population. are we expecting too much too soon? this is a huge undertaking. not at all. the government stopped testing on the 12th of march and their view at that time was that testing was unimportant and wasn't for countries like the uk. it took them two months to change their mind on that and go back to community testing, and they said this nhs test and trace, which is not an nhs service at all, it is run by lights and serco, private contractors, would be fully

functioning in september. and there is still no sign of it. and anyway, asa is still no sign of it. and anyway, as a public health doctor, i think it's flawed asking someone who has got symptoms of this problematic disease to drive 100 miles, or if they are not driving, asking someone to go ina they are not driving, asking someone to go in a car and drive with them 100 miles to get tested. just doesn't make sense in an era of social distancing. it needs to be locally driven, locally resourced and locally coordinated and it is none of these things. do you believe the nhs could pick up the baton and do that? i think there is a great opportunity to build around local authorities who have a fantastic role to play. independent sage has been saying for months that it wasn't just a been saying for months that it wasn'tjust a question of been saying for months that it wasn't just a question of the been saying for months that it wasn'tjust a question of the test and trace, it was finding cases. local authorities and councillors and local community leaders know their communities. and that vital local knowledge should be used and then we can mobilise stuff like

health visitors, who also know the communities, and environmental health officers as well as the local public health teams who are doing a great job, public health teams who are doing a greatjob, and public health teams who are doing a great job, and their public health teams who are doing a greatjob, and their rate of finding contacts greatjob, and their rate of finding co nta cts has greatjob, and their rate of finding contacts has been phenomenally better than the national test and trace system. resources should be concentrated there, as should some of the resources going into testing to develop local testing in the nhs and universities. i think a local response is needed, and the areas suffering worst from the current outbreaks and the spread are the most deprived, and most overcrowded communities and those with a high level of people from ethnic minority backgrounds. so a local response is the only conceivable one that will work. you brought up the subject of resources . work. you brought up the subject of resources. there has been an announcement, or rather, a spokesperson from the department of

health and social care recently said that the department was investing £500 million in next—generation tests, and expanding capacity to half a million tests a day by the end of october. what do you think of those figures? well, they are huge figures and they did talk about putting £10 billion into nhs test and trace. it's enormous amounts of money for something that is blata ntly money for something that is blatantly not working properly. this is the time to take a deep breath and look at how it could and should be done differently and better. i think the nhs, local authorities, local public health directors and community leaders, that is the direction to go. you can't deal with this awful disease which is spreading faster by diktats from downing street. it just spreading faster by diktats from downing street. itjust won't work. to get clarity, you said things can be done differently. apart from the nhs and is being done at community

level, anything else that should be done differently when it comes to testing and chasing? well, it is not just one thing, it is all things together. we should be saying it is back to two metres for social distancing. we should look again at the dreadful system of trying to stop the importing of cases at our borders, and look at that pseudo— quarantine or voluntary quarantine which in working at all either. and looking at fundamental issues like housing, how people can isolate and when somebody is found positive, some people are not coming for testing because they might be on a zero—hours contract and they know they will get no money if they have to ta ke they will get no money if they have to take two weeks off and isolate. soi to take two weeks off and isolate. so i think the government should put money in supporting people who are in self—isolation if they have no other income available. dr gabriel

scally, thank you for your time. in scotland, the number of coronavirus cases has risen in the latest 2a hour period to 221 new confirmed cases — compared to 175 the previous day. it comes after 1.7 million people across the west of scotland were placed under tighter coronavirus restrictions to try and control the spread of the virus. residents in north and south lanarkshire are no longer allowed to meet other households in their homes, which is similar to measures in place in glasgow, east and west dumbartonshire, as well as renfrewshire and east renfrewhire. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie joins me now from glasgow. so we have had this rise within the glasgow area, the highest rise today? yes, we have had the new figures out from the scottish

governmentjust about figures out from the scottish government just about an hour figures out from the scottish governmentjust about an hour ago and the new figures show that there have been 221 new cases of coronavirus in the last 2a hours. that compares to 175 from the previous day. almost half of those, 106 of the new cases, are in the greater glasgow and clyde health board area, which is already under tighter restrictions than most of the rest of the country. and 48 of those new cases are in the lanarkshire health those new cases are in the la narkshire health board those new cases are in the lanarkshire health board area, where new restrictions came into place at midnight, in line with glasgow and the other areas you mentioned. people in lanarkshire from today will not be able to visit others in their homes and they will not be able to have people into their homes. hospital visits and care home visits will only happen if they are

absolutely essential. there are some exceptions. if you are within an extended household, you will still be able to meet up, and people providing care and support will also be able to go to each other‘s houses. but he won't be able to skip into another health board area and visit anyone there. you cannot visit anyone else in another home. these restrictions are already in place in glasgow city, east renfrewshire, renfrewshire and eastern west dunbartonshire. the restrictions in those areas will be reviewed on monday but as i said, 106 new cases we re monday but as i said, 106 new cases were reported there in the last 2a hours. thank you very much. the university of oxford have restarted clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccine, which they're developing in partnership with the pharmaceutical company astrazeneca. here to tell us more

is our correspondent greg mckenzie. give us some background to this? yes, the trials were halted last sunday after one of the participants became unwell. there was an independent investigation to look into what happened, and ultimately, the oxford university professors and those involved in the research have found that this individual illness wasn't caused by the sample vaccine, said the trials have now continued as of today. they have been given permission by the relative authorities, the medicine health regulatory authority, who say it is now safe to carry on these trails. 18,000 people have already had these sample doses worldwide, notjust in the uk. there are other sites across the uk. there are other sites across the world like brazil, south africa

and the us, all racing to find this vaccine. the researchers are trying to establish, when an individual contracts coronavirus, the virus itself has what is known as a spike protein, a protein that enters the body. that then attacks the cells in the body. and what the researchers are trying to do with this vaccine is create an immune system within the body so that it automatically knows that this spike protein is entering the body and prevents the infection and the illness by basically zapping it so that it disappears. thank you very much. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, has insisted ministers had properly "thought through" the brexit withdrawal agreement despite plans to introduce legislation to override part of it. the eu has threatened to take legal action if the uk government presses ahead with its proposals. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more.

this all relates to the withdrawal agreement that was signed and agreed between the eu and the uk last year, around this time last year in october. and in that, one of the key parts was coming up with a special arrangement for northern ireland, called the northern ireland protocol. and that did was to make sure that there wasn't a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. it set out the sort of high—level way that would work in terms of whose customs territory northern ireland would be in etc. that left a lot of details and decisions that still needed to be made, and they are being thrashed out by a joint committee of the uk and the eu that has been meeting for most of this year. they have hit a sticking point on some of these issues. what borisjohnson has said today is that he believes there is a serious misunderstanding between the two sides about what they thought they had signed up to. he is saying the eu's interpretation of it is extreme. he says that if they couldn't find another agreement, then what could end up happening

is that you could see the eu putting tariffs on goods going between great britain and northern ireland, which would effectively create a border down the irish sea. he is saying that is not acceptable, so he wants to create what he called a safety net by passing a uk law that would change the treaty that was already signed last year. it is very complicated. and the reason that is causing problems, or issues with conservative mps, is because if you do that and you use domestic law to change the international already agreed deal, they have admitted that that will breach international law, and that has made some conservative mps worried about this. tobias ellwood, the chair of the defence select committee, explained why. it's not changed my attitude in wanting to support the prime minister and get brexit

over the line. it's been a battering journey since that referendum, since the nation committed itself to leave the european union and we need to do that. the date of the 15th of october has been set, the next european summit. but in getting there, i don't want us to lose our way, to lose our reputation as a force for good, as an exemplar of upholding international rule of law. and i'm afraid that's where i find myself not wishing to support this particular bill, because it does mean that we will be challenging, unilaterally, a treaty. and that goes against the principles of everything we stand for. and there are other senior conservatives who are worried about that too. 0ne, bob neill, has come forward and said he will try to amend that legislation when it goes before parliament. the eu are also cross about this. they've said it would be gravely damaging of trust and could impact on the free trade deal that's to be negotiated.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah marconie. good afternoon. we start with the premier league — after just a few short weeks away it's back, and arsenal have made the perfect start in today's early kick off. they beat fulham 3—0 at craven cottage, and michael redford was watching. after the longest season in the shortest summer, football is back. with the word locked up, newly promoted fulham are doing some building work, but it only took ten minutes for arsenal to find a hole. alexandre lacazette finished the job. later in the half, willian spotted another crumbling wall. after the break, another new boy went one better. gabriel's rise out of the shadows made it two, a debut goal courtesy of his shoulder. 0fficially not part of his arm. the

next was aubameyang on a new contract, and here is why. the game flashed and finished before scott parker's eyes. welcome back to the premier league. it was awful could do to stop aubameyang from squeezing ina do to stop aubameyang from squeezing in a fourth. a long, exhausting journey awaits. mickael artut and arsenal complete their first step at a stroke. there's another game going on right now — crystal palace hosting southampon. around a quarter of an hour gone at selhurt park, and wilfried zaha has just given palace the lead. later champions liverpool host newcomers leeds, and then west ham play newcastle later tonight. one other line of premier league news this afternoon, and harry maguire is going to stay as the manchester united captain. maguire was given a suspended sentence in greece after being found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery. he maintains his innocence and has appealed. his boss 0le gunner solskjaer says maguire will lead out the side when they begin their premier league campaign starts a week today.

the championship is also back — there was no dream start for new boys wycombe, beaten 1—0 at home by rotherham. and there was a bit of a surprise at st andrew's, as brentford — so close to promotion last season — were beaten 1—0 by birmingham city. there are loads more 3 o'clock games under way in the efl and in the scottish premiership. all the latest scores are on the bbc sport website an app. big signing confirmed in the women's super league in the last few minutes. alex morgan has moved to spurs. she's a two—time world cup winner and moves from orlando pride in the national women's soccer league. she joins tottenham for the rest of the season pending a visa, according to the club. to italy next, where lewis hamilton has qualified on pole for sunday's tuscan grand prix. the world champion beat his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas byjust five hundredths of a second to claim the 95th pole of his career. the race will be ferrari's

1000th in formula one, but charles leclarc will start from fifth while sebastian vettel while sebastian vettel is down in 14th. there will be a new men's tennis grand slam champion for the first time since 2014. dominic thiem will take on alexander zverev in the us open final. the second seed beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work for it after cruising austrian thiem was taken to tie breaks in the next two before coming through, while zverev battled back from two sets down to beat beat spain's pablo carreno busta. it'll be the first time we'll see a male champion, who was born in the 1990s, and thiem's already looking forward to taking on zverev. mo farah failed to break his own british half—marathon record at the antrim coast half—marathon. the four—time olympic champion lined up in larne on the east coast

of northern ireland with the aim to break 59 minutes and 32 seconds, but came up short. he still ran out a comfortable winner but finished a minute outside his british record. and the tour de france continues. you can follow it via the bbc sport website and app. more in the next hour. sir terence conran, the designer and retailer best known for creating habitat, has died at the age of 88. the design museum, which he founded in 1989, said he was a visionary who "promoted the best of british design, culture and the arts around the world". 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito looks back at his life. i believe in what i

call easy living. duvets, flatpack furniture, the wok. it wasn't just a shop. sir terence conran introduced britain to a new way of living — a design philosophy that had its roots in the festival of britain. bank holiday, and the festival spirit pulls the crowd to the southbank exhibition. as a young industrial designer, he worked on the exhibits at this vision of the future. it had a powerful impact. i just saw the faces of people coming in in their long macintoshes with their sandwiches and their smiles. they hadn't seen anything cheerfulfor so long. habitat. 13 years later, he opened habitat. light, bright, modern, continental —

furniture for the swinging ‘60s. it was the beginning of an empire. bhs, richard shops, mothercare, heal‘s. he helped turn dowdy old hepworth‘s into the high street titan next. he also had a chain of restaurants, and while the businesses had their ups and downs — food, clothes, furniture — he touched the lives of millions. and all of it came together with this — his last major project, the design museum. a shrine to the ideas that had been his life's work. this is a great day of my life, to see the place actually finished. the life and style of modern britain owes much to sir terence conran. tim marlow is the director and chief executive of the design museum, which sir terence

founded in 1989. your reaction to the sad news?m wasn't a surprise, but it's incredibly sad. he fought to the end as he fought throughout his life and remained good spirited and concerned with other things, not himself, but with other things, not himself, but with the museum and where it was going. so this is a really sad day. i have been inundated from the design and architectural world with m essa 9 es design and architectural world with messages expressing sadness. he touched many lives and he was loved within that community. for many of the younger generation today, they will find it intriguing that his legacy is that he revolutionised contemporary britain. he change the way we live, we shop, we eat. can you explain that and put it into context for us? yeah. before conrad's retail empire, before terence took on the restaurant world in this country, before terence,

when he was younger, helped with the festival of britain, we were really stuck in the past. he talked about people who are miserable and hadn't had fun for a long time. and although that may sound slightly reductive, there is a lot of truth in the post—war condition in which britain found itself. he had a kind of drive to make a difference. he believed in making above all other things. the fact that he lamented the end of his life was that britain was not the workshop it once had been and could and should be. there are signs that that is changing, but we all owe it to him and to ourselves as a nation to make sure we make more. but terence decided to do it all, as it were, notjust to work with designers, but to make sure the quality of products available to people who are both affordable and of the right quality. he pushed that and in a sense, it is so difficult to assess now for people who haven't seen what things

we re people who haven't seen what things were like before, but it's not overstating to say he had were class careers as a designer, retailer and businessman and as a philanthropist —— world class careers. businessman and as a philanthropist -- world class careers. so he made design and art accessible, and bringing it back to modern britain today, the comparison would be ikea, wouldn't it? what did he make of that? i think he was proud that he pioneered flatpack furniture in britain well before ikea did. he had a wonderful twinkle in his eye. i remember once interviewing him for bbc radio and he insisted that we did the interview outside the design museum in its previous location because he wanted to finish a damn good cigar and he wasn't going to put it out to do the interview inside. but as he said with this twinkle in his eye, i have undoubtedly changed the sex life of europe. and i looked at him and he said, in my promotion of the duvet. so these aspects of modern living which are functional and practical,

but also incredibly subtle in the way they have changed things. that was what terence did for. but he knew his design history. he was interested in the legacy of modernism that britain had been slow to engage with and he realised that britain was right for that. there was an energy in britain that went back to the industrial revolution that we shouldn't let go of. for many artists and designers, who of course will know him young and trying to come through the ranks, i don't know if he found it difficult trying to make his vision real back in the day. what was his message of support to those coming up the ranks now? if you remember, he designed the first great shop for meric want. j°ny the first great shop for meric want. jony i've, the great computer designer, hails terence as one of the great inspirations. another great plymouth hails him as one of the great mentor is. i think young designers need to look at the designers need to look at the designers who revere terence conrad and have seen what he has done, and

come to the design museum that terence built and put £75 million of his own money in over the last 30 yea rs, his own money in over the last 30 years, and you will see the commitment he had, and that will speak more eloquently than i can as to why he is so important. thank you for your time. toots hibbert, frontman of the legendary reggae band toots and the maytals, has died at the age of 77. one of jamaica's most influential musicians, he helped popularise reggae in the 1960s with songs like pressure drop, monkey man and funky kingston. he even claimed to have coined the genre's name, on 1968's do the reggay. hibbert‘s family said he died on friday. he had recently been treated in hospital for suspected coronavirus. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker.

most of us have had a decent day of weather today. some hazy sunshine. this is what it looks like at to 6pm. temperatures still around 21. but cooler, wetter and turning windier in the north—west of the uk. in fact, the rain will turn heavy for a time in fact, the rain will turn heavy fora time and in fact, the rain will turn heavy for a time and western parts of scotland. elsewhere, across england and wales, it will be predominantly dry overnight, bit of rain around the lake district but certainly in the lake district but certainly in the south and south—east we are talking clear skies. tomorrow's weather. the rain could be particularly heavy around the western isles here, we could be getting around 100 millimetres of rain, so to extremes there, a wet and blustery north—west of the country with a warm and sunny south—east of highs of up to 25 degrees. the temperatures will be rising into the week ahead, somewhat ofa rising into the week ahead, somewhat

of a short hot spell on the way.