this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at four: 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 arsenal start as they mean to go on, beating newly promoted fulham in the opening game of the new premier league season. and coming up in half an hour, the travel show looks back at some of their adventures in turkey. 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 stay with those concerns about the rate of coronavirus transmission in the uk. as you saw in that report, professor sir mark walport, a member of the government's sage advisory committee, has warned the uk is in a dangerous position. he spoke to my colleague, shaun ley earlier, about the risk. (sot next) the numbers speak for themselves, so as your reporterjust said, the numbers are going up consistently in the uk at the moment. the imperial study suggested a doubling about every seven days and the numbers of patients on the 5th of september was just

over 1800, yesterday it was 3,500. if you look across the channel, then we can see the numbers in spain, we can see the numbers in france and france had, earlier in the week, just over 9,800 infections and because they are a few weeks ahead, the numbers of patients going into intensive care is increasing, it's increased by 93 people on wednesday. so, this is the time to act. and again, if you look at belgium, where they are managing to hold the numbers down, and they had a very severe initial phase, they are limiting numbers of social gatherings to about five people. but the bottom line is that this is still very widely distributed infection, it has crossed the whole of the uk and by every measure, the numbers are going up at the moment. earlier, i spoke to dr gabriel scally — visiting professor of public health at the university of bristol — and a member of independent sage — a separate group of scientific experts.

he is calling for a more localised approach to testing. well, i think it's 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 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 deloitte and serco, private contractors, would be fully functioning in september. and there 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 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's none of these things. and lauren mossjoins us now how seriously should we take this one? the one and a government

adviser described the figures yesterday as a wake—up call, with cases climbing. and the rate of infection as well is going. the official government advisers say the r number, the number of people who the illness can be passed onto, is up the illness can be passed onto, is up to1.2 or the illness can be passed onto, is up to 1.2 or possibly as high as 1.7. so whichever way you look at this, the number of cases and the rate of infection, it is going. however, we aren't at the place we we re however, we aren't at the place we were earlier in a pandemic. 3500 new confirmed cases yesterday. surveillance study suggesting numbers are possibly higher than that, but earlier in march and it was around 100,000 cases a day, so the numbers are a lot lower. you have to look at hospital admissions as well. 863 people are currently being treated in hospitals across the uk for the virus right now. at the uk for the virus right now. at the peak of the virus, we were up to

19,000 to 20,000 in april. so there's numbers are still far lower, though that is why this warning is so though that is why this warning is so significant, because that is where we could end up going back to, 01’ where we could end up going back to, or that we have other treatments in place now that we didn't have in march and april. but that's why it is important with social distancing, the hygiene measures and face covering. that's where the government is so keen on pushing that and the rule of six being introduced on monday to try and prevent the uk ending up in a place like france and spain and so on. 0bviously, like france and spain and so on. obviously, it's great news that the vaccine trial has restarted, but there are still lots of questions about the testing strategy. yeah. earlier this week the health secretary matt hancock said a quarter of people who were applying for a test were not eligible for one because they didn't have symptoms. but the bbc has also heard from people who have been trying to get a test because they do have symptoms, and they are not able to get one. the website shows that there isn't one available near them, or they are

being told to go many miles away. the department of health says capacity has increased, there are around 250,000 capacity tests to be carried out every day and around 220,000 were done yesterday according to the government website, and they are prioritising the hotspot areas like bolton and birmingham. they are the places where they are concentrating the testing, where they know there is a problem. but we are hearing that some people are still struggling to get a test. the department of health say they are across it and capacity is increasing all the time. and borisjohnson is increasing all the time. and boris johnson announced earlier this week that 500,000 a day is the target by the end of october. and the astrazeneca and university of 0xford trial, what do we know about that? this is a big vaccine trial. there are around 200 vaccine trials under way across the world, but the 0xford one is one that has a lot of hopes pinned upon it. last week it was paused because one of the participants became unwell. it is the second time the trial has been paused since it started earlier this

year. it is quite routine. 0xford university said this sort of thing does happen, so the trial was paused so does happen, so the trial was paused so that an independent investigation could be carried out to find out the cause of the participant's illness. we don't have the details of that person's condition, but the investigation has concluded that it is safe for the try to resume. it has been signed off by the mhra, the regulator for has been signed off by the mhra, the regulatorfor medicines has been signed off by the mhra, the regulator for medicines and devices in the uk, and it will continue. earlier in the way, the health secretary said he was hopeful that a vaccine could be made available to be rolled out by the start of next year if it passes all of those trials. still a long way to go, i'm afraid. thank you for the update. staying with the coronavirus news, let's turn our attention to the midlands. birmingham hasjoined other parts of england under local lockdown. people living there now face greater restrictions, alongside those living in solihull, sandwell, parts of greater manchester, west yorkshire and lancashire, 0ldham,

blackburn with darwen, pendle, bolton and leicester. 0ur news correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn has spent the morning in the birmingham. 1.6 million people affected by these new restrictions coming in from tuesday. that's as well as the rule of six from monday as well. people's reaction is that obviously the rates are rising and something needs to be done about it, but there are differing views on whether the right things are being done. public health officials here in the city say that, actually, transmission rate spread seems to be across the board. it's across all age groups as well, because we do keep hearing about younger people being responsible, but there is an issue across age groups. also that they are starting to see hospital admissions and intensive care admissions which they haven't been seeing at all. still small numbers at the moment, but there's often a two or three—week lag between the amount of infections a place is seeing and then the hospital admissions.

so they're very worried about that. we heard of the mayor of the west midlands andy street there about how they're also concerned that the data showing that a lot of that transmission is occurring within houses, within households and that is one of the big problems. that is why these new guidelines, new laws, in fact, are being brought in from tuesday. it means households cannot go into each other‘s homes. in scotland, the number of coronavirus cases has risen in the latest 2a hour period to 221 new confirmed cases — the highest number in four months. 1.7 million people across the west of scotland have been 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 and west dunbartonshire, as well as renfrewshire and east renfrewhire.

0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has been looking at the data on the latest cases. 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 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 were reported there in the last 2a hours. the headlines on bbc news... britain is "on the edge of losing control" of coronavirus. a stark warning from one leading scientist — following a sharp rise in cases.

the university of oxford and astrazeneca have restarted clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccine which was halted after 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. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. 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 patrick gearey was watching. after the longest season and the shortest summer, football is back in its bubble. with the world 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 thejob. later in the half, willian spotted another crumbling wall. arsenal's new signing so close to scoring. 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, officially this season not part of his arm. the next was aubameyang on a new contract, and here was why. the game flashed and finished before scott pa rker‘s eyes. welcome back to the premier league. it was all fulham could do to stop aubameyang from squeezing in a fourth. a long, exhausting journey awaits. but mikel arteta arsenal complete their first step at a stroll. there's another game going on right now — crystal palace hosting southampon. around an hour gone at selhurt park,

and wilfried zaha has palace in the lead with his first half goal. later, champions liverpool host newcomers leeds, and then west ham play newcastle later tonight. to scotland, where all the teams are in action in the scottish premiership. both celtic and rangers are winning at the moment. hibs are also in front — they started the day second in the table just behind rangers. goals in all the other games this afternoon too, including at motherwell, who are on course for their first win of the season. the championship is also back, 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. rotherham also beat wycombe. all the latest scores from the efl are on the bbc sport website and app. a big signing has been confirmed in the women's super league this afternoon. usa's alex morgan

has moved to spurs. and here's how the north london club announced it. very little she hasn't achieved in the game — the two—time world cup winner moves from orlando pride in the national women's soccer league. she joins tottenham for the rest of the season, pending a visa. 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 is down in 14th. it's finals weekend at the us open and dominic thiem will take on alexander zverev in the men's singles on sunday after their overnight wins. second seed thiem beat daniil medvedev in three sets, but was made to work for it after cruising through the first set. the austrian 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 new men's grand slam

champion since 2014. 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. they're at stage 1a, which runs 194 kilometres from clermont—ferrand to lyon. you can follow it via the bbc sport wesbite an app. more from us in sportsday at 6:30.

we arejust going we are just going to give you an update on the latest covid—19 figures. it has been reported via the reuters news agency that for the united kingdom, there is confirmed cases for today, the 2a hour period, are now at cases for today, the 24 hour period, are now at 3497. that compares, just are now at 3497. that compares, just a little bit down, 24 hours earlier at 3539. for the last 24 hour period, the number of confirmed covid—19 cases is 3497. that is according to government data. 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 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. that was helen catt. a man has appeared in court charged

with arson and grievous bodily harm in relation to an incident in newquay in which a police officer sustained serious burns. devon and cornwall police said 30—year—old blajovest hadgigeorgieev appeared before truro magistrates‘ court today to face three charges. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has dismissed speculation that the british army could mothball all its tanks as part of the current defence review. he says some old military equipment will be replaced. it was reported last month that modernisation plans could see the army invest in new technologies, with a greater focus on cyber—warfare. police on the greek island of lesbos fired tear gas at protesting migrants who were left homeless when their camp burned down on wednesday. clashes broke out near a temporary camp built by greek authorities to house around 13,000 migrants

and refugees who had been living in squalor in the overcrowded moria camp and are desperate to leave the island. efforts to build alternative accommodation for more than 12,000 former residents of the moria camp have been delayed by objections from local authorities. 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". tim marlow is the director and chief executive of the design museum and says sir terence leaves a lasting legacy. he fought to the end as he fought throughout his life and remained good—spirited and concerned with other things, not himself, but with the museum and where it was going. so this is a really sad day. i've been inundated from the 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 changed 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 were 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.

in fact, the thing that he lamented at 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 which were both affordable and of the right quality. he pushed that and in a sense, it's so difficult to assess now for people who haven't seen what things were like before, but it's not overstating to say he had world class careers as a designer, retailer and businessman and as a philanthropist. 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 at shad thames 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 stood 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 ripe for that. there was an energy in britain that went back to the industrial revolution that we shouldn't let go of.

tim marlow, remembering sir terence conran, who has died at the age of 88. 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. well, most of us have had a decent day of weather today, some hazy sunshine. this is what it looks like at 6pm. temperatures still around 21 degrees in london. for most of us, the high teens. cooler, wetter and turning windier in the north—west of the uk. in fact, the rain will turn very heavy for a time at least in western of scotland.