this is bbc news. the headlines at seven... "on the edge of losing control" of coronavirus — a warning from one leading scientist as more than 3000 uk cases are recorded for a second day. it is still a very widely distributed infection, it's across the whole of the uk and, by every measure, the numbers are going up. oxford university and astrazeneca restart clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccine which was halted after a volunteer fell ill. a new trial to reduce pollution levels will cut the speed limit to 60 miles an hour on four sections of motorway in england. sir terence conran — the designer and habitat founder who revolutionised british decor and dining — has died aged 88. and coming up in sportsday, arsenal start as they mean to go on —

beating newly promoted fulham in the opening game of the new premier league season. 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 need to limit their socialising to ensure children can remain at school, and students at university. it comes as oxford university confirmed its clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine will resume. the trial was paused earlier this week due to a participant in the uk becoming ill. this report from our health correspondent, lauren moss. 0n the final weekend before

new restrictions are introduced, there's a stark warning about what could lie ahead. 3500 more coronavirus cases have been diagnosed for the second day in a row. scientists say although the rate of infection is lower than it was at the peak of the epidemic, covid—19 is growing in the community. i think one would have to say we're 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 figures in the uk on the 5th of september, it was around 1800 people identified with the infection. 0n the 11th, it was 3500. there's been an increase in coronavirus cases across all age groups. it's most pronounced among 20 to 39—year—olds. but there's also been a steep rise recently in people over the age of 80 testing positive. those numbers declined over the summer but as you can see, they're now going back up. to try and keep a lid on infections, the rule of six will limit the numbers we can socialise

with in england from monday — and people are getting their heads around the new rules. why is it monday? why not bring it in straight away? i do think it's a funny system. if it's saving lives then i think it makes sense, to be honest. it's a lot clearer. the rule of six, i think people understand it. i have to say, i'm in support of it. in birmingham and nearby sandwell and solihull, where the rate of infection is among the highest in the country, 1.5 million people will be banned from mixing with other households from tuesday. everyone is warned they have a part to play. the onus is on all of us to do everything we can to make sure we are abiding by the rules. and those rules, of course, ensure that we can, with close family members and close friends, socialise in appropriate circumstances. 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. restrictions on two households

mixing were expanded into lanarkshire from midnight, and from monday in the rest of scotland there will be a limit of six people from two households allowed to meet. and in wales, indoor gatherings of more than six will be banned. there is positive news that the vaccine trial by oxford university is restarting after being paused when one participant became ill this week. an independent investigation concluded it is safe to continue. but any vaccine is likely to be several months away. for now, we'll walk a fine line between maintaining a way of life and containing the virus that's changed it for so many. lauren moss, bbc news. well, the latest government figures show there were 3,497 cases recorded in the latest 2a period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 3,001. nine deaths were reported, of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test,

and that means on average in the last week 11 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number across the uk to 41,623. we can speak now to deenan pillay, professor of virology at university college london. thank you very much forjoining us. to what extent do you share the view of the professor that we are on the edge of losing control of covid—19? i agree with him. we are on the knife edge and it is in our hands how we get out of this. it is essential that we continue with the basic principles of the pandemic control, and that is making sure that everyone who has symptoms can be tested, can be quickly tested, but equally important is that there

are but equally important is that there a re co nta cts but equally important is that there a re contacts a re but equally important is that there are contacts are supported in isolating themselves. there is no point in widespread testing or aiming fora total point in widespread testing or aiming for a total number of tests without the contacts of those cases of covid—19 themselves isolating themselves and stopping prevention. in fact, over the last few weeks, we have had data which suggests that less tha n have had data which suggests that less than 50%, in fact may be more like 20% of those individuals asked to isolate actually adhere to those recommendations of 1a days isolation. therefore, it is important that we support those individuals, incentivise them to isolate. what you mean by incentivise? how do you support someone incentivise? how do you support someone if it is a categorical refusal to comply? what more can you do? many people find it very difficult to isolate for 1h days. for those individuals who can work

at home and have supporting families around and so forth, that is one thing. but we have got to remember that this virus has a predilection for the poor, those in the economy, those who do jobs and cannot move outside —— cannot do theirjobs from home. for those in the gig economy, they are losing a lot of money, so they are losing a lot of money, so the support that they are given has to be exactly the sort of support thatis to be exactly the sort of support that is required to incentivise them to stay at home. 0therwise, that is required to incentivise them to stay at home. otherwise, this is not going to work. how important is it with the role of six that has been brought in in england and also scotla nd been brought in in england and also scotland and wales in varying forms from monday? i am not sure what the precise evidence is behind the six, but there are other consequences of limiting that. you start to limit movement of people on public transport, limit meeting people in

pubs and restaurants, etc. 0verall, this is an important component, and sirmark again was this is an important component, and sir mark again was right, it is essential that we keep schools open. these are the choices that have to be made. is it schools versus pubs? is eight schools versus restaurants? we know that there is the evidence that it we know that there is the evidence thatitis we know that there is the evidence that it is the opening of indoor pubs and restaurants, it has fuelled cases particularly among young individuals, and we know that those infections among young individuals are spreading, as predicted, to the elderly, leading to more hospitalisations and unfortunately gaps. you are a member of the independent scientific advisory one rather than the government sanctioned one and your group has been critical for a long time sanctioned one and your group has been criticalfor a long time no that it been criticalfor a long time no thatitis been criticalfor a long time no that it is a centralised testing system, with people having to travel so system, with people having to travel so farfor system, with people having to travel so far for tests if they can get one at all. why do you believe there is such a resistance by the government

to making it a localfacility so that people do not have to travel 75 miles? that is a very good question. my miles? that is a very good question. my view is that if at the beginning of the pandemic back in february or march of this year, a coalescence of national health authorities, hospital laboratories, public health england authorities and universities got together as a cooperative and identified how best to serve the nation in this, then many of the problems that we have seen in terms of lack of data being shared and lighthouse labs, decentralised labs being developed, many of the problem is that they have had would not have transpired. and further, of course, a local system allows local systems that are already in place to be used, both in terms of sampling, getting people tested in their local

laboratories and local pathology laboratories and local pathology laboratories being able to develop locality —based testing facilities, but overseen in a structure which allows data to be shared as has been developed in the nhs. 0f allows data to be shared as has been developed in the nhs. of course, that has not happened, so we have had an enormous number of problems. even now, when we are meant to have a world beating service, we clearly do not. to have matt hancock saying to the british population, you will need to travel no more than 75 miles to get a test is absolutely abysmal, in the midst of a pandemic that has been going on for six months already. thank you very much for your time tonight. france have reported 10,561 in new

can coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours. this is a new daily record and the first time that the number in france has topped 10,000. the previous record of 9843 new infections had been reported on thursday. france also seeing an increase on infection rates. we will find out how the story is recovered on tomorrow's front pages on 1030 and 1130 in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford, and john rentoul — the chief political commentator at the independent. a voice in my ear asking who that young woman is. she looks very familiar! sir terence conran, the british designer who transformed uk retail and interior design, has died at the age of 88. best known as the founder of habitat, sir terence brought

modern style and simplicity to uk homes. today, the design museum described him as a "visionary" — saying he "revolutionised the way we live in britain". in a statement, his family said he "passed away peacefully" at his home. david sillito looks back at his life. you know, 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. newreel: bank holiday, and the festival spirit pulls the crowds 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 the great day of my life, to see the place actually finished.

the life and style of modern britain owes much to sir terence conran. sir terence conran, who has died aged 88. let's talk to the designer, tom dixon, who was head of design and creative director at habitat. a very, very sad day for you, someone a very, very sad day for you, someone who knew him, and you are almost part of the conran family, i think! not quite, buti almost part of the conran family, i think! not quite, but i do know the whole family, and we are going to miss him. he is irreplaceable. tell us miss him. he is irreplaceable. tell us what influence he had on eu as a young designer. not so much as a designer, but i think what happened was he kind of made the profession aspirational. i think he taught

people that you could make a business out of design, and i think also he was a polymath. he had an element of renaissance man, because he didn'tjust do designing, he or also popularised all kinds of food culture as well, and he was a designer and made things with his own hands but he was an incredible retailer as well. for me, the main inspiration was as entrepreneur. how did he let you know as a critical friend when he didn't like something? when i was involved in habitat... he would have a letter if he saw something in a window he didn't like, and he always was polite but quite sharp in a beautiful handwritten script. what sort of things were not in his taste that he dared to put in the window?

i put that he dared to put in the window? iput in that he dared to put in the window? i put in some black plastic christmas trees on christmas and he really did not like that. if you had to sum up his own style and preferences, what would they be? we're probably all living things in our homes that are really there thanks to sir terence conran. simplicity was his keyword. when habitat arrived after a very depressing period for british history, it was dark, there wasn't a great deal of things in the shop, he really brought in a breath of fresh continental and he popularised things that are all very familiar now, paper lanterns, duvets and all the rest of it. i have forgotten your question. that was good enough. ijust want your question. that was good enough. i just want you to talk, it doesn't matter what i ask, really. we heard in that film there, the design museum, in the tribute how moved he

was when he finally saw the museum open. why was it so important to him? i think he tirelessly lobbied and explained to anyone that would listen. i think it was quite lonely for him at the time. i don't think design was really prized as a profession in the uk. he was very frustrated about it. he would get quite grumpy about it, actually, quite grumpy about it, actually, quite rightly because i think it deserved to have more recognition. and putting together the museum, you have got to remember that there wasn't a design museum in the world at all. the very fact that he managed to create that and he did it pretty much on his own and did it privately, it is a really tough task. and i think you have got to thank him for that. he has made design really part of everyday life.

how far was his reach internationally? i think the model of the design museum was very much copied, i think. of the design museum was very much copied, ithink. but of the design museum was very much copied, i think. but also, of the design museum was very much copied, ithink. but also, i knew the founder of ikea as well and i think ikea was watching habitat very closely indeed in terms of style and in terms of the spread of goods that we re in terms of the spread of goods that were in the store. surviving from a retail perspective, it was massively influential. you will see a lot of teens in america, a lot of people that came from habitat... this —— people in america. also there will be people all over the world that

something to terence. how do you think the current designers measure 7 think the current designers measure up? i don't think the positivity and the momentum of design in the 60s is possible to recreate, but i think that generation of designers really believed in design as a means of improving everyday life, that is probably a battle that has already been won in terms of design, good design, being much more widely available. but i think terence really was instrumental in making things affordable, good things affordable, and bringing simplicity and good design to everyday life. affordable, and bringing simplicity and good design to everyday lifelj have a coffee table of his in my sitting room and i love it. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. the headlines on bbc news... "0n the edge of losing control" of coronavirus — a warning from one leading scientist as more than 3000 uk cases are recorded for a second day. oxford university and astrazeneca restart clinical

trials of their coronavirus vaccine which was halted after a volunteer fell ill. a new trial to reduce pollution levels will cut the speed limit to 60mph on four sections of motorway in england. the afghan government has called for an urgent ceasefire on the first day of peace talks with the taliban. us secretary of state, mike pompeo, called the talks a "truly momentous" breakthrough. the discussions are taking place in the qatari capital doha after months of delay in an attempt to end decades of conflict in afghanistan. wildfires are continuing to burn out of control along parts of the west coast of the united states. the governor of oregon says they could bring about the greatest loss to human life and property in the state's history. in california, smoke and ash have turned the sky red. the fires — which have been burning for three weeks — have scorched millions of acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed at least 25 people.

the speed limit is being cut on four sections of motorway in england as part of a trial to reduce pollution levels. speeds will be reduced from 70 miles per hour to 60 in areas which have seen higher than recommended levels of nitrogen dioxide. the limit will be imposed twenty four hours a day and its impact will be reviewed in a years time the m6, m1, m5 and the m602 will all be affected. 0ur correspondent danny savage is on the m1 near rotherham and sent this update. if you live by a motorway in the uk, the chances are at times that the air pollution around you will be quite high — particularly if there is no breeze or if there is a trafficjam on that motorway. so, in a bid to get to government targets of bringing down pollution levels, highways england are introducing four stretches of motorway in england which will have a permanent 60 mph speed limit.

one of those stretches is behind me here on the m1 in south yorkshire between sheffield and rotherham. there is another one in northern england over the pennines — the m602 that comes into manchester for the west and liverpool. and two stretches of motorway on the m5 and the m6, just stretches about four miles long or less, around birmingham where those speed restrictions will come into place. the difference is, we are all used to temporary speed limits on motorways at times. but this will be a permanent one. some time between now and the beginning of october, those speed limits will be introduced. they will be in force 24/7, so even if the road is quiet, you won't be able to drive at 70 mph. there is an awareness campaign that will need to be done as well, and this is part of it, to actually say to people, please don't think that the default speed limit, which is a 70 on the motorway, will be in place if those roads are quiet. those stretches of motorway will have a permanent 60 miles per every speed limit. if you break that limit, you run the risk of a fine

and penalty points. so, this will take place for a year, potentially, 12 months, until they review it to see whether they might roll it out further. but this is part of bringing down pollution levels, but ultimately, highways england are saying in the long run it is down to what comes out of your exhaust or tailpipe on your car. most of us drive petrol or diesel cars at the moment. the aspiration is to get more of us driving electric cars, hybrids in the future, which will have a dramatic effect on the levels of pollution. but for the time being, this is a scheme to try and reduce pollution levels and they say by lowering the speed limit, there will be less pollution through those areas and better air quality. 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. around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. that s the grim statistic behind a special documentary presented by sir david attenborough. the loss in biodiversity would have catastrophic consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, and reducing our ability to control the climate. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt reports. during his long career, sir david attenborough has seen first—hand some of the most extraordinary natural phenomena. there's more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with the gorilla than any other animal i know. but he has also lived

through the most profound changes in the natural world in human history. his latest film contains the stunning images you'd expect from an attenborough production, but this is not a celebration of the incredible diversity of life on earth. this is a warning. the natural world is being destroyed more rapidly than ever before. what's different is it is happening simultaneously in the amazon, in africa, in the arctic. it's happening not at one place and not with one group of organisms, but with all biodiversity, everywhere on the planet. for some animals, zoos like this, london zoo, are the last refuge. many, like these asiatic lions, are at risk of extinction in the wild. the programme says of the eight million species on earth,

one million are now at risk of dying out completely. species have always come and gone — it's a key part of evolution. but scientists estimate extinction is now happening at 100 times the natural rate, and it is accelerating. the programme features the last two members of one iconic species. i am caretaker of the northern white rhinos. we only have two left on the planet. they are mother and daughter. we do not allow any other species to walk this tragic road of extinction. you don't have to go far to understand what is driving this crisis. we are all responsible.

the rise in human population and our insatiable appetite for new things stamps an ever bigger footprint on the natural world. but, says sir david, all is not lost. his aim is not to try to drag people down into the depths of despair, but to take people on a journey that makes them realise that if we understand what is driving these issues, we can also solve them. the coronavirus pandemic is a result of our encroachment into the natural world. it originated in bats, and was first spread in a chinese market that sold wild animals forfood. but maybe the pandemic provides an opportunity for a rethink, the programme suggests. if we can reduce pollution, if we can stop wasting 40% of the food we produce, if we can cut the impact of the things we consume, then nature can begin to be restored.

the programme revisits the gorilla sanctuary in rwanda. the government has increased protection and worked with local communities. the programme team finds some of the children and grandchildren of those gorillas david attenborough met back in the 1970s. this is the daughter of poppy. the population is now thriving. i do truly believe that together, we can create a better future. i might not be here to see it, but if we make the right decisions at this critical moment, we can safeguard our planet's ecosystems, its extraordinary biodiversity, and all its inhabitants. what happens next is up to every one of us.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. we have seen quite a bit of sunshine across england and wales but the skies have been filling up with cloud for north. persistent rain to come overnight. northern ireland and scotland, the rain getting into north—west england at times and a few patches towards the western side of wales. southern england is dry and a mild night for all of us. tomorrow, our band of rain continues to pour down across western scotland. by the end, we could see a hundred millimetres of rain on high ground. in wales, plenty of sunshine. cloud across northern ireland, southern and some central areas of scotland will be prone to breaks, so we will probably see some sunshine in these areas in afternoon. there is a warming trend continuing into next week when

summer continuing into next week when summer makes a return. temperatures in london expected to hit 30 degrees. there is your weather.