coronavirus cases in europe have exceeded the numbers reported when the pandemic first peaked in march. some european countries have recorded their highest daily tallies in months. france recorded more than ten thousand five hundred cases on thursday — the highest daily number since the pandemic began. almost two million people in north—east england will be banned from meeting other households as covid cases rise. health secretary matt hancock announced the temporary restrictions will be in place from midnight due to "concerning rates of infection". supporters of the russian opposition campaigner alexei navalny, say that a german laboratory has found traces of novichok on a water bottle taken from the hotel in siberia where he was staying.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. for the second edition, we are joined by the broadcasterjohn sta pleton joined by the broadcasterjohn stapleton and the political editor at the daily mail. great to see you again. you will have a little bit longer to talk and that is good. let us longer to talk and that is good. let us have a look at what some of the front pages that we've already got. the telegraph. let's start with the telegraph, and it warns that hospitals have been told to find extra beds for coronavirus patients within two weeks. coronavirus is on the front page of the metro too — it says the number of people testing positive for the virus in england is up by 75% in a week. the guardian leads on the ongoing problems with the coronavirus test and trace system — as new restrictions for north—east england come into force. the mirror also hones in

on the new local restrictions introduced in the north east of england, which it says are sparking fears of an economic distaster. the times reveals that goverment covid—19 laboratories are increasigly struggling to cope with demand. a different story on the front page of the financial times. it reports that the president of the european commission still believes a brexit trade deal with the uk is possible. and the daily mail carries a warning from jeremy hunt, the former health secretary, that blunders on maternity wards are costing the nhs nearly one billion pounds a year. so, let's begin. you are with the daily mirror. apologies for assigning you to a different paper. to make up for that, let us start with the mirror paper and your paper is focused on the 10 million who will be going into lockdown and this is talking

about the northeast and the latest area to be hit by the various different curves, including curfews of pubs and restaurants among other things of course. guess and this is been a part of the second wave strategy of national lockdown. boris johnson has been quite clear, he doesn't want an international lockdown in he quite rightly regards it as devastating to the economy. instead, we have seen these local lockdowns that have been the big one in areas around glasgow and scotland and a small one south wellesley so one of the northwest and the latest has been in the northeast and these are quite draconian restrictions for people to socialise and curfews on pubs and we can expect to see more in the coming days, particularly in other parts of the northwest and it

needs to be mentioned in parts of the bus midlands. it's on 30 different areas fitting into this local lockdowns strategy and remember that boris johnson promised that it would be like whack a mole. you would have been a break pop up somewhere in the mood try to get on top of it in that area and then they'll be able to lift them, but it would not be nationwide. the problem is, it's already 30 different towns, cities and areas that are subject to these local restrictions, which vary from place to place and in some cases are much stricter than others, it will point to get to the point we re it will point to get to the point were actually, it's too confusing for people, the messaging is going to be difficult and will need to have a much more coherent approach and the weight that we have seen the rule of six, which is across the country and england and applied to children as well and england. scotland, it different and to try to

keep the messaging simple. to avoid a national lockdown, do we end up with one by the back store because of its restrictions make it simpler to say that this by the devastating economic consequences, the only way to keep people safe us to do that. above point, let us give that tojohn to do that. above point, let us give that to john then, to do that. above point, let us give that tojohn then, are we at that point that we need a larger national lockdown? or these localised lockdowns, are they still working given that you got 10 million people under these restrictive conditions? i think it is very difficult one because the economy, you can possibly have another national lockdown and you'll absolutely run the economy. orjust getting back to something akin to normal, even with these local lockdowns, as it were. a lockdown by default, absolutely. we are getting back to something like normal and people going back to work, act of lot are still stink at home and more people are going out in the figures yesterday are suggesting that more people are

spending money in the high street and so it will be economically disastrous but we are spending money in the high street and so it will be economically disastrous but working perilously close and the testing tree system is in terrible trouble and the capacity and the demand is four times the actual capacity and we are in real trouble i think the next few weeks will be critical, but one of the papers was saying that hospitals are preparing for a complete spike in two weeks' time and isolation units are being prepared in hospitals and hospitals being prepared to stand by for what amounts to a full—time crisis and we will see what actually happens, but i suspect you're getting pretty close to it. let's look at the daily telegraph because the daily telegraph because the daily telegraph is the paper that you're referring to the text but hospitals being told to clear beds for the covid—19 spike in two weeks. you talk about the test and system being in real trouble. the telegraph suggesting that there are secret plans

that companies like amazon are being potentially, could potentially be running the systems. talk us through with the papers are suggesting here at. really interesting story from their health editor which is basically suggesting that the supply chain interest in tree system could be outsourced —— test and trace system and really at its heart, this is about failures of the test and trace is about failures of the test and tra ce syste m is about failures of the test and trace system and the telegraph and tory supporting papers describing it asa tory supporting papers describing it as a test and trace system in the headliner front as a test and trace system in the headlinerfront page as a test and trace system in the headliner front page and i think it's difficult to dispute unless you're a nester that it is really not performing as it should, despite the fact that obviously, it is at the fact that obviously, it is at the step up its ability to offer hundreds of thousands of tests from the start and the people that work on that have done incredible jobs

but, it is just overwhelming now. and i suss in bits of it in the supply chain in order to make it a bit easier and go through the experience of delivery already and that will create all sorts of issues when it comes to procurement and process and quite a lot of this due to the first lockdown, pp system tenure was fairly rushed through and there've been the few high—profile cases that did not have the experience and would not in any under circumstances been granted that and i think the public to be keeping a very close eye on that. but as i say, it comes down to the failure of the system at this moment. clinic it does so because the problem that the testing system is failing in the sense that many people cannot get testing urban

redirected to go some else miles away, but there are not enough people in the laboratory is to actually test the symbols that are being given. now, instead of doing a test back in the ideal time, it's taking even longer. that is of the problem lies in the local authorities of and on the country are saying why didn't she just leave the job does rather than giving it to the private sector in the first place. that is the issue and until we get more of that, i cannot for the life of me see i'm going to the target which is set at 500 tests the day when we can even cope with half of that number right now, given the numberof labs of that number right now, given the number of labs we've got. let us go with you on this one, baroness harding and the head of the nhs testing system was giving evidence that the community, they were not expecting this increase and who did she blame it on? she blames it on

the scientific advisory group and to some house earlier on, the politicians and she is not a politicians and she is not a politician but she is representing politicians, the advisers of the decision and i found that almost as astonishing as the house saying that it was fed up with people continually moaning about the they cannot get a test, they cannot get a test that providers they can actually cure them. what planet does that man live on, good heavens. i digress. astonished my claim that no one forecasted, come on, schools are going back, ottomans around the corner and people are getting sniffles that they think may be coronavirus in their perfectly entitled to assume that they can get a test and they cannot get one simply because the laboratories are not having enough capacity to deal with the sample. that is the real problem. i was also interested in, i watched a long time for this to happen. reasonably well under circumstances, a staunchly

discovered —— astonishingly i discovered —— astonishingly i discover that she is doing this for free. thank you for making that. moving the daily star. i will let you talk us through. it has, dominic cummings and boris johnson, you talk us through. it has, dominic cummings and borisjohnson, i am you talk us through. it has, dominic cummings and borisjohnson, iam not suggesting that that is swaying meeting that they are teletubbies. the star never used to do politics on the front page and we are seeing several eye—catching from pages from them which are being talked about westminster and previously, this is a clear inference to dominic cummings breaking the lock guidance revealed by us at the in the guardian. do not be so modest. it

was used. at the height of the lockdown, he travelled up there and there is actually, it is interesting we talked to conservative mps now, they see that asa conservative mps now, they see that as a moment where they got huge numbers of letters sent in by constituents of the time were really angry about it. . it is quite interesting to hear how they pinpointed that moment as being one where people started talking about, if he doesn't stick with the rules why should i. and it's a blow to trust in number ten and trust to their guidance they were offering, faith and that it is absolutely crucial in a pandemic the public has confidence in the people that are, and this gives reading the guidance in this feeling that this double standard or one set of for everyone

else, that undermines that key health of public —— public health message. and there are people that are absolutely, this to absolutely do not help in is what is now alluding to that we have this local lockdown in the northeast which is affected a couple million people. what did it all go wrong? long do you have? what did it all go wrong? long do you have ? pp what did it all go wrong? long do you have? pp did not have enough of it, ventilators didn't have enough of that, and have so maybe we'll come at a hospital and going to care homes without being test for coronavirus, and other world beating tree system that is not one. i note, these are uncharted waters, no one has been here before, they're going to be difficulties but they have not cove red to be difficulties but they have not covered themselves and as a saddle a bit early, referring to people moaning because they can't get a test.

thank you for your very frank views, we re thank you for your very frank views, were going to move onto the mail which is god a comment piece by jeremy hunt, the former health secretary who is the headline is saying the cost of maternity blunders and also talking about how we can spend more maternity blunders, —— got a piece. we can spend more maternity blunders, -- got a piece. we have a lwa ys blunders, -- got a piece. we have always read stories and seen stories over the past few years about maternity scandals and hospitals where people did not do the care where people did not do the care where they should have, where m ista kes where they should have, where mistakes were made in some cases, they felt that the hospital was trying to cover up the problem. in

maternity care is particularly poignant because it involves babies and new lives and when errors are made there, it can really have an absolutely devastating impact on families. in a way that i'm not sure any other part of the health system. and, it is interesting, jeremy hunt, cabinet ministers and health secretary as many years ago telling me that nhs was so massive that the department of social care was monolithic organisation and that if you are health secretary, you had to have one thing that you wanted to achieve in your tenure as well as keeping hospitals going and making sure the system did not collapse and forjeremy hunt, his self—proclaimed mission where he became health secretary for two or three patient safety, there was a lot of focus from the beginning of his time to the end on patient safety rates and it is interesting to see that the

chairand it is interesting to see that the chair and health committee, he's in the campaigning mode still. the part of the health system that is on the front page with a talk about actually, two and a half billion costs of legal fees for, legal payments for the nhs, more probably it when you compare that to the cost of doctors, people looking after these people, it is double the cost and half a billion costs of paying the doctor salaries. twice that amount litigation, something is not going right here. and forjeremy hunt, i think what he wants to do a straight up put more focus on what is happening within hospitals, first of all, how the mystic is being made and secondly, why the hospital is trying to cover it up, he claims. we don't have much time in a couple more papers live, but do you want to just come in on this because it is

staggering that we can look at the stats, it is quite a shocker that jeremy hunt is outlining just. stats, it is quite a shocker that jeremy hunt is outlining justm is, andl jeremy hunt is outlining justm is, and i think people are already becoming more aware of their rights and that is a good thing too. and there are more lawyers now that are willing to help them and i'm not saying that the lawyers did anything wrong in doing that but people have the absolute right to legal representation and lures of the right reps and people for whatever the cause they feeljustified. and i think it permits a very valid point that we are in litigation it costs more to take the doctors there doing the job, and more to take the doctors there doing thejob, and fairenough, more to take the doctors there doing the job, and fair enough, hats off tojeremy hunt, he also have to think in the same article that he reveals that he still waiting for three years now for hospitals to give him reliable data on avoidable deaths, hundreds of people die unnecessarily and hospitals in the hospital authority is still not giving them the evidence that he thinks they should be giving him to explain why this does happen. this because she's distressed the people

involved. we have a big story left, let us squeeze this in. the financial times, brussels still can reach a trade deal with the uk. in a minute. what we have all been led to believe at this point is that if brexit plans, for his brexit withdrawal agreement go ahead and breach of international law, that it basically colla pses international law, that it basically collapses the trade talks which goes on the same time and but they're saying here is today, that actually you can see the twin track approach so you can see the twin track approach so the eu will continue to monitor the government legislation and potentially will take legal action, by the same time, the talks can carry on and suggest instead of getting closer which one of the two big areas where there are still problems and it's worth continuing with and he goes to showjust how much they want to deal and how important with the uk transition

period and how important with the uk transition period in the european union. interesting coming after the democrats and joe biden saying that if they win, possible uso, uk trade deal would not happen if anything happens to the good friday agreement. it is very complicated. these are adamant about that and this alleged breaking on fishing rights because the people in cities and towns like that will be even more interested. i and towns like that will be even more interested. lam rather surprised by this point i think the european commission is doing is giving borisjohnson a ladder to climb down. this is the insane, you cannot do it you're suggesting, now they're suggesting, amended and everything will be ok. it is classic political stuff. we will see what develops next week, but tonight, thank you so much. it is always a pleasure to have you on the papers, really nice to get your views in yourfrank really nice to get your views in your frank thoughts as always. great to have you on, thank you and thank you to our viewers as well for joining us as always, if you like to

get involved, the hashtag is bbc papers. thank you for watching, goodbye. latest sports news. expected to fly to england tomorrow to complete a move to tottenham hotspur. the deal for real madrid is still being negotiated, but it looks almost certain that they will rejoin the clu b certain that they will rejoin the club that he left in 2013. when the four champions league titles but his agent says that he is closer to leaving madrid than any other years. the biggest factor here is real madrid willingness to pay at least half of his salary, which was week before tax, to allow him to go. so i

believe they will be paying at least half of that of the course of the season, which means tottenham can pay less than half of it, between 250 and three £2000 a week. obviously, that is a lot of money and that is more than they pay any of their current first players, but given that tottenham are not paying a transfer fee or even a loan fee, it means they can get the deal done. that is get the view from spain because having won four titles with real madrid, why are they so keen to get rid of him? is spanish for ball juan castro. it is more performance, of course, the number are not bad, it is ok. but, if you look at the number of games he has lost because of injuries, more than 150. the potential and team—mates were in action this evening, pulling off a

victory over locomotive and the second round of qualifying for the europa league. coming from behind to be the bulgarian side who are reduced to nine men, harry kane with the goals of the 2—1when, a long trip next thursday to take on as a donation in the third qualifying round. elsewhere, it's been more than a0 tights taking place, ranches we re than a0 tights taking place, ranches were comfortable winners against gibraltar and that brilliant free kick was the first of their five goals. and on penalties against karen after another side could break the deadlock, even after extra time, the deadlock, even after extra time, the hero after saving three spot kicks.

sadly, lost 2—0 scoring first and dublin. there were three matches in the cup this evening, including a co mforta ble the cup this evening, including a comfortable a—1 when, the cup this evening, including a comfortable a—1when, this was the pick of those four goals and shooting from the edge of the box, elsewhere, knox sheffield united out on penalties for the championship side stockton 1—0 with a goal. onto golf now and he is firmly in contention after the first round of the second major meeting of the year, the us open. numberfour is looking for his first major since 201a, three under par round of 67. but, a shot of the day had to go to american patrick reed who managed this whole and one on the par three sevenths. fantastic shot from him and you can find the full leaderboard over on the bbc sports

website. liverpool are closing in on the signing of thigao alcantara from champions league winners bayern munich. the midfielder is expected to sign a four—year contrct for around £25 million. —— a four—year contract. hull city's crowd pilot on saturday has been cancelled amid a rising number of coronavirus cases in the city. the league1 match against crewe was one of eight in the football league allowing supporters to attend. up to 1,000 fans will still be allowed at the seven other matches, the first efl crowds in six months. johanna konta's preparation for the french open is going well. she's into the third round of the italian open in rome after a straight sets win over irina—camelia begu. the world number 13 reached the semi—finals at roland garros last year. to the tour de france, where ineos grenadiers have their first stage win at this year's race.

the british team have dominated for the last decade, but struggled this year, losing their leader and defending champion egan bernal yesterday. today they bounced back with mickal kwiatkowski crossing the line with team—mate richard carapaz to claim his first stage victory at a grand tour. primoz roglic retained the leader's yellow jersey. britain's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall. rule it out the event after crashing out of the seven stage, the dutch writer broke her wrist and will miss tiffa ny writer broke her wrist and will miss tiffany corrode title next weekend. beating britain to win the stage. lizzie banks is the highest place britain intent overall. tennis's fed cup is to be re—named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global

team competition has been i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do with this opportunity, what i can do for the future generations and how we can help make great girls and women on and off the court in whatever they decide to do for on the bbc sports website and that is that bbc news. that is it for me. the current spell of sudden weather is expected to last for the next few days. it is really very quiet on the

weather front right now with no change expected for friday. day across the uk. for some of us, clear blue skies, may be hazy at times, but on the whole, a fine day. so, high—pressure is in charge of the weather, notjust on friday but through much of the weekend. the south of the country is a little bit closer to the low pressure that may bring a few showers on the weekend. but the short term is certainly looking dry. across most of the uk, friday morning, sunshine pretty much from the word go. a little nippy first thing in the north of england, getting in as low as 5 degrees early in the morning. so, here is the forecast for friday afternoon. lots of sunshine, that breeze is quite strong, despite the breeze still 22 degrees in london, 19 in the midlands, 21 degrees in glasgow and edinburgh, and on those winds, gusts possibly up to a0 miles an hour in the south coast of england. that will take the edge off the temperatures. a bit of a bluster there if you're walking along the channel coast. the evening is promising to be fine across most of the uk. here's saturday's weather forecast.

notice the weather front just to the south of us linked to this low—pressure close to spain and portugal, the weatherfront will approach the channel coast during the course of the weekend. the initial thinking is that there might be some showers around on saturday, may be cornwall, devon, but the vast majority of the uk will be in for a fine day and again, that breeze quite nagging on some of the coasts, blowing out of the east northeast. but still, 23 in london, a bit fresher in the north around 16 for glasgow and edinburgh and belfast. those showers continue through the course of sunday at about 15 in the south coast of england, again, midlands is looking pretty much dry and sunny. 20 degrees in birmingham, a little bit fresher there on the north sea coast, newcastle at 15 on sunday. monday and tuesday is expected to be settled again, with high—pressure close by, beyond that, it looks as though monday and tuesday is expected to be settled again, with high—pressure close by, beyond that, it looks as though the atlantic is turning a little more unsettled and the weather fronts will be heading our way in that doesn't mean the weather will slowly turn more unsettled later, but until then, friday and into tuesday next

week, for most of us, the weather looks fine with hints of that unsettled weather in the north.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. the world health organisation warns the alarming rates of coronavirus transmission in europe must serve as a wake—up call. although these numbers reflect a more comprehensive testing, it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region. covid—19 cases are on the rise in france — as doctors warn that hospitals are filling up. the british government considers new national measures — described as a ‘circuit break‘ in the battle with the virus. and — massive forest fires in the arctic circle.