this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the government considers taking further measures across england — to try to slow the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. the hope that we have as a nation of avoiding a full—blown national lockdown is that everybody comes together and follows the rules that are in place now. more parts of lancashire are set to be put under further lockdown measures, but it's thought that blackpool won't be subject to the new restrictions. let us know if you think the measures where you are should be tightened or if they're too restrictive. on twitter, it's @annita—mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions.

the other headlines... care home staff in england are to be given personal protective equipment until march — as part of government plans to protect them and their patients over the winter. a group of mps say — the home office has "no idea" what its £a00m—a—year immigration enforcement unit achieves, meaning it's unprepared for brexit. us presidential candidate joe biden condemns donald trump's handling of the pandemic as close to criminal — accusing him of deliberately playing down the impact of the virus, leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths. and seven years after leaving the club — gareth bale flies into london today to complete a season—long loan from real madrid to tottenham.

good morning, thanks forjoining us this morning. downing street is considering taking further measures across england to try to slow the surge of coronavirus infections — just days after introducing the rule of six to limit gatherings. the measures which have been described by downing street as a "circuit break" have been raised, after the government's chief scientific advisors — sir patrick valance and professor chris whitty — warned boris johnson that there would be a significant rise in the death rate, without further intervention. possible measures being discussed include asking some hospitality businesses to close, limiting the opening hours of some pubs and restaurants nationwide. the virus is understood to be doubling every seven to eight days, with more than 3,300 new cases reported yesterday. from early this morning, parts of north—east england joined other areas across the uk in being under local lockdown rules.

an announcement on a possible lockdown in some other parts of north—west england — possibly merseyside and lancashire — is expected from the government later today. simonjones reports. this is what borisjohnson is desperate to avoid — another full—scale national lockdown, which he says would be a disaster for the economy. instead, the government could introduce what's being called a circuit break — perhaps just for a fortnight — of tightened restrictions in england. schools would remain open, as would workplaces. but pubs and restaurants could have their opening hours cut. some public premises would have to close. no final decisions have been taken as the government waits to see the effect of the new rule of six. nearly 10 million people are living under stricter restrictions already. at midnight, people in large part of the north—east of england were told they could no longer socialise with those outside their own household or support bubble.

why take notice of these new rules when they didn't take notice of the other rules? they keep changing them all the time, so you don't know what you're doing when you come out. it's better than — better than across the board. if we can try and do it where it is, it might stop it spreading. lancashire, with the exception of blackpool, is expected to be the next area to face local restrictions, with similar controls to the north—east on socialising and a 10pm closing time for pubs and restaurants. but criticism remains of the testing system. there was frustration in sunderland yesterday when people turned up at this site to find no sign of any testing. ministers did not increase testing to levels that were needed, so it is not world—beating, it's a shambles. i wouldn't sit here and claim that this is, you know... world—beating 7 absolutely going, you know, exactly as i would hope it to go, but we are constantly improving. in the latest 24—hour period, 3,395 new coronavirus infections were recorded — that's slightly

higher than the average for the past week. and with the prime minister warned by his advisers that there could be a significant number of deaths by the end of october without further interventions, there are some tough decisions ahead. simon jones, bbc news. let's get more from our political correspondentjess parker. let's talk first of all about this phrase we are starting to hear today, circuit breaker. you know, with the aim of slowing down the growing numbers of coronavirus cases. but we don't have any specific detail about that phrase or the strategy. does it mean measures right across england, similar to what we have seen introduced in the north—east this morning? what we have seen introduced in the north-east this morning? 50, the north-east this morning? so, the idea of a circuit breaker is to try to pause some things, put in some restrictions across england if ministers decide to go down that path, to slow down, as you say, the progress of the virus. it would not

be like a full national lockdown, where people were told to go home, only allowed to go out once a day or if they had to go to work, because they could not work from home, or just for particularly essential things. it would be very different if it comes into force. clearly, the wider context is that ministers and scientific advisers are very worried about the spread of the virus. i think it's quite interesting when you talk about local areas, with local restrictions. what we have seen quite recently is that they become a near regional, large swathes of the north east are the latest to be subject to restrictions. what we understand in terms of this circuit break, if it comes to pass, is that schools, workplaces, where it is safe to go to work, the idea is that they would remain open. i think what ministers are trying to do, the eternal balancing act, is to try to help society reopen a little bit, as much as possible, get the economy going

because they are very worried about the state of the economy, whilst keeping a lid on the virus. that is the strategy. it clearly requires a lot of difficult choices and i think, going forward, ministers now have another set of difficult choices to make in terms of whether they do introduce restrictions across england. we now have far more tools at our disposal to be able to make more targeted interventions, like the action that i took in the north—east yesterday. and we will be making a further announcement later today in the normal way, in terms of further local action. and that helps us to avoid a national lockdown. but a national lockdown is the last line of defence. it is, as we saw in the spring, it is the thing that we can do to keep people as safe, if that is needed. so we are watching vigilantly, but we can see this number of cases accelerating, as you say, and we are prepared to do what it takes to both protect lives, and to protect livelihoods.

and, jessica, as you pointed out, the government is not talking about a lockdown again, is it? it is talking about this phrase of a circuit break. presumably, the government wants people to think in those terms, rather than lockdown terms. but with a number of cases of people being hospitalised with covid doubling about every eight days, as we head from the health secretary, how long does the government have to make the strategy work?|j how long does the government have to make the strategy work? i think they are looking at the numbers all the time. something that is being taken into account as to what extent the rule of six has taken effect. that was introduced in england on monday. i think they are waiting to see what effect that has had. the repeated message from ministers this week as being to abide by the rule of six, although there has been some differences of opinion from high levels of government as to what extent people should report anyone that they see breaking the rule of

six. i think it's difficult to say when marko when measures should be taken, because they are monitoring the figures all the time. the other backdrop has been issues over testing. many people are worried about access to testing. dido harding, the head of nhs test and trace, yesterday, in front of a committee, basically saying they hadn't expected a surge in demand we hadn't expected a surge in demand we had seen in recent weeks, none of the modelling and presented that, and therefore there had been a mismatch between the number number they can process on the rise in demand. at labour say this was highly predictable. jon ashworth, the shadow health secretary, suggesting earlier this morning, when talking to the bbc, that the failure in his view of the testing syste m failure in his view of the testing system is to some extent why ministers are now looking at the possibility of restrictions nationwide. 0k, thank you very much for that. jessica parker in westminster.

scientists say a rapid coronavirus test has been developed, that can accurately diagnose an infection within 90 minutes, without needing a specialist laboratory. the device is already being used in eight nhs hospitals and the government has ordered more. it's most useful for helping to quickly identify people with covid—i9 in hospitals, rather than mass testing. ministers will set out further details today of their action plan to support care homes in england through the winter months. it includes access to free ppe and the appointment of a chief nurse for the sector. the government has already announced more than half a billion pounds of extra money to help with infection control. this week, a major incident was declared by officials in north yorkshire following a surge in coronavirus cases in the last fortnight — infections in care homes is one of the concerns that has been raised. i'm joined now by mike padgham, who runs four care homes in the north yorkshire region.

i appreciate your time today. ijust wa nt i appreciate your time today. ijust want you to begin, if you would, by giving a bit more context about what is going on with the virus in your area at the moment. you are right on the fringes of some of those parts of the north—east that are under extra measures from today. i know that you received a letter, just overnight, asking for more restrictions on visitors to care homes in north yorkshire. good morning. we are very fearful of the second wave and, as you say, we received a letter about visiting. in north yorkshire, we have a state of emergency to restrict visiting indoors and outdoors for the next seven days, and to review then. sorry to interrupt, mike was from the regional director of social care, right in thinking? that's correct. we don't take it lightly and he doesn't take it lightly, but we wa nt loved and he doesn't take it lightly, but we want loved ones to meet each

other as soon as possible but also protect existing residents from the virus. it is a no—win situation, basically. we are fearful of what the future holds unless we take drastic action. understandably fearful. we saw what happened in ca re fearful. we saw what happened in care homes at the start of this pandemic, with people with the virus being released from hospital into ca re being released from hospital into care home settings. now, before we talk about the action plan, i want to ask you what this status is with regards to testing in the homes that you run at the moment. right, well, at the moment we have no problems in accessing testing. the challenge for us accessing testing. the challenge for us is getting the results back. the same as everywhere else and everyone else? we were waiting too much or three days, now it is four or five days. that is not acceptable, and we don't always get the results back in one go, then we are in the next cycle. it is a mess and i was hoping we would be in a better position now. you are getting the tests back

infouror now. you are getting the tests back in four orfive days, now. you are getting the tests back in four or five days, but each set of results, you're not getting the results for all of the staff and all of your residence at the same time? no, that makes it tough. it is a toughjob delivering no, that makes it tough. it is a tough job delivering social care on the front line and this makes it even harder. we are determined, with local authorities, to get through it. but in my view, the government needs to get a grip on the situation much faster. it beggars belief that they didn't realise there would be a surge when schools and universities went back, and care homes, they should have known. i don't think the time now is for recriminations and blame, i think we need to fight the virus and look at it later, really. we have to knuckle down hard and make sure we defeat the virus once and for all. the government has announced a £540 million infection control fund. how is that going to help on a practical level, do you hope? i welcome that announcement andi hope? i welcome that announcement and i think it will help us to be able to place wagers. you have to self—isolate. it will help us to make sure that our infection control

procedures are top—notch, it will help us to work better, really, with local authorities and others. what i would say is that it is a good start, but more is needed. if we are talking about more people being locked after in their own homes, the government has to find more money for local authorities to enable home ca re for local authorities to enable home care to be delivered. if i might just mention, also, staff pay. there isa just mention, also, staff pay. there is a recruitment crisis in social ca re is a recruitment crisis in social care and we need to do something on what staff earn. i believe that will be on the plan that is being published later today. do you think it will make a measurable difference from some of the measures we saw earlier in the pandemic, now you have to talking about staff being able to afford to self—isolate? what about agency staff moving around between homes? does that mean if you recruit someone who is agency staff, you can then afford to keep them in one home, rather than moving around? explain exactly what that means in practice. in terms of being able to

encourage staff not to come in if they have symptoms, because they know they are going to get full pay, thatis know they are going to get full pay, that is a good thing. the challenge for us is that social care has a lwa ys for us is that social care has always had a shortage of staff. if we can't get more agency staff in because they have to work in one particular home, and many staff are self isolating, where do we go to the future and social care? that's the future and social care? that's the difficult bit. we need more people that don't work and social ca re people that don't work and social care to work in our sector. at the minute, it is low paid. we have to address the pay so we can recruit more people. that is a fundamental issue. the infection control fund is a good start. but we have to over staffie homes with agency staff, that doesn't help, because the fund will not last for ever. bring it full circle to visiting, relatives desperately want to keep that contact, keep that conversation and bond going. but is visiting virtually nil at the moment, or are some people allowed to come in?“

virtually nil at the moment, or are some people allowed to come in? if i talk about my own homes now, we have stopped all visiting from now on. we we re stopped all visiting from now on. we were doing some garden visits yesterday. we had just opened up one home to indoor visits, carefully controlled, but that is now stopped. i would hope with the local authority we could find a way to enable people to meet their loved ones after the seven—day period, because they deserve better and we don't want them locked up for months on end until they can make a visit. these are human beings, they deserve to see their loved ones, and we have to see their loved ones, and we have to do everything we can to make it better for them. and incredibly sad situation to be in. i wish all of the residents and staff in your home as well, as you continue try to protect those residents in the homes that you look after. director of a ca re that you look after. director of a care group, chairof that you look after. director of a care group, chair of the independent ca re care group, chair of the independent care group, chair of the independent care group, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the government is considering taking further measures across england — to try to slow the sharp rise

in coronavirus infections. more parts of lancashire are set to be put under further lockdown measures, but it's thought that blackpool won't be subject to the new restrictions. care home staff in england are to be given personal protective equipment until march — as part of government plans to protect them and their patients over the winter. the number of coronavirus cases around the world has risen to over 30 million. more than 930,000 people have died of covid—i9, since the outbreak began in china. the worst hit nations are the united states, india and brazil, although infection rates across europe are rising rapidly. israel will become the first developed country to return to a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus after a surge of new cases. the closure which begins later today is due to last for three weeks covering the jewish holiday season. and prime minister benjamin

netanyahu has warned that if necessary, he won't hesitate to impose harsher restrictions. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. getting ready for the jewish new year. and a new lockdown. crowded ultra—orthodox neighbourhoods in israel are among the hot spots where covid cases have jumped, pushing the infection rate up to one of the highest in the world. synagogues are at the heart of religious communities. we are only allowed to have sometimes ten, sometimes 20, depending on the regulations. but strict rules now mean few can gather inside. it's a remarkable time of the year, the most exceptional time of the year in thejewish calendar, and people are not going to be able to pray in their usual prayer areas, in their synagogues, they will not be able to be with family. shalom!

soldiers have been drafted in to lead the battle against the virus. this is the new war room in tiber, an arab town. trained for very different security threats, israel's military is taking over testing and contact tracing. same system that goes with the missiles from gaza, the same people are working in assessment every day in order to bring all the information as quickly as we can to the city, in order to stop all the sicknesses and the covid—i9. stay at home is again the message here. but the new lockdown to deal with the public health emergency is only going to deepen israel's economic crisis. unemployment is at a record high, many businesses are failing, leading to mounting criticism of the government. this closure, i hope

they are going to end this story once and for all. this new mother, who has already lost herjob, does not believe it will. it's going to be worse than now. it didn't work in the first time, it is not going to work in the second time. when israel's tight controls quickly curbed the first wave of covid—i9 earlier this year, it was seen as setting a world example. now, as it is forced into another painful shutdown, many other countries will be hoping to avoid following its lead. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. more than 40,000 people have died from coronavirus in the uk since the start of the pandemic, all leaving behind devastated family and friends. a group of 1,600 bereaved families has now called for an urgent public inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis, in the hope that lessons can be learned ahead of a further autumn and winter surge. our reporter alex forsyth has spoken

to two of the families involved. she had a really infectious laugh, everyone — that's how everyone knew her. brilliant grandmother. she would do anything for anyone. kerry's mum went into hospital injanuary for an operation to try and treat cancer. but there were complications. her mum, caroline, ended up in intensive care for months, then kerry got a phone call, in april. the doctor called me and said, there was no easy way of saying it, that my mother tested positive for covid, and that we're going to have to withdraw the treatment. she sobs. oh, sorry... you can see how tough that was. erm, and i think it's because we couldn't go inside, and say goodbye, you know, it's thinking of her being alone. kerry has nowjoined a group campaigning for an immediate independent enquiry

into what happened at the start of this pandemic. fearful that cases are climbing up again, they want to meet the prime minister to set out their experience of what happened in hospitals, care homes, with ppe and testing, to make sure the right systems are now in place. i would like him to meet up with us. to listen. everyone has got a different ? there's different story to each relative. they‘ re not just numbers, these people have died. they've all got families that are heartbroken. they've all died in different ways. and there's lessons to be learned. they can be forgiven for making mistakes the first time around, but they can't forgiven for making the same mistakes again. the prime minister initially said he would meet anyone who'd been bereaved by covid—i9, but later said he couldn't meet this group now because they are in litigation with the government. but the group say that isn't the case. they have sent a letter saying there might be court proceedings if there is no immediate public enquiry, but they're not under way yet. downing street said the prime minister is acutely aware of the suffering of those who've lost someone, and will meet the group after any legal proceedings.

number 10 has also said there will be an enquiry, but during the pandemic isn't the right time. for campaigners like jane, though, learning what has happened can't come soon enough. if it had already happened, we would have learned lessons for now, because at the minute, it's not looking good, again. and to me, i'm hoping it is not going to go down the same route as it did in march. because i wouldn't want thousands and thousands of people to go through what me and my family have gone through. jane's dad and her sister both died in the same week. her dad, vince, had been in a care home. he was taken into hospital after developing a temperature in march. a week later, he died. it was just such a shock because he'd been in hospital many times and always bounced back. i stayed with my dad, obviously, until he died. it was really upsetting. i couldn't believe it. i was in shock, i was angry. he passed away on a saturday morning. later that same day,

jane's sister was taken unwell. jocelyn was just 53 with underlying health conditions — she died in hospital, five days after her dad. jane says her loss has been hard to comprehend, but she's pushing for any lessons to be learnt for the sake of her dad and her sister. how will you remember them? happy, funny, jelly people who everybody loved. and as much as we cry, we laugh just as much because we got so many happy memories of both of them. that was jane roche ending the report by alex forsyth. we will be talking to another member of that bereaved families for justice group in the next few minutes.

lancashire, excluding blackpool, is expected to be under further restrictions. our correspondent mairead smyth is in preston when do we expect to hear more detail about what is going to be happening? we expect this detail to come through at around 11 o'clock this morning. we have heard from the health secretary, matt hancock, en brea kfast health secretary, matt hancock, en breakfast earlier today. he explained that the necessity was to try to curb the increasing rise of coronavirus cases across the country. here in lancashire, we have got number two and number three in the top ten of areas worst affected by rises in coronavirus. the rate is at 144 per 100,000 of the population. clearly, because for concern here. what remains to be seen is whether or not the measures that come into effect here will

exactly mirror what has been brought in in the north—east. that is where they have imposed a curfew on pubs and they have imposed a curfew on pubs a nd restau ra nts they have imposed a curfew on pubs and restaurants of ten o'clock at night, restrictions on how you can interact with people. it has to be said that some measures have already been introduced in parts of lancashire to try to reduce the increasing number of coronavirus cases. but this would take it a step further. we are expecting to hear later this morning, the exception of blackpool is interesting, we don't know why or if it will definitely be excluded from these measures. that is one we are waiting to hear more about. it looks pretty quiet behind you this morning, where you have been able to talk to local people in preston, what have they been saying about all of this? do they accept that more measures are needed?m was interesting. i spoke to a young student, an 18—year—old. he thought, yes, it was necessary to try to tighten restrictions. he says his experience of colleges that people

aren't socially distancing. they are not taking it seriously. older members of the public are confused. they have probably had enough of the restrictions. but they have said that people need to get back to normal. but what that normal is, it is not what anybody knew months ago. this will continue to try to reduce the number of cases of coronavirus in lancashire, but it is very much a mixed message here. i think that confusion will perhaps continue. more clarity to come from the government later this morning, perhaps. some of you have been getting in touch about restrictions, extra measures. let me read a few of your comments. malia says that lockdown restrictions don't need to be tightened, current measures need to be enforced, people are not wearing masks on transport or shops, and norare wearing masks on transport or shops, and nor are they following one—way systems. another writes, come on,

boris, it's not rocket science, close pubs and restaurants, subsidise them properly instead of encouraging people to eat out with meal tickets, and watch the figures drop. one more, this is from charlie, it is the public, people that don't follow the rules and spread the virus. just testing more people will not stop the spread of people will not stop the spread of people continue to ignore restrictions. keep your comments coming in on if you think more restrictions are needed or no, they are not. let's hear your thoughts. now time for a look at the weather forecast. for most of us today, it's going to bea dry for most of us today, it's going to be a dry and sunny day. we have some shine around and relatively light win for scotland, northern ireland and northern areas of england. further south, we have some fairly strong wind across east anglia, the south midlands, southern parts of wales and southern counties of england. the wind around the headlands of the south—west are probably gusting to around 40 mph

later on this afternoon. that will tend to take the edge of the temperatures to a degree. highs of 22 in london. 2014 glasgow. the far north of scotland seem thicker cloud and we could see the odd passing spot of rain here. overnight it says cloudy across the far north of scotland. she spells elsewhere. the breeze keeping temperatures from falling too far across england and wales. for many we stay in double figures. into the start of the weekend, for most of us it is a dry picture with sunshine. with brisk winds developing, across the southern counties, the chance of some showers moving in over the afternoon.

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the government is considering taking further measures across england — to try to slow the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. we want to avoid a national lockdown but we are prepared to do it if we

need to. more parts of lancashire are set to be put under further lockdown measures, but it's thought that blackpool won't be subject to the new restrictions. care home staff in england are to be given personal protective equipment until march — as part of government plans to protect them and their patients over the winter. a group of mps say the home office has "no idea" what its £400m—a—year immigration enforcement unit achieves, meaning it's unprepared for brexit. us presidential candidate joe biden has condemned donald trump's handling of the pandemic as close to criminal — accusing him of deliberately playing down the impact of the virus, leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell.

good morning to you, i think you've got a bit of golf, football, some others as well? absolutely. good morning to you. let's start with golf‘s second major of this rearranged year, and rory mcilroy and lee westwood, are in a group just two shots behind leaderjustin thomas, after an eventful opening round at the us open in new york. mcilroy, is seeking his first major since 2014 — he and westwood started with solid rounds of 67. winged foot is one of the most fearsome courses in all of golf — but incredibly there were two holes, in one, from will zalatoris — and here, patrick reed one bounce and in it pops. the big question is can gareth bale, at 31, reproduce the magic that made him such a massive star at spurs first time around. he is set to complete his loan move, back to tottenham today, and if registered in time, he could just play on sunday, at southampton, the club where he first played aged 16, in 2006. after winning four champions league titles with real madrid, he's become increasingly isolated in spain. not being played much, so it suits everyone if he moves on, especially to spurs.

given the love for him there — these nostalgic pictures, are why tottenham fans are over the moon, the welsh wizard is coming back, after leaving in 2013. he's not out an out and out centre forward , he's not out an out and out centre forward, underscore that amount of goals, you couldn't have asked for much more. it seemed right. winning the champions league finals, he really has done it on the big stage. i think he will come back. we will see howjose i think he will come back. we will see how jose mourinho i think he will come back. we will see howjose mourinho place. he has harry kane, other incredible players through the middle, those in our forward line, that is an exciting forward line, that is an exciting forward line. that would take some stopping, that will send fear through any defence in the country. and it looks as though they need him — they just about scraped past bulgarian side, lokomotiv plovdiv, in the europa league last night, coming from behind to win 2—1. we can't show you the goals because the feed from bulgaria cut out!

it came backjust after the final whistle. it'll be interesting to see whether there's any fallout at welsh side connah‘s quay nomads, after three players arrived for their game feeling unwell. manager andy morrison says they "had to turn a blind eye" and he asked them to get on with the match — even though four other players had tested positive for covid—19, before the game and were in isolation. they lost the tie to dinamo tblisi. elsewhere, northern irish side coleraine came from 2—0 down to force penalties against motherwell of the scottish premiership. but they couldn't convert any of their spot kicks, so motherwell are through, along with rangers and aberdeen. all the results and reports are on the bbc sport website remember the excitement when shamrock rovers were drawn at home to ac milan? well, zlatan ibrahimovic and the italian giants were in dublin last night. and ibrahimovic scored in their 2—0 win. what a night, though, for the league of ireland side. all the results and reports are on the bbc sport website

premier league side wolves were knocked out of the league cup by stoke of the championship last night, and burnley beat sheffield united on penalties. most assured were brighton, who eased past league one portsmouth 4—0. three brighton players scored their first goals in english football — but the best of them came from alireza ya hanbakhsh. newly crowned us open champion, naomi osaka has pulled out of next week's french open with a hamstring injury. and there's been a further reduction in the number of spectators who'll be allowed at roland garros — it's now a maxiumum of 5,000 per day, less than half the amount they'd planned. johanna konta is looking in decent form to replicate her run to the semi—finals in paris last year. she won her first match back on clay since then, at the italian open in rome, beating irina—camelia begu in straight sets. tennis legend billiejean king has been speaking of her excitement at having the international women's team competition, the fed cup, renamed after her. it's the first time such an honour has gone to a woman. the billiejean king cup finals are scheduled for april in budapest — and king has big plans.

on the court we have equal prize money so that is taken care of but really, when you take a hard look, we don't have enough women coaches in our sport, enough women line judges, we don't have enough administrators, we don't have enough executive decision for girls and women and we need to do tha, because i fight for everyone and when a woman fights for equality, that means she is fighting for everybody. she has been such a game changer across all sports so apt she has another competition named after her. a legend across all sports! mike, thank you. there have been more than 15,000 fires in brazil's pantanal wetlands so far this year — triple the number recorded in the same period last year — that's according to data collected by brazil's national institute for space research. the fires have caused widespread destruction in one of the world s most bio—diverse areas, as mark lobel now reports. fires crackling.

the world's most enviable wildlife — up in flames. fires visible to astronauts in space, ripping apart one of the most biologically diverse habitats on earth. flames spreading at record rates from often deliberate fires amidst a devastating drought — causing carnage, killing thousands of rare creatures, some at risk of extinction. sandwiched between the country's rainforest, vast grasslands and paraguay‘s dry forests, brazil's pantanal should be a haven for animals. there was one rescue to smile about. this armadillo pup, with burns to its body, seen fleeing from a fire. it's a race against time for others to save the wounded wildlife, catching jaguars and porcupines before it's too late. but it's also a sad story

of creatures desperate to cool off, instead, consumed by the flames. environmentalists are blaming cattle farmers and ranchers, changing ocean temperatures have also contributed to dry conditions, as has accelerated deforestation in the amazon. all catastrophic news for the world's largest wetlands, home to animals, birds and plants, that thrive off the annual flooding that usually follows torrential rains. translation: the rains we get in the state of matto grosso, including the pantanal, comes from the amazon. with increasing deforestation in the amazon, other regions in south america will also suffer, as we are seeing this year, this extreme drought has caused many more fires than we have ever seen. brazil's president has been accused of not doing enough to put out the fires in his country. he's depowered environmental groups and called them "a cancer", hitting out at accusations

he's not doing enough. translation: brazil is the country that preserves the environment the most. some don't understand that. it's the country that suffers the most attacks from abroad regarding its environment. but there's no doubt he is presiding over an ecological crisis, with economic development being prioritised over environmental protections, and now, for many residents of this former sanctuary, it's too late. mark lobel, bbc news. time is 9:39am. new rules for the hospitality come into force today — and it looks like there could be more in the coming weeks. our business correspondent, ben thompson is at a pub in west london. sorry, i think we are having a little technical issue bringing that report to you. we are hoping to

bring that tea in the next few seconds,in bring that tea in the next few seconds, in fact, bring that tea in the next few seconds, infact, it bring that tea in the next few seconds, in fact, it is! yes, bring that tea in the next few seconds, infact, it is! yes, new rules come into force today in england, bringing the rose in line with those in scotland, wales, northern ireland and it means places like this will have to come up a lot, take contact details for anyone coming here. the ideas they will be able to trace you should you come into co nta ct able to trace you should you come into contact with someone with coronavirus. jonathan is the general manager, the landlord, you've been doing this already, today it becomes law in england. what our customers telling you and how has it been? it's been a pretty tough time for the hospitality industry over the past few weeks. customers have been great and i think it's fair to say most of my experiences in pubs in the area, it's the same. they are happy to give the information. happy to follow the rules. happy to be safe, ha p py to follow the rules. happy to be safe, happy to give —— be out in the pub. lots of talk over the past 24 hours of may another lockdown, maybe new rules restricting your opening

hours. what would that mean because we know the hospitality industry just getting back on its feet right now. again, it means it's going to be difficult times but let's face it, as long as we follow the rules and the public follow the rules, customers, staff, our team, then it's a safe environment. we will be happy to welcome them back as we are at the moment. good luck, a lot of work ahead. let me introduce you to nicholas, from the trade magazine the morning advertiser, give me a sense of the businesses are thinking right now because it's difficult for any hospitality industry. new rules, potentially new lockdown, could be pretty devastating for the industry. the industry has started to get to grips with reopen, starting to build up grips with reopen, starting to build up again. the new rules, the rule of six was clarity that was probably needed for the industry, track and trace coming into law, lots of pubs out there have already been doing it, they take the guidance is low a nyway

it, they take the guidance is low anyway but it will be really helpful they can tell customers it's anyway but it will be really helpful they can tell customers its legal, you have to do this but the issue is if we go into another lockdown, pubs need support. we are still in a position we need financial support. there's over 900,000 people likely to be made redundant if we don't have a continued at the end of october. the industry needs support, if we have lockdown it's going to be a need for that otherwise things will be diabolical. given we are coming out of a relatively good summer, people have been able to sit outside on terraces like this, when we get to autumn and winter that feels very different and of course christmas, one of the most lucrative times in the year for hospitality firms? we have missed peak trading time, the hottest summer on record, we missed out on that, mother's day, we missed out on that, mother's day, we closed down just before it happened and that's second to christmas so we are not sure what will happen in the colder months, it's usually quiet but christmas time, like you say, key trading period and we need to get some sort of back on track so we can continue to traits of the economy can be

maintained and the spital industry is still bubbling and part of what we do in the uk. jonathan, thank you, really good to see. there you have the thoughts of what it could mean and there's been a lot of speculation about what the new legislation might be. maybe it's closing earlier on an evening, may be as entirely to prevent local outbreaks. business talking to us this morning, saying what they want is clarity, they are happy to abide by the rules but tell them what to do and they will do it. but as he said, today in england the new rules coming into force for testing and tracing, making sure people know exactly who is in their premises and how to get hold of them should there be any local outbreaks. let's get more on one of our earlier stories — a group of 1,600 families who have

been bereaved due to the coronavirus pandemic is calling for an urgent public enquiry into the government's handling of the crisis, in order to avoid further devastation from an autumn and winter surge. let s speak now to lobby akinnola from covid—19 bereaved families forjustice thank you forjoining us, you lost your father, earlier this year, thank you forjoining us, you lost yourfather, earlierthis year, he was aged 60. tell us about your father and what happened to him. thank you for having me this morning. my father, iwas thank you for having me this morning. my father, i was quite fortu nate to morning. my father, i was quite fortunate to say i was blessed with having a loving and very kind and hard—working father. he was working asa hard—working father. he was working as a carer, and assisted care for the charity mencap. he was a key worker during the initial stages of lockdown and he kept working and caught the virus, we are not quite sure how, when, but unfortunately he caught the virus and effectively, stayed at home, called 111 a few

times and was advised to stay at home until unfortunately he passed away on the 26th of april this year. i'm so sorry that you had to go through this, and all the other families affected by this pandemic. you must have gone over what happened, as we've learned more about this virus, and learned more about this virus, and learned more about the response to it in the early months, and thought, that could have been different, this could have been different, this could have been different. tell us what your thought processes have been about all of that? personally, ido been about all of that? personally, i do think, yes, there were things that could have been different. i think there's things that we've heard from scientists, things like closing borders and going into lockdown sooner could have really helped. i think we all know there was a lack of ppe available for people at the start of the pandemic andi people at the start of the pandemic and i remember struggling to find hand sanitiser and the like. ijust think it was a bit of a slow

reaction to the pandemic which u nfortu nately mea nt reaction to the pandemic which unfortunately meant that people like my father and people who were working, key workers, were exposed and left vulnerable to the virus. yes. and tell us why, as a group, you want there to be a public inquiry, urgent public inquiry, into that response in the first part of the crisis. sure. ithink that response in the first part of the crisis. sure. i think the reason we wa nt the crisis. sure. i think the reason we want there to be a public inquiry, in the rapid response phase,is inquiry, in the rapid response phase, is the only way we are going to learn what went wrong before it is by looking at it and paying attention what has happened so we can prepare for the coming winter. winter is a season of influenza at the best of times, let alone dealing with an international pandemic so i know personally, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. and if i can do anything to spare anyone having this pain that i am

going through and so many others are going through and so many others are going through, we feel a responsibility to do everything we can and! responsibility to do everything we can and i think a public inquiry without rapid response phase, so we can learn quickly, in time, to minimise the loss of life, in the upcoming winter months. minimise the loss of life, in the upcoming winter monthslj minimise the loss of life, in the upcoming winter months. ijust minimise the loss of life, in the upcoming winter months. i just want to pick up on that phrase, we feel the responsibility to do everything or anything we can. injuly, the prime minister said that now was not the right time for an inquiry. do you think he needs to revise that in the light of the fact that we are seeing more local lockdown is original lockdown is, this talk of possible restrictions across england within the next couple of weeks?” believe so, yes. i think what we are seeing now, the lack of testing available for people, like you said, the surges, the need for local

lockdown s, surging in the number of cases, all this points to evidence that we haven't quite figured out what the correct, what the ideal or best method of maintaining control of the pandemic is. that is something i hope, when we don't know, it is just a potential but if we have an inquiry and we look at what went wrong, we can understand and learn from it. there is the phrase, those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. i think that the onus really is on leadership to do everything they can to ensure that we are as best prepared as we can for the coming winter because the stakes are, like, the stakes or people's lives and i think that really demands the attention of the leadership and i think yes, i think that mrjohnson,

the prime minister, needs to reconsider whether or not now is the time for a public inquiry because it's whether we like it or not, winter will soon be upon us and if we don't do something, if we are not prepared, we arejust we don't do something, if we are not prepared, we are just going to see more people lose their lives and families be devastated. bereaved families be devastated. bereaved families forjustice families be devastated. bereaved families for justice about the families be devastated. bereaved families forjustice about the prime minister a number of i believe, to meet with you. what is the response been? we haven't, i think, u nfortu nately, been? we haven't, i think, unfortunately, the public are quite aware of what the response has been. we haven't been receiving any a cce pta nce we haven't been receiving any acceptance of meeting with the group. as we know previously, the prime ministers said he would be happy to meet with anyone, any member of the bereaved but then, at a later point, changed his mind and said actually now, he was unable to meet with the group and he specified

thatis meet with the group and he specified that is because there was medication without but that isn't the case at all. specifically, ithink without but that isn't the case at all. specifically, i think six letters now sent to the prime minister, we stated we did not want mitigation, we wanted to meet with him, as people who have suffered losses during the pandemic we have insight into what went wrong, why our loved ones are no longer with us and that is an opportunity to learn and that is an opportunity to learn and make sure other people aren't going through what we are going through now by trying to prevent those same issues or mistakes happening again. so you are urging the prime minister to talk to you. here is your opportunity. if boris johnson was to hear what you have to say now, tell us what you would like to say to him. i would personally like to say that we have, i think, a

duty to do what we believe is best for the british public and he has a duty as the leader of the country to do what is best for the british public. it's not about appropriation of blame and it's not about saving face, it's about doing everything we can because the consequences are devastating. people's lives are changed forever in ways that cannot be undone. and it's imperative that he does everything within his capability, listening to the bereaved, launching a public inquiry, listening to the scientists, doing everything he can to ensure that people aren't suffering as we are suffering right now because it's, yes, it's unbearable. thank you so much for talking to us today, so sorry for your loss, the loss of your father from covid 19. your loss, the loss of your father from covid19. thank you. ijust

wa nt to from covid19. thank you. ijust want to reduce the more comments from you, your sending interviews on these further restrictions, further measures that we are expecting to hear today in the north west of england. talk of further restrictions right across england, potentially. we have this from john. i think the tighter restrictions are more likely people be inclined to break them and hold house parties etc, at least bars, restaurants can enforce social distancing. although, you know, there is some debate about that, isn't there, after whether and when people have had a few drinks whether they remember to socially distance, no matter how hard the bars might try to enforce that. we also have this from peter. millions of us think we need to go all out to defeat covid 19, trying to do so whilst at the same time still protecting the economy and trying to keep more than a degree of normality in ourdaily keep more than a degree of normality in our daily social lives are doomed

to failure. do keep those thoughts coming in. your reaction to possible further restrictions, get in touch with me on twitter. you can also use the hashtag bbc your questions. we would love to hear from you. the annual great british beach clean ta kes pla ce annual great british beach clean takes place today. they will be recording how much ppe they find. john maguire is on the wonderful beach near weston—super—mare. i think we have a beautiful scenic shot to show you from the drone. doesn't it look wonderful. u nfortu nately, doesn't it look wonderful. unfortunately, sometimes when you get closer to the detail you see rubbish and juicy unfortunately, ppe, gloves, masks etc, that careless and thoughtless people had discarded. john, what is the situation? it looks pretty clean behind you, pretty pristine and

rather beautiful. i think you're absolutely right. when you come to a bit like this, just north of weston—super—mare on the north somerset coast, it is lovely, beautiful. and you look out and to the naked eye it looks as if it is clea n the naked eye it looks as if it is clean but when you get in amongst the high water mark, you get in amongst some of the flotsam and jetsa m amongst some of the flotsam and jetsam you find all sorts of nasties. lizzie, good morning, from the marine conservation society. what sort of things have been this morning? lots of plastic, plastic bottles. straws. wet wipes, plastic cotton bud sticks. and also ppe masks as well. let's walk across. what we have done is gathered together some of the material we found here this morning, just to give you an idea of the type of thing found. some things washed up from the sea, other things clearly left behind by people so let's look at this. it's a pretty grim

collection. lots of plastic as we can see. just run us through what you found. sure. a lot of the common items we talk about when it comes to letter, plastic bottles. these are cotton bud sticks, they look a lot like straws, really small but these are things we put down the toilet instead of in the bin. they have the cotton bud on the end, you find tonnes of those, don't you? you can't find thousands on beaches like this but even if you live in the city what you do in your own bathroom can cause plastic pollution in the ocean and then there's things like clothing, toys, but we also have barbecues, and then the facemask at the end. it is grim when you put it all together and you get an idea, gary, just let us look here, there is a cigarette but there but also a disposable barbecue. you are supposed to dispose of these responsibly. someone has had a picnic here at some stage and decided they could not be bothered

to ta ke decided they could not be bothered to take it back for whatever reason. let's chat to a couple of the volunteers. kayleigh, they've been working really hard, finding all sorts of weird and wonderful things. why do you do this cut, do you enjoy? i do. it's something that anyone can get involved with, regardless of the age. even something like a five minute beach clean, if you take your dog for a walk can make a real difference to the beach in your local area. it's normally a mass participation event every year, normally a mass participation event every yea r, of normally a mass participation event every year, of course. but because of social distancing the marine conservation society has increased it to conservation society has increased ittoa conservation society has increased it to a week—long and ben, it's a shame, one of the things, you have a clipboard in your hand, it's a good citizen science, isn't it? it is. that is one of the good things about this, you can get involved. all the data we collect, all the rubbish we put into the survey form, the marine conservation society uses that data

to campaign and show what actions need to be taken, whether it's by government or firms, suppliers, supermarkets, that sort of thing. it's really useful data that is collected. some beautiful scenes this morning, look at the horse galloping down the beach, it really isa galloping down the beach, it really is a wonderful site and hannah, you come out, you adopt stretches of beach, don't you, talk to us about that. that's right. we adopt a 100 metre stretch and it shows a really good representation of the entire beach and you and your team will make your way across that and record everything you find and as i say, it's a good representation of the letter found on the beach. thank you to all of you for talking to us this morning. interesting, normallya four—day event, a long weekend but they've stretched it out over a week because as i say, of social distancing but also to try and get the numbers out and about on to the

coastline of britain. what they found last year for example, they've been doing this for years and years, as hannah said it informs a lot of the campaigning they can do, what they found last year something like 500 items, over 100 metres, something like that. but what we heard so much about over the last couple of years, you cannot see it with the naked eye, micro plastics, lizzie showed us, just gets broken down by the ocean, gets to add molecular sort of level and that's when it can create more problems. but at least there are people prepared to get out and about on a lovely day like this to try and keep the beautiful coastline as clean as possible. back to you. john, they deserve a big round of applause for a brilliantjob deserve a big round of applause for a brilliant job and deserve a big round of applause for a brilliantjob and i know you had someone at the end of the beach saying due to that horse rider. if you are thinking of going for a walk today, it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello.

today, it's time for a look at the weatherwith chris. hello. for today, it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello. for most of us today are dry and sunny day. sunshine around, relatively light winds for scotland, northern ireland and northern areas of england. further south, we have fairly strong winds across east anglia, the south midlands, southern parts of wales and southern counties of england. the winds around the headlines in the south—west probably gusting to around 40 miles an hour later this afternoon, apple tend to take the edge of the temperatures to a degree, highs of 22 in london, 21 for glasgow, the fat north of scotla nd for glasgow, the fat north of scotland could see figure cloud, we could see the odd passing light spot of rain. overnight stay is cloudy across the fat north of scotland, clear elsewhere, the breeze keeping temperatures falling to four across england and wales so for many, we stay in double figures. for the start of the weekend for most it's a dry pitch it sunshine, brisk winds developing, across the fat south, the chance of some showers moving in through the afternoon.

this is bbc news. the uk government considers taking further measures across england to try to slow these sharp rise in coronavirus infections. the hope that we have as a nation of avoiding a full blown national lockdown is that everybody comes together and follows the rules that are in place now. in the north west of england, more parts of lancashire are set to be put under further restrictions, but it's thought that blackpool will not be subject to these new measures. do let us know if you think the measures where you are should be tightened or if you think they are too restrictive. you can get in touch with me on twitter or use the