this is bbc news. the headlines at eight boris johnson considers tightening covid—19 measures in england — latest figures show a further 4,422 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk, the highest daily rate since may. hospital and care home visits in parts of south wales have been suspended, and bars and restaurants are now closing early in north east england, as local lockdown restrictions come restrictions come into force. i think people will go out during the day now to set of going out at night so not really change anything. it is good because it is stabilised by bad because it is impacting my nights out. —— because it is saving lives but bad because. tributes are paid to the pioneering us supreme court judge and champion of women's rights — ruth bader ginsburg —

who has died at the age of 87. president trump says he'll nominate a conservative replacement ‘without delay‘ — with implications for the election and us policy. seven years after he left north london for madrid — gareth bale is back at tottenham on a season—long loan. good evening. the uk has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections in one day since the beginning of may. it comes as borisjohnson considers whether to tighten covid—19 measures in england, after saying the uk was "now seeing a second wave". 4,422 new cases of covid—19 were recorded in the latest 2a hour period.

27 people were reported to have died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test — taking the total number, across the uk, to 41,759. as ministers consider their next steps, the former government adviser, professor neil ferguson said stricter lockdown measures across the uk were needed "sooner rather than later". at least 13.5 million people, roughly one in five of the uk population, are already facing local restrictions. one of the options the government is understood to be considering is a so—called "circuit break" — a short period of tighter rules across england which might last several weeks and could include a possible ban on households mixing, plus reduced opening hours or other restrictions for pubs and restaurants. this would only apply to england — with the devolved nations setting their own rules.

the scottish government is also considering whether to impose tighter restrictions. this report from our political correspondent, iain watson. here in preston, households are already banned from meeting other households in their homes, gardens or indoor venues. on tuesday, in most of lancashire and merseyside, curfews will be imposed on bars and restaurant and tighter restrictions are also being imposed in the north—east of england, parts west yorkshire and the west and east midlands, covering about one in five of the population. i do have close family that passed away with covid, so i know exactly how this is really serious. something needs to be done but it is a shame, isn't it, we're not going to see our families as much. yeah. i don't agree when the government says we are going to introduce it on tuesday, well, that is another weekend when people can think they will go out to the pub in style over the weekend and make it all worse. in lancashire today, could be london tomorrow. i believe that in lancashire, the second wave has arrived, and in the north—west, and if we don't act now, it is going to get a lot worse, so this should be a warning sign,

for not just for lancashire and the north—west but for the whole country. yesterday, the prime minister warned that a second wave of the virus was on its way before a vaccine can be produced. i think what the prime minister said was that we've got to be really careful about making sure we can keep the the r rate down, transmission rate down, so we are looking at the data, we have got a far better set of data now than we had a few months ago and we won't be afraid to use any restrictions necessary. the government introduced its rule of six only six days ago, yet this weekend, the prime minister is poring over the data to see if he needs to go any further. boris johnson doesn't want another full national lockdown. he and his chancellor of the exchequer know that this could shatter a fragile economy. so the message that could emerge from the government in the next few days is likely to be this, continue to work but there will be less play. any plan that emerges, unlike a lockdown, would not close

schools or workplaces, but it could restrict the opening hours of pubs and restaurants across england. labour say they will back any plan that is supported by the science, but... i have to say that i think this could have been avoided if the government had got their testing and tracing system in place and now we are having to look at more extreme measures because the virus is out of control. it is a difficult balancing act for the prime minister and he's likely to do more to protect the health of the nation but he does not want this to endanger the health of the economy. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. scotland has seen a marked increase in the number new coronavirus cases. a further 350 people have tested positive for the virus in the past 2a hour period with a further three deaths recorded for people who have tested positive for the virus. the scottish government has warned that they may have to tighten restrictions, in order to curbe the rise of cases. anderw anderson reports.

alfresco in glasgow this lunchtime, but for how much longer? another 116 coronavirus cases in the area today. customers here already anticipating renewed restrictions. the way things are going and some people not respecting social distancing and all the rest of it, i think she will pull the plug. we are booked to go out tonight with two friends and we are trying to decide whether or not to cancel it orjust stay in. today's figures are not good. 350 new cases in the last 2a hours. that is more than 5% of new tests. and there have been three further deaths of people who tested positive. so what happens now to put the brakes on the rising numbers? from a public health perspective, the key risk is household mixing. that's get you into hospitality territory, household gathering territory, whether you should have people around, all of those things you have

seen us think about previously, particularly in the seven local authorities in the west that are under heavier restriction. in the northeast of england, pubs and restaurants already already closing at ten pm. the scottish hospitality sector warns similar restrictions could spell disaster for some businesses. many businesses simply don't have the resilience to see that to see that through, if we see from the closures, if we see more closures, we will see more staff losing theirjobs as we come to the end of the furlough. the first ministers but scotland on notice but further measures may be needed to combat covid. although a national lockdown appears unlikely for now. today's numbers will no doubt hasten decisions. hospital and care home visits have been suspended in parts of south wales — amid fears about rising cornavirus numbers. after wales' second local lockdown was introduced in rhondda cynon taf this week — a number of other council areas have

been warning residents to stick to the rules — or face greater restrictions. will fyfe reports. this is an area that was said to be under close watch by the authorities earlier this week. the council here, like others, is now warning residents to follow the rules or risk forcing us into lockdown. we are concerned obviously. it is important that people understand we are still in a pandemic. people have lost their discipline about certain things. youths congregating, people have been having parties in the house and gardens, those are areas that concern us. we are talking about putting your grandmother risk. but most of the people that will get the infection are between 20 and 30, so they're putting their own children at risk, they're putting the schools of risk. a vast majority of people have always kept in line with the procedures and this is my concern as well, those should not be punished

for those few who are being silly and irresponsible. there were 27 cases reported here today with additional testing now set up and running. 20 new cases further south, and the highest in wales, a7. so our calls for people to follow the caution working? we have our masks here. we have put them on going to shop. but quite honest it makes me laugh when i see people creeping along the wall the shelves like this. hand sanitiser, masks. the only thing i don't like is the gloves. i wash my hands when i go into the shop and that is it. a lot of people are scared. nobody wants to catch it. to make sure we don't go into lockdown, so that is all we can do. the fact that cases are continuing to rise in some parts of south wales

has meant the the health board has put new restrictions on visitors. it means that from today, those visiting sites like here will only be allowed in if they are seeing somebody receiving end of life care or supporting somebody giving birth. and the changes are not without good reason. of the 212 new people testing positive in wales, 97 of them were from this health boards area. public health wales says many of the latest infections can be traced back to people failing to socially distance. the hope now is that a change in behaviour can translate to a change in numbers. the doctors union, the british medical association has called on the government to impose stricter coronavirus measures in england in order to prevent a second national lockdown. its chair is doctor chaand nagpaul. hejoins us from north london. great to have you with us. i know that the beer have said the nhs could be crippled if things do not change and things get out of control. pain is a picture of your concerns. that the bma. these

figures are give us even more reason to be concerned. we see more than 1000 patients now in hospital, whether twice as many in any of the month. 130 people again, more than twice as many at the beginning of september. so when people think this virus is circulating amongst the young and having a serious impact, thatis young and having a serious impact, that is wrong and foolhardy. it is infecting people, they are getting hospitalized, it is affecting people who are older and they are worried that if this if this is not stop there will have significant pressure on the nhs and try to get the patient. we don't want that to see what we had in april. what has to happen is we need robust measures by the government to ensure that we stop the spread. we don't have a capacity for testing trace, that means a large amount of people in the community who may be carrying

the community who may be carrying the virus and because we can't test them but we don't know they are and so them but we don't know they are and so it will continue to spiral out of control. the only way you can address is by stopping people mixing. we have gone down to less than 500 new patients at the end of july. that was after the lockdown started. we know that people do not mix come infection goes down. and we think the rule of six, the government should consider one thing, the rule of members of six different households mixing indoors before the rule set only two households. and the government has a lwa ys households. and the government has always said that the more households that mix, the more spread you will have enemies to be looked at. the second thing is the government needs something more robust and making sure there are rules around ending the spread. in public settings. restau ra nts the spread. in public settings. restaurants do not require staff to wear face coverings. in fact, restaurants do not require staff to wearface coverings. in fact, if restaurants do not require staff to wear face coverings. in fact, if you

go look at some of the restaurants, there is not direct staff are serving customers without any face coverings. that should be a requirement. alternations need to be made. we also think they should provide face coverings, surgical facemask in public settings, shops, etc. that is very inexpensive. anything to prevent mixing without protection. doctor, your line is not great, were struggling to haggle a little bit about we have the point about the role of six includes too many households. —— struggling to hear you a little bit. where mass needs to be available to people in public settings and for waiting staff. i believe you also think you

said about mask being provided, don't people need to take more personal responsibility? it is when the key message of the whole campaign that we all need to be wearing mask when we are in shops and indoor spaces. people are allowed to sometimes forget. they lose their mask and what is happening now is people are entering public transport without them, going into shops without them and we are ata time into shops without them and we are at a time when the infection is spreading and you can identify who has it. that is a very small public health investment. charging people like you charge carrier bags. some shops are doing so anyway. 0ther countries have done so. i think this is an important public health message. we should also not be encouraging people to go to work if they can work at home. we had the prime minister trying to encourage people to go to work and that means more people using public transport and more people mixing at a time when we cannot test. that surely

cannot be the right thing at this moment in time. some people work from home and they should be encouraged and enabled to do so. we think these are measures that would make a difference. we also think there should be an apt went like you looking at the weather every day. allowing people to see the current infection rate in the areas because i feel the public need that. it would perhaps modify their behaviour with early warning signs. we will leave it there. i would love to say but the line is not great. take you, doctor. —— i will list you stay with this. 32 people have been arrested as an anti—vaccine, anti—lockdown protest took place in london's trafalgar square this afternoon. police had urged hundreds of those taking part to leave the area following heated exchanges and scuffles. two police officers sustained minor injuries. police said the demonstrators were ‘putting themselves and others at risk‘. the irish prime minister has said cases of covid—19 are growing exponentially in the country.

the irish government has been warned by its scientific advisers that it needs to act quickly to halt the spread of coronavirus. micheal martin was speaking after the introduction of tighter restrictions in dublin. people are advised to stay within the irish capital unless they have to travel for essential purposes. the taoiseach said there will be an increased presence of the garda to enforce the new regulations. more than 850,000 people living in and around madrid are to be put under lockdown after a surge in the number of new infections. from monday, people will only be allowed to leave their local area to go to work and school, or fulfil legal obligations. officials have also set out plans to carry out a million coronavirus tests across the region. spain now has the highest number of cases in europe. the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson is considering whether to tighten covid—19

measures in england, as the uk sees the highest daily rate in virus cases since may. hospital and care home visits in parts of south wales have been suspended, and bars and restaurants are now closing early in north east england, as local lockdown restrictions come into force. tributes are paid as the pioneering us supreme court judge and champion of women‘s rights — ruth bader ginsburg — dies at the age of 87. a political battle is shaping up in america, following the death at the age of 87, of the supreme courtjudge, ruth bader ginsburg, a champion of women‘s, and minority rights. donald trump says despite the presidential election being less than two months away, he should have the right to choose a conservative nominee to replace her without delay. outside the us supreme court in washington, hundreds of people have been

paying their respects. here‘s our north america editor, jon sopel. no, not the death of a rock star or a movie legend. this spontaneous vigil in washington last night is for a judge. the supreme court plays a critical role in american life and ruth bader ginsburg, or rbg, became a cultural icon. it was beyond my wildest imagination that i would one day become the notorious rbg. i, ruth bader ginsburg... she helped define modern america with the force of her legal argument, on women‘s rights, abortion, the disabled, health care. this liberaljustice was as feisty as she was formidable. so what‘s the big deal? isn‘t this just another judicial appointment? well, no. a strong conservative majority, now within sight on the supreme court, will help shape america for decades to come. rbg‘s death has electrified

the presidential election campaign, and who should fill her boots and when has become political dynamite. last night, donald trump, who seemed stunned by her death, was playing his cards close to his chest. whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. i‘m...actually sad to hear that, i am sad to hear that. thank you very much. the flag at the white house may be flying at half—mast, but politics goes on. donald trump making clear that he is going to nominate a conservative replacement without delay. democrats, though, led by presidential candidate joe biden, say no decision should be made until after a new president is sworn in. we should do this with full consideration and that is my hope and expectation of what will happen. just before ruth bader ginsburg died, she made it clear she felt that her position should not be

filled until after the election. it seems unlikely she will get her dying wish. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. and at 8.30 this evening, we have a special programme — ‘dissenting 0pinion: an interview with ruth bader ginsburg‘. she spoke to razia iqbal last year — about her life, career and contemporary america. two people have been killed and 1a others injured in a shooting in the american city of rochester, in new york state. police say a man and woman, both young adults, died at an illegal house party in the early hours of saturday — officers arriving at the site say they witnessed around 100 people running from the scene. there have been no arrests so far. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, poisoned with the novichok nerve agent in an attack last month, has posted a picture on social media, saying his path to recovery is "clear, although long".

he says he still has difficulties going down steps as his legs tremble. mr navalny who‘s a leading critic of president putin, fell ill in siberia last month, and was airlifted to berlin. germany says lab tests in three countries confirm he was poisoned with novichok.the kremlin denies it was responsible. a former british diplomat is under investigation in belgium, for allegedly spying on behalf of china. fraser cameron, who previously worked for the european commission and the foreign office, is suspected of selling sensitive information about the eu, to undercover chinese intelligence officers. mr cameron has dismissed the allegations, calling them " ridiculous‘. the housing charity, shelter, estimates that more than 300,000 people living in rented accomodation in england, who weren‘t in arrears before the pandemic, have now fallen behind on their rent.

a ban on evictions in england and wales, ends tomorrow. the government says other measures will protect tenants here‘s our business correspondent, katy austin. itjust seems like so long ago now that i last did something like this. for sussex dj ian, the music stopped in march. coronavirus restrictions mean there‘s still no work and he owes £3000 in rent. they were happy for me to pay 50% untiljuly, when they contacted me to start asking if i could pay any more. can you? no. he will now get a payment from the local council to help, but will still owe his landlord. my future here is certainly in the balance and it is worrying. it does... it‘s a big strain on your mental health, absolutely. a temporary ban on evictions in england and wales is now coming to an end, so possession hearings will be able to start again in the courts. cases that are really serious, like those involving anti—social

behaviour or rent arrears that go back a really long way, will be prioritised and the notice period has been extended to six months. evictions still can‘t take place in areas under local lockdowns, where gatherings in homes are restricted. the housing charity shelter says emergency measures have stopped an immediate wave of homelessness but more support is needed. if the government wants to actually solve the problem, instead of continually buying time, build social housing. and it does need, in the short term as well, to help people with this level of debt that has built up during the pandemic. 0ne landlords‘ group says its members have supported struggling tenants wherever possible but they can‘t afford to lose income for ever. it also wants the government to help people in england pay back missed rent, similar to measures announced in scotland and wales. we‘d like to see the government step in as furlough‘s withdrawn and actually support those households to pay back some of the arrears they‘ve built up and secure the tenancies that nobody wants to see fail but, inevitably,

if debts continue to increase, will. the government says the six—month notice period and a so—called truce on evictions over christmas will help keep people in their homes over the winter. ian fears he can‘t afford to stay in his for long. katy austin, bbc news. police have criticised a woman who fell out of a moving car on the m25 while hanging out of the window to film a video for snapchat. in a tweet, surrey police traffic officers say she fell from the front seat of the car into a "live lane" on the motorway. the woman hasn‘t been badly hurt — but police say it‘s lucky "she wasn‘t seriously injured or killed". a rare edition of shakespeare‘s last play has been found in a scottish catholic college in spain. the two noble kinsmen, written by shakespeare withjohn fletcher, was found by a researcher investigating the work of the scots economist adam smith. the 163a volume could be the oldest

shakespearean work in the country. earlier i spoke to, drjohn stone from the university of barcelona who made the discovery. i was looking to find things about smith and i came across this poem by accident. it stood out because the binding was totally different from the binding of all the other books in the same section of the library. i pulled it off the shelf and opened it and saw what it was. did you immediately realise how significant it was? i did, i knew it was the oldest shakespeare in spain, i didn‘t know it was the first shakespeare to reach spain. that took about 30 minutes of googling. what have you discovered about how it might have found its way into this college? i think it was brought to the college at the behest of the man who was principal at the time. he had other plays in his library, he was in contact with diplomats and politicians and wanted

to have a veneer of high culture that he could use in trying to become a diplomat. he was also a jesuit and thejesuits were interested in theatre and used it in their teaching so it made perfect sense for him to want to collect early modern plays and in fact there are 19 of them, notjust shakespeare. when you started to say what you had found, presumably there was quite some buzz around this? there was a huge buzz in spain in the last two days or so. until this time, it was thought the earliest shakespeare in spain had been sold off to an american collector about a hundred years ago and that‘s a volume now in washington, dc. so this means that spain has identified an early modern english book that came to the country very early on, not quite in shakespeare‘s lifetime but about 20 years later and it has been in the same collection ever since. how easy is it to gauge the kind of condition it‘s in?

it‘s in relatively poor condition, missing the title page, and the binding is quite beat up. i don‘t think anyone really knows what it was or gave much thought its condition for about 200 years. i guess they are giving it a lot of thought now. what are they telling you about what they hope to do with it? i‘m in contact daily with tom kilbride the principal director of the college, his phone is ringing off the hook, i don‘t know what they will do, they might put it on display. tottenham have confirmed they have re—signed their former player, gareth bale, on a one—year loan deal from real madrid. the 31—year—old welsh forward tweeted to confirm he was back at the club after seven years away. spurs said in a statement that bale, who injured his knee playing for wales this month, is likely be match—fit after the october international break. bale left the north london club in 2013 for a then world

record 100 million euros. now, the weather with ben rich. good evening. a day of september sunshine across most parts of the uk and tomorrow promises more of the same. the majority dry with warmth and sunshine. but a couple of exceptions. one or two showers through tonight across the south—west of england and the channel islands and a lot of low cloud feeding in from the north sea to central and southern parts of scotland as well as north—east england. those are your overnight temperatures, chilly where we have clear skies and light winds through this zone of scotland but here we will see sunshine through tomorrow. the far north of scotland cloudy and we will start tomorrow with low cloud for central and southern scotland, that should tend to retreat towards the coast. 0therwise northern ireland much of it fine and dry with long spells of sunshine. 25 degrees in london. breezy towards the far south, cool for north sea coasts. monday another fine day for the majority

and on tuesday but cloud and rain into the far north—west.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... boris johnson is considering whether to tighten covid—19 measures in england, as the uk records the highest daily amount of virus cases since may. local lockdown restrictions have come into force in some parts of the uk — with bars and restaurants closing early in north east england. tributes are paid as the pioneering us supreme court judge and champion of women‘s rights — ruth bader ginsburg — dies at the age of 87. seven years after he left north london for madrid — gareth bale is back at tottenham on a season—long loan.