the uk is said to be at a "perilous tipping point" in the fight to contain the pandemic. in a change of policy, office workers in england are now told to stay at home if possible, as the prime minister outlines new restrictions. unless we take action, the risk is, we will have to go for tougher measures later, when the deaths have already mounted and we have a huge caseload of infection. pubs and restaurants will only have table service and will have to be closed by 10pm, and tougher rules on wearing face masks will be imposed. it is a bit shocking, and annoying. because we've obviously

got out of lockdown, we're ready to do our lives again, as easy as we can. in scotland, the measures are stricter with a new ban on visiting other people's homes. we are once again at a tipping point. we must act to get covid back under control and protect the things that matter most to us. we'll have details of the measures across the united kingdom, and we'll be asking what happens next if they don't work. also tonight... the labour leader, keir starmer, urges voters who've deserted the party to give it another chance as he attacks the "serial incompetence" of the government. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing hears from the family and friends of the youngest victim, eight—year—old saffie—rose roussos. and why the national trust is being accused of "jumping on a bandwagon" and of trying to rewrite history. and coming up in sport on bbc news...

action from the efl cup, with luton town hoping to cause an upset against premier league giants manchester united. good evening. the united kingdom has reached a "perilous turning point" in its struggle to contain coronavirus, according to borisjohnson. the prime minister has set out a series of new restrictions for england with a warning that they could well be in place for six months, and that "significa ntly greater restrictions" will be brought in if new cases continue to rise sharply. mrjohnson addressed the house of commons at lunchtime and went on to explain his decisions in a televised address this evening. in a change of approach, he said office workers in england should now work from home if possible — that was always the case in scotland, wales and northern ireland. pubs and restaurants will only have table service and will have to be closed by 10pm,

and customers will have to wear a face mask unless they're seated. there will be stricter penalties, too, in england, with a fine of £200 if people don't wear a mask or if the rule of six is broken. but the scottish government has gone much further. from tomorrow, people will be banned from visiting other households. our political editor, laura kuennsberg, has more details. at exactly this momentjust at exactly this moment just after the stroke of ten o'clock, this will happen in every pub across britain. no late nights, may be no new year's eve countdown, limits for months to come. it is the third time inside downing street that the prime minister has decided to take the deeply unusual step to talk direct to the country, a mark of these extraordinary times. good evening. the struggle against covid is the single biggest crisis the world has faced in my lifetime. in less than a

year, this disease has killed almost a million people and caused havoc to economies everywhere. the virus has started to spread again in an exponentially way. infections are up, hospital admissions are climbing, we risk many more deaths. many more families losing loved ones before their time. downing street's instructions are for england but this is a message for everywhere. rules creeping back in response to the disease's quickening return. the single greatest weapon we bring to this fight is the common sense the people themselves, with joint resolve of this country to work together to suppress covid now. and together to suppress covid now. and to those who say we don't need this stuff and we should leave people to ta ke stuff and we should leave people to take their own risks, i say, these risks are not our own. the tragic reality of having covid is that your

mild cough can be someone else's death now. and as for that minority who may continue to flout the rules, we will enforce those rules with tougher penalties and fines of up to £10,000, we will put more police out on the streets and use the army to backfill if necessary. yet if that isn't enough for the majority to prevail... if people don't follow the rules we've set out in, then we must reserve the right to go further. we must take action now because a stitch in time saves nine. never in our history has our collective destiny and our collective destiny and our collective health depended so com pletely collective health depended so completely on our individual behaviour. now is the time for us all to summon the discipline and the resolve and the spirit of togetherness that will carry us

through. this is not locked down, but the plan to drive down the spread will hit many businesses where it hurts. this late—night bar in leeds will lose five hours of trade each evening. i am not sure what the streets are going to look like at ten o'clock. a lot of our revenue is generated at nighttime so it is worrying for our business and all of our neighbours and everyone in the industry, i think we will see a lot of closures, sadly, a lot of job losses. and what was an instruction to get back to work now means back to the computer in your lap for millions of workers. this firm might have to move back out when they have onlyjust moved back in. when lockdown was announced we all had to work from home and this is our first week back in the studio and we are potentially now looking at going back to working from home again, which would not be ideal especially after all of the work that we have put in. labour is backing the new rules but claims the

situation is in part of the government's making. it is right that these national restrictions have been announced but we should not have been here. if he had fixed the testing and tracing regime and had not let it descend into the mess that it has become, we could have avoided these restrictions today. with rules being tightened everywhere, the four leaders of the different parts of the uk all talked to the public direct tonight. yet in scotla nd to the public direct tonight. yet in scotland the limits are being squeezed the most and nicola sturgeon suggested england may not have gone far enough. today must feel like a step backwards. i know that all of this has been incredibly tough and six months on, it only gets tougher. but never forget that humanity has come through even bigger challenges than this one, and though it doesn't feel like it now, this virus will pass. in wales and in northern ireland, a stricter regime is on the way. belfast is yet to make a decision about last orders. this is not a second lockdown, this is a wake—up call, a reminder that we lockdown, this is a wake—up call, a

reminderthat we are lockdown, this is a wake—up call, a reminder that we are not out of the woods. we now need everybody to follow the rules and guidance and to ta ke follow the rules and guidance and to take the steps to protect them and their loved ones. together, we can keep wales safe. what is universal, the consequences in every corner of the consequences in every corner of the country will last. we are perhaps not marking time until a return to normal, but are grappling oui’ return to normal, but are grappling our way through a moment of change. and laura is at westminster. so, the prime minister talking about possibly six months of restrictions, possibly six months of restrictions, possibly even tougher measures if the right results aren't achieved, what kind of response has that had? well, definitely the political landscape is very different to how it at felt the beginning of all of this, huw. things have been much more fractured inside the tory party on the backbenches, and the instructions have not gone as far, and the rules tightened, as much as

some people in government were arguing for. there are tensions and differences between the different parts of the uk. but in the big picture, this is still going to have a very serious effect on parts of oui’ a very serious effect on parts of our economy and when you look beyond the individual measures themselves, it all adds up to a big and serious moment where it feels like leaders in edinburgh, belfast, cardiff and here in westminster are trying again to punch through the public consciousness and say, look, get real, this is still a huge problem and it is growing and it is serious and it is growing and it is serious and everyone is once again being asked to play their part, despite that more fractious political environment and despite, no doubt, elements of fatigue on the public‘s part. and in trying to create that moment, i think right around the uk, across those four parts, notwithstanding the political differences, there is a sense of trying once again to appeal to the public. but you know, it's exactly

six months tomorrow since the prime minister told everybody they must stay at home. but here again, he's back with what may seem like a very depressing message for many people, that there is still another six months to go. with potentially a full year of all of our lives being profoundly shaped by this pandemic. laura, many thanks again for the latest a nalysis laura, many thanks again for the latest analysis there at westminster, laura kuenssberg. the latest government figures show there has been another big rise in new cases, and the number of deaths is beginning to climb. in the past 2a hours... 4,926 new coronavirus infections were recorded across the uk. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 4,189. and as new cases have climbed, so have daily hospital admissions, with 248 people being admitted on average each day over the last week. this number doesn't include scotland. in the past 2a hours, 37 deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days

of a positive covid—19 test, the highest daily toll since the middle ofjuly. it means on average in the past week, 23 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number across the uk to 41,825. despite the rising number of infections, the prime minister told people who were shielding early in the pandemic that they didn't need to shield again unless they're in an area with a local lockdown. some experts suggest the measures announced will not be enough to suppress the virus in england. our medical editor, fergus walsh, looks at the challenges ahead. how do you strike a balance between bearing down on coronavirus while keeping the economy moving? that is the challenge facing ministers.

closing bars and restaurants at 10pm should reduce the amount of alcohol people drink in public, and so perhaps may make behaviour less risky. people will be a little bit more sober when they go home, which means they are less likely to engage in risky behaviours. they're perhaps more likely to put a face covering on when they get onto the bus or the tube. they may go home with friends, but the chances are it's not going to be in as large a group as they would be in the bar with. the latest reproduction or r number for the uk is between 1.1 and 1.4, which means that for every ten infected people, they will be passing the people on to between 11 and 14 others. and the prime minister made clear that, unless r falls below one, then further restrictions are likely. it's thought that coronavirus cases are doubling roughly every seven days and are increasing among all age groups. hospital admissions are rising, too.

yesterday, government scientists said that, left unchecked, we could see 50,000 cases a day by mid october and perhaps 200 deaths a day a month later. but they stressed this wasn't a prediction. but that would still be a fifth of the 1,000 daily deaths at the peak in early april. encouraging people to work from home again should mean fewer chances for the virus to spread on public transport and in offices. then there is scotland's decision to ban most people visiting other households indoors, aimed at tackling a key driver of infection. we can expect this to have a significant impact because we know that this disease is spread from person to person, particularly in indoor environments where there isn't so much ventilation and there may be multiple people close to each other. but, on the other hand,

there will be impacts on well—being, particularly amongst the most vulnerable, from not being able to see friends and family as much. one thing that has not been tried here is a night—time curfew. that was imposed in antwerp, in belgium, in latejuly and helped reduce an outbreak there, though cases across belgium are now higher than in the uk. fergus walsh, bbc news. so, all four of the home nations are facing new restrictions, but the biggest differences are in scotland and northern ireland, where people are being banned from visiting other households. in a moment, we'll hear from our ireland correspondent emma vardy and our wales correspondent hywel griffith, but we start with our scotland editor, sarah smith. the scottish government say the virus is spreading rapidly during socialising at home, where physical distancing is harder. so the biggest change in scotland will be a ban on meeting in each other‘s homes from tomorrow. these rules have already

been in place in glasgow and the surrounding areas for the last three weeks, and the data shows they are having a significant effect. nicola sturgeon says she knows this is going to be tough, but it's necessary because she believes the measures announced by borisjohnson will not be sufficient on their own to reduce the spread of the virus. for pubs and restaurants, the rules in scotland will deliberately be the same as in england — a 10pm curfew in order to try and avoid confusion. although the first minister made it clear she would consider tighter restrictions if she had the means to compensate businesses and staff for the loss of trade. sharing a carjourney with a member of another household is going to be banned in scotland, where it's already mandatory to wear a face mask or a face covering in a taxi. and the scottish government is considering a so—called "circuit breaker" around the october school holidays, and they are already telling people not to go abroad on holiday during half term. here in wales, the first minister has called on people to carry on with many of the same sacrifices

they have already been making for the last six months. continue working from home, for example. here in wales, there never was a rally call for people to go back to the office in the summer. indoors, people should only meet up with their extended household. that's already the rule in wales. so, what's changing? well, there is a new message to avoid unnecessary travel. there is no new five mile travel limit, as we had earlier in the year. but people should question if they need to make thatjourney. some may want to rethink their plans for half term holidays. there's also a new 10pm curfew for pubs, clubs and restaurants — stop tap, even for off—licences. and there are more local lockdowns, such as here, in the city of newport. in local lockdown areas, the travel restrictions are greater. no going in and out of the council area without on the central reason. that's not been made wales wide. there are still some parts of the country where covid

case rates are falling. but, in order to shelter the nation from a second wave of the pandemic, we're told these changes are essential. ministers here at stormont have warned that we're in for a crucial period ahead. so, as of tonight, people across northern ireland are no longer allowed to visit other people's homes. indoors, that is, no mixing of households, with a few exceptions for things like childcare and medical needs. now, outside in private gardens, up to six people can meet but from just two households. and this marks a significant widening of restrictions across northern ireland. ministers say that's because we're seeing a rise in cases pretty much everywhere. now, as for pubs and restaurants, they're staying open but we're expecting new restrictions to be announced on thursday, a possible limit on opening times to 11 o'clock at night and possibly a ban on live music. as for workplaces, the advice remains continue to work from home if you can. now, of course, this has led to lots of questions, people asking why can't

they socialise with others in their own homes but they can do if they go out to a bar? and today ministers have been very clear, the evidence shows, they say, that the transmission of the virus is predominantly happening inside people's homes. some questions too for students at northern ireland's universities. at the moment, they can continue to go home on weekends to visit family, but ministers have said if the situation gets worse, those home visits will have to stop, too. the prime minister emphasised today that the new measures being introduced were aimed at sheltering the economy from further damage. the employers organisation the cbi said, however, that today's news would be a crushing blow to thousands of businesses, with many firms facing uncertain futures. our economics editor, faisal islam, reports. the economy is still hurting, and it is changing. some here in reading seeing the opportunities in fashion facemasks.

but major commercial and office centres like this were already struggling to make up the ground lost during the pandemic. today's new restrictions, causing some confusion among returning office workers. the government has now said that if you can work from home, you should work from home. i'm not sure. i think the message needs to be clear, so that people can be kept safe. and those last month encouraged to eat out to help out. one minute, the government's saying, "oh, you can go to mcdonald's and it's half—price. and we want more people to go out." you know, for the income, whatever? and now all of a sudden, it's changed. it's just not making sense to me. in the bars which would normally be full of students in freshers' week, a new, government—mandated, socially—distant social life. shocking and annoying, because we've obviously got out of lockdown, we're ready to do our lives again, as easy as we can, and now it's just been stopped again. hopefully, i don't want to have a lockdown happen. even before today's announcements,

major employers, such as the owners of premier inn, whitbread, warned of 6,000 job losses and hundreds more at pub chain jd wetherspoon. fears about months more uncertainty so far outweighing relief at avoiding another shutdown. a lockdown even of two weeks would have meant an immediate and serious impact on the whole uk economy. but even this extension of social restrictions for six months will affect those areas of the economy most dependent on social interaction, areas of the economy that are already on their knees. some haven't even reopened yet. and that is raising very serious questions about the need to extend government support well into next year. the economy had begun a bounce back. business groups say some new version of the furlough scheme needs to now be in place next month, and government loan guarantees extended. the bank of england governor warning that more support was needed, as he explained the major threat

of a resurgent virus. i think it's fair to say that, to borrow a phrase from rugby, i think the hard yards are ahead of us. the bank of england is here to do everything we can do, within our remit, within our powers, to support the people and the businesses of this country. and we will do that. in major city centres such as birmingham, small businesses that depend on commuters coming to work — from newsagents where they buy papers to the hair—dressers styling their hair — had just been getting back on their feet. because it's our livelihood, as well. and, you know, we've got our bills and rents to pay. and if it's going to carry on like this, i don't know what's going to happen to us. but the nearby solicitors, where they had just returned to the office, is now preparing to work from home again, as requested by government to help defeat the return of the virus. we can adapt. we've done it before. we did it at the outset, and we proved the 90% of what we need to do, we can do from home, so we'll do that again.

of course, our colleagues will miss the opportunity to interact, to collaborate, to come together and socialise. they can make it work for their business. but elsewhere, more help is now needed. faisal islam, bbc news. and there is lots more information about the latest restrictions, including the rules on socialising in pubs and resturants and the guidance on meeting up with friends and family, on the bbc news website. that's at bbc.co.uk/news. you will see all the sections and how they apply to all of the home nations. take a look at that. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has urged voters who deserted the party in recent years to give labour another chance. in his first annual conference speech as leader, delivered online, he told labour it was time to get serious about winning the next election and said the uk was being held back by what he called the government's serial incompetence. our chief political correspondent vicki young reports.

this is sir keir starmer and he really, really wants you to know thatjeremy corbyn is no longer leader of the labour party. a conference speech in an almost empty room, after four election defeats, presents many challenges. but sir keir‘s message was blunt. never again will labour go into an election not being trusted on national security, with yourjob, with your community and with your money. that's what being under new leadership means. he didn't mentionjeremy corbyn‘s name once but he talked about the importance of patriotism and security, seen as weak points for his predecessor. let's be brutally honest with ourselves. when you lose an election in a democracy, you deserve to. he didn't hold back on criticism of the prime minister, either, comparing his own legal background with mrjohnson‘s time as a journalist. it was all about character, he said. this is the big difference between the prime minister and me. whilst borisjohnson

was writing flippant columns about bendy bananas, i was defending victims and prosecuting terrorists. once upon a time, keir starmer led parliamentary calls for a second brexit referendum. he didn't dwell upon that today and seemed to acknowledge it was a policy that drove away many traditional labour voters. to those who have turned away from labour, i say this... we hear you. never again will labour take you or the things you care about for granted. and i ask you, take another look at labour. keir starmer wants to show he's made a break with the past, but many former labour voters in leave seats will still see him as the arch remainer who fought brexit tooth and nail. the policy details will come later. today was all about laying out his personal values and trying to rebuild labour's brand after so many election defeats. the speech was dismissed as a mixture of slogans and platitudes by the left—wing

of the party, but sir keir starmer thinks he has plenty of time to explain his plan to voters. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has been hearing from the family and friends of the youngest victim, eight—year—old saffie—rose roussos. the emotional tributes included her mother lisa, telling of the moment she emerged from a coma to be told that saffie had died, and how she pleaded with her husband to let her die, too. our correspondentjudith moritz reports from manchester. it's not a normal day without saffie. a normal day with saffie would be crazy. but, now, a normal day to us is just calm. and i don't like it. how can primary school children make sense of the murder

of one of their own? she was just eight. herfriends are too young to understand. but adults struggle, too. her mum, who woke up from a coma to learn from her husband that saffie had died. i cried and begged and pleaded with him to let me die, too. i did die that day, inside i'm dead. my heart is so heavy, it weighs me down. i'm so desperate to hold her close. and smell her hair. and to feel her cheek on mine. my precious baby girl. saffie's dad andrew was at the manchester arena when the bomb exploded. he found her sister, ashlee, wounded on the pavement outside. all of the three years that it's taken us to get where we are now, it'sjust bringing it all back again. so you're speaking not

just as saffie's sister, but as a survivor? just reliving the whole experience, yeah. the family's grief is mixed with anger. the biggest lesson and wake up call should have come from 7/7 and 9/11. saffie's life is not a practice exercise for the security services or the emergency services. lessons should have already been learned and in place. wendy fawell was a child of the ‘60s. her court tribute, a mix of photos and the music of elvis. she was a dinner lady in leeds. her murder is another to have bewildered primary school children. olivia campbell—hardy was 15 and loved performing. her mum remembered that their house used to be filled with singing and laughter. now, she said, it feels silent. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.

the government has decided against allowing transgender people in england and wales to legally self—identify as male or female without a medical diagnosis. the equalities minister liz truss said existing legislation would not be amended as she believed it already provided the proper checks and balances. a court ruling has opened the way for the trial to be held in the united states of two supporters of the islamic state group, both former british nationals, nicknamed "the beatles". el shafee elsheikh and alexanda kotey are being held in us military custody, accused of belonging to a terror group in syria. china has announced it is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2060 with peak emissions before 2030. the world's biggest polluter said it would scale up its efforts under the global paris agreement on climate change. in an address to the un general assembly, president xi also called for a green focus as the world recovers from the covid—19 crisis.

the black lives matter movement has set out to focus on britain's links with its colonial past, forcing many uk charities, institutions and businesses to ask questions about their own history. today the national trust has revealed that 93 of its properties have links to historic slavery and colonialism. but it's faced criticism forjumping on the bandwagon, and been accused of trying to rewrite history. our correspondent celestina olulode has the story. he built his beautiful house, while the slaves had nothing. i feel heartbroken for the slaves whose lives have been stolen and wasted. reflecting on the colonial past of some of our stately homes. the thoughts of 11—year—old shayma, after a visit to dyrham park. it was this object that led her to write these words.

if the enslaved men could talk, i think they would ask, why they were being held as slaves. i think they would ask if they could go back to their families in africa. the report focuses on the links these houses have to slavery and colonialism, and how the wealth of landowning families was connected. over 90 properties are listed, including charlecote park, speke hall and penrhyn castle. the trust admits the black lives matter movement has speeded up this research, but critics say more should have been done a lot sooner. i think the critical thing is the national trust needs to listen. and that's part of the process today of being able to be clear about those histories. but also to recognise the distress that can be caused by particular objects. some people are saying that the national trust is playing identity politics. i don't see that at all. we can't, of course, change the past. but what we can do is ensure

that we acknowledge it, that we understand it better.