to us time. you would expect cases to rise again once things go back to normal. please clarify the rule of six. can you meet with five people one day and a different five people another day? or do you always have to stay within the same bubble of six? do children sleeping upstairs count as part of the group of six? this is complicated, every bit of uk will do it so england indoors or outdoors you can meet up to five people at a time and in theory when they gone you could meet up with another five. everyone else they gone you could meet up with anotherfive. everyone else has restrictions with exceptions for things like bubbles for meeting people within your home and beyond that there are also differences so in scotland the rule of six, two hassles at a time but not the same two hassles every time. in wales it has to come from asset bubble of no more than four hassles and in northern ireland you could have the rule of six in your garden but in public you could meet up to 15 and children, if your children are asleep, perhaps a couple have two

children and their upstairs asleep you could still just children and their upstairs asleep you could stilljust have two people over, that is in england. time for a look at the weather. the weather for everyone to date turning much cooler than yesterday and a real change in fortunes. yesterday we had sunshine in east anglia and temperatures of 26 but todayis anglia and temperatures of 26 but today is cloudy and wet. that covers a good part of england and wales. brighter across scotland and northern ireland. glorious this morning across parts of scotland, very still and sunny conditions. through the rest of the date we have this band of rain pushing east across england. turning increasingly heavy and persistent across eastern areas as we go through the afternoon. we could see showers for northern ireland and south—west england and perhaps another area of rain developing across the midlands

and running into east anglia for a time. never really clearing away and also turning wendy this evening on english channel and north sea coasts. then we have the next band of rain coming in across wales and the south of england later in the light. quite across scotland and northern ireland but cold enough for some frost in the north of scotland in the countryside. low pressure than firmly in charge of the weather, this next area of low pressure focuses its heaviest rain and strongest went across wales and south—west england and indeed going through the day the wind picking up to gale force, strong enough to bring down some tree branches. the rain is neverfar bring down some tree branches. the rain is never far away bring down some tree branches. the rain is neverfar away from northern ireland, scotland probably having the driest and sunniest weather but it is cold. adding on to the end of the week low pressure spiralling

away towards europe and we start to get this northerly wind blowing across the country. showers are lengthier outbreaks of rain still affecting some areas of eastern england and the irish sea coast. in london quite a few of us staying dry and sunny but it is going to feel chilly particularly factoring in those strong northerly winds. for the weekend we keep those brisk winds for a time on saturday, quite a bit of dry weather but some showers around and potentially rain affecting the far east of england for a time. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. the football association has warned of the "huge" impact the new coronavirus restrictions will have on the game.

they say the government's commitment to provide financial support will be crucial. it's feared that without that support, many lower league football clubs will go out of business. the managing director of dagenham and redbridge said the news hit them hard. it was really horrible, we are a small club relying on a small band of people and volunteers and we have been preparing the ground for two months ready to start playing in front of spectators from october three to. last night we had a pilot event with just over 600 people and everything worked well, local public health about here and very impressed with what we had done and set up so not to be able to do that on the 3rd of october puts in jeopardy in my opinion the 67 national league clubs

across the country. the situation in rugby union is also perilous exeter chiefs chairman tony rowe says they're losing about a million pounds a month — and they're the premiership leaders. he's well aware that clubs in lower leagues will really struggle without income from paying fans.clubs outside the premiership, clubs outside the premiership, the championship, it must be completely dire for them because a lot them rely completely on their attendances and money from the season ticket supporters, in our league people have got a bit of a misconception that we our similarly funded to premier league football, we're not, our clubs got one of the higher turnovers, turnover of £22 million a year and it's no sort of secret that the majority of premiership clubs struggle to actually make a profit each year. wolves have signed the portugal defender nelson semedo from barcelona, in a deal that could make him their record signing.they‘re paying an initial 28—million pounds,

which would rise to 37—million with add—ons — and that's more than they paid for fabio silva earlier this month. semedo has signed a three—year deal, with an option to extend for another two. mancester city's kevin de bruyne has been nominated for the uefa men's player of the year award. he had an outstanding season in the premier league, scoring 13 goals and providing a record—equalling 20 assists, and he was recently named the pfa's player of the year. he's on a three—man shortlist with bayern munich pair robert lewandowski and manuel neuer. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has been nominated for men's coach of the year. last year's winner of the women's award, the england and manchester city defender lucy bronze, is on the shortlist again, alongside chelsea's pernille harder and lyon's wendie renard. the winners will be announced on october i at the champions league draw. former wales coach rob howley is returning to coaching for the first time since his ban

from rugby union for a breach of betting rules. he's been named assistant coach of the canada national team.howley was sent home from wales's rugby world cup campaign injapan last year, when it emerged he'd been betting on matches. he was banned for 18 months, with nine suspended, and he was free to work again this june. he's signed a three—year deal and joins up with kinglsleyjones, the former wales capain, who's head coach of the canada side. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. borisjohnson was once again pressed on the government's handling of the test and trace programme by the labour leader at prime minister's questions earlier. sir keir starmer accused ministers of failing to anticipate the rise in coronavirus infections during september. the prime minister said the test and trace scheme was a vital tool in helping to identify local outbreaks, and praised the work of baroness dido harding and her team in helping

to contain the virus. our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. interesting pmqs, the prime minister being pressed on the context of the test and tray system and around what sort of financial support he is going to put in place for industries badly hit by that. i'm joined by the conservative mp, andrew griffiths. the labour mp and shadow health minister, justin madders. and munira wilson from the liberal democrats. before we get into the meat of pmqs, i wanted to ask you, your colleague writing in the guardian these new restrictions are about as far as he thinks he could ask his constituents

to go, do you think that is the case and that is why borisjohnson hasn't got as far as scotland? nobody wants to introduce restrictions like this, that curtail the liberty of individuals and affect the lives of businesses, the economy so the government is doing so not to play. what is important rather than drawing abstract lines at particular moments in time is that there is a balance to be struck versus the threat perceived at that moment so i do not think anyone can say thus far and no further because end to weeks we may have more data in either direction and then there is a case for looking exactly where you set the slider. again in the context of the slider. again in the context of the latex of the government i think are trying to be led by the data but also economic voices and try and get the balance and i think they are

doing that but obviously we all do that with a heavy heart. do you think your constituents would be deceptive to further restrictions if they had to come in? —— receptive. depriving people of their liberty and impeding their livelihood should bea and impeding their livelihood should be a very high bar, it is up to us to make the case as to why that is so that for example we can keep schools open. so we can keep as much economic activity as we can and try and make those trade—offs. yesterday was primarily around social restrictions, i regret those but if it is the price of keeping young children in school and giving them the education opportunity they need iam happy the education opportunity they need i am happy to defend that to my constituents and ask for their support. justin, labour is not arguing with the content of restrictions but keir starmer seems to suggest we would not need them at all of the testing system was

better. if is that the labour position? if you look at other countries like germany and italy some of the countries in asia, they are avoiding a second wave so there is something that is not going right here reading us to where we are and i think if you listen to the prime minister paused my own once he described test and trace as a game changer and all the scientific advice has been that a properly functioning test and trace system was necessary to the and lockdown measures so the fact we are talking about tightening up again can only be down to the fact that test and trace is such a shambles, the private company have not contacted enough people, the companies doing the testing and not letting people get tests and people are waiting far too long for tests, all of those things need to be fixed otherwise it looks like we'll be talking about

more restrictions will stop we have had about the problems and the testing system. boris johnson has admitted that there are challenges but you mentioned other countries that are not seeing a second wave, borisjohnson is saying we are testing more people, our capacity has hired sawai labour so sure it is the testing that the problem? has hired sawai labour so sure it is the testing that the problem7m has hired sawai labour so sure it is the testing that the problem? it is the testing that the problem? it is the case that is about demand and the case that is about demand and the demand has run up in recent weeks is about demand and the demand has up in recent weeks simply not anticipated by government. the numberof anticipated by government. the number of tests processed yesterday we nt number of tests processed yesterday went down to under 200,000, the lowest for a couple of weeks and we all know that when people went back to work and school they were going to work and school they were going to be more coughs and colds and virus transmission so it should be anticipated that there would be an increased demand and the fact we have not anticipated that all got the test entry system up and running in all its aspects means we are in this very unfortunate position. the

lib dems leader has said the only way to stop more restrictions as to fix the testing system, testing only tells you so much, surely there will have to be other restrictions than just knowing whether vitus is? testing tells you where the virus is so you can trace and contact and get people infected or have been in touch with people infected get them touch with people infected get them to isolate and we must think back to the start of this pandemic, and february are the who was very clear we had to test, test, test and trace and isolate to keep people safe. we have had six or seven months to get this right and it beggars belief we are in the shambles we are and that lam are in the shambles we are and that i am still getting e—mails daily from residents cannot get a test, one father told me of an hour she has tried to hundred times to get onto the test site for his son who

has the symptoms and cannot go to school so we know there are thousands of people across the country struggling to access tests, meaning the contact tracing which is critical cannot take place. that is the way to suppress this virus and therefore borisjohnson needs to look in the mirror and ask himself why the numbers are espied as they are and these restrictions are coming back into place because the government has let us down with test and trace. how much do you think there is zero for individual action here? in his address to the nation borisjohnson said this is about people not obeying the rules, do you think that isjust people not obeying the rules, do you think that is just not the case on is that a case for individual action? everybody has tried to play their part, the public generally feel they have done what was asked of them, toast to stay at home they stayed at home, they started going back to work, told to go out to the

hospitality sector that is what they have done. what they expect in return as the government to do its with testing and tracing and it has failed to deliver and one of the things i think has been wanting has been government communication and clarity of message and the fact we have had contradictions and messaging and also senior government advisers bricking the rules, breached public trust and undermined it when people have been trying hard to do the right thing and does bother me a lot when you hear the prime minister trying to blame the public for the situation when really he and the government need to take responsibility for br. 4—wheel br. having dropped a bombshell on the economic hospitality industry there is nothing in place to replace the

furlough scheme to keep them going, the prime minister has said the chancellor will bring forward creative and imaginative measures but is there an argument of those should already have been thought through and in place before announcing further curbs for six months? the economic measures are pa rt months? the economic measures are part of it and i want to come back briefly because what your viewers and healing to other parties who are carping with hindsight. there are four things to fight this virus, to put in place nhs resources which we re put in place nhs resources which were done magnificently and at no point has anybody being deprived treatment, second improved the therapies and they have improved due to british breakthroughs. then testing, over i to british breakthroughs. then testing, overi million people tested every working week, a huge numberand tested every working week, a huge number and always more you could do, thatis number and always more you could do, that is inevitable buti million people every week as a very significant amount of test resource and increase. finally we had to put

in place an economic package that protected people from the worst ravages and the government has done that creatively and imaginatively. the question is what are you going to do now? any fast-moving environment for that in business or the media got on government it is appropriate to take stock of the situation and cast forward so i do not think you should expect everything to come out and one go, thatis everything to come out and one go, that is not realistic and nor therefore with that be to be straight with people because as the science develops so we need to make decisions which are made quite rightly very properly communicated and my parliamentary colleagues rightly critical effort then whitehall took another week to come back with a more all—encompassing package and i am sure the chancellor will look a lot of the measures and

place carry saw the job retention bonus does not even kick in until january so it is not like that is not economic support, only this week the government alone schemes were extended. i am sure there cases of where else extra support is required then we should look at that and the round. we are running short on time, just in, isn't it correct that the government should look at different ways not just extending government should look at different ways notjust extending the existing scheme, look at it different phase of the virus, the economic response should be different. we have always said you need to develop and look at more sector specific and nuanced packages but i want to pick up on the statement that 1 packages but i want to pick up on the statement thati million people are being tested a week because that simply is not borne out by the facts. the government do not actually issue the number of people being tested everyday because they cannot keep track of it but we do

know from the test and trace statistics that about half that numbera week and statistics that about half that number a week and being tested, about 120,000 so the idea one million and being tested is not correct and we need to get to that kind of level to avoid the problems we are seeing. back on the economics, the idea of keeping follow going and definitely, surely it is better to have a way that people are not staying at home. that is exact if what we asked in, i wish conservatives would stop saying we are saying it should go on endeavour to indefinitely because we recognise a short—term, it is necessary because there are good businesses have seen the progress halted because of the impact of coronavirus, we think they deserve to be supported in the short to medium—term whilst toasting the impact and the important thing as if it looks like we will be in a different period that the government act now because it cannot expect

businesses to wait forever for a new package, they need something very soon. what is the lib dems solution to the economics of this? the liberal democrats have also called for furlough to be extended and a targeted way for certain sectors, we have to acknowledge there are parts of the economy that have not really a properly started to open up again andindeed a properly started to open up again and indeed with these latest restrictions will suffer further. the exhibition industry, art sector, travel and tourism, events and weddings struggling so targeted support and continued furlough to year is very much needed and i would add to that that they continue to be millions of self employ people who have missed out on any support of the last six months and they are often and hard—headed sectors like creative arts where there is lots of

freelance have not received a penny and still don't know when they will get back to work. boris johnson has said the chancellor will come forward with creative and imaginative ways to deal with the economy to see it through the pandemic crisis, i would like to thank my three guests, the pressure on the chancellor i think is going to be there for some time. scotland has recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic with 486 people testing positive in the past 2a hours. speaking at her daily briefing, nicola sturgeon said she would be writing to the prime minister asking for an extension of the furlough scheme, and argued that scotland should not be ‘hamstrung' in making public health decisions, which could real damage to job security, especially in the hospitality industry. we must not be hamstrung in essential public health decisions by the lack of necessary economic mitigations. all four uk nations yesterday agreed a joint statement to the effect

we would focus our efforts and i am quoting from it on suppressing the virus to the lowest possible level and keeping it there and that is really possible, positive, because it puts aside hopefully forever the idea we can just let this virus run. we must keep it suppressed because we know it does real damage but we all have a duty that our actions live up to it. we took tough action yesterday and i believe the situation we face absolutely merited that. but there is an argument and i have heard some experts articulate it even this morning that all of us across the uk should actually be doing even more and there is a danger that what starts to hold us back is not the public health analysis but financial limitations. so i will be writing to the prime minister today and i hope constructively because i recognise the economic

implications of all of this for the treasury are not easy but i will be asking that we have argent discussions to make sure urgent discussions to make sure we can get to a position where the fear i described is not the reality. and that either through uk government action, the extension of furlough or some reasonable but necessary fiscal flexibility for the devolved government through these ways we are all able to reach the decisions we think necessary to suppress the virus and save lives whilst also mitigating the impact on jobs. we are at the most criticaljuncture since march and as i will come on to say in conclusion we are in many ways and a stronger position because we know more about the virus but we must make sure we use the knowledge quickly and decisively and urgently and i want all of us to be in the best position equipped in the best possible way to do that.

the first minister of wales has said the infection rate in wales shows there is a ‘clear upward' curve in the spread of coronvirus. mark drakeford said it was up to the welsh people to help surpress the spread of covid—i9. we've all done so much already, but we have to go on doing those things in order to make a positive difference. and these are messages which i hope are very familiar here in wales. working from home as far as possible, a message for employers as much as for workers. following the rules about meeting people indoors. if you're one of those areas in wales, which are under local restrictions, you can only meet people who do not live with your household indoors for the time being. in other parts of wales, up to six people can meet indoors provided they all come from one extended household and children under 11.

household and children under 11 don't count towards that six. we now ask people in wales to wear face coverings on public transport, in shops and in other public places. and i've been asking people in wales to think carefully about where you go and who you are meeting, because the more places we go and the more people we meet, the greater are the chances that we could catch coronavirus or spread it to others. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes hello. a lot cooler across the board but different from yesterday. in east anglia sunshine and temperatures into the mid 20s, today cloudy with rain covering a good part of england and wales, the clearer weather

across scotland and northern ireland when it was cloudy yesterday, beautiful across parts of scotland so far. very still conditions with plenty of sunshine and visibility. through the rest of the day the odd shower for northern ireland and wales south—west england with outbreaks of rain turning heavy and persistent across eastern areas, and another zone of rain may be forming across parts of the midlands heading towards the evening, stretching to east anglia. becoming windier on the north sea and english channel as a low pressure forms and deepens. the low clears but another one approaches the south—west later, bringing rain and strong winds and given the windy conditions temperatures into double figures but cold enough for patchy frost developing in the countryside in northern scotland so very cold to start thursday, but another low—pressure system pushes and to

the south—west, bringing heavy rain, quite lengthy outbreaks and also a strong winds reaching gale force towards parts of the south—west, may be the far south—west of wales, pembrokeshire, the extent you can see, not everywhere with parts of scotland and northern ireland sunny but feeling cool, i2—14 for many. for friday the low pressure moves to the north sea with northerly wind following, fairly gusty affecting all the country bringing showers or lengthy outbreaks to north sea coast, a few showers elsewhere and inland areas staying dry, temperatures 11—14 but feeling cooler given the strength of the northerly winds. into the weekend a few showers was still but drier and staying cool for all of us.

this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines. there are warnings of tighter coronavirus measures to come if people don't stick to the rules, as the prime minister defends the test and trace system from criticism we are not only at a record high today, testing more people than any other european country but to get to the point he raises, we will go up to 500,000 tests by the end of october! the damaging effect on pubs and restaurants — forced to change the way they serve and closing at 10pm from tomorrow unhappy fans: plans to bring back spectators at live sporting events next month are also on hold. queues of 7,000 lorries in kent — and 2—day waits — the government warning to hauliers if they don't get ready for brexit. a desperate race against time to save a group of pilot whales stranded off the coast of tasmania — nearly 400 have already died