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

good afternoon. borisjohnson has been defending the latest restrictions aimed at tackling the rising number of coronavirus infections. as some critics warned that not enough was being done to help business as furlogh comes to an end. the labour leader accused him of being out of touch. sir keir starmer said the prime minister had lost control of testing and that, he said, was a major reason he is losing control of the virus. it followed the announcement of tighter restrictions in all four uk nations. with stricter measures in scotland and northern ireland where households are not allowed to mix. the prime minister warned the changes could last up to six months. in england, people are being told to work from home if they can. pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues will have to

close by 10pm from tomorrow night. the number of people allowed at weddings has been halved to 15 from monday. meanwhile, the fines for breaking the rules will also increase to £200 on the first offence. borisjohnson also warned of tighter measures if cases continue to rise. 0ur correspondent naomi grimley reports. it is six months since our streets became deserted in a way none of us, bar a sci—fi movie producer, could ever have imagined. now as we head into winter the big question is are these latest measures enough to stop us going in to lock down again? this couple knows to their cost how quickly the rules keep changing. the government has slashed the number of people at weddings from 30 to 15. my partner said to me we married for love not for show. that's quite right, we love each other, so we will go ahead and marry. we are just confused

to the new rules. and the venue has said it is covid secure and we could have 30 guests but all of a sudden the change. it's literally going to be us, our two children, parents and grandparents and that's it. the other changes include a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants which the government claims has worked well in belgium. as these people in glasgow discovered when they listened to nicola sturgeon‘s announcement, there is now a ban on people in scotland visiting other people's homes unless for good reasons, like childcare. the single greatest weapon... borisjohnson has held off going that far but some scientists who advise number 10 think tougher measures are inevitable. i don't think the measures have gone anywhere near far enough. in fact, i don't think the measures in scotland have gone far enough and i suspect we will see very stringent measures coming in place

throughout the uk at some point but it'll be too late again, we will have let the epidemic double and double and double again. at this university campus in dundee, they are finding out just how disruptive things can get after an outbreak meant 500 students had to self—isolate. ministers are under intense pressure to get testing sorted after it became apparent the system can't keep pace with the demands of autumn. the nhs test and trace app... tomorrow will see the new tracing app which had its launch delayed from the summer. in the meantime the message is do your bit to prevent a second lockdown. if everyone follows them and no one thinks they are immune or they don't have a role to play, if we pull together as we did during the peak of the virus, we will get through this, i am confident about that, we will get to christmas with schools, the economy open, with the social interactions that we all need as individuals

and then we can look forward in the new year. the flurries of meetings between the scientists and politicians will continue as they wait to see if our collective action does the trick. naomi grimley, bbc news. 486 people have tested positive for coronavirus in scotland since yesterday. nicola sturgeon said it was the highest daily figure recorded so far. people in scotland are banned from visiting other households, with some exceptions. ms sturgeon says she was advised that a curfew on pubs and restaurants wouldn't be enough to curb infections. the first minister also urged people not to book overseas travel for the october school holiday. lorna gordon is in glasgow and gave us this update. it's six months since the country was put into lockdown and today, here in scotland, people are being asked to adhere to some pretty tough measures once again. it's not a full lockdown but people are being told they mustn't visit each other for social reasons in their homes.

there are some limited exceptions, for tradespeople, for child care, for couples living apart, for instance, but everyone else, if we don't adhere to that rule, we will ultimately face a fine. this comes on a day when 486 people, as you say, tested positive for the virus here in scotland. that represents 7.8% of those newly tested. it is the highest figure so far for the number of people testing positive, albeit with a heavy caveat, of course, that more people are being tested now than at the height of the pandemic in march and april but nonetheless, the first minister nicola sturgeon says this underlines why the scottish government has taken the action it has to try and stem the spread of the virus between households. we are in the phase of a pandemic, of a virus, that as yet has no vaccine. with that virus on the rise again and winter ahead of us, if we are to achieve these priorities, we have to make sacrifices elsewhere. no country right now is able to have 100% normality.

so the measures we announced yesterday are tough but they are absolutely essential. and they are targeted to deal with some very specific factors, which we know are helping to drive transmission. well of course, the other measure that will come into force in scotland on friday is a curfew on the opening hours of pubs and restaurants. they will have to close at ten pm, nicola sturgeon said that she might have gone further in restricting the hospitality industry if she had been able to offer better financial support, and she said she would be writing to the prime minister borisjohnson calling for urgent discussions on extending the furlough scheme or allowing the devolved administrations greater financial flexibility. the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, says he has no plans for further lockdowns, and will give existing measures time to work. mr drakeford said efforts were being concentrated on the six welsh counties already in lockdown but they could be extended to new areas if necessary.

people are also no longer allowed to visit each other‘s homes in northern ireland. the restrictions were brought in last night. first minister arlene foster called it a "wake up call". northern ireland is the only part of the uk not to introduce curfews for bars and restaurants. the northern ireland executive will meet tomorrow to consider further measures. at prime minister's questions boris johnson was forced to defend his test and trace programme, and government measures to supportjobs. the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged him to announce new measures to help business. 0ur political correspondent jess parker reports. emerging into a new phase of this fight, borisjohnson‘s warning that if people don't follow the rules, he reserves the right to go further. we are now going to move on to prime minister's questions... in a subdued chamber, labour attacked the government's record on test and trace. losing control of testing is a major reason why the prime minister is losing control of this virus. as a result, as a result,

he is phasing in health measures, restrictions which we do support, but at the same time he is phasing out economic support. health measures and economic measures are now dangerously out of sync. borisjohnson said his government had provided unparalleled support for business. we will go forward with further creative and imaginative schemes to keep our economy moving, and that is the essence, mr speaker, of the plan, of the proposals. he has talked about them, he supported them last night, he supported them yesterday, mr speaker. i hope he continues to support them. the essence of what we are saying, mr speaker, is that we want to depress the virus but keep pupils in school and keep our economy moving. that is the single best thing we can do to support firms across the country. no one is suggesting that being in government right now makes for an easy life. but boris johnson isn't just facing questions from the opposition about his strategy. too far?

not far enough? the inevitable debate as a new set of restrictions are announced. but either way there are some tory mps who feel the prime minister has already overstepped the mark and they want more of a say over what happens next. is the economy to be considered? the devastating consequences of these measures on our economic activity. and the long—term impact on the price that we will pay in terms of people's lives from increased cancer deaths and increased heart conditions as a consequence of skewering the nhs to covid—i9. and you take all these things into consideration and come up with a politicaljudgment. i think we have made the wrong one. things are changing and with autumn and winter, ministers are warning it could be a long slog ahead. so much has already moved, but it is all part of life now, adapting to new changes, waiting to see if there will be more. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent,

helen catt, is in westminster. 0nce helen catt, is in westminster. again, borisjohnso| questions once again, borisjohnson facing questions about test and trace and also about the furlough scheme. yes, since announcing the new restrictions yesterday for england, it is interesting that a lot of those voices have been quieter today, but there seems to be an a cce pta nce today, but there seems to be an acceptance of these restrictions, that don't go quite as far as they did in scotland or northern ireland. the real questions have been around the context of it. what else is the government going to do to support people, to support businesses after introducing these curbs? 0f people, to support businesses after introducing these curbs? of course, yesterday he announced that they would be these restrictions, particularly on hospitality, the indication that that could last as long as six months, that is quite a big hit that businesses are going to take, so now the pressure is on in the government to work out how they will help businesses effectively get through that. of course, the furlough scheme is due to wind down soon and the pressure coming not just from the backbench, notjust

from labour here and the snp, but outside westminster. you heard lorna gordon talking about nicola sturgeon putting pressure on to get some sort of replacement for the furlough scheme up and running because, while the devolved administrations set their own public health rules, when it comes to coming up with things like the furlough scheme, it is the treasury here in westminster that holds the purse strings on that. thank you very much, helen. sir david king is chair of independent sage and former chief scientific advisor to both the blair and brown governments. good afternoon. let's talk about the testing trace system which boris johnson is consistently been criticised for. where are we on this? well, simon, could ijust go back to when the testing trace system was first set up. we had a testing trace system back in march but because the disease wasn't being put under control and we went on lockdown, the number of infectious

cases per day was way beyond our capability. instead of refunding the public test and trace system which is clearly what every other country in europe did, we decided as a government, that we would take the opportunity, and i'm going to say this, of a crisis, to introduce private sectors into the health care system in the uk. so, we found two companies, we didn't advertise, this was chosen, i would say, from whatever procedures we don't know, but non—healthcare whatever procedures we don't know, but non—healthca re experienced companies were given the business of doing the testing trace in this country. it has never been functional. we have seen thousands of people dying as a result of this and we still don't have a functional test and trace system. i also just say, no country can get out of a pandemic without a fully functioning test and trace system. quite simply, this is an epidemic in which the

virus spreads very rapidly, that means that everyone who goes down with the disease is quickly tested and then put into isolation and all of their contacts. if you do that, we could follow the path of for example, south korea or hong kong, who never went into lockdown. they never locked down the economy. they had a fully functioning test and trace had a fully functioning test and tra ce syste m had a fully functioning test and trace system up and running very quickly. sorry, you are saying thousands of people have died because we don't have a sufficient test and trace system. thousands of people are dying because the court coronavirus. what would a test and trace coronavirus. what would a test and tra ce syste m coronavirus. what would a test and trace system have done to prevent that? this is what i was trying to explain. if you don't isolate eve ryo ne explain. if you don't isolate everyone who has been in contact with those who have gone down, as well as those above gone down with the disease, they are walking around ina the disease, they are walking around in a community spreading the disease. that's exactly how it is being spread. by people who already have the disease and infectious and

they are in local communities are spreading it, going into pubs and whatever. if you have a fully functioning test and trace system, and that is the function of the testing trace system, you take those people into isolation. you see that they are cared for in isolation. if people are put into isolation and they go back home where there are multi—generational families living, that isn't going to function. so in countries like greece, they requisitioned hotels and put people into those hotels for isolation. that's how greece got this disease under control so quickly. so, sir david, the restrictions announced, fairly narrow restrictions announced yesterday, what do you make of them? well, once again, it is the government acting too little too late. we have seen this second wave coming for some time. this disease, according to the chief medical 0fficer according to the chief medical officer and the chief scientific

advisers themselves, is now doubling at the rate of every seven days, said today in the uk, we had 5000 new infections reported, 37 deaths up new infections reported, 37 deaths up from four or five deaths just a few weeks ago and 1300 people hospitalised. we are going back into that situation. none of us want to see a lockdown, but frankly, if we don't have a functional test and trace system, how do we know where this disease is? who are the people who are infecting the rest of the population? we don't know it. so, i'm afraid that the actions put in place are too little too late, but they are important actions. independent sage is making it absolutely clear, and we said this all along, a fully functional testing system must be put in place, rebuilt the test system now on tried and trusted local national health service and public health

structures. don't give the job to centrally placed private companies. see that we use those thousands of public health situations in the country. gps are not even involved in this process. by the way, which is not, according to the law. according to the law, every case of infection should be reported, but the gps don't even know. i'm just wondering if you have any sympathy for the politics of this in that the prime minister does have this balance of the scientific advice on the one hand, your advice on the one hand, on the economy on the other. and as we approach the end of the furlough scheme, a lot of people are saying, well, if you don't have a thriving economy, then we get into real problems. i'm sorry, but that is simply incorrect in the sense that the quickest way to get the economic up and running is to get the disease down to zero as possible. we had the summer to do that. why? because in the winter,

most of us are indoors and as soon as we go indoors, we know that the disease is spread indoors, rather than out of doors. something like over 95% of spreading incurs indoors, so we felt the summer months could have been well used to get the level of infection in the country down to the point where schools can be reopened, universities could be reopened, without risking the economy and the economy could be opened. if all of this had been done quickly in the first place and if it was done quickly now, we can reduce both the economic impact and the health of the country would be improved and we would have had fewer deaths. but we are still running risks of thousands of tests that should never have happened. it is in excess of 30,000 now, deaths that could have been avoided with proper action will stop and the economy would have been up and the economy would have been up and running many months ago. very quickly, the prime minister said this could be in place for six

months. is that a fair assessment of where you think we are? yes. i think that what the prime minister is insisting on doing is leading with his two private—sector companies, with no experience of running health service things, leaving the test and the trace system with them and i just can't see it functioning. why can't he understand that he must give up this idea of rapidly moving into the private sector with national health service demands, instead of using the tried and tested local services. and by the way, how do you put people into lockdown? you employ local people to use... to ensure that people are in lockdown. you need to use them to say, you have been in touch with somebody, you have to isolate, which is basically what other countries in europe are doing. said david king,

thank you very much. always good to talk to you. just let you know that at half past three we are going to be answering your questions on those restrictions. joining us will be cell biologist at university college london — jennifer rohn and university of cambridge virologist dr chris smith. send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk as university students return to campuses across the country, there have been a number of outbreaks. universities are implementing a number of restrictions and much of the teaching time will not be face to face. however in the past few days there have been clusters of the virus at a number of teaching institutions. i am joined now by matt crilly who is president of the national union of students scotland — where as we have been hearing indoor meetings between households have been banned. match, several universities there are also illustrating the point about clusters. what you think is

going on? yeah, i think we are really quite anxious about the picture in scotland just now. so essentially what has happened is that students at scotland's universities and colleges have been asked to return to campus, many of them have moved into student accommodation and are now beginning to see cases in that accommodation because of that movement of students and the transmission. i think it is really worrying and some of the things we are seeing just now is entire blocks of students being asked to self quarantine and put themselves into isolation for the next two weeks. what we are really worried about just now next two weeks. what we are really worried aboutjust now is students being adequately supported to do that. clearly, it's really important that. clearly, it's really important that people quarantine if they may have come into contact with people with the virus. however, students in these accommodations often have moved away from their family support networks, so it might be more difficult for them to get food and

necessary essentials and also i worried about the mental health on stu d e nts worried about the mental health on students who may be asked to quarantine in small, single bedrooms in these halls. students, like eve ryo ne in these halls. students, like everyone else, they know the rules. i'm just wondering what you make of some politicians who suggest that it's a certain group of people who are flighting the rules who are responsible for this increase in the number of cases we are now seeing.|j don't think we should be blaming any elements of the population, really. of course, there are students who are breaking the rules, but there are breaking the rules, but there are over half a million students in scotland, so the vast majority are following the guidelines, but i think it is clearjust now that we can't have the normal resumption of campuses that we are used to. for students, that means, unfortunately, we can't have the house part parties that we might be used to. the virus is still out there, we need to be really cautious, we need to follow the public guidelines to protect

ourselves as students, but also to protect the staff at our universities and colleges and the wider public. i think the vast majority of students are following the guidelines. you have students already having to self—isolate in dundee, glasgow, aberdeen, ithink you having a meeting with government representatives later on. what you do to stop this in its tracks before things get worse? so, we have been urging throughout the summer a cautious approach. the national union of students throughout the summer union of students throughout the summer has been saying that we should be engaging with online learning where possible. clearly, the virus is still out there and to try and limit the spread, online learning and teaching should be the default. so we are still pushing that message. i think there is some unnecessary teaching still going on in person and i think if we can limit the spread of the virus, we should do. thank you very much for your time.

the united states is beginning three days of tributes to supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg, who died last week. her body will lie in repose on the front steps of the court where she served for 27 years, giving members of the public the chance to pay their respects. the first woman to lie in state in the us capital. president trump will be speaking tomorrow. 0f the us capital. president trump will be speaking tomorrow. of course, a lot of pressure on the political system in the united states coming so soon system in the united states coming so soon before the presidential election. the decision to replace ruth bader ginsburg has electrified the debate there as to whether she should be replaced before a new president is elected. crowds of mourners have been packing the court steps after her death at the age of 87 on friday and after two days of

public viewing here at the supreme court, she will then lie in state in the us capital when her casket will be placed in the national statutory hall. so, a sombre few days in washington paying tribute to the late ruth bader ginsburg. we will return to washington a little later where our correspondence will talk us where our correspondence will talk us through events that are scheduled for the next couple of days. ministers have warned there could be queues of 7,000 lorries in kent at the end of the brexit transition period — on the ist ofjanuary — if haulage companies don't prepare for new customs arrangements. speaking in the commons michael gove said just one in four businesses believe they are "fully ready" for the post—brexit arrangements as he outlined the government's reasonable worst case scenario. i should stress that this is not a prediction or a forecast. it's just a prudent exercise in setting out what could, and the worst circumstances, occur if we don't

improve preparedness. and of course, if our neighbours declined to be pragmatic. the scenario builds on an estimate that only 50 to 70% of large businesses and just 20 to 40% of small and medium—sized enterprises would be ready for the strict application of new eu requirements. in those circumstances, that could mean that only between 30 and 60% of laden hgvs would arrive at the border with the necessary formalities completed for the goods on board. they were therefore be turned back by the french border authorities, clogging the dover to calais crossing. in that scenario, those across the short state crossings could be reduced by up to 60 to 80% compared to the normal rate and in such circumstances, that could lead to queues of up to 7000 hgvs in kent. these queues and the associated disruption and delay would cause some side as unready businesses who have a good turn back at the border would not want to repeat the x variants. it is clearly far better

that everyone is prepared now rather than face disruption next year. responding for labour — rachel reeves criticised the government's brexit plans. what about the government? there is a long list of promises for the future in the letter. the uk government will be contacting haulage companies. they will be running targeted advertising. they will be publishing an updated haulier handbook and they will launch... madam deputy speaker, why aren't these essential prerequisites for a smooth transition not already here? it is all well and good to tell businesses to act now, but without the systems in place, frankly, it is like telling me to bake a cake but forgetting to turn a oven on. sectors from farming to haulage to car manufacturing are crying out for the government to get

this right. these sectors are the backbone of british industry and they are vital to our everyday economy. if we don't listen to these experts, we will lose exports. as part of the new measures, office workers in england should now work from home if possible, that was always the case in scotland, wales and northern ireland. i'm joined byjosh hardie, deputy director general of the cbi. not really what you wanted to hear. thanks to having it. of course, yesterday was a sobering day. primarily, of course, because of the news about the increase in infection rates in the risk that has the health, and that is what businesses are most concerned about. how do we control the virus? how do we make sure that we don't head to a major national lockdown in the future and if the steps that the government have laid out help us to avoid that, that's the single most important thing, so of course, businesses will comply. but it doesn't come without

cost. tens of thousands of employees who want to return to work, their home circumstances aren't suitable for home working. all those high streets that rely on office workers will have to wait potentially for six months and decide how to get through that time. so i think what we need to do is look at what support is available in the meantime and how we can ramp up things like testing in order to reduce that six months as much as possible. and frustrating for some businesses who have spent a lot of time preparing to be coded secure. absolutely. i think businesses up and down the country have done a greatjob, talking to their employees and investing in covid secure workplaces. that will still be necessary when returned to work does happen. businesses are frustrated that they also know that some of this isjust, this is the world that they also know that some of this is just, this is the world we live in with a pandemic. so it's not a sense of anger, it's a sense of right, let's roll our sleeves up.

let's be specific about the support. job retention scheme coming to end, what is going to replace it? how can we build resilience and all step in. with testing and ppe, businesses all stepped in. can we do the same? how we got a good testing regime? you can sense the pressure building on the chancellor for some successor to the furlough scheme. what would be your preferred option?|j to the furlough scheme. what would be your preferred option? i think there are lots of options out there. it is possible to do it targeted by specific sectors but the virus doesn't fall evenly across sectors that might be a big challenge, and there are other ways, half time working in the remainder split between government, business and employee. we have put proposals on, they are lower cost, they are pragmatic but the key is whatever the final outcome, get it done now because that noticeable redundancies, particularly for large—scale schemes has passed. the next one is on the ist of october, businesses who don't know what support they are going to get are

sadly having to take sad and tough decisions now for the want of information. really good to talk to you. let's return to the supreme court in washington. the casket containing ruth veda ginsberg as you can see is arriving at the capital building —— ginsberg. —— ruth bader ginsberg. being the first person to lie in state in the state capital, a trailblazer in death as in life. she died on friday and her death has created a political storm, as with the political storm, as with the political —— presidential election approaching, president trump saying he was hoping to announce his nominee friday or saturday this

week. that has caused considerable anger in parts of washington, and he will be paying tribute to ruth veda ginsberg ina will be paying tribute to ruth veda ginsberg in a speech at the capital tomorrow. —— ruth bader ginsburg. the sombre moment as ruth bader ginsburg will lie in repose before a service gets under way. the united states paying tribute. crowds of mourners have been packing the area after her death on friday at the age of 87. flowers and cards adorning the grass, and as you can see, many people not defying covid

restrictions, but very much honouring them. you can see all those wearing masks as the casket is brought up the stairs. and after two days of public viewing at the court, she'll become the first woman as i say to lie in state in the us capitol when her casket is placed in the national statuary hall. the first woman, as i say, ever to be given the honour. the civil rights pioneer rosa parks was also mourned at the capitol in a similar ceremony in 2000 fires. but because she did not hold government or military office she lay in honour and not instate. sombre scenes in washington, dc at the start of three days of mourning

to ruth bader ginsburg. because of the jewish high to ruth bader ginsburg. because of thejewish high holidays she will be buried next tuesday after yom kippur and she will be laid to rest at the arlington national cemetery next to her husband, marty ginsburg, who died in 2010. members of the supreme court, family and close friends will attend that service, and as i was saying, her death less than 50 days before the presidential election has made that issue of her replacement on the court, a most controversial one. so we will keep an eye on the events at the supreme court, as the casket carrying ruth bader ginsburg is carried into the building. we will be talking to our washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue a little later. you can tell us what to expect in the coming days. it's taken years of legal wrangling but the high court has cleared one of the last obstacles for two men from london, to face

trial in the us. they are accused of being part of the so called islamic state group, and carrying out atrocities against british and american hostages. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has been talking to the sister of a british journalist who was held hostage by is. the isis suspects, former londoners alexander kotey and el shafee elsheikh, in us custody and accused of carrying out atrocities against western hostages in syria, which they deny. evidence of their time with isis has been gathered by british intelligence. but until a court ruling yesterday, a judicial review brought by one of the men's mothers had prevented it from being passed to the us for prosecution. among the british and american hostages the men allegedly guarded were alan henning and david haines, both murdered by isis. the british photojournalist john cantlie was kidnapped in 2012 and last seen in an isis propaganda video four years ago. now, his sister has spoken for the first time of her relief

thatjustice may soon be served. we have only ever wanted these two to face justice. we feel, as everybody i think feels, that we all have to stand accountable for our actions. and these two, hopefully, finally, will stand accountable for some of the things that they did to at least some of the people that they held hostage. so the only thing that we really can hope for is that these two will get to america and there will be a proper, fair trial and that all the evidence will be heard. john cantlie was kidnapped twice. after he escaped the first time, he went back to syria with us journalist james foley. foley was murdered, and the whereabouts ofjohn cantlie are still unknown. he felt absolutely that he had to go back to aleppo, to tell the story that he hadn't managed to tell when he was first kidnapped. and he felt absolutely that it was his duty to go back and to talk about what was happening

on the ground there at the time. the two isis suspects, nicknamed "the beatles" by the captives, were caught in syria over two years ago. yesterday, britain handed over the final evidence in their cases to the us embassy, pending an expected trial. relatives of the murdered hostages have expressed their enormous relief. frank gardner, bbc news. i'm joined by gary 0'donoghue, who is at the supreme court. returning to washington where tributes from the supreme court of justice, ruth bader ginsburg, the casket has just been laid to rest in the great hall. gary, a moment a very sombre reflection, and yet behind—the—scenes, ferocious argument over who should replace her. yes. i mean, an argument that is really taking centre stage in

this election campaign, with now less then six weeks to go until polling day of course. so i think over the next couple of days, perhaps we will see that debate may be, may be ever way a little bit, while people pay their respects, maybe not so much. the president, simon, is due to come here tomorrow to pay his respects. that will be an interesting security challenge, i think, for the secret service. then on friday, she will be taken across to the capital, where she will be laid in state for members of congress to pay their respects —— to the capitol. behind all this, the debate about when and how to replace her. the president already said it should be a woman that takes the place. we have some names in the frame, one or two of them have been vetted before so the process could happen very quickly, and certainly mitch mcconnell, the republican leader of the senate, who runs the table, when it comes to this confirmation, this nomination and confirmation, this nomination and confirmation, he says it will be done before the end of the year. and

bearin done before the end of the year. and bear in mind when he says the end of the year, of course, even though we have an election on november three, the way it works in this country is that the senate in its current state continue sitting beyond election day, until the end of the year. they can do stuff in that period after election day, even if some of them have lost their seats. a lot of people in this country, we don't have a similar system of the supreme court. in the united states, this really is a crucial role, isn't it? yeah, and become even more crucial i think in recent years, and here's why. of course, the supreme court really is the guardian of the us constitution. that is what it does. it interprets the written constitution, as set out by the framers back in, you know, the latter pa rt framers back in, you know, the latter part of the 1780s, you know, a couple of hundred years ago or more, and what they do as they interpret that constitution. so cases that relate to things that

won't even thought about back in that era have to be interpreted by this court. what do they mean, in the light of the constitution and its amendments? and what has happened, and this, i think, its amendments? and what has happened, and this, ithink, is its amendments? and what has happened, and this, i think, is a crucial point in american life, what has happened is that the legislature, the capitol, congress, across from where i'm standing to you talking to you now, has become so you talking to you now, has become so gridlocked over the last few decades, that's certainly the american people, when you poll them, have given up on congress as a way of getting things done, so quite a lot of the things that affect americans everyday lives are things that end up bubbling up through the courts, and i'm talking about things like what kind of health care you get, whether or not you are allowed to carry a gun, who you can marry. all these things that touch everyone bubble up to the supreme court at some point or another. they don't go through congress, they don't get legislated upon, they don't get decided —— they get decided in this building a home here, that is why

the us supreme court is so important. and, gary, because of thejewish high holiday of course, she will be buried actually next tuesday, after yom kippur. yes, that's right, and she will be buried at arlington national cemetery, just across the potomac in virginia. that is the cemetery, as you know, where presidents have been laid to rest, soldiers, and also that's where her husband has been laid to rest, and she will be with him then. there will be some sort of memorial service at some point, no detail about that at this stage. of course about that at this stage. of course a lot of controversy, because we are told that one of her dying wishes that she should not be replaced before the election. her seat should

not be taken, nomination,, and of course congress in the shape of the senate is pressing ahead despite that dying wish. a huge amount of anger certainly among democrats and others too that this is happening so soon others too that this is happening so soon before an election, the argument by the other side of course that given that we have a republican president and a republican senate, it is their constitutional duty to go through a process, a nomination and confirmation, no matter when the election is. that argument is not going to go away anytime soon. gary, thank you very much. the poisoned russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been discharged from hospital in germany. doctors say it's possible he could make a full recovery. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, is in berlin. it is clear now that alexei navalny

has survived an apparent assassination attempt. doctors here in berlin saying he could yet make a full recovery, though they say it is still too soon to gauge the long—term effects of the poisoning. it is just over long—term effects of the poisoning. it isjust over a long—term effects of the poisoning. it is just over a month since mr navalny collapsed in a plane over russia. his supporters brought him here to berlin for treatment. in a german military laboratory, which subsequently confirmed he had been poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. his discharge from hospital today will no doubt delight his loved ones and his supporters. it may also intensify pressure on angela merkel and other western leaders have yet to agree a response to his poisoning. angela merkel has demanded a full explanation from the kremlin. the kremlin deny all involvement. as to mr navalny, it is clear his road back to full health may be a long and potentially difficult one. juhasz posted on social media in the last few hours that he will require daily physiotherapy and he still doesn't have full control over all his

limbs. a spokeswoman for mr navalny has told one news agency he intends to stay in germany for that treatment for now, but longer term, mr navalny has indicated his intention to return to russia. large numbers of migrants return to russia. reached the uk yesterday in a series of small boat crossings. the border force says it dealt with 26 incidents involving 393 people. the french authorities dealt with a further ten crossing attempts, with more than 90 people involved. nearly 1,900, migrants have arrived in the uk this month, more than in the whole of last year. a deputy head teacher has been killed by cows while walking in fields in north yorkshire. dave clark, who was in his 50s, died on monday evening. police are trying to establish exactly what happened. the head of richmond school, where mr clark worked for 23 years, described him as a lovely man who'd enriched the lives of everyone he met. they are horrific scenes — nearly 400 pilot whales dead or dying — beached on the west coast of tasmania. it's thought to be australia's

largest—ever stranding — and scientists don't know why it's happened. rescuers are racing against time to save dozens of the animals that remain stuck — but still alive. shaimaa khalil reports. more beached whales found on tasmania's west coast, and for most of them, it was already too late. most of them appear to be dead. but we are waiting on advice from the ground crew before we make a final call on what we do. but you know, if they can be saved, we probably will send crews over there to do that. the second group was spotted just over six miles from the area where 270 pilot whales have been stranded since monday. rescuers have been working furiously to try to help as many as they can. but it has been difficult moving the animals in rugged waters. 50 have been saved so far. but some had beached themselves again after being

brought in by the tide. now, with any sort of stranding, you do sometimes see the re—stranding of some individuals. in this case, this has happened. but the operation is still very much under way with people going back tomorrow morning, it is now night time here in australia, so hopefully they will be back to save the remaining 30 live animals. with 30 pilot whales still alive, crew members hope that more can be helped back into the sea. nearly 400 have now died on the tasmanian coast. scientists don't know exactly what drew the animals to the shore. and while whale beachings are not uncommon in the region, the authorities believe this is the largest stranding in australia's history. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. well, we have anna bunney the education co—0rdinator at 0rca, a charity dedicated to studying and protecting whales and dolphins in uk and european waters, with us.

anak, you must be as upset as anybody, looking at these pictures? yes, these images are heartbreaking. just that aerial footage just shows the expense of these strandings. it is heartbreaking, isn't it? why does it happen? well, we can't really be 100% sure. what we do know is that pilot whales are extremely sociable animals. they have really strong social bonds within their pods. they often stay in pod sizes round about 40, in theirfamily groups, so they stay in their family groups for their whole lives, and often these pods will be coming together in a single pod, as we can see here. but they might have been in a super pod quite far out and one or two might have become individuals stranded, and made distress caused to the other groups, which brings them all in and they are all coming in to save these individuals while getting stranded themselves. there is huge

operation, humans trying to get them back out to sea, and yet some come and beach themselves again, so what are we missing here? it isjust that the geography of this area, you know, it is two big sandbanks, very gentle, shallow topography there, and what these animals find to find their food and communicate and what these animals find to find theirfood and communicate is echolocation, so the same as bats use, so they are using sound to communicate and find their food. it doesn't work very well in sand bars, they think they are in deeper waters than they are, they are not getting any our back for many hard su bsta nces any our back for many hard substances on there. so the rescue, an amazing coordinated effort going on, which is really applaudable, but of course these animals are coming back to save other members of their family pods again, so they really are trying their best, but who knows how successful this is going to be? many of us looking at these pictures think at some point this is down to

human failings, this is down to humans, or is this just nature, this is just what happens every now and then? it is really hard to tell, and it could be one or either, or it could be both. massive strandings of pilot whales like this is not uncommon. that actually happens quite frequently, we have had them here in the uk before. but yes, it does happen quite a lot and it is just because of those strong social bonds, and they are in these large pods, and they all want to save each other, you know, one of these individuals might have been ill, might have disease, and it is really ha rd to might have disease, and it is really hard to say exactly what has caused this, but it is actually not that uncommon. that doesn't stop it being very distressing to look at. uncommon. that doesn't stop it being very distressing to look atm uncommon. that doesn't stop it being very distressing to look at. it is, and these are marine animals, they are mammals like us, they are beautiful creatures, it is on everyone's bucket lists to go and see the whales, and it is really sad

to see. and i think these rescuers have got a really hard job on their hands, because it is a huge expense that they are trying to save these whales. it is miles and miles long, there are whales everywhere, which ones do you look at saving first? it isa ones do you look at saving first? it is a really hard job for them i think. do you think some of them will survive? they have been so many successful release trending efforts all around the world. —— re—stranding efforts around the world. 30 have been saved already but let see over the next few days what happens. thank you much. the fiance ofjulian assange, stella moris, has told the bbc she dreaded going public with their relationship. ms moris, a lawyer, gave birth to the couple's two young sons while the wikileaks founder was living in the ecuadorian embassy in london. mr assange is currently fighting

extradition to the united states, after being accsued of obtaining and publishing secret military documents a decade ago. she says she'll stand by him whatever happens. we've been speaking to stella moris in herfirst in depth british tv interview, and she explained how she first met mr assange. i metjulian in paddington at the front line club. i thought he was intriguing, a man with a mission. you became a couple in 2015. julian assange i think had been living effectively in one room of the ecuadorian embassy for three years at that point. if you don't mind me asking, how does dating work in that situation? you know, love finds a way. we wrote things down to each other, if they were so intimate that we didn't want to say them out loud. so when i got pregnant, which was a planned pregnancy, itold him in writing, not just in planned pregnancy, itold him in writing, notjust in writing, i wrote it down, ifolded writing, notjust in writing, i wrote it down, i folded the writing, notjust in writing, i

wrote it down, ifolded the paper, isolate it to him. can i come to the case against him? two of the accusations, one is dumping hundreds of thousands of unredacted cables on the internet, which put informants‘s lives in danger. also he is accused of trying to help us soldier chelsea manning crack a password for a secret pentagon network. you have claimed he is a journalist, he claims he is a journalist. most journalists don't help their sources pick physical or digital locks, or put informants‘s names in the public domain, endangering their life, do they? julian redacted the afghan war logs, the iraq war logs and the cables. it is a fact that wikileaks republished the cables only after they were on the internet on dozens and dozens of websites. he faces 175 yea rs and dozens of websites. he faces 175 years in prison. they say that is hyperbole. they say it will be more like four to six year sentence if

convicted. yeah, and we just heard evidence from independent experts saying it is much more likely he will serve a life sentence. the injustice is overwhelming. i don't think this is people's values. i don't think they think that people who expose war crimes should go to prison for the rest of their lives. how do you deal with the fact that your fiance may lose his how do you deal with the fact that yourfiance may lose his fight against extradition? it is not a choice. you love who you love. and, as he goes through all these things, i'll be there all the way, as much asi i'll be there all the way, as much as i can. a new name has been announced for the bristol music venue colston hall — following decades of protests and boycotts over its association with the slave trade. it'll now be known as the bristol beacon. the search for a new name began back in 2017 — before the black lives matter campaign — asjohn maguire reports.

when the statue of the 17th—century slave trader edward colston was torn from its plinth... ..these images were viewed around the world. his name, hardly known beyond bristol, was now synonymous with the campaign to remove physical reminders of a barbaric past. colston's name was lent to roads, schools, and even the main music venue in the city where slavery had made his fortune. but three years before the most recent demonstrations, in 2017, the organisation behind the colston hall decided it should be renamed. we were clear about the decisions we made, it was a unanimous decision by our board of trustees. i think the world has moved on a little bit since we've done that. so we remain really confident in the decision that we've taken for us. other people may take different decisions, but some people felt excluded because of the associations with edward colston, we had to change it.

the new name for the hall will be bristol beacon. as a city, bristol has decided to change the name of this iconic venue. it is not the specific name that matters, it is the fact that the city has gone through a process to think about what it calls its venues. following the statue's removal, its subject's name followed suit. from the concert hall, from the office tower next door, and elsewhere. recent months have seen a rebranding exercise. the physical manifestation of a decades—long debate. this was the spot at bristol harbour—side where colston's statue was dumped into the water by the protesters. but what gives you an indication of how long there's been a debate in this city about the slave trade is this bridge. built more than 20 years ago, it's named not after a slave trader like edward colston, it's called pero's bridge and it's named after a slave.

when the idea of changing colston hall's name was proposed, many argued against what they saw as a rewriting of history. but others say it's not about changing the past, but confronting it. we're not revising history, in the sense of creating a false version, what we're doing is trying to get closer to a truer version. in that process, of course, we might feel that things are being lost or over—prioritised, but i think that's part of the journey in which then we come to a narrative which is more warts and all, more a mature version. and as we reconsider our past, the name bristol beacon has been chosen to look to the future. to unite, not divide. to represent hope, not despair. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. 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 where it was cloudy yesterday, beautiful across parts of scotland so far. this of scotland so far. was inverclyde with very still conditions, this was inverclyde with very still conditions, plenty of sunshine and sparkling visibility as well. 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 coast and the english channel as a low pressure forms and deepens. that low clears but another one approaches the south—west later, bringing rain and stronger 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 into the south—west, bringing heavy rain, quite lengthy outbreaks and also a strong wind, 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, 12—14 for many. for friday, the low pressure moves to the north sea with a 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 but drier and staying cool for all of us.

this is bbc news. 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 0ctober! 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. the us pays tribute to justice ruth bader ginsburg. she will lie in repose on the front steps of the supreme court where she served for 27 years. 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 good afternoon. borisjohnson has been defending the latest restrictions aimed at tackling the rising number of coronavirus infections. as some critics warned that not enough was being done to help business as furlogh comes to an end. the labour leader accused him of being out of touch. sir keir starmer said the prime minister had lost control of testing, and that, he said, was a major reason he is losing control of the virus. it followed the announcement of. tighter restrictions in all four uk nations. with stricter measures in scotland and northern ireland

where households are not allowed to mix. the prime minister warned the changes could last up to six months. in england, people are being told to work from home if they can. pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues will have to close by 10pm from tomorrow night. the number of people allowed at weddings has been halved to 15 from monday. meanwhile, the fines for breaking the rules will also increase to £200 on the first offence. borisjohnson also warned of tighter measures if cases continue to rise. 0ur correspondent naomi grimley reports. it is six months since our streets became deserted in a way none of us, bar a sci—fi movie producer, could ever have imagined. now as we head into winter the big question is are these latest measures enough to stop us going in to lock down again? this couple knows to their cost how quickly the rules keep changing. the government has slashed

the number of people at weddings from 30 to 15. my partner said to me we married for love not for show. that's quite right, we love each other, so we will go ahead and marry. we are just confused to the new rules. and the venue has said it is covert secure and we could have 30 guests but all of a sudden the change. it's literally going to be us, our two children, parents and grandparents and that's it. the other changes include a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants which the government claims has worked well in belgium. as these people in glasgow discovered when they listened to nicola sturgeon's announcement, there is now a ban on people in scotland visiting other peoples homes unless for good reasons, like childcare. the single greatest weapon... borisjohnson has held off going that far but some scientists who advise number 10 think tougher

measures are inevitable. i don't think the measures have gone anywhere near far enough. in fact, i don't think the measures in scotland have gone far enough and i suspect we will see very stringent measures coming in place throughout the uk at some point but it'll be too late again, we will have let the epidemic double and double and double again. at this university campus in dundee, they are finding out just how disruptive things can get after an outbreak meant 500 students had to self—isolate. ministers are under intense pressure to get testing sorted after it became apparent the system can't keep pace with the demands of autumn. the nhs test and trace app... tomorrow will see the new tracing app which had its launch delayed from the summer. in the meantime the message is do your bit to prevent a second lockdown. if everyone follows them and no one thinks they are immune or they don't have a role to play,

if we pull together as we did during the peak of the virus, we will get through this, i am confident about that, we will get to christmas with schools, the economy open, view social interactions that we all need as individuals and then we can look forward in the new year. the flurries of meetings between the scientists and politicians will continue as they wait to see if our collective action does the trick. naomi grimley, bbc news. 486 people have tested positive for coronavirus in scotland since yesterday. nicola sturgeon said it was the highest daily figure recorded so far. people in scotland are banned from visiting other households , with some exceptions. ms sturgeon says she was advised that a curfew on pubs and restaurants wouldn't be enough to curb infections. the first minister also urged people not to book overseas travel for the october school holiday. lorna gordon is in glasgow and gave us this update. it's six months since the country was put into lockdown and today,

here in scotland, people are being asked to adhere to some pretty tough measures once again. it's not a full lockdown but people are being told they mustn't visit each other for social reasons in their homes. there are some limited exceptions, for tradespeople, for child care, for couples living apart, for instance, but everyone else, if we don't adhere to that rule, we will ultimately face a fine. this comes on a day when 486 people, as you say, tested positive for the virus here in scotland. that represents 7.8% of those newly tested. it is the highest figure so far for the number of people testing positive, albeit with a heavy caveat, of course, that more people are being tested now than at the height of the pandemic in march and april but nonetheless, the first minister nicola sturgeon says this underlines why the scottish government has taken the action it has to try and stem the spread of the virus between households. we are in the phase of a pandemic, of a virus,

that as yet has no vaccine. with that virus on the rise again and winter ahead of us, if we are to achieve these priorities, we have to make sacrifices elsewhere. no country right now is able to have 100% normality. so the measures we announced yesterday are tough but they are absolutely essential. and they are targeted to deal with some very specific factors, which we know are helping to drive transmission. well of course, the other measure that will come into force in scotland on friday is a curfew on the opening hours of pubs and restaurants. they will have to close at ten pm, nicola sturgeon said that she might have gone further in restricting the hospitality industry if she had been able to offer better financial support, and she said she would be writing to the prime minister borisjohnson calling for urgent discussions on extending the furlough scheme or allowing the devolved administrations greater financial flexibility.

the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, says he has no plans for further lockdowns, and will give existing measures time to work. mr drakeford said efforts were being concentrated on the six welsh counties already in lockdown — but they could be extended to new areas if necessary. he also said pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants in wales will not have to close their doors at 10pm under new coronavirus restrictions. he stated that 10pm would be the time that alcohol sales must end. people are also no longer allowed to visit each other‘s homes in northern ireland. the restrictions were brought in last night. first minister arlene foster called it a "wake up call". northern ireland is the only part of the uk not to introduce curfews for bars and restaurants. the northern ireland executive will meet tomorrow to consider further measures. at prime minister's questions, boris johnson was forced to defend his test and trace programme, and government measures to supportjobs. the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged him to announce new measures to help business. 0ur political correspondent jess parker reports. emerging into a new phase of this

fight, borisjohnson's warning that if people don't follow the rules, he reserves the right to go further. we are now going to move on to prime minister's questions... in a subdued chamber, labour attacked the government's record on test and trace. losing control of testing is a major reason why the prime minister is losing control of this virus. as a result, as a result, he is phasing in health measures, restrictions which we do support, but at the same time he is phasing out economic support. health measures and economic measures are now dangerously out of sync. borisjohnson said his government had provided unparalleled support for business. we will go forward with further creative and imaginative schemes to keep our economy moving, and that is the essence, mr speaker, of the plan, of the proposals. he has talked about them, he supported them last night, he supported them yesterday, mr speaker.

i hope he continues to support them. the essence of what we are saying, mr speaker, is that we want to depress the virus but keep pupils in school and keep our economy moving. that is the single best thing we can do to support firms across the country. no one is suggesting that being in government right now makes for an easy life. but boris johnson isn't just facing questions from the opposition about his strategy. too far? not far enough? the inevitable debate as a new set of restrictions are announced. but either way there are some tory mps who feel the prime minister has already overstepped the mark and they want more of a say over what happens next. is the economy to be considered? the devastating consequences of these measures on our economic activity. and the long—term impact on the price that we will pay in terms of people's lives from increased cancer deaths and increased heart conditions as a consequence of skewering the nhs to covid—19. and you take all these things into consideration and come up

with a politicaljudgment. i think we have made the wrong one. things are changing and with autumn and winter, ministers are warning it could be a long slog ahead. so much has already moved, but it is all part of life now, adapting to new changes, waiting to see if there will be more. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen catt gave this update. it's interesting, a lot of the voices you heard like desmond swayne there have been quieter today, there seems to be an acceptance of these restrictions that don't go quite as far as they did in scotland or northern ireland. instead, where the real questions have been have been around the context of it. what else is the government going to do to support people? to support businesses after introducing these curbs? because of course, yesterday, he announced that they would be these restrictions particularly on hospitality. the indication that that could last as long as six months, that is quite a big hit that businesses are going to take. so, now the pressure

is on the government to work out how they will help businesses effectively get through that. of course, the furlough scheme is due to wind down soon and the pressure coming notjust from the backbenches, notjust from labour and the snp, but from outside westminster. you heard lorna gordon they're talking about nicola sturgeon putting pressure on to get some sort of replacement for the furlough scheme up and running the costs of course, when it comes to the devolved administrations, they set their own public health rules, but when it comes to coming up with things like the furlough scheme, it is the treasury here in westminster that holds the purse strings on that. and just to let you know that at 3.30 on the bbc news channel, we'll answer your questions on restrictions. joining us will be cell biologist at university college london — jennifer rohn and university of cambridge virologist dr chris smith. send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk mps have warned of an ‘emerging crisis‘ in nursing.

the public accounts committee says nhs england is short of 40,000 nurses and more than a third of the existing workforce is considering leaving soon. ministers say they are on track to hire 50 thousand more nurses by 2025. the headlines on bbc news. the government defends the new coronavirus restrictions but there are warnings of tougher measures to come if people don't stick to the rules. the damaging effect on pubs and restaurants, forced to change the way they serve and closing at 10pm from tomorrow. plans to bring back spectators at live sporting events next month are also put on hold. three days of tributes have begun in the united states for supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg. the women's rights champion was carried up the steps to the supreme court, just a half an hour ago. members of the public will get the chance to pay their respects

on friday, ginsburg will become the first woman to lie in state in the us capitol when her casket is placed in national statuary hall. i'm joined by gary 0'donoghue who is at the supreme court. this who is at the supreme court. very sombre occasior behind this very sombre occasion today and behind the scenes, huge political row because of her death. absolutely. in some ways, an election campaign that was already incredibly dynamic and fiery has become even more so incredibly dynamic and fiery has become even more so because of her passing away last friday night and the whole debate about when and how to replace her on the supreme court but today i think the public coming here will be focusing on paying their respects. there hasjust here will be focusing on paying their respects. there has just been a service inside the great hall of the supreme court. there was a rabbi, the chiefjustice also spoke. the rabbi said she was an american hero, telling stories about how she wa nted hero, telling stories about how she wanted to be an opera star and

became a rock star instead. and there was no question that she was one of the most well known supreme justices. she reached down the generations and so many ways. they ended up calling a rbg. so this will touch a lot of people. notjust because of what happened to her image later in life it also because she spent a lifetime fighting gender discrimination, but also a discrimination, but also a discrimination against minority groups. she came first in her columbia law school when she graduated she couldn't get a job. that's what it was like then. now, we are told by the chiefjustice, that the majority of women in law schools in america, sorry the majority of students in law schools in america are women and she will have contributed to huge amounts to that turnaround. and a trailblazer in death as in life, because she is the first woman to lie in state. yeah, absolutely. that is a moment

again for america, this relatively young country, to savour, i guess. and it's a sign that something things have taken longer to change, obviously, there's been no female american president here as of yet and, but she was such a famous american figure that it would have been difficult for them not to do that and of course, she will be lying in state in congress and in the statutory all inside the house of representatives area where just a short walk across in the senate, they will begin the process shortly after she is buried of replacing her. the advise and consent to roll that the senate has, in other words, they get to scrutinise the president's nomine and then they get to vote on whether or not that's nominee gets a place on the supreme court. but with a republican majority who are promising to press ahead with that, that could happen before the election. and what

perhaps is difficult to understand outside the united states is how influential this role is. many are saying that the decision to replace her gives a sense of the direction, the soul of the united states, perhaps for a generation. yeah, it is difficult for us in britain to understand this but judges is difficult for us in britain to understand this butjudges in america, notjust in the supreme court level, but at all levels, are often talked about in terms of conservative or liberal, is having a kind of conservative or liberal bent, kind of politics in that sense which would be an anathema to people in britain to think like that. but thatis in britain to think like that. but that is absolutely the reality here, the supreme court justices, that is absolutely the reality here, the supreme courtjustices, as with the supreme courtjustices, as with the federaljustices, are picked by the federaljustices, are picked by the administration, they are political pics. at the moment, the court here, the supreme court has taken a turn to the right, conservative bent if you like and if the president gets his way and puts another conservative on the court, that will be a 63 majority for

conservatives which means, you know, you can lose a row conservative and still have a conservative outcome and that of course has been hugely galvanising and motivating factor for president trump's political base. judges are incredibly important to people like the evangelical vote in america. why is that? well, because thesejudges vote on all sorts of areas like abortion law, they get to decide on the religious freedom questions. they get to decide on questions of marriage, all things that are hot button issues inside the evangelical community, so these things are not about dusty books and long robes and funny wigs, these are people who make decisions about really important parts of america's cultural laws. gary, thank you very much. good to talk to you. ministers have warned there could be queues of 7000 lorries in kent at the end of the brexit transition

period — on the 1st ofjanuary — if haulage companies don't prepare for new customs arrangements. speaking in the commons michael gove said just one in four businesses believe they are "fully ready" for the post—brexit arrangements as he outlined the government's reasonable worst case scenario. i should stress that this is not a prediction or a forecast. it's just a prudent exercise in setting out what could, and the worst circumstances, occur if we don't improve preparedness. and of course, if our neighbours declined to be pragmatic. the scenario builds on an estimate that only 50% to 70% of large businesses and just 20% to 40% of small and medium—sized enterprises would be ready for the strict application of new eu requirements. in those circumstances, that could mean that only between 30% and 60% of laden hgvs would arrive at the border with the necessary formalities completed for the goods on board. they were therefore be turned back by the french border authorities, clogging the dover to calais crossing. in that scenario, those across the critical short state crossings could be reduced by up

to 60% to 80% compared to the normal rate and in such circumstances, that could lead to queues of up to 7000 hgvs in kent. these queues and the associated disruption and delay would of course subside as unready businesses who had their goods turned back at the french border would not want to repeat the experience. it is clearly far better that everyone is aware now of what is needed to prepare now rather than face additional disruption next year. responding for labour, rachel reeves criticised a letterfrom michael gove to the haulage industry. the government says that businesses should get ready. but what, madam deputy speaker, about the government? there is a long list of promises for the future in the letter. the uk government will be contacting haulage companies. they will be running targeted advertising. they will be publishing an updated haulier handbook and they will launch advice stands at uk service stations. madam deputy speaker, why aren't these essential prerequisites for a smooth

transition not already here? it is all well and good to tell businesses to act now, but without the systems in place, frankly, it is like telling me to bake a cake but forgetting to turn a oven on. sectors from farming to haulage to car manufacturing are crying out for the government to get this right. these sectors are the backbone of british industry and they are vital to our everyday economy. if we don't listen to these experts, we will lose exports. let's return now to the new coronavirus measures, as part of them, office workers in england should now work from home if possible , that was always the case in scotland, wales and northern ireland. earlier, we heard from josh hardie, the deputy director—general of the cbi, an organisation which represents thousands of businesses across the uk. he explained what support businesses will need to survive in the coming months. yesterday was a sobering day,

primarily, of course, because of the news of the increased infection rates and the risk that has the health, and that is what businesses are most concerned about. how do we control the virus? how do we make sure we don't head back to a major national lockdown in the future? and if the steps that the government had laid out helpers to avoid that, that is the single most important thing, so is the single most important thing, so of course businesses will comply. but it doesn't come without cost. tens of thousands of employees who wa nt to tens of thousands of employees who want to return to work, their home circumstances aren't suitable for home working and a variety of other reasons. all those high streets, those ecosystems that rely on office workers, will have to wait, potentially for six months and decide how they get through that time. i think what we need to do is look at what support can be available in the meantime for business and how can we ramp up things like testing in order to reduce that six months as much as possible. and frustrating, josh, for some businesses who've spent a lot of money preparing to be covid secure. certainly, ithink

businesses have done an amazing job up businesses have done an amazing job up and down the country. talking to their employees, understanding their concerns and investing in covid secure workplaces. i dare say that will still be needed when return to work does happen again. so, businesses are frustrated, but they also know that some of this is just the world we live in with the pandemic, so it's not a sense of angen pandemic, so it's not a sense of anger, is a sensitive, right, let's roll our sleeves up. let's absolutely specific about support. job retention scheme coming to an end. what is going to replace it? how can we build resilience? with testing and ppe, businesses stepped in. can we do the same? we have a good testing regime but let's make it absolutely fantastic, because that could hold the key. you can sense the pressure building on the chancellor for some sort of successor to the furlough scheme. what would be your preferred option? well, i think there are lots of options out there. i think it is possible to target it by pacific sectors, but the virus doesn't

affect things equally across sectors, so that might be challenging. the could be things like half time working and the remainder split between government, business and employee, so we put proposals in that a lower cost, pragmatic. the key is though, whatever the final outcome, get it done now because that notice of redundancies, particularly for large schemes has passed. the next one is on the 1st of october. businesses who don't know what support they are going to get are sadly having to ta ke going to get are sadly having to take tough decisions now the the wa nt of take tough decisions now the the want of information. the poisoned russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been discharged from hospital in germany. doctors say it's possible he could make a full recovery. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, is in berlin and gave us an update a short while ago. it is clear now that alexei navalny has survived an apparent assassination attempt. doctors here in berlin saying he could yet make a full recovery, though they say it is still too soon to gauge the long—term effects of the poisoning. it is just over a month

since mr navalny collapsed in a plane over russia. his supporters brought him here to berlin for treatment. a german military laboratory, which subsequently confirmed he had been poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. his discharge from hospital today will no doubt delight his loved ones and his supporters. it may also intensify pressure on angela merkel and other western leaders have yet to agree a response to his poisoning. angela merkel has demanded a full explanation from the kremlin. the kremlin deny all involvement. as to mr navalny, it is clear his road back to full health may be a long and potentially difficult one. he has posted on social media in the last few hours that he will require daily physiotherapy and he still doesn't have full control over all his limbs. a spokeswoman for mr navalny has told one news agency he intends to stay in germany for that treatment for now, but longer term, mr navalny has indicated his

intention to return to russia. large numbers of migrants reached the uk yesterday in a series of small boat crossings.the border force says it dealt with 26 incidents involving 393 people. the french authorities dealt with a further ten crossing attempts, with more than 90 people involved. nearly 1900 migrants have arrived in the uk this month, more than in the whole of last year. a deputy head teacher has been killed by cows while walking in fields in north yorkshire. dave clark, who was in his 50s, died on monday evening. police are trying to establish exactly what happened. the head of richmond school, where mr clark worked for 23 years, described him as a lovely man who'd enriched the lives of everyone he met. they are horrific scenes. nearly 400 pilot whales dead or dying, beached on the west coast of tasmania. it's thought to be australia's largest—ever stranding and scientists don't know why it's happened. rescuers are racing against time to save dozens of the animals that remain stuck but still alive.

shaimaa khalil reports. more beached whales found on tasmania's west coast. and for most of them, it was already too late. most of them appear to be dead. but we are waiting on advice from the ground crew before we make a final call on what we do. but you know, if they can be saved, we probably will send crews over there to do that. the second group was spotted just over six miles from the area where 270 pilot whales have been stranded since monday. rescuers have been working furiously to try to help as many as they can. but it has been difficult moving the animals in rugged waters. 50 have been saved so far. but some had beached themselves again after being brought in by the tide. now, with any sort of stranding you do sometimes see the re—stranding of some individuals. in this case, this has happened.

but the operation is still very much under way with people going back tomorrow morning, it is now night time here in australia, so hopefully they will be back to save the remaining 30 live animals. with 30 pilot whales still alive, crew members hope that more can be helped back into the sea. nearly 400 have now died on the tasmanian coast. scientists don't know exactly what drew the animals to the shore. and while whale beachings are not uncommon in the region, the authorities believe this is the largest stranding in australia's history. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again, we are looking at much cooler conditions to take as the rest of the day today. england and wales, cloudy with outbreaks of rain turning increasingly heavy and

persistent across eastern england and possibly also for a time in the midlands as well. a few showers were pa rt midlands as well. a few showers were part of northern ireland, wales and the south—west, but otherwise, it is northern ireland and scotland who will have the best of the day's sunshine. call here though, temperatures around 30 degrees. 0vernight, more rain across the midlands, more rain across eastern england, becoming windier for a midlands, more rain across eastern england, becoming windierfor a time and then the next weather system bringing more wet and windy weather... scotland, quieter conditions, but cold. cold enough for a conditions, but cold. cold enough fora nip of conditions, but cold. cold enough for a nip of frost in the most sheltered areas in the north. looking at the where the picture for thursday, much of thursday, a dry day with sunshine, outbreaks of rain otherwise across many areas of the uk. awet otherwise across many areas of the uk. a wet and windy weather, rain heavy and persistent and feeling cool for just about everyone. heavy and persistent and feeling cool forjust about everyone. that's your latest letter.

hello, this is bbc news. 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 0ctober. 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. the us pays tribute tojustice ruth bader ginsburg — she will lie in repose on the front steps of the supreme court where she served for 27 years. queues of 7,000 lorries in kent — and two—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. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. good afternoon. 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, really horrible. we're small club. we rely on a small band of people, a lot of volunteers, and we've been preparing the ground for the last two months, ready to start playing in front of spectators from october three. last night, we had a test, a pilot event, and we had a test, a pilot event, and we had just over 600 people here, and everybody worked well, public health, local public health where here, and they were very impressed with what we had done and what we had set up, so not to be able to do that on 3rd of october puts in jeopardy, my opinion, 67 national league clubs across the country. in the last few hours — the efl has issued a statement — saying it's disappointed at yesterday's decision to suspend plans for the return of fans to matches. as a matter of urgency we now need to understand what the government's

roadmap is for getting supporters back into stadiums. with extended measures introduced, it is imperative that the financial issues facing our clubs are addressed quickly. the situation in rugby union is also perilous. exeter chiefs chairman tony rowe says they're losing about £1 million 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, 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.

some transfer news for you, and 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, 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 0ctober1st at the champions league draw. british number one dan evans was comprehensively beaten by second seed stefanos tsitsipas in the first round of the hamburg european 0pen. evans lost 6—3, 6—1, as world number six tsitsipas showed his quality in a 59—minute win. evans will now head to paris for the french open which starts on sunday. liam broady could join him in the main draw, but must win his match later on wednesday. dereck chisora will face unbeaten ukrainian 0leksandr usyk on the 31st of october in their rescheduled heavyweight fight, which had been due to take place in may. the venue of the fight is yet to be confirmed and there will be no fans because of new restrictions.

chisora has not fought since a fourth—round stoppage victory over compatriot david price in october last year. and usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion who stepped up to heavyweight last year. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now it is your questions answered. to answer all your questions, we'rejoined by jennifer rohn, who is a cell biologist at university college london and dr chris smith — he's a virologist at the university of cambridge. lots of questions, so if you don't mind, let's go straight to them. chris, first of all, this is from tracy gill, who says do the new regulations raised by the prime minister last night override local restrictions, or do local restrictions, or do local restrictions still apply?|j restrictions, or do local restrictions still apply? i think local restrictions tramp the overall

restrictions, so the basic pecking order is there are the restrictions for the country and then superimposed on those will be any local restrictions imposed because an area is a hotspot. right, that's clear. let's move on. jennifer, this one from tony, who says the government is pursuing a strategy of using lockdowns and other restrictions to contain and suppress this virus. my question is how others prevent the virus flaring up again once the restrictions are eased? unfortunately, once you ease restrictions the virus will flare up again, as long as it is still circulating at the levels it is now. so until we get the virus under control of public health measures or a vaccine, every time we lift up the brakes, the virus will surge back. this is the nature of viruses and this is what we are dealing with, it isa very this is what we are dealing with, it is a very tricky proposition. chris? indeed think of it like a car parked on the road with the brakes on, and if that road is on a hill, and you

keep the brakes on, that is measures like lockdowns, physical distancing and so on, the car doesn't move that the minute you take the brakes off it will begin to be gather momentum thatis it will begin to be gather momentum that is exactly what the virus is doing, we have a population highly susceptible, the best estimate is that 95% of us have not caught it, based on antibody testing, that is the best estimate we have, and that means if there is an opportunity for the virus to start spreading with a susceptible population like that, the numbers will begin to climb quite quickly again and that is exactly what we have seen. we had a lockdown, it stopped it, you ease the measures, people re—establish contact, they are providing a conduit through which the virus can spread between as a number start to climb again. jennifer, this question from lottie craft who is trying to sort out an evening out i think. she says i just want to clarify, sort out an evening out i think. she says ijust want to clarify, is it legal to book two tables of six next to each other at a pub, so book for 12 but across two tables, so two groups of six, they are separate but they all know each other? it is a crafty way around it but there get round it? i think it is actually,

crafty way around it but there get round it? ithink it is actually, i have seen text wording saying that landlords and holders have to —— landlords and holders have to —— landlords and holders have to —— landlords and owners from intermingling. sol landlords and owners from intermingling. so i think it is ok but you really cannot interact with those people and probably i would avoid shouting at them across the table as well because you might call attention to yourself. but i think thatis attention to yourself. but i think that is all right. she is lucky to have 12 friends! chris, is that how it works? what, 12 friends? we can alldream! it works? what, 12 friends? we can all dream! the political answer would be is in this in the spirit of the rules? the answer is these rules are designed to break the train —— the chain of transmission and limit the chain of transmission and limit the number of contacts because the more contacts means more transmission chains and that means more potential cases. so if you have your table of six and you are physically distance from the other table of six, that's fine, but it's what happen when you leave the

eating establishment or the venue you are in, you mustn't then co nve rg e you are in, you mustn't then converge into one big group of 12, because that would of course be more than six people together outside. they have to make sure you stay within the rules and try not to bend the rules because that wouldn't be in the spirit of the rules as they safer stop but to table separately without shouting between them is absolutely fine. this from stacey, if you are a blended family and have seven in your household in total, when children come to stay, is that 0k? when children come to stay, is that ok? this is a real grey area. i think probably technically that is against the rules, but you didn't hear this from me! laughter you can't do that! you are related, seeing each other all the time, you are a bit in a bubble. i think it is probably 0k are a bit in a bubble. i think it is probably ok but it probably is breaking the rules unfortunately. i don't know what chris thinks about that? i don't have an answer to this one because i don't actually know.

but the reason we are doing all the sorts of interventions is to try to come as i keep saying, break chains of transmission and the way the sorts of measures work is that if most people do most of the right things most of the time, it translate into a net benefit and the correct direction of travel. these sorts of cases are probably going to be in the minority. they are going to be not the greatest number of cases, and for that reason, probably, there is an opportunity for exceptions to be made, and although it might not be within the pure rating and letter of the law, it would nevertheless make a massive contribution to disease spread and for that reason people probably are not going to come knocking on your door about it. but i would certainly urge you to seek more for more clarification than i can provide. i don't know the precise answer to that when i'm afraid. isn't this pa rt that when i'm afraid. isn't this part of the problem? here i am talking to two of the smartest people in the country, a biologist at the university of london, a virologist at the university of cambridge, what hope do people like

i have? i agree. i think cambridge, what hope do people like i have? i agree. ithink science is a lot simplerthan i have? i agree. ithink science is a lot simpler than politics in some ways and i am glad i am not in charge of making these decisions.” think many of us echo that. now to the next question, this one says any idea what is planned for those of us who have stringently shielded for five to six months, then told it is 0k to return to work and apparently it still is. jennifer? well, i looked up the latest guidance on this, it was updated on fourth september where it states that we are no longer shielding because is low. i suspect that guidance will be updated soon and i suspect that these people will still need to take care. if you have a pre—existing condition or you are at risk of serious consequences of covid—19, i would be careful now because the virus is out there, it is circulating and you are at risk. chris, lots of people worried about this specific point actually. yes, andi this specific point actually. yes, and i echo what has just been set

from jennifer completely. the virus and therefore the risk hasn't gone away and the person's health condition presumably hasn't gone away, so therefore there is a theoretical risk. at the moment though, we are judging theoretical risk. at the moment though, we arejudging the risk overall still to be relatively low because in the grand scheme of things and certainly compared with where we were in march, the amount of virus circulating is actually very low, but this is a moving train, things are certainly moving in the wrong direction at the moment and therefore that could change, and it may well be that further clarity will come in the days to come, when the government say we are going to have to ask people to go back to shielding. i don't think they do that at the moment because i don't think they wanted to overload the system with too much doom and gloom to be quite honest with you. last night's bombshell of where we are, what we are having to do was enough bad news for one night, i think, and they therefore did say more measures may be needed, so it may well be if this is notjudged, what we are doing at the moment, to be sufficient, then actually affording more protection to the most

vulnerable will be the next logical step so watch this space i think. jennifer is nodding away at that. chris, this is from james theobald, how does the current covid advice affect religious gatherings?m how does the current covid advice affect religious gatherings? it does affect religious gatherings? it does a bit, in the respect that if you are going to a wedding or a funeral ina are going to a wedding or a funeral in a religious setting, that guidance has changed. a wedding was a party of 30, now weddings are 15. 0bviously a party of 30, now weddings are 15. obviously the government haven't changed funeral so they are expecting more people will get matched than dispatched, aren't they? so that is one way in which it has changed. 0therwise, religious gatherings remain unchanged. remember if you go to a religious ceremony of some kind, you are supposed to use a face covering, so i think that is regarded as mitigation, which is why those places of worship are allowed to carry on as before for the moment at least. this one from timothy hayes, we are getting a lot of questions along these lines and it really does underline how dreadful this is for many people. it says my mum has

early dementia and is on medication along with many others, being diabetic too. can i go into her home to help and assist? as far as i can understand from the current guidelines, this will fall within the rule of six, so you can visit the rule of six, so you can visit the home. i mean, you have to be very careful while you are there, this person is shielding, but as i understand it, you are still legally allowed to go in there and offer assistance, provided you are taking precautions. which make the point that in scotland of course there are different rules here, you can't go from one household to another, which means presumably in this case she couldn't? yes, and there may also be local policies in place and some of these care homes, some care homes have different approaches and they have different approaches and they have been extremely strict about who does and who doesn't come in. i went to visit my grandma the other day for her 99th birthday, and we sat outside, we all used extremely stringent ppe, except for her, and it was very confusing for her but it

meant that at least in that care home their strategy is working, they haven't had any cases so far. let's hope it carries on. this one from liz collison, i will put it to jenniferfirst. she liz collison, i will put it to jennifer first. she writes, liz collison, i will put it to jenniferfirst. she writes, we liz collison, i will put it to jennifer first. she writes, we are a community shop and post office, we can't find in any report is whether or not our staff will have to wear face masks even when behind a perspex screen. currently they do wear them when walking round the shop but don't have to when behind the screen. is that right?” shop but don't have to when behind the screen. is that right? i am not completely 100% sure but i suspect that the mask is required, despite the screen, and in fact your perspex screen the screen, and in fact your perspex screen will block droplets but the particles can waft around, especially when people are moving around a shop. so the perspex screen is not a magic shield, it isjust to help the bigger droplets from going through and i think you do need to wear a mask through and i think you do need to weara mask in through and i think you do need to wear a mask in that situation but you could seek further guidance. i'm about to. chris? if you are breathing, which most people going into the shop are going to be doing,

then you have the potential to breathe out virus, you also have the potential to breathe in virus. those shields are there to protect the person from breathing in some of the bigger droplets from some of the people who come into the shop and talk at you because when we speak, talk, yell, scream, you are spraying out droplets into the air. and those plastic shields can help to cut that down a bit. but wearing a face covering helps to reduce the droplets that you release into the air, and therefore if you are in the shop and you are working there and breathing, you are dispensing into the air droplets, and filling the air with potentially a threat for the customers and other members of staff, so i think the guidance would therefore be that if you are in the shop, regardless as a visitor or staff member and irrespective of whether there is a plastic scream mare, you probably now are going to be required to wear a face covering. i have mention the fact different nations are taking different approaches. paula has written, with the new rules, living in scotland i'm not allowed to visit another household. however, iam due i'm not allowed to visit another household. however, i am due to visit my brother in ten days. he

lives in england. does this rule still applies. chris? my understanding and interpretation is that these rules apply if you are doing what you are doing in scotland. so if you were to come out of scotland, then the law of the land in which you now find yourself applies, so if you were to come out of scotla nd applies, so if you were to come out of scotland and then go to someone's house in england, that would be, as long as you are within your magic number six, perfectly acceptable and legal. jennifer? yeah, for example this person could also take a flight toa this person could also take a flight to a county that has been deemed a cce pta ble to a county that has been deemed acce pta ble fly to a county that has been deemed acceptable fly to come and that is no different than going to visit england, soi no different than going to visit england, so i agree with that one. this one i can answer but i won't, this is from sandra johnson, should a face mask, face covering cover the nose as well as the mouth? 0ne a nswer nose as well as the mouth? 0ne answer from each of you? chris? both. jennifer? absolutely both. that is a both. last question from david young, if a group of say eight meat in the open air but maintain at

least two metres apart, is that allowed ? least two metres apart, is that allowed? jennifer? jennifer, did you hear that? i did, yeah. i think that is breaking the rule of six and afraid. these are eight people meeting, despite having social distancing. i don't think this is allowed. chris, you are nodding. it is in breach of the magic number of six, so it is six now indoors or outdoors, groups of six maximum. so if you have eight people then actually you are in breach, so in theory if you were in a group of six and you bump into two friends even with physical distancing, you should really urge them to move on or some of you should disperse away so you are now in a new group of six people but you are not in a group of eight, because they are trying to reduce mass gathering type aggregations of people, because this is how viruses spread, because people tend to let their guard down more in big groups and you have less ability to do consistent physical distancing when you are in bigger groups, which is

why that guidance stands. jennifer, quickly, it is six months since this nightmare really began. then the message was very clear, nightmare really began. then the message was very clear, stay home, protect the nhs, save lives. is there a problem do you think with there a problem do you think with the messaging we are getting now, well, look at the questions we are asked here and the difficulty in answering some of them?” asked here and the difficulty in answering some of them? i think that what we have here is the best tool we have at our disposal is a complete lockdown and that works. what we are seeing now is the government's attempt to do something similar with a series of parallel smaller breaks instead of one huge hammer, and of course it will become placated because you have arbitrary numbers, ten o'clock, why ten o'clock for a pub? why six people? these are enforceable numbers and these are smaller breaks used in aggregate and they are hoping that by doing this they can replicate some sort of beneficial effect you would see with a full lockdown. i am a little bit sceptical it will work but fingers crossed. chris, what about that ten vm shutdown, does

that work scientifically, do you think? it sounds a bit daft, doesn't it, if wejust think? it sounds a bit daft, doesn't it, if we just shave an hour of closing time but if you step back and think about the total number of contacts between people, viruses don't know when it is closing time, they don't have stopwatches or take measures to know how far you are from other people. a virus‘s sole purposeis from other people. a virus‘s sole purpose is to spread to other people and infect them and then spread to more people, so the question about whether or not shaving an hour of closing time works or not, what it will do is reduce the amount of time people spend exposed to other people who might infect them, and if you reduced the number of contacts between people, you reduce the amount of time people spend contacting each other, in each other ‘s company, you will directly impact on the number of transmission events that occur, and therefore cases of the virus. whether or not this will translate into a meaningful reduction remains to be seen. we will find out probably within the next two or three weeks. you won't have seen that butjennifer was shaking her head at the thought of that as a possibility. of course,

ten o'clock if they shut down, there is less chance that people have had a few? i mean, yeah. there is that, true. we do know that people mingling together outside pubs, mingling together outside pubs, mingling together outside pubs, mingling together inside pubs when they have had a few, they drop their guard. the world health organisation said one of the reason we are seeing a big whiz agents in cases because people dropping their guard, that is certainly true. but again we will have to wait and see because people then go back to someone else's have a few more, and then end up far closer than they should be for far longer than they otherwise would, this won't translate into a net benefit, will it? so we will have to wait and see in the next two or three weeks whether this does make any difference. jennifer, forgive me, i had you both mingling there. last word from you. i agree with completely. being drunk is probably an incentive to be less careful and also to be more social outside the pub as you are living, so maybe that one hour will make a difference. maybe it won't. i think we will end

affair. jennifer and chris, thank you both very much forjoining us. a new name has been announced for the bristol music venue colston hall — following decades of protests and boycotts over its association with the slave trade. it'll now be known as the bristol beacon. the search for a new name began back in 2017 — before the black lives matter campaign — asjohn maguire reports. when the statue of the 17th—century slave trader edward colston was torn from its plinth... ..these images were viewed around the world.

his name, hardly known beyond bristol, was now synonymous with the campaign to remove physical reminders of a barbaric past. colston's name was lent to roads, schools, and even the main music venue in the city where slavery had made his fortune. but three years before the most recent demonstrations, in 2017, the organisation behind the colston hall decided it should be renamed. we were clear about the decisions we made, it was a unanimous decision by our board of trustees. i think the world has moved on a little bit since we've done that. so we remain really confident in the decision that we've taken for us. other people may take different decisions, but some people felt excluded because of the associations with edward colston, we had to change it. the new name for the hall will be bristol beacon. as a city, bristol has decided to change the name of this iconic venue. it is not the specific name that matters, it is the fact that the city has gone through a process to think about what it calls its venues. following the statue's removal, its subject's name followed suit. from the concert hall, from the office tower next door, and elsewhere.

recent months have seen a rebranding exercise, the physical manifestation of a decades—long debate. this was the spot at bristol harbour—side where colston's statue was dumped into the water by the protesters. but what gives you an indication of how long there's been a debate in this city about the slave trade is this bridge. built more than 20 years ago, it's named not after a slave trader like edward colston, it's called pero's bridge, and it's named after a slave. when the idea of changing colston hall's name was proposed, many argued against what they saw as a rewriting of history. but others say it's not about changing the past, but confronting it. we're not revising history, in the sense of creating a false version, what we're doing is trying to get closer to a truer version. in that process, of course, we might feel that things are being lost or over—prioritised, but i think that's part of the journey in which then we come to a narrative which is more warts and all, more a mature version.

and as we reconsider our past, the name bristol beacon has been chosen to look to the future. to unite, not divide. to represent hope, not despair. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. hello there. across the board today the weather is a lot cooler but it is also completely different to the weather we had yesterday. in east anglia, we had sunshine and temperatures into the mid 20s yesterday. today, cloudy with outbreaks of rain, and this is rain bearing clouds covering a good part of england and wales. you will notice the clearer weather across scotla nd notice the clearer weather across scotland and northern ireland, where it was rather cloudy yesterday, but what a beautiful day it has been across parts of scotland so far. this was inverclyde, with very still conditions, plenty of sunshine and sparkling visibility as well. through the rest of the day, could

be an odd shower, parts of wales and south—west england too, outbreaks of rain turning heavy and persistent across is in areas of england, and we may well see another zone of rain form across parts of the midlands, as we head towards the evening, stretching on into parts of east anglia too. it will become windier as well along some of our north sea coasts and our english channel coast, is an area of low pressure forms and deepens as well. that they will be clearing out of the way but we have another one approaching the south—west late in the night, bringing rain and some stronger winds. given those windy conditions, temperatures into double figures across parts of the south, but it will be cold enough for some patches of rust to develop in the countryside in northern scotland. so very cold conditions on thursday. thursday, another low pressure system pushing into the south—west, bringing some heavy outbreaks of rain, quite lengthy outbreaks of rain, quite lengthy outbreaks of rain and also some strong winds, reaching gale force towards parts of the south—west, and may be the far

south—west of wales, maybe pembrokeshire. you can see the extent of the rain there. feeling cool i think, with temperatures around 12 to 14 degrees for many of us. for friday, that area of low pressure moved out into the north sea. what follows is a blast of northerly winds. they will be fairly gusty northerly winds affecting all of the country, bringing showers or lengthy outbreaks of rain to some of our north sea coasts. some inland areas will stay dry. temperatures 11 to 14 degrees for many of us, feeling quite a bit cooler than that, given the strength of those northerly winds. to the weekend, still a few showers around but some drier weather. it does however stay on the cool side for all of us. that is your weather.

this is bbc news. 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 0ctober! the damaging effect on pubs and restaurants, forced to change the way they serve and closing at 10pm from tomorrow. plans to bring back spectators at live sporting events next month are also on hold. the us pays tribute to justice ruth bader ginsburg, she will lie in repose on the front steps of the supreme court where she served for 27 years.

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. good afternoon. borisjohnson has been defending the latest restrictions aimed at tackling the rising number of coronavirus infections. as some critics warned that not enough was being done to help business as furlogh comes to an end, the labour leader accused him of being out of touch. sir keir starmer said the prime minister had lost control of testing and that, he said, was a major reason he is losing control of the virus.

it followed the announcement of tighter restrictions in all four uk nations, with stricter measures in scotland and northern ireland where households are not allowed to mix. the prime minister warned the changes could last up to six months. in england, people are being told to work from home if they can. pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues will have to close by 10pm from tomorrow night. the number of people allowed at weddings has been halved to 15 from monday. meanwhile, the fines for breaking the rules will also increase to £200 on the first offence. borisjohnson also warned of tighter measures if cases continue to rise. 0ur correspondent naomi grimley reports. it is six months since our streets became deserted in a way none of us, bar a sci—fi movie producer, could ever have imagined. now as we head into winter the big question is are these latest measures enough to stop us going in to lock down again?

this couple knows to their cost how quickly the rules keep changing. the government has slashed the number of people at weddings from 30 to 15. my partner said to me we married for love not for show. that's quite right, we love each other, so we will go ahead and marry. we are just confused to the new rules. and the venue has said it is covert secure and we could have 30 guests but all of a sudden the change. it's literally going to be us, our two children, parents and grandparents and that's it. the other changes include a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants which the government claims has worked well in belgium. as these people in glasgow discovered when they listened to nicola sturgeon's announcement, there is now a ban on people in scotland visiting other peoples homes unless for good reasons, like childcare.

the single greatest weapon... borisjohnson has held off going that far but some scientists who advise number 10 think tougher measures are inevitable. i don't think the measures have gone anywhere near far enough. in fact, i don't think the measures in scotland have gone far enough and i suspect we will see very stringent measures coming in place throughout the uk at some point but it'll be too late again, we will have let the epidemic double and double and double again. at this university campus in dundee, they are finding out just how disruptive things can get after an outbreak meant 500 students had to self—isolate. ministers are under intense pressure to get testing sorted after it became apparent the system can't keep pace with the demands of autumn. the nhs test and trace app... tomorrow will see the new tracing app which had its launch delayed from the summer. in the meantime the message

is do your bit to prevent a second lockdown. if everyone follows them and no one thinks they are immune or they don't have a role to play, if we pull together as we did during the peak of the virus, we will get through this, i am confident about that, we will get to christmas with schools, the economy open, view social interactions that we all need as individuals and then we can look forward in the new year. the flurries of meetings between the scientists and politicians will continue as they wait to see if our collective action does the trick. naomi grimley, bbc news. 486 people have tested positive for coronavirus in scotland since yesterday. nicola sturgeon said it was the highest daily figure recorded so far. people in scotland are banned from visiting other households , with some exceptions. ms sturgeon says she was advised that a curfew on pubs and restaurants wouldn't be enough to curb infections.

the first minister also urged people not to book overseas travel for the october school holiday. lorna gordon is in glasgow and gave us this update. it's six months since the country was put into lockdown and today, here in scotland, people are being asked to adhere to some pretty tough measures once again. it's not a full lockdown but people are being told they mustn't visit each other for social reasons in their homes. there are some limited exceptions, for tradespeople, for child care, for couples living apart, for instance, but everyone else, if we don't adhere to that rule, we will ultimately face a fine. this comes on a day when 486 people, as you say, tested positive for the virus here in scotland. that represents 7.8% of those newly tested. it is the highest figure so far for the number of people testing positive, albeit with a heavy caveat, of course, that more people are being tested now than at the height of the pandemic in march and april but nonetheless, the first minister nicola sturgeon says this underlines why

the scottish government has taken the action it has to try and stem the spread of the virus between households. we are in the face of a pandemic, of a virus, that as yet has no vaccine. with that virus on the rise again and winter ahead of us, if we are to achieve these priorities, we have to make sacrifices elsewhere. no country right now is able to have 100% normality. so the measures we announced yesterday are tough but they are absolutely essential. and they are targeted to deal with some very specific factors, which we know are helping to drive transmission. well of course, the other measure that will come into force in scotland on friday is a curfew on the opening hours of pubs and restaurants. they will have to close at ten pm, nicola sturgeon said that she might have gone further in restricting the hospitality industry if she had been able to offer better financial support, and she said she would be writing to the prime minister borisjohnson

calling for urgent discussions on extending the furlough scheme or allowing the devolved administrations greater financial flexibility. we arejust we are just getting in our usual daily figures on coronavirus and the uk reports 6178 new cases of covid—19 and that is compared with 4926 on tuesday, so that has gone up by well over 1000 new cases and we have also got figures for the deaths reported in the last 24 hours, and thatis reported in the last 24 hours, and that is 37. so, 37 deaths across the uk reported in the last 24 hours. now, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, now, the first minister of wales, mark dra keford, says now, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, says that he has no plans for further lockdown. for further lockdowns, and will give existing

measures time to work. mr drakeford said efforts were being concentrated on the six welsh counties already in lockdown but they could be extended to new areas if necessary. he also said pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants in wales will not have to close their doors at 10pm under new coronavirus restrictions. he stated that 10pm would be the time that alcohol sales must end. people are also no longer allowed to visit each other‘s homes in northern ireland. the restrictions were brought in last night. first minister arlene foster called it a "wake up call". northern ireland is the only part of the uk not to introduce curfews for bars and restaurants. the northern ireland executive will meet tomorrow to consider further measures. helen catt is in the houses of parliament. now we're just understanding that the chancellor rishi sunak will update parliament tomorrow on the economy and the government's plans to protectjobs. this is a sign of the opposition ratcheting the pressure upon the government to lay out what they are going to do to help businesses

affected by the restrictions announced yesterday, particularly in england and scotland where you have the 10pm closing time hospitality businesses. the shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds, has asked for the chancellor to come to the house of commons tomorrow and deliver a statement on targeted economic support. so we know that the government is planning to do something, earlier, boris johnson said that the government was looking at finding creative and imaginative ways to support the economy through the crisis, but we also know that they do not want to extend the furlough scheme and its existing form. what that leaves us with is a bit of a hole, we know what the restrictions are going to be and that they will be in place for some time, possibly six months, but we don't know what the solution is economically, so we will maybe hear a bit more from the chancellor tomorrow on that. certainly on prime minister's questions earlier, labour really pushing on this, the snp as well and as you heard and lorna gordon's report as well, there is also pressure coming from outside westminster, nicola sturgeon writing

to the prime ministers asked for more financial taxability because while the devolved nations are able to set their own public health rules, when it comes to things like the furlough scheme, that is done from westminster, from the treasury here for the whole of the uk. so there is pressure internally from mps and from outside as well. there is going to be a lot of pressure on the government for what its plans to do, notjust the government for what its plans to do, not just creatively the government for what its plans to do, notjust creatively and imaginatively but quickly. thank you for that update, helen. let's speak now to professor dame annejohnson, who is professor of infectious epidemiology at university college london. she is also part of the scientific advisory group for emergencies, which has been advising the government on how to deal with the pandemic. i wonder what you think, given where we are now, what should be the government's number one priority in tackling this pandemic? well, we are

now incredibly reliant on people, on the public, to comply with the restrictions that are in place. at the heart of this is that this virus is transmitted by close contact between one person and another, and the more contacts we have, the more likely to transmitted or to acquire it, so the most important thing that people have to do is maintain this distancing whenever they are with people outside their households, where face coverings, and also to limit their contact and this is at the heart of everything that is now in place. what we are seeing now is reinforcement of restrictions that we had in place for some time, but i think without continuing to be very clear with the public, with clear consistent messaging, people are confused about what they meant to do, so this is important if we're going to get the rate of infection down, which very important now, so it all depends on the public being able to play their part in reducing

the amount of infection that is now going on in our communities, and it is very striking that we have over 6000 cases today. that is a big jump up 6000 cases today. that is a big jump up from yesterday and this virus is clearly increasing its rate of spread, now we all really have to work hard to reduce it and to avoid having any more measures, bigger measures in place to try and stop the spread. well, given everything that you say, what difference do you think it will make to have pubs and restau ra nts think it will make to have pubs and restaurants are shutting one hour early? well, the idea behind that is that of course, when people have had more to drink, they tend to relax the regulations and so on and they are grouping together in larger groups. it's very important as well, we have heard, that within hospitality settings, people can have table service, but they must keep distant and it is the grouping together of people, clustering

together, that this virus loves. so, if people can keep that in mind and remember at all times to keep distant from people that they don't live with, this will reduce their numbers of contacts, these are the things that are going to reduce transmission. guidance also on not going into work unless you have to will also reduce the number of people travelling and the number of contacts they have in doing so, and thatis contacts they have in doing so, and that is what all this is about. but we don't much time to get this number down, we really need to force it down so that we don't go on seeing this growing epidemic and get us back to where we were in march. and how do you feel that the nhs is coping at this particular time? ali well, at the moment, we have relatively few people, thank goodness, going into hospital. but we can see these numbers going up with rising infections. so we have to do with rising infections. so we have todoa with rising infections. so we have to do a number of things in the national health service. firstly, we need to make sure that we can manage

both the cove its 19 workload and the non—thing—mack workload. so that we don't get staff become infected, which we know becomes a problem or cross infection of patients. that alongside keeping the social care system safe from infection is very important because that will have a huge impact on the number of deaths that occur. so, those are sectors that occur. so, those are sectors that we really have to keep very safe and that, again, involves these very careful measures of social distancing amongst staff and patients and visitors at all times, to reduce transmission and using all ppe and making sure those supplies are in place and that staff have the releva nt are in place and that staff have the relevant education. 0k. are in place and that staff have the relevant education. ok. we have to leave it there, thank you so much. at prime minister's questions boris johnson was forced to defend his test and trace programme, and government measures to supportjobs. the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged him to announce

new measures to help business. 0ur political correspondent jess parker reports. emerging into a new phase of this fight, borisjohnson's warning that if people don't follow the rules, he reserves the right to go further. we are now going to move on to prime minister's questions... in a subdued chamber, labour attacked the government's record on test and trace. losing control of testing is a major reason why the prime minister is losing control of this virus. as a result, as a result, he is phasing in health measures, restrictions which we do support, but at the same time he is phasing out economic support. health measures and economic measures are now dangerously out of sync. borisjohnson said his government had provided unparalleled support for business. we will go forward with further creative and imaginative schemes to keep our economy moving, and that is the essence, mr speaker, of the plan, of the proposals. he has talked about them,

he supported them last night, he supported them yesterday, mr speaker. i hope he continues to support them. the essence of what we are saying, mr speaker, is that we want to depress the virus but keep pupils in school and keep our economy moving. that is the single best thing we can do to support firms across the country. no one is suggesting that being in government right now makes for an easy life. but boris johnson isn't just facing questions from the opposition about his strategy. too far? not far enough? the inevitable debate as a new set of restrictions are announced. but either way there are some tory mps who feel the prime minister has already overstepped the mark and they want more of a say over what happens next. is the economy to be considered? the devastating consequences of these measures on our economic activity. and the long—term impact on the price that we will pay in terms of people's lives from increased cancer deaths and increased heart conditions as a consequence of skewering

the nhs to covid—19. and you take all these things into consideration and come up with a politicaljudgment. i think we have made the wrong one. things are changing and with autumn and winter, ministers are warning it could be a long slog ahead. so much has already moved, but it is all part of life now, adapting to new changes, waiting to see if there will be more. jessica parker, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the government defends the new coronavirus restrictions, but there are warnings of tougher measures to come if people don't stick to the rules. the damaging effect on pubs and restaurants, forced to change the way they serve and closing at 10pm from tomorrow. plans to bring back spectators at live sporting events next month are also put on hold. the government defends the new coronavirus restrictions,

three days of tributes have begun in the united states for supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg. the women's rights champion was carried up the steps to the supreme court, just a half an hour ago. members of the public will get the chance to pay their respects to her over the next two days. on friday, ginsburg will become the first woman to lie in state in the us capitol. i'm joined by gary 0'donoghue who is at the supreme court. gary, i wonder if you can explain to people who may be a bit bemused at such a level of interest and a judge from the supreme court. 0ne such a level of interest and a judge from the supreme court. one would never see anything like that in britain, with all due respect to the members of our own supreme court. just what is it about ruth bader ginsburg? quite simply, she was a rock star of the legal profession. particularly in her later years, she became widely known. there was a

film, she became known as the notorious rbg. she touched generations much younger than hers. particularly in her campaigning work, in her legal work, the rights of women, she was an exemplar of having broken through the glass ceiling, showing what was possible, after having faced enormous discrimination in her early life. she came first in columbia law school year and she couldn't get a job. that's how bad it was. i think that's sort of charisma, her championing of certain groups, not just women but minority groups, other people who face discrimination, that gave her a very wide audience. that's why were seeing this outpouring of sorrow and of condolences for. she was quite simply the best known judge of condolences for. she was quite simply the best knownjudge in of condolences for. she was quite simply the best known judge in this country. i think that was pretty clear. so, three days of mourning

for her and members of the public can come and pay their respects. will they do that and will they do that in numbers? yes, i think they will. i think that's what's being expected here. they've opened up the front of the court the next two days until ten o'clock and evening each day in for that to happen. the public will be able to file past, we will see how many show up and feel that two days is the right amount of time for the numbers they are expecting. her death is of great sorrow to a lot of people but it's a hugely significant political moment as well because of the election coming up and because of the presidents wish to replace her on the court with a justice, another justice, before the november three election day. of course, the president will put a conservative on the court with the help of the republican senate and you will see one of the great liberaljustices of

ourtime one of the great liberaljustices of our time likely replaced by a conservative, probably a highly conservative, probably a highly conservative member of the court, and that will signify a significant turn to the right in the court. six to three nominally for conservatives and liberals. i know it's difficult in britain to understand this idea of conservatives and liberals when talking aboutjudges, of conservatives and liberals when talking about judges, these of conservatives and liberals when talking aboutjudges, these are very political appointments. and a highly controversial move by the president to replace her at this time. yes, his opponents have cried foul and cry hypocrisy, of course, because the republicans then it's back in 2000 and 16 when there was a vacancy that year, they refused to take up president 0bama's nominee because it was an election year. here we are in an election year, and they are saying that they have no go full stea m saying that they have no go full

steam ahead with a nomination. hugely controversial. but in some ways, this is what the democrats, they are reaping what they sewn on a because back in 2013, it was the democrats to change the rules on these, so that you no longer needed 60 votes in the to get a confirmation done. now it is a simple majority and the republicans have that. thank you very much, gary. it's taken years of legal wrangling but the high court has cleared one of the last obstacles for two men from london, to face trial in the us. they are accused of being part of the so called islamic state group, and carrying out atrocities against british and american hostages. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has been talking to the sister of a british journalist who was held hostage by is. the isis suspects, former londoners alexander kotey and el shafee elsheikh in us custody and accused of carrying out atrocities against western hostages in syria, which they deny. evidence of their time with isis has been gathered

by british intelligence. but until a court ruling yesterday, a judicial review brought by one of the men's mothers had prevented it from being passed to the us for prosecution. among the british and american hostages the men allegedly guarded were alan henning and david haines, both murdered by isis. the british photojournalist john cantlie was kidnapped in 2012 and was last seen in an isis propaganda video four years ago. now his sister has spoken for the first time of her relief thatjustice may soon be served. we have only ever wanted these two to face justice. we feel, as everybody i think feels, that we all have to stand accountable for our actions. and these two hopefully, finally, will stand accountable for some of the things that they did to at least some of the people that they held hostage. so the only thing that we really can hope for is that these two will get to america and there will be

a proper, fair trial and that all the evidence will be heard. john cantlie was kidnapped twice. after he escaped the first time, he went back to syria with us journalist james foley. james foley was murdered and the whereabouts ofjohn cantlie are still unknown. he felt absolutely that he had to go back to aleppo, to tell the story that he hadn't managed to tell when he was first kidnapped. and he felt absolutely that it was his duty to go back and to talk about what was happening on the ground there at the time. the two isis suspects, nicknamed the beatles by the captives, were caught in syria over two years ago. yesterday britain handed over the final evidence in their cases to the us embassy, pending an expected trial. relatives of the murdered hostages have expressed their enormous relief. frank gardner, bbc news. a deputy head teacher has been

killed by cows while walking in fields in north yorkshire. dave clark, who was in his 50s, died on monday evening. police are trying to establish exactly what happened. the head of richmond school, where mr clark worked for 23 years, described him as a lovely man who'd enriched the lives of everyone he met. they are horrific scenes. nearly 400 pilot whales dead or dying, beached on the west coast of tasmania. it's thought to be australia's largest—ever stranding and scientists don't know why it's happened. rescuers are racing against time to save dozens of the animals that remain stuck but still alive. shaimaa khalil reports. more beached whales found on tasmania's west coast. and for most of them, it was already too late. most of them appear to be dead. but we are waiting on advice from the ground crew before we make a final call on what we do. but you know, if they can be saved, we probably will send crews

over there to do that. the second group was spotted just over six miles from the area where 270 pilot whales have been stranded since monday. rescuers have been working furiously to try to help as many as they can. but it has been difficult moving the animals in rugged waters. 50 have been saved so far. but some had beached themselves again after being brought in by the tide. now, with any sort of stranding you do sometimes see the re—stranding of some individuals. in this case, this has happened. but the operation is still very much under way with people going back tomorrow morning, it is now night time here in australia, so hopefully they will be back to save the remaining 30 live animals. with 30 pilot whales still alive, crew members hope that more can be helped back into the sea. nearly 400 have now died

on the tasmanian coast. scientists don't know exactly what drew the animals to the shore. and while whale beachings are not uncommon in the region, the authorities believe this is the largest stranding in australia please make history. in australia's history. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we are looking at much cooler conditions for the rest of the day. england and wales staying cloudy with outbreaks of rain, turning persistent across eastern england and also for a time in the midlands as well. a few showers, but it is otherwise northern ireland and scotland to have the best of the day's sunshine. temperatures only around 30 degrees, though. more rain overnight across the midlands and eastern england, clearing away and becoming windier for a time clearing away and becoming windier fora time and clearing away and becoming windier for a time and then the next weather system bringing more wet and windy

weather into wales and south—west england later in the night. scotland, quieter conditions, but cold, cold enough for a nip of frost in sheltered areas in the north. thursday, for much of scotland, dry day with sunshine, outbreaks of rain otherwise in many areas of the uk, so otherwise in many areas of the uk, so wet and windy weather, the rain heavy and persistent and feeling full forjust heavy and persistent and feeling full for just about everyone. heavy and persistent and feeling full forjust about everyone. that's your latest weather.

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. plans to bring back spectators at live sporting events next month are also on hold. the us pays tribute to justice ruth bader ginsburg, she will lie in repose on the front steps of the supreme court where she served for 27 years. queues of 7,000 lorries in kent — and two—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. ministers have warned there could be queues of 7,000 lorries in kent at the end of the brexit transition period — on the 1st ofjanuary — if haulage companies don't prepare for new customs arrangements. speaking in the commons,

michael gove said just one in four businesses believe they are "fully ready" for the post—brexit arrangements, as he outlined the government's reasonable worst case scenario. i should stress that this is not a prediction or a forecast. it's just a prudent exercise in setting out what could, in the worst circumstances, occur if we don't improve preparedness. and of course, if our neighbours declined to be pragmatic. the scenario builds on an estimate that only 50% to 70% of large businesses and just 20% to 40% of small and medium—sized enterprises would be ready for the strict application of new eu requirements. in those circumstances, that could mean that only between 30% and 60% of laden hgvs would arrive at the border with the necessary formalities completed for the goods on board. they would therefore be turned back by the french border authorities, clogging the dover to calais crossing. in that scenario, those across the critical short state crossings could be reduced by up to 60% to 80% compared to the normal rate and in such circumstances,

that could lead to queues of up to 7000 hgvs in kent. to 7,000 hgvs in kent. these queues and the associated disruption and delay would of course subside as unready businesses who had their goods turned back at the french border would not want to repeat the experience. it is clearly far better that everyone is aware now of what is needed to prepare now rather than face additional disruption next year. responding for labour — rachel reeves criticised a letterfrom michael gove to the haulage industry. the government says that businesses should get ready. but what, madam deputy speaker, about the government? there is a long list of promises for the future in the letter. the uk government will be contacting haulage companies. they will be running targeted advertising. they will be publishing an updated haulier handbook and they will launch advice stands at uk service stations. madam deputy speaker, why aren't these essential prerequisites for a smooth transition not already here? it is all well and good to tell businesses to act now, but without the systems in place, frankly, it is like telling me

to bake a cake but forgetting to turn a oven on. sectors from farming to haulage to car manufacturing are crying out for the government to get this right. these sectors are the backbone of british industry and they are vital to our everyday economy. if we don't listen to these experts, we will lose exports. large numbers of migrants reached the uk yesterday in a series of small boat crossings. the border force says it dealt with 26 incidents involving 393 people. the french authorities dealt with a further ten crossing attempts, with more than 90 people involved. nearly 1,900 migrants have arrived in the uk this month, more than in the whole of last year. the president of the european commission ursula von dey leyen says the eu's current system of dealing with migration no longer works. she has published new proposals , promising faster processing

of new arrivals, and more efficient ways of removing failed asylum seekers. but the commission still wants member states to share the burden of migration, an idea which has led to the failure of similar plans in the past. president von der leyen, said that she believes the plan is fair for all members and a sustainable solution is possible. the european union has already proven in other areas that it can take extraordinary steps to reconcile diverging perspectives. we have created a complex internal market, a common currency, and an unprecedented recovery plan to build our economies. it is now time to rise to the challenge, to manage migrationjointly, with the right balance between solidarity and responsibility. 0ur correspondent in brussels gavin lee explained more about how the mandatory burden—sharing would work.

there are three key things that stand out here, i think, bearing in mind that for five years, three solid attempts to have a proper syste m solid attempts to have a proper system in place have eitherjust come off the rails or fallen by the wayside with countries like hungary and poland continuing to disagree and poland continuing to disagree and not take in refugees or migrants. so the way things would work, three things stand out, as you touched on, money for 10,000 euros for each migrant a country takes. if they don't, what they have is called a solidarity mechanism, so those countries that say no, we are still not going to take migrants, which includes austria, sebastien kurz saying this plan backed by germany simply won't fly, not a good sign, they basically say they would sponsor the return of that migrant toa sponsor the return of that migrant to a country like morocco or elsewhere in africa, and they have eight months basically to do that, to increase the work to help greece, spain, italy where the migrant will be staying in the meantime. so that

is the compromise. nobody at the top level of the eu is talking about this being a really fantastic solution, they are talking about compromise, hoping it doesn't breach country's red lines, and bear this in mind as well, diplomats have been spending something like six months now back and forth, going from capital to capital, saying what is the solution that works for you? so this is meant to be a hopscotch of all these different ideas and if it sort of gets a sense that enough countries are on board they hope it will float for leaders to talk about this at a summit coming up to say 0k, is this the one we can finally go for? 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse has been on the greek island of lesbos where the migrant camp moriah burnt down. the remains of moria camp are a visual metaphor for the failures of eu policy on migrants and refugees over the past five years. the eu turkey deal of 2016 did

reduce the number of people coming across the waters but it didn't eliminate them, and many of those who did come ended up in places like this, europe's largest refugee camp, a squalid pressure cooker of rising tensions that eventually went up in flames two weeks ago. amid arguments in european capitals over quotas and which countries would take how many people, the result was paralysis and all the talk of a need for a humanitarian response to this crisis remained mostly just that, talk. and meanwhile, the residents of this place were living in conditions that were the complete opposite of the values that europe projects onto the world and that drew them here in the first place. i mean the view, the people, it was a crowded camp, an overcrowded camp. when i came, 24,000 people were living in it and the camp was built for 3000, 4000 people. i had this feeling that i'm entering a prison and i couldn't believe it's europe.

the poisoned russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been discharged from hospital in germany. doctors say it's possible he could make a full recovery. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, is in berlin.(0s 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, is in berlin. it is clear now that alexei navalny has survived an apparent assassination attempt. doctors here in berlin saying he could yet make a full recovery, though they say it is still too soon to gauge the long—term effects of the poisoning. it isjust over a month since mr navalny collapsed in a plane over russia. his supporters brought him here to berlin for treatment. a german military laboratory, which subsequently confirmed he had been poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. his discharge from hospital today will no doubt delight his loved ones and his supporters.

it may also intensify pressure on angela merkel and other western leaders have yet to agree a response to his poisoning. angela merkel has demanded a full explanation from the kremlin. the kremlin deny all involvement. as to mr navalny, it is clear his road back to full health may be a long and potentially difficult one. he has posted on social media in the last few hours that he will require daily physiotherapy and he still doesn't have full control over all his limbs. a spokeswoman for mr navalny has told one news agency he intends to stay in germany for that treatment for now, but longer term, mr navalny has indicated his intention to return to russia. a new name has been announced for the bristol music venue colston hall — following decades of protests and boycotts over its association with the slave trade. it'll now be known as the bristol beacon. the search for a new name

began back in 2017 — before the black lives matter campaign — asjohn maguire reports. when the statue of the 17th—century slave trader edward colston was torn from its plinth, these images were viewed around the world. his name, hardly known beyond bristol, was now synonymous with the campaign to remove physical reminders of a barbaric past. colston's name was lent to roads, schools, and even the main music venue in the city where slavery had made his fortune. but three years before the most recent demonstrations, in 2017, the organisation behind the colston hall decided it should be renamed. we were clear about the decisions we made, it was a unanimous decision by our board of trustees. i think the world has moved on a little bit since we've done that. so we remain really confident in the decision that we've taken for us. other people may take different decisions, but some people felt excluded because of the associations with edward colston; we had to change it.

the new name for the hall will be bristol beacon. as a city, bristol has decided to change the name of this iconic venue. it is not the specific name that matters, it is the fact that the city has gone through a process to think about what it calls its venues. following the statue's removal, its subject's name followed suit. from the concert hall, from the office tower next door, and elsewhere. recent months have seen a rebranding exercise, the physical manifestation of a decades—long debate. this was the spot at bristol harbour—side where colston's statue was dumped into the water by the protesters. but what gives you an indication of how long there's been a debate in this city about the slave trade is this bridge. built more than 20 years ago, it's named not after a slave trader like edward colston, it's called pero's bridge, and it's named after a slave. when the idea of changing

colston hall's name was proposed, many argued against what they saw as a rewriting of history. but others say it's not about changing the past, but confronting it. we're not revising history, in the sense of creating a false version, what we're doing is trying to get closer to a truer version. in that process, of course, we might feel that things are being lost or over—prioritised, but i think that's part of the journey in which then we come to a narrative which is more warts and all, more a mature version. and as we reconsider our past, the name bristol beacon has been chosen to look to the future. to unite, not divide. to represent hope, not despair. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. the headlines on bbc news. 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. the damaging effect on pubs and restaurants — forced to change the way they serve — and closing at 10pm from tomorrow.

plans to bring back spectators at live sporting events next month are also on hold. over the last week here on bbc news, we've been following our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, as he travels through siberia reporting on climate change. steve and his team went on an incredible journey to tell the story from one of the most challenging and remote locations on earth, let's take a look at how they did it. we are in siberia, reporting on climate change.

and here is a look behind—the—scenes. what's happening here in siberia... forjournalists in siberia, rule number one. be prepared for lots of travelling. ten days to cover 1000 miles of the toughest terrain, to reach parts of russia you rarely get to. what makes reporting from siberia so challenging is the size of the place. this region i am in now has less than 1 million people, but in terms of territory, it's five times the size of france and to get to the most remote places, you either need a helicopter or a boat. ah, the glamour of tv news. and the bracing siberian air.

you need a few sprays of this stuff to keep the mosquitoes at bay. there is one thing that you have to have on if you are in the forest in siberia in the summer, and that is one of these, these anti—mosquito suits. i'm going to put this face shield up like this to protect my face. and then i'm ready to go. of course, because we are the bbc, we always go that extra mile to bring you the story. because this is such a remote region, it takes us more than a week before we are up close to one of the forest fires which is pumping out greenhouse gases.

siberia is a difficult place. time to dry out a bit. thank you, producer. he is my mum. so, we have arrived at the base of the russian forest rangers who help fight a fire and we are going to make camp here tonight. 0pen packaging.

erect tent. i have never put up a tent in my life. and i don't think i can manage it now. where do i start, well? start at number one. um, you need two kind of things. it doesn't make any sense. pegs go in the ground. but i'm not quite sure where yet. siberia is a real mixture. beauty and beast. but such an amazing place to report from and to experience. steve rosenberg there with a little account of the scenes behind the reports, reporting there from siberia. some news to bring you from

the treasury, who say that there is going to be no autumn budget this year. you are seeing a tweet from our political editor laura kuenssberg in there will be no budget this autumn. there was of course one earlier in the year, but given the situation with regards to covid—19, the treasury is saying, there will be no budget this autumn, but there will still be, as you can see laura saying, a spending review to set out the overall shape of government spending. that usually cove rs government spending. that usually covers three years but it is unclear clearly whether it will cover one or three years at the moment. so we've got that coming out of the treasury and we also know that the chancellor rishi sunak will be making a statement tomorrow about further measures to help protectjobs, and will be getting much more on both of these stories without political correspondence just five o'clock. two schoolgirls have been reunited — virtually — with the woman whose

life they saved last month. lily and molly, from gloucestershire, heard a scream while they were on a beach on the isle of wight and swam to the rescue of priya jacob. sally challoner reports. hi. hello. this is the moment priya jacobson saw the faces of her rescuers this is the moment priya jacob saw the faces of her rescuers for the first time since they pulled her from the water a month ago. i can't believe what you guys did to me. like, i really owe you guys my life. all three were on the beach at compton bay, but priya injured her leg while swimming. the sisters heard her scream but she went under. the year before last year, we both did life—saving together as an activity, because every thursday, we have activities, and me and lily chose life—saving. all that was going through my mind is the steps, and what you need to do, and i thought, "well, thank god for the training. but for priya, today's virtual reunion was emotional.

she knew she was moments away from death. i remember, before giving up, i wasjust like, "i'm going to give up, maybe this is my time. "there was no point struggling. i was trying my best to swim, but i couldn't. i will never forget you guys for the rest of my life because i owe you one. you guys literally saved me. it was just us doing our part to help somebody, and that's how i like to look at it. we needed a holiday after the holiday. i bet you did. the sisters were only on the beach that day because covid had forced the cancellation of a holiday abroad. now they are looking forward to the end of the pandemics so they be reunited in person with priya. sally challoner with that report. what a lovely story. it's exactly six months since the uk went into lockdown and in the last 24 hours we've all been told we're facing another six months of restrictions. the stringent rules imposed have impacted each of

us very differently. graham satchell has been to meet people whose lives have been transformed in lockdown. six months since the start of lockdown, and six lives changed forever. it takes a cool head to control a plane in conditions like this. it's not what we were expecting but it was a safe outcome and in the end we were very happy. i said to the co—pilot, "look at my left leg", literally my left leg was shaking but i think that was adrenaline. william barron was a pilot for 14 years. when lockdown came, he was furloughed and then made redundant. the first emotion is that of fear. i have no other streams of income, i didn't have a second job but of course, the mortgage, the bills and everything else continues on.

this pandemic has completely changed people's lives. william has swapped his pilot uniform for a job which transports people to their final destination. being a commercial pilot, especially in the role of captain, it is a huge responsibility and a huge honour. the families trust us to take them on their holidays and on flights but being a funeral director is also a position of great trust. you have one afternoon, one morning, where you have the funeral service and this is someone's life's obituary and you've got one chance to make it as the person requested. it's been a challenge. it can be frightening at times but ijust believe with an honest product and a good relationship with families, the business will be a success.

i never really understood who i was. of course, when you drink alcohol, it gives you that confidence. and then it becomes an addiction. charlotte's been an alcoholic for 30 years. at the beginning of lockdown, she was furloughed and stuck at home. it was as if i had reached, i don't think rock bottom is the right word, i was way beyond that. and i realised at that point that if i didn't stop, i could see where this was going. studies in the last week show the number of people drinking at high risk levels has doubled since february. charlotte took her last drink in june. i couldn't stop crying for days. and that was quite scary because normally i would have a drink to blot out, you know, past trauma, present, a bad day at work, have a drink, make you feel better. and i couldn't do that any more. so i had to be...

it was like being raw, that's the only way i can describe it. every day is a struggle, a fight, but charlotte says she's now discovered who she really is. actually, the person i am is, you know, she's great. she's much more fun. and she doesn't have a hangover the next day! she's brilliant. i was terrified of catching covid, i was terrified i wouldn't see my children grow up. it felt like the end of the world. and i genuinely did feel like i didn't know any way out of it at that point. back in march, gavin weighed almost 21 stone, he was diagnosed with hypertension and told he was a serious covid risk. his wife claire was heavily pregnant. i was advised at that point that the weight that i was, i wouldn't be able to attend my daughter's birth so i realised something had to change

dramatically quickly. gavin decided to change his whole way of life. i enjoyed eating fine food and junk food, i enjoyed drinking beer and meeting my friends. i can honestly say i've never run in my life. gavin started walking, then jogging then running. it was a race against time. could he lose enough weight to be there for the birth of his daughter? it was my choice to put the weight on and be the size that i was so it was up to me and nobody else to make that change. i can't put into words what it meant to actually be there and support claire. i could get emotional now, to be honest, and i'm not an emotional guy, it really did mean the world. ava will always have a special place in my heart because of the circumstances surrounding her birth and also what it took to achieve to be able to get to her birth.

it was amazing. she was really quick, so from start to finish, i was only in labourforan hour. but it wasjust nice to have the moral support and someone there. the midwife was amazing as well, she was really good, ijust don't think i could have done it without him there. he got nipped quite a bit. nipped? yeah. laughs. grabbing him! gavin is a third the man he was. he's lost almost seven stone in 16 weeks. the world is now a changed place and it makes me so sad to think of the amount of people that have died, both in our country and around the globe. but for me, personally, it's given me the impetus and the passion to make a step change and i have to say, i'm looking forward to the next chapter in my life. 0n tomorrow's programme... lockdown and the first day at school, remembering a beloved

father, and we meet 0la who spent six weeks on a ventilator and survived covid—19. those stories brought to you by the bbc‘s graham satchell. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. we're looking at much cooler weather conditions to take us through the rest of the day today. for england and wales, staying cloudy with outbreaks of rain, turning increasingly heavy and persistent across eastern england and probably also for a time in the midlands as well. a few showers for parts of northern ireland, wales and the south—west, but otherwise, it is northern ireland and scotland who will have the best of the day's sunshine. feeling cool here though, temperatures only around 13 degrees. 0vernight tonight, more rain across the midlands and eastern england, clearing the way, becoming windier for a time and then the next weather system bringing more wet and windy weather into wales and south—west england later in the night. scotland, quieter conditions, clear skies but cold enough for a nip of frost in the most sheltered areas in the north.

looking at the weather picture for thursday, for much of scotland, dry day of sunshine, outbreaks of rain otherwise across many areas of the uk, so wet and windy weather, rain heavy and persistent and feeling call for just about everyone. that's your latest weather.

this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. 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 labour leader sir keir starmer says now is not the time for another referendum on scottish independence — and says the focus needs to be on dealing with the economy. we will be going into that if action in may making it very clear that another divisive referendum on independence in scotland, it is not

what is needed.