so so hopefully, we lots of energy, so hopefully, we will hear more from them. for a club which almost went out of business in 2004, it is a remarkable development. fans are now set to hear ryan reynolds‘ plans at a special meeting, but he appeared to confirm his interest on twitter. backin confirm his interest on twitter. back in 2012, two fans had joked about him coming to wrexham. last night he replied, yep, you never know. so what would it mean for one of those fans to actually meet him? iama of those fans to actually meet him? i am a huge fan, i would probably just stand there in silence, but i would not know what to say, to be honest. it is such an incredible story, you hear about these things going viral all the time, but to be inundated with notifications and stuff, the last 24 hours has been crazy. we have already seen russell crowe buying an australian rugby team, and will ferrell buying a us football club, but this? the club‘s box office moment had been beating arsenal in the fa cup in 1992...

what a goal, mickey thomas! but what happens now could be a real blockbuster. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here‘s tomasz schafernaker. good afternoon. ourfirst good afternoon. our first autumn chill good afternoon. our first autumn chili is well and truly upon us, it was the coldest september night for over two decades in scotland last night. in the atlantic you can see the satellite picture showing the weather system across this part of the ocean. the atlantic weather is really starting to wake up now and it will be sending weather systems in our direction. at the moment we have got a real mixture of weather over the uk, have got a real mixture of weather overthe uk, a have got a real mixture of weather over the uk, a mixture of showers and sunny spells, the best of the weather at the moment is over scotland. the coldest and windiest is around the south—west and the west of the uk, with a strong current of wind coming out of the north—west. only 12 degrees there in

cardiff. you can see the showers peppered across the country. but in central and northern scotland, this is where we have got the best of the weather. in stornoway we have got some hazy sunshine. but for the rest of us, further south, it is a com pletely of us, further south, it is a completely different story. if anything, overnight, the winds will be strengthening across parts of england and wales and we are in for a really cold, maybe even a raw day for some of us on the north sea coasts, because those winds will be howling anywhere from the north—east of england down towards east anglia. it is just of england down towards east anglia. it isjust on of england down towards east anglia. it is just on the edge of this area of low pressure. along the north sea coast, that is where wind gusts could approach 60mph. inland, it will be very windy as well, even in the midlands and central and southern england. it will be feeling cold, thick coats across this part of the world, and on top of that,

showers. the rest of the country, it is going to be very different. we have got some sunshine on the way and the winds will be lighter as well. on saturday we are in between weather systems, one moving out into the north sea, another approaching the north sea, another approaching the south—west of the country. the winds are still blowing out of the north, still a cold direction. temperatures still struggling in some areas. possibly feeling a little bit warmer across the south—west. but this is a cold air strea m south—west. but this is a cold air stream from the north atlantic, so, when the winds died down over the weekend, there temperatures are going to plummet, certainly a frost on the way in the north. a reminder of our top story... the chancellor, rishi sunak, announces a newjob support scheme lasting six months from november. he says it will save valuable jobs.

mr speaker, these are radical interventions in the uk labour market. policies we have never tried in this country before. that is all from the bbc news at one o‘clock. it is goodbye from me and we nowjoined the bbc news teens where you are. you‘re watching bbc news, i‘m at the bbc sport centre. non—league clubs from the national league are meeting this afternoon to discuss the viability of starting the season next weekend without fans. 81% of national league north clubs, the sixth tier, say they can‘t play without financial support and that is likely to be echoed by the majority in the fifth tier. we need a rescue package, we need the government to step in. the national league needs around £20 million and we need that support. a

football clu b million and we need that support. a football club is a vibrant part, a cornerstone of its community, it‘s far more than just football. we have already been working with the local authorities, derbyshire county council, chesterfield borough council, chesterfield borough council, uncovered multi—recovery, how we can help the community. it is far whiter thanjust how we can help the community. it is far whiter than just playing football and it‘s essential we get this money coming through. the national league as a whole needs around 3 million a month. there‘s over 3000 people employed in the national league, there‘sjobs over 3000 people employed in the national league, there‘s jobs at sta ke. from non—league to the top division in scotland, there is recognition across the board that supporters are key to the health of the game. here‘s the celtic manager, neil lennon. we haven‘t got a crystal ball, we can‘t predict when supporters are going to come pick in the stadiums. i think we should endeavour to try and push on, even though

restrictions are being tightened, it sounds contradictory, but where would you rather watch a football game, and an open—air venue or indoors? i think the opener is far safer and you have less chance of catching anything. edouard mendy‘s transfer to chelsea has been confirmed. the goalkeeper has joined from french side rennes on a five—year deal for a fee rising to £20 million. the senegal international is frank lampard‘s seventh signing in this transfer window and he‘ll provide compettion for kepa arriza balaga, whose form has been patchy. the formula one world champion lewis hamilton has set up a group in his own name to improve diversity in motorsport. the hamilton commission‘s 14 members, with a range of backgrounds across sport, politics and education, will look to address the issue. hamilton is the first and, so far, only black driver to race in formula 1 and has set the group the target of identifying key barriers to the recruitment and progression of black people in uk motorsport.

one of australia‘s finest batsmen, dean jones, has died at the age of 59. his international career spanned ten years up until 1994. he played in 52 tests, averaging over 46, but he was also credited with changing the approach to playing one—day cricket. he was capped 164 times in that format. he passed away in mumbai after a sudden heart attack. he‘d been working as a pundit in the indian premier league. ireland‘s most—decorated rugby union player has retired. full—back rob kearney was capped 95 times in a 12—year international career, winning four six nations titles, two of them grand slams, in 2009 and 2018. he played in three world cups and toured with the british and irish lions twice. the 34—year—old was also a four—time european champion and a six—time pro—14 champion with leinster. he says he has lived the dream. i‘ll have more for

you in the next hour. the chancellor has set out new measures to protect millions ofjobs and the economy over the winter. rishi sunak described the measures as radical interventions, never before attempted in the uk. for employees working a minimum of 33% of their normal hours, furlough will be replaced by a newjob support scheme, lasting six months, where government directly supports the wages of workers in viable jobs. government will cover a third of workers‘ lost pay, with the employer making up the other third. support will be targeted at firms that need help the most, that is businesses facing lower demand overwinter due to covid—19. mr sunak has announced a pay as you grow scheme to allow firms to repay bounce—back loans over a period of up to ten years. the chancellor said he would keep vat at 5% for hospitality and tourism until

march the 31st 2021. for labour, the shadow chancellor said the government‘s response was too slow to help businesses and employees struggling with the coronavirus crisis. annaliese dodds said many people had already lost theirjobs. the chancellor said the newjobs support scheme was aimed at protecting "viable" roles, rather than all posts which have been kept going as a result of state support under the furlough programme. the government will directly support the wages of people in work, giving businesses who face a depressed demand the option of keeping employees in a job on shorter hours, rather than making them redundant. the job support scheme is built on three principles — first, it will support viable jobs. to make sure of that, employees must work at least a third of their

normal hours and be paid for that work as normal by their employer. the government, together with employers, would then increase those people's wagers, covering two thirds of the pay they have lost by reducing their working hours. and the employee will keep theirjob. second, we will target support at firms who need it the most. all small and medium—size businesses are eligible. but larger businesses, only when their turnover has fallen through the crisis. third, it will be open to employers across the united kingdom, even if they have not previously used the furlough scheme. the scheme will run for six months, starting in november. and employers retaining furloughed staff on shorter hours can claim both the job support scheme and the jobs retention bonus. the chancellor also annound

a raft of measures aimed at helping businesses, including a pay as you grow scheme for businesses which have taken government—guaranteed loans during the crisis. right now businesses need extra to protect jobs, rather than repaying loans and tax deferral. so i am taking four further steps today to make that happen. first, bounce— back loans have given over a million small businesses a £38 billion boost to survive this pandemic. to give those businesses more time and greater flexibility to repay their loans, we are introducing pay—as—you—grow. this means loans can now be extended from six to ten years. nearly halving the average monthly repayments. businesses who are struggling can now choose to

make interest—only payments and anyone in real trouble can apply to suspend repayments altogether for up to six months. no business taking up pay—as—you—grow will see their credit rating affected as a result. second, i am also changing the terms of our other loan schemes. more than 60,000 small and medium—sized businesses have now taken out coronavirus business interruption loans. to help them, i plan to extend the government guarantee on these loans for up to ten years, making it easier for lenders to give more people more time to repay. i am also extending the deadline of all our loan schemes to the end of this year. and we are starting work on a new successoi’ loan guarantee programme, set to begin injanuary. third, i want to give businesses more time and flexibility over their deferred tax bills. nearly half a million businesses deferred more than £30 billion

of vat this year. on current plans, those payments fall due in march. instead, i will allow businesses to spread that vat bill over 11 smaller repayments with no interest to pay. and any of the millions of self—assessed income taxpayers who need extra help can also now extend their outstanding tax bill over 12 months from next january. the final step i am taking today will support two of the most affected sectors, hospitality and tourism. on current plans, there vat rates will increase from 5% back to the standard rate of 20% on january the 13th. so, to support more than 150,000 businesses

and help protect 2.4 millionjobs through the winter, i am announcing today that we are cancelling the planned increase and will keep the lower 5% vat rate until march the 31st next year. the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds said her party would support any measures to safeguard jobs but accused the government of acting too late. we think it‘s a real priority that those industries which are directly impacted by the crisis get that support. obviously, you were just talking about hospitality, i think that‘s really, really important, but there are also manyjob that have sadly already been lost, for example in advanced manufacturing, where we really need to have a system of targeted wage support for the future. above all, we can‘t have this type of last—minute response again. we‘ve had it around wage support, today it seems we had it around support for self—isolaters, we need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. our political correspondent alex forsyth is in the palace of westminster.

the chancellor said he couldn‘t save everyjob and i suppose the big question is, how far does this go? that has been the refrain we have heard from the chancellor for some time, a recognition that the economic impact of the pandemic is going to bite hard many people have already said they lost their jobs and many more are likely to as this progresses. the sense of that was exacerbated by what we heard from the prime minister earlier this week when we hear are fresh restrictions are likely to be in place for up to six months. the statement today wasn‘t a direct response to that, nonetheless, it up the pressure on him to come up with economic measures to mitigate the pressures as those restrictions remain in place. as you say, he‘s said he can‘t save everybody, there will be job losses and it will be painful. i think broadly what was announced today around the job support scheme,

the fact the government will effectively top of the wages of people have to work fewer hours, that has been broadly welcomed and will help to smooth what people saw as the cliff edge when the furlough scheme ends next month, but there are questions about whether the self—employed element of the scheme is generous enough, but about the sectors that are struggling to operate at all in this climate, the arts, aviation, would there be more support for them? and labour making the point will there be further support around retraining, so people do lose theirjobs they can focus on getting back into work overall, it seems to be a welcomed announcement from the chancellor that something will be in place to replace the furlough scheme. that are questions about the impact it will have and there is a recognition that some jobs will still go. and striking imagery before the chancellor delivered his speech in the commons

given that he appears with the head of the cbi given that he appears with the head of the cb! and the tuc, representing businesses and trade unions, suggested by sighter on board? businesses and trade unions, suggested by sighter on board7m businesses and trade unions, suggested by sighter on board? it is not often you see a conservative chancellor flagged by either of those people but the government has been keen to stress that they have wa nted been keen to stress that they have wanted to be around the table to come up with something that they felt would work, so that is why we saw that picture with those two people, the leaders of the tuc and the cbi. the bigger question beyond all of this is how is this going to be paid for in the longer term, because we know the chancellor has cancelled the budget that was due to ta ke cancelled the budget that was due to take place in the autumn because of uncertainties around the pandemic, but at some point, these schemes that are racking up big bills will have to be paid for. right now, the cost of borrowing is pretty low but there will be painful decisions about tax and spending that will

have to come down the line. thank you. well, let‘s get reaction to this. sophia royle is one of those who has been affected by the furlough scheme, she was taken off furlough and made redundant at the end of last month. good afternoon. tell us a little bit more about what has happened to you? i was placed on furlough back in... shortly after that, found out i was pregnant. now, a little later down the line, and i‘m at the point were looking for anotherjob is difficult. finding another job looking for anotherjob is difficult. finding anotherjob at six months pregnant for anybody is a difficult feat. coupled now with the fa ct difficult feat. coupled now with the fact there are a lot of people in the same boat as me that have been made redundant over the past few weeks, even months. it does raise the question then of what happens to those people who are within that

bracket, that have already lost theirjobs? i bracket, that have already lost their jobs? i think bracket, that have already lost theirjobs? i think the furlough scheme was fantastic, it was brilliant, it helped us a huge amount, but we are seeing at the end to that now, so the question is what happens next for us? but actually lost yourjob before the happens next for us? but actually lost your job before the furlough scheme came to an end? sorry, you cut out a little there. the line isn‘t great. i was saying you lost yourjob before isn‘t great. i was saying you lost your job before the isn‘t great. i was saying you lost yourjob before the furlough scheme came to an end, because it doesn‘t end until the end of october? yes, came to an end, because it doesn‘t end untilthe end of october? yes, i lost myjob at the end of august. it came ata lost myjob at the end of august. it came at a time when the furlough scheme changed, when my employer did need to make those contributions to pay pension contributions, national insurance contributions, that was the point when i was made redundant.

it was with a company that was struggling and, obviously, cuts had to be made to. it's very difficult situation for you, i don‘t know how much you have been able to listen to what the chancellor had to say but his approach seems to be to give help to those businesses which are viable. do you see some element of encouragement in that, in that it will allow certain businesses which otherwise would have to fold, to keep going, to which you might eventually be able to apply? hopefully, yes. my biggest concern is that we are going to have a big backlog of those people who were made redundant over the past few months, now, especially at a moments where we‘re talking aboutjobs that are much more about, everyone‘s looking for that home job, your competition at this moment is the entire country. you‘re not looking at things at a local level. we will have that backlog, which is my concern, of everybody trying to get

these jobs and at certain industries are affected more than others and if you are a part of that industry, you‘re competing against triple the amount of people that you would have competed against before. so, it remains to be seen, and of course, there is nothing to be set at this moment to really know what is going to happen later down the line, but i do think it is something people need to be aware of that will be an issue more and more as we go forward, because jobs are more and more as we go forward, becausejobs are going more and more as we go forward, because jobs are going to continue to be lost. what about your personal situation? you‘ve been without a job now for nearly a month, how are things for you? things are ok. as things for you? things are ok. as things go. i‘m lucky that my partner does make a decent enough wage, however, there are repercussions of that, and that i am not eligible for any income support and the problem is then, our mortgage was dependent

on my wage as well as his previously, so there‘s no support there, financially, for us until i get to the point when i am eligible for maternity pay. that, again, it doesn‘t necessarily... for maternity pay. that, again, it doesn't necessarily... sophia, we lost your very final words, but i think we very much got the chest of what you are saying, thank you so much and we wish you all the best. the chancellor said we need to face up to the hard choices but what do business make of his measures? hannah essex is co—executive director of the british chambers of commerce. what did you think overall, hana? that there was some good news there for businesses today, both on the jobs front and on the cash front. the chamber of commerce has been

calling for some time for that to be more support for businesses as we look at the cliff edge of the entity furlough scheme, the chance of today replace it with another scheme that won‘t necessarily support all of those jobs that have been on furlough but will ease the way to allow businesses to retain staff through this difficult winter. also getting some cash flow, we know that less tha n getting some cash flow, we know that less than half of businesses have three months or more of cash in reserve , three months or more of cash in reserve, they have used up a lot of cash to keep themselves going. so the opportunity to extend those loan schemes, to extend repayment terms, to have less pressure in terms of repayment is also good news for a lot of businesses. our correspondence have been crunching the numbers and suggested that, for an employer who takes part in this newjob support an employer who takes part in this new job support scheme, an employer who takes part in this newjob support scheme, they will be paying an employee 55% of their income, because they will be paying

a third for the hours they work but also the third of the remaining loss payee, so they will be paying over half of an employee‘s salary for a third of the hours. how are employers likely to view that? employers will want to hold onto skills, valuable employees who they have supported and trains and bring something special to their organisation. so the opportunity to keep people on at a reduced level is prefera ble keep people on at a reduced level is preferable to having to lay off a lot of people and put pressure on the remaining team. so it‘s not a perfect scheme, it does mean there is an employer contribution and will cost a bit more than the current furlough contribution, but if the outcome of that if you get to retain those people who are contributing to the business and need to be there as you grow back, then that is a good thing. do you think your members will welcome this? i think a lot of

the members will benefit from this. there is a question marks over those princesses over still can they open at all of those businesses that are impacted by what is happening, aviation, arts, leisure and — there is a number of sectors looking at this and wondering if it is enough. i think the chancellor needs remain open—minded over what more he needs to do, particularly if we see more restrictions coming in as the virus spreads and if we can‘t get that out of control, then any kind of increased restriction will have to go hand in hand with the support package for those businesses affected. that is a good point, those businesses that have not yet been able to open because of the restriction or because of their size, they won‘t have seen anything in this package to help them? that's good news on the cash front, so any that would have taken out loans will have better terms for repayment and the vat break, that continues, so hospitality businesses will benefit from that. so that is good news. on

thejobs front, from that. so that is good news. on the jobs front, they will have to make difficult decisions about which those jobs are considered to be viable, that is the term the chance to use, and use the new scheme for those. there may also be redundancies to come as the furlough scheme ends in october. finally, the chancellor talked about this potentially being a time where the economy is changed permanently, do you agree? without knowing what is going to happen with the virus it is ha rd to going to happen with the virus it is hard to know what is permanent and temporary. certainly, ithink hard to know what is permanent and temporary. certainly, i think some businesses have found the changes they implemented have worked for them and they will continue into the long term, but we‘ve not looking at, when we thought this was going to be a short—term thing, it will be long—term, so some changes may become permanent. thank you very much. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. some of us will have to get the thick coats out for tomorrow. it is already pretty cold out there today. we will have downpours, some cracks of thunder,

but the real feature will be the strength of the wind along the north sea coast tomorrow. the atlantic, overall, is really starting to awaken with weather systems lining up, and you can see one there and another one close to ireland. this is the next weather system here. also gaps in between, meaning there will be sunshine at times as well. here‘s the forecast for this evening. temperatures a measly 11 or 12 degrees. still very windy in the southwest here and you can see plenty of showers dotted around. scotland, not too bad. yes, it is quite chilly, a northerly wind there and temperatures barely making double figures, but at least there is a clear evening. that also means it is going to be another really chilly night, and last night temperatures dipped down to minus five degrees. one of the coldest september night in years. tonight, again, chilly with clear skies. you can see temperatures in the lowlands close to freezing. elsewhere, for sure single figures and even colder than that in the countryside.

the focus tomorrow, as far as the bad weather is concerned, is along the north sea coast. this blob of rain here, also a lot of isobars, meaning a strong northerly wind. really unpleasant conditions for the northeast in particular, even the coast of aberdeenshire there and down towards east anglia and the southeast. gusts of wind close to the coast around 60 miles an hour, that is a full—on gale. whereas, towards the west of the country here, it is a different story. the winds will be a lot lighter and there will be more sunshine, so, places like plymouth, cardiff, liverpool, glasgow, fine for you. but newcastle down to norwich and even london, there will be showers, chilly winds and of course, gales along the coasts as well. a bit of a lull in the weather i think on the way for saturday. we are in between weather systems and still a keen breeze blowing out of the north there and we can see those wind arrows screaming out of the north. but the best of the weather will be across the west. all in all, away from the extreme east, i think the weather

on saturday isn‘t looking too bad at all. the temperatures disappointing for the time of year. another thing again to highlight is just how chilly the nights will be this weekend for sure. a frost on the way in the north.

this is bbc news, i‘m reeta chakrabarti. the headlines: the chancellor rishi sunak announces a newjob support scheme lasting six months from november — he says it will save viable jobs. mr speaker, these are radical interventions in the uk labour market — policies we have never tried in this country before. a planned rise in vat has also been cancelled and businesses will now have longer to pay back government loa ns. labour believes rishi sunak should have acted sooner — unions say the measure will save hundreds of thousands of jobs. after months of delay, the nhs covid—19 contact tracing app goes live in england and wales — anyone with a smartphone is being urged to download it.