tonight at ten, the chancellor outlines his plans to save millions ofjobs and the economy, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. rishi sunak says the government will top up the pay of many workers, who've been forced to cut their hours. i cannot save everyjob. no chancellor could. but what we can and must do is deal with the real problems businesses and employees are facing now. his newjob support scheme replaces furloughs and has been welcomed by many, deeply worried about the future. it definitely helps, today's announcement, with regards to the fact that staff would have had no choice but to be made redundant at the end of the month. we've got to get through this next six months and the measures the government have announced today aren't helping us as a hotel,

because we still have no trade. we'll be analysing the government's plans to try to prevent mass unemployment. also tonight... the new nhs contact tracing app is launched in england and wales, and already there've been more than a million downloads. after coronavirus outbreaks at scottish universities, students are told they can't leave their accommodation to go home to their families. angry protests across america after the failure to prosecute police officers involved in the killing of a black woman. # but i believe it...# and, the cutting edge soul music of singer—songwriter michael kiwanuka takes this year's mercury prize. and coming up in sport on bbc news, no upset at league one lincoln city as liverpool ease into the fourth round of the efl cup.

good evening. the chancellor has set out new measures to try to protect millions ofjobs and the economy over the next six months, as coronavirus restrictions limit growth. rishi sunak has been under pressure to come up with a suitable replacement for the furlough scheme, which ends in october. the new plans mean people can return to work if necessary part—time, as long as they do at least a third of their normal hours, to qualify. under the scheme they'll get 77% of their full—time pay, with employers paying 55% of that and the government paying 22%. for those who are self—employed, the chancellor is extending the income grant on similar terms, and there's also help for the businesses themselves, including more time to pay back government loans. and the hospitality and tourism sector will pay vat at the lower rate of 5%, until the end of march. with more, here's our political

editor, laura kuenssberg. everything closed, everything emptied around margate beach. since march, nearly 13,000 people had their wages paid by the taxpayer in this one part of the world. jobs are already hard to find by the seaside and as winter comes there is worry about what's coming next. are you all uniting behind this man? with a union and a business boss alongside him the tory chancellor was determined he wouldn't bankroll millions ofjobs forever. how are you going to pay for all of this, chancellor? so support for incomes will decline, but it won't disappear. no promise of bounce back any more. our economy is now likely to undergo a more permanent adjustment. as the economy reopens it is fundamentally wrong to hold people in jobs that only exist inside the furlough. and that means supporting people to be in viablejobs which provide genuine security.

a more diplomatic way of saying the government won't spend public money on jobs that might not have a future. no more one size fits everyone furlough. i'm announcing today the newjob support scheme. the government will directly support the wages of people in work, giving businesses who face depressed demand the option of keeping employees in a job on shorter hours rather than making them redundant. if bosses bring back workers part time the government will help top up their wages with employers to at least three quarters of their full—time pay. they'll extend backing for loans and the lower rate of vat, but there is a big cut in support for the self—employed. we have so often spoken about this virus in terms of lives lost, but the price our country is paying is wider than that. what was true at the beginning

of this crisis remains true now. it's on all of us and we must learn to live with it and live without fear. but living with it means closing the doors for the winter for the bishop family, who have run margate‘s walpole bay hotel for decades. they had furloughed their staff and took a government backed loan but with restrictions coming back business has just disappeared. there is no point keeping their staff on now. sadly there is no trade and all our staff have been given their redundancy notices for the 31st of october and some of them have been with us for 2h years. we feel terrible that we are letting everybody down, but there is no other solution. 0pposition parties had been pushing the government to keep the furlough going for firms just like jane's. the real question is whether in particular that wage support scheme is really going to incentivise employers to keep employees

on and i'm not convinced yet. there have been missed opportunities in what the chancellor announced today. some of it was good, some of it of course we welcome, but this is not as good as the furlough scheme was before and there are other issues he's left unaddressed. it's just too late for many people. three quarters of a million jobs have already gone. carol's disappears tomorrow. after months on furlough she's now one of 5000 people in this area looking for work. it is difficult. i think it knocks your confidence a little bit. there's very fewjobs out there for me to actually apply for. i'm a really positive person but it is bleak, you know, notjust for me but for many people who find themselves in the same position as me. how much difference does the chancellor really expect to make? many people are very worried about this. how manyjobs do you think the scheme can save? my expectation and hope is that this new scheme will be able to benefit

large numbers of people and help protect their jobs through the difficult winter months. this is all designed to stop the country waking up to a real nightmare of mass unemployment. in normal times this would be a huge step, with a potentially very hefty price tag, but nothing is normal right now and it's a political choice to shrink the support that's been available under the breathtakingly expensive furlough. there is no pretense tonight thatjobs won't go. the call to stem unemployment has been partly answered, but with the virus rising it could be a long wait for brighter skies. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the chancellor was clear that he can't save everyjob or every business hit by the pandemic, but our economics editor, faisal islam, looks now at what the government's plans might achieve. the pandemic changed everything in our workplaces, shops and transport hubs, and the hope when unprecedented rescue packages were put in place was that normality

would have returned by now. but it hasn't and it won't, and the chancellor had to promise billions more, as long as employers pay their share. for stuart maclaren, a print factory owner in lincoln's events industry, some ongoing help for part—time work will help him keep more staff. it definitely helps, today's announcement, with regards to the fact that staff would have had no choice but to be made redundant at the end of the month. as furlough comes to an end and the live events industry starts closing at the minute, for up to six months. so, being able to work one third of the time and being supported for the other two thirds of the time makes a massive impact for our business. the package of measures to delay vat payments and repayments of government—guara nteed loans is also designed to help companies with cashflow at a tricky time. but there was no specific extra help for hospitality workers such as michael giles from manchester. having been made redundant a couple of days ago now, there's basically been no support,

there's been nothing announced. i'm a bit disappointed that this announcement couldn't have come sooner, as it's put everyone in limbo. the chancellor's plan is highly innovative, but it's also a fraction of the support we've seen over the past few months, concentrating it on those jobs deemed viable. so it won't stop a sharp rise in unemployment. it is a shot in the arm worth several billion, but likely to be outweighed, in terms of economic impact, by the message that these social restrictions could last six months. in october, the final month of the furlough scheme, the government will be paying 60% of salaries, and the companies 20%. under this new scheme, the company pays a minimum of 55% and the government pays a maximum of 22%, though under the new scheme, employees will have to work at least a third of their normal hours for their employers. so that's why compared

to the £6 billion a month cost of the furlough scheme to date, this scheme is much smaller. the treasury did not give a number, it depends on take—up, but estimates put it at £500 million a month. today's move is based on a successful german scheme to encourage shorter hours and fewer sackings during financial crises. this former boss at siemens says it needed to be bigger. what we didn't see enough of is support and financing for retraining at a very significant level, to help those people where, unfortunately, there is no sustainable job for the future. the big picture here — the chancellor sees us at the limits ofjust how much extra borrowing could be added to already extraordinary amounts, the plan to signal tax rises in a budget, for now, shelved. even if we hadn't had these additional measures over the last few days, we know that the economy's struggling and it will continue to struggle for some period. i presume that putting off the budget until the spring

is really about trying to put whatever measures are in place then, when there is a little more certainty. as society and the economy awaits a vaccine, the chancellor's bridge of support extended by six months for some, but not for those in non—viablejobs. faisal islam, bbc news. our business editor simon jack is here. company bosses, they are going to be punching the keys of calculators trying to work out if this scheme is worth getting involved in. this is not straightforward, it's less generous than the scheme it's replacing. they are going from paying 20% of wages to 55%. you may wa nt to paying 20% of wages to 55%. you may want to bring up three people doing one third of their hours and keep all three on. it will be much cheaper to keep one person on and let two people go. having said that, if you can keep them on until

january you get the £1000 per employeejob january you get the £1000 per employee job retention bonus, january you get the £1000 per employeejob retention bonus, so that could tip the mathematics but this brings us back to the fundamental point, viable jobs. this brings us back to the fundamental point, viablejobs. what does that mean? ultimately the decision about what's viable and what isn't viable will end up with the employer. but the chancellor announced other measures that could help business, vat and so on? and for some businesses that will potentially be more important. vat deferrals, extending the term of repayment of some of those government backed loans, cash is king, sophos and people they will say that may just tip the king, sophos and people they will say that mayjust tip the balance and say i've got enough money. if it is viable and i think i'm going to come back strongly in six to nine months, if i can get this cash in 110w months, if i can get this cash in now that again will help. much less generous than what we've seen for the last six months but it may tip the last six months but it may tip the balance in favour of keeping somejobs, not all, in the coming months. simon, many thanks, simon jack there. the latest government

figures show another rise in new coronavirus cases, in the last 2a hour period, with 6,634 new infections reported across the uk — the highest daily figure since recent mass testing began. the average number of infections in the last week is a964. average number of infections in the last week is 4964. 40 deaths have been reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test in the latest 24—hour period. an average in the past week of 28 deaths announced every day. that takes the total number, across the uk, to 41,902. more than a million people have already downloaded the government's contact—tracing app for england and wales on its first day of release. anyone over 16 is being encouraged to use it on their smartphone. it can warn if you've been in close contact with someone who's been infected. but the health secretary for england, matt hancock says it won't be a legal requirement for people to self—isolate, if the app says you should. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh.

advert: now based on apple and google's privacy preserving technology, the app will help us safely live our lives, protecting you and others. much delayed, but finally available for download in england and wales. the nhs covid—19 app can be used to check in at bars and restaurants and tell you the coronavirus risk level where you live, but its main function is contact tracing. the app uses bluetooth and if you come into contact with others who've downloaded it, that will be recorded on each of the phones. let's say i test positive. that result will be sent anonymously to the nhs. if i'd been within two metres of someone for at least 15 minutes, perhaps sat near them on a train, they'll be sent an alert telling them to self—isolate. the app keeps secret who's received those alerts, so self—isolation will be voluntary, unlike those contacted through nhs test and trace,

where it's mandatory. this allows us to find, all of us, to find contacts that we wouldn't otherwise know. because if you've been sitting near somebody on a bus, for instance, you might not know who they are, so if you test positive, you couldn't tell the contact tracers that. a million people downloaded scotland's tracing app within a week of its launch. northern ireland's app has also proved popular. for those with covid symptoms, finding out fast whether they are infected is vital so that contacts can be traced. new figures show that fewer than one in three people in england who attended a covid testing site are getting their results within 24 hours. it was a return to home—schooling for the mcguire family from cambridgeshire last week, after two—year—old sian got a fever. they managed to book a test slot. getting a test like that and one that we didn't have

to travel 150 miles for, it was a half an hour drive so, actually, i thought, "this is really good". but a week on, they never heard back. we still don't have the government's test and trace result — day eight. it's so frustrating. actually, it felt so much worse than the original lockdown. in the end, they paid £150 for a private test and got the result last night. negative! yay! yay, you can go back to school. the government set a target of 500,000 tests a day by the end of october, double the amount done now, but making sure people get their results back quickly will be another challenge. fergus walsh, bbc news. denmark is among four countries from where travellers arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for two weeks. restrictions are also being reimposed on arrivals from iceland, slovakia and the caribbean island of curacao, due to rising coronavirus cases. the quarantine measures come into effect from 4am on saturday.

cardiff is facing a local lockdown as coronavirus case numbers rise "rapidly". cardiff council leader huw thomas has warned of potential restrictions on travel and different households mixing. he told a virtual meeting of the authority that over the past seven days, the area has seen over 38 cases per 100,000 people. scottish students studying at universities in scotland have been told they'll break the law if they leave their accommodation and return home to stay with their families. it comes after a major coronavirus outbreak at glasgow university, where 172 cases have been confirmed. they've also been told to stay away from pubs and bars for the rest of the week. more than a thousand students are estimated to be self—isolating after outbreaks in dundee, st andrews and aberdeen. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. students in pubs — it is to be expected.

but in scotland, from this weekend, they're all being told to stay out of bars and restaurants. it is a pretty drastic move. students not going to pubs, is that going to work? it's obviously the right advice that we should be maintaining social distance and stuff but to be honest, i don't think it's realistic. i think if there's a limit for people to go out until ten o'clock, i don't see why it should exclude students. at the glasgow university halls of residence, a testing site is producing more positive results and each confirmed case puts a whole flat of ten or 12 students into total lockdown. this is a 12—person flat. this is our kitchen. there are all our occupants here. tuition continues, with online lectures. three of these students have confirmed coronavirus, so they can't even get out to the launderette. 0bviously, staying inside for two weeks after moving to this flat, like, i've only been here for a week. and meeting these people and knowing these people for a week and having to stay with them for two weeks and not able to leave the place is quite challenging.

this is really tough for teenagers away from home for the first time. but students are not allowed to go back to families who live in scotland. the authorities say they can't point to one single source of this outbreak. they do know there were quite a lot of block parties in these halls of residence early last week. now, although that is against the rules, given that it was the first few days of freshers' week, it's probably not a total shock. glasgow's not the only university with a coronavirus outbreak, and critics say these problems should have been anticipated. tougher measures to restrict students' movements and enforce the social distancing rules are now being introduced. i can imaginejust how awful this is for students right now. my own nephew has just started at university in edinburgh and is living in halls of residence, so i think we all know from relatives, we don't want our young people to be living with this, but it's really important that students recognise the risk to themselves and the risk to others and follow all the guidance. 500 students at dundee's abertay university are isolating,

as are students in aberdeen, edinburgh and st andrews. as universities start back in england and wales, what's happening in scotland could well be replicated. cases have been confirmed on campuses across the uk. the university and college union say students should be staying at home and learning online instead. and no one can say whether students might find themselves confined to their halls of residence over the christmas holidays. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. new curfew restrictions for pubs and restaurants in england and wales have just come into force this eveing. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, is outside a pub in southampton for us tonight. duncan, the punters there had to leave by ten. how did it go down? well, just about 20 minutes ago, it was ten o'clock, clive, and that is exactly what happened. all the pubs, clu bs exactly what happened. all the pubs, clubs and bars in this area closed and people have started making their

way home. it all ended exactly on time, as required by the law. how did it go down with punters and managers? well, it's been a mixed result from punters. many we spoke to said this was the right thing to do. it was reasonable, in order to get covid down. but there have been a few we have spoken to who say what is the point of closing just one hour earlier, because they are only going to drink more until ten o'clock anyway. as far as managers are concerned, they say it's more serious for them because it affects their business plans. we spoke to one owner of a restaurant chain, and he said he had to make 500 phone calls to try and rearrange his dinner appointments, calls to try and rearrange his dinnerappointments, including asking some people to turn up to dinner at 6pm, which he said is com pletely dinner at 6pm, which he said is completely unfeasible. but the government insists this is the way forward , government insists this is the way forward, this is the way to keep crowds down, so from tonight here in england, all these bars, clubs and restau ra nts england, all these bars, clubs and restaurants will be closed from ten o'clock. duncan kennedy in southampton.

at any other time, the prospect of the biggest change in the uk's trading arrangements with its biggest economic partner would dominate business thinking. but covid—ravaged firms fighting for survival have had little time to think of brexit. our business editor, simon jack, reports now from the north east of england, a region heavily dependent on eu exports. the north east of england is home to thousands of manufacturing businesses who count the eu as their most important customer. two thirds of all exports from this region go to europe and covid—battered businesses like this maker of electric vehicle components have less than 100 days to get ready for the biggest change in that trade for decades. it's been an absolute nightmare, the last six months, to try and run the business and keep the business going. it's been really, really difficult, but we've also now got brexit as well coming. the stress in the situation for us, for me anyway, comes from, like, i think that i should be planning and doing more, but i don't know what i should be doing. that lack of readiness is not surprising, according to the local

chamber of commerce. businesses aren't as prepared as they should be in this region, primarily because they haven't got the information they need to prepare fully and properly. there's so many unanswered questions and really fundamental ones. it's never too late to offer support and make sure businesses have access to that support, but that communication needs to be ramped up now. it's a beautiful day here in the port of blyth, a few miles from newcastle. the netherlands is directly that way and the north east is the part of the uk most reliant on exports to the eu, so potentially has the most to lose in a no—deal scenario. but it's also a prime candidate for the kind of direct investment the government wants to make in the regions, free of any eu interference. so is the north east a potential loser, or a potential winner in a post—brexit world? tharsus robotics makes high—tech equipment for 0cado, among others, and it's just signed a new deal with bmw. brian palmer says that proves the uk remains competitive and he thinks

government investment can help if done right. well—targeted state aid can really help growing businesses be brave, make investment decisions ahead of time and stretch themselves. so if the government has a really clear policy and uses the state aid wisely, i think that can be of benefit, but it cannot be at the risk of the reputation of the country as a trading nation. government backing can give companies an unfair advantage, say the eu. if trade talks collapse on this point, it means no deal, which means extra costs on goods made in the uk, which means some production may move. i love the north east, i want the business to be firmly rooted here. but if we end up with a bad brexit situation, we'll have no choice but to move some significant activities from the business into mainland europe. as if businesses haven't been through enough this year, 98 days of uncertainty

and urgency lie ahead. simon jack, bbc news. the acting head of the england and wales court service has apologised after a black barrister was mistaken for a defendant and challenged three times in a court building in one day. alexandra wilson tweeted that she was "absolutely exhausted" after staff at a magistrates' court repeatedly failed to realise she was a lawyer. in america, leading republicans insist there will be a peaceful transfer of power if president trump loses november's election after he refused to make such a commitment. vote him out! it comes as mr trump was heckled with shouts of "vote him out" while paying his respects to the late supreme courtjustice, ruth bader ginsburg. the president predicted the supreme court would be called upon to determine the winner of november's race and that his nominee to replace ruth bader ginsburg

might end up casting the decisive vote in his favour. and there have been angry demonstrations across the us after the decision not to prosecute three police officers involved in the killing of a black woman during a botched raid on her home in louisville. breonna taylor died in march. last night, two police officers were shot in protests in louisville, and a suspect has been charged with assault. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, is in louisville for us tonight. yes, there were dozens of arrests made on the streets of louisville last night, a lot of people swiftly charged with offences relating to violating the curfew. but what most of the demonstrators, of course, feel, is that the people who really should have been detained and charged where the officers who killed breonna taylor. but that is something we now know is not going to happen. security forces flooded the streets of louisville to contain the outrage felt by protesters here.

enough is enough! they took to the streets because they felt breonna taylor and herfamily had been denied justice. the 26—year—old medical worker died when plainclothes police investigating an ex—boyfriend on drug offences burst into her home. thinking they were intruders, her current partner fired a shot at them. three officers fired back, but it's been announced that none will be charged for killing breonna. this is what we've been fighting for the whole time, for the last couple of months — all thejustice, all for the last couple of months — all the injustice, all the racism, everything. this isjust us being tired. nojustice! no peace! the tension increased into the night, but the crowds were starting to thin out when this happened. gunfire. shots suddenly rang out. two police officers were hit.

one is alert and stable. the other officer is currently undergoing surgery and stable. we do have one suspect in custody. he's been named as lorenzojohnson and has already been charged with first—degree assault. in kentucky state law, this is an unlawful assembly. but demonstrators feel this is just another example of clear double standards. where's the accountability for the cops? if i'm a citizen and i commit a crime, i'm held accountable for that crime. they need to be held accountable the same way that we're held accountable. that is what we're fighting for, social justice. the plainclothes officers who shot breonna taylor after bursting into her home won't face trial for killing her. but the list of grievances for those who say they are fighting for social justice just keeps being added to. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in louisville.

he's been described as a crusading, trailblazing newspaper man, the most admired fleet street editor of his generation. sir harold evans has died in new york at the age of 92, and tributes have been fulsome throughout the day. the former sunday times editor was best known for championing investigative journalism, but his 70—year career also saw him launch a successful magazine, become a book publisher and author. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, looks back at a remarkable life. they don't make them like harry evans any more. as the most celebrated british editor of his generation, he personified the noblest possibilities ofjournalism and social mobility in the 20th century. the son of a railwayman and grocery store owner, he came up through local papers, first on the manchester evening news, then as editor of the northern echo in darlington,

aged just 32. harry evans fell out spectacularly with rupert murdoch, but not before in 13 years at the sunday times, he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative, campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. it's a most importantjudgement, not only for the freedom of the press, but for the citizens' right to know in england. and most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, before the laws, they have got to do it now. david mason was the parent who first interested evans in the story. his daughter louise was one of those affected as a baby. she died two years ago after many years of poor health. i went along to the offices of the sunday times and harry evans