tonight at ten, tributes are paid to the police officer, sergeant matiu ratana, shot dead in croydon, in south london. he'd been with the metropolitan police for almost 30 years. now the force says it's mourning "a great loss." his colleagues knew him as a big guy. big in stature, big in heart. friendly, capable. a lovely man, highly respected by his colleagues. fellow officers and friends have been paying their respects throughout the day. he's a bloke that is just so passionate about what he does. he always has been. it doesn't matter if you're the most talented or the least talented person, he'll treat you equal to that. he just wants to help people out, basically. that's what matt was all about. a 23—year—old suspect,

who turned the weapon on himself, is in a critical condition in hospital. also tonight... with new rules for cardiff, leeds and blackpool, a quarter of the uk's population will now be under tighter coronavirus restrictions, while 1,700 students are tonight locked down at manchester metropolitan university after a major covid outbreak. and lewis hamilton, the only black driver in formula one, hoping to make the sport more diverse. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, working from home — west ham manager david moyes is isolating after testing positive, but he'll send instructions to the dugout for his team's match against wolves. good evening. tributes have been paid tonight to the police officer, sergeant matiu rata na, who was shot dead in a custody centre in croydon, in south london.

the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, said the force is "mourning the great loss" of a "much loved colleague," and she described mr ratana as "big in stature and big in heart." originally from new zealand, he was known as matt, and had served with the met for almost 30 years. a 23—year—old suspect, who later turned the weapon on himself, is in a critical condition in hospital. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is at the scene in south london, for us tonight... yes, clive, for the first time since 2012, a british police officer has been shot dead while on duty. friends of matt ratana have described him as honest and a copper who really cared. the man suspected of shooting him was about to be checked with a metal detector and was still handcuffed. he had been referred as a possible extremist to the prevent programme a few years ago, but was never investigated by

mis ago, but was never investigated by m15 and this is not being considered a terrorist incident. examining the scene of the murder of one of their own colleagues. forensics officers working at the croydon custody centre in south london today. a suspect was brought here at around at around 2:15am this morning in a police vehicle, but he was carrying a concealed revolver and, still handcuffed behind his back, appears to have shot the custody sergeant in the chest before shooting himself. the dead officer, 54—year—old matt ratana, who'd served his whole career in the metropolitan police and was about to retire, was rushed to hospital, but couldn't be saved. he gave 29 years of his life to the public of london. he has now tragically been killed on duty. his service will never be forgotten and we are deeply grateful for it, and it is a really distinguished service from a lovely, lovely, much respected police officer.

welcome to east grinstead rugby football club. i'm matt ratana, head coach. sergeant ratana, who was originally from new zealand, was a much loved colleague, but was also well known as a first—class rugby player and the coach at east grinstead rugby club in sussex. just before last night's shift, he whatsapped about how great the last training session had been. his assistant said that was typical of his enthusiasm. he affected so many people positively. so many people have gained something great from matt. and he's going to be a huge loss to the gym, to the rugby club, to just anyone that knew him. yeah. matt ratana leaves behind a partner and an adult son from a previous relationship. his colleagues knew him as a big guy.

big in stature, big in heart. friendly, capable. a lovely man, highly respected by his colleagues. we begin our minute's silence for our fallen colleague. this afternoon, the metropolitan police held a minute's silence in tribute to the dead officer, led by the head of the force and the mayor of london. the prime minister sent his deepest condolences to his family. i think that a police officer —— to think that a police officer can be killed in a police station is a huge concern not just killed in a police station is a huge concern notjust to the police, not just to those of us politicians who are charged with giving the police the tools they need, but everyone. the suspect is in a critical condition in st george's hospital, tooting, after having surgery. he was originally arrested on suspicion of possession of class b drugs and possession of ammunition. how he then managed to smuggle a gun into then managed to smuggle a gun into the custody suite is at heart of an investigation. today all those involved in policing are in deep shock. 0nce involved in policing are in deep shock. once again, an officer has been killed on duty. 0nce

shock. once again, an officer has been killed on duty. once again, they remember the hidden risks they face when they come to work each day. daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. as much as a quarter of the uk's population will come under tighter coronavirus restrictions after new rules come into force this weekend in cardiff, leeds and blackpool banning households from mixing with other households. england is seeing a rapid rise in coronavirus cases, with london now on the hotspot watchlist. in a moment, the latest on the new local lockdowns, but first, here's our medical editor, fergus walsh, whose report contains flashing images. the coronavirus numbers are all going the wrong way. infections, hospitaladmissions and deaths are all rising. the latest r number has increased to 1.2 to 1.5, which means every ten infected people will pass the virus to between 12—15 others. the office for national statistics infection survey estimates that more

than 100,000 people in england had coronavirus in the week ending 19th september, nearly double the previous week. that equates to 9,600 new infections per day — roughly three times the number that were being picked up up by testing. it amounts to 1 in 500 people in england being infected, and that doesn't include those in hospitals and care homes. in wales, it's estimated that1 in 300 people is infected. infection rates are rising fastest in england in the north west, yorkshire and the humber, london and the north east. in leeds, 750,000 people will be banned from meeting in each other‘s homes and gardens from midnight. the new restrictions will also apply stockport, wigan and blackpool. in leeds, there was a mixed reaction.

you have to go to work, you have to get public transport, there's still going to be mixing with people, so it doesn't really make any sense, to be honest. i don't really agree with the restrictions. i'm a key worker as well, so i have been working the whole way through it, so i have been seeing a majority of what's going on and you can see some people just don't want to follow the restrictions and stuff as well, so it's even more frustrating when that happens. demand for tests in london, like elsewhere, remains high. the capital has been added to the government's watchlist following the rise in cases. the mayor has called for a ban on households mixing. despite the outbreak growing around the uk, there's some cautious optimism from the team running this covid symptoms app, that it won't prove as deadly as the first peak. we're also hoping there will be less deaths, even if the number of infections are the same, because many of the vulnerable people will have already been

affected in the first wave and we should be much better at protecting them in the second wave. it will take at least two weeks before we know if any of the new restrictions will have an impact on the outbreak. for now, the coronavirus numbers may just keep rising. fergus walsh, bbc news. the latest ggvernment figures show that in the last 2a hour period 6,874 new infections were recorded across the uk. that's 240 more than yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 5,329 and slightly more people are going into hospital. there were 291 admissions on average every day in the last week. this number doesn't include scotland. 3a deaths were reported in the latest 24—hour period of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. for technical reasons, that also doesn't include scotland. it means on average in the past week, 29 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number, across the uk, to 41,936.

local lockdowns are being introduced in three more areas of wales this weekend, the capital cardiff, swansea and llanelli. it'll mean close to half the welsh population, around 1.5 million people, will now be under much tighter restrictions. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, reports now from cardiff. we've got to come to a decision by sunday. the logistics of lockdown can be painful. leigh and her grandson, corey, can't decide how they'll cope. it all depends on how long this covid lockdown lasts. they live separately, and so from sunday evenin can't be under the same roof or leave cardiff. other relatives live in places already under lockdown, so they'll all be cut off. it's a travesty, isn't it? i'll be honest with you, i think it's going to have a lot of psychological effects. i think it's going to bring in a lot of loneliness, and i really am not looking forward to the second wave.

i think it's going to be twice as bad as the first wave. they endured the first time, but knowing that coronavirus has spiked again because some people failed to follow social distancing makes this even harder. do they not care about their family? is there nobody in their life that they love? are they realistically not going to be bothered if one of their family die of covid? it's frustrating. yeah, it really is. with cardiff, swansea and llanelli all being added to wales‘ lockdown list, by sunday evening almost half of the population will be under the tougher measures. and the entire nation's being asked to think twice before people travel anywhere. going to school or university is a valid reason, but as students arrive here for the start of term, they've been warned not to meet indoors with anyone not in their household. the measures reflect the seriousness of the position and we ask people to reflect on that in their own conduct and to avoid unnecessary contact with other people.

so just how serious is the second wave? hospital admissions are rising, but very slowly. at wales‘ largest hospital, they're braced for more serious cases soon. it's inevitable that we'll see a rise in hospital admissions. i suspect that will be a gradual increase in the weeks to come, so we may have a few weeks. we've been preparing all year. how long this will last is far harder to plan, but most here are preparing for the long haul. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal is in leeds for us tonight. no shock where you are, luxmy, that restrictions are going to be tightened there? that's right, clive, the changes haven't come as much of a surprise to people living here. neighbouring leeds, to the west, a re here. neighbouring leeds, to the west, are areas that are already under tighter lockdown rules like

bradford and kirklees. and while leeds has only now become an area of intervention, it has for some weeks been an area of concern to public health england because of its coronavirus infection rates which have continued to rise. leeds city council asked the government last week to bring in a curfew, a 10p on pubs, but was rejected until, of course, yesterday, the government brought it england. the council had already asked for tighter restrictions on mixing indoors. the government's announcement today went further than that, banning the mixing of households in homes and private gardens. that will affect more than three quarters of a million people living in leeds, who will from midnight tonight join million people living in leeds, who will from midnight tonightjoin the 1.2 million others in west yorkshire who are already living under tighter lockdown. luxmy gopal in leeds. our medical editor, fergus walsh is here. fergus, i sat in this chair a week ago and announced the latest infection figures. seven days on, i

suspect a lot of people are going to be shocked at the rate of increase. yeah, the numbers are going the wrong way, clive, simple as that. all of them, hospitalisations, cases and deaths. the problem with coronavirus is that cases rise really fast, and they declined very slowly. the rates are highest among the 17 to 24—year—olds, who have very little health risk from coronavirus, but they are spreading in all age groups and we are beginning to see an impact now on the elderly and vulnerable. having said that, we are in a much better place than we were in march and april, when there was virtually no community testing and there were no treatments. at one stage in april, there were 20,000 patients with covid—19 in uk hospitals and 1000 deaths a day. having said all that, winter is the time when respiratory viruses take off. think of flu. so we are going to have this struggle 110w we are going to have this struggle now for the next six months, between trying to rein in the virus and keep the economy moving. so we are going

to see these on and off restrictions. 0ne bit of good news — and coronavirus vaccine, one of the 36 being trialled around the world, has gone into late stage vaccine trials in the uk. what i can't tell you is when we will know if any of those vaccines actually works. fergus walsh, our medical editor. a local lockdown is being enforced at two student accommodation blocks at manchester metropolitan university, where there have been more than 100 coronavirus cases reported. it means around 1700 students will have to self—isolate for 14 days. it comes as thousands more students head to universities in england and wales this weekend for the start of the new term. but what is life going to be like for them in the middle of the pandemic? 0ur education correspondent dan johnson reports from liverpool, a city with a student population of more than 70,000. in liverpool's student heartland, the council has come knocking.

we've had reports of a party this week. so we're just really pleading to young people and students to be really mindful. this is one of the most complained about roads in this area and we have to get this message out to them. 200 complaints already this month across the city that doesn't even have all its students back yet. hello. from the city council, can we have a quick word? yes. everyone likes a party, but we have to, you know, restrain ourselves for a few months, unfortunately. there's lots of time left for them to enjoy this wonderful city and, you know, i can sympathise with them but they do have to do what's required of them, to protect themselves and to protect our communities. these are big households... how many is in your one? eight. john and jabiru are third years in a house of seven facing more online learning. we feel a bit short—changed

at the end of the day. you are just sort of getting out of bed to your computer and just sitting there in front of the camera, it doesn't feel that productive. but, what else are you supposed to do. do you think students will get blamed? yes. at home, i have seen loads of middle aged blokes all mixing with each other and that. probably more so than our catchment, what young people are doing. itjust so happens it's coincided with the university going back. here, they are keeping some face—to—face learning alongside online lectures. 0ur campus has been transformed to make it safe and we've really listened to our students, staff and also the local residents as well to make sure it's as safe as possible. some people think this is just about you getting the money out of students that you need and then inevitably they will have to be let down when teaching goes online and they face restrictions on their social lives? we are trying to make sure that students are safe, they are engaged, that they have a fantastic experience. again, within the context of these challenges we are facing now.

not everyone is reassured though. hugo is about to head across the country to keele. it's similar to seeing a storm in the distance and then deciding to drive towards it. where i am currently in surrey has relatively low cases. and where i am going near stoke—on—trent has a lot higher and i don't really want to go to a place where i can't get out of. testing on campus could help keep things moving and maybe allow students to safely go home. but even if they all stick to every rule, cases are already high amongst their age group and more outbreaks will come. tonight in manchester, this is one of two accommodation blocks that are entering their own lockdown. there are 1700 students in the city who have been told to isolate for around a fortnight after 100 cases were linked to this and another accommodation block down the road belonging to manchester polity and university. the university says they

can only leave their flats for a medical emergency, teaching will move online. we have been told they will get welfare and medical support but this is no start to their student experience and with so many young people on the move across the country, i am afraid we will have to expect we will see more of this. dan johnson, thank you. students caught up in coronavirus outbreaks at universities in scotland have questioned why halls of residence were allowed to open at all. in glasgow, at least 172 students have tested postive and hundreds more are having to self—isolate. they've also been told, it's illegalfor them to go home. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith has more from glasgow. we've been in isolation since monday, so last night we decided to e—mail the university asking for essential foods, and they sent us these five bags. glasgow university are supporting some of the 600 students who are having to isolate in their halls of residence, and the weekend won't be much fun.

all students in scotland have been told not to go into pubs or restaurants. i feel like we've kind of been robbed of our first year. i think everyone who‘s been to uni, you have freshers‘ week, they say it‘s amazing, you meet friends for life, and we‘ve just been, like, kind of stuck. as the students arrived here nearly two weeks ago, some parents were concerned about a lack of covid security. we went to the halls, there were students running about, there was vomit on the stairs and people running up and down the stairs that weren't supposed to be. they were supposed to be sticking to their floors. angry students and their parents are asking why they‘re stuck in halls of residence and all their tuition is online. they suspect they were encouraged to come here so the university could benefit from their rent. that‘s an accusation firmly denied by the authorities, who say the students wouldn‘t get the full university experience if they stayed at home.

at the university of abertay, they are offering half a day‘s learning our campus per week, but not for the 500 students isolating in halls. we want to have our students on campus for one morning afternoon per week, and most our students are doing that. students who are self—isolating in a flat with three or four other people are feeling somewhat isolated, obviously, and we regret that, but it‘s a temporary measure which will be released as soon as we can, based on the advice of health authorities. glasgow university didn‘t expects only students to break the rules by throwing parties, but that is what freshers do. should the scottish government have stopped them coming to campuses? had we taken a different decision, and it‘s legitimate for people to think we should have, but had we done that i am pretty sure that by now we would be getting questions about why we were preventing students

being on campus and what that fair or an overreaction? students, stuck inside for now, can expect new advice on when they might be allowed to go home sometime this weekend. the boss of the clothing store next has warned that thousands of retailjobs could become "unviable" because the coronavirus pandemic may lead to a permanent shift to online shopping. lord wolfson welcomed the chancellor‘s newjob support scheme, but he said it was important that businesses eventually learn to live without state support as new figures showed government borrowing hit record levels. this is partly due to the furlough scheme. here‘s our business editor simonjack. the crieff hydro hotel in perthshire, scotland, a destination for tourists, a venue for weddings and conferences — or at least it was. and here we have our reception today. a beautiful day in scotland... but for the lack of customers. the boss says a new package postponing tax and vat bills will help the business, but wage subsidies for staff working shorter hours won‘t change

employment decisions. we simply can‘t afford to pay one third of an employee‘s time just to make that hour up in order to benefit from the newjob retention scheme. it just doesn‘t work for us financially. we can‘t afford it. however, the vat deferral, the reduction deferral, is very, very welcome, as is the repayment of loans and the extension of repayment of vat and tax bills, that is very, very welcome. thejob support scheme unveiled yesterday by the chancellor is less generous than the furlough scheme which ends at the end of october, but it‘s still expected to cost billions. this morning, we got a reminder ofjust how much money the government is having to borrow. in august alone, to pay for furlough, support for the self—employed, while deferring income from vat and business rates, the government had to borrow £36 billion. that is £30 billion more than the same time last year and, if you look at the bill for the tax year so far, it‘s 174 billion, the highest number on record.

the chancellor is trying to wean the economy off life support without killing it. retail is another sector hit very hard, but some employers think the time is right to face some economic realities. i think it‘s important that employers begin to pay a little bit more for these schemes, and that employees get a little bit less, because otherwise i think there‘s a risk that our economy willjust become hooked on it. a lot of people say with this permanent—looking shift online, a lot of the unviable jobs are in retail. is that right? i think that is right, yes, and i wouldn‘t want to underestimate the difficulty that is going to cause a lot of people who work in retail. i think it‘s going to be very uncomfortable for a lot of people. exhibitions, trade shows, conferences used to be big business, but event organiser emma carver fears that without events, there are nojobs, subsidies or not. the announcement from the chancellor yesterday relies on people being able to bring their staff back for a third of their normal hours, but we can't really do that, because the business that we have doesn't exist.

the measures to defer bills like vat and rates will help some businesses, but for firms with no customers, it‘s hard to see how they can stop morejobs disappearing. simon jack, bbc news. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, has urged supporters to fight for what people "really need", at the party‘s annual conference. it‘s being held online due to covid—19. the party has suffered three poor general elections in a row, and sir ed warned the liberal democrats need to "listen" to the public more. the french interior minister says the stabbing of two people near the former offices of the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo in paris, was "clearly an act of islamist terrorism". both victims were seriously injured. two suspects have been arrested and a weapon, described as "a machete or a meat cleaver," was recovered at the scene. the trial is currently under way of 14 people,

accused of helping jihadists carry out an attack on charlie hebdo‘s offices five years ago, when 12 people were killed. the annual united nations general assembly got under way this week, with the world‘s leaders giving recorded video addresses because of the coronavirus pandemic. president xijinping, says china had "no intention of entering a cold war with any country," after president trump said the chinese must be held accountable unleashing covid—19 on the world. the un secretary—general warned everything must be done to avoid a new cold war. so, what is the current state of the relationship, between beijing and washington? our world affairs editor, john simpson gives his assessment. china‘s new—found strength is everywhere, confronting taiwan and hong kong. taking on australia, japan, india. sparring with donald trump. they let the plague out. they shouldn‘t have done it.

china uses its economic muscle right around the world. this week it was accused of ordering barbados to ditch the queen. in the years when china was building up its strength and wealth, its official slogan was a modest one, "hide your light and bide your time." but in the past ten years as china‘s strength has grown, the official slogan has changed. now it‘s, "strive for achievement". should we be worried? the leading chinese dissident, ai weiwei, now in exile in cambridge, thinks the west is so dependent on china, it‘s incapable of resisting. the west should really worry about china from decades ago.

and now it‘s already a bit too late. there‘s almost no way for the west to stop this, kind of, profit—making business and to simply cut it off, it will hurt, deeply. that‘s why china is very arrogant. china sees it differently. it regards itself as a developing country, only now taking its rightful place in the world. hello, sorry for the wait. this newspaper owner is closely linked to the top chinese leadership. translation: the situation is tense. that‘s a fact, but we are not confronting not confronting the west as a whole, the west does not equal the usa. i think the hard—line attitude of the usa is, in part, caused by its election politics. yet, he is pretty hard himself.

he told me that under certain circumstances, china could use military force to invade taiwan. as for hong kong... translation: if the violent protesters threaten police lives by throwing projectiles and petrol bombs, i believe the police should be allowed to use their guns and they should open fire. do such threats imply a new cold war? 0ne former british foreign secretary thinks not. there are areas where china needs to be confronted, but there are other areas where there is room for cooperation. we have to take very seriously, a robust analysis but one "cold war" is the right way to analyse and understand china's rise. the key seems to be the us election.

directly that‘s over, we‘ll see if the winner wants further confrontation with china 01’ more coexistence. john simpson, bbc news. this weekend lewis hamilton will aim to equal michael schumacher‘s record of 91 formula one race wins. it would mark another milestone in an extraordinary career for the british driver, a six—time world champion, who‘s now hoping to use his success to transform a sport lacking in diversity. with more, here‘s nesta mcgregor. lewis hamilton will line up in russia with historyjust laps away. win number 91 would equal michael schumacher‘s race record. the only black driver in formula 1, he‘s been at the forefront of fighting racism. hamilton recently launched a commission, assembling a team whose goal is improving diversity, both on the track and behind—the—scenes. and for his brother, who races in the british