good afternoon. tributes are being paid to the police officer shot dead at a south london custody centre yesterday morning. a friend of matt ratana, who was 5a and approaching retirement, said he moved into working as a custody sergeant because he thought it safer. an investigation is under way into how the handcuffed suspect — who is in hospital with a bullet wound — was able to take the weapon into the centre. andy moore reports. a steady stream of people coming to lay flowers at the police station

where matt rata na lay flowers at the police station where matt ratana worked and died. among the hundreds of bouquets, a by among the hundreds of bouquets, a rugby ball and a police helmet, marking his twin passions in life. we wa nted marking his twin passions in life. we wanted to do something, even just to lay flowers, do a little prayer and really just hope to lay flowers, do a little prayer and reallyjust hope that he rest in peace and his family cope as best as they can at this particular time. it's a very, very difficult time, we've all got to come together in the sort of times in support as much as we can. he had a very good lived professional experience of dealing with communities and that was evident in the way that he policed and the way that he spoke under the way that he engaged. and, as a friend, when my own mother died in 2018, he spent the day with us as a family. i am at right on head, head coach —— family. i am at right on head, head coach — — matt family. i am at right on head, head coach —— matt ratana. family. i am at right on head, head coach -- matt ratana. matt ratana came to the uk to play rugby for london irish. he was a coach at his local club. he was a great guy, at the every club day of the week. the

clu b the every club day of the week. the club was his life, really, he put so much into everyone else, didn't expect everything —— anything else in return except for your best. he just embodied what the club meant and it was an honour, a class guy and it was an honour, a class guy and really, really missed by eve ryo ne and really, really missed by everyone in the community. friends said the police officer, with 28 yea rs' said the police officer, with 28 years' service, had worked into custody work because he was tired of policing on the streets and thought he'd be safer. two investigations by the metropolitan police and the independent office for police conduct are under way. there was a large police presence at this location near croydon. it is understood the suspect was arrested here. investigators will want to find out how a revolver was a p pa re ntly find out how a revolver was apparently brought into the custody suite, despite an initial police search. sgt rata na suite, despite an initial police search. sgt ratana was shot as he prepared to make a more thorough check with a metal detector. and investigators haven't yet been able to talk to the police officers who witnessed this incident here

because of the trauma they suffered. they hope to do that next week, but there will be plenty of evidence, security cameras and body worn cameras on the police officers. the 23—year—old suspect, who it is understood was wounded in the neck, is in understood was wounded in the neck, isina understood was wounded in the neck, is in a critical condition in hospital. he is said to be stable. thank you. more than a quarter of the uk population — around 17 million people — will be living under stricter coronavirus rules from this weekend. from today, in england, households in leeds, wigan, stockport and blackpool are banned from mixing in homes and gardens. in wales, from six o'clock tonight, a ban on leaving town and mixing with other households will apply to llanelli, with cardiff and swansea following 2a hours later. scotland and northern ireland have similar restrictions in place. 1,700 students in manchester have been told to self—isolate after 127 of them tested positive for coronavirus. students in two halls at manchester metropolitan university have been told to stay

in their rooms for 14 days. it comes after all students in scotland were told to avoid pubs as part of efforts to prevent outbreaks in universities spreading to the wider population. our education correspondent dan johnson reports. the new term's only just started, and here they face two weeks of isolation — allowed out of their flats only for medical reasons. yeah, i've just gone for a test, because i've got symptoms, so i've worn my mask and walked the whole way and stuff. i think it's just kind of inevitable when you've had people come from all over the country to, you know, one place, and we all share a laundry room. people have tried, but i do think this is inevitably going to happen. this morning, worried parents were running resupply missions. she hates it. i mean, she loves the uni, but the isolation is really upsetting her. it's your youngest daughter, and just moved away from home, yeah. it's worrying, ain't it? john's daughter chloe started criminology here last week. she was supposed to be coming

home for the weekend, and we travelled up last night, and we got here and she says, we've been put in isolation for two weeks. so she can't come home, and we've just brought her a few essentials from the asda, and we've got to go back now without her. the council says more than 100 confirmed cases prompted it to put the two blocks into lockdown to stop the virus spreading more widely. we have taken quick and swift action. this was a decision that was made yesterday afternoon, so it's very much a live and moving situation. what we are trying to do, this is just two blocks of accommodation, what we're trying to do is contain. but there are concerns now for student welfare and the impact on their learning. this really has put students in an impossible situation. many of them are living independently for the first time, amongst nobody that they know, miles from home, isolated, and now i'm hearing from students who are struggling to access basic necessities.

more of this disruption looks inevitable — students live and study on top of each other, and the virus was already circulating more amongst this age group. no surprise some on the move this weekend wonder what they're heading into. the government's scientific advisers had warned there would be significant outbreaks linked to higher education and that asymptomatic transmission would make them harder to detect, but the department of education says this is the proof that universities have measures in place to handle outbreaks and keep campuses and stu d e nts outbreaks and keep campuses and students say. danjohnson students say. dan johnson in manchester, students say. danjohnson in manchester, thanks very much. an airline union official has been heard describing easyjet as "hanging by a thread" in a leaked recording obtained by bbc news. martin entwistle — an easyjet pilot and union rep — is said to have made the comments to union members following a meeting with the airline's chief financial officer. easyjet said that the recording "does not reflect" the views of the company.

president donald trump is expected today to formally announce his nominee to fill the supreme court seat left va ca nt by the death of ruth bader ginsburg. us media say he will nominate an existing federal appeals courtjudge, amy coney barrett. ifjudge barrett is confirmed, conservative—leaning justices will hold a 6—3 majority on america's highest court for the foreseeable future. with all the sport now, here's sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. hello, sarah. thank you very much. good afternoon. we're into a huge day of live sport on the bbc — and england's women are bidding to wrap up the t20 series against west indies. the third match has just started in derby england are already 2—0 in derby, england are already 2—0 the third match has just started in derby, england are already 2—0 up in the five—match series. heather knight won the toss and opted to bat first. it's live on bbc two and the bbc sport website. great britain's lizzie deignan

is seeking a second title in the road race at the road world championships in italy. she won it back in 2015. let's go live to the course now. the british riders are near the front of the pack. deignan is in good form after a couple of recent victories and this is a course that really suits her. it starts and ends at the famous motor racing circuit in imola. you can watch the race on the red button and the bbc sport website. there's more to come, with the women's fa cup quarterfinal between arsenal and tottenham live on bbc two at 5:15pm. and alex morgan could make her debut for tottenham — she's one of the biggest stars in football and she co—captained the usa to world cup glory last year. the first of the day's four premier league matches is under way. it's brighton against manchester united. it's still goalless, but the home had the best of it early on,

leandro trossard hitting the post twice, before mason greenwood had a goal ruled offside for united. they're approaching half—time. british climber shauna coxsey would have been one of great britain's leading medal prospects this year, with her sport due to make its olympic debut in tokyo. that will have to wait, but she's worried about the impact of coronavirus on climbing, with venues forced to close. she believes government support is essential. nick hope has been to meet her? nick hope has been to meet her. climbers expected their sport would make a spectacular olympic debut this summer, but coronavirus ended that dream — and others for britain's shauna coxsey. it was hard to adjust to the games being postponed, and my wedding got cancelled as well, and then we went into lockdown, like all on the same day, and i was like, wow, this is not a good day! but i'm a really positive person. i managed to use the time wisely, so i had knee surgery

and wrist surgery. i'm very confident i'll be back fit and ready for when i need to be. coxsey adapted her home to train during lockdown, but she's relieved to be back climbing at venues like this in liverpool. now public participation numbers are increasing nationwide. they're still far from where they were, though. covid has had a huge impact on the climbing industry in the uk. walls have been forced to close. it's been hard for businesses, and i can really kind of see that effect ongoing. and we think of sport often as something we do for our physical fitness, but it's so much about mental wellbeing and mental health as well. it's important for our government to support that return to sport and keep venues opening to keep participation numbers growing. people need sport. it's really important to consider that when making big decisions. there are also big decisions to be made about next year's olympics. it's a massive opportunity for my sport to be showcased at the games. on one side, i think it's really important that happens, but, then, on the other side, i don't want anybody to be put

at risk, so in my opinion it should only happen if it can happen safely. athletes hope it is they and not the virus which is victorious next year. nick hope, bbc news. that's it from me. i canjust tell you that neil maupay has put brighton ahead against manchester united, you can follow it on the bbc sport website. there is also qualifying for the russian grand prix. and saracens against racing 92 in rugby union's champions cup semifinal. back to you. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm. bye for now.

thank you for staying with us on the bbc news channel. it is 12 minutes past one. let's get more now on the news that around 17,00 students in manchester will need to self—isolate for two weeks after a number of positive tests at manchester metropolitan university. let's speak to the mp robert halfon who is chair of the education select committee. good afternoon, thank you for being with us again. you were talking this morning, particularly about the issue of school meals, and we will come on to schools in a moment, first of all the university sector, how worried are you about the challenge that now faces not only the university authorities but many stu d e nts the university authorities but many students around the country. many in england are returning to university in the next couple of weeks. stu d e nts in the next couple of weeks. students in other parts of the uk already back. can i start by thanking all the university staff across the country, doing everything possible to keep universities safe andi

possible to keep universities safe and i wish every student all good health and safety. it is very worrying. there are reports suggesting that up to 3000 students are in lockdown. universities as far as dundee to exeter. i think the time has come for the department for education, the chief medical officer, the chief science officer to give a statement setting out the policy of the university, to reassure university staff, to reassure university staff, to reassure students and their families because we do not want to have a situation where students are in lockdown in the halls of residence at christmas time. this would cause enormous anguish to the students and families across the uk. lots of physical practicalities about that, psychologic stresses from isolation, perhaps for those who are living away from home for the first time in their lives at this stage in their careers in educational careers, you want a

statement now. some people say this kind of policy needed to be developed and the lighter months, if you like, we have had during the summer when there has been an opportunity to think ahead and with hindsight, perhaps a bit more planning was needed at that stage because some of this was predictable. if large numbers of people are moving at a time when the weather is changing and also miss coming and new infections were likely to rise again, wasn't that the time to make that kind of decisions? i know that the universities minister has been doing as much as possible and there's a lot of guidance on the website for universities and students. of course things were a lot more optimistic just a few weeks ago. in fact, we we re just a few weeks ago. in fact, we were being told that it was better to be back in the offices than at home and now people are being told to be at home rather than in the offices if they can do so. we were told by the government and now they come and has had to change its

messaging again. wasn't that predictable? it looks like there may bea predictable? it looks like there may be a second spike. i don't know whether it was predictable or not, i am nota whether it was predictable or not, i am not a scientist. i think there will be lessons learned but i want to focus on the solution now. we have to make sure, notjust universities but schools and colleges across the country are a priority for the government, particularly in terms of testing. that is why i say there must be a statement from all those responsible, the department for education, the health and medical officer, so students and parents can be reassured. we also need guidance, updated guidance on online learning and blended learning and perhaps the university should continue discount to the students with the lighting is interrupted and they are not having significant face—to—face learning with lecturers or tutors. what about the potential extra strain in cities like manchester and

other university cities around the country on health services, the provision of things, the commercial sector provides, food deliveries, if large numbers of students are self isolating on top of the vulnerable groups you may feel the need or may be advised to self—isolate. there will be significant strain of course, but fortunately there is far young people are not as badly affected by the coronavirus as people who are much older. but absolutely there needs to be a up—to—date plan or statement from the government and the medical officer in terms of testing, in terms of what is going to happen, if the spite gets worse, whether or not stu d e nts the spite gets worse, whether or not students will be sent home. —— if the spike gets worse. it is vital stu d e nts the spike gets worse. it is vital students don't have to lockdown in

holes, miles away from their family homes at christmas time. i think that will exacerbate mental health stop the government needs to do everything possible to avoid such a scenario. more immediate concerns for school age children and their parents will be the half term, some people going away, some people visiting family at away, some people visiting family at a time when significant parts of the uk are now under different forms of restrictions. what challenges think the government has to address? it has got kids back to school as a promise to do but keeping it that is going to be critical, perhaps if other members of families are having to deal with the practicalities of infections. the last six months have been pretty much of a disaster for millions of children. i know there have been huge amounts of work by schools and teachers, but we know that millions of children have not been learning during the lockdown. we have to have

children learning in the schools. we need a testing system in the schools that means that if there is an outbreak, that they can be tested, at least within 48 hours. we need enough kits in the school. at the moment there are ten. that is clearly not enough. we need the results as well as soon as possible because otherwise you will have increasing number of school bubble closures meaning children are at home. the second thing that needs to happen is if schools are closing because of covid outbreaks, which fortu nately because of covid outbreaks, which fortunately so far has been fewer, but if it does happen, we need to have an absolute plan that they children are learning at home, online, with computers, provided by the schools or the government if they don't have them at home. but they don't have them at home. but they cannot carry on missing weeks of learning because we are damaging these children and students' life

chances. as chairman of the education select committee, it is a cross— party education select committee, it is a cross—party committee, it is different from your role as a party man, cani different from your role as a party man, can i ask you one questionjust on that, the are quite a lot of your collea g u es on that, the are quite a lot of your colleagues who are keen on the idea of parliament having a say on the questions of when lockdown is introduced, even if it is a co nsulta nt introduced, even if it is a consultant role. what is your view on that? is because parliament should discuss these issues, but i'm not a scientist or a medical officer. i believe we are the state of national emergency and i think that sometimes things, the government needs to do things, the government needs to do things very quickly, like if there isa things very quickly, like if there is a local lockdown because of the spike in the coronavirus. i still wa nt to spike in the coronavirus. i still want to give the government and scientists to benefit of doubt. but i don't want to happen is that parliament becomes a roadblock to

emergency measures. i parliament becomes a roadblock to emergency measures. i will be supporting the government on this issueif supporting the government on this issue if it comes to a vote in the week. robert halfon, conservative mp in essex, thank you very much. people who test negative for covid—19 have been are unable to share the result with the new nhs app for england and wales, if they did not book the test through the app itself. it's led to confusion among some users who have been unable to switch off the apps self—isolation alerts, because they were unable to enter their negative result. joining me now is our technology correspondent, zoe kleinman, who joins us from winchester. thank you very much for coming on to talk about this. it is kind of slightly completed story, it is best ifi slightly completed story, it is best if i let you explain in more detail if i let you explain in more detail if you would. as with all the stories about this app, it is more complicated than it sounds. basically when you go to register symptoms in the app, it dances do

you need to go get tested. when you get your test results, llc to let the app to whether you get a positive or negative test and you need to input a code. however, the app only launched on thursday on what people are finding that when they get a negative test result sent to them via text or e—mail, it does not have a code so they cannot enter anything. yet from the moment they have started reporting symptoms they are getting a self isolating countdown that starts going, advising them to stay indoors for the next two weeks. they are feeling very frustrated that they cannot switch the light of because they can't shed the test result that they have had that is negative. just on the question on sharing, looking at your story on the bbc news website, which people will be able to look at themselves, you talk about the issue of transferability of data between the different testing institutions. it has none become more complicated. someone contacted me and say i am trying to tell the app that i have a

negative test result and i can't do it. i looked into it and ifound there are more test results that can't be shared with the app and it does not matter if they are positive or negative, you cannot input them. they are the result is that i come from national office of statistics surveys , from national office of statistics surveys, test results from public health england absorbed the nhs. we don't know how many test results thatis don't know how many test results that is likely to become a test that a dublin hospital i likely to be done on patients who are already n an daddy say, say in terms of them are dating the app it is less releva nt — — are dating the app it is less relevant —— patients who are already quite sick. wales have got in touch because this app is designed for eve ryo ne because this app is designed for everyone in england and wales, it says its labs are processing the results differently and people who have their tests done by welsh labs, they will get a code so they can report whether they are positive or

negative. good news for people in wales. i know you will be keeping an eye on the developing story, people should keep an eye on bbc news and on the bbc news website. thank you, zoe, technology correspondent. online betting brings in more than £2 billion a year, and almost half of all premier league teams have gambling companies on their kit. now a group of recovering gambling addicts are calling for change and are walking more than 130 miles to make their case. matt graveling reports. i lost every single penny i had in the world in 20 minutes. the most i ever did in a day, looking back, was over 600 bets in a day. there was one particular day where i spent £16,000 in a single day. it just got too much. between them they gambled away more than £1 million. ijust need a minute. they say losing control after becoming addicted to mobile gambling, specifically football's in—play betting. at his lowest, ryan

considered taking his life. i always felt quite alone, i guess when i was gambling, but money's money, but emotionally and inside, it just tears you to pieces. as the new football season kicks off, ryan, james and steve are supporting a new team, one on a long road to recovery. made up of former addicts, plus friends and loved ones, charity project the big step is currently doing a lot of steps. with police permission and in groups of six or less, they're taking on five marathons. over five days, this group will walk 130 miles and they're doing this to gain signatures on an online petition calling for a ban to gambling adverts in football — these include television commercials, signs at the side of the pitch and arguably the most prevalent of all of them, the sponsorship of the match day shirts. of the 20 teams in the premier league, half promote a gambling company on their kit, a number which has doubled within ten seasons.

we don't want to stop anyone having a bet. it's about preventing kids being exposed to gambling, sponsorship and advertising in football. even people that like a bet we know are fed up with this level of advertising. it's just reached saturation point. also walking is james's friend jack, a psychological therapist. i'm seeing, particularly in my practice, younger guys, i would say, from my experience so far, who are gambling much more. these products have psychological hooks in their design. so if you place maybe an in—play bet and win, that win can be lethal because that win triggers something which then means that you have to then do it again. injuly, a house of lords select committee recommended premier league clubs should no longer be allowed betting firms on their shirts. this is due to be considered by the government in the coming weeks. in response, the premier league said, "we do not have a central gambling related partner. it's up to clubs to decide who they enter

into sponsorship agreements with. when it comes to betting companies, all our clubs have always fully complied with all regulatory requirements and will continue to do so." it's a dangerous game. you know, when you consider how much children do actually take in with regards to their surroundings and surely this is just going to breed more addicts. after admitting to stealing from work to feed his addiction, steve served ten months in prison. in this day and age, it seems that gambling's 0k. it's normal. but the onus is put on the person to be responsible. but the products are really dangerous. it doesn't affect the one person, you know, it affected everybody close to me. the gambling commission said gambling advertising is subject to strict content appeal and targeting rules, designed to ensure that marketing for gambling products are socially responsible with particular regard to the need to protect children and young people. we believe the current debate

regarding gambling sponsorship in football is timely in light of the upcoming gambling act review. football doesn't have to be the problem. it can be the solution. and if i was in a room of 20 clubs and say you need to stop your addiction to gambling and protect the next generation, not go through the same thing that we did. matt graveling reporting. if you, or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised this morning, you can find help and support on the bbc‘s actionline website, at bbc.co.uk/actionline. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. good afternoon. could an afternoon. a chill in the air, temperatures below par for this a chill in the air, temperatures below parfor this time a chill in the air, temperatures below par for this time of the year but it is not as windy as it was yesterday. essentially we have a northerly wind and still an area of low pressure setting to the east of the uk. that area of low pressure,

and month's rain yesterday and that is why we have scenes like those in knowledge, flooding streets. still a bit of rain in the air at the moment and temperatures are just only in double figures. it is a different store in the west, blue skies, not as windy, it feels much more pleasa nt as windy, it feels much more pleasant and you can see the contrast on the map here. with the cloud across eastern areas, three in a bit of rain that is moving in across eastern england, heading towards the midlands as the cloud tends to increase. some cloud heading into the north west of england. wales, south—western joinville sunshine, generally dry across scotland and the winds are not as strong. all top temperature in glasgow, south wales and the south—west of england, had other is where we have the stronger ward's morkel, this patchy rain, an awful lot colder and the wind along the north sea coast could be gusting a0 or 50 north sea coast could be gusting a0 or50 mph north sea coast could be gusting a0 or 50 mph this afternoon. they will gradually ease down a bit overnight, blowing away the red from the

south—east of the uk, becoming dry but we hang onto a lot of cloud eastern england overnight. we will have the clearest skies further west, colder with the lighter winds, maybe some frost in central scotland and is southern parts of northern ireland. where there is the cloud, it will be mad. another cloudy day across eastern england on sunday, at the deal drier, we are looking at a lot more sunshine along from here. the wind is not quite as strong and the winds in general be lighter tomorrow than today. still quite blustery for a while across east anglia and the south—east of england but temperatures might be a bit higher than today, 16 in london. top temperature of around 18 in swansea and cardiff. until the early part of next week and instead of those cold northerly winds, we pick up more of an atlantic breeze and i will bring some weather fronts and from the west. on monday it is western areas that will see light and patchy rain but as we head into the weak things.

to change. it turns much more u nsettled to change. it turns much more unsettled as we head into next week and the captions will drop back again. monday and tuesday, near normal temperatures for the time of the year, then it gets cooler, windier and wetter. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a quarter of the uk population is under extra lockdown rules — with new measures in force across parts of northern england and wales from today. it comes as 1,700 students in manchester are told to stay in their halls of residence for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases. tributes are paid to a popular and talented police officer killed at a custody centre in south london. sergeant matt ratina was shot, as a suspect in handcuffs was being checked in. now on this week's bbc news global questions,