this is bbc news the headlines at four. a quarter of the uk population will be under extra lockdown rules — as new measures come into force across parts of northern england and wales over the weekend. it comes as 1,700 students in manchester are told to stay in their halls of residence for 2 weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases. the department of health say they are working to fix a problem with the nhs test and trace app in england and wales after some users were unable to input negative test results. the prime minister borisjohnson urges world leaders to come together to fight against coronavirus — outlining a plan to prevent future pandemics at the un's general assembly. unless we unite and turn our fire against our common foe, we know that

everyone will lose. the inevitable outcome will be to prolong this calamity and increase the risk of another. tributes are paid to a popular and talented police officer killed at a custody centre in south london. sergeant matt ratana was shot as a suspect in handcuffs was being booked in. the dramatic moment a teenager is rescued off the coast of portrush after jumping from rocks. and coming up — as the uk passes 6 months since lockdown, newsbeat follows young people from the moment life changed completely.

welcome to bbc news. more than a quarter of the uk population are living under stricter coronavirus lockdown rules, as new measures come into force this weekend. the rate at which the virus is spreading in britain has been speeding up. households in leeds, wigan, stockport and blackpool are now banned from mixing in each other‘s homes or gardens. in manchester, 1,700 students have been told to self—isolate for a fortnight, after a spate of positive tests. households will also be banned from mixing in the welsh town of llanelli from 6pm, with cardiff and swansea following suit tomorrow. 0ur 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. especially when 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. stay with us for more on the situation many new university students are finding themselves in — we'll hear from the national union of students shortly. the world must overcome

the extraordinary divisions created by coronavirus and unite to defeat the pandemic, the prime minister has told the united nations general assembly. in his virtual address to the assembly, borisjohnson announced a series of new measures to help lead the world out of the crisis and set out a five—point plan to prevent future pandemics. let's heal the world literally and metaphorically, and let's begin with the truth because as someone once said, the truth sell set you free. and with nearly a million people dead with colossal economic suffering and more to come, there is a moral imperative for humanity to be honest and reach a joint understanding of how the pandemic began, how it was able to spread. not because i want to blame any

country or government or to score points, i simply believe as a former covid patient that we all have a right to know. so that we can collectively do our best to prevent a recurrence. let's get some reaction now from anthony gardner who was us ambassador to the eu between 2014 and 2017. thank you forjoining us. first off, this idea that it is a virtual assembly. what do you think? what do you make of it? very bizarre indeed. i hope the prime minister is right that that will be the first and last time we see that image. he was right to emphasise the importance of international cooperation. he mentioned five years ago bill gates warned us about a virus like this

and very little happened in terms of preparing for it and look, international corporation does save lives. the us and the eu cooperated to deal with the outbreak of ebola in west africa and we saved lives in the process. we need to do more together because as he said, if we are not also, none of us are safe. as pa rt of are not also, none of us are safe. as part of his zoom session, obviously pre—recorded, he spoke of trying to repair ugly riffs. what was he referring to? we saw those ugly riffs when we had an unseemly scramble of every country grabbing protective equipment and medicines and trying to buy companies in particular cases so that the citizens of those countries could get first dibs on those medicines. that is the unseemly rift that you shouldn't have seen. even among allies, this is something we need to avoid. talking of allies, there are

193 members of this un, the united nations, it is the 75th and —— anniversary. we know president from is no big fan, he has removed himself from a number of organisations, the human rights council, the who, the iran nuclear deal, how successful is the organisation? i sincerely hope that the prime minister will be able to convince donald trump about the importance of international cooperation because donald trump doesn't believe in many things that the prime minister said today. the un is often, gets a bad rap, sometimes with good reason, the human rights council is one of them. it can be ineffective and bureaucratic but if it didn't exist, we would have to invent it. it does a lot of good work and a lot of that goes unnoticed. in terms of the

world health organization, has it made errors? impartial studies will show it has about bill gates and many experts would say we need a world health organization and there are many other specialised agencies of the un that do great work. we had a couple of figures there, i think there were 71 million put aside for uk domestic vaccines but this figure of 500 million, the prime minister was calling for a global solution to what is going on. coming back again to the us because they are a huge donor to the organisation. it is funding at risk? donald trump continues to threaten, either cancelling or reducing funding or particular un agencies and other countries have stepped up who went spending on offer. china wasn't spending on offer. china wasn't spending enough and there are others. it is true the us does bear

a disproportionate share of un funding, but look, it would be wrong to say that all the money that the us or britain spends is purely altruistic. it serves our purpose as well because it makes the world a better place and as i said, i hope donald trump follows what the prime minister said. we have heard about the focus on the pandemic from our prime minister, mrjohnson. but i understand there is a big push towards diplomacy in terms of the theme for this particular general assembly, so we are talking about diplomacy and a push for a ban on a nuclear weapon. without mr trump speaking at the assembly. how far is this going to go and why the push for diplomacy? i am not aware of a ban on nuclear weapons. there are a

lot of things said at the un general assembly which shouldn't be taken seriously. the real work goes on with special agencies and so forth. on the key point about the importance of international cooperation, i want to know something. 25 years ago the us and the eu actually wanted to set up a global pandemic unit to prepare for these eventualities. and nothing u nfortu nately was these eventualities. and nothing unfortunately was done but we identified it and as i said in the ebola outbreak in west africa, we actually did act. diplomacy, the patient work of diplomacy works so much better when countries act unilaterally. ambassador, thank you very much indeed. we arejust going we are just going to update you with some latest figures concerning covid—19. it has been reported from

government data that the uk has recorded 3a new deaths from the virus. 3a new deaths from covid—19 currently. currently the cases are at over 6000. we haven't had an update on the cases as it stands. actually, we have just got that figure come in now. let me update you. the uk has recorded 6042 new daily confirmed cases of covid, that over a 24—hour period and that co m pa res over a 24—hour period and that compares with 6874 and in terms of deaths, that figure has been reported as 34. more as and when we get it. the chairman of the commons education committee, robert halfon, is calling for clarification from the government on how it plans to deal with coronavirus outbreaks at universities.

this is what he said a short while ago. it is very worrying. there are reports suggesting that up to 3000 students are in lockdown, in universities as far as dundee to exeter. i think the time has come for the department for education, the chief medical, the chief science officer to give a statement setting out the policy for university, to reassure university staff, to reassure students and their families because we don't want to have a situation where students are in a lock—down in the halls of residence at christmas time. this would cause enormous anguish to both the students and families across the uk. joining us from glasgow is our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie. alex, just update us on the latest there. everyone is agreeing to this

is an exceptionally difficult time for students across the country. in scotla nd for students across the country. in scotland there have been hundreds of confirmed cases of coronavirus and many more are self isolating. last night and into the early hours of the morning i was getting messages from parents who were saying that their children had been told that parts of a university hall in edinburgh was going into lockdown. that was edinburgh. students heard ona that was edinburgh. students heard on a sea that was edinburgh. students heard on a sea meeting that the hall was going into lockdown. they haven't had confirmation from the university and because of that, some students left, there was a lot of confusion. one student said they got up at six o'clock this morning to go to the supermarket to make sure he had enough supplies for the next two weeks, because they were being told the lockdown was going to be for the next two weeks. we have heard from the university in the last hour, there is not going to be a lockdown

at pollock all residents, which is pa rt at pollock all residents, which is part of edinburgh university. they are saying there are currently a small number of positive cases among our student population, all of whom are self isolating. they go on to say, in agreement with nhs lothian health and protection team, we are not asking for whole horn of student accommodation to self—isolate so hopefully that will clear up some of the confusion. students have been asked to take on some extra restrictions this weekend, they have been told not to go to the pub or restau ra nt been told not to go to the pub or restaurant and we did speak to one student earlier on from edinburgh. that is the —— nathaniel ashley from edinburgh. let's speak to the president of the national union of students, larissa kennedy. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what do you make of what is

happening at the moment? news. what do you make of what is happening at the moment7m news. what do you make of what is happening at the moment? it is an extremely chaotic situation for students. i know that so many stu d e nts students. i know that so many students are feeling a great amount of anxiety, they feel they have been lied to about what is safely possible because in wanting to prioritise getting tuition fees, prioritise getting tuition fees, prioritise and getting rent from students, universities and government have been adamant to lie about what is possible, to encourage stu d e nts to about what is possible, to encourage students to leave their families, their support networks, leave to uni and now be torn away from all of their support systems and to be isolated, alone and this is really impacting the mental health of students, it is having in financial implications for students who are not able to do part—time work, access basic resources. this situation is completely chaotic and down to a lack of action from

governments and being misled by universities about what was safe. you mentioned there are a lot of lying taking place. was itjust the government's fault or should the universities have said, no, we are not opening? where does blame lie?|j think we need a government to step in because we are in a situation where universities are treated reg retta bly where universities are treated regrettably as though they are businesses and so individual universities were scared about competition, they were scared if one university said they were closing that others would lap up the stu d e nts that others would lap up the students who wanted to have that, to be told there might be the opportunity of face to face but because we didn't have a situation where test and trace was adequate, we are now in a situation where stu d e nts we are now in a situation where students where it was safe to move into holes where they are now locked down. universities do play a role in making sure we get out of this

safely and so there needs to be collaboration between government, between universities and listening to stu d e nts between universities and listening to students who are asking, worried this would happen long before this weekend. what would you like to see happen going forward? what would help the situation? we urgently need for access and resources to make sure students have the basic necessities that they need in lockdown but we also need to be thinking about the rental contracts that students who are not moving and may be trapped into our court in as well because of the situation. we need an urgent investment in digital learning so that those who want to access online can and we also need investment in mental health provision because we cannot underestimate the impact this is having in camp audi existing student mental health crises and it will only add to the anxieties of stu d e nts only add to the anxieties of students and we need to have support

in place to make sure people are ok and getting on and their well—being is looked after. as the union body, what can you do to help and what is your advice to students who are feeling pretty isolated right now and their parents worried? so many students, parents, so many are worried in this moment and are urging students to get in contact with the union at the local level who are working incredibly hard to make sure students voices are heard right now to make sure people are acting in the students interests, student safety and community safety but of course we need government, we need universities to be listening to us need universities to be listening to us and to be acting accordingly. there kennedy, thank you very much for your time. the department of health say they are "urgently working" on fixing the new coronavirus app,

which currently prevents some people with positive tests from entering their results. people who test negative are also unable to share their result unless they booked their test through the app itself — meaning they can't switch off alerts telling them to self—isolate. here's our technology correspondent zoe klienman with more detail. as with all of the stories about this app, it's more complicated than it sounds. so, basically, when you go to register symptoms in the app it then says to you you need to go and get tested. and when you get your test results, it asks you to alert the app, whether you get a positive or negative test, and it says you need to input a code. however, the app only launched on thursday and what people are finding is that when they get a negative test result sent to them via text or e—mail, it doesn't have a code, so they can't input anything, and, yet, from the moment they've started reporting symptoms,

they are getting a self isolation countdown that gets going, advising them to stay indoors for the next two weeks. so, they are feeling very frustrated they can't switch this alert off because they can't share the test result they have that's negative. the local lockdowns across the country — alongside other restrictions — are threatening the viability of small firms across the country. the british independent retailers association are among those warning of "mass closures on the high street" if more government support is not made available. our business correspondent, katy austin, is here. let's just deal with this curfew first. what are the concerns in terms of business impact? across england and scotland, bars, restau ra nts, pu bs england and scotland, bars, restaurants, pubs have to close at ten o'clock. newcastle, the north—east had seen that for a little time before and there had been concerned this would hit their takings just at a time when

restau ra nts a nd takings just at a time when restaurants and pubs had started to recover. we saw that bumper august with eat out to help out, things are subdued a bit now and the last two nights have seen that 10pm deadline for closing come into effect and we are starting to get a bit of feedback about the impact that has had across england and scotland. i have heard from the night—time industries association, they represent bars and restaurants as well, they say a snap poll of their members revealed 62% drop in trade compared to what they had been seeing in the past few weeks, so they are saying there has been a noticeable impact and the message from the hospitality industry generally has been is notjust about the hard deadline of ten o'clock, although that does hit your takings if you can't perhaps have a second ina if you can't perhaps have a second in a sitting or people ordering fewer drinks obviously, they are saying it's the message, the confidence that they really need

right now to get people out spending and they feel the latest restrictions were set back that confidence, make people a bit more scared. retailers association are warning of mass closures which means job losses. yes, they are not the first retail association to one it isa first retail association to one it is a very difficult time for shops at the moment and they think there should be more help to keep those businesses are viable. one big factor in that for those that are not yet back at full steam is that the fellow scheme comes to an end at the fellow scheme comes to an end at the end of october. the chancellor's speech this week was all about how we protect jobs after that speech this week was all about how we protectjobs after that and he did introduce thisjob we protectjobs after that and he did introduce this job support scheme which is were actually if your workers are working again, where as on furlough they could be at home not working, they come back to work and they had to work at least a third of their hours and then the money they would have erred if they were still working full—time, some of that is made up

by the government and the employer together. quite a bit to explain that there is a replacementjob scheme, however there has been some criticism that actually maybe this isn't going to be enough to prevent furtherjob isn't going to be enough to prevent further job losses on isn't going to be enough to prevent furtherjob losses on top of what we have already seen. very difficult time for retailers, particularly those at the i retailers association, physical shops. those at the i retailers association, physicalshops. if they don't have the big online presence it will be a struggle and while there were some measures announced by the chancellor to help, there is a feeling from some quarters, retail and hospitality, that more help would be needed to avoid closures and job losses. thank you. 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 54, said he moved into working as a custody sergeant because he thought it would be safer. an investigation is underway 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 ratana worked and died. among the hundreds of bouquets, a rugby ball and a police helmet, marking his twin passions in life. we wanted to do something, even just to lay flowers, do a little prayer and reallyjust hope that he rests 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 these sorts of times and support as much as we can. he had a very lived, professional experience of dealing with communities and that was evident in the way that he policed and the way that he spoke and 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. welcome to east grinstead rugby football club. i'm matt ratana, head coach. described as a proud moari, 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 club every day of the week, preparing everything. the club was his life, really, he put so much into everyone else, didn't expect anything else in return apart from your best. he just embodied what the club meant and it was an honour to know a class guy and he's really, really missed by everyone in the community. friends said the police officer, with 28 years' service, had moved 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 apparently brought into the custody suite, despite an initial police search. sgt ratana was shot as he prepared

to make a more thorough check with a metal detector. that was andy moore reporting. a teenage boy has been rescued off the coast of portrush in northern ireland. this is the moment an rnli crew member jumped into the rough sea to rescue the teenager who had got into difficulty yesterday afternoon when jumping off rocks. the boy was treated by paramedics. now finally, keep watching the top of the screen — this is the moment a defendant in ohio in the united states made a daring escape from the courtroom while being sentenced for a drugs offence. nickolaus garrison broke free of the deputies holding him and made a run for it, causing one officer to fly down the stairs head first.

i take it a slightly older of us are followed, hobbling down those stairs. after three days at large, garrison is now back in custody. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. for many western parts of the uk today there has been some pleasant sunshine, it hasn't been as windy as well. different story further east and mind you where there is still a lot of cloud this evening, a lot of the rain we are seeing will be pushing away to the south—east, moving away over night, the winds do gradually ease a bit but we hang on to the cloud. further west, clearer skies, overnight lighter winds, going to be quite cold, maybe a pinch of frost in central scotland, southern parts of northern ireland. much milder overnight for eastern england underneath the cloud, temperatures may not raise a great deal during tomorrow where those cloudy skies continue for eastern england, although a good deal drier than today. elsewhere much lighter winds, more in the way of sunshine, should feel quite pleasant. but those winds still quite strong and gusty across eastern parts of england, east anglia

and the south—east gusting 40 mph for a while. maybe easing down a bit through the afternoon so it won't feel quite as chilly as it has done today, temperatures in london perhaps up to 16 degrees. further west those temperatures are likely to be higher. across south wales, maybe 18 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. a quarter of the uk population will be under extra lockdown rules — as new measures come into force across parts of northern england and wales over the weekend. 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. the department of health say they are working to fix a problem with the nhs test and trace app in england and wales after some users were unable to input negative test results.

the prime minister borisjohnson urges world leaders to come together to fight against coronavirus, outlining a plan to prevent future pandemics at the un's general assembly. tributes are paid to a popular and talented police officer killed at a custody centre in south london. sergeant matt ratana was shot, as a suspect in handcuffs was being booked in. now on bbc news, as the uk is said to be back on a covid knife—edge, it is time to remember full lockdown. newsbeat has followed young people from the minute life changed completely back in march. it feels like i'm about to be on the front line of a war, like... my auntie got rushed to hospital. back at home, i'm an intensive care nurse in nottingham. more than anything,

ijust want to get home,