this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the headlines at six. 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're 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. 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. we're expecting an update

from scotland yard shortly. us media say donald trump will nominate conservative federal judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. a formal announcement from the white house is expected later. the dramatic moment a teenager is rescued off the coast of portrush after jumping from rocks. good evening. 1,700 students in manchester have been told to self—isolate after 127 of them tested positive for coronavirus. young people in two halls at manchester metropolitan university have been told to stay in their rooms for m days

even if they have no symptoms. it comes after all students in scotland were told not to go to pubs, parties or restaurants this weekend, to prevent outbreaks in universities spreading to the wider population. 0ur education correspondent, dan johnson is manchester for us. locked down, isolated and feeling imprisoned, hardly the fun and freedom of student life expected by nadia and her flatmates. i live, like, four—and—a—half hours away. if they knew this was going to happen, what was the point of making us all come here if we're going to do online lessons? we've barely got any milk and bread to last us until monday. we can't do our washing. it's a bit pathetic. ben's flat of eight‘s been cut off for a week already after one of the first cases here. three more days left and we were going to be out and being able to leave, and then they have just announced we're going to have to stay here for a couple more weeks. but health officials say they had to move quickly to keep this under control.

we've been really concerned about the rising number of positive cases over the last few days. it went from a very small outbreak to over 120 cases, as you have identified, and we knew it was time to take swift action just to limit the spread amongst the student population, but also the spread in our local communities in manchester, where there are more vulnerable people. this morning, worried parents were running resupply missions. she hates it. she loves the uni, but the isolation is really upsetting her. she's our youngest daughter who has moved away from home. it is worrying, ain't it? his daughter chloe started criminology here last week. she was supposed to be coming out for the weekend, long weekend. we travelled up last night and got here and she says, we have been put into isolation for two weeks so she can't come home. we've just brought her a few essentials from the asda and we've got to go back now without her. and there are concerns about the impact on students's

well—being and teaching. perhaps the universities should consider a discount to the students where their learning is interrupted and they are not having significant face—to—face learning with lecturers or tutors. glasgow university said after an outbreak there put halls of residence in lockdown, it will refund a month's rent. it also promised food parcels, clean bedding and a way to wash clothes. it's only really been today we've kind of been given information about how the uni are going to help, and what they're going to do about it. so, i mean, we don't know so far, but it's looking a little bit more positive that they're going to help us. more cases will come, and universities say they have plans to respond. young people may be at lower risk of getting ill, but stopping the virus spreading means there will be further disruption to their learning and social lives. let's speak to rachel busby.

she's from london and her son has just started studying at edinburgh university. what's your reaction to everything that's happening? i think, what's your reaction to everything that's happening? ithink, really, just a huge concern. ifeel so, so desperately sorry for them. we dropped my son off pin weeks ago, they were trying very carefully at they were trying very carefully at the halls of residence to follow strict rules, their meal times when they were set up like an exam, you know, set at desks are not allowed to speak to anybody else. the bars at the halls of residence have not been open, so if they wanted to socialise they had to go into the city. it's just been a bit miserable. and the river is now that they are about to be locked down. i think lots of people, because there has been that rumour around, have decided to jump ship and go has been that rumour around, have decided tojump ship and go home, they just decided tojump ship and go home, theyjust think decided tojump ship and go home, they just think they're a really high levels of anxiety. there are

police on campus last night and i just think they really worried. there's lots of threats, there are going to be told they're going to get thrown off their course if they do anything wrong, they're worried about making sure they try and do the right thing. these are young people that have just left home for the first time. you know, they get seen as these party animals but a lot of them are quite vulnerable, they have just left home, and i think a really high level of anxiety, i really worry about mental health. do you think the measures we re health. do you think the measures were unnecessary in terms of trying, this is what the scottish government obviously are trained to do, they're trying to suppress the spread of the virus? that trying to do. do you think they're unnecessary?” virus? that trying to do. do you think they're unnecessary? i totally understand what they‘ re think they're unnecessary? i totally understand what they're trying to do. i don't know, my son hasn't given any information about who he's come into contact with, with anyone near him has tested positive, so i

set the struggle to understand where the holes testing tray system that will cover the whole test and trace system consider this and what actually been in contact with anyone who's tested positive, as far as i know he hasn't. there's other issues come as well. their are all now supposed to be working from their rooms. i'm not sure the wi—fi can cope with that. so there are other things going on. ijust think, should they all have been allowed to get in the first place? should they have been a bubble around the halls of residence? should they all have been allowed to mix? should there have been bars open, which might have been bars open, which might have stopped them going out into the city? it's easy to, you know, ask questions like that now, but i think the way they are dealing with it is not great. i think the levels of anxiety, like si, a huge at the moment. does he have the option of coming home? would you like him too? would that help? i would like him not to be within a hall of residents we re not to be within a hall of residents were measured seem to

not to be within a hall of residents were measured seem to be ridiculously strict, i think. i do not want him to be a prisoner in his room and not even be able to go out into the corridor. would i like him to stay in the city? and be able to get to the city where he's chosen to spend the next four years of his life, absolutely. do i want to be a prisoner in his halls of residence? realistically, it's going to be longer than a two weeks, do i want that for him? no. thank you. the department for health say they are ‘urgently working' on fixing the new coronavirus app that 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 klineman, 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 to 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 starts 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 results they have that's negative. more than a quarter of the uk population are living under stricter coronavirus lockdown rules, as new measures come into force this weekend. it comes as the rate

at which the virus is spreading in britain appears to be speeding up. from today, households in leeds, wigan, stockport and blackpool are banned from mixing in each other‘s homes or gardens. households are now banned from mixing in the welsh town of llanelli, with cardiff and swansea following suit tomorrow. meanwhile, another 6,0a2 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past 2a hours, and there were 3a deaths among people who had tested positive for covid—19 in the past 28 days. all of london's boroughs have been added to public health england's areas of concern — which is leading to fears of tighter restrictions in the capital. let's speak to dr 0nkar sahota, chair of the london assembly health committee. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. how worried are you about the trajectory that london is going to follow? of course, it's very

worrying that figures are rising, and we are very worried because we know that the test and trace and isolate system is not working, the data we are getting is not from that system, but it's from admissions to hospital, that is available in hospital... these other markers of what's happening. so this is worrying and we need to get testing, tracing and isolation under control. the struggle to get it under control. how efficient is the testing addressing? we know we are not getting enough testing interesting in london. we know the number of swabs taken out every day aren't all being analysed, and i think we'rejust aren't all being analysed, and i think we're just having problems of the nhs app, so the system has broken down, but with any infectious disease pandemic, the big thing is test, trace and isolate. until you get those right we would have the true picture of what is happening on the ground. earlier today, speaking

on bbc four‘s radio today programme, the bbc leeds city council leader said that new look and restrictions will not be enough to halt the spread of the virus on their own. —— new lockdown restrictions. do you think that will be the case in london? the issue we are facing is that the virus is out there, we did get it under control when the nation came together... but now we need to do something quite decisive to break the circuit and that may well mean we need to be much more strict in london and the rest of england, and follow the examples in scotland, wales and northern ireland. are you an agreement, i wonder, with the sage expert who says there's actually nothing that can be done now to prevent the trajectory? he said were going to see a death toll rise from 3a to 100 in three weeks'

time. how can london get around this? there doesn't seem to be the clarity, and what about neighbouring boroughs, for example, outside of the london boundaries?” boroughs, for example, outside of the london boundaries? i think that i'm not as pessimistic as that, but my view is that we do need to get the testing in tracing and control, but also, i think you're right, london does have special concern because it's a publishing of 9 million people, we need to make sure people don't go to work unless they have to... i think the guidance in pubs and hospitality has to be very clear. people are getting very confused, why is it all right to meet up at ten o'clock in the evening, and then they had to go home? i think we need to make sure, may lockdown pubs and hospitality for a couple of weeks, to make sure we get a break in the circuit. so would it be fair to say that you think a full looked on as what would

be needed? think a full looked on as what would be needed ? it think a full looked on as what would be needed? it sounds as if you're talking about, we need clarity, but we're getting it. absolutely, and i think we want to avoid lockdown, because on the one hand, without what the economy to go totally... —— we don't want the economy to go totally done. but at the same time we wa nt totally done. but at the same time we want to break the circuit on the virus in battle may well mean our hospitality and pubs have to be closed down for two weeks. thank you for your time and expertise. 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 5a, 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 inside. from croydon, tom symonds reports.

the stream of well—wishers with flowers hasn't slowed here all day. and the death of this respected police officer was marked as far away as his native new zealand by the country's prime minister. donna murray—turner worked with sergeant rata na in community policing. he had a very kind of lived professional expense of dealing with communities and that was evident in the way that he policed and spoke and the way he engaged and as a friend, when my own mother died in 2018, he spent the day with us as a family, he held my hand while i cried. a mile away, the busy road where this incident began, a 23—year—old man stopped in the early hours by a police patrol. what happened next is at the heart of the inquiry. as the suspect was arrested here, he was handcuffed. he was also patted down we have been told. but that is all they can do here on the roadside.

if a gun was concealed it might well have required an intimate search to find it and that can only be done back at the police station. there, officers were about to begin the search process with a metal detector when the shots were fired, killing matt ratana and critically injuring the suspect. cctv footage will be vital in understanding what happened. the gunman was referred to an anti—radicalisation programme, but was not seen as a risk. mental health issues will be considered. discovering a motive is key. what is much easier to explain is the respect for this police officer and rugby coach. he put so much into everyone else, he didn't expect anything else in return, apart from your best. he just embodied what the club meant. it was just a great honour, he was a class guy. he will be really missed by everyone in the community. the shock deepened by the fact that this was a police officer

shot by a handcuffed man in a police station. the police now have to work out how and why it happened. tom symonds, bbc news, croydon. just to let you know, we are going to be getting the latest on the investigation and details from new scotla nd investigation and details from new scotland yard, we are expecting to have a statement later this evening. and as soon as we get that, we will bring that to you. borisjohnson has told the un general assembly that countries should unite to defeat the coronavirus pandemic. in a pre—recorded message played in new york, he announced a series of new measures to help lead the world out of the crisis. let's heal the world, literally and metaphorically, and let's begin with the truth, because as someone once said, the truth shall set you free. and with nearly a million people dead, with colossal economic suffering already inflicted, 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. police have clashed with anti—lockdown protesters at a demonstration in central london as officers tried to shut the event down. thousands of demonstrators gathered in trafalgar square carrying signs and flags to protest against government lockdown measures. the metropolitan police say the crowds had been asked to disperse because they were not complying with social distancing rules. president trump will

announce his nominee to fill the supreme court seat left vacant by the death of ruth bader ginsburg later. the us media report that he will nominate federal appeals courtjudge, amy coney barrett. she's known for her conservative religious views and has called abortion immoral. supreme courtjustices are nominated by the us president, but must be approved by the senate. david willis reports. amy coney barrett is an outspoken conservative and the ideological opposite of the woman she is expected to replace. a devout catholic and mother of seven, she was the early favourite to take the place of ruth bader ginsberg, of ——ruth bader ginsburg, a liberal icon and the first woman ever to lie in state in the us capital. and her nomination will come before miss ginsburg has even been laid to rest, with what is already becoming a highly contentious presidential

election only weeks away, president trump clearly believes time is of the essence. i think this will end up in the supreme court, and i think it's very important that we have nine justices, and i think the system is going to go very quickly. i'll be submitting at five o'clock on saturday, the name of the person i chose for this most important of all positions. and i think we should go very quickly. at the age ofjust a8, amy coney barrett would be the youngest justice on the supreme court bench. appointments are for life and hers would cement the 9—member panel's shift to the right, possibly for as long as a generation. its sharpest ideological swing in nearly three decades. shortlisted in 2018 for the supreme court nomination that went to brett kavanaugh, it is amy coney barrett's views on abortion that most worry liberals. she has called abortion immoral, and some believe her appointment could imperil the landmark

roe versus wade ruling back in 1973 which legalised abortion here nationwide. asked about his reported choice, president trump was giving little away ahead of the formal announcement later today. you'll find out tomorrow. she's very... look, they are all great. it could be anyone of them. but he's made clear he would like to see his nominee confirmed before the presidential election in november. that could prove significant because as well as issues such as abortion, the supreme court might also be called upon to adjudicate the outcome of the election itself, should the result be disputed, as there now seems every chance it will be. lebanon's prime minister designate, mustapha adib, says he's given up his attempt to form a government and is stepping down. mr adib was nominated after the explosion that destroyed much of the centre of beirut. he was trying to put in place an administration to tackle lebanon's grave financial crisis.

0ur correspondent in beirut, lina sinjab, has more on what's led to mr adib's resignation. it's a whole system that is built not to allow him to succeed. what he wanted to do, also an initiative pushed by the french president, emmanuel macron, is to form a government of experts rather than a government of partisans who are loyal to their sects and parties more than they are loyal to their country, and that's how lebanon is set up to be, a country of sectarian divide, of sectarian polarisation, as well. and mr adib wanted to form a government of, you know, experts who would be able to help rescue lebanon from the financial crisis and economic collapse, especially, that it moved from bad to worse following the explosion in august. but, as he said it himself, he wanted to rescue himself from forming this

government that reached... all his efforts reached a deadlock. mainly the two blocs that are hindering his efforts are the shia blocs, amal and hezbollah, who want to keep control of the portfolios in the government that will secure their interests, mainly the financial, ministry of finance that they're insisting should remain in their hands. 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. a six—year—old girl has died after being hit by a falling tree at a school in newcastle. the accident happened yesterday lunchtime at gosforth park first school. the girl died today in hospital. her headteacher said the entire

school community had been ‘shocked and devastated'. on sunday the people of switzerland will decide whether or not to keep their free movement of people treaty with the european union, a move that could affect their country's long—standing access to europe's free trade area. imogen folks reports from bern. switzerland is becoming too crowded, or that's what supporters of ending free movement say. the population has increased 30% — from 6.6 million to 8.6 million — injust 30 years. the blame, some say, is immigration from europe. the campaign message is blunt — the european union is crushing switzerland. translation: we are heading straight towards 10 million people in switzerland. many of these immigrants stay here,

even if they become unemployed. it's clear that we just can't take it. it can break switzerland up. but this vote could be tricky — switzerland isn't in the eu but it has a complex set of treaties with brussels. swiss access to europe's free trade area is tied to keeping free movement. 60% of all swiss exports go to europe. opponents of abandoning free movement say it risks recession and unemployment. and that's why the government, most political parties, and business leaders here are hoping voters will say a big yes to keeping free movement. they fear switzerland just has too much to lose abandoning it. and there is something else — the swiss have left with the movement for more than a decade. with ——free movement for more than a decade. half a million swiss live and work in the eu, young people especially are used to it. the free movement of persons agreement is a right of freedom

for us swiss citizens. thanks to it, we can work, live, study, or love, wherever we want in europe. 0pinion polls suggest the swiss will hang on to those close european ties. that would be a relief to the government. but a yes to keeping free movement from non—eu member switzerland could have wider implications too, a signal to other countries. like the united kingdom, perhaps, of the kind of compromises brussels expects from countries hoping for a free trade deal. imogen foulkes, bbc news, bern. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. for many of us the chilly weather will continue for the rest of the weekend. we have had a couple of days now of that strong northerly wind, especially noticeable on the

north sea coast, gales yesterday, gale is still today. you can see the weather patterns actually stuck at the moment across europe, we keep seeing the same pattern, the same clouds of the same air stream across the uk. there is a bit of a gap in the uk. there is a bit of a gap in the weather there in the clouds across western and north—western areas, that is where the best of the weather will be, will continue through the weekend. this is what it looks like through the early hours. that cold northerly wind blows along the north sea coast but ironically, never turns that cold at night, so norwich, where you have the light winds, in scotland, a touch of frost on the way here and there. here is tomorrow's weather. the northerly winds have actually... we will take you to central london and new scotland yard, were there's update on the death of matt ratana. yesterday, one of my colleagues was murdered. and my thoughts are with

his partner, his family, his friends, his colleagues, both here and across the world. and, as well as remembering that, over the last two days, we have been working around the clock on our murder investigation. at this time, the suspect remains in hospital in critical condition. and due to his state, we are not yet able to speak to him. we have teams of specialist investigators who are investigating that's murder. —— who are investigating matt's murder. we have four major crime scenes, each of which is being painstakingly searched and will be subject to a detailed and painstaking forensic examination. we have recovered the gun from the custody sleet where matt was shot. that gun is being fore nsically matt was shot. that gun is being forensically examined. —— the

custody suite. we also have the cctv from that custody suite, which shows the event. and we have but it one video of our police officers —— body worn video of our police officers, who were involved in the circumstances surrounding the rest of the suspect. 0ur specialist investigators are carefully reviewing all of that footage, which will be considered alongside the accou nts will be considered alongside the a ccou nts of will be considered alongside the accounts of the officers. 0ne will be considered alongside the accounts of the officers. one of the aims of our murder investigation is to establish why matt was shot. 0ne of my priorities is to ensure that any future criminal prosecution is not jeopardised. and any future criminal prosecution is notjeopardised. and i know that will be important to the public, too, which is why i ask for everybody‘s support, do not spectate about the events and circumstances.

—— do not speculate. and finally, i wa nt to —— do not speculate. and finally, i want to thank everybody for their support which means so much to all of those who worked with and new matt. thank you very much. that was third back there with a statement following the murder, this is a murder investigation. —— that was stuart cundy with a statement following the murder of sergeant matt ratana, following the murder of sergeant matt rata na, 5a, following the murder of sergeant matt ratana, 5a, he was shot dead in the early hours of friday morning. so what do we know? the suspect remains in hospital, they have not been able to speak to him, using a critical condition. there is a team of special investigators handling the enquiry and investigations. there are four major crime scenes being examined and included within the investigation. the gun has been recovered from the custody suite where saddam but hannah was shot. —— started right hannah was shot.