this is bbc news. the headlines the health secretary, matt hancock, says people in the north east of england will not be allowed to mix with people from another household indoors in "any setting". mr speaker, we do not take the steps slightly. but we must take them and ta ke slightly. but we must take them and take them now. because you know that swift action is more likely to bring the virus under control. more than forty univesities around the uk have reported coronavirus cases and thousands of student are being forced to self—isolate. many ask ‘how much longer can this go on?..' the partner of the murdered police officer sergeant matt ratana has paid tribute to him as a gentle giant with an infectious smile and big heart. su bushby said he will be greatly missed but never forgotten. the fraudsters trying to make easy

money from a government backed loan scheme to keep small businesses afloat — we have an investigation the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, promises to be "the voice" of the uk's nine million carers in a deeply personal address in his first speech as party leader the cross—party talks on social care — long promised by borisjohnson — cannot wait any longer. the covid crisis makes the need to fix social care more urgent, not less. appealing to the young: sir david attenborough breaks jennifer aniston‘s record for the fastest time to reach a million followers on instagram. this is my first time on instagram. and i'm making this move and exploring this new way of communication to me, because, as we all know, the world is in trouble.

in the past hour, the health secretary matt hancock has announced further restrictions for the north—east of england including "restrictions on indoor mixing between households in any setting". he says the number of cases in the region continues to "rise sharply". it comes as new fines come into force in england for people who refuse to self—isolate when told to do so. under the new rules — anyone required to self—isolate, who doesn't, will be fined one—thousand—pounds, rising to a maximum fine of ten—thousand—pounds for repeat offenders or serious breaches. meanwhile around four million people on low incomes who can't work, and are losing income

whilst self—isolating, will be eligible for a 500—pound payment. the latest government figures show that in the past 2a hours, 4,041; new coronavirus infections were recorded in the uk. in the past 2a hours, 13 deaths were reported of people in the uk who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. this report from our health correspondent naomi grimley. not in the spirit of the rules, these pictures of revellers in liverpool after the 10pm curfew have got public health experts worried and ministers are pleading with the partygoers to find their sense of public responsibility. i do hope people who are watching, listening today, and anyone planning a night out this week, will think, actually i really get it. i realise that though it might seem the fun thing to do to keep on partying, doesn't mean it is the right thing to do. it is notjust liverpool. the same has happened

in other big cities. the mayor of manchester thinks that curfew policy needs a total rethink. my personal feeling is that curfew is doing more harm than good in that it is creating a major incentive for people to carry on drinking and partying at home. that is what we are told is the main place where the virus is spread, gatherings in the home. i think the government needs to give some urgent consideration to this. this was southern france last night, drinkers were having one final tipple before the bars and restaurants shut for two weeks. such drastic measures might have to be under wider consideration here if the numbers do not start to turn around soon. in wales more areas will see restrictions apply tonight. 2 million people, that is nearly two thirds of the population, will soon be under some kind of lockdown. but the current picture suggests widespread community

transmission is happening. they are arising mostly in households, that means in workplaces, care homes and educational settings and in our hospitals. a small proportion of cases are also as a result of imported infections from international travel. it is across the board. right to the back of the throat. from today, anyone from england who doesn't self—isolate when they have symptoms could be liable for hefty fines of up to £10,000. but i these new rules enforceable, given all the demands on the police? but are these new rules enforceable, given all the demands on the police? i would also like to see the local authorities, the health and safety executives, other people, other agencies helping and supporting the police rather than being put at my colleagues door. we do not have enough people to do what is expected of us. as we head further into winter,

new emergency laws to contain this virus look likely. though some of borisjohnson‘s own backbenchers are worried they are coming too thick and fast. well, let's hear what the health secretary matt hancock has been saying in the commons — in the past hour— about restrictions in the north east of england. i must announce further measures for the parts of the northeast where we introduce local action a fortnight ago. unfortunately, the number of cases continues to rise sharply. the incident rate across the area is now over hundred cases per 100,000. we know a number of these infections are taking place and indoor settings outside of the home. and so come at the request of the local council with whom we have been working closely, we will introduce legal restrictions on indoor mixing between households in any setting. mr speaker, we do not take these steps slightly. but we must take

them and take them now because no swift action is more likely to bring the virus under control and the quicker we can get this virus under control, the quicker we can restore the freedoms we all enjoy in the northeast and across the country. well, those comments from matt hancock came as mps started to debate the latest government restrictions, with growing support for an amendment by the senior conservative mp, sir graham brady, that would give mps the final say on any further changes to coronvirus legislation. here's what the labour's shadow health secretaryjohn ashworth had to say. this house should play a greater role in scrutiny of legislation. as the member, i share frustration when restrictions are imposed. in the rules for constituents can be unclear, confusing, because the instrument has not been drafted when rules come out at 1130 at night. i

share the incredulity but when instruments come solely to committee that out of date. my friend was debating the measures to close zoos on the day that zoos were reopening. and of course, i share the frustration of members when fines are imposed and there has not been proper debate across this house. so, if the sauce can find a way to find better scrutiny of these measures, and of course would be extremely sympathetic to that, mr speaker, but we will not support attempts to scuffle restrictions that are clearly in the public health interest. let's get more from our political correspondent chris mason. i have been speaking to the department of health to try to pick exactly what this means for people in parts of the northeast of england andi in parts of the northeast of england and i am told that on wednesday, it will be a legal obligation that

households in big chunks of the northeast of england do not mix in any indoor settings with each other. so, not going to each other‘s homes, but in addition to that, not going to the pub and mingling with different from down the street, you can go to the pub with people that you live with and within the pub, may be people that you do not live with. but you should be mingling with. but you should be mingling with them when you are there and that will apply in newcastle, north and south tyneside, northumberland and south tyneside, northumberland and sunderland. not the whole of the northeast, does not take into insta nce to northeast, does not take into instance to the south, but also a big chunk of the northeast of england and that being underpinned in law from midnight, at the end of tomorrow at the start of wednesday and as we heard there from matt hancock, the health secretary for england, local authorities and the pa rt england, local authorities and the part of the northeast have been calling for any gives you some sense of of the government is willing to

do in areas where there are spikes and cases. mr hancock telling us earlier that the rate in the northeast of england now running at over 100 per 100,000. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has accused the government of "unbelievable incompetence" in handling coronavirus, and issued a plea for cross—party talks to resolve the crisis in social care. his comments came as he gave his keynote speech to the party's annual conference — being held online. cross party talks and social care, long promised by borisjohnson, cannot wait any longer. the covid—19 crisis makes the need to fix social ca re crisis makes the need to fix social care more urgent, not less. so, today, our health and care spokesperson and i have invited the government, the labour party, and deleting care organisations to begin peace talks in earnest and finally

make the progress people deserve. about forty universities around the uk have now reported andy burnham is the mayor of great manchester and a former labour health secretary. and thank you for being with us. it certainly should be looked at again. i think we need urgent review of the evidence of police forces across the board. especially in greater manchester on saturday night with people can gather pumps and into the supermarkets and shops in one of the biggest problems is it creates incentives for more social

gatherings and what we are told by the experts is that that is the big reason, the big place where more transmission of the virus takes place. so, it will feel to me that the curfew will be operating in contradiction to preventing social gatherings in the home and that is the point that the government has to address. what is your alternativeyou're not going to have that curfew, are you going to shut down the pubs and restaurants are together and all that might entail for the hospitality sectors that is already on sneeze? -- already on its needs. bars can create a more regulated environment for people to be in an social distance. those places have really implemented some strong regimes now with regards to keeping people safe. if people are

there, there be less likely to be gathering at home and greater risk of transmission, and we can put in the cut off on the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and shops so you do not see a rush from the pub to the supermarkets, and reports on saturday night where there were many people crowding in shops which clearly is not what we to see. in terms of wider restrictions, we have more announcements for the east of england does the government have the balance right at the moment? this is theissue, balance right at the moment? this is the issue, isn't it. the announcement about social gatherings in the home, mixing in the home. and if the government focuses on that issue and deals with a properly, it might turn them towards not introducing the curfew because is also saying before, there was evidence already that the curfew might be pushing people to having late—night gatherings at the home.

we have been under restrictions in greater manchester around not having mixing in the home for another weeks now and if there mixing the message with other things they're trying to do, they're not focusing on that issue and they really need to focus on, if that is the problem, focus on that, rather than putting it all these half measures that aren't really working. do half measures, do you think there's a risk of confusing people with all the different matches that there are in different matches that there are in different parts of the country?” certainly think there is a risk of that. but we have at the moment is national measures that are often in conflict with the local restrictions of the government is introducing. for instance, the rule of six does not apply to areas are there restrictions like the northwest. for we ask people not to gather in their homes but the rule of six is not releva nt homes but the rule of six is not relevant there like it is in other places, but the swear people are losing the message because they do

not understand how the national m essa 9 es not understand how the national messages there with the local restrictions. the government really needs to clear all of this up and come up with stronger, simpler m essa 9 es come up with stronger, simpler messages that people can understand. for other communities like manchester, and communities having fits of isolated of a miserable time as they struck of university careers. again, is this right, is should they have gone back and that's all there is for them? should they have just, a that's all there is for them? should they havejust, a miserable that's all there is for them? should they have just, a miserable time that's all there is for them? should they havejust, a miserable time in terms of social life? this generation is already been hugely disrupted and we do need to learn to live with covid—19 and get on with their lives. yes, it was right to bring universities back. 0bviously, the students of the university have not had the welcome that we would've

liked. there was a high number of cases within two holes of residence and was a whirring situation and to be dealt with very firmly because otherwise, we might‘ve seen it spread into the wider community. to control the situation now and obviously today, people are required to self—isolate by law and so it is not ideal, but the university is working to support the students and hopefully will be through it sooner they can get back to normal university life. thank you so much. notjust a curved vesting question. the government is also facing criticism over its decision to allow stu d e nts to criticism over its decision to allow students to go back to university and up to a0 universities across the uk are not reporting coronavirus cases as i was saying to andy, thousands of students are self isolating us a new term kicks off. many universities have not suspended face—to—face teaching and we will

talk about the so, joining me now is professor of child health and 0utbreak medicine joining me now is professor of child health and 0utbreak medicine at the university of liverpool. should they have gone back to university? we actually should have, we cannot throw them out for another yearin we cannot throw them out for another year in sectors of society with high turnover, we must keep feeding these people through and what they have been better off being frustrated home or there. bringing been better off being frustrated home orthere. bringing in been better off being frustrated home or there. bringing in the university where there might have had more interaction, 25% more after christmas and the rest of the teams outside where a can in some degree of teaching. that's probably better than keeping them stuck at home and in limbo for another year. before the term started, the new term of the term started, the new term of the union they were arguing that they would have hundreds of thousands of students from all of

the country crisscrossing the country and potentially spreading the disease? that was recognised and we needed some wiggle room in the other restrictions in order to allow that and with we were seeing is because of the liberalization of much of societies activity, we have lost that wiggle room now. i suspect that the next couple of months, we will see increased restrictions such as today, in order to rebalance that. some forget that the students are not at a huge risk themselves, the risk is probably more to the university staff and provided the stu d e nts to university staff and provided the students to maintain the social distancing, there's very little risk the local community and their degree of interaction and so, i think yes, i agree that it's the right thing to do the bring them back to universities and i would imagine going forward is going to take a great deal skill. when i asked him that question just great deal skill. when i asked him that questionjust a great deal skill. when i asked him that question just a couple minutes ago, they said we have to learn to live with this virus. is that if you you share? because many are saying

that perhaps more more now and they're looking at places like sweden. we do need to learn and deliver this virus, but we mustn't forget that this virus is still a killer dressing in increasing cases between women and the ages of 20 and a0, thankfully, very few deaths, but still, it is a nasty disease that could have potentially lifelong consequences. yes, we need to learn to live with this and it's going to bea to live with this and it's going to be a very new normal, but this generation is probably more socially collected in digitally savvy than those that could've come before and we in those that could've come before and weina those that could've come before and we in a given them as much this could take longer than many people were thinking and he could ta ke people were thinking and he could take a long time actually to get sufficient stocks of any vaccine that would bring an end to the coronavirus nightmare. that may be the case, but i'm optimistic that we

will have a vaccine for christmas and will potentially come from many vulnerable people and some of the health care sector as well and that is looking possible. so, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. we will get through this and next year will be better than this winter andi year will be better than this winter and i am quite sure if that. do you think there'll be a vaccine available by christmas? for very vulnerable people in health care workers, i am cautiously optimistic. i cannot go further than that but thatis i cannot go further than that but that is what i am reading from the scientists and i am cautiously optimistic. i met thank you very much for talking to us. a minute's silence was held by mps in the house of commons today for the policy custody sergeant, matt ratana. members were invited to show their respects for the officer, who was shot and killed

by a handcuffed suspect at croydon custody centre in the early hours of friday morning. today, his partner has released a statement in which she describes him as a ‘gentle giant‘ with an ‘infectious smile and big heart'. 0ur correspondent, greg mckenzie is with me. she has said quite a lot about this much love sergeant. the first time we have heard from her . she says that there are not really any words for how she is feeling right now about the loss of matt, about she goes on to say...

she goes on to say... she ends by saying matt will always be in my head and then my heart. the first time we heard from her in this tragic loss happened in the early morning. donald trump has been defending his tax arrangements after the new york times reported that he'd paid no federal income tax in ten of the 15 years before he took office. the president tweeted that he had paid ‘many millions of dollars‘ in taxes but was entitled to claim expenses and tax credits like anyone else. he‘s denounced the new york times as "fake news". peter bowes reports.

once again, donald trump and his tax returns, the story that‘s dogged the president ever since he announced he was running for office, and long before, as a businessman. now, the new york times says it has obtained tax return data for mr trump dating back more than two decades, along with the hundreds of companies that make up his business organisation, and detailed information from his first two years in the white house. the paper says the data shows his finances are under stress, beset by losses, with struggling properties and hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. it reports that mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency, and another $750 during his first year in office. he paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous 15 years, according to the paper. this, it says, was largely because he reported losing much more money than he made. the new york times say the records reveal the hollowness but also the wizardry behind

the self—made billionaire image. flouting presidential tradition, mr trump has long refused to make his tax affairs public. he‘s always insisted his returns were the subject of an audit by the us tax authorities, preventing him from releasing details. speaking at a news conference at the white house, he was quick to deny the latest story. it‘s fake news. it‘s totally fake news, made—up, fake. we went through the same stories — you could‘ve asked me the same questions... four years ago i had to litigate this and talk about it. er, totally fake news, no. actually, i paid tax, but... and you‘ll see that as soon as my tax returns are... it‘s under audit. they‘ve been under audit for a long time. a lawyer for the trump organisation said the new york times story was "riddled with gross inaccuracies", and questioned the timing, saying it was part of an ongoing smear campaign in the run—up to the election. it follows mr trump‘s controversial nomination of a conservative judge to sit on the us supreme court.

it also marks the start of a pivotal week in the campaign, when the president and joe biden will finally go head—to—head on tv. let‘s talk to the economist‘s us editorjohn prideaux. john, donald trump says this is totally fa ke john, donald trump says this is totally fake news. is it? no. as far asi totally fake news. is it? no. as far as i can see it he can prove that by releasing his tax returns, which every american president since gerald ford has done and is uniquely decided not to do, he says you heard it clear that he cannot release his tax returns because under audit by the irs. as irs. as far as i can see and we went through this in 2016, there is nothing to prevent him from releasing them if he wants to. he may be technically right that he has paid some tax, but that would appear

to be no pensions or contributions for employees and that sort of thing. what seems to be the case, based on the times that beef got a hold of, and nuts in the documents is not quite clear what he got them from, it seems to be authentic that he is not paid any income tax are virtually no income tax and has managed to do so because he‘s lost so much money from his businesses that he has been able to write off any income he has made from the businesses against that. how much damage will this do him in terms of the election and most immediately the election and most immediately the tv debate that is, very shortly. a boost forjoe biden and joe biden in any case is making the argument that she wanted to raise taxes a bit, not by a huge amount, but by a bid for the wealthiest americans and put up the corporate rate. i think the strength of this argument is that he could say look, our taxes

the mist is deeply unfair. if you have high priest lawyers like donald trump, you don‘t end up paying anything but if you end up on owning anything but if you end up on owning a private jet and anything but if you end up on owning a privatejet and lots anything but if you end up on owning a private jet and lots of holiday homes in a large income. i don‘t suspect we‘ll move the pulse tremendously, we went through this in 2016. donald trump line is always been it makes them smart stop but he doesn‘t pay tax or he does pay tax but just doesn‘t doesn‘t pay tax or he does pay tax butjust doesn‘t prove it. if you‘re a donald trump supporter, you pick whichever one you prefer and stick to it, but i think the fact that it might not be decisive in the polls doesn‘t mean that it‘s a nothing story. i think it is significant story. i think it is significant story. it‘s also significant because what it does about how he runs his business and pays his children salaries but pace and consultancies fees and also it‘s a strange things going on there with the donald trump organisation. how are the polls looking at the moment? is this race tightening, do you think? the polls

are freakishly stable. in the provincial record stressor can tell. joe biden was ahead by seven or eight points with the comes to the polling a year ago, and there has been some tightening in swing states. florida is looking close and that it was a couple of months ago, maybe even a tie and some tightening in the midwest as well, joe biden still seems handily ahead there. but overall, the national picture is thatjoe biden as a stable large at considerably larger than the lead that hillary clinton had and that has not shifted from the past few months. how important do you think this tv debate is going to be? its way to be really important because it will be a hurdle forjoe biden. donald trump, whatever you think of him, he is good it these debates, he speaks with such enormous confidence in the fact that you can fact check

his statements and point out very often that he‘s gotten stuff wrong, it doesn‘t seem to damage and too much. joe biden could come across badly, you can make some big gaffe, polls tend to not move the debates much either. butjoe biden, get the thing about ways in which he could mess up from here in one way would be to have a catastrophic debate performance. it is important from the point of view, i would say. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. we are looking at a pretty quiet day weather—wise tomorrow, light winds across the uk and a lot of dry weather and a lot of sunshine too. the remainder of the week is much more lively each year coming from the atlantic and bring in strong winds, some heavy rain and

some cooler air too. high pressure builds in the mix sequentially between scotland and northern ireland, temperatures in the low single figures in milder night underneath the clouds under eastern england, little bit of drizzle around here in the first thing on tuesday with some coming out and a lot of sunshine generally through the afternoon and her temperatures up the afternoon and her temperatures up to the mid teens across coming to northern ireland, perhaps close to 20 in the southeast and as promised, and the midweek it really is all change. lots of heavy rains around on wednesday, for the southwest of scotla nd on wednesday, for the southwest of scotland in front northern ireland, thursday things ease back a little bit fred into the weekend, strong winds will be our biggest issue. going to hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the health secretary, matt hancock, says people in the north east

of england will not be allowed to mix with people from another household indoors in "any setting". more than forty univesities around the uk have reported coronavirus cases and thousands of student are being forced to self—isolate. many ask ‘how much longer can this go on?..‘ the partner of the murdered police officer sergeant matt ratana has paid tribute to him as a gentle giant with an infectious smile and big heart. su bushby said he will be greatly missed but never forgotten. the fraudsters trying to make easy money from a government backed loan scheme to keep small businesses afloat — we have an investigation. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, promises to be "the voice" of the uk‘s nine million carers in a deeply personal address in his first speech as party leader sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, liverpool is an action tonight, aren‘t they? liverpool is an action tonight, aren't they? yes. you will be

accepted aren't they? yes. you will be a cce pted by aren't they? yes. you will be accepted by that. something has got to get between liverpool and arsenal. both winning their first two games of the season only one can walk away with some points tonight. however we will talk about it is some concern around the lower leagues. in the premier league despite the fact we have no funds available but some of football‘s most prominent figures have penned a letter to the government twinings that the sports structure could colla pse that the sports structure could collapse due to the pandemic and two former fha men are among those urging mps to take action and perhaps create a coronavirus rescue package for these clubs. they say that many efl and national league clu bs a re that many efl and national league clubs are not preparing to cease paying and put their business into administration. earlier today i spoke to the former fha men. these clu bs a re spoke to the former fha men. these clubs are incredibly important to the communities they serve. you go to so many towns across britain and how do you know, you know them

because of the football. they are important. i suspect it‘s not by the scale of the money that have been spent so far by the government, it is not massive money. you could ask why should the government for football. what they are doing is saving clubs and the community. what sense have you had from the government, if any so far, and response at all? not to my knowledge i think the remains of a but the government itself is looking to the premier league, i think, to save these clubs and i left of them, their economic plans for this year are completely blown because they have got no games. it is not at the top level because you get a lot of training income but at the bottom level it is incredibly serious. at

the bottom level, are you in any way optimistic? i am an optimistic person by nature, you only saw what happened last year when a club like that st. edmunds into liquidation —— went into liquidation. i can‘t believe that conservative mps, labourmps, are all going believe that conservative mps, labour mps, are all going to sit there and do nothing while their local football club, this is there and do nothing while their localfootball club, this is the focus, one of the focus is in their constituency just goes focus, one of the focus is in their constituencyjust goes into it and no fault of their own and it is because of decisions taken and possibly quite understandably it is not the fault of these clubs that bearin not the fault of these clubs that bear in this sort of problem. handball was the word of the weekend and a premier league, controversial penalties were awarded. the? is

around the interpretation of existing rules which have been invoiced more harshly by fee for this season. so far, six penalties have been avoided for handball and compare that to 19 in the entirety of the last game, the boss has been speaking and helps the rules will be changed. we all understand that when peoplejump changed. we all understand that when people jump in the changed. we all understand that when peoplejump in the box in her arms will naturally move and it‘s always been a difficult rule, it a bit of a grey area and the idea of trying to find some clarity it‘s something that does not feel right at all so i would like to think something can be done to change it. liam brody is down in his opening match at the french open. he and kamran are that last british helps in the name singles out there and be merry and dan singles out there and be merry and da n eva ns went singles out there and be merry and

dan evans went out on day one. in the women‘s, and serena williams has taken the first step in her quest for that record 2a grand slam victory. she defeated fellow american in straight sets in the first round. that is all for now but i will have more for you in sports day at half past six. see you then. a government backed loan scheme to help small comapnies keep afloat during this pandemic is being targetted by criminials who are setting fake companies and netting themselves tens of thousands of pounds each time. a bbc investigation has found that scammers have been taking advantage of limited checks on new applicants for the bounce back loan scheme — and it‘s potentially costing the tax payer millions of pounds. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, has more. it is a bounce back loan application that is being approved for £50,000. taxpayers money. meant for struggling firms. here is a second, here

is a third, here is a fourth and here is a fifth. that is a quarter of £1 million. this investigator has infiltrated a criminal gang online they are using stolen identities and fake companies to cash in on government backed loans. it‘s called the company tellings homemade furniture services and you are writing to him and saying we are pleased to offer you a loan, it is for an individual called mark telling and he has become a victim. meet mark telling, the real mark telling, he does not have a furniture business, he did not apply for the loan. he and his partner natasha saving to buy a house cannot quite believe it. you have apparently applied for a bounce back loan of £50,000. 50,000. 50,000? that‘s crazy.

this is like a covid—19 loan? yes, it is meant to help struggling businesses. this is going to worry us to death. what is happening? the bounce back loan scheme is designed to support uk smaller businesses that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus outbreak... as covid—19 shut down the economy the government announced a rescue plan for small firms, a loan of up to £50,000, simple to apply for, paid out within in a day. but see this, the number of new firms being registered at companies house, riding high until covid—19 hit and then locked the economy falls off a cliff and new registrations collapse. but then watch. today we announced a brand—new loan scheme... when richie sunak announces the bounce back loan scheme, new registrations take off

to a record 21,000 in a single week. we don‘t know how many of those new companies might be fake or how many actually applied for a loan. but we do have evidence of applications to multiple different banks from a number of brand—new completely bogus firms. the rules are clear, only companies already trading on the 1st of march this year can apply for bounce back loans but we had seen evidence of scores of firms only created in the last couple of months making applications on an industrial scale. what we do not know is how well those applicatons are being checked. i think a child could do it. it‘s as easy as just going to their website and filling out a

form. it seems to be free money for the scammers. when we take into account there are hundreds possibly thousands of people also engaged in base it is going to cost us billions. everything we discover it has been handed to the treasury says banks are undertaking appropriate precautions against fraud and insists it will take criminal against the most serious cases. these people need to be stopped. mark and natasha and the british taxpayer all victims with no idea how much this fraud may eventually cost them. about forty universities around the uk have now reported coronavirus cases and thousands of students are now self isolating as the new term begins. staying indoors, running out of food and a ban on parties — it‘s not the university experience any student would have asked for. and now there are also calls for all teaching to be moved online. confined to their halls of residence, parents doing emergency food drops, no face—to—face learning

and freshers‘ week cancelled — this isn‘t how the start of term was supposed to be for thousands of students across the uk. so, it‘s going to be a bit of getting used to, especially not being able to go out for fresh air. it‘s a very unique situation right now that we‘re in. but what can you do? we‘re locked in here, we have no choice. my mum had to drive up two from birmingham to deliver us food because we couldn't get any food slots in the time we've been in isolation and we'd ran out of food. i'm still getting an education from it, i'm going to my online lessons every week. it could be better but, at the end of the day, the university are doing all that they can. it's a bit of a difficult situation for everybody, really. each university is currently having to make its own decision on how to manage the current situation. it‘s entirely predictable that there would be outbreaks, but would these students be better off stuck at home in a lockdown situation which is likely to last through to spring as well? at least here in the university, they‘re going to get stimulation,

they‘re going to get education. there are now many questions with few clear answers. should all teaching go online? should students be allowed home? should tuition fees or accommodation cost be refunded? and what happens at the end of term? there is a lot of discussion about what happens at christmas, what happens in terms of your rebate, and i think what we need to do is to get the term started, because it‘s still early days, we need to see what impact that‘s going to have on our students‘ learning, and then we need to work with the government and see how we support our students, because we want to make sure they get value for money and the right experience. in scotland, the guidance to students has been clarified, with a clear message to avoid going back to your family if possible. for any students thinking about returning home for a short visit, perhaps at a weekend, the key thing to remember is that, if you have formed a new household within your student accommodation, you cannot stay overnight

in another household. unfortunately, that includes your parents' home. the harsh reality for students is that the uncertainty is here to stay, frustrating for them, theirfamilies and university staff. this academic year will be like no other. joining me now from manchester we have jaimick shah and india giles— a first year student at manchester metropolitan university who are in lockdown with their flatmates. tell us why are you a lockdown? because you test negative i think didn‘t you? because you test negative i think didn't you? yes. our whole flight tested negative but they put us in lockdown because of the fact that there is a lot of cases in our building but it means that we cannot go out to get food or anything. and jamie, whata

go out to get food or anything. and jamie, what a fact like not being able to go out? take it very different. it was not a unique experience i was hoping for, it's only been three days now and this felt like the whole year has gone by because it's been so long and just not being able to go outside or anything. how much longer is that going to go on for do you think? they said as it started on friday and they said it would be a minimum of two weeks but we do not know, it‘s not certain, there is no set date that he would be let out. it‘s not certain, there is no set date that he would be let out] have you got to regret about going? a lot of students were wondering whether they should even bother to go and start university because there‘s not much social life and a lot of that learning is now online, do you regret going?” lot of that learning is now online, do you regret going? i feel like me amy do you regret going? i feel like me a my flatmates are close so we get along really well but there are some people that aren‘t as close with their flatmates so they must really struggle right now because they must be stopped in their rooms may be

just by themselves getting by. 0nline you have a lot of people in that sense it‘s hard to communicate with the teacher as well.” that sense it‘s hard to communicate with the teacher as well. i think you are doing drama, aren‘t you? how can you study, if you cannot do anything face—to—face? can you study, if you cannot do anything face-to-face? it is very difficult but i think obviously they're doing everything they can to help but there's only so much you can do like it's very difficult to doa can do like it's very difficult to do a course like that. are you thinking you should get refunded? 0f the city is a question of tuition fees first of all but also the range you are paying for university accommodation, would you like to get accommodation, would you like to get a refund ? accommodation, would you like to get a refund? i believe he should have a refu nd a refund? i believe he should have a refund partly because it‘s all online so we are not really getting to communicate with the lecturers and at the moment you are not even able to use the facilities such as the library and also if we go home

now because of the lockdown or something then we will not be using the fact that he was to be paying what we have to pay per week.” the fact that he was to be paying what we have to pay per week. i saw on the report we just played one of the signs in their window said nine k for what? you clearly don‘t think you‘re getting your moneys worth at the moment? ijust think it is not fair that actually should pay the same amount as somebody would have had a different experience during the same degree like in previous years. i think that's my experience is completely different and i will not get educated at the same way they have. how much is this going to spoil or even relating your whole university experience? because clearly this could go on for weeks and months but at the same time you are there for three or four years so it has a long way to go.” are there for three or four years so it has a long way to go. i feel like it, it isjust it has a long way to go. i feel like it, it is just cambridge at the moment that have the lockdown there

are some other accommodations that act —— if you are free to do what they do sell it there getting a different experience for me and i feel like next year if you are not as closely there flatmates you will struggle to get housing next year if you need to get a group of people to be with. good luck to both of you. i hope he does not go on for too much longer, your current lockdown. good luck to you both and thank you for being with us here on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the health secretary, matt hancock, says people in the north east of england will not be allowed to mix with people from another household indoors in "any setting". the partner of the murdered police officer sergeant matt ratana has paid tribute to him as a gentle giant with an infectious smile and big heart. su bushby said he will be greatly missed but never forgotten. about forty univesities around the uk have reported coronavirus cases and thousands of student are being forced to self—isolate.

the labour party has suspended claudia webb after she was charged with harassment up to 55—year—old is accused of one offence against another woman between september 20 eight april of this year. in a statement that mp denied the accusations and said that she would challenge the bash turns it vigorously in court. even he told delegates watching the online event that there was no quick fix for the liberal democrats who had just 11 mps. he has been talking toa had just 11 mps. he has been talking to a political correspondent jonathan blake. mine will be a

listening leadership where we start not just myself but listening leadership where we start notjust myself but the whole party really wanting to connect with communities up and down the country. i think at local levels the democrats do that pretty well. the democrats do that pretty well. the democrat counsellors really in touch with their communities that we had at that time and time again and deservedly so. i think it is the national level where the listening exercise by the party really needs to be focused on for months and months. i don‘t think this is a quick fix. if the xmp when a majority will they have a mandate to call for and expect another referendum on scottish independence? the liberal democrat candidates for the scottish parliament and the liberal democrat mps posted on a mandate to oppose a second independence referendum. we do not believe that the united kingdom‘s family of nations should be torn asunder. we believe the united kingdom is better to and we do

believe that scotland can be part of a really, really positive partnership. and therefore, if the limo —— liberal democrat mps get elected and the number i believe they can be we will vote against a second independence referendum every time. boris johnson, keir second independence referendum every time. borisjohnson, keir starmer, a baby, all white middle—aged man. you wa nt baby, all white middle—aged man. you want this leadership of your party with the overwhelming support of members, nobody can question that. what are you comfortable with that line—up and what do you think it says about listening to politics in 2020? i can only speak about myself in my own party, for myself i think my life‘s experience is that i talked about in some detail today was not easy for me, i‘ll be honest with you. talking about when i had to nurse my mother when she was tim lelito, looking after my grandmother and then my amazing son and that experience i think it‘s something

that i know millions of people have andi that i know millions of people have and i don‘t know about the other leaders but i think that experience shows i‘ve got something in common with millions of carers and as for our party we now have more female mps than male mps. for the first and in our history it‘s a huge attribute to what just wins in our history it‘s a huge attribute to whatjust wins achieved and what i would like to do i set it out very clearly estimate the liberal democrats the most diverse party in british politics. the vice president of the european commission has reiterated calls for the uk to withdraw plans which could override the brext withdrawal agreement. marosh shefcovich said the uk‘s position was still ‘far apart‘ from what the eu could accept. he went on to say that if the brexit bill were adopted in its current form, it would constitute an extremely serious violation of protocol and of international law. earlier our reality check correspondent chris morris gave me his analysis

of mr sefcovic‘s comments. pretty much no matter what happens about the dispute about the internal market bill, talks will continue because if you remember the european commission gave the uk a deadline of the end of this month so wednesday of this week to withdraw the controversial parts of the internal market bill which contradicts the northern ireland protocol in the brexit withdrawal agreement. he has said we reserve the right to take legal remedies if those parts of the bill are not removed but talks will continue nonetheless. let‘s have a listen to what he said. we maintain that bill if adopted in its current form would constitute an extremely serious violation of the protocol as an essential part of the agreement and of international law. the withdrawal agreement is to be implemented, not to be renegotiated let alone unilaterally change or applied.

it cannot be stressed enough that the protocol is specifically designed to protect the good friday belfast agreement and achievements of the peace process including avoiding hard border on the island. i think one of the problems which the internal market bill is created is you heard from him, there is now a sense of distrust of the british government‘s motives. that matters for the negotiation between him and mr gove because it highly passed agreement but it matters for the trade negotiations between david frost and michel barnier about what about what we are going to agree in the future because they are looking at the government and think if we make an agreement about trade can we trust that giving back to believe they are trying to break an agreement to have made in the past. what is the british government saying about all of this? michael gove was in that meeting i became a statement on camera, he did not get a press conference. he said that talks were constructed and he also

said there is a long way to go. we have but significant gaps which need to be bridged. it is the sort of thing that negotiators say. what we do not know is what is going on behind the scenes. are there channels of communication which suggests things to be going better than they appear to be in public? but on one point he was absolutely crystal clear, it is important point about the internal market better. he said the government will not be removing the parts which the european union do not like because it is part of their domestic legislative programme. it does have a listen to michael gove. they have been those in the european union who have been consigned about the causes be put in today uk internal market there but i was able to stretch today as i have in the house of commons that these causes are a safety net. we want to reach an agreement in the joint committee and we want to make sure that the position of the night in ireland is carrying the united kingdom and we wa nt carrying the united kingdom and we want to make sure that the withdrawal agreement is implemented in full. but those causes are there, they are in legislation, supported

by the house of commons, as a safety net if need be and those causes will remain in that bear. so a safety net for michael gove but a fight for the european union. that is part of the problem of perception i think but what really matters is still the sides are still talking. some of the angry rhetoric flying around a couple of weeks at the seams that have been turned down a bit but perhaps the important talks this week are the ones still to come. those trade negotiations on things like state aid and government subsidies on fishing and the issues e—mail the outstanding issues in the way of reaching a trade agreement before the end of this year. we know as we said many times that time is short. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. the middle part of this week and the tail end of the week on into the weekend are going to be producing some pretty lively weather offerings for the uk. tomorrow, a little bit of a breather, then dry and sunny

thanks to a ridge of high pressure just toppling in from the atlantic. this is the weather front that has been working its way eastwards across the uk over the course of monday. it will push a little bit of thicker cloud and rain into the midlands and eastern england through the evening and overnight, but underneath the covering of cloud it will stay relatively mild, temperatures dropping no lower than double figures. further west, as the ridge of high pressure builds in and the skies clear, temperatures in some sheltered rural spots in northern ireland and scotland will get down to the lower end of single figures. but here, some of the best sunshine first thing on tuesday, whereas it willjust take a little while for this cloud across eastern england to thin and break, but, for tuesday, a lot of sunshine to come, plenty of dry weather, as you can see, and light winds, too. in terms of the temperatures, i think probably 1a or 15 willjust about cover it for scotland and northern ireland. we could get close to 20 across the south—east of england, but then, as we look at the remainder of the week, it is all change. an area of low pressure comes to dominate for wednesday,

it will kick the winds up in the west, even overnight tuesday. windy pretty much across the board on wednesday, with some heavy rain moving into the west. eastern england, perhaps, not faring too bad overall, but, for parts of northern ireland and the south—west of scotland, that rain could prove quite relentless, and we could get some pretty hefty totals here, although this rain approaching southern england looks like it could also be on the heavier side later in the day and on into the evening. and then, once the low pressure starts to take hold, we are really at the mercy of a series of low pressure centres rolling around each other, but generally still dominating the uk through the remainder of the week and on into the weekend. because of the way those areas of low pressure interplay with each other, pinning down the detail on exactly when we will get the wettest and windiest of the weather will be somewhat tricky, but what we definitely can say is that the end of the week and next weekend are looking very unsettled, with potential for some very heavy spells of rain and some strong winds, and the temperatures, well, considerably disappointing for the time of year — highs for the majority probably not even making it into the mid—teens.

tonight at six — a whole new level of restrictions for parts of the north—east of england. for the first time, you could be fined for meeting other households anywhere indoors. newcastle, county durham, northumberland — some of the places where it‘ll now be illegal to mix with people you don‘t live with — whether at home or in a pub or restaurant. we do not take these steps lightly, but we must take them and take them now, because we know that swift action is more likely to bring the virus under control. it‘s the first time mixing with other households in any indoor setting has been made illegal. has been made illegal in england. also tonight... the new 10pm curfew in england and scotland sees crowds pouring onto the streets at the same time and prompts calls for an urgent review. feeding the students who can‘t leave their halls of residence —