you should follow the guidance of local authorities. but, you should follow the guidance of localauthorities. but, it's six you should follow the guidance of local authorities. but, it's six and a home, or six local authorities. but, it's six and a home, orsix in local authorities. but, it's six and a home, or six in hospitality, but not as i understand it outside. no wonder people there are confused — what's the difference between a rule and a ban, is there a difference between advice and guidance iam i am worried that i'm going to get told that you are not going be allowed to do that when i don't really understand it. is changing every single day. but understand one rule, another one comes in. all this as figures show the highest daily number of covid—related deaths in the uk for nearly three months. there were a further 71 deaths — the highest since july the first. a million coronavirus deaths across the world — and it's hit the richest and poorest countries alike

university students affected by covid outbreaks before christmas, can go home — but they'll need to self—isolate borisjohnson says people are snooty about vocational qualifications — he pledges new training opportunities and, no, it's not science fiction — the great north air ambulance service really is testing out a jet—pack rescue kit let's get more now on borisjohnson‘s apology after he was unable to clarify new local lockdown restrictions which are being imposed in north—east england. in some regions, a new law banning households from mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants, will take effect from midnight. the confusion comes as new figures reveal there have been a further 7,143 cases of coronavirus in the uk — the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began. the figures also show that

a further 71 people have died in the uk within 28 days of testing positive, the biggest deathtoll since the start ofjuly. this brings the total number of deaths to 42,072. our first report is from our north of england correspondent fiona trott. just hours away from enforcing a new law. i see you have got your qr code. 25 council staff patrolling a whole city and trying to advise managers about details they haven't yet seen. it's not just staff who have questions, it is customers too. just trying to understand one rule and then another one comes in and your thinking, oh, well. woman is something else, and the next minute, it's different.

it's very confusing about what to do. they are confused themselves. here is where he thinks politicians are confused. and the restrictions are indoors? i don't know the answer to that question, but i am sure they can find out the answer to that question, i don't have the details of those seven areas. about four hours later, the prime minister said this. tight measures have been brought in. you should follow the guidance of local authorities, but it is six in a home or six in hospitality, but as i understand it, not six outside. then, less than two hours later, an apology on social media and an explanation that you can't meet people from different households indoors and should avoid socialising outside. here in newcastle, the council has described today ‘s messaging is shambolic. the main issue has been brought about by the mixed messages given

by central government in relation to the outdoor indoor aspect, and what the interpretation is by premises, never mind the public. so we have been trying to go out and give guidance, which is often difficult when it has yet to be implemented and realised. from tomorrow, if i met friends here that i didn't live with or were not in my support bubble, i would be breaking the law. now, if i came outside and socialised within a group of six, i wouldn't be, but it would be against government advice. it would be illegal to go to a private garden and socialised it would be illegal to go to a private garden and socialise with other households, but up to six of us could go for a social distance to walk. it's a lot to remember, and there is concern about getting fined for simply getting it wrong. it's making me a bit anxious and worried, because i am worried that i will get told, you're not allowed to be doing that, when i didn't understand it. any information coming from the government, you need to scour it to understand even doing anything, you need to properly think

about if it is going to break any rules. even then, you can't be sure. a city preparing for a new way of life, and knowing that any mistakes could put lives at risk. let's speak to the leaders of two council areas that will be affected by these restrictions. joining me is is the labour leader of sunderland city council graeme miller. and i'm alsojoined by martin gannon — the labour leader of gateshead council. on the prime minister is confused about these restrictions, guidelines, laws and how they differ. it's difficult for other people. are you clear in your mind now? very clear, the rule says you can have six people in your house, your friends and family unit, but

your friends and family unit, but you cannot have six anywhere else. if you do, you're either breaking the law or you're breaking the government wishes to do so. you can have your social bubble support if you need them to look after your children and you've got childcare covered by that and social care, but other than that, you cannot muted each of these houses, you cannot meet and each of these houses, you cannot meet and each other‘s gardens, you can bump into each other in a public rest room, are not socialist together —— restaurant. but you cannot socialise together. and people are just confused. guidelines, can they be enforced? if people are breaking the spirit of

the guidelines, but the police do than? with the restaurant owners to then? guidelines or guidelines. they cannot be enforced. the, regulations law, or that you do not mix households, unless it is a support bubble. i have a mother—in—law that lives alone and we support her. it is the same in pubs. restaurants, cafes. you cannot mix there or in your household. ordained by the prime minister which is outside, so therefore it is guidance rather than regulations. and it is absolutely shambolic. of course, it is confused. but the main message that needs to be put across the northeast of england and i do not think the

re st of of england and i do not think the rest of the country is far different is that we have a really serious problem here and infections are climbing and it's well over one the infection rate and we have had over 3000 cases in the past seven days and that is doubling every seven days, so we have to get these levels of transmissions under control, otherwise, there's only one more place to go and that is either full lockdown, which is absolutely catastrophic to the economy, to let the virus let rip and that will flood the nhs and result in multiple thousands of fatalities we are in a very difficult place. people need to ta ke very difficult place. people need to take this very, very seriously. and you have called as the region for

tighter restrictions and you have been consulted about this, even if you're caught perhaps on the hop today. you were urging the government is. we've been talking to the ministerfor weeks government is. we've been talking to the minister for weeks because we can see you through the directors of public health, we can see from our nhs partners that the numbers of people starting to contract the virus again were increasing in three weeks ago, it was a low number. we see where that is gone now and so we have got to matt hancock and we would really like support get more restrictions in place to try and dampen down the spread of the infection and gain control of it again. we've been having those conversations until friday and to find a monday that matt hancock to comes out with this press release

and it has been at that stage me giving us the regulations so that we know what we're expected do some of the local authorities would not peer to tell the people in government consent on this that we did a good job on keeping people accountable and people have understood the importance of it. today, people have seen all sorts of things that are supposedly happening from mid night tonight, but we have not been able tonight, but we have not been able to tell our residents, we have not been able to see the regulations that my counsel got the regulation document earlier this afternoon. however the police be able to cope with do you think was mike do you haveit with do you think was mike do you have it covid—i9 marshall's in some areas do? let's be absolutely clear. think about 4000 police officers

from scottish borders, down to north yorkshire. they have their leave and there's all sorts of other issues. some many police officers that e nforce some many police officers that enforce yes, the system people will be targeted. but literally, this takes everybody. we drive on the right side of the road, we wear seat belts and we obey the law because it is the right thing to do. it is necessary for everyone. after asking about these restrictions and that is one of the things that really infuriates me and the north east england, you need to get this under control. we ask for support from the government but the only give us a small bit of what we asked for. but they also asked to give control of they also asked to give control of the track and trace, and control

test track and trace, have we done that, this outbreak wouldn't of occurred and that to the disaster and we would've controlled it. we've also asked financial support for hospitality sector to launch so many jobs in the england because the restrictions. and we have asked the government to gives that support, £10 million a week to keep these businesses and we're still waiting to hear back. we've asked for this and they've given us only part of what we ask for. four more areas in wales, this time in north wales, are going into local lockdown. half a million people will be affected by these latest measures. two thirds of the country was already in lockdown

by tea—time yesterday. let's talk to hywel griffith our wales correspondent. how severe they going to be? the new measures come in the counties of conway, rex and, so about northeast wells and all 500,000 people, half million people living there. will that mean for them at 6pm on thursday. there will be no longer to travel in or out of their county area for valid reasons, such as work, education or to deliver care and rules on how you can meet indoors. you cannot meet anyone who was not in her household indoors and they are all outdoors and you can meet up to 30 people outdoors and thatis meet up to 30 people outdoors and that is the same in the blood down. the confusion that some people have

had —— and the lockdown. coming into force in 6pm on thursday in those four areas. and face covering for children as well over a certain age. face coverings for children aged 11 01’ face coverings for children aged 11 or over, when it comes to the age of six, those under the age of 11 and not count. there are differences and people have gotten very used to the devolved differences, but for places like north wales, their poor borders and millions of people live in the northwest of england, but much of what working wales in may go on to go to places where they too will be affected from tourist operators who are losing bookings already because they're concerned are losing bookings already because they‘ re concerned about are losing bookings already because they're concerned about what they can go that's a six p:m., no one could come into this counties for a holiday. it doesn't count as a valid

reason. looking elsewhere, what his complaints been like within wales? have been in local like them for two weeks or so. there is an element of policing, not so much border patrol by the police to have the power to question people as to whether or not they should be going over county lines in terms of people meeting indoors. it is much harder to grasp. he andi indoors. it is much harder to grasp. he and i carrying too many reports of police being called in the house parties but it does feel like in wales, it is a case of who, it's a matter of five or six counties in wales and only a quarter of the welsh population from thursday evening will be living under the standard measures, rather than the specific restrictions. in northern ireland, the devolved government has announced a curfew for pubs and restaurants. they'll be banned from serving customers after half past ten in the evening and will have

to close their doors by eleven. the curfew will come into force from midnight on wednesday. just under one in six secondary schools in england have been forced to send at least some pupils home with covid—19 symptoms. according to a department of education survey, some 16% of secondaries were affected with partial closures in the week ending 24 september — double the rate the previous week. by contrast only 5% of primary schools reported sending pupils home to limit the spread of the disease. borisjohnson says he wants to end what he called the snooty distinction between academic and vocational qualifications. speaking in exeter he said the pandemic had already exposed the shortcomings in the labour market. the government is promising a "lifetime skills guarantee" with radical changes to adult education in england aimed at preparing workers for a post—covid economy. here's our chief political correspondent vicki young.

getting ready for a new challenge. things haven't always been smooth for the government and that is pandemic and there are long—term issues too. the shortcomings of our labour market and our educational system has been painfully apparent. in areas like retail, jobs are going and may never return. workers will need different skills and the government wants a more flexible system, especially for those who don't go to university. we have got to end the pointless, nonsensical golf that has been fixed for generations, more than 100 years, between the so—called academic and the so—called practical varieties of education. further education colleges like this one in exeter will get more funding, and it's not just about school leavers. retraining could be needed at any time. paul lost his job a few months ago, but took a course and now works in a school. i think if prior to having

the qualification, i would have felt like i didn't have the right skill set for thatjob. but because i have been able to say that i have used my spare time to try and improve myself, it's a good way of putting your best foot forward in an interview. from april in england, adults who don't have an eye level from april in england, adults who don't have an a level or equivalent will be offered a free college course. many need help now. why are you telling them they have to wait until next april? this is about a package to support lifelong learning to deal with basic problems that the uk economy has had for a long time. labour has welcomed the plan, but says it follows years of cuts to further education. we have seen a massive reduction in the number of foundation degrees, the number of people doing hmcs, the funding for further education. so this is about taking a step back up the mountain. the government have failed

to mount over the course of the last ten years. today was a rare chance for borisjohnson to talk about his policy agenda, something more positive than the day—to—day battle with coronavirus. but there is no escaping its impact. the shake—up of adult education and training is going to be needed far more urgently than ever because of the prospect of rising unemployment. many will have to adapt to new ways of working far more quickly than anyone expected. police and the operator of the manchester arena have admitted that mistakes were made on the night of the terrorist attack at the venue in may 2017. twenty—two people were killed when salman abedi detonated a home—made device at the end of a music concert. the public inquiry into the attack has been hearing opening statements from key organisations which were involved. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports.

this footage shows salman abedi scoping out the city room at manchester arena. he walks past people queueing at the box office and the entrance doors. four days later, he returned to the same spot and exploded his bomb. ever since the attack, questions have been asked about who was in charge of security in that particular part of the building. the arena's operator, smg, says it was a shared responsibility. because the city room, in contrast to the arena itself, was a public space it was not controlled by smg. we do not accept that smg had sole responsibility for security there. the police also had such responsibilities. when the bomb exploded there were no officers in the city room and afterwards the first emergency help came from british transport police who were next door at victoria station. some of the bereaved families have accused those responsible for security here at manchester arena of starting a carousel of blame.

today lawyers for british transport police said they did not want to get on board that carousel but said that the security firm who employs stewards here had already started spinning. meanwhile they said they hope their staff would not be treated as scapegoats. the arena operator argues that they were responsible for providing counterterrorism advice. the company says it was not and that its stewards were not ex military. instead, as you should understand, typical amongst the groups, it offered part—time work to would—be students and others who were seeking to supplement their income. those who worked for showsec were people who would not have policing experience. john atkinson was not treated by paramedics for nearly 50 minutes. the enquiry will establish whether a quicker response could have saved him. 22 people were killed in the bombing. today the north west ambulance service accepted it had made mistakes but said its inadequacies had not contributed

to any individual death. the public prosecution service of northern ireland has stuck to an earlier decision and announced there'll be no further prosecutions of former soldiers over their actions on bloody sunday. it follows a review of the cases of 15 veterans. one man, soldier f, remains the only former serviceman to face legal action. thirteen people were killed and 15 others wounded when the army opened fire on protesters in londonderry injanuary 1972. the duchess of sussex has lost the latest ruling on her high court action against the publisher of the mail on sunday over its decision to print a letter sent to her estranged father. meghan claims the publication last year. of excerpts from the handwritten letter to thomas markle —— was a misuse of her private information and breached the data protection act. but the latest ruling means the mail on sunday will be able to use

a recent biography of the duke and duchess of sussex in its defence. bbc director general tim davie has said he would be prepared to sack presenters who make major breaches of impartiality guidelines on social media. his comments come after criticism of stars such as gary lineker, who has courted controversy in the past for sharing his political views on twitter. responding to mr davie's comments mr lineker said: "i think only twitter can take people off twitter." donald trump and joe biden go head to head in just a few hours in the first us presidential tv debate — and it could be lively. the president's on the back foot — after revelations in the new york times about his business losses and tax affairs.. it's likely to come up. our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghe reports. the stage is almost set, the actors soon to be in place and america is about to get its first head—to—head show in this battle for the white house.

the president has reportedly done little formal preparation, instead questioning his opponent's mental capacity, repeatedly calling him sleepyjoe, and going further. i always joke, but it's true, he was no winston churchill in debating, but he was fine. and people say he was on performance enhancing drugs. and the former vice president's reaction to that? he laughs. he's almost... no, i have no comment. it was here in cleveland four years ago that donald trump was anointed as the republican candidate president. now he finds himself trailing in the polls, trailing in the swing states and being outspent by the democrats. this debate is his chance to change the dynamics of this election. the debate will cover six areas, among them the supreme court and the controversy surrounding the filling of the vacant seat. also the handling of the covid

pandemic and the integrity of the election, a favourite subject of the president. so who has most to lose? so some people might think the stakes are higher for trump because he's behind in the polls. i think that the way makes up ground, however, is by biden looking bad. so, in that sense, biden's performance is more important than trump's performance. donald trump showed four years ago that he was prepared to break the normal rules of such debates. it just awfully good that someone with a temperamental donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. yeah. because you'd be injail. and during that campaign, both he and joe biden demonstrated that sheer dislike for one another. the press always ask me, "don't i wish i were debating him?" no, i wish we were in high school, i could take him behind the gym. cheering. that's what i wish. he wants to bring me

to the back of the bar? 0h! some things in life you could really love doing. unlike previous debates, the two contenders will not have a big audience to feed off — as few as 60 people are expected to be in the hall itself. nevertheless, this moment will touch tens of millions of americans, and that all—important tiny group who haven't yet made up their minds. and if you're able to stay up for it. you can watch that debate live from 1.30am tonight on the bbc news channel — and tomorrow on bbc iplayer. now, it's time for a look at the weather. hello. for a large swathe of the uk, it's been a fine day with a decent dose of sunshine. tomorrow, though, it is likely to look very different, thanks to low—pressure rolling in from the atlantic and a lot of wet and windy

weather coming our way. what we had through today was a little ridge of high pressure. that is now slinking off into the north sea. as the low pressure approaches from the atlantic, the winds will start to strengthen in the west through the evening, we'll see rain moving into northern ireland and through the small hours, that rain will extend west in scotland and into cumbria and more broadly across the northwest into wales and the southwest and the rains will be heavy and accompanied by fairly gusty winds. south—westerly winds, and accompanied by a fairly gusty winds. south—westerly winds, a milder night for many than we've had in recent nights. wednesday morning starts great and wet in the west, potentially a brighter start than we had to stay with the cloud lingered around. potentially a brighter start than we had for tuesday come the afternoon, there'll be some sharp showers breaking out ahead with the main band of rain and heavy rain pushing to the south in the afternoon and evening. perhaps a little bit brighter to the afternoon for was northern england,

but also towards the evening for northern ireland and the northwest of scotland, as this whole frontal system swings its way eastwards. there is a little hill, a little bump, if you like, to the south of that area of low pressure for thursday. that is a very brief little ridge of high pressure and it will settle things down for thursday. so, we will have lighter winds, a lot of dry weather around, some showers for eastern scotland, some heavier ones getting into the west later in the day. generally, in contrast wednesday, are quiet today. on the chilly side, highs of 13 or 14 degrees, very much the calm before the storm. this is the area of low pressure that's our big forecast headache at the moment. friday could bring very strong winds to the south of the uk and set to stay with us on into the weekend, but positioning exactly is proving rather difficult as we move from model run to model run, because of a series of areas of low pressure effectiveness, that's where we get the worst of the weather and subject to some changes and certainly for the end of the week, it is looking chilly and very, very unsettled, the wettest weather currently thoughts are at the moment, across england and wales. for the weekend, we even things out and looking pretty

unsettled across the board.

this is bbc news. not much can change american voters minds about this election. but tonight's presidential debate does have the ability to swing the race. 100 million americans are expected to tune in to watch the drama of donald trump face to face withjoe biden. this is the scene live in cleveland, where in just a few hours' time, the two septuagenarians will lock horns and show audiences what they're made of. also in the programme... another grim milestone. the death toll from covid—19 now exceeds 1 million people, and rising. a fifth of those deaths were in the united states. and in the uk, confusion reigns. what chance for the rest of us, if the government can't explain, the covid rules we are expected to follow.