bad tempered, rude, and full of interruptions — donald trump and joe biden face each other in the first us presidential debate. the two men traded insults in a debate characterised by personal attacks and bitter exchanges. the radical left... will you shut up, man? listen, who is...? 0h, give me a break. you know what? there's nothing smart about you. well, it's hard to get any word in with this clown. excuse me, this... hey, let me just say... this is absolutely not true. wait, stop. you're doing it... we'll have the latest reaction live from cleveland, and seeing what the american breakfast shows made of it. the other headlines the prime minister will lead a news conference later about the coronavirus, amid continued confusion over local lockdowns. mr speaker, if the prime minister doesn't understand the rules and his own council leaders are complaining about mixed messages, how does

the prime minister expect the rest of the country to understand and follow the rules? i think people do understand why we are doing that. i think people do get it. i think people want us to defeat this virus and they want to see us doing it together. a warning from a leading cancer charity that almost a million women have missed vital breast screening appointments because of the pandemic. full steam ahead — the zero emissions train powered by hydrogen coming down the track. they want support for the arts — oh, yes, they do... the pantomime dames demanding the government gets behind them — and their industry. and in the sport on bbc news, the wait for another grand slam title goes on for serena williams. she's withdrawn from the french open with an achilles problem.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it was their first tv debate of the presidential election campaign and it wasn't pretty. donald trump and his democratic rivaljoe biden exchanged bitter insults during a heated 90 minutes on telelvision. the first head—to—head event of the campaign was dominated by personal insults and constant interruptions. mr biden called the president a "clown" and told him to "shut up" while mr trump brought up drug use by his rival‘s son. gary o'donoghue sent this report. debate night chaos. it was the event that gripped america. the candidates throw insults at each other and ignore the moderator at last night's bitter first presidential debate. it is the biggest moment of the election campaign so far.

toe—to—toe, face—to—face, the virtual sparring over, the time when the gloves come off. the radical left... will you shut up, man? who is on your...? 0h, give me a break. because you know what? there is nothing smart about you. well, it is hard to get any word in with this clown. excuse me. let mejust say... absolutely not true. despite the first subject being the vacant seat on the supreme court, much of the discussion centred on health care and whether the court could scrap the affordable care act. joe biden said the president wanted to take away health care from 20 million americans. the president said he would do a greatjob on drug prices. all of the things that we've done. i will give you an example, insulin, it was destroying families, destroying people, the cost. i am getting it for so cheap it is like water. on the supreme court itself, joe biden was challenged on whether democrats would add to the number ofjustices to balance out the conservative majority.

vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel. are you going to pack the court? make sure you in fact let people know. he doesn't want to answer the question. i'm not going to answer the question. why won't you answer the question? because the question is... the radical left... will you shut up, man? that is not true. gentlemen! the moderator has faced criticism for the descent into chaos. the covid pandemic was always going to be central to this debate. joe biden wasted no time in laying the blame for america's 7 million cases and 200,000 deaths at the president's door. if we would have listened to you, the country would have been left wide open, millions of people would have died, not 200,000. one person is too much, it is china's fault, it should have never happened. president trump's taxes were bound to be a question given claims he had

only paid $750 in federal income tax in his first year in office. millionaires and billionaires like him, in the middle of the covid crisis had done very well. billionaires have made another $300 billion. after months of protests following the killing of african americans by police, the president has made law and order a central question in his campaign. arguing that the democrats are anti—police. you can't even say the word law enforcement because if you say those words, you are going to lose all of your radical left supporters. president trump refused to condemn the proud boys and other white supremacist groups afterjoe biden accused him of racism. what do you want to call them? give me a name. white supremacists. who would you like me to condemn? the proud boys. proud boys, stand back and standby. but i will tell you what, i will tell you what,

somebody has got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right wing... his own fbi director... and then it all got really personal when the president began his much anticipated attack on joe biden‘s children. the moderator interrupted but the former vice president bit. he was not a loser, he was a patriot and the people left behind there were heroes. an estimated audience of 100 million watched the debate but who won? according to the cbs snap poll, 48% of viewers thought democratic candidate joe biden won this first debate with a1% saying it was donald trump. this was a thoroughly bad—tempered and chaotic affair. both sides will claim a victory, both sides will live to fight another day. gary o'donoghue is in cleveland now. the breakfast shows are airing this morning. what are they making of it

all? well, it depends who you are is the honest truth. that was always going to be the case. president trump's supporters obviously believe he laid a glove onjoe biden last night, particularly when it came to thoseissues night, particularly when it came to those issues around law and order. at one point, asking joe biden who have you got in the law and order community that supports you? the former vice president didn't have an a nswer to former vice president didn't have an answer to that. of course, the president didn't do himself any favours. he looked belligerent, he interrupted we are told around 73 separate times during the 90 minute debate. he wasn't very disciplined on his own messaging. for example, in the supreme court section, he got dragged off into a discussion of health care which is a hugely strong area for the democrats. all in all, you will take what you get out of it but there will be a third round of this and frankly everyone is going

to get a headache two times over. thank you very much. and after this programme at 1:30pm, we'll be looking back at some of the highlights from the debate in a special programme on the bbc news channel and you can watch it in full on the bbc iplayer. borisjohnson‘s government has been attacked for its "totally unsatisfactory" treatment of parliament in bringing in new covid restrictions. commons speaker sir lindsay hoyle said giving mps little or no notice about them is "a total disregard for the house". later this afternoon, the prime minister will host the latest news briefing — alongside his chief scientific and medical advisers — following confusion over local lockdowns. our political correspondent helen catt reports. as of today, nearly 2 million people in towns like newcastle are adjusting to life under new tighter rules. but how well do they know what they are? yesterday, the prime minister apologised after himself

getting the rules wrong. if the prime minister doesn't understand the rules and his own council leaders are complaining about mixed messages, how does the prime minister expect the rest of the country to understand and follow the rules ? country to understand and follow the rules? if he mentions the restrictions in the north—east, and i cleared that matter up as fast as i could, it is very clear that you shouldn't mix indoors either at home or in shouldn't mix indoors either at home orina shouldn't mix indoors either at home or in a hospitality setting, and you should avoid socialising outdoors. we need to apply that in the north—east because that is where it is spiking. i think people do understand why we are doing that. i think people do get it. i think people want us to defeat this virus and they want to see us doing it together. some mps think the rules would be clearer if parliament could debate and vote on any future changes before they were brought in. one of the conservatives most senior backbench mps graham brady had wa nted backbench mps graham brady had wanted to use a vote on renewing emergency coronavirus powers this afternoon to force the government to

give parliament to say. the speaker of the commons has now said that can't happen but he was clear that he is not happy either. the way in which the government has exercised its powers to make secondary legislation during this crisis has been totally unsatisfactory. all too often important information has been published a matter of hours before it has come into force on some explanations as why important measures that will come into effect before they can be laid before this house has been unconvincing and shows a total disregard for the house. at least 50 tories had said they would have backed sir graham's move, a threat which has led to some serious chats behind closed doors for the chief whip. so a compromise might be on the cards but the key is going to be what sort of say is on offer to mps. there is definite unhappiness in the conservative backbenches. if they don't like what

they hear, you can expect plenty more trouble. and it is notjust parties of a political kind that the prime minister may need to get under control. these pictures from coventry university suggests. boris johnson will give a press conference from downing street later as the infection rate rises. he is not expected to announce any new restrictions but he will certainly face questions about those already in place. helen catt, bbc news. and our political correspondent jess parkerjoins us now live from the houses of parliament. pretty remarkable intervention from the house speaker there. yes. the real action today before prime minister's questions even began. as you say, an explosive intervention from the speaker, lindsay hoyle, usually somebody who is regarded as a pretty mild mannered figure but really giving it both barrels today, accusing the government of treating parliament with content, saying ministers have been using emergency powers in a totally unsatisfactory way. in saying ministers must remedy the situation. crucially, though, he

did reveal, as expected, he would not be selecting an amendment designed to give mps a greater say over national restrictions, saying it would create legal uncertainty. talks have been going on between conservative mps and the government to try and reach some kind of compromise. one tory mp spoke to earlier, though, very insistent that he will need to see the small print first. importa ntly as he will need to see the small print first. importantly as well today, the speaker making it very clear will not hesitate to haul ministers in here to justify the use of their emergency powers, whether it is an urgent question or an emergency debate will stop the counter argument, of course, ministers need emergency powers to act quickly in a public health crisis. in terms of this wrestling match that is increasingly going on between parliament and the executive, the speaker lindsay hoyle just up to the auntie. thank you very much. there are mounting concerns about the rise in coronavirus infections in the north west of england. yunus mulla is in burnley,

which now has one of the highest infection rates in the country. what do they want to do about it? we have had additional restrictions in place here in parts of the north west for weeks and in some areas for months now. that covid—i9 infection rate continues to rise and here in burnley, it is passed 300 cases per 100,000. that is a significant increase over the past week. that has led to three directors of public health in lancashire issuing an urgent and clear message. they want people to follow the rules because they fear that a potential full lockdown, some kind of full lockdown, some kind of full lockdown, may just be lockdown, some kind of full lockdown, mayjust be weeks away. it isa similar lockdown, mayjust be weeks away. it is a similar message in other areas, including merseyside, where there was a suggestion of a short two week lockdown of the hospitality sector. but that would devastate many businesses so they want urgent financial packages to accompany any

kind of tough measures that are put in place there. here in lancashire, the rates are rising across the north west, rates are rising. the government has said any tougher measures that are put in place, such as those in the north—east, have come as a result of negotiations with councils and that will be the same if anything happened here. thank you very much. our health editor hugh pym is here. the prime minister with a news conference later on, what can we expect? the way it has been portrayed, is this is an update, a stock—take, looking portrayed, is this is an update, a stock—ta ke, looking at portrayed, is this is an update, a stock—take, looking at all the data and the scientific adviser sir patrick balance and the chief medical officer for england chris whitty will give their version of events as to where we are now with the prime minister. it seems that there won't necessarily be new announcements on restrictions. we know there is concern about the north west of england, particularly merseyside. it does seem very likely there will be some form of new

restrictions there if not today then in the days ahead. so, there will be a version of, if you like, how serious things have become, how the case numbers actually look. there is a debate in the commons with matt hancock, the health secretary, leading there, so we might hear more of the government's view of things at that point. the number of deaths has continued to rise across the uk, we have had the figures in from scotland. that latest daily reported deaths at seven, the highest since the middle ofjune. the first minister saying this is a sharp reminder that the virus is still spreading out there. of course we wait to see the number of cases in the uk stop the daily reported figure, it was above 7000 yesterday, quite a figure, it was above 7000 yesterday, quiteajump figure, it was above 7000 yesterday, quite a jump from the day before, although there can be daily fluctuations, so we need to look at the overall trend to be sure what is happening. thank you very much for that. and we'll have full coverage of the prime minister's press conference in a special programme on bbc one at az30pm.

almost1 million women in the uk have missed vital breast screening due to coronavirus — that's the warning from a leading cancer charity. breast screening programmes were paused in march as the nhs focused resources on tackling the pandemic and the charity breast cancer now calculates that around 8,600 women who have not had a scan have undetected breast cancer. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. pottering around her house. susan daniels has sent us these pictures from local lockdown in south wales. she tried to get a mammogram when the first lockdown started in march. but screening programmes were suspended to help the nhs deal with coronavirus. two months later, she found a lump in her breast. i hoped it would just go away after a couple of weeks. i was worried about leaving the house because we were just at the beginning of lockdown and, you know, there was so much going on in the press, it made you afraid to leave the house.

but, yes, when the lump did not go away, i knew i had to contact my gp. it turned out she did have cancer in both breasts. she had surgery last month and needs radiotherapy soon but feels things could have been worse if she had waited to be invited fora mammogram. the charity breast cancer now is also worried, calling coronavirus the biggest crisis in breast cancer in decades. the earlier it is diagnosed, the easier it is to treat but the charity has worked out that screening programmes were effectively stopped for more than four months, and that during that time, almost1 million women across the uk missed their mammograms. it thinks that nearly 9,000 of them could have breast cancer and not know it. we really need a practical, well thought—through plan for how we are going to get through this backlog and face the next stage of the pandemic while giving women, potentially with breast cancer,

the best possible chance of survival, and that comes with early diagnosis. susan says once she was diagnosed, she had excellent care. screening programmes are up and running again now but they were under pressure before the pandemic. now they also have to deal with the backlog and any new cases, just as a surge in coronavirus adds extra stress to the system. catherine burns, bbc news. the time is 1.18pm. our top story this lunchtime. bad tempered, rude and full of interruptions — donald trump and joe biden face each other in the first us and still to come — and we'll hear from holiday—makers we'll hear from holiday—makers who've been forced to wait months for a refund. and in the sport on bbc news, a lifeline for the national league. an emergency grant from the government should see the new season start on time this weekend.

there's a new train in town — and it's cleaner and greener than anything seen before on britain's railways. the hydrogen—powered hydroflex has had its first outing with a 25—mile round trip in warwickshire, reaching speeds of 50 miles an hour — all while producing zero emissions. our transport correspondent tom burridge was on board. a 20—mile, hydrogen—powered round trip, and a first for uk rail. here we are, uk mainline between evesham and long marston, running on completely clean, green electricity. hydrogen fuel cell and battery, it's a massive moment. on board, hydrogen is mixed with oxygen to produce electricity to power the motors. having trains that can run on hydrogen power means they can run where there aren't overhead wires. where there isn't electricity available, we can run trains that emit zero emissions. this is a prototype,

so its maximum speed is about 50mph. it takes most of the day to fill up its hydrogen tanks on board, and then it can travel about 100 miles. the challenge now is to get all of this equipment underneath the train so we can have passengers inside and run the service. the aim is for paying passengers to travel on trains like this one by the end of next year. the project has the government's backing. the hope with this is to get it up to 200 miles at a normal line speed and getting all the infrastructure in place will be important. and that's the broader challenge — having enough hydrogen available to power trains in the future, and ensuring that the hydrogen itself is sourced in a sustainable way. tom burridge, bbc news, in warwickshire. car manufacturers say they want the government to prioritise their industry during post—brexit trade talks. it comes after a confidential

letter, seen by the bbc, revealed the eu has rejected one of the industry's key demands. our economics editor faisal islam is in west london. the industry is not happy about it? know, simon, yes, the chief negotiator for the uk in know, simon, yes, the chief negotiatorfor the uk in a post brexit trade negotiations has written to the car industry, as you say, and a number of things they said were key priorities won't be able to be delivered because they have been rejected by the eu and, quoting lord david frost, "we obviously cannot insist on them", in one case, which is the area of counting foreign parts towards a british made threshold. why does that matter? we have been talking a lot about deal or no deal. even in a deal, some manufacturing might not count deal, some manufacturing might not cou nt towards deal, some manufacturing might not count towards a status where they have no taxes on trade, no tariffs, if they are not sufficiently

british. that is why this was so important. the car industry says you cannot trade off our industry against others and they are concerned about the direction of travel of the negotiations. thank you forjoining us. do you know someone who broke quarantine after travelling abroad ? or perhaps didn't self—isolate for 1h days after being told to by test and trace? well research for the bbc, suggests a hardcore minority of people are not prepared to obey rules even when the law requires it. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani joins me now. what have we found out? i think this feeds into the sense we have been getting that there are proms with people being understanding or not concerned enough. we commissioned ipsos mori to look at attitudes towards quarantine and self isolation, and the vast majority of people who took pa rt the vast majority of people who took part in the survey said they would comply with orders to self—isolate but look at this, on returning from holidays in covid hotspots, 10% said they would not or where unlikely to

self—isolate if returning from abroad. when we then drill down further and asked them if there were reasons where they thought it was acceptable, what are the specific reasons why you would do that, basically, 21%, a fifth said they would go to work rather than quarantine after a holiday and it rose further for people who said they had other people to care for. interestingly, simon, the fines for refusing to self—isolate are now up to £1000, a very clear message but some people just say it's not going to apply to them and they are going to apply to them and they are going to ignore them. let me give you one example, a young lady called alice from surrey went to majorca on holiday, knowing she should quarantine on her way back and quite rightly, she did not. this is what she said. i didn't have any symptoms. i felt absolutely fine. i hadn't really socialised with people while i was on holiday, i'd literallyjust stayed by the pool so ijust thought, if i'm going to catch it anywhere, it is going to be in england and not where i was. in majorca, ijust felt like i was a lot more safe. they were a lot more organised.

whereas in england, i feel like people aren't following all the rules. it probably was really selfish of me. i probably wouldn't do it again but at the time... i guess you just think of yourself. you want that holiday but you don't want to quarantine. nobody wants to quarantine. logical what are the police doing about this? we have had four investigations into quarantine breaches by the police, the majority of people were found to be complying but there were 700 cases where people could not get to the bottom of whether people had broken the law. —— have had 4000 investigations. today, the head of the national police chiefs council says there is not going to be a manhunt around these people because frankly, it looks like the police have got more serious province to deal with. thank you forjoining us. —— serious problems. having your holiday plans cancelled because of the coronavirus is frustrating enough — but some holiday—makers have been forced to wait up to five months for a refund. our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker has more.

golden beaches in the caribbean. millions of dream holidays have been ruined by the pandemic. roy and jan from wigan had their trip to barbados in april cancelled. the couple say getting a refund from tui was a battle. it is just a shocking way to treat people. they won't let you go on holiday if you don't pay them on time and yet they would not refund the money that was rightly yours. roy said he spent months trying to get £2,500 back from tui. eventually, he gave up and managed to claim a refund through his credit card provider instead. a lot of people could have done with the cost of that holiday money in their bank, and while tui were looking after themselves, hanging onto that money, other people were suffering. how do you feel about the way you have been treated, then? i get angry over it. that is caused by frustration. tui said it cancelled 2 million holidays and its systems were overwhelmed at the height

of the crisis, but it is on track to clear the backlog of refunds by the end of today. anyone whose package holiday has been cancelled has the right to a full cash refund. by law, you should get your money back within 14 days. now, if your flight is cancelled, you are entitled to a refund within seven days, but a huge backlog has led to long delays. another frustration for travellers has been airlines encouraging them to take vouchers instead of money back. british airways certainly did not make it easy for you to try to get a refund. terri from inverness now has two sets of vouchers from british airways for cancelled flights to moscow and new york. it was certainly made very difficult and still is difficult. you have to persevere and keep calling and calling if you want money back, but they make it very easy for you to accept vouchers. the airline says it will always provide a refund if a customer is eligible.

the travel industry, though, has been struggling to deal with the scale of this crisis, but travellers say they should not be the ones left out of pocket. sarah corker, bbc news, wigan. sports at all levels are worried about funding following the coronavirus pandemic. at the top levels they are suffering from a lack of spectators, and at lower levels they are struggling just to survive. laura scott reports. basketball is the second biggest team sport in england and is one of the most diverse. it has been doubly hit by recent government announcements. at the elite level, the lack of fans leaves the league at risk while grassroots games have been halted because they involve more than six people. all the hard work that has been put in by individuals, by communities who have built up clubs, whether they be professional or just amateur and junior level, all of those are going to fall to pieces and people are just going to walk away from the sport and we really don't want that to happen. as of the 24th of september,

the rule of six applies to adults playing indoor team sports in england. exemptions are in place for disabled people and under—18s to help keep them active. fitness classes, gyms and swimming pools can still operate with larger numbers, providing separate groups of six don't mix. england netball is one of the sports lobbying the government for changes to the rules. shiplake stars play walking netball and members say it provides them with invaluable physical, mental and social benefits, but heading into winter, they are worried about the impact of not having access to indoorfacilities. the grass gets slippy, the grass gets muddy, it rains, it is not nice for people to be outside, it is such a shame. it is just such a shame. it breaks my heart that the indoor facilities have been taken away from us at such short notice. i think it is a moment to be concerned, actually, that we do everything we can to allow people to still feel the benefits of being active. we have seen the numbers overall

starting to go down and i think people have realised how beneficial being active can be to their physical and mental well— being. with up to 300,000 job losses forecast for the sports sector, these are anxious times. sports at all levels now wait to see what help might be forthcoming. laura scott, bbc news. there was a bit of a pantomime in downing street today — oh, yes, there was! a collection of pantomime dames marched in protest at the damage being done to theatre by coronavirus restrictions. our arts editor will gompertzjoined them. we all know there's nothing like a dame, but the sight of them marching together en masse is enough to stop the traffic. they had gathered in london's west end to raise awareness of the devastating impact the pandemic has had on those working in british theatre. there was no support for the first three months. thankfully, i got online teaching

work, i was ok, i didn't need it. but there are swathes of other theatre professionals that are struggling and don't know what is going to happen next. well, we are aware of around 6,000 redundancies at the moment but i think that isjust the tip of the iceberg because also, many people have been laid off, and obviously, the numbers i am quoting are the ones where we have been involved in redundancy consultations, so i think there are many thousands more. our furlough ends next month and we don't know when we will go back to work because apparently we are not viable, so there is no support at all, u nfortu nately. the dames arrived at downing street. "he's behind you!" someone said. but the prime minister did not appear. there's not a huge number of them but those pantomime dames sure know how to throw their voices and get themselves heard. they are not lobbying to reopen theatres fully at the moment, nobody thinks that is particularly practical, but what they are saying is many of those people who work in theatre have fallen between the gaps in subsidy and they need support.

they also want to see extra insurance put in place