this is bbc news. the headlines: a dressing down for borisjohnson‘s government by the commons speaker for showing a "total disregard" for parliament in the way it is bringing in new covid restrictions. i am looking to the government to remedy a situation i regard as completely unsatisfactory. i now look to the government to rebuild the trust with this house and not treat it with the contempt that it has shown. the prime minister will lead a news conference at 5pm about the coronavirus. earlier he traded blows with labour about confusion over local lockdowns. if the prime minister does not 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. a lifeline for the national league — clubs are told they will receive emergency grants to enable them to start the new season on saturday. good afternoon. boris johnson's government has been strongly criticised by the house of commons speaker for what he called its "totally unsatisfactory" treatment of parliament in bringing in new covid restrictions. sir lindsay hoyle said giving mps little or no notice about them

was "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. 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 does not 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? 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 should not mix indoor — either at home or in a hospitality setting. 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, sir graham brady, had wanted to use a vote on renewing emergency coronavirus powers this afternoon to force the government to give parliament a say. the speaker of the commons has now said that cannot 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 strategies have been published a matter of hours before they come into force. some explanations why important measures have 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. are you going to give mps a say on coronavirus restrictions? yes, we are. 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 do not like what they hear, we can expect plenty more trouble. and it's notjust parties of a political kind that the prime minister may need to get under control, as these pictures from coventry university suggest. borisjohnson 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, westminster. let's get the very latest on this — our political correspondent iain watson is at the central lobby

of the houses of parliament. difficult times for boris johnson difficult times for borisjohnson at the moment. what about the split and this amendment not happening, but what will happen in the house this afternoon? it will be very interesting few hours. it was jaw—dropping when the speaker, even before the prime minister got up to ta ke before the prime minister got up to take part in prime minister's questions, delivered a statement. really whacked the government all over the place, saying that they had effectively been treating parliament with contempt the way they have been going about announcing some of these emergency measures to deal with the coronavirus crisis. he suggested they were totally unsatisfactory. one senior conservative mp said to me afterwards it was the strongest intervention he had heard from a speaker in 29 years, even including john burke out, he was a very controversial figure. john burke out, he was a very controversialfigure. although john burke out, he was a very controversial figure. although what the figure was saying was very strong in terms of the right rhetoric, what many conservatives, and labourand lib dems rhetoric, what many conservatives, and labour and lib dems politicians wa nted and labour and lib dems politicians wanted to hear, was that he would

accept this amendment, allow mps to have a say in future over any new national measures, which the government might introduce. he said, effectively for technical reasons, they had listened to the commons clerks, effectively he was not going to allow that, but he made it very, very clear where his sympathies lay. what is going to happen this afternoon? well, there's going to be afternoon? well, there's going to be a debate for perhaps 90 minutes on renewing the coronavirus emergency legislation, there will be a straight yes or no vote at the very end of that period. what has been going on behind—the—scenes is that the leading figures behind this amendment, this attempt to get parliament a greater say, sir graham brady, and his colleagues have been meeting with the chief whip. we believe they have reached a compromise and we believe that the health secretary matt hancock will probably outline that compromise, along with perhaps another senior figure, in the house of commons just as that debate gets under way. i cannot tell you exactly what that

compromises, but what they have been pushing for very much is this idea of having some kind of advanced vote before new regulations come in, as opposed to simply a retrospective vote which is what they are getting on the rule of six, which will confuse the prime minister yesterday. i believe, if there is to bea yesterday. i believe, if there is to be a compromise, they will have to be a compromise, they will have to be an element of allowing, where practical, mps to get some kind of advance say in this and not leave it down to government ministers to impose regulations and then for eve ryo ne impose regulations and then for everyone else to talk about them afterwards. without this amendment, what time does estimate get after under way? we expected to get under way in the next hour and to last for around one hour and a half. assuming the prime minister is very keen for it to conclude before 5pm, because it to conclude before 5pm, because it takes longer to vote now, socially distance voting, mps will strea m socially distance voting, mps will stream in here and cast their vote, but at 5pm, the premise is due to give his press conference, which we are expecting further grim news

about the progress of the coronavirus. i do not know what the figures will be but the figures are bad, which suggest they will be even higher than yesterday's total, more than 7000 new cases in a day. from the government's point of view, although there is a lot of manoeuvring to give mps a say, what they believe is that given the grim backdrop in so many parts of the country, the public will be on the government's site and taking swift action and if necessary imposing further restrictions. like the prime minister will probably be taking questions later, after the confusion yesterday and his mistake when he was asked what these restrictions we re was asked what these restrictions were locally, one minister accusing eve ryo ne were locally, one minister accusing everyone of playing a game, equally show, with these questions. are things getting a bit snarky out there? i think they are. if you're remember at the height of the pandemic, there was this idea that perhaps the press were losing the trust of people by asking too many difficult questions, this will called gotcha questions but it did

seem called gotcha questions but it did seem to trivialise the situation a bit when it was suggested that it was some kind of crucial. it sounds far more trivial than perhaps the situation requires. again, it was pretty gnocchi during prime minister's questions when the prime minister, not for the first time, accused starmer of sniping from the sidelines. he said he was simply trying to hold the government to greater scrutiny even though he agrees with the restrictions that have been imposed, there had to be more clarity about what those restrictions were. to be perfectly honest, i probably find taking part in millionaire or the chase or something like that a lot easier than describing to you what the regulations are in different parts of the country because they are so different. in bolton, pubs shut, in other parts of lancashire, it is simply that households cannot mix. in most of the country, it is a 10pm cu rfew in most of the country, it is a 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants. it is aniipm in curfew on bars and restaurants. it is an ”pm in northern ireland.

there is a growing sense that there is perhaps too much confusion and there should be more clarity. that goes across party lines. this is not something raised by the leader of the opposition. one thing that certainly most of borisjohnsonmy conservative colleagues are com pletely conservative colleagues are completely opposed to is a clarity that would come through imposing new national measures. they want a new national measures. they want a new national lockdown avoided at all costs. nonetheless, around 16 million people in the uk are living under enhanced restrictions that go beyond the national minimum. thank you very much for that. we can talk much for that. now to the shadow health minister alex norris. is that the main problem? we have heard in recent weeks it seems real chaos around communications. it is a problem for the prime minister to not be able to explain restrictions that are coming on that day. i would think it is wrong to talk about gotcha moments. iwould have think it is wrong to talk about gotcha moments. i would have some sympathy if the prime ministers

struggled to differentiate between some of the rules that were put in place many weeks or months ago, but to not get this right isjust shown the government has lost control of this virus, they have lost control of communications, and as a result people are getting really frustrated. borisjohnson people are getting really frustrated. boris johnson standing up frustrated. boris johnson standing up and getting questions that might be challenging, i think that is wrong. there is a lot of criticism of him for that. what about personal responsibility here? if you're in the north—east and north—west, you're going to look to what the restrictions are that affect you, there is a bit of personal responsibility and all this. absolutely. the vast majority of the british people have done an incredible job in following the national or local regulations, we expect them to look them up, expect them to talk to each other about it and hold each other to account, but i think it is reasonable for them to expect the prime minister to have some awareness of expect the prime minister to have some awareness of what is going on. he did not, and i think that is really troubling. white back but you

would not want to see a national lockdown because that would make life easier would you? we have supported local lockdown is. we have supported local lockdown is. we have supported increasing restrictions. however, there is nothing inevitable about the situation we find ourselves in. the virus has suddenly become more challenging, more infectious because the government have lost control. as a result, people are going to lose some of their freedoms. we need strong leadership, better strategies of where the government is going to go next. at the moment, it is chaotic. they cannot agree amongst themselves, never mind provide strong leadership. we have got this debate later, then the prime minister addressing the nation, what do you want him to see? to calm nerves, people are beginning to get very nerves, people are beginning to get very nervous nerves, people are beginning to get very nervous about how this is being handled, are they? with regards to the coronavirus, we will not be opposing it, we think it is

responsible to give the government those emergency powers. we will supported as we have done previously, but we want to hear matt man clock see how government will have a say. i cannot convince can situations this is good because it is not. i would like to see greater clarity there. for the prime minister, it looks like a desperate attempt to try and show that he has got control. we want to see a clear strategy, how they are going to resolve testing and tracing, because thatis resolve testing and tracing, because that is why we are in this situation. the testing programme has lapsed and they are not tracking close contacts of those who have covid. we want to see some leadership, we won't see a sense of strategy and pulling people together, rather than what we have seen together, rather than what we have seenin together, rather than what we have seen in recent weeks. pretending everything is ok because nobody thinks that is true. that is exactly what you're starmer, your leader, whizzing earlier in the prime minister accused him of sniping from the sidelines. it is very easy to

criticise. it is an impossible position for any government anywhere, isn't it? this is very challenging. however, they must acce pt challenging. however, they must accept that we have differentially worse outcomes than other countries. there is a reason for that and that is because the government policy has been chaotic. they have lost control of the testing and tracing. we always have a challenging opposition but one day will be told we are to support it because we are accepting regulations, that is what i was told only last week, and then they say whenever we challenge anything, borisjohnson says we whenever we challenge anything, boris johnson says we cannot ask questions. that is what we are supposed to do as the opposition. to find well balanced opposition, we think your starmer and the new leadership he going very well. people seem to seem to respond to that. we are going to continue doing what we think is best. not best, but what we think is best. not best, but what we think is best for the country. that is what the british people need from their opposition.

thank you for your time. there are mounting concerns about the rise in coronavirus infections in the north west of england. yunus mulla sent us this update from burnley — which now has one of the highest infection rates in the country. we have had additional restrictions in place here and part of the north west for weeks, and in some areas for months now but that covid—i9 infection rate continues to rise. and here in burnley, it is past 300 cases per 100,000 mark. a significant increase over the past week. that has led to three directors of public health here 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, 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, rates are rising across the north west, rates are rising, the government has said that 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. four councils in north wales are to go into local lockdown. from 6pm tomorrow, people will not be able to leave or go into conwy, denbighshire, flintshire, and wrexham unless they have a " reasonable excuse". menawhile, planned surgeries have been temporarily stopped at a hospital in south wales in a bid to deal with a rise in coronavirus cases. the royal glamorgan hospital in llantrisant has 82 cases linked to transmission on the site. patients who would usually be taken to the a&e department in an emergency will be sent to hospitals in bridgend, merthyr tydfil or cardiff instead. our wales correspondent tomos morgan

has more — hejoins me now. there is a general sense of this increasing scale of the problem. this hospital is in an area of wales which has particularly suffered during this most recent surge in coronavirus cases in wales. they did have a cluster last week. the health board decided to shut two of the words, but that clearly has not been enough and they have taken this step step to stop all surgeries to stop the spread. back in march, when we had the first wave of the pandemic in april, all planned surgeries was stopped in wales before any of the other four nations. it looks as though they have had to revert back to this in the royal glamorgan in order to curb the spread of the virus there. as you said, 82 cases they are. a, six people in intensive care. it is one of the hardest—hit areas of wales, and as you also say,

by tomorrow evening, there will be another four local authorities in wales that will be going into local lockdown restrictions. what those mean in wales is that nobody should be leaving their area without a reasonable excuse. that may be working where they cannot work from home, they have to go to a place of work, going for elite sports, going to school or for caring responsibilities, but for any other reason, people should not be leaving their area. the government have said time and again people have to think consciously about whether or not they do have to make those journeys any more to limit the spread of the infection. when those four areas to go into local lockdown measures in north wales tomorrow, it will mean that only six areas of wales, six very rural that only six areas of wales, six very rural areas, that only six areas of wales, six very rural areas, will be the only ones that are not in a local lockdown, which does mean that back and looks more likely that with more areas of wales, 70% of the

population now in wales under local lockdown restrictions, it looks increasingly likely in something the welsh government have not ruled out, that the prospect of another wales white lockdown, maybe not as severe as before but some sort of wales white lockdown could happen in the near future. so what do we expect borisjohnson to say later today? our health editor hugh pym told me it's likely to be an update of all the recent data on the spread of the virus. the scientific adviser sir patrick vallance 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 will not necessarily be any big new announcements on restrictions. we know, we have been hearing there, 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. 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. with matt hancock, so we may 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, the latest daily report in deaths at seven, the highest since the middle ofjune. nicola sturgeon, 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, the daily reported figure was above 7000 yesterday, quite a jump on the day before. although there can be daily fluctuations, so we need to look at the overall trend to be sure what is happening. 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 ninety—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 us this report. debate night chaos... it was the event that gripped america... the candidates hurl insults at each other and ignore the modest rate at the first presidential debate. other and ignore the modest rate at the first presidential debatem other and ignore the modest rate at the first presidential debate. it is the first presidential debate. it is the biggest moment of the election campaign so far. toe to toe, face—to—face, the virtual sparring over, time for the gloves to come off. will you shut up, man? give me a break. there is nothing smart about you. it is hard to get any word on with this cloud. right back despite the first subject being the va ca nt despite the first subject being the vacant seat on the supreme court, much of the discussion centred on health care. whether the court could

scrap the affordable health care act. joe biden said the president wa nted 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 have done, i give you an example, insulin, it was destroying families, destroying people because they were 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 of justices to balance out the conservative majority. vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel. vote now, make sure you are in fa ct let feel. vote now, make sure you are in fact let people know the senators. i will not answer the question. the question is... will you shut up, man? stop! gentleman! the moderator has faced criticism for the descent into chaos. the covert pandemic was

a lwa ys into chaos. the covert pandemic was always going to be central to this debate, and joe biden wasted no time in laying the blame for america's 7 million cases and 200,000 deaths at the president's door. —— covert pandemic. the country would have been left wide open, millions of people would have died, one person is too much, it is china's fault, it should have never happened. president tom's taxes were bound to bea president tom's taxes were bound to be a question given claims he had only paid $750 in federal income tax only paid $750 in federal income tax on his first year in office. millionaires and billionaires like him, in the middle ofa millionaires and billionaires like him, in the middle of a covid crisis, have done very well. billionaires have made another $300 billion will stop 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. arguing that the democrats are anti-police. you cannot 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 you want to call them? white supremacists. the proud boys stan back and stand by, but i will tell you what, somebody has got to do something about anti—fat and are left because this is not a right wing problem. then it all got really personal when the president began his much anticipated attack onjoe biden's children. the moderator interrupted but the former vice president... sign that he was not a loser, he was a patriot and the people left behind there were heroes. an estimated the audience of 100 million watched the debate, but

who won? according to the snap poll, 48% of viewers thought democratic candidate joe biden won 48% of viewers thought democratic candidatejoe biden won this first debate, with a1% saying it was donald trump. this was a thoroughly bad and chaotic affair. both sides will claim a victory, both sides will claim a victory, both sides will live to fight another day. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, cleveland, ohio. and if you want to see more of that debate, you can watch it in full on the bbc iplayer. 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 actually 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 when the lump did not go away, i knew that i had to contact my gp. it turned out that she did have cancer in both breasts. she had surgery last month and needs radiotherapy soon, but feels that things could have been worse if she had waited to be invited for a mammogram. the charity breast cancer now is also worried, it calls coronavirus the biggest crisis in breast cancer

decades. the earlier it is diagnosed, the easier it is to treat, but the charity has worked out that screening programmes we re effectively stopped for more than four months, and that during that time, almost1 million women across the uk have missed their mammograms. it thinks that nearly 9000 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. 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 a surge in coronavirus adds extra

stress to the system. catherine burns, bbc news. 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 it's first outing with a 25—mile round trip in warwickshire, reaching speeds of fifty miles an hour — all while producing zero emissions. our transport correspondent tom burridge was on board. a20 mile a 20 mile hydrogen powered round trip and the first four uk rail. here we are, uk mainline, running on com pletely clea n, here we are, uk mainline, running on completely clean, green electricity. hydro fuel cell and battery. white back on—board, hydrogen is mixed with oxygen to produce electricity white back to power the motors. having trains that can run on hydrogen power means they can run where there aren't overhead wires, no electricity available, we can run trains that emit zero emissions. this is a prototype, so its maximum

speed is about 50 mph. it takes most of the day to fill up its hydrogen ta nks 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 on the surface. the aim is for paying passengers to travel on trains like this one by the end of next year. the project has a government's backing. the hope is to get it up to 200 miles normal line speed and get all the infrastructure in place will be important. that is the broader challenge, having enough hydrogen available to powertrains in the future. ensuring that the hydrogen itself is sourced in a sustainable way. tom burridge, bbc news and warwickshire. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. if you managed to spend the dry and

bright, you have done well so far. that persistent rain will be across eastern counties of england after morning sunshine. a blustery end, but not particularly chilly. further west, we will see some sunshine developed but i will be punctuated by thundery showers. east anglia clears, stays wet across the north—east of scotland. elsewhere, showers become fewer in number and it will be a fresher night than a nightjust gone. in parts of south—west scotland, northern ireland, could be a bit of press to ta ke ireland, could be a bit of press to take us into tomorrow morning. only one or two showers tomorrow morning. most of the persistent rain will be in the north—east of scotland. major see some rain clipped the east anglia and the south—east for a time. overall, a drierand anglia and the south—east for a time. overall, a drier and brighter day for many. northern ireland, wales, south—west england see showers develop, some thundery and heavy. though she was pushed northwards and eastwards into thursday night. to take us through the end of the week, the weather turns a bit more turbulence for some of you. more details later.

a hello, this is bbc news — with simon mccoy. the headlines: a dressing down for borisjohnson's government by the commons speaker for showing a "total disregard" for parliament in the way it is bringing in new covid restrictions. i am looking to the government to remedy a situation i regard as completely unsatisfactory. i now look to the government to rebuild the trust with this house and not treat it with the contempt that it has shown. if the prime minister does not 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. personal attacks and feisty exchanges — from the two men who want to be the next president of the united states. millions tune into the first presidential tv debate.

i'm not going to answer the question. why won't you answer that question? the question is... radical left... will you shut up, man? 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. a lifeline for the national league — clubs are told they will receive emergency grants to enable them to start the new season on saturday. sport now — and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. bit of breaking news. serena williams has withdrawn from the french open. she was due to play in the second round at roland garros today but she's been carrying an achilles problem that she picked up at the us open. that's likely to be the end of her season and the wait goes

i had to focus on walking straight soi i had to focus on walking straight so i wasn't limping, and... i tried, i always give 100%, everyone knows that. maybe even more than 100 if that's possible. i take solace in that. so, yeah, ithink achilles that's possible. i take solace in that. so, yeah, i think achilles is a real injury that you do not want to play with, because that is not good if it gets worse. johnny bairstow has missed out on an test contract for the next year. england's wicketkeeper batsman has only played one of the last 12 tests so it wasn't unexpected but he remains on the limited overs list of retained players. ollie pope, zak crawley and dom sibley have been given test deals. five players have been given contracts for both red and white ball cricket. here's the england managing director

on bairstow‘s omission. it's a knock for him, i'm sure. johnny has played one test match in the year. we only have so many contact that we award. it's a tough cold to make becausejohnny has been a very good servant for the team, he remains a really important part of what we do. he is at white ball contracted player, he is one of our most dangerous players in that form and that hasn't changed. national league clubs have been told they will receive emergency grants to enable them to start the new season on saturday. clubs have been in talks with the government and the fa following the decision to delay the return of fans to matches. many clubs said they couldn't afford to start the season without crowds. the government is understood to be frustrated at the premier league's reluctance to make a firm offer of financial help — but the brighton ceo, paul barber, says they need to be on a firm

footing themselves before they can step in. we are being asked to support the football pyramid, but what we are asking for is to be able to sustain our own businesses to put is any better position to be able to do that. we think that we can do it safely, we think we can do with people's health absolutely paramount, but it's absolutely vital that we are able to sustain our own businesses if we have been asked to help others. ross barkley has joined aston villa on loan from chelsea until the end of the season. he's made three appearances this season, scoring once. he won't be able to play tomorrow in the league cup against stoke, because he's already played in the competition this season, but he could make his debut for villa against liverpool on sunday. villa have won their first two premier league games. england rugby union coach eddiejones will be concerned about injuries to two of his key players last night. northampton forward courtney lawes

suffered an ankle injury in their defeat to sale. and the the sharks centre, manu tuilagi, also had to be helped off the field after picking up an achilles injury. england play their last re—arranged six nations match against italy in a month's time, with the new nations cup starting a fornight later. los angeles lakers star lebronjames says playing in the nba bubble has been the hardest experience of his professional career. james leads the lakers into the nba finals tonight, after nearly three months under coronavirus restrictions at the disney world resort in orlando. they're up against his old team, the miami heat, as they bid to win the championship for the first time in ten years. i would be lying if i said everything inside the bubble, the

toll it takes on your body, your mild, everything else. it has been extremely tough. i'm here for one reason and one reason only, and that's to compete for a championship. that's all the sport for now. let's return to the news that borisjohnson is giving a news conference on the coronavirus pandemic at five o'clock this afternoon — at which he's likely to give us un update on all the recent data on the spread of the virus. let's get more on that from dr michael tildesley, associate professor at the university of warwick and an expert in infectious disease control. he is likely to say that all the figures are heading in the wrong direction? this is the case, it is really concerning. we have seen over the last few weeks cases are starting to go back up. hospitalisations and deaths are still relatively low, so that's a slight cause for optimism. we need

to bea slight cause for optimism. we need to be a little bit of cautious of this because there always is a little bit of lag for hospital act hospitalisations and deaths to rise. we do know that infections at the moment are among younger people, but the danger is that they could go on to affect their elderly relatives. enter the winter months, we really need people to be adhering to measures that are in place to keep this hospitalisations and deaths allow, and hopefully still further measures do not have to be introduced. that is a really difficult balance, isn't it? you bring in tighter restrictions i do expect people to comply, but that is increasingly not going to be the case the cover they get? to be honest, this is when i think the government is caught between a rock and a hard place. based on the evidence we have now, we feel that at hearings is perhaps dropping a little bit, maybe fatigue settling in. ina little bit, maybe fatigue settling in. in a sense, understandably so. we have been under some level of attractions for many months now, and

it's really difficult for everybody. but the obvious thing to do when you see cases going up is to tighten restrictions further, but the danger of that is that it could have hovers at hearings to drop even more. what we need is a consistent messaging. we need to really get out that people need to follow the rules, we need to keep social distancing, we need to keep social distancing, we need to keep our good hygiene practices. and we need to do that working together across the entire country, otherwise we will probably see a further ramping up of measures in at the coming weeks. the difficulty is that you have a government desperate to avoid a national lockdown, they would argue it is common sense to introduce local lockdowns where figures go up exponentially. and then is quite easy to get confuse when you haddock have got so many messages getting sent out there. —— when you have got so many messages getting out there. absolutely, you need to look for the information to figure out what the exact rules are for certain areas

because the change from place to place. this is certainly a real worry. this is why i think the measures are somewhat different from what we had back in march. we need to start thinking about long—term impacts. if all i cared about was trying to minimise the direct impact on covid, then we put in place a national scale lockdown which affected every sector. of course that would be the best thing to do to minimise public health risk for covid. but there are of course a number of other factors. we covid. but there are of course a number of otherfactors. we know there are long—range impacts of children staying out of education so we need to make sure that schools stay open. the longer we go into this pandemic, we really do need to think about those longer term effects on the soviet lockdown. so it's really difficult balancing act. you need a saviour measures so that they have an effect, but are not so severe that they have long—term damage and a variety of different settings. you are talking about the

health versus wealth? it is notjust health versus wealth? it is notjust health versus wealth? it is notjust health versus wealth, it has also short term health versus long—term health. for instance, we know that more people get driven into poverty for instance, then it has a long—term health implications. we know that if children are out of education for longer peers of time, that could be extremely damaging to them later in life. so it's notjust a media well. it is also think about long—term implications of a measure that could have long—term health implications for everybody. good to talk to you, thank you very much for your time. the deaths of seven coronavirus patients have been recorded in scotland in the past 2a hours, the highest rise since mid—june. nicola sturgeon said the deaths, of people who first tested positive for the virus in the previous 28 days, are a "very sharp reminder" of the danger of covid—19. in the week ending september 26, there were a total of 94 covid admissions to hospital,

and that is up from 58 in the previous week. this is a 60% increase in hospital admissions from one week to the next, and it should remind us of how wrong it is to assume that because the recent rise in cases has been driven by the younger population, it is nothing to worry about. that is, in my view, dangerous complacency that we simply cannot afford right now. to underline that point, i deeply regret to say that seven additional deaths have been registered of people who first tested positive for covid during the previous 28 days — and the total number of deaths under that measure is now 2,519. that figure of seven deaths is the highest i have had to report at one of these briefings sincejune 17. it is therefore a very sharp reminder of the fact that covid is an extremely dangerous virus as well as a highly infectious one. tsb will close 164 of its branches and cut nearly 1,000 jobs — blaming what it calls "a significant

shift in customer behaviour" — as more customers bank online. the figure is in addition to the 82 branches it said it would close in november — as part of a re—structuring plan to save £100 million by 2022. royal dutch shell has said it plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it responds to challenges including the slump in oil demand amid the covid—19 pandemic. the oil giant said the cuts would be implemented by 2022 and included 1,500 people who were taking voluntary redundancy. it gave no indication of where the job losses would happen. shell's chief executive said the job cuts were "the right thing to do for the future of the company" as it strives to become a net—zero emissions energy business. 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, said the industry was particularly concerned about being able to "count" foreign car parts in order to apply any tariff—free arrangements properly. the chief negotiator for the uk in the post—brexit trade negotiations has written to the car industry, as you say, and a number of things that 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 case," which is the area of counting foreign parts towards british—made thresholds. why does that matter? we've been talking a lot about deal or no—deal. even in a deal, some manufacturing might not count towards a status where they have no taxes on trade, no tariffs, if they aren't sufficiently british. so that's why this demand was so important. the car industry is saying, "well, you can't trade off our industry against others," and are concerned about the direction of travel of the negotiations. police in paris have asked

the public to stop calling them — after reports of a massive explosion, which caused buildings to shake, turned out to be a sonic boom from a fighterjet. the sound also briefly interrupted play at the french open, with tennis players stan warwinka and dominik koepfer pausing to look up at the sky. the australian pop singer, helen reddy, has died in los angeles at the age of 78. she was best known for her 1970s hit, i am woman, which became an anthem for the feminist movement. her family described her as "a truly formidable woman." the headlines on bbc news: a dressing down for boris johnson's government by the commons speaker for showing a "total disregard" for parliament in the way it is bringing in new covid restrictions. the prime minister will lead

a news conference at 5pm about the coronavirus. earlier he traded blows with labour about confusion over local lockdowns. donald trump and joe biden face each other in the first us presidential debate — which was bad tempered, rude, and full of interruptions. the bbc‘s reality check team has been watching the debate and checking the facts. here's chris morris with his wrap of the night. it was really rather hard to fact check what often became a disjointed shouting match, but there were plenty of questionable claims and false statements littered throughout this debate. and by our count, a clear majority came from president trump. from within law enforcement. not so. he said mr biden's son, hunter, didn't have a job until his father became vice president. also not true. for his part, mr biden said manufacturing went into a hole

before covid struck, whereas manufacturing jobs actually increased by almost 500,000 in mr trump's first three years in office. coronavirus was inevitably one of the big themes. joe biden said the us has 4% of the world's population and 20% of coronavirus deaths. that is broadly correct. just over 200,000 people have died in the united states — about a fifth ofjust over a million people who have now died worldwide. what mr biden did not say is if you look at deaths compared to the size of population, there are several countries, including the uk, where the outcome has been worse. but this is difficult political territory for president trump. his response was simply to suggest that more people would have died with mr biden in charge. obviously a claim that is impossible to prove or disprove. the president also said a vaccine could be ready within weeks. most experts think that is highly unlikely.

mr trump said he built the greatest economy in history and there is no doubt it was doing well before the pandemic struck, growing by about 2.5% a year. but it was also doing well in the last three years of the obama administration, growing by about 2.3% a year. there have been periods of much higher growth in the past 70 years than what we saw under president trump before the covid crash. some of the most striking language in the debate, though, was on the subject of postal voting. "this is going to be a fraud like you have never seen," said mrtrump, "a rigged election." but mail—in ballots are not new. nearly a quarter of votes cast at the last presidential election were mail—in. obviously that number will increase this year because of the pandemic. but there is no evidence that postal voting produces widespread fraud. in fact, one study puts the overall rate of voting fraud in the us at less than 0.0009%.

questioning the integrity of the entire election really isn't politics as usual. sometimes it is worth taking a step back and remembering that. and there are still two more debates to come. having your holiday plans cancelled because of the coronavirus is frustrating enough — but some holidaymakers 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 two 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 within14 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 puts 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 september 2a, 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. as 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, unfortunately. 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 on subsidy and they need support. they also want to see extra insurance put in place so shows can go on. the government has said it has and will continue to support britain's world—class theatre industry, but it is unlikely there will be many pantos for these dames to perform in this year. will gompertz, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. i know some of you have spent

the bulk of the day dry and bright, but all of us seeing some wet and blustery conditions before the day is completely out. wet weather pushing its way eastwards at the moment, it does mean that if you're in the west of the country things brighten up a little bit through the rest of today, one or two heavy, maybe thundery, showers developing. it is on this weather front were the most persistent rain and strongest rain can be found, especially as it pushes towards the east of england. not particularly cold, but further west turning fresher and brighter for a west turning fresher and brighter fora time, west turning fresher and brighter for a time, but some of those showers could be heavy and thundery as we see the day out. overnight, persistent rain in the east will clear. showers from the west will push their way in combining with more rain across eastern scotland later. in the west were clearer skies, the greater chance of some frost into the morning and a fresh start tomorrow for all. some rain may clip east anglian in south—east, more persistent rain and the far

east of scotland before brightening up. east of scotland before brightening many east of scotland before brightening up. many will spend the bulk of the dry and brighter than today with lighter winds. showers will be more prevalent was the west later. on a pushing today, it showers push northward and eastward then weather gets livelier. a jet screen piles northward and eastward then weather gets livelier. ajet screen piles in from the atlantic at the moment, taking a big dip across the uk. low pressure interacting with this jet strea m pressure interacting with this jet stream will determine just how the system develops. the biggest impact is across france, the french where system already cold out capnext on alex. but it could have an impact for us too. gale gale—force winds gusting, some heavy and persistent rain of the risk of some flooding. low pressure develops further southwards, it will be less windy, still pretty wet, but if the

low— pressure still pretty wet, but if the low—pressure dress and offer words that will be bigger impacts to be had. either way, the northern half of the country will have a drier and brighter day on friday with lighter winds. even here into the weekend, the low—pressure revolves around, lots of outbreaks of rain around, potentially some strong winds around as well. we will of course keep you updated.

this is bbc news. the headlines. a dressing down for borisjohnson's government by the commons speaker for showing a "total disregard" for parliament in the way it's bringing in new covid restrictions. i am looking to the government to remedy a situation i regard as completely unsatisfactory. i now look to the government to rebuild the trust with this house and not treat it with the contempt that it has shown. the prime minister will lead a news conference around five o'clock this afternoon about the coronavirus pandemic. earlier he traded blows with labour about confusion over local lockdowns. if the prime minister does not 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. personal attacks and feisty exchanges — from the two men who want to be the next president of the united millions tune into the first presidential tv debate. i'm not going to answer the question because... why won't you answer that question? the question is... radical left... will you shut up, man. listen... 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. a lifeline for the national league — clubs are told they will receive emergency grants to enable them to start the new season on saturday.

boris johnson's government has been strongly criticised by the house of commons speaker for what he called its "totally unsatisfactory" treatment of parliament in bringing in new covid restrictions. sir lindsay hoyle said giving mps little or no notice about them was "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. 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 does not 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? 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 should not mix indoors, either at home or in a hospitality setting. 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, sir graham brady, had wanted to use a vote on renewing emergency coronavirus powers this afternoon to force the government to give parliament a say. the speaker of the commons has now said that cannot 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

strategies have been published a matter of hours before they come into force. some explanations why important measures have 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. are you going to give mps a say on coronavirus restrictions? yes, we are. 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 do not like what they hear, we can expect plenty more trouble. and it's notjust parties of a political kind that the prime minister may need to get under control, as these pictures from coventry university suggest. borisjohnson 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, westminster. let's get the very latest on this — our political correspondent iain watson is at the central lobby of the houses of parliament. rather remarkable intervention from the speaker. yes indeed. there's been criticism the government introducing emergency measures, treating parliament with content, are totally unsatisfactory way they've gone about this. this is the first we have heard from the speaker in 29 years of parliament, including john burkle on his thoughts of brexit. he expressed contempt on the government's behaviour. he is the

chairman of the backbenchers. what he wanted to try and do is insure in the future if there is any national regulations coming forward, mps would have a say. i can tell you what i believe a compromise is going to be. matt hancock, the health secretary was set out in detail very soon. the speaker will also be responding to that soon afterwards. if there are new national regulations introduced, then what will happen is the government will announce them, but before they come into effect, which has typically been two, three, four days, during that period, if practical, mps will be given a chance to vote for or against those measures. effectively,

they will be given the right of veto on those measures before they are implemented. i believe that is the compromise they will go for. the reason for that is initially what was on offer was a retrospective vote once was on offer was a retrospective vote o nce powers was on offer was a retrospective vote once powers had been introduced, which some of boris johnson's mps were not happy with. there will be a debate on the rule of six in a week's time. they want to have more say on regulations in advance. the government wants to act quickly in terms of how the virus is spreading. in two or three days of talks, this has been discussed, but immediately after the prime minister's question time. boris johnson did not get it right yesterday. he got it wrong. there is mixed messages on local restrictions. coming expect boris

johnson to address that later? there will be questions from the press at this press conference at five o'clock. there will be a couple of questions from the public as well. there certainly was some head scratching amongst mps as to why he was not pop properly briefed yesterday. from the prime minister's point of view, he did not simply get the local restrictions wrong but he also got the national restrictions wrong as well. he has had corrected himself on social media and then got it right. but there is wider concern, from keir starmer and other mps, although the governments have brought simplicity to the system, it is still incredibly confusion. it is

confusing whether households can mix, where pubs can shut. they'll be debate a new national lockdown will bring clarity. we will hear from them imminently. we were told roughly it would be around three o'clock. we expect man hancock to be setting up that compromise, and setting up that compromise, and setting off rebellion in the conservative backbenches. we will see whether the speaker will respond to that. and the opponents in labour will also be responding. thanks very much. there are mounting concerns about the rise in coronavirus infections in the north west of england. yunus mulla sent us this update from burnley — which now has one of the highest infection rates in the country. we have had additional restrictions

in place here and part of the north west for weeks, and in some areas for months now but that covid—19 infection rate continues to rise. and here in burnley, it is past 300 cases per 100,000 mark. a significant increase over the past week. that has led to three directors of public health here 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, 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, rates are rising across the north west, rates are rising, the government has said that 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. four councils in north wales are to go into local lockdown. from 6pm tomorrow, people will not be able to leave or go into conwy, denbighshire, flintshire, and wrexham unless they have a " reasonable excuse". meanwhile, planned surgeries have been temporarily stopped at a hospital in south wales in a bid to deal with a rise in coronavirus cases. eight patients have died at the royal glamorgan hospital in llantrisant, where 82 cases have been linked to an outbreak on the site. ambulances which would ususally take patients to the a&e department will be directed to hospitals in bridgend, merthyr tydfil or cardiff instead. earlier our wales correspondent tomos morgan gave me this hospital is in the can and have. it has suffered in a surge in

coronavirus cases. they had a cluster last week. they tried to shut two wards but that has not been enough now. they have stopped all surgeries to stop the spread. if you remember, back in march, we had the first spread and all planned surgeries were stopped in wales before any of the other nations and it looks as though they have had to revert back to this in the royal glamorgan hospital. as you said, 82 cases, six people in intensive care. romper is one of the hardest hit areas in wales. there are another four areas in wales which will go under restrictions. what this means is that people will not be able to leave the area without reasonable excuse. this could mean for work, or

is cool or caring responsibilities —— map or school. people have to think consciously about whether they will make these journeys to limit the spread of the infection will be six rural areas of wales, they will be the only ones not in local lockdown. it looks more likely that with more and more areas in wales and 70% of the population now in wales under local lockdown restrictions, it looks increasingly likely, and something the welsh government have not ruled out, a nationwide lockdown. that could happen in the nearfuture. so what do we expect

borisjohnson to say later today? our health editor hugh pym told me it's likely to be an update of all the recent data on the spread of the virus. the chief medical officer for england and scientific officer will give their version of events as to where we are now. they wouldn't necessarily be any big new announcements on restrictions. there is concern about the north—west of england, particularly merseyside. it seems likely there will be some form of new restrictions, if not today than in the days of hard. there will bea than in the days of hard. there will be a version of how serious how things have become. how the case numbers look, there is a debate in the commons with the health secretary, matt hancock, leading there. the number of deaths has continued to rise across the uk. we have had figures in from scotland

with seven deaths, the highest from the middle ofjune. nicola sturgeon said this is a sharp reminder that the virus is still out there. the daily reported figure in the uk was above 7000 yesterday. there can be daily fluctuations so we need to look at the overall trend. 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 ninety—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 us this report. debate night chaos... it was the event that gripped america... the candidates hurl insults at each other and ignore the moderator at the first presidential debate.

it is the biggest moment of the election campaign so far. toe to toe, face—to—face, the virtual sparring over, time for the gloves to come off. will you shut up, man? give me a break. there is nothing smart about you. it is hard to get any word in with this clown. despite the first subject being the vacant seat on the supreme court, much of the discussion centred on health care — whether the court could scrap the affordable health 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 have done, i give you an example, insulin, it was destroying families, destroying people because they were 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. vote now, make sure you are in fact letting people know the senators... i will not answer the question. the question is... will you shut up, man? stop! gentleman! the moderator has faced criticism for the descent into chaos. the covid pandemic was always going to be central to this debate, and joe biden wasted no time in laying the blame for america's 7 million cases and 200,000 deaths at the president's door. the country would have been left wide open, millions of people would have died, 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 on his first year in office. millionaires and billionaires like him, in the middle of a covid crisis, have 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 cannot 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 you want to call them? white supremacists. the proud boys stand back and stand by, but i will tell you what,

somebody has got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right wing problem. 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 the audience of 100 million watched the debate, but who won? according to the snap poll, 48% of viewers thought democratic candidatejoe biden won this first debate, with a1% saying it was donald trump. this was a thoroughly bad and chaotic affair. both sides will claim a victory, both sides will live to fight another day. gary o'donoghue, bbc

news, cleveland, ohio. and if you want to see more of that debate, you can watch it in full on the bbc iplayer. or you oryou can or you can head to a local playground. or you can head to a local playground. almost one 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 9000 women who have not had a scan have undetected breast cancer. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. this woman tried to get a screaming

match. but screening programmes were suspended due to coronavirus. two months later she found a lump in breast. i was worried about leaving the house because we were at the beginning of lockdown. there was so much going on in the press, it made you afraid to leave the house. when the lamp did not go away, i knew i had to contact my gp. . it turns out that she had cancer in both breasts. she had surgery last month and needs radiotherapy soon. the charity breast cancer now calls this the biggest crisis in decades. the charity has worked out that screening programmes were effectively stopped for four months. during that time, almost a million

women across the uk missed their mammograms. it is thought that 9000 of them could have breast cancer and not know it. we need a practical plan of how we'll get through this backlog and get through the pandemic, whilst giving women with breast cancer the best chance of survival and that comes with early diagnosis. susan says when she was diagnosed she had excellent car. screenings are up and running now but they were under pressure before the pandemic. now they have to deal with the backlog and any new cases, just as a surge with coronavirus adds more pressure. tsb will close 164 of its branches — and cut nearly 1,000 jobs — blaming what it calls "a significant

shift in customer behaviour" — as more customers bank online. the figure is in addition to the 82 branches it said it would close in november — as part of a re—structuring plan to save 100 million pounds by 2022. royal dutch shell has said it plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it responds to challenges including the slump in oil demand the oil giant said the cuts would be implemented by 2022 and included 1,500 people who were taking voluntary redundancy. we can go live now to the house of commons where mps are debating whether to renew coronavirus legislation passed at the start of the pandemic in march. this is not being debated but we will hear from matt hancock now.|j think the coronavirus is the most serious public health emergency that we have faced in a century. now, six months later, it is still the most serious emergency we have faced in a century. since then, we have worked ha rd across party century. since then, we have worked hard across party lines, sometimes

at great pace and come together to slow the spread of the virus. with the help of this act, we protected the help of this act, we protected the nhs, built nightingale hospitals and welcomed thousands of clinicians to the front line. this helped people get appropriate care, faster, helped the nhs harness technology like never before and allowed the government to deliver unprecedented economic support in these troubled times. we have made huge progress towards a vaccine and towards testing, with the virus still at large, this coronavirus act and the measures within it, remain as important as it was then. our strategy is to protect the economy, the nhs and education whilst trying to create a vaccine. this act is to keep people safe. i understand, mr

speaker, this act is full of extraordinary measures. some of the measures, we seek not to renew. some have not been used, but they can be usedif have not been used, but they can be used if needed. some of these measures have been critical to our response and help keep people safe every day. to stand down this act now, this would expose people at a time when we need to be our strongest. this virus moves quickly. we need palace at our disposal to respond quickly. it is deeply important to me to strike the right balance between acting at pace and proper scrutiny. i believe in the sovereignty of parliament. i believe that scrutinised decisions are the

right decisions. this has been an unprecedented time. this house has had to do many unprecedented things, many have been uncomfortable. i have listened to the concerns raised about the scrutiny. as you point out earlier, mr speaker, they have been times when it's pandemic has challenged us all. we have not been able to do this as well as we would have liked at times. i therefore propose we change the approach to bringing in urgent measures. i am grateful to all colleagues who we have worked with to come forward with a proposal that will allow us to make decisions and implement them fast, yet also ensure they are scrutinised properly. today, i can confirm to the house that significant national measures affecting the whole of england all uk wide, we will consult parliament, wherever possible we will hold votes

before regulations come into force. but of course, the virus means we must act with speed when required. we cannot hold up urgent regulations that are needed to control the virus and save lives. i am sure no one would want to limit the government's ability to introduce actions. we will have regular statements and debates and the house will be able to question the scientific advisers more regularly and join daily calls. i hope these new arrangements will be welcome on all sides of the house. i will continue to listen to collea g u es house. i will continue to listen to colleagues concerns as i have tried my best to do so throughout. colleagues concerns as i have tried my best to do so throughoutlj colleagues concerns as i have tried my best to do so throughout. i am grateful to my right honourable friend for being prepared to listen

to the constructive conversations we have had in the past couple of weeks. as he said, members on both sides of the house understand the importance of ministers being able to act quickly when necessary. we are grateful that he and other members of the government have understood the importance of scrutiny that can lead to better governance. thank you, mr speaker, andi governance. thank you, mr speaker, and i agree with my right honourable friend. i agree with him on scrutiny. i am glad we have found a way to have that scrutiny and collea g u es way to have that scrutiny and colleagues on all sides can have the opportunity to vote and we do so in a way that does not impact the government's need to act fast and keep people safe from the virus.|j am extremely grateful to my right honourable friend to what he has sat out and i thank him very much indeed. he said he would not renew

some of the provisions. can i invite him to say something about mental health and schedule 21 relating to infectious persons. i am grateful to my honourable friend. we have been working together to find a way through this that works for the house and for the circumstances. on section 21, there has been a change on the weight this section is used. i believe that has reduced some of the concerns in this area. we will continue to keep it under review. when it comes to mental health, i will say something on that later in my statement. there are measures on mental health that we put forward on the coronavirus act that have not been used and we are not seeking to renew. i hope that will reassure collea g u es renew. i hope that will reassure colleagues that we take a proportional approach to these measures and we want to make sure we hasn't we have measures that we need

and we don't set them aside. can i ask the secretary of state please foran ask the secretary of state please for an assurance as to how the recommendations will take place and how people write will be protected. the prowlers in the coronavirus act have allowed us both —— the powers in the coronavirus act have allowed us to allow people to get better and faster access to care when they are in hospital and having to leave and ensure there is a care package there and the measure unclear in this act

have without doubt helped us in enable us to protect the nhs and support social care and to crucially support social care and to crucially support the patient who needs that ca re support the patient who needs that care will stop and therefore we will be taking positively from that. i will talk to my college from the liberal democrats. have you seen the evidence that many disabled people needing care have not received the ca re needing care have not received the care they need? if you listened to the organisations representing disabled people they are extremely worried about schedule 12 and the easement on the duties of local authorities to assess and meet care needs. is the ministry telling the house that is not meeting the care? it is very important that we in shore and prioritise care for those who need it most. i knows there are

concerns that you have and they were raised during the passage of this act. we had a good discussion on it then and i believe the way that this act has worked has overall improved access to care of people, both in terms of in—hospital and our social ca re system terms of in—hospital and our social care system which has been an area of great scrutiny throughout the pandemic. i will give way to the former public health minister. thank you for the sensible government measures involved in this house and the ongoing consent of this house. there is widespread public concern out there around consent and the measures that we are imposing on their lives. but to be clear for the public watching this debate and some sections of the media watching this debate, many of the restrictions that are happening that we are relu cta ntly that are happening that we are reluctantly place on our constituent's lives they have come through many other pieces of

legislation is and especially the public health act of 1984. yes, what i have said relates to measures to do with the pandemic response. the vast majority of the measures in terms of social distancing restrictions are under the public health act of 1984. only a minority are under the coronavirus act. nevertheless, the point about scrutiny is an important one no matter what the origin of the statutory. what we have managed to do is implement parliamentary procedure that we can move quickly and also with the proper scrutiny of parliament. that is what we have been seeking to do. in these unprecedented circumstances, many innovations have had to be made not least in parliament and this is another one where there were two contrasting needs, the need for

proper scrutiny and the need for very speedy action and i am really pleased that we have been able to find a way through that i hope commands the support of the whole house. i will give way to the former chief whip. can i thank my right honourable friend and the business managers for the work they have done in reaching the solution. i think, mr siddiqui that your stern mr speaker that your stern words earlier and had been responded to appropriately. can i impress in the secretary of state that he said in his remarks that the government will bring forward votes in advance of measures coming into force on national measures covering the whole of england or the whole of the uk. obviously some of the measures come into force so far have been quite significant and covering large parts of the country and millions of people. i accept there is a judgment

to be made here could you say a little bit more about where that line will be drawn about what it will be to this house in advance? in a way my right honourable friend who has huge experience in this answered his own question. of course, there isa his own question. of course, there is a judgment to be made. we made a very clear commitment to the process that we will follow. i hope that over the weeks to come we will demonstrate through our actions and what we bring forward that we are attuned and true to this commitment which will essentially become a new convention. if i could give way to the right honourable gentleman from leeds. given the number of cases in which schedule 21 has been inappropriately used, could he explain to the house what the definition is of a potentially infectious person? how is a police

officer meant to know who was potentially infectious? in the middle of a pandemic does not not include everything are one of us? and of the powers that the police have been giving to detain us, will he undertake to look at this again? the right honourable gentleman will know that this has been looked at again in terms of the guidance and the cbs have issued new guidance which has rectified —— cps that new guidance is appropriate and appropriate and therefore i am satisfied that we should renew section 21 because to answer his point it is crucial that in circumstances where it is necessary to act to keep people safe, then we have the powers to do so. but they

must be proportionate and i think that the guidances answer that. it's just bigger, if i may,... the central point is that we need to make sure we balance... we get the scrutiny right and we have the need to act fast. mr speaker, the vote tonight is a vote about whether to renew the coronavirus act and iron fat sickly with urge members on all sides to vote in favour of that act. this is because of the broad ranging powers, without which it would be impossible to have an effective response to this virus. first, the act has helped us to boost the health and social care workforce. one of the achievements in this crisis is that we are able to protect the nhs and one of the reasons we were able to do that was because we were able to support

people on the front line. this act allowed the emergency registration of social and care health professionals these are people who wa nted professionals these are people who wanted to return to the national effort. this guild and experienced staff were able to return to work and add capacity to a time of emergency. second, this act is not... does not just emergency. second, this act is not... does notjust support front line. the second part of the act protects all the public services which keep the uk running securely. over the past few months, we have seen huge changes in the way our public services have operated. this act allows for remote working, it allows for moving meetings online and it is about acting quickly to prioritise essential activities. the actor supports vital, temporary measures that allow public services to keep their work going. this includes chords and keeping them

running ina includes chords and keeping them running in a coal bsecure covid secure way. it is integral to maintaina rule secure way. it is integral to maintain a rule of law that we keep these measures in place. the measures also keep local democracy going allowing councils to hold a meeting virtually full stop these are sensible and pragmatic steps that have helped us keep vital institutions operating in the midst of the pandemic. the act gives the home secretary powers to close and suspend operations at uk ports and airports if there are insufficient staff to maintain border security. this is one of the powers that has not been used yet and i hope we will never have to use it. and it remains an important tool at our disposal. i'll certainly give way. i welcome the statement that he made earlier on. my constituents are concerned about the powers that are given within this act. i would argue that is not only about scrutiny to debate

and vote but it is about giving my honourable member the credibility to continue to do the work that he is doing. it also exposes the difficult trade—off that he has to make wonders balancing the spread of the virus versus all the restrictions that we have to undertake. so i welcome the further debate. that we have to undertake. so i welcome the further debatelj that we have to undertake. so i welcome the further debate. i am absolutely opened a further debate. by absolutely opened a further debate. by the standing orders of the house this debate is 90 minutes and neither the speaker norway have choice over that. but we did introduce a full day's debate on monday and there will be many more debates to come. now, mr speaker, i wa nt to debates to come. now, mr speaker, i want to come to a measure that we will not be renewing. i have said that we will only keep measures in place for as long as necessary. i can tell the house that there is one area where we will revoke a power

thatis area where we will revoke a power that is part of the original act. when creating the act, included provisions to modify mental health legislation to reduce from two one. . . legislation to reduce from two one... and to extend legal and illegal time legal time limits. these were powers of a last resort andi these were powers of a last resort and i was not persuaded, even in the peak, that they were necessary because our mental health services have shown incredible resilience and ingenuity. i have decided that these powers are no longer required in england and will not remain part of the act and we will bring forward shortly the necessary legislation to offset these provisions. the third pa rt offset these provisions. the third part of the act contain measures to suppress the virus. as a nation, we will of course we have succeeded in suppressing this virus. with the cases on the rise again, we know that there is more that needs to be

done and we need to do it together. our central strategy of suppressing the virus while protecting the economy and education and the nhs until a vaccine arises, is underpinned by this part of the act. it gives a stronger powers to restrict or prohibit events and public gatherings and shutdown premises. it gives police and immigration officers to isolate people who are infected. it allows us to close educational settings or childcare providers. these are not measures anybody wants to use but we must keep them in place for the moment because we need every weapon in our arsenal to fight this virus and these are a proportionate response. i give way and into the honourable gentleman. this virus clearly behaves according to how each of us behave. will you join me in condemning what we saw in the news today at coventry university we re news today at coventry university were some students were hit behaving ina were some students were hit behaving in a shameful way, up close and

personal parting? the secretary of states did say the time could not be extended and i do agree to that. secretary of state stop the comments that my honourable friend makes are absolutely right. the need for all of us to exercise responsibility in a world where i virus can pass a symptomatically without anybody knowing that they have it is sadly a future of life during this pandemic that i hope will be over sooner rather than later. so i agree with my honourable friend. we have had correspondence over specific restrictions in wales which have been imposed by the welsh government that people are not allowed to travel outside the county borrower area except for a reasonable excuse

and of the remake that does not include going on holiday. this means that lots of people have lost every single penny of their holiday because lots of companies have refused to be out on insurance, refused to be out on insurance, refuse to change the date of the holidays. they say that the welsh government rules are just guidance and don't have the full force of law. i hope he can stand up now and say very clearly to those companies that they should be reimbursing people because this has the full force of law. of course the companies involved should be making recompense where that is appropriate. i hope that we are able to come forward with a resolution to this issue, sooner rather than later. of course the welsh government is the legitimate body that makes the rules in terms of the local measures in place in wales. that is the devolution settlement, as we have discussed many many times in the last six months. people should respect that. mr speaker, if ican should respect that. mr speaker, if i canjust should respect that. mr speaker, if i can just make should respect that. mr speaker, if i canjust make some progress, the fourth part of the act contains

measures for managing the deceased. this is a devastating virus that has caused pain and suffering for many and that tragically it has taken away and that tragically it has taken any and that tragically it has taken away many loved ones before their time. we have worked hard to treat them with the utmost dignity along with protecting public health and respecting the wishes of the families and bereaved. the act expands the list of people who can register a death to include funeral directors and sets out the coroners only had we not or notified by people not only are medical professional to sign a death certificate. it allows death certificates to be e—mailed instead of physically presented, removes the need for confirmatory medical certificates in order for cremation to ta ke certificates in order for cremation to take place and relieves coroners from the need to hold inquests with ajury ina from the need to hold inquests with a jury in a suspected virus or death. these powers as doing it have eased pressures on coroners, reduced rest to bereavement and they would

therefore propose to keep them. finally, mr speaker, the fifth part of the act includes measures to protect and support people through this crisis. the financial support provided by this government has proved to be a lifeline for so many. these measures in the coronavirus act made this support possible. the act provides for the furlough scheme, the temporary increase in temporary tax credits and making statutory sick pay available. without the act we would not have furlough and we wouldn't have job support scheme. the act also includes measures to protect both business and residential tenants by delaying when landlords can progress evictions. i know the burdens that this virus has placed on the livelihoods of so many and we have worked to give as much protection as possible. i think the whole house would want to keep these powers in place so that we can continue to help people in the future. without the passage of this motion today, mr

speaker, the financial support for people that is provided for in this act would not be legally possible. i understand that many colleagues may have concerns about individual parts of the act stop but a vote for this act allows many, many of the necessary , act allows many, many of the necessary, the necessary legal powers that are required, including underpinning the financial support that has kept so many people afloat during the crisis. i will give way once or twice more in then i will conclude. thank you for the secretary of state for giving way. will he agree that the inconsistency and sometimes nonsensical application of these rules is doing damage to some of the businesses that he talks about? i think in particular the wedding industry and there are many families have been affected by that. the rule of six shirley can apply so that a place that can take many multiples of six

could host weddings and give people their special day and not give a vital industry across the country support? i think we have shown throughout that we are always willing to try to improve the way the rules operate in a way that is safe. of course, at weddings people do tend to physically come together, it isa do tend to physically come together, it is a time of celebration and that is in its nature. and so we made restrictions with huge regret that we always keep an open mind as to the public health evidence. i will give way one more time there were more time. very quickly on that point. if the coronavirus act is voted down today, wilderness do not have 21 days to bring forward to this house another act and then agree? mr speaker, the principle of the coronavirus act is that it

underpins so many of the actions that are necessary and to remove, to vote down the act and not to renew it were to lead to undermining the actions that we need to take in order to keep this country safe. i will give way to my right honourable friend. i am most gratefulto will give way to my right honourable friend. i am most grateful to the secretary of state for giving way. i have a lot of sympathy for him. can i also support the statement by the honourable gentleman about not only the wedding industry but also the exhibition and events industry. will he at least bear in mind that good a sense from careful people who are seeking to be covid sensitive and careful what you apply flexibility to these? these industries are flat on their backs. we are always happy to look at the evidence about how these things can be done. i would be

very happy to talk to my right honourable friend about whether we can do that, how we can take this forward. on that point on the wedding industry. the limitation of the 15 people in those venues. i think it would help a lot of them in that industry which is struggling, to see the evidence both the public health evidence and any thing else thatis health evidence and any thing else that is being judged to be able to consideration in coming to the judgment because it does stand out between them and the rest of the hospitality industry and after the next six months they're going to be in for the desperate state. next six months they're going to be in for the desperate statelj next six months they're going to be in for the desperate state. i will ask the business secretary to take up ask the business secretary to take up the point. i think the business department is responsible for making sure the business rules are right andi sure the business rules are right and i know that the look very carefully at them. mr speaker, this

act, this coronavirus act remains just as fundamental as it was when introduced to the house six months ago. we will beat the pandemic, but we are not there yet. therefore, i urge the house to approve this motion so that we can keep responding with speed and with strength and as we have heard during this opening of the debate, we are a lwa ys this opening of the debate, we are always looking to listen, to learn, to improve the response as much as possible. but we out this act our response would be significantly harmed. it without this act it would be harmed. i commend the motion to the house. the question is motion number five on the order paper, i am going to call the shadow secretary just to remind backbenchers that they have three minutes please. i now call shadow secretary. thank

you, mrspeak now call shadow secretary. thank you, mr speak speaker. i'm grateful to be able to speak. we come to the house today to debate the renewal of the provisions of the coronavirus act. and this is in the gravest of circumstances. here in the united kingdom we have seen over 42,000 deaths, lives altered in ways unimaginable or unimaginable a year ago, our economy facing the worst recessions and will record. we do acce pt recessions and will record. we do accept the challenge and why we recognise the government in a pandemic, any government, needs extraordinary powers available and with a heavy heart today and facing this highly unsatisfactory situation ofan all or this highly unsatisfactory situation of an all or nothing motion, we will not be blocking its passage today. we have supported the government when it is right to do so and the british people, who sacrificed so much in the national effort to

address this virus deserve nothing less. but today, we say to the government that things cannot go on as they are. the incredible efforts of the british people have not been matched with competence and gripped by the uk government. announcements about measures made overnight with no upper notice and no proper power of reveal. government ministers are national media with no idea what the rules are, the public are being let down on a grand scale. the government has had virtually all the resources and brilliance of a remarkable country on demand for over six months. they have been able to call in the uk's remarkable front line workers who have shown an incredible skill and bravery through this process. and yes, we have ended up this process. and yes, we have ended up with one of the highest death rates in the world and on the threshold of one of the deepest recessions. in the same time, the

road ahead is anything but clear. our testing system is inadequate and at the very moment we needed. this is having a devastating impact. losing control of testing means losing control of the virus. it is that loss of control which makes a further restriction is necessary. it is restrictions are having a devastating felt that the net effect on family and businesses. this dire situation was not inevitable will stop it is the result of a chronic failure of government. and today, we must take stock of where we are and the urgent need of the government... i will give way. i also agree that the government's attempt to shift blame onto local councils who quite why brightly wanted restrictions. what they are doing is asking for things are not being given them. there is no confrontational at all and how they should be

implementation or consultation on how they should be fermented. the secretary of state shakes his head but in the north—east that is what is happening. if councils do ask for things what should happen is a joint approach rather than dictate. my right... my honourable friend is right. we mustn't work the local government councils on the equal basis. at the start of the pandemic, mr speaker, the world health organization said test, test, test. it was clear that that would be a vital element to regaining any formality. the government had the country's full resources and hand and on the 20th of may, the prime minister promised a world beating test, track and isolate system by the ist of june. test, track and isolate system by the ist ofjune. i'm not asking for a world beating system but effective one would be fine. but shamefully this has not been achieved all these

months later. isn't that the problem with this prime minister was not he always promises a better tomorrow but he never delivers today.|j always promises a better tomorrow but he never delivers today. i said on monday that i was pleased with the appi on monday that i was pleased with the app i don't know if he is pleased with the app and whether he has installed it. yes, i have indeed installed the app. it has taken a significant period of time and significant period of time and significant amount of wasted money to appear, but it has finally appeared. i would encourage all members of parliament to download it. i will give way. members of parliament to download it. iwill give way. i'd like members of parliament to download it. i will give way. i'd like to point out that the app works better in wales because all tests can be downloaded in wales unlike in england. we will pull away from that debate and don't forget the prime minister is hosting a news briefing at five o'clock this afternoon. full

coverage on the bbc news channel on bbc one afternoon. before that let's catch up with the weather forecast with matt taylor. hello. i know some of you have spent the bulk of the day dry and bright but all of us are seeing some wet and blustery conditions before the day is out. that wet weather pushing its way eastwards at the moment. if you are in the west of the countries things will be brightening up for the rest of today. one or two may be thundery showers developing. but it is on this one a front where the more persistent rain is and where the strongest winds will be found, especially as that pushes its way through eastern counties. 15 to 16 degrees, not particularly cold, but further west turning fresher and a bit brighter for a time but some of the showers could be heavy and thundery as we see the day out. into this evening and overnight persistent rain in east anglia and the south—east will clear and the showers from the west will push their way to combine with more rain across the east of scotland later. but in the west with those clearer

skies in south—west scotland and northern ireland there will be frost in the morning and a fresher start to the morning. it should be bright start the majority but we need to watch for the rain in east anglia and the south—east, some more persistent rain in the far north—eastern scotland and many of you will spend the bulk of the day drier and brighter than today with lighter winds. but there will be a few showers here and there and those will be more prevalent to the west later across the channel islands, western england, wales and northern ireland. some of those heavy and thundery. fresh end to the day with no showers pushing north and eastwards and our weather takes a turn for the livelier. this is where the jet stream at the moment piling its way across the atlantic and it is taking this big dip to the south of the uk to see the week out. low pressure is trapped in and it's how the low pressure interacted this jet stream to determine how this low—pressure system develops.

it is going to have a bigger impact over france with the french weather service calling at storm alex and it would be drifting northwards and it could have impacts for us too. especially across the southernmost counties of england and the channel islands. gale—force winds with gusts of 60 to 65 mph and some heavy, persistent rain with the risk of flooding. if that low pressure develops further southwards, it will be less windy, but still pretty wet stop the low pressure will drift its way northwards and it will have a bigger impact. either way the northern half of the country will have drier and brighter day on friday, but even here, as we go into the weekend the low—pressure like a car wheel stuck in the mud just revolves around with a loss of outbreaks of rain around and some potential for strong winds as well. we will keep you updated.

this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines. the government reaches a deal with its backbench rebels, as mps are promised a vote "wherever possible" on any new coronavirus regulations. significant national measures, in affecting the whole of england or uk wide, we will consult parliament wherever possible, we will hold votes before such regulations come into force. it follows a dressing down for the government by the commons speaker for showing, what he called, "a total disregard for parliament" with the way it's bringing in new covid restrictions. the prime minister will lead a news conference around five o'clock this afternoon about the coronavirus pandemic. earlier he traded blows with labour about confusion about local lockdowns.

if the prime minister does not 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. personal attacks and feisty exchanges, from the 2 men who want to be the next president of the united states. states. debate. i'm not going to answer the question because... why won't you answer that question? the question is... radical left... will you shut up, man. listen... full steam ahead — the zero emissions train powered by hydrogen coming down the track.

the govermment has reached a compromise with a sizeable group of conservative backbenchers who were threatening to rebel unless mps were given more of a say over coronavirus regulations. in the past hour — the health secretary, matt hancock, told the commons it was important to be able to move ‘at great pace' to defeat the virus, but that in future, votes would be held for ‘significant national measures wherever possible'. earlier, the commons speaker sir lindsay hoyle accused the government of treating parliament with contempt in the way it had brought in new coronavirus laws. all this comes as borisjohnson prepares to hold a downing street news conference alongside the uk's

chief medical and scientific advisers at five o'clock. we'll bring you that live here on bbc news. first though, let's hear what matt hancock told the commons this afternoon. i have listened to the concerns raised about the scrutiny. as you pointed out earlier, mr speaker, there have been times when this pandemic has challenged us all and we have not been able to do this as well as we would have liked. i therefore propose that we change the approach to bringing in urgent measures. i am approach to bringing in urgent measures. i am very approach to bringing in urgent measures. i am very grateful to all collea g u es measures. i am very grateful to all colleagues who we have worked with to come forward with a proposal that will allow us to make decisions and implement them fast, yet also ensure that they are scrutinised properly.

today, i can confirm to the house that full significant national measures with the fact in the whole of england or uk wide, we will kill consult parliament wherever possible we will hold votes before regulations come into force. but we must act with speed when required. we cannot hold up urgent regulations that are needed to control the virus and save lives. i am sure no one would want to limit the need to act quickly and control the virus. we will continue with regular state m e nts will continue with regular statements and debates and ability to question the scientific advisers more quick regularly and join daily calls. the conservative mp

sir graham brady, who chairs the backbench 1922 committee and was leading calls for greater parliamentary scrutiny, welcomed the move by the health secretary. cani can i thank him for being prepared to listen and for the constructive conversations we have had over the past weeks. as we said, members on both sides of the house understand the need to act quickly when needed. but we are grateful that he and other members of the government have understood the need for scrutiny that can bring to better government. the shadow home secretary nick thomas—symonds responded for labour. he said they were debating the renewal of powers in the gravest of circumstances. here in the united kingdom we have

seen 42,000 deaths. lives have been altered in unimaginable ways. we accept the challenge that it presents. this is why we have recognised that the government, in a pandemic, any government needs extraordinary powers available and this is white with a heavy heart today and facing this highly u nsatisfa ctory today and facing this highly unsatisfactory situation of an all or nothing motion. we will not be blocking this passage today. we have supported the government on its right to do so and the british people who have sacrificed so much ina people who have sacrificed so much in a national effort to control this virus, deserve nothing less. but today we say to the government, things cannot go on as they are. the incredible effort to the british people have not been matched with confidence by the government. announcements about measures made overnight with no proper notice or

power of review. government ministers on national media with no idea of the measures. the public are being let down on a grander scale. the government has had virtually all the resources and brilliance of our remarkable country on demand for over six months. they have been able to call on the uk's remarkable front line workers who have shown skill and bravery throughout this crisis, and bravery throughout this crisis, and yet we have ended up with one of the highest death rates in the world and on the threshold of one of the deepest recessions. our political correspondent, iain watson is in westminster. we had a little from graham brady there. in terms of the mps who are so unhappy about the governments behaviour around this. have they got a major concession year? they have got more or less the concession graham brady has asked for. he

effectively represents the conservative mps who are not government ministers. as many of 80, at least 50, would vote against their own government to force the government to give mps a say over future major restrictions. what graham brady was pressing for, specifically, was that where practical, the government would allow m ps practical, the government would allow mps to have a vote on a national measures. what man matt handcock has said —— matt hancock is that when these measures are proposed, under the circumstances, mps will have a say in advance. they will have a right to veto, in effect. this is what graham brady is asking for. former chief whip wanted

the government to go further. 60 million people now live under local restrictions. there was no guarantee given by matt hancock. there was a lot of behind—the—scenes manoeuvring going on. they wanted mps to have a retrospective say. the controversial real rule of six, which the prime minister was confused about yesterday. i think graham brady was happy about the new measures. i think a handful of them will vote against because they do not think the government has gone far enough. are very busy afternoon for everyone at westminster, including you. the vote itself is coming up at five

o'clock. at five o'clock we are also expecting the news conference it's from the prime minister. we have not seen him leading a news conference since a couple of weeks. that's right. we have not had the chief medical officers, scientific advisers. the old team will be back together again at the press conference today at five o'clock. we are told this will be the first in a series of regular press conferences. this is perhaps not good news. the opposition have been pressing boris johnson, in particular, to explain his strategy more clearly with the wider public. it is a sign that things are getting worse. they are moving in the wrong direction. i think there is a fear, we are told there are more than 7000 cases

yesterday. we are told that today's figures will be higher than that. i think this is probably a measure of the fact that the government may well come on a rolling basis have to introduce restrictions in different parts of the country. we don't know yet whether it will be every week, i don't think it will be every day. but the conferences will not largely be conveying good news and they will be conveying good news and they will be regular. keir starmer has pointed out that all the areas that have gone into lockdown have not emerged from them. we will see what or whether anything is announced. we will be back with you later. we will pick up on part of what he was saying because there are mounting concerns about the rise in coronavirus infections in the

north—west of england. yunus mulla sent us this update from burnley — which now has one of the highest infection rates in the country. we have had additional restrictions in place here and part of the north west for weeks, and in some areas for months now but that covid—19 infection rate continues to rise. and here in burnley, it is past 300 cases per 100,000 mark. a significant increase over the past week. that has led to three directors of public health here 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, 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, rates are rising across the north west, rates are rising, the government has said that 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. four councils in north wales are to go into local lockdown. from 6pm tomorrow, people will not be able to leave or go into conwy, denbighshire, flintshire, and wrexham unless they have a " reasonable excuse". meanwhile, planned surgeries have been temporarily stopped at a hospital in south wales in a bid to deal with a rise in coronavirus cases. eight patients have died at the royal glamorgan hospital in llantrisant, where 82 cases have been linked to an outbreak on the site. ambulances which would ususally take patients to the a&e department will be directed to hospitals in bridgend, merthyr tydfil or cardiff instead. our wales correspondent tomos morgan gave us more details

about the hospital. the royal glamorgan hospital is in the rhondda cynon taf. it has suffered in a surge in coronavirus cases. they had a cluster last week. they health board tried to shut two wards but that has not been enough now. they have stopped all surgeries to stop the spread. if you remember, back in march, we had the first wave and all planned surgeries were stopped in wales before any of the other nations and it looks as though they have had to revert back to this in the royal glamorgan hospital. as you said, 82 cases, six people in intensive care. rhondda cynon taf is one of the hardest hit areas in wales. there are another four areas in wales which will go

under restrictions. what this means is that people will not be able to leave the area without reasonable excuse. this could mean for work, or school, or caring responsibilities. people have to think consciously about whether they will make these journeys, to limit the spread of the infection. when those four areas go under lockdown tomorrow, there will be six rural areas of wales, they will be the only ones not in local lockdown. it looks more likely that with more and more areas in wales and 70% of the population now in wales under local lockdown

restrictions, it looks increasingly likely, and something the welsh government have not ruled out, a nationwide lockdown. that could happen in the near future. almost one 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. susan daniels tried to get a screening. but screening programmes were suspended due to coronavirus.

two months later she found a lump in breast. i hoped it would go away. i was worried about leaving the house because we were at the beginning of lockdown. there was so much going on in the press, it made you afraid to leave the house. when the lump did not go away, i knew i had to contact my gp. it turns out that she had cancer in both breasts. she had surgery last month and needs radiotherapy soon. she feels things could have been worse. the charity breast cancer now calls this the biggest cancer crisis in decades. the charity has worked out that screening programmes were

effectively stopped for more than four months. during that time, almost a million women across the uk missed their mammograms. it is thought that nearly 9000 of them could have breast cancer and not know it. we need a practical plan of how we'll get through this backlog and get through the pandemic, whilst giving women with breast cancer the best chance of survival and that comes with early diagnosis. susan says when she was diagnosed she had excellent care. screenings are up and running now but they were under pressure before the pandemic. now they have to deal with the backlog and any new cases, just as a surge with coronavirus adds more pressure. as we were listening to that the latest latest uk wide coronavirus

figures have come through. they are similarto figures have come through. they are similar to the previous 24 hours. on wednesday 7108 coronavirus cases across the uk. very similar, the figure the previous day was 7143. more than 7000 cases on wednesday. in terms of the new cases coming through. in terms of the number of people dying with coronavirus. 71 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test. that is the measure. 71 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive past. that is similar to the previous 24 hours. we will see to what extent these figures play into everything we are likely to hearin into everything we are likely to hear in the news conference, which

is due around five o'clock. we will bring that straight to you this evening. the prime minister alongside the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser. we will for a few moments turn our attention to that us. 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 ninety—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 us this report. debate night chaos... it was the event that gripped america... the candidates hurl insults at each other and ignore the moderator at the first presidential debate.

it is the biggest moment of the election campaign so far. toe to toe, face—to—face, the virtual sparring over, time for the gloves to come off. will you shut up, man? give me a break. there is nothing smart about you. it is hard to get any word in with this clown. despite the first subject being the vacant seat on the supreme court, much of the discussion centred on health care — whether the court could scrap the affordable health 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 have done, i give you an example, insulin, it was destroying families, destroying people because they were 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. vote now, make sure you are in fact letting people know the senators... i will not answer the question. why won't you answer that question? will you shut up, man? stop! gentleman! the moderator has faced criticism for the descent into chaos. the covid pandemic was always going to be central to this debate, and joe biden wasted no time in laying the blame for america's 7 million cases and 200,000 deaths at the president's door. the country would have been left wide open, millions of people would have died, 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 on his first year in office. millionaires and billionaires like him, in the middle of a covid crisis, have 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 cannot 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 you want to call them? white supremacists. the proud boys stand back and stand

by, but i will tell you what, somebody has got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right wing problem. 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 snap poll, 48% of viewers thought democratic candidatejoe biden won this first debate, with 41% saying it was donald trump. this was a thoroughly bad and chaotic affair. both sides will claim a victory, both sides will live to fight another day. gary o'donoghue, bbc

news, cleveland, ohio. let's speak to rachel bitta—coffa, a politcal scientist and election forecaster who joins me from virginia. thank you for your time rachel. can you even call that a debate? they we re you even call that a debate? they were not debating in the true sense of the word. no they weren't. it can't be compared to the set of three debates with hillary clinton in 20 17. three debates with hillary clinton in 2017. donald trump is not handling the presidency in the normal way that it is handled. it is a product of him and i will assume when he is gone either now or in

2024, the debate process will return, i hope, to a normal process. would you have expected joe biden to bea would you have expected joe biden to be a little more magisterial in his responses to try to stand aloof from some of that? it was fairly predictable that president trump would behave in that manner. predictable that president trump would behave in that mannerlj predictable that president trump would behave in that manner. i have to be honest, i think he did do those things. here's what she could have done. he could have not made the snide rebuttals. he did not make very many but he made some. shut up man, somebody stop this thing. he did results to those things. he didn't do them many times. the trump campaign is walking round with that statistic. chris wallace interrupted

trumpfar statistic. chris wallace interrupted trump far more times thanjoe biden. but trump never observed any of the rules. it was horribly executed. i think he could have done even more ofa think he could have done even more of a reserved job but biden was very much looking only at the audience and really just hanging much looking only at the audience and reallyjust hanging in there. i don't know that he could have done much different. i don't know that any human being could have done much different in that scenario because i think a lot of people were watching that and thinking, how would i handle this? and we know millions of people watched on television. well any minds have been changed, do you think, by anything either of them side? know, from a political science perspective, we look at debates in

terms of expectations. republicans will say they are die one. from a political scientist to view we look at it from expectations. it is based on their capability. with obama in 2012 we had soaring high expectations, he did well but not soaring high so ever and said he lost. trump does not do anything normally. he is a walking abnormality. here, we are thinking about, here is a man walking into a debate with a disadvantage in the polls. he is ten or eight points down. he needed to add to voters. you would think in his strategy, biden is doing no harm and trump is trying to add voters. the strategy

didn't seem designed to do that. thank you so much for now. thanks for joining thank you so much for now. thanks forjoining us now it's time to look at the weather. lots of rain today. there will be rain across eastern counties. further west there will be some sunshine. but it will be punctuated by heavy showers. wet across the north—east of scotland. elsewhere showers become fewer in number. could be a bit of frost in northern ireland and scotland. one or two showers here. mostly in scotland. we will see rain clipped east anglia but overall a drier and brighter day tomorrow. in the afternoon northern ireland, wales, south—west england

develop and it will be afresh today. at the end of the week, the weather turns more turbulent. more details later. coronavirus regulations. for significant national measures, with effect in the whole of england or uk—wide, we will consult parliament wherever possible, we will hold votes before such regulations come into force. it follows a dressing down for the government by the commons speaker for showing what he called a "total disregard" for parliament. the prime minister will lead a news conference alongside the uk's chief scientific and medical advisors at 5 o'clock.