today at six: borisjohnson says we are at a critical moment in the fight against the coronavirus. it's different to the first wave — a patchwork of outbreaks — from scotland to northern ireland, from the northwest of england to the northeast. no matter how impatient we may be, how fed up we may become, there is only one way of doing this, and that is by showing a collective forbearance, common sense and willingness to make sacrifices for the safety of others. but labour's keir starmer questioned whether local lockdowns were working. also tonight: hospital admissions up,

the number of infections rising. are we seeing a return to the tough times of march and april? this is headed in the wrong direction. there is no cause for complacency here at all. a brexit blow for the uk car industry — it could face trade taxes even if there is a deal with the eu. the greater manchester fire and rescue service apologises to the families of the arena attack victims for their two—hour delay in getting to the scene. i'm not going to answer the question because... why won't you answer the question? because the question is... the question is... ..radical left... will you shut up, man? and there was plenty more where that came from. was this the most ill—tempered us presidential debate ever? and coming up later in the hour on bbc news: the lawn tennis association defends its strategy despite british players slumping to a seven—year low at the french open.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, on the day when the number of covid cases has once again topped 7,000, borisjohnson has said we are at a critical moment. the prime minister was flanked by his chief medical and scientific advisers. professor chris whitty said the pattern of infection was different to the first wave — with a heavy concentration in particular areas. and sir patrick vallance said this was not a time for complacency. while the prime minister defended the strategy of local lockdowns, the way those restrictions have been imposed was the subject of a withering attack by the speaker of the house of commons. here's our political

editor laura kuenssberg. coronavirus has changed this woman and her family's life. coronavirus has changed this woman and herfamily‘s life. things are different now. my husband was one of those people who when covid came on the scene he was a believer that it was not going to affect ten, he was under a5, fit and healthy and it wasn't going to affect him. my husband nearly died and it is real. we found ourselves being more isolated at home. in that melee, borisjohnson. it isolated at home. in that melee, boris johnson. it has isolated at home. in that melee, borisjohnson. it has changed his life and his leadership. kate is rising again, political pressure mounting, went on the way. no matter how impatient we may be, how fed up we may become, there is only one way of doing this, and that is by showing a collective forbearance, common sense and willingness to make sacrifices for the safety of others.

he cannot say enough. he does not wa nt he cannot say enough. he does not want another national lockdown. he cannot say enough. he does not want another national lockdownm the evidence requires that we will not hesitate to take further measures that would i am afraid be more costly than the ones we put into effect now. they can see the limit is already in place on millions of people and you even had to apologise for failing to explain the rules properly. how can people have confidence in your government's approach and can you give people your honest assessment, how high is the chance of more restrictions coming infor the chance of more restrictions coming in for everyone everywhere? the answer is, i am afraid, entirely dependent on how effective we are fiow dependent on how effective we are now collectively in driving down the virus. we know we can do it because we did it before. 0ur virus. we know we can do it because we did it before. our success will have to be judged i am afraid in the days and weeks ahead as we look at the numbers that canon. we have a long winter ahead of us and a lot

could happen over that time so to predict forward from here would be a big mistake. if everybody follows the guidance then we could contain it. the disease has changed the balance between ministers and mps as well. at the start of the epidemic the tories seemed the masters department. now, granted backbenchers who will have more of a say over extra restrictions being rushed through. he is taking off. she was a total disregard for the house. i look to the government to rebuild the trust with this house are not treated with the contempt that it has shown. as the tory backbenches are proving less reliable than the government might hope, the opposition as well as sharpening their attacks. the government side is to have a very clear strategy for keeping that infection rate down and we do not

see that strategy. very clear communications and a byword for this week has been confusion. even with the current minutes things are different for how the country makes a living. this is dominicjones, the boss of this last venue. coronavirus has changed everything for him as well. normally it would be a thriving buzzing environment with thousands of people. these empty halls would normally be packed with 90,000 people a year. this complete lack of clarity on people's livelihoods is causing absolute distress. we have so many people allied to our industry that rely on out allied to our industry that rely on our industry and it feels desperately unfair we are being told that we cannot open. with rising cases, raising worries and rising concern about the government purse like that. everything feels different second time round. the latest government figures show there were 7,108

new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 6,220. and as new cases have climbed, so have daily hospital admissions — with 348 people being admitted on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 71 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. that means on average in the past week a0 deaths were announced every day — which takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,143. so, this time around we are seeing a number of local outbreaks. that means the rules and guidance can be different depending on where you are. but there are still some things

that apply to all of us. there's the hands, face and space message — washing your hands, wearing masks in shops and on public transport, and keeping a social distance. and wherever you are — work from home if possible. here's our health editor hugh pym on just how critical a moment this is in our struggle against the coronavirus. hospitals are preparing for winter and the added pressure of coronavirus cases. an intensive care unit has opened at southampton general hospital with ventilators for the sickest patients. the expectation is there will be more needing care in the weeks ahead. the number of patients with covid—i9 needing ventilators remain fairly low throughout august but since the middle of this month it has been rising consistently, though at the peak of the epidemic the number was much, much higher. we are receiving a picture of increasing pressure on the front so in some places the

levels of covid patients are going up levels of covid patients are going up and down and in other places they are doubling every fortnight and in some places they are telling us the pressure is mounting. the data is not totally clear cut. there may be more patients on ventilators but the total number coming into hospitals in england and wales with the virus, including those less seriously ill, has not increased dramatically. it is not clear how many more will come through the doors. at this hospital, royal glamorgan in south wales, eight people have died after 82 coronavirus cases were identified, all nonurgent surgery has been suspended, adults needing emergency ca re are suspended, adults needing emergency care are being taken to other hospitals. to curb the spread of the virus, much will depend on testing in local communities. in some parts of the uk people have struggled to get tests with the system severely stretched. here is what has been

happening with testing since the end of august. the number of tests processed each day rose through the middle of this month, as demand increased, but it has been fairly flat since then. as for capacity, the ability of laps to process the tests, it went out earlier this month but at times struggled to keep up. it has gone up a bit more in recent days. nursing homes like this one in yorkshire are concerned they are not getting the service they need with delays getting results back for residents and staff. the government response so back for residents and staff. the government response so far back for residents and staff. the government response so far is inadequate. we have to do better because testing is the key. we have to taste better. i am hopeful the government will learn and capacity will grow. the government at westminster says capacity will grow and care homes will be prioritised but ensuring there is enough community testing will be critically important as winter approaches.

and to find out more about which restrictions affect you — please visit the bbc news website — bbc. co. uk/news/coronavirus with around one in four of us already living under tighter coronavirus restrictions and the prospect of more local interventions, how are people feeling about the coming weeks? 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports from warwickshire. this town is bracing itself for what may come. for now they are not under local lockdown but everywhere there are signs life is far from normal. at this deli they need hot meals to help out at the height of the pandemic. for their business and well—being they are wary about the next few months. we just do not know. we have christmas around the corner. we do not know if it is going to get better or worse. i know we will all come together again as a community and we will do what needs

to be done. this market towns saw volu nteers to be done. this market towns saw volunteers step up like so many places and with fresh warnings about rising cases across the country today they are prepared to do so again if needed, sensing no emotional support may be in demand. in march and april it felt like the world is turning upside down. i think there is probably less fear about the virus itself but a little bit of fear about the next six months. there will is certainly apprehensive. he was shielding with apprehensive. he was shielding with a lung condition, helped by local volunteers, he worries about new restrictions. to be honest i am rather scared because i do not fancy a winter of rather scared because i do not fancy a winterof being rather scared because i do not fancy a winter of being shielded but i think the country is much better prepared, the nhs, supermarkets, although i still understand there are shortages of toilet rolls already. some teenagers at a cooking class are resigned to rules for the

long cold but it is not without frustration. it kind of annoys me because it rained all the things we love. there are too many restrictions. i would love. there are too many restrictions. iwould much love. there are too many restrictions. i would much rather stay safe. i hope it goes well. studying for a—levels i do not want the schools to close down again. studying for a—levels i do not want the schools to close down againm we are locked down over christmas i will be devastated. there is uncertainty here but for members of a bridge club unable to meet since march it is time to stay positive. 0ptimistic. march it is time to stay positive. optimistic. we will come through. i have my first grandchild on the way at the moment. congratulations. it is something to look forward to and life continues. despite having to keep apart, this community seems determined to stick together, knowing there could be tough times ahead. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, is in westminster.

there was borisjohnson there was boris johnson flanked there was borisjohnson flanked by his advisers talking about a critical moment. what do you think he is trying to convey? this is a precarious moment for the country and for the government and it is not the first time we have heard these kinds of warnings from the prime minister in recent days. just over a fortnight since the rule of six was brought in to apply because cases we re brought in to apply because cases were going up again. 0nly brought in to apply because cases were going up again. only a week since the prime minister gave a very unusual address to the whole country, again to one that we were ina country, again to one that we were in a serious moment, and the reason we are hearing these kind of warnings, in pretty grave terms time and again, is of course first and foremost because there is real worry about the way the disease is spreading, but also because there is a concern about how much the public usually paying attention and whether or not there is an element of fatigue after six months of limits on our lives in some way, shape or

form. the other element is the prime minister is working on a less forgiving more political environment. he certainly has that huge majority in parliament but as we have seen he is less able to rely on support being comprehensive and reliable for the things he feels he may need to do over the coming weeks. thank you. uk and eu negotiators are in the last round of formal talks about a future trade deal, and it's emerged that our car industry could lose out. the bbc has seen a leaked document in which the uk's chief negotiator, lord frost, concedes that one of the industry's key demands will not be met. as our economics editor, faisal islam, reports, british car makers could face new trade taxes — known as tariffs — even if there is an overall deal with the eu. it isa it is a tough time right now in the

car industry. last friday, the ford engine plant at bridgend closed its doors. the industry faces a perfect storm of pandemic, the end of the engine and, in the uk, barriers with its main markets. the industry wants a deal but has been told, even if there is one, some of its key priorities can't be negotiated. the uk's top negotiator with the eu, david frost, wrote to car manufacturers earlier this month to say its need to count non—european parts, particularly from japan and turkey, british had been rejected by the eu, and obviously we can't insist on it. this effectively means the deal might not apply to some factories' exports. it's pretty critical for the cars that are produced here to be exported not only to europe but to other countries. if it's not going to be done, what is the consequence for the industry? one of the big ones would be japan, because japanese manufacturers in the uk bring

components, engine components and so on, infrom components, engine components and so on, in from japan, so that could have quite difficult circumstances. thank this is especially the case for electric vehicles with expensive foreign batteries. even if there is a deal or post brexit trait with the eu in the next few weeks, the compromises made will create winners and losers in different sectors of the british economy at a tough time. and so this leaked letter gives a unique insight into that black box of what the uk government is asking for and what it is willing to insist on. and the car industry thinks that it might be being traded off against other industries. the automotive sector is fundamental to uk trade, the biggest exporter of goods, so we need to make sure that automotive is at the top of the level of priorities, not traded off against other sectors. the government argues it has asked the eu for these

concessions and most are supported by the eu's own car industry, but the eu says such concessions would allow the uk to become an offshore manufacturing hub with free access to the single market. 0ther industries told mps today both sides we re industries told mps today both sides were missing chances for negotiation wins. it's still not too late to agree the bare minimum, and i am still glass half full, and i hope that will be agreed by both sides. today the government was celebrating a new deal struck with norway on the issue of fishing, whereas other, larger, land—based industries say they now need to be the centre of negotiations. our top story this evening... borisjohnson says we are at a critical moment in the fight against the coronavirus with his advisers warning this is not time for complacency. and still to come, we report on the sports struggling to survive with no fans and no funding

in the current crisis. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... after a busy summer in cricket's bio—secure bubble, there are testing times forjonny bairstow, as england hand out their central contracts. it's been described as the most ill—tempered and nasty presidential debate ever. last night, president donald trump and his democratic party challenger, joe biden, went head—to—head in the first of three televised debates. by one count, mr trump interrupted his opponent 73 times, prompting mr biden to tell him to "shut up". both the republicans and the democrats are claiming victory — but the question, as ever, is what the voters made of it. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, watched the debate in ohio. coming out on stage and not hitting each other was more or less the most dignified thing about last night. this was an exercise in ugliness, with donald trump determined to trip his opponent, joe biden, up by repeatedly interrupting him. number one... joe, you agreed with bernie sanders and his far left on the manifesto...

manifesto... you would socialise medicine. are you saying you didn't agree? and then, as the moderator tried to regain control... the worst part... hey, let me ask my question. well, i'll askjoe. picking fights with the umpire. i guess i'm debating you, not him. lagging behind in the polls, the president was clearly going for a knockout blow, something that would turn this election around, but biden didn't go down. instead, he grew exasperated. radical left... will you shut up, man! listen, who is on your list, joe? don't ever use the word smart with me. don't ever use that word. 0h, give me a break! because, you know what... because you are president and screwing things up. you were a senator... you are the worst president america has ever had, come on. then the president was asked to condemn the white supremacist militias that have appeared on the streets. he wouldn't. what do you want to call them? give me a name, give me a name. white supremacists. the proud boys. boys, stand back and stand by... the white supremacist

proud boys group have welcomed the president's comments, and said they have had many new recruits as a result of the debate. at this trump watch party, they liked what they'd seen from their man, but biden had done better than they'd expected. he actually surprised me a little bit but it wasn't enough to impress me either way. he lasted the whole night. i am surprised. his dementia didn't show. his dementia didn't show up. i think trump has done a hell of a job, considering what he was dealt with, but i would have liked to have seen a stronger performance tonight by trump. the clear strategy of donald trump is to be aggressive, to interrupt as much as possible, to destabilise joe biden. with this audience, it's going down well. but what about independents, disaffected republicans, people in the suburbs? that will be the acid test of this debate. at the end, the two wives came onto stage

to congratulate their partners, with varying degrees of warmth. this was a victory for heat rather than light. the next five weeks are not going to be edifying. jon sopel, bbc news, cleveland, ohio. the high street bank tsb has it announced it will close 164 of its branches, with the loss of 960 jobs. it said that a change in customer behaviour was behind the cuts as more people choose to bank online. it comes as oil giant shell says it will cut between 7000 and 9000 jobs worldwide by 2022 following a slump in the price of oil during the coronavirus pandemic. however, supermarket morrisons plans to take on 1000 more permanent staff to help fulfil its fresh food orders on amazon. the greater manchester fire and rescue service has apologised for its response to the terror attack in may 2017, saying it was neither "adequate nor effective".

speaking at the public inquiry, the lawyer representing the fire service admitted that it was unacceptable that it took two hours for them to arrive at the scene. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has been at the inquiry. it looks real enough, but this was a fake terror attack, a training exercise at the trafford centre a year before a real bomb exploded at manchester arena. during this rehearsal, the police failed to contact fire and ambulance teams, who took an hour and a half to arrive on the scene. lessons should have been learned. but, when the attack happened for real, similar mistakes were made again. it took two hours for firefighters to be sent to the arena. we would like to say to the families and victims that we are sorry that this happened. the inquiry will hear evidence from many individual gmfrs witnesses who still have profound feelings of frustration and deep anguish that they were not there to help.

none of the senior fire officers thought they were in command on the night, and no one took charge. i've spoken to the family of saffie roussos, who was murdered at the arena, and they told me that the fire service apology was painful to hear, but they say they feel it's the only organisation which hasn't passed the buck, and they say they want other authorities to be as open and transparent, adding that they believe m15 hasn't accepted any failures. the government has said that there was a missed opportunity to stop and search the bomber salman abedi when he returned to the uk from libya four days before the attack. it also revealed that he was in touch with at least six people who were being investigated by m15 for links to terrorist groups. on two separate occasions in the months prior to the attack, intelligence was received by m15 about him. the intelligence was assessed at the time to relate to possibly innocent activity

or to non—terrorist criminality on his part. in retrospect, this intelligence was highly relevant to the planned attack, but the significance of it was not fully appreciated at the time. 22 people were murdered at manchester arena. the public inquiry will have to decide what, if anything, could have prevented such a tragic loss of life. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the sports minister, nigel huddleston, has promised that 12 of the major spectator sports in england will be included in plans for financial support to meet the challenges of the pandemic. at the top levels, they are suffering from a lack of spectators. at lower levels, they are struggling just to survive. here's our sports correspondent, laura scott. 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. major spectator sports today submitted breakdowns to the government of the financial impact of the decision to postpone the return of fans. at community level, £210 million of funding was announced by sport england, but there are still warnings of 300,000 potential job losses in there are still warnings of 300,000 potentialjob losses in the sector, and that 48% of public leisure facilities could be lost by christmas. i want to show the house we are working at speed with the treasury to understand what support they need as a result of the decision to postpone the 1st of 0ctober return.

decision to postpone the 1st of october return. any government funding is likely to focus on lost gate receipts which, for this rugby club, just promoted to the championship, they say every game they play without funds will cost them £10,000 and they have not yet got a start date for the season. you will see the pictures here to keep this going, to keep the buildings, to make sure we have the administration, pay the bills. we are spending about £40,000 a month. we are not a rich club by any means, and the money will run out. i really don't know what we are going to do then. elite sport might be continuing behind closed doors but, at all levels, there is increasing anxiety as they wait to see what help they will get to see them through the winter. time for a look at the weather here's matt taylor. good evening. some writers guise a short while ago in cornwall. 0ne good evening. some writers guise a short while ago in cornwall. one or two downpours still, but this is a

hint of what is to come for more of you tomorrow, after a fairly soggy day. the rain is moving away from eastern england, with showers in the west, becoming confined to parts of scotla nd west, becoming confined to parts of scotland to end the night. a fresher night than last night and, for northern ireland, north wales, south—west scotland, there could be a touch of frost for tomorrow morning. a cooler start compared to this morning, but more drier, brighter weather. the wet weather will be in the northern half of scotla nd will be in the northern half of scotland through the day, cloud remaining in place, and we start to see some shower clans built up, northern ireland, wales, south—west england most prone, some of those heavy with thunder. most places staying dry, and they will be the sunshine to compensate, with lighter winds. those winter will be replaced