this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has been admitted to the walter reed military hospital in washington to undergo medical tests, as a precautionary measure after having contracted coronavirus. earlier, the president's doctor released a statement saying mr trump was fatigued but in good spirits and he was expected to continue to work. president trump has been receiving an experimental drug to treat his coronavirus infection. it is a synthetic antibody cocktail which has not yet been tested on a large scale. early results from a small trial showed a decline in virus levels after patients had been given a high dose of the drug. mr trump's democratic challenger, joe biden, has twice tested negative for the virus following tuesday's debate. he's continued his campaign with a speech in michigan. he announced he would temporarily withdraw negative adverts regarding president trump due to his health. dozens of former post masters

and mistresses have been told the post office won't contest appeals against their convictions for offences such as theft and false accounting. a computer system has been blamed for a scandal which saw staff wrongly accused when cash disappeared from post office branches. our business correspondent, katy austin has the story. thank you. god bless. thank you, bye—bye. bye. it's been overturned. this was the moment seema heard the conviction that had turned her life upside down would likely be quashed. she became a sub—postmistress in 2005. five years later, a jury found her guilty of theft after a discrepancy was found in her accounts. she was sent to prison. i was pregnant as well that time with my second son, and it was a pregnancy we had been waiting for so many years, i couldn't even enjoy that. the building is no longer in use, but it was here in west byfleet in surrey

that seema used to be a sub—postmistress. she was just one of hundreds of sub—postmasters and postm istresses across the country who were accused by the post office of crimes including theft and false accounting after using an it system called horizon. horizon was introduced in 1999, and over the next 15 years, there were more than 900 prosecutions. but a bbc panorama investigation revealed managers new problems with horizon could make money disappear, and more than 500 sub—postmasters raised a civil action over the it system. last year the post office agreed to pay a total of £58 million to settle the dispute. cheering the criminal cases review commission referred 47 convictions for appeal. today the post office confirmed it won't contest the majority of them. we could see numerous hundreds of convictions overturned, we could see a raft of civil claims come on the back of that, because of course

we're talking here of clients that have gone into debt, have lost their homes, have lost their careers, have potentially been made bankrupt. the chairman of the post office said today he was sincerely sorry for historical failings which seriously affected some postmasters, and that there will be reforms which prevent such past events ever happening again. seema can't get back the years of hurt or her time in prison for a crime she said she didn't commit. but for dozens of those involved in a scandal that has seen many lives ruined, today there was some relief. i had a strong feeling always, whenever you are fighting for truth, you always getjustice. in this case it was delayed, but at least we got it. katy austin, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show. great big signs of beer. —— steins.

the jazzy is a pensioner in harlem and how much will i get for this travel i found 7 harlem and how much will i get for this travel i found? oh, that's has ——. whiff. welcome to the show, this week from italy when it is coming up to travel season and later on in the programme, i will be heading off into the woods to make my fortune, foraging for what they call diamonds in the dirt. first, though, we are heading across europe to munich in southern journey. —— heading across europe to munich in southernjourney. —— germany was not the oktoberfest

festival is the biggest folk festival is the biggest folk festival in the world. more than 6 million people arrived to celebrate last year but in 2020, like so many other things, it has been called off. so we sent over to see if german drinkers are drowning their sorrows. or raising a glass a quieter autumn than usual. for many locals here in munich, oktoberfest is the highlight of the year. so when the decision was made in april to cancel the event, locals decided to find a way to honour the festival. festivities aren't officially meant to start for another hour and the crowd is building. i have come to the —— one of the oldest beer holes in munich. —— halls. o kto be rfest beer holes in munich. —— halls. oktoberfest has been taking place for more than 200 years. some of its early rituals are still part of today's celebrations like wearing lederhosen and address. and of

course, this. the first keg has been capped. the first keg has been capped. the first keg has been capped. the first steins of beer poured now let the singing begin. although there are social distancing rules in place, it doesn't seem pretty busy to me. tobias is one of the organisers. tell me what decisions you have taken to protect your guests from covid. we started to take the tables and chairs apart so people do not sit as close and that means we cannot have as many visitors than we would like to have it. of course we keep distance, we have all kinds of high genes and measures and what is a big difference right now, it is more quiet. we have the expression which means cosy, quiet, you feel good but it is

not the wild party. we went back to the roots of the o kto be rfest back to the roots of the oktoberfest was not the o kto be rfest oktoberfest was not the oktoberfest started, they had wedded, the king married to riza so at that time there was nothing there. so the people went to celebrate the reading of —— the wedding of taking the. then they went back to munich to have beer, food and celebrating the restaurants. so what we do now since there is no oktoberfest, just like 1810, we celebrate in restaurants. outside in the street, there is a definite party mood. is it a famous —— these other famous horses who come to bring the ceremonious cakes for o kto be rfest ceremonious cakes for oktoberfest was a bit is getting quite crowded. but for those who take part in the festival every year, the atmosphere this time around is very different. normally, there are millions of international guests which makes it buzzy, bustling and very cosmopolitan. it has left this tour guide feeling a bit left. what does o kto be rfest feeling a bit left. what does oktoberfest mean to you and how

did it feel to realise it wasn't going to happen this year? the first time since i'm born that the oktoberfest never happened. christmas is not a running stop it is like your birthday not running. easter. the rabbit is not there. it is such deep in my heart and in my veins that you cannot compare it to anything else. this year, alex is offering the next best thing. a virtual experience of the oktoberfest. so what can we expect from this online escape? this should be a very interactive. it is not only that i talk, talk, talk, i am starting with history which is very important, really brilliant. then i show you some photos, some music. i would love to bring the spirit of the oktoberfest, even if it is not working, to your house, to you, to have, now it is empty but it

will be full later. so i can drinka will be full later. so i can drink a beer with you and eat sausages with you. i have a pretzel. so all these things i wa nt to pretzel. so all these things i want to have that you can actually enjoy it in these times, a little bit of the spirit and probably you learn more about oktoberfest than you thought. if we are looking for a silver lining here, this online event means that o kto be rfest online event means that oktoberfest is truly accessible for everybody around the world. not everybody can make it to o kto be rfest not everybody can make it to oktoberfest in person, yet now, they can have an experience of it. correct. and therefore you can actually take all the information of the life events, asi information of the life events, as i bring it to you, you can do it with your family for w build a little tent in your garden, you buy some beers, some white sausage stop you have your own oktoberfest. since filming, munich has further tightened its rules on mask wearing and social gatherings, but it seems even the pandemic can't dampen the locals love oktoberfest. how do

you feel about covid in this environment? is it something you are worried about? it is quite a situation but i think we ca re quite a situation but i think we care but it is not about us, it is about our grandparents so if you wear your mask and keep your distance and wash your hands, i think it is all right. but i don't want to go to my grandparents in the next week 01’ grandparents in the next week or two so they are safe. covid hasn't quite ruined oktoberfest yet. no, no, no, it isjust different. and for some, this quite a celebration is a welcome return to the origins.

it isa it is a really lovely atmosphere here and it makes me wonder if local people might not rather like going back to the old traditions, rather than the old traditions, rather than the hectic oktoberfest we have come to know. we have 3500 regular guests, local people, from munich, from the suburbs. and in the past years, some of these older people said, i will not go to oktoberfest because there is so much party, there are so many there is so much party, there are so many people and this year ‘s people come happily to o kto be rfest year ‘s people come happily to oktoberfest but we still hope very much, we expect, we need, we want, the oktoberfest next year, of course. in a normal year, of course. in a normal year, oktoberfest goes through around 7 million litres of air. it is served up by an army of waiters who can walk up to 20 kilometres a day. traditionally, it is poured into glasses called steins and you need a powerful arm to carry it around. so do you do

weights at home or training? no, we have training every day here. i start this work in 2003 and the first morning after my first day, i cannot move. and the first morning after my first day, i cannot movelj have been to munich and seen ladies like you these amazing stacks of beers and you make it look so easy. and i feel like oh, i should look so easy. and i feel like oh, ishould be look so easy. and i feel like oh, i should be able to do that but i'm also aware... i think you can do this was not you think i can do it? all you can do this was not you thinki can do it? all right. ifi thinki can do it? all right. if i can get an inch of the table i will be happy. you have to put it breast... 0h! laughs. i can't do it! put it first to your breast and then you... 0k, one more try. i'm genuinely trying here. this is not...

yes! i got an inch off the table! come on! that is the best i'm going to do i think. perfect. you can start working here tomorrow. laughs. thank you so much. that is it for my career as a waitress here i think i would be a disaster. i will have to drink here instead. still to come... meet marjorie, the woman keeping parlourjazzy —— parlour jazzy alive the woman keeping parlourjazzy —— parlourjazzy alive in harlem. and will this fungus make me rich? oh, that's got a

whiff. this week i find myself in northern italy. these are the backstreets of it to ryn and while i'm here, there is something i want to show you. -- turin. turin something i want to show you. —— turin. turin likes to see itself as the capital of chocolates and in the 1800s, swiss chocolate is used to come here and learn their trade but what perhaps is not known, before we have the edible chocolate we all eat, drinking chocolate we all eat, drinking chocolate was the real treat for the privileged elite from the 1700s onwards and in fact, it is this cafe which was the first establishment of its kind to be created here in the city and here it is. so you can see it here in the glass, which is why it is named, it is three

layers, milk in the middle, chocolate at the bottom and coffee. now, this is a secret recipe. what i do know is that they spend hours back in the kitchen there making the chocolate and over the centuries, we're talking artists, intellectuals, eve ryo ne artists, intellectuals, everyone would have come here and drunk this stuff and today it isa and drunk this stuff and today it is a tourism map. salute. exquisite. next this week we're off to new york city and the first part of our series meeting some of the characters we think really defined the united states and we are starting in harlem with a bachelor who before social distancing became a thing spent her sundays cramming the crowds into her front room for a feast of jazz.

into her front room for a feast ofjazz. i came to new york, the dream of being an actress. i'd always wanted to have my own theatre. to have my own theatre, write the plays, direct the plays. this apartment worked out to be ideal. i live in harlem in new york. i have music and theatre every saturday. jazz, half past three, my door is not locked and the public is invited in. people come from all sorts of places. they come as if they have known me forever and we become instant family. there is a connection there. i moved to this apartment 36 years ago. this building was filled with

musicians. we used to have readings here, rehearsals here, poetry notes here. ifound readings here, rehearsals here, poetry notes here. i found that there was a vibrant theatre movement in harlem. but now, it is every sunday. celebration. my is every sunday. celebration. my son passed away in 1992, august. i wanted to celebrate the anniversary. i went next door to the mansion and i wa nted door to the mansion and i wanted to do a concert, music outside. i needed to do it because sundays were really difficult. because he passed away on sunday. i asked my friends to come. you've got to come, you've got to come. the word—of—mouth was very, very

important. really. critical to the way it started. and now, i'm excited, getting a lot of young people who come to new york from all kinds of places and it is a cheap date, no charge. i served food but they didn't come for the food. i'm gonna let it shine. this little love of mine. they are really bringing something to new york, this healing power of being together. they don't really know what they give me. it keeps me anchored. sometimes when i play, while... fight tea rs. when i play, while... fight tears. but then i putt get a grip. there is a joy in the

music. the audience is really the most powerful piece in this. because i feel they trust me. they celebrate with me. the celebration honours my children. and x exciting for me, —— it's exciting for me, the activity of getting it together bring something to me. somewhere new york has that strength —— somewhere i have that strength that i didn't know i had. we are connected by the music because music has its own language. people make the world go round. but we need each other. it is a moment where we can find peace in these two hours. it is quite stunning and i think wow! how

did all of this happen? marjorie, who is still going strong and hoping to restart her regular sunday get—togethers in harlem once the current restrictions are lifted. i've come to a tiny town in north—west italy which is the truffle capital of the world. it is what has made this region famous everywhere and i am bound to have the signature dish. —— about to have. grazie. doesn't that smell! so this is what the fuss is all about. it may be a fungus but actually,

the aroma especially and the taste make it a real speciality and sometimes, the value of this can go sky high and i am going to find out some more. these fungi are famously fickle about the growing conditions. it is the perfect combination of elements in the hills of italy that produce the flavour thatis italy that produce the flavour that is sought after. pre— covid, there was a demand for these truffles and this led to a burgeoning tourism industry thatis a burgeoning tourism industry that is bringing people to this area. iam that is bringing people to this area. i am eating a little truffle hunter who is willing to show people how to discover some of the easier fines. what is it about this region that makes the truffle so good here. tell me how competitive it is between truffle hunters. comet rivalry is there? —— tell me

how much. when you find a really good spot do you keep it a secret? do you tell anybody? nobody? you don't tell anyone? but there are some areas he is still willing to share. no good. over the last 25 years there has been a 30% decrease in truffles due to the change in climate and in some places, they are disappearing altogether. there it is! look at that! whoa! it is good,

yeah? whoa! yeah. but has got a whiff! now, in addition to their rarity, truffles are perishable so it is really important to get them harvested, processed and shipped as quickly as possible and in fact, you can get a truffle leave a forest like this and going anywhere around the world on a restaurant table within 36 hours! so i had better get a move on. in italy, to protect the trade and way of life from rural communities, the importation of truffles is

strictly controlled. here in alba the hunters come to town to the dealers who find buyers around the world. i'm going to see what i can get for mine. wow! you are chiari. yes. buongiorno, rajin. nice to meet you. and this is the spiritual home of truffles and truffle selling and i have one here. let me see. i want to know how much it is worth. could you tell me. yes, let me see. oh, it isa tell me. yes, let me see. oh, it is a good piece! small but nice! let me... so is 20 g. today more or less 20— 2a euros. 2a euros? this piece. that's good! i'm pleased! you made a good job! bravo! after you. i believe the guy who started the shop is really responsible for the whole

explosion of truffles? yes, starting in 50 years, he was a marketing genius before marketing genius before marketing was invented. he gave a full free, every year the hugest truffle they could find toa vip hugest truffle they could find to a vip person, such as marilyn monroe, president churchill, hitchcock, many movie stars. so, underneath this... one, two, three. whoa! so that is truffle heaven. i did not really make a fortune on my own specimen here but still worth something to me. and i have a real grasp of how valuable truffles are to this region and now to the world. that is all for this week but join us next time when... and he takes us on a trip down memory lane from all four corners of the uk. from a vegan

chow down in london to deep inside a freezing scottish snow whole. it should be well worth a watch! i cannot believe we're down here. cheers, everyone! so join us if you can and don't forget you can keep up with all of our adventures by following us on of our adventures by following us on social media. in the meantime from me and the rest of the truffle show team here in northern italy, it's goodbye. hello there. scotland, northern ireland didn't fare too badly on friday with some good spells of sunshine around, some pleasant sunset scenes as well. but for england and wales, it really was pretty atrocious. wet and windy — all

courtesy of storm alex — and it looks like all areas willjoin in with the heavy rain this weekend, including scotland and northern ireland. could cause some transport disruption, some flooding in places, and the winds will be quite a feature too. so for saturday, it looks thoroughly wet to start the day across much of england and wales, eastern scotland, that rain also drifting a little bit further westwards at times. but meanwhile, it will be clearing a little bit from the south—east, so here, we could see some brightness into the afternoon, but it stays windy. south wales into south—west england, those temperatures pretty disappointing — the low teens for most of us, could see 16 in the south—east. but it's the rainfall amounts we are most concerned about this weekend. saturday into sunday morning, amber warnings issued for parts of wales, the south—west of england and also for the east and north—east of scotland. areas here, certainly over the high ground, could see in excess of two inches of rain, so flooding is likely to be an issue here. as we move through saturday night then, that rain really piles its way westwards, affecting northern ireland as well. winds will be quite strong across the south—west. temperatures a little bit

lower than what we had for the previous night — typically around 9—10 degrees. now, this new area of low pressure will be sitting right across the uk as we head on into part two of the weekend. it will be sending bands of cloud and rain around the country, mainly around its periphery, where we will also see the strongest of the winds — gale force winds at times here — but in the centre of it, winds not quite as strong. and we should see some sunshine and that will set off a few heavy, maybe thundery showers. and again, those temperatures pretty disappointing — in the low teens for most. as we move out of sunday into monday, our area of low pressure begins to fill somewhat, begins to weaken a little bit, but it is still going to be enough to generate showers or longer spells of rain, certainly around the edges. fairly strong winds, too, though those winds will continue to ease down. central areas will see the lightest of winds with some sunny spells through monday afternoon, but that could set off some heavy, maybe thundery showers again. temperatures again low teens for most but we could make 15 or 16 in the south—east, given

some sunshine and light winds. but it remains unsettled as we head through the new week, certainly for england and wales, with a high chance of heavy showers and sunny spells.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charli stayt. our headlines today: president trump is flown to a military hospital to be treated for coronavirus . the white house describes it as "a precaution." the president's been given an experimental drug designed to stop him from becoming seriously ill. he posted a video on twitter saying he was in good spirits. i think ithink i'm i think i'm doing very well, but we're going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. so thank you very much, i appreciate it, i will never forget it. new covid restrictions come into force affecting 2 million people across northern england, stopping them

from meeting up indoors.