this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... an investigation is launched after 16,000 coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week because of an error. everyone who tested positive was informed, but others in close contact with them were not. all of those people are obviously being contacted and every key thing is, asi being contacted and every key thing is, as i say, that everybody, whether in this group are generally, should self—isolate. that the way to make it work. a drive—by for supporters by a covid—positive president trump attracts criticism for putting his staff at risk. cineworld will temporarily close all of its cinemas in the uk on thursday, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. bars in paris will be closed from tomorrow as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.

and there's just hours to go in transfer deadline day in the premier league. everton sign defender ben godfrey from norwich city in a £25—million deal. hello, good afternoon. number 10 says an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. public health england has blamed what it described as a "technical issue", and the investigation will look into why the problem wasn't discovered sooner. although those testing positive were informed, their details were not passed on to the test and trace system to alert those they'd been in contact with.

the bbc has been told by senior public health officials a significant proportion of the unreported cases are from the north—west of england. phe says the issue has now been resolved, but labour has called the situation "shambolic". the health secretary matt hancock is to make a statement to mps this afternoon. here's our health correspondent cichard galpin. testing for coronavirus using a home kit like this or at testing centres around the country, vital for controlling the spread of the disease. but the system is under strain. and now it has been revealed there has been another technical glitch in the test and trace system. it has been discovered that 16,000 cases of the virus which should have been passed on to test and trace have gone unreported. that has serious implications. because their recent contacts would not have been immediately followed up and they could therefore have caught the disease and be spreading it.

in theory, any laboratory test that is positive should be automatically, by some computer algorithm, reported to the test, track and trace central database and be included in the data set. we don't know why that didn't happen. as you say, one of the big concerns is that individuals who are contacts of these cases will not necessarily have known that they have actually been in contact. it has become clear that those lost covid cases are concentrated in the north west of england. this could have major implications for cities like liverpool and manchester, which already have the highest infection rates in the country. the prime minister is now seeking to reassure the country that the latest issue with the test and trace system is being dealt with. some of the data got truncated

and it was lost but what they have done now is not only contacted all the people who were identified as having the disease, and that was done in the first place, but they are now working through all the contacts as well. but there is scepticism of the test and trace system, not least amongst those living with people who have tested positive for the virus. so my husband was tested positive for covid—19 and uploaded his details to the app and it has told him to isolate. when i have uploaded my information to the app, it has actually told me not to isolate and it is still telling me to carry on as normal. but the hope now must be that these glitches in the test and trace system will stop. richard galpin, bbc news. our health correspondent lauren moss explained how significant this computer error is to the track

and trace system. there's a lot resting on the test and trace system. remember, borisjohnson promised it would be "world beating" when it launched at the start ofjune. yesterday, he said he was frustrated with it and admitted it's not perfect. this data glitch, if we call it that, means that the contacts of almost 16,000 people who tested positive between 24th of september and the first of october were not reached immediately afterwards. public health england says that issue has now been resolved, but experts say that ideally contacts should be tracked down within 48 hours and told to isolate for risk that they, too, could then be spreading the virus around. so it looks like two things have happened here, really. 0ne being the data not transferring over to the dashboard, leading to that large increase in cases we saw over the weekend. and although those who tested positive were then contacted and told to isolate, they weren't then passed over to the contact tracers for that next important step.

hospital trusts in england, said it's vital that the public has confidence in this system because big decisions around local lockdowns and restrictions are made on the data. and there's also the added issue of where the positive tests are. we know now that the north, west and yorkshire are most affected by the reporting lags. and like in richard's report, considering the case rates in the likes of liverpool, manchester being ten times the national average, that isn't really surprising. you carry out more tests in a certain area. you're going to find more cases. but it isn'tjust there. the north, east, south, west and east midlands all saw their test testing figures last week, more than double. so whichever way you look at it, they're going to be big questions to answer here. lauren moss there. let's discuss all this with to our political correspondent nick eardley. they questions there and number ten a singh investigation has begun into this glitch so it shows how serious it has been —— saying. this glitch so it shows how serious it has been -- saying. the government knows that this undermines confidence in the system so undermines confidence in the system so there will be that probe into exactly what went wrong. the prime

minister's spokesman saying they are going to bring in extra contact racers to try and find those people who were missed out last week. so there are almost two elements are less, that is at the practical impact which is, yes, but it positive at all, but then their contacts were not traced or potentially you have thousands of people walking about who should be at home are self—isolating. they could be spreading the virus, though, of course, wejust could be spreading the virus, though, of course, we just do could be spreading the virus, though, of course, wejust do not know. the prime minister was asked about that this morning and did not know how many of those people there were, but we are hearing from downing street, as i say, that they are going to work extra first to try and find those people. but the other element of this is confidence in the system. as lauren wasjust element of this is confidence in the system. as lauren was just saying there, we had been promised the st world beating system track and trace isa world beating system track and trace is a central part of the strategy to suppress the virus in england and is supposed to tell them where cases are and help them try and stop

transmission or break transmission by telling people to stay at home. we have potentially thousands of people here who are falling through the net. we are going to hearfrom the net. we are going to hearfrom the health secretary matt hancock about half three this afternoon and that could be pretty bruising encounter in the commons because there is increasing questioning and criticism of the government must ‘s strategy and this is another sign that that track and trace system justis that that track and trace system just is not up to the speed that ministers were hoping to buy this point. and we heard it was a technical glitch that made this ever happen, because these cases to go unreported. are we any clearer as to what that glitch was? no, not exactly. what we do know is that the nhs was struggling to get all that the data in from the community testing centres so not necessarily nhs england testing centres, but some of the one that had been outsourced. that is not all seem to have been added immediately. you

might remember that on saturday, we got a sudden spike in the number of cases. it went up from about 7000 a day to 13,000 positive cases at any time, the line that was coming from the government was that that was the first sign of this technical glitch. it was at that just simply all be cases had not been added last week so cases had not been added last week so they were being added now. again, another big jump on sunday. that has added to this they question over what happened last week. last week we we re what happened last week. last week we were seeing the graphs that show how many daily positive cases that are going a bit like that, going up quite steadily, turns out they were probably going up even further. although we have seen a dramatic spike over the weekend, which is that extra data being added on, the broader picture is that better more positive cases last week, or there where, last week than renewal. that does raise some questions about exactly how that the virus is spreading —— last week than renewal.

thank you so much, nick ardley there. president trump has been strongly criticised by medical experts after he briefly left the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus to drive past supporters outside. his critics included a doctor at the hospital who described the move as "outstanding" irresponsibility, for potentially putting others in the car at risk. the sudden appearance came amid continued speculation about his condition. here's david willis. the us government's medical experts have advised coronavirus patients to stay in their room and only venture out if it's medically necessary. not this patient. accompanied by secret service agents in protective gear, president trump embarked on a slow drive around the walter reed medical center to wave to supporters who've maintained a vigil there since he was admitted three days ago. "great patriots", in his words, and whilst the president himself and whilst the president himself was wearing a face mask, few of them were doing the same. i love the job we're doing... he teased the trip on twitter

after paying tribute to those who've been treating him. so, it's been a very interesting journey. i learnt a lot about covid. i learnt it by really going to school. this is the real school. this isn't the "let's read the book" school. and i get it. and i understand it. but some think he hasn't learnt enough. an attending physician at walter reed, drjames phillips, described the drive—by as an act of political theatre that could cost the secret service agents involved their lives, that "the irresponsibility is astounding." following several days of confusion and contradiction surrounding the president's condition, further details have emerged. despite saying his condition continues to improve, his medical team confirmed that his blood oxygen level dropped twice in recent days, and that they gave him a steroid typically recommended only for the very sick. pressed about how their information had conflicted with that from the white house, the president's personal physician acknowledged he painted a deliberately rose—tinted picture of his patient‘s condition.

i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president — that his course of illness has had. i didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction. and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true. what is true is that the president is being aggressively treated with a cocktail of drugs. these include dexamethasone, a steroid tested in the uk. it works by calming the immune system but is rarely used on patients who are experiencing only mild symptoms of covid—19. and despite being on a five—day course of remdesivir, the president's doctors say he could be leaving hospital later today. with the president grounded, his democratic rival remains on the virtual campaign trail. five days after spending 90 minutes on a debate stage with president trump, joe biden has tested negative

for the coronavirus. senior democrats say they hope the president's diagnosis will change his attitude towards the coronavirus, but that remains to be seen. davis willis, bbc news, los angeles. with me now is aaron flahaut, from the organisation republicans 0verseas uk. good afternoon to you. let's start first of all with the issue that has raising some controversy today, the drive past that the president toqayev did to —— that the president did to say hello to his supporters. did you think it was ok questioning i know it's because some issues and there was an uproar, but i think we can all agree that trump has dozens of advisers and although this may seem like a risky move, he probably would not have made this move without

having consulted many of his advisers, a team of doctors that he had to met yesterday and said that they okayed him going out into public. he went out, he was wearing a mask, he was in the motorcade and the people that he sat with, any car, they all knew the risk that was involved. and i am sure that they we re involved. and i am sure that they were also advice on any risks that would happen with a drive by in the motorcade and he did not go out, he did not go and interact with the public, he stayed within his car with a mask on. i think the implication is the risk that he may potentially have put the people in the car at because it is, after all, it isa the car at because it is, after all, it is a sealed vehicle, it is hermetically sealed to make it safe for the present, but that could potentially put the people in the car at risk. —— the president. potentially put the people in the car at risk. -- the president. the people in the car know what the

risks are involved and they chose to get on with him. i think that was a good act on their part, trump, the president, is going out as an act of solidarity and confidence for his supporters during the motorcade and passing by them, they seem very enthused to see him out there and he is showing the american people that he is healthy, he is doing well. that is in addition to all of the pictures and videos that have been released of him working from the hospital. i think this was a good show of his robustness and his vitality. yes, it is interesting that you say he is showing the american people that he is healthy and well, because he is suffering from coronavirus, he is not healthy, in fact, is he? from coronavirus, he is not healthy, infact, is he? i from coronavirus, he is not healthy, in fact, is he? i wonder what you think the effect on voters, given in mind thatan think the effect on voters, given in mind that an election is about a month away, what effect do you think that the president has suffered from coronavirus, is suffering from coronavirus, is suffering from coronavirus is going to have on

voters and how they view him now?m regard to him having coronavirus we know that her symptoms have been pretty mad and he is showing that he is up and is working and is taking documents to the hospital —— have been pretty mild. he seems to be recovering and handling the virus well. i actually think that we will see, as he recovers from the virus and if he recovered strongly, it is going to actually boost the american people's confidence in the president and his health and strength to be able to recover from this horrible virus, recover well and continue to go out there and lead any country. and how do you feel that the president's contracting of coronavirus, how do you feel that reflects on the attitude he has had two it up until now? he has been pretty sceptical about wedding mass, for example. i know that the people —— wearing masks. people have gone after him for his attitudes

regarding covid, but what we have seen is that he has borne the masks whenever he has been advised to, whenever he has been advised to, whenever he has felt it was necessary “— whenever he has felt it was necessary —— he has worn masks. he has got tested for covid—19, he has got his staff and the people around him regularly tested for covid—19. i think he does take the virus are very seriously and, you know, in any moments where he has gone out to the people and has made all of these public appearances, that is just his show of confidence and trying to boost confidence of the american people. so i do not think that this is something that is, you know, just because he has contracted covid—19, ido because he has contracted covid—19, i do not think it has anything to do with any lack of regard for the virus because he obviously has... he has obviously taken the spider it is they. and yet we have had reports of within the white house, —— this virus seriously. we have had reports of staff in the way it has not wearing masks and that was not taken seriously. i think we can see that toa seriously. i think we can see that

to a certain degree it was taken seriously by the fact that all of the staff members, they were regularly getting tested for covid—19. all of these people, they're interacting with each other on the daily, getting tested for covid, he is getting regular tested for covid—19, and think if then there is any reports of them not wearing masks, there must be some kind of good reason behind that. 0k, we have to live there. thank you very much indeed. 0ur enough from republicans overseas uk. the headlines on bbc news... an investigation is launched, after nearly 16,000 positive coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week, because of an error. a drive—by for supporters by a covid—positive president trump attracts criticism for putting his staff at risk.

"not a decision we made lightly. " the words of the boss of cineworld on the company's decision to close its cinemas in the uk and the us indefinitely. the cinema chain confirmed it will shut down all screens from this thursday, putting around 5,500 jobs in the uk at risk. as the prime minister this morning urged people to return to cinemas, the latest delay of the next james bond film once again deprives cinemas of a big box office draw. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. wolverhampton‘s main cinema, 1a screens but soon to be mothballed like the rest of the cineworld chain. the company suspending its operation on thursday, putting nearly 6000 jobs at risk. our first reaction was one of shock, that employees who work for cineworld and indeed picture house first heard about the potential closure through social media and the sunday papers yesterday. that is really not the way

they should be hearing about their future employment, is it? cinemas have taken a big financial hit in this pandemic and it has not been easy for them to entice customers back after lockdown. even with all the new precautions in place. it doesn't seem somewhere you would go in a pandemic. you have got to wear your mask, it's not of bother and not the same experience, with the sweets and popcorn. it has been a long time and we mostly watch netflix now. james bond... james bond was supposed to come to the rescue. cinemas rely on big movies for most of their income. this blockbuster was due to come out next month but it was delayed until next year. the final straw for cineworld. people want to go and see films that reflect their own culture and james bond was perfect product for british screens put it we don't really have a big british blockbuster coming up that will get

every brit off the sofa, that's the problem and if people at home. they don't want to wear masks, they want to watch things on that sofa where they are being adequately provided for by the streaming platforms and this is a real problem for cinemas now. cineworld says its business is unviable without big blockbusters to tempt people back. it lost more than £1 billion for the first six months of this year. not all the cinema chains are in the same situation in terms of financial vulnerability and cineworld unfortunately does appear to us to have been the most vulnerable. even before the pandemic struck. expansion drove a very big rise in debt and it has been burning cash for months. it is not clear when its venues will reopen after what will likely be a long winter of hibernation. emma simpson, bbc news. the chancellor rishi sunak has promised to create opportunity for people facing an uncertain

future because of the coronavirus pandemic. in his speech to the virtual conservative party conference, he said he would use the "overwhelming might of the british state" to help people find new work. but he also pledged to balance the books after months of unprecendented spending. here's our political correspondent chris mason. elbow bumps and jaunty—looking creatures from the deep. the chancellor was at an energy company in central london this morning. behind the smiles he is tackling an economic crisis unprecedented in modern times. and he is seen as a future prime minister. so it was noticeable how, right at the start of his speech, he heaped praise on the current one. yes, it has been difficult. challenge is a part of the job, but on the big calls, in the big moments, borisjohnson has got it right and that is the leadership we need. because we are only part way

through this crisis. with the furlough scheme ending in weeks, and it's less generous successor starting next month, the chancellor acknowledged he can't protect every job and every business, but he said... i'm committing myself to a single priority, to create support and extend opportunity to as many people as i can. because even if this moment is more difficult than any you have ever faced, even if it feels like there is no hope, i am telling you, there is, and that the overwhelming might of the british state will be placed at your service. talking of which, rishi sunak is still proud of the eat out to help 0ut scheme. "definitely no regrets," he tells the sun today, after the prime minister suggested that it might have helped spread the virus. rishi sunak has called this place, 11 downing st, home since february.

since then he has become something of a favourite among conservative grassroots members and indeed others. but if you're helping to pay the wages of millions of people and picking up some of the tab for millions of us to eat out over the summer, little wonder if you end up becoming popular. the real challenge will come when the bills have to be paid. and listen carefully to this next part = a hint of tax rises or spending cuts, or both? we have a sacred responsibility to future generations, to leave the public finances strong, and through careful management of our economy, this conservative government will always balance the books. the towering challenges for this still new chancellor aren't going away. chris mason, bbc news, westminster.

well, our economics corresopndent andy verity earlier gave me this analysis of mr sunak‘s remarks. in august we borrowed £35 billion compared to 5 billion in august in 2019. the amount that we are boarding, in other words they meant that the government is spending is already £174 billion. and based on the office for budget responsibility, numbers that they have put out, it is likely to reach 370 billion p for this year. the net debt, the public sector debt, has jumped by £200 million in the last four or five jumped by £200 million in the last four orfive months. and that jumped by £200 million in the last four or five months. and that is all because of spending for the pandemic, all understandable, but when any chancellor says, a conservative government will always balance the books, we have been hearing that for the best part of the last decade. if balancing the books means having more income than your spending, that is what acidity was all about. and actually, it never happened, it never reached a

state when the budget was in surplus. 0ver state when the budget was in surplus. over the whole of the last ten years, in spite of cuts of 25% per person in what has been spent on government departments outside health, such scepticism is needed. i think the question we need to ask when you hear the conservative government as i was going to balance the books is when. and a suggestion also from the chancellor of more economic support for workers to come? yes. they went to the economy plan, he said, was but ata come? yes. they went to the economy plan, he said, was but at a later stage of that i think that is significant. really, unlike in the past where you had to wait for the budget or an autumn spending round for big economic develop, they are not confining it to that because we are ina not confining it to that because we are in a crisis. that suggests that some of the things that people felt we re some of the things that people felt were lacking in the winter economy plan, for example people on benefits are going to see their incomes cut by £20 a week next april, does that make sense when an appointment is rising question make little things like that, he is giving himself the freedom to change in the coming

weeks. i corresponded andy that it either. all bars and cafes in paris will be closed for two weeks from tomorrow after the french government raised the alert level in the capital to the highest level. restaurants and bars selling food as well as alcohol will be able to stay open, but will have to introduce further safety measures. universities are also being told to halve the number of students present on campus at any one time. hugh schofield reports. the news from paris is not good. covid infections are up, above 250 per 100,000 people which means the city has hit a higher alert level and automatically new measures are going to kick in. translation: the measures are meant to put the brakes on. the epidemic is going too fast. we have to slow it down so that our health system is not overwhelmed. the headline news is that bars and cafes are going to shut completely for two weeks from tomorrow. they were already having to close doors at ten o'clock but that

hasn't been enough to stop the virus spreading. why are the authorities targeting bars and other drinking places? well, the main vectorfor covid, it is reckoned now, is young people. young people gathering, young people intermingling and young people, often under the effects of alcohol, dropping their covid guard. there is some respite for the hard—hit hospitality trade. restaurants and bistros, which also expected to be told to shut, can stay open, if they observe new rules of a maximum six to a table and masks on all the time except at the moment of eating. young people are also targeted at paris universities which have been told that lecture halls must now only be used at 50% capacity. parisians are sceptical about the bar closures but resigned. i'm not, i mean, surprised that my average age is the most contaminated, i don't know. ithinkjust, like, people are still living like nothing

is happening, you know? so, that's why i don't think that closing the bars is going to make a difference. paris nowjoins marseille at what they call in france a state of maximum covid alert. if things deteriorate further, the next level is a state of health emergency. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. after a thoroughly miserable weekend, today, in some ways, is an improvement. we're still under an influence of low pressure, yes, but it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. so far, most of the showers have been close to this weather front out to the west, particularly through northern ireland, parts of wales and south—west england. that's going to continue to be the case for the rest of the day. further inland, we'll have fewer showers, a little more sunshine coming through and, as a result, temperatures will be a degree or so up on yesterday, peaking between 13 and 17 celsius — that's 63 fahrenheit.

the showers to the west, they will drift their way steadily eastwards overnight. fewer showers across north—east england and for parts of scotland. here, we're likely to see clearer skies and temperatures dipping just into single figures. but elsewhere, we're likely to see ten or 11 celsius to start our day on tuesday. tuesday, another day of sunny spells and scattered showers. the showers should be few and further between on wednesday — potentially the best day of the week. that's it, take care.

this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... an investigation is launched after 16,000 coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week because of an error. everyone who tested positive was informed, but others in close contact with them were not. doctors criticise president trump for leaving the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus, to wave to supporters gathered outside. cineworld blames a lack of new films for its decision to shut all its cinemas in the uk from thursday, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. bars in paris will be closed from tomorrow, as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0llie foster. the chelsea and england striker tammy abraham has apologised for breaching covid—19 guidelines. a surprise birthday party was thrown for him on saturday with a reported

20 people in attendance, breaking the rule of six. england team—mates jadon sancho and ben chilwell were also there. in a statement, abraham says he was totally unaware of what was planned but says he would like to wholeheartedly apologise for the naivety shown by all for the organisation and attending of the gathering. all three players are due to meet up with the england squad today for three matches in the international break. it's transfer deadline day, lots of business expected before the window shuts at 11pm in england and midnight in scotland. the norwich defender ben godfrey has joined premier league leaders everton on a five year deal for an initial fee of £25 million. that could rise to 30 million pounds with add—ons for the 19—year—old. all the deals are on the bbc sport website. and a little bit of speculation as well on the bbc sport website.

remember it's deadline day for international deals, domestic transfers can still take place up to the 16th. eddiejones has named a 28 man england squad for a three day training camp this week. 12 uncapped players have been included but there are no players from exeter, wasps, bristol, bath, sale and worcester because all six clubs are involved in the premiership play—offs. england face the barbarians at twickenham on october 25th and then head to rome to face italy, their final match in the six nations that was postponed in march. staying with sale, the rfu has launched an investigation into the club's coronavirus protocols after 19 positive cases threw the end of the premiership season into chaos. the final round of games should have been played at the same time on sunday. but sale's match with worcester has been moved to this wednesday — when a win for sale would see them qualify for the play—offs at the expense of bath.

but there's still a major doubt over whether the game can go ahead, with other clubs asking for clarity over the source of the outbreak. there'll be no fans allowed at the turkish grand prix next month. spectator access is dictated by local and national coronavirus guidelines in each country, and the istanbul governor's office has barred fans from the race. there were around 30,000 at the russian grand prix in sochi just over a week ago, and more than 13,000 will be able to attend the grand prix in italy at imola later this month. english golfer mel reid said she'd redeemed herself, after winning her first title on the american tour. she took the shoprite classic in newjersey by two shots with a final round of 67. last month reid squandered a good chance of victory on the last day of an event in portland. she said winning this one was a huge relief. the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova

is through to the quarterfinals of the french open for only the second time in her career. she beat zhang shuai in straight sets. kvitova's best run at roland garros came in 2012, when she reached the semi—finals. next up for her is the unseeded german laura siegemund. whatever happens in paris, kvitova will break back into the world's top 10. that's all the sport for now. now, the latest on donald trump — he's sent a volley of tweets this morning from his hospital rooms, it's obvious he hasn't stopped campaigning for next month's presidental election despite contracting coronavirus. the white house chief of staff says his condition continues to improve. but he's been criticised for briefly leaving the hospital to drive past supporters outside. our correspondent gary 0'donoghue is outside the hospital in bethesda.

gary, i suppose there is volume of tweets, a sign of business as usual, although he is still in hospital? that's it, that is exactly what they are designed to do, but the actual bold, brutal fact is that he is still in this hospital behind me and we are told that despite much talk about him being discharged today, we are told by his chief of staff that are told by his chief of staff that a decision on that won't be made at the earliest until this afternoon, so the earliest until this afternoon, so there clearly is business to be decided before any such thing can be carried out. so i think what the president is trying to say is i'm well, i'm fighting fit, ready for the campaign still, they know that with only a month to go there is a lot of ground to make up, particularly the polls after the debates last week when he took another hit in swing states such as pennsylvania, so i think he is still trying to say i am still ready for this. but there are big questions. a lot of confusion, contradiction over

the weekend over his condition, how severe it was, when he was diagnosed even, and then that highly controversial sort of drive by of his supporters here yesterday, where he got in a car, knowing he had the coronavirus, with two members of the secret service, albeit clad in ppe, but drove around what his critics will call for a photo op, a stunt. and with regard to that drive by, gary, do you get the sense, given the coverage today, that it backfired, or has it played into his hands? i think it obviously depends here as always with this president who you ask. i mean, his numbers have not been good on coronavirus, even among republicans, clearly not as bad as they are amongst democrats but still large numbers of democrats —— of republicans believe he has not handled this well. those people were likely think that is a pretty

unusual move yesterday, let's put it that way. we will have to wait and see for the polling and if people are specifically about that move but in general he is under water when it comes to the handling of the coronavirus, and has been for a number of months. the other interesting question will be whether 01’ interesting question will be whether or not he get some kind of bounce from this. it sounds harsh, doesn't it, to talk about that, but you will know in britain borisjohnson experienced precisely that, after he had been seriously ill with the virus back in march. perhaps the president is thinking that may happen here. there have been a couple of polls since he announced his diagnosis on thursday, they don't seem to show very much, but as i say, there has only been a couple so i say, there has only been a couple so far. and gary you started by saying we won't know until sometime later today whether he will in fact be discharged from hospital but i suppose it is worth remembering there is a medicalfacility in suppose it is worth remembering there is a medical facility in the white house, unlike, say, in downing

street. absolutely right. it is not a hospital but it is reasonably sophisticated, to the extent that it seems because he had some of this treatment before he got here, it seems to have the capacity for example to do intravenous drugs, which is what he's having of course with this remedy are severe and indeed with the antibodies he is getting, so if they can do that there, that is something they will be able to do potentially but of course there are still the question of isolation and quarantine. he did say, didn't he come on thursday that he and milani would be quarantining. there may be some room for manoeuvre in terms of being frequently tested, whether or not he has to do that for two weeks or not, but the second debate is thursday week, so it is really a touch and go to know if there will be anything like fit to do that, and indeed whether he wants to do that or indeed whetherjoe biden will want to go anywhere near him having had the virus. so many

questions. gary 0'donoghue, thank you very much indeed. french and italian rescuers have stepped up their search efforts, after floods cut off several villages on the mountainous border, causing widespread damage, and killing at least four people. others are still missing on the french side of the border, after storm alex brought torrential rain, winds of 180kph, and flash floods. paul hawkins reports. this was the picturesque town of breil—sur—roya in the french alps. but four months of rain in just one day meant devastating landslides have cut off the town. translation: all i worry about is my kids down the valley. i can't reach them. i have medicine, i have everything i need, but i'm not well. it's stress, it's anguish. rescue efforts are concentrated here, with roughly 1,000 firefighters backed by helicopters and the army, the french government declaring the wider region a national disaster zone. two hours' drive from here is the village of saint—martin—vesubie,

population 1,400 — or at least, it was. it is also now cut off by the aftermath of storm alex, so many are leaving. translation: i left with this, a nightgown, and there you go. this is what i have left. what i have on me is not mine. i don't have a car any more. we don't have anything any more, like half the village. translation: i was on the top floor of the hotel right next to the river. i realised it had doubled in volume and then it spread out across the entire width of the hotel. it was scary. we could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because of the rocks hitting the walls, which were falling down, and being in the dark was even worse because we didn't know what was going on. many are being evacuated by helicopter here to the city of nice, 55km south, where aid is being packed and sent out to villages across the region. meanwhile, a 40—minute drive from here along the coast to italy,

the city of ventimiglia is also cleaning up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look, it's quite a disaster. i had a lot of goods to throw away and for the whole market it is the same. it is a disaster. translation: this is the first time. i have never seen this before. i'm 45 years old and i have never seen that. 25 years that i'm at the market and i've never seen that. with both france and italy's economies hit badly by the pandemic already, this is the last thing they needed. paul hawkins, bbc news. back to our main story. number ten says an investigation has begun into the error, which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. public health england has blamed

what it described as a "technical issue", and the investigation will look into why the problem wasn't discovered sooner. let's talk to labour shadow health minister alex norris. good afternoon to you. you must find this issue very concerning? yeah, it is exceptionally concerning. we need an effective test and tray system if we are going to defeat this virus. we haven't had one for months and months and this is just the latest ina long months and this is just the latest in a long line of disasters really. so the government need to show they are going to get this better and get this right. as far as we can work out, it has been called a technical glitch, but it seems to be that some of the files of information exceeded the maximum file size, so it is a problem of design really, rather than of something going wrong. problem of design really, rather than of something going wronglj mean, frankly, it didn't matter why it happened, it mattered that it happened. we have been basing decisions in the last week or so

with increasing restrictions based on information that has not been complete. similarly, thousands and thousands of people who have been in close contact, with someone we know for a fact has coronavirus and have been wandering around when they should have been self—isolating through no fault of their own, potentially passing that on to many people. whether it is xml, or csv, it frankly won't wash, it is a failure of the government's vital track and trace system that has failed throughout the summer. you don't think it is material if the system is inadequately designed, as opposed to theirjust being something going wrong? we will see in the health secretary comes to the house what the specific detail is. i think what people will care most about is that we have an effective system, that it tests all the people we need to, it turns round the tests ina timely we need to, it turns round the tests in a timely manner, and that we then find the contacts and self—isolate them. so the garment will have their

reasons and their views on why this happened, however the most important thing is that it did happen and how we make sure that it doesn't happen again. so as you said, the health secretary is coming to the commons this afternoon to speak to you all. what will you want to ask? would like to see some humility frankly. what we tend to see when matt hancock and boris johnson what we tend to see when matt hancock and borisjohnson make state m e nts hancock and borisjohnson make statements on coronavirus, they get quite angry quite quickly with any level of scrutiny, and as an opposition we have an importantjob to do that i think in holding them to do that i think in holding them to account. so rather than, matt hancock and boris johnson to account. so rather than, matt hancock and borisjohnson are particularly bad for this, rather than making great grand promises about how great the system is going to be, may be a bit of humility. we have been saying for months a number of constructive ways that it might be improved such as using nhs labs to turnaround tests more quickly, using public health officials to give them up to have local

approaches. we might take some of them on board so we might have a better system as soon as we can do. a report out a couple of days ago suggesting almost half of local councils have launched or are setting up contact tracing systems to supplement the national system. that is something you welcome and applaud, is it? yeah, it is great. viewers won't necessarily know this but in local authorities we have these teams, so whether it is a salman ella break out at a takeaway ora salman ella break out at a takeaway or a gonorrhoea outbreak, they are used to finding contacts and then giving them public health advice. what they need is resources so they can do it at a greater scale than they currently are doing. they are champing at the bit, already trying to get on with it, if we just put a bit of resource, rather than a big, private national contract but doesn't seem to be able to deliver, if we put that into local hands, into the hands of the experts, i think it will make a really big difference. the government have kind of been swatting that for a long period of time, today's puppy the day to embrace it. you say it is a

private company, you think that is important? we do? -- we do. the government default to outside organisations that frankly have no experience of dealing with this. that model has failed with using one of the government's preferred providers, as they tend to do. this isn't necessarily a public versus private thing, it is what works versus what doesn't work thing, and we know that that local knowledge, that local expertise, if we resource them properly we will have a better system, and that is the best way to beat this virus. ok, thank you very much for your time, the shadow health minister alex norris. news just in from 0deon, the cinema chain, they have an unstable cut hours to some cinemas to weekends only, from friday to sunday. that will apply to around a quarter of

0deon cinemas in the uk and ireland. 0deon cinemas in the uk and ireland. 0deon has 120 cinemas in total but a handful are still closed because of refurbishment. 0deon employs 5500 people in the uk and ireland, and a spokesman declined to comment on potential job cuts, so spokesman declined to comment on potentialjob cuts, so that is very significant on a day we have heard from cineworld closing its in uk and the us indefinitely, and endangering 5500 jobs. the wales health minister vaughan gething says the welsh government is now "actively considering" quarantine restrictions for people travelling from high—risk areas in england into wales. speaking at the wales daily coronavirus briefing. coronavirus briefing, mr gething said the welsh government is considering how to use their power to protect areas of wales which has lower case numbers. we are actively considering what we should do and i am disgusted this morning with the first minister. we have quarantine regulations for international travel, so for some of

the hotspot areas in the north of england, the north—east, the north west and the west midlands, if they we re west and the west midlands, if they were other countries or territories, were other countries or territories, we would have quarantine regulations for them to return to the uk, so we are having to consider how we use our power to protect lower prevalence areas of wales, but at the same time we don't want to take a whole nation approach, because a lower prevalence area like the south west of england there is no good reason to prevent someone from devon at this point in time coming to visit a pre—booked holiday or trip to temperature. so we are thinking about how we use something that is proportionate and deals with the reality of the threat that we face. the scottish government is considering if more restrictions need to be put in place to control rising cases of coronavirus. at her daily briefing, nicola sturgeon said a decision would be made in the next few days. 697 new cases have been reported in scotland since yesterday. the restrictions we announced a couple of weeks ago, particularly

that request for everybody not to visit anybody's house is right now is an attempt to get the virus under control, we are very helpful —— that it will help us stem the virus over the next period. given the numbers, it is possible we need to do more. they may well be a need for some further restrictions in the near future. i can say the government will be considering the latest clinical evidence and advice later on today, and the cabinet will be considering the up—to—date situation when it meets tomorrow morning. if we do decide more restrictions are necessary, and no decision has been taken yet, i want to give any assurance that we will endeavour to give you of the public and of course the scottish parliament as much notice as possible, as well as a clear explanation of our reasons and rationale. i want to promise you we

do not impose restrictions lightly. if we decide that extra restrictions are necessary, it will be because we deem it necessary and vital to get the virus back under control and avoid unnecessary loss of life. more than 670 homeless people died in the uk last year — that's according to research by a homeless charity. the ‘museum of homelessness' found that almost 40% of those who died were living in some form of temporary accommodation. rachel stonehouse reports. what was george like as a brother? he was everything that you would want in a big brother. loyal, he was funny. i know some people don't really get on with their siblings but i was always very, very close to george. i adored him. george died while staying in a hostel called wick house in bristol, which claimed to offer support for addictions and mental health. george was very intent

on getting over his addiction and to that end, not for the first time, he stopped drinking completely and there was ultimately no alcohol in his system when he died. but he appears to have had a seizure during the night that he died. george was found in a pool of blood, with injuries to his face and neck. the police initially thought he might have been murdered but a postmortem recorded his death as sudden, unexpected death and alcohol misuse. but almost four years on, his family are still searching for answers. there wasn't any such support. largely, these people are left to their own devices. we've been to a certain extent in limbo as well over the years because we didn't have the closure. to me, it seems in that area, vulnerable people with alcohol addiction, it is a bit of a grey area and people are exploiting that. in response, the charity told us the number of deaths was comparatively low and people with addictions live a precarious existence.

following a charity commission investigation, wick house is now run by a new organisation, but i've discovered similar stories across the country, like the shuttleworth hostel in london, which has more than 100 rooms. in 2019, there were three deaths here in the space ofjust two months and like wick house in bristol, concerns have been raised about the conditions inside. john and nigel, two former residents, wanted to share their experience of living there butjohn did not want to show his face. my room was a bathroom. in as much as what had happened, they took the bath out and stuck a bed in it. it was not a home at all. it was somewhere to put your head at the end of the day. if you could sleep. when nigel was there, a decomposing body was found. three or four days, it had been rotting there, there was a

guy in the room next to it, he could smell it, because the walls were very thin. there ought to be something done, an investigation into a place like this. in response, the management of the shuttleworth hostel told us it meets all laws governing temporary accommodation and does not tolerate violence or aggression among residents. a project called the museum of homelessness has been recording the number of deaths of people living on the street and in hostels. 40% of those who died were living in temporary accommodation. there is a great deal of variety in the kind of support that people are receiving, some places are commissioned through local authority funding but some are kind of privately run, particularly in cities where there is not so much accommodation available. people are very often warehoused together and that can lead to all sorts of problems and there's been huge cuts to homelessness services over the last ten years and that has

created a real issue and we are seeing, sadly, rising numbers of people dying in temporary accommodation, that's what we found with our research. i think the government really needs to get to grips with it because they're not, at the moment. councils in england spent more than £1 billion on temporary accommodation last year and concerns have also been raised about the lack of regulation in parliament. for the families affected, they say they won't give up. as long as i haven't got the answers, i haven't got the inquest, the answers about the death of my brother that i need, i've got no intention of ever stopping. rachel stonehouse, bbc news. a briton is among three scientists who have been awarded this year's nobel prize for medicine. british scientist michael houghton, along with us researchers harvey alter and charles rice, won the prize for their work in discovering the hepatitis c virus, which infects 70 million people a year and kills around 400,000. a huge, flawless diamond, described as "one of the earth's rarest and most coveted wonders" will go on sale in hong kong today. the 102 carat flawless, oval white

diamond is the second—largest of its kind ever to be offered at an auction. if it is sold, it will be only the eighth white, regular—shaped diamond over 100 carats ever to have been sold at an auction. the stone, originally a 271—carat rough diamond, was discovered in ontario, canada in 2018. it was then cut to its present size and polished for more than a year. now it's time for a look at the weather, with louise. there is a chance you could encounter a few showers of the next showers over the next couple of days, but in comparison to the weekend just past, that is an improving picture. we also started today with some blue sky and sunshine, as you can see in highland scotland. but the soggy cloud feels a legacy of the weekend just past and we are still under an area of low pressure, which will drive the story for monday and tuesday.

weather front out to the west, enhancing showers through northern ireland, wales and south—west england at times. as we go through the day, winds are likely to strengthen as well. further east it's a case of sunny spells and fewer showers and certainly it is an improvement on what we had at the weekend. so if you dodge showers with a little more sunshine coming through, it should feel a bit more pleasant out there, particularly if you are taking an afternoon walk. temperatures peaking between 13 and 17 degrees, 63 fahrenheit. through the night, showers to the west are going to drift steadily eastwards, so we will see a line of more showers for a time, warm band moving through being replaced by another, showers for a time, one band moving through being replaced by another, particularly across england and wales must look further north, clearer skies here and we will see in single figures, but temperatures generally sitting at around ten or 11 degrees. starting tomorrow it will be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers again, but the further east you are, perhaps fewer showers, and particularly across scotland it will be dry, settled and are sunny for most. top temperatures of 12 to 16

degrees, 61 fahrenheit. low pressure continues to drift off towards scandinavia on wednesday. here we could see more enhanced showers and a stronger wind for scotland, but a dryer, settled story across england and wales, not for long as the cloud is expected to gather for the end of the day and turned the south—west. enjoy wednesday, not a bad day for many. looking around ten to 16 degrees the high. as we move into thursday, another area of low pressure, which will bring some rain around. still an area of uncertainty as to where the heaviest of the rain is going to sit, but it looks likely there will be another part of a very wet weather across england and wales. that is to end the working week. thursday and friday look wet, but the rest of the dry weather perhaps the further north you art. perhaps the further north you are. that is it, take care.

this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... an investigation is launched after 16,000 coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week because of an error. everyone who tested positive was informed, but others in close contact with them were not. all of those people are obviously being contacted and the key thing is, as i say, that everybody, whether in this group or generally, should self—isolate. that's the way to make it work. a drive—by for supporters by a covid—positive president trump attracts criticism for putting his staff at risk. cinemas in crisis — as the latest bond film is postponed until next year. cineworld announces its temporarily shutting all its cinemas

in the uk from thursday. while 0deon say it will cut opening hours to the weekends in a quarter of its cinemas. bars in paris will be closed from tomorrow as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. and there's just hours to go in transfer deadline day in the premier league. everton sign defender ben godfrey from norwich city in a £25—million deal. good afternoon. downing street says an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. public health england has blamed what it described as a "technical issue" and the investigation will look into why the problem wasn't discovered sooner.

although those testing positive were informed, their details were not passed on to the test and trace system to alert those they'd been in contact with. the figures show around half of the unreported cases are from the north—west of england. phe says the issue has now been resolved, but labour has called the situation "shambolic". the health secretary matt hancock is to make a statement to mps this afternoon. here's our health correspondent richard galpin. testing for coronavirus using a home kit like this or at testing centres around the country, vital for controlling the spread of the disease. but the system is under strain. and now it has been revealed there has been another technical glitch in the test and trace system. it has been discovered that 16,000 cases of the virus which should have been passed on to test and trace have gone unreported. that has serious implications. because their recent contacts would not have been immediately

followed up and they could therefore have caught the disease and be spreading it. in theory, any laboratory test that is positive should be automatically, by some computer algorithm, reported to the test, track and trace central database and be included in the data set. we don't know why that didn't happen. as you say, one of the big concerns is that individuals who are contacts of these cases will not necessarily have known that they have actually been in contact. it has become clear that those lost covid cases are concentrated in the north west of england. this could have major implications for cities like liverpool and manchester, which already have the highest infection rates in the country. the prime minister is now seeking to reassure the country that the latest issue with the test and trace system is being dealt with.

some of the data got truncated and it was lost, but what they have done now is not only contacted all the people who were identified as having the disease, and that was done in the first place, but they are now working through all the contacts as well. but there is scepticism of the test and trace system, not least amongst those living with people who have tested positive for the virus. so my husband was tested positive for covid—19 and uploaded his details to the app and it has told him to isolate. when i have uploaded my information to the app, it has actually told me not to isolate and it is still telling me to carry on as normal. but the hope now must be that these glitches in the test and trace system will stop. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent,

nick eardley is at westminster. nick, just another embarrassing episode for the government. nick, just another embarrassing episode for the governmentm nick, just another embarrassing episode for the government. it is. it comes at that time when the government's strategy on tackling coronavirus is under increasing scrutiny. it is worth bearing in mind that track and trace is a central part of that strategy and it was only back in may that boris johnson promised that it would become a world beating, the system in england. i think ministers, frankly, understand that the moment that it frankly, understand that the moment thatitis frankly, understand that the moment that it is not. any prime minister yesterday were saying he finds it frustrating the waiters working at the moment and this latest episode will not do much for confidence in any will not do much for confidence in a ny syste m will not do much for confidence in any system —— the prime minister yesterday was saying. there is a practical impact, as you heard in richard's piece there, many of the people who were supposed to have been traced by track and trace were not. the government are saying we are launching and investigating and secondly it has brought in extra

traitors to try and find those people who are in this last week as quickly as possible, but it does not mean that... they have been in society, they have been mingling, they potentially could have been carrying the virus around instead. there is going to be that investigation into what went wrong. clearly, ministers are embarrassed by it. one other thing to bring you own at the political front when it comes to the coronavirus response is from the welsh government. today the welsh covenant has said it is looking at the idea of telling people from some parts of england —— welsh government, telling some people from some parts of england that they need to quarantine if they're arriving in wales because some of those areas, the government in cardiff argues, have a higher number of cases per 100,000 people than many of the country's in europe and beyond from which people are told to quarantine if they return into wales. having listened to wheels‘s health minister vaughan gething this morning. —— wales's

health minister. we're actively considering what we should do and i've discussed it this morning with the first minister. we have quarantine regulations for international travel, so for some of the hotspot areas in the north of england — the north—east, north—west and the west midlands — if they were other countries or territories, we would have quarantine regulations for them to return to the uk, so we're having to consider how we use our powers to protect lower prevalence areas of wales, but at the same time, we don't want to take a whole nation approach because a low prevalence area like the south—west of england, there's no good reason for preventing someone from devon, at this point in time, coming to visit a pre—booked holiday or trip to pembrokeshire, so we are thinking about how we use something that is proportionate and deals with the reality of the threat that we face. so that is wales's health minister there. you may remember that the scottish government floated a similar idea a few months ago and that because a lot of outcry, in

westminster they said you should be allowed to move freely in the uk. the concern that the welsh government has is that people in those areas of england with higher cases like manchester are not being talked about travel, so there is clearly a concern about the virus been taken from some parts of england to wales. it is worth taking a step back here, isn't it? to remind ourselves that ordinarily, this time of year, and this week, you would be standing in a brighton or bournemouth or birmingham or manchester and the talk would all be about the conservative party conference, the gossip, the power play, and instead, everything has been overshadowed by coronavirus. absolutely. the conferences are not really taking place in a meaningful way this year. they have all been called physically anyway, but are taking place online. we have had the chance, rishi sunak, speaking to conservative this morning talking about the economic response to this, about the economic response to this, about the economic response to this, about the different ways in which the government is going to try and

save jobs over the next few months, warning that some are going to go, yes, but they are going to try to retrain people in areas which they think will be important going forward. after the pandemic. so many elements of daily life have changed and politics has changed quite considerably as well. just bring us back to westminster, we are expecting a statement from matt hancock this afternoon. that is right, that have passed for a comedy health secretary will be in at the commons for an urgent statement —— at about 4:30pm. i suspect he will get a pretty hard time as well and there are increasing concerns and opposition parties about the way the government is handling this over the last few weeks we have talked a lot about the ways in which some conservatives are uncomfortable at the level of power that is being exercised by the government. without the scrutiny you would sometimes see

of such draconian measures being imposed on people's lives. it could bea imposed on people's lives. it could be a pretty rocky afternoon for the health secretary, but as i say, expecting him in the commons about 4:30pm. that will be livelier on the news channel. many thanks, nick. —— it be live here. joining me now to talk more about those figures is our head of statistics robert cuffe. how has this played out across england ? it isa it is a national problem but probably feels most acute living in the north—western yorkshire where you have seen the largest absolute rise in the number of cases. you will see that it is roughly, if you look at the number of cases that we re look at the number of cases that were reported for the week up to the 1st of october and how that evolved from friday night through to sunday night when all the new cases were added, so the red area shows the additional, it has a roughly doubling everywhere. between 90% and

100 but then dashing hundred and 30% increases. most of it is this glitch and it is mostly doubled everywhere, but doubling in something very different in the north—west where you are about 9000 cases a week compared to here in the south or the south—west but it is close to 1000. it is not concentrated in one area, but where most of the cases are, the net result is that it has the biggest absolute effect there and you have seen a big rise in places like manchester. how does this change what we know about whether the epidemic is rising or falling? it changes the details a little bit but not the big picture, which is one of a rising epidemic where there are some little hints are evidence that the growth may be slowing, but it is not going backwards. if we think back to last friday, we had evidence from hospitalisations that we re evidence from hospitalisations that were doubling, not every week, maybe a little bit faster than every fortnight. we had two studies from

the office for national statistics and react that said there was perhaps a hopeful hint that maybe things are like the rule of six were starting to play through in slowing the increasing number of infections and we had these additional data, the cases which now, in retrospect, looks suspiciously flat, they look like they were not really increasing at all. that has changed, but the other two pieces of evidence have not really and what we're seeing is a broad picture picture of an epidemic that may not be racing away as quickly as we 30 fortnight ago, but are still going upwards so maybe a little slower, but certainly not going into decline. thank you very much indeed, robert kath, the bbc‘s head of statistics. —— robert cuffe. president trump has been strongly criticised by medical experts after he briefly left the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus to drive past supporters outside. his critics included a doctor at the hospital who described the move as "outstanding" irresponsibility for potentially putting others in the car at risk. the sudden appearance came amid continued speculation about his condition. here's david willis.

the us government's medical experts have advised coronavirus patients to stay in their room and only venture out if it's medically necessary. not this patient. accompanied by secret service agents in protective gear, president trump embarked on a slow drive around the walter reed medical center to wave to supporters who've maintained a vigil there since he was admitted three days ago. "great patriots", in his words, and whilst the president himself was wearing a face mask, few of them were doing the same. i love the job we're doing... he teased the trip on twitter after paying tribute to those who've been treating him. so, it's been a very interesting journey. i learnt a lot about covid. i learnt it by really going to school. this is the real school. this isn't the "let's read the book" school. and i get it. and i understand it. but some think he hasn't learnt enough. an attending physician at walter reed, drjames phillips, described the drive—by as an act of political theatre that could cost the secret service agents

involved their lives, that "the irresponsibility is astounding." following several days of confusion and contradiction surrounding the president's condition, further details have emerged. despite saying his condition continues to improve, his medical team confirmed that his blood oxygen level dropped twice in recent days, and that they gave him a steroid typically recommended only for the very sick. pressed about how their information had conflicted with that from the white house, the president's personal physician acknowledged he painted a deliberately rose—tinted picture of his patient‘s condition. i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president — that his course of illness has had. i didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction. and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something,

which wasn't necessarily true. what is true is that the president is being aggressively treated with a cocktail of drugs. these include dexamethasone, a steroid tested in the uk. it works by calming the immune system but is rarely used on patients who are experiencing only mild symptoms of covid—19. and despite being on a five—day course of remdesivir, the president's doctors say he could be leaving hospital later today. with the president grounded, his democratic rival remains on the virtual campaign trail. five days after spending 90 minutes on a debate stage with president trump, joe biden has tested negative for the coronavirus. senior democrats say they hope the president's diagnosis will change his attitude towards the coronavirus, but that remains to be seen. davis willis, bbc news, los angeles. we'll cross live to our corrspondent in washington shortly.

the headlines on bbc news... an investigation is launched, after nearly 16,000 positive coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week, because of an error. a drive—by for supporters by a covid—positive president trump attracts criticism for putting his staff at risk. cinemas in crisisas the latest bond film is postponed until next year. cineworld announces its temporarily shutting all its cinemas in the uk, while 0deon say it will cut opening hours to the weekends in a quarter of its cinemas. let's get more on that story now. "not a decision we made lightly". the words of the boss of cineworld on the company's decision to close its cinemas in the uk and the us indefinitely. the cinema chain confirmed it will shut down all screens from this thursday, putting around 5,500 jobs in the uk at risk. 0deon hasjust confirmed it

will cut hours at some cinemas to weekends only from friday to sunday. well, as the prime minister this morning urged people to return to cinemas, the latest delay of the next james bond film once again deprives cinemas of a big box office draw. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. wolverhampton's main cinema — 14 screens here, but soon to be mothballed like the rest of the cineworld chain. the company suspending its operation on thursday, putting nearly 6000 jobs at risk. our first reaction was one of shock that employees who work for cineworld and, indeed, picturehouse first heard about the potential closure through social media and the sunday papers yesterday. i mean, that is really not the way they should be hearing about their future employment, is it? cinemas have taken a big financial hit in this pandemic and it has not been easy for them to entice customers back after lockdown,

even with all the new precautions in place. it doesn't seem somewhere that you'd go in a pandemic. you've got to wear your mask. it's not a bother, but it's just like, it's not the same experience where you have your sweets, have your popcorn. it has been a long time and we mostly watch netflix and stuff now. james bond... james bond was supposed to come to the rescue. cinemas rely on big movies for most of their income. this blockbuster was due to come out next month, but it was delayed until next year. the final straw for cineworld. people want to go and see films that reflect their own culture and bond was perfect for that for british screens. we don't really have a big british blockbuster coming up that will get every brit out off the sofa, that's the problem and if people are back at home, they don't want to wear their masks, they want to watch things on their sofa where they are being adequately provided for by the streaming platforms and this is a real

problem for cinemas now. cineworld says its business is unviable without big blockbusters to tempt people back. it lost more than £1 billion for the first six months of this year. not all the cinema chains are in the same situation in terms of financial vulnerability and cineworld, unfortunately, does appear to us to have been the most vulnerable, even before the pandemic struck. as i say, expansion drove a very big rise in debt and it has been burning cash for months. it is not clear when its venues will reopen after what will likely be a long winter of hibernation. emma simpson, bbc news. an independent security expert has told the manchester arena inquiry that the risk of a suicide bombing at the manchester arena should have been "crystal clear" to police and the operators of the venue. the inquiry into the terror attack in may 2017 has been hearing evidence from colonel richard latham,

who was head of security at london's 02 arena at the time. joining me now from manchester is our co—respondent, judith moritz. lots more about the evidence about this from richard latin. he is one of two security experts who have been giving their evidence to the enquiry today. theyjointly have written a series of reports —— richard latham. the enquiry will examine those reports covering all aspects of the security operation in manchester arena. colonel latham told the enquiry that the risk of a suicide bomb back in 2017 should have been crystal clear to the arena authorities. he also said that they are where four risk assessments which were done for the arena in the run—up to the ariana grande concert in may of that year, but none of those at risk assessments had

adequately covered any risk of a terror attack. in fact, adequately covered any risk of a terrorattack. infact, he adequately covered any risk of a terror attack. in fact, he said that the authorities at the arena had put more emphasis on looking into the behaviour, the likely behaviour of some of the crowd, the audience who attend events there than they had looking into the risks of terrorism at the arena. we have also heard from the security experts about the particular part of the building where salman abedi detonated his bomb. it sits outside the main arena bowl, what has been described by others as a four year area. we have heard of that is in fact a public space, a lot of discussion here at the enquiry about who is responsible for it and the security within that space. today, they were told the operators of the arena, smg were supposed to be responsible for security no —— were responsible for security, but although they were

stewards employed by one company we re stewards employed by one company were able to interact with people in the foyer area in the sitting room, they were not allowed to inject them, they did not have that power. there has been discussion here about whose responsibilities there were and whether —— where those responsible to say —— and were not allowed to eject them. irresponsible is of the police and british transport police, in particular, who we heard were in charge of policing that whole complex —— and the responsibilities of any police, security experts said they would haveit security experts said they would have it inspected police officers to be in the sitting room at the end of the ariana grande concert —— expected police officers. at any time the bomb went off, there was not a single police officer in that area. many thanks, our correspondent judith moderates reporting there. all bars and cafes in paris will be closed for two weeks from tomorrow

after the french government raised the alert level in the capital to the highest level. restaurants and bars selling food as well as alcohol will be able to stay open, but will have to introduce further safety measures. universities are also being told to halve the number of students present on campus at any one time. hugh schofield reports. the news from paris is not good. covid infections are up, above 250 per 100,000 people which means the city has hit a higher alert level and automatically new measures are going to kick in. translation: the measures are meant to put the brakes on. the epidemic is going too fast. we have to slow it down so that our health system is not overwhelmed. the headline news is that bars and cafes are going to shut completely for two weeks from tomorrow. they were already having to close doors at ten o'clock but that hasn't been enough to stop the virus spreading. why are the authorities targeting bars and other drinking places? well, the main vectorfor covid, it is reckoned now, is young people.

young people gathering, young people intermingling and young people, often under the effects of alcohol, dropping their covid guard. there is some respite for the hard—hit hospitality trade. restaurants and bistros, which also expected to be told to shut, can stay open, if they observe new rules of a maximum six to a table and masks on all the time except at the moment of eating. young people are also targeted at paris universities which have been told that lecture halls must now only be used at 50% capacity. parisians are sceptical about the bar closures but resigned. i'm not, i mean, surprised that my average age is the most contaminated, i don't know. ithinkjust, like, people are still living like nothing is happening, you know? so, that's why i don't think that closing the bars is going to make a difference. paris nowjoins marseille

at what they call in france a state of maximum covid alert. if things deteriorate further, the next level is a state of health emergency. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. french and italian rescuers have stepped up their search efforts after floods cut off several villages on the mountainous border, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. others are still missing on the french side of the border after storm alex brought torrential rain, winds of 180 kilometres an hour and flash floods. paul hawkins reports. this was the picturesque town of breil—sur—roya in the french alps. but four months of rain in just one day meant devastating landslides have cut off the town. translation: all i worry about is my kids down the valley. i can't reach them. i have medicine, i have everything i need, but i'm not well. it's stress, it's anguish. rescue efforts are concentrated

here with roughly 1,000 firefighters backed by helicopters and the army. the french government declaring the wider region a national disaster zone. two hours' drive from here is the village of saint—martin—vesubie, population 1,400 — or at least, it was. it is also now cut off by the aftermath of storm alex, so many are leaving. translation: i left with this, a nightgown, and there you go. this is what i have left. what i have on me is not mine. i don't have a car any more. we don't have anything any more, like half the village. translation: i was on the top floor of the hotel right next to the river. i realised it had doubled in volume and then it spread out across the entire width of the hotel. it was scary. we could hear the creaking noises, the shaking because of the rocks hitting the walls, which were falling down, and being in the dark was even worse because we didn't know what was going on.

many are being evacuated by helicopter here to the city of nice, 55km south, where aid is being packed and sent out to villages across the region. meanwhile, a 40—minute drive from here along the coast to italy, the city of ventimiglia is also cleaning up. with shops and restaurants destroyed by the water, many are asking the government to declare a state of emergency. translation: look, it's quite a disaster. i had a lot of goods to throw away and for the whole market it is the same. it is a disaster. translation: this is the first time. i have never seen this before. i'm 45 years old and i have never seen that. 25 years that i'm at the market and i've never seen that. with both france and italy's economies hit badly by the pandemic already, this is the last thing they needed. paul hawkins, bbc news.

the queen has described the work of news media during the pandemic as vital. in a letter to the news media association, she said local and national outlets had become lifelines to the elderly and vulnerable, and had provided trusted and reliable information at an uncertain time. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. good afternoon. after a thoroughly miserable weekend, today, in some ways, is an improvement. we're still under an influence of low pressure, yes, but it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. so far, most of the showers have been close to this weather front out to the west, particularly through northern ireland, parts of wales and south—west england. that's going to continue to be the case for the rest of the day. further inland, we'll have fewer showers, a little more sunshine coming through and, as a result, temperatures will be a degree or so up on yesterday, peaking between 13 and 17 celsius — that's 63 fahrenheit. the showers to the west, they will drift their way steadily eastwards overnight.

fewer showers across north—east england and for parts of scotland. here, we're likely to see clearer skies and temperatures dipping just into single figures. but elsewhere, we're likely to see ten or 11 celsius to start our day on tuesday. tuesday, another day of sunny spells and scattered showers. the showers should be few and further between on wednesday — potentially the best day of the week. that's it, take care.

an investigation is launched, after 16,000 coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week, because of an error. everyone who tested positive was informed, but others in close contact with them were not. doctors criticise president trump for leaving the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus, to wave to supporters gathered outside. cinemas in crisis. as the latest bond film is postponed until next year, cineworld announces its temporarily shutting all its cinemas in the uk,

while 0deon say it will cut opening hours to the weekends in a quarter of its cinemas. bars in paris will be closed from tomorrow, as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0llie. tammy abraham, jadon sancho and ben chilwell have been told that they can'tjoin up with england today while the fa tries to ascertain if the trio pose a risk to the squad. abra ham has apologised, after a surprise birthday party was thrown for him on saturday with a reported 20 people in attendance, breaking covid guidelines. sancho and chilwell were also there. in a statement, abraham says he was totally unaware of what was planned but says he would like to wholeheartedly apologise for the naivety shown by all for the organisation and attending of the gathering. england play three matches in the next nine days starting with a friendly against wales

on thursday with a friendly against wales on thursday. manchester city's raheem sterling won't be involved. he picked up an injury in city's draw against leeds over the weekend and has withdrawn. it's transfer deadline day, lots of business expected before the window shuts at 11pm in england, and midnight in scotland. the norwich defender ben godfrey has joined premier league leaders everton on a five—year deal for an initial fee of £25 million. that could rise to £30 million with add—ons for the 19—year—old. all the deals, are on the bbc sport website — it could be a busy few hours for manchester united. remember, it's deadline day for international deals and deals

between premier league clubs, players can go between the premier league and football league until 0ctober16th. the rfu is investigating sale's coronavirus protocols, after 19 positive cases threw the end of the premiership season into chaos. the final round of games should have all been played at the same time on sunday, but sale's match with worcester was moved to this wednesday, when a win for sale would see them qualify for the play—offs at the expense of bath. but as our rugby union correspondet chris jones says there's still a major doubt over whether the game can go ahead. there's all kinds of disquiet from other clubs in the league, partly because it is there any proof that this game as it stands can go ahead safely, that the players that will be selected by sale haven't come into any kind of close contact with the huge numbers of that club who have tested positive. sale now know what they have to do, theyjust need to beat worcester on wednesday night and they will leapfrog bath. so that's very tough on bath, who would have hoped that all the games were being played at the same time so no

one was unduly advantaged. but i think the next 48 hours definitely will be absolutely crucial. eddiejones has named a 28—man england squad for a three—day training camp this week. 12 uncapped players have been included but there are no players from the clubs still involved in those premiership play—offs. england face the barbarians at twickenham on october 25th and then head to rome to face italy, their final match in the six nations that was postponed in march. it's been a very bad day for british hopes at the giro d'italia as the third stage draws to a close on mount etna. geraint thomas, who had been third in the standings, crashed before the third stage had properly got underway. he appeared to be ok, until 18 miles to go, but he lost touch with the main group, simon yates was his nearest rival for the overall lead, but his hopes have also faded just over five miles to the finish. we're into the second week at the french open, quarterfinal places at stake, the world number one novak djokovic is playing karen kachanov right now.

serving for the first set. greek fifth seed stefanos tsitsipas has reached the last eight at the french open for the first time. he beat the bulgarian former world number three gregor dimitrov in straight sets at roland garros and will play the the russian andrey rublev. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the chancellor rishi sunak has promised to create opportunity for people facing an uncertain future because of the coronavirus pandemic. in his speech to the virtual conservative party conference, he said he would use the "overwhelming might of the british state" to help people find new work. but he also pledged to balance the books after months of unprecendented spending. here's our political correspondent chris mason. elbow bumps and jaunty—looking creatures from the deep. the chancellor was at

an energy company in central london this morning. behind the smiles he is tackling an economic crisis unprecedented in modern times. and he is seen as a future prime minister. so it was noticeable how, right at the start of his speech, he heaped praise on the current one. yes, it has been difficult. challenge is a part of the job, but on the big calls, in the big moments, borisjohnson has got it right and that is the leadership we need. because we are only part way through this crisis. with the furlough scheme ending in weeks, and it's less generous successor starting next month, the chancellor acknowledged he can't protect every job and every business, but he said... i'm committing myself to a single priority, to create support and extend opportunity to as many people as i can. because even if this moment is more difficult than any

you have ever faced, even if it feels like there is no hope, i am telling you, there is, and that the overwhelming might of the british state will be placed at your service. talking of which, rishi sunak is still proud of the eat out to help 0ut scheme. "definitely no regrets," he tells the sun today, after the prime minister suggested that it might have helped spread the virus. rishi sunak has called this place, 11 downing st, home since february. since then he has become something of a favourite among conservative grassroots members and indeed others. but if you're helping to pay the wages of millions of people and picking up some of the tab for millions of us to eat out over the summer, little wonder if you end up becoming popular. the real challenge will come when the bills have to be paid. and listen carefully to this next part = a hint of tax rises or spending cuts, or both? we have a sacred responsibility

to future generations, to leave the public finances strong, and through careful management of our economy, this conservative government will always balance the books. the towering challenges for this still new chancellor aren't going away. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. well, our economics correspondent andy verity earlier gave me this analysis of mr sunak‘s remarks. it was interesting, the exact quote, this conservative government will always balance the books. it needs a reality check there, reeta. in august, we borrowed £35 billion compared to five billion in august in 2019. the amount that we are boarding, in other words the amount that the government is spending is already £174 billion. and based on the office for budget responsibility,

numbers that they have put out, it is likely to reach £370 billion for this year. the net debt, the public sector debt, hasjumped by £200 million in the last four or five months. and that is all because of spending for the pandemic, all understandable, but when any chancellor says, "a conservative "government will always balance the books", we have been hearing that for the best part of the last decade. if balancing the books means having more income than your spending, that is what acidity was all about. —— that is what austerity was all about. and actually, it never happened, it never reached a state when the budget was in surplus. over the whole of the last ten years, in spite of cuts of 25% per person in what has been spent on government departments outside health, so due scepticism is needed. i think the question we need to ask when you hear the conservative government is always going to balance the books is when. and a suggestion also from the chancellor of more economic support for workers to come? yes.

the winter economy plan, he said, was but the latest stage and that i think that is significant. really, unlike in the past where you had to wait for the budget or an autumn spending round for big economic develop, they are not confining it to that because we are in a crisis. that suggests that some of the things that people felt were lacking in the winter economy plan, for example people on benefits are going to see their incomes cut by £20 a week next april, does that make sense, when unemployment is rising? little things like that, he is giving himself the freedom to change in the coming weeks. demand for new cars has fallen to a 21—year low. industry figures for last month show thatjust over 328,000 were registered in the uk in september, down 4.4% on the same month last year. it is the weakest september performance since 1999, when the system of releasing two number plates per year was introduced. manufacturers and traders have warned that the short—term future could be "very challenging" if the pandemic continues and economic confidence isn't rebuilt.

the scottish government is considering if more restrictions need to be put in place to control rising cases of coronavirus. at her daily briefing, nicola sturgeon said a decision would be made in the next few days. 697 new cases have been reported in scotland since yesterday. the restrictions we announced a couple of weeks ago, particularly people's houses right now is an attempt to get the virus under control, we are very hopeful that it will help us stem the virus over the next period. but given the numbers we are seeing, it is possible we need to do more. they may well be a need for some further restrictions in the near future. i can say the government will be considering the latest clinical evidence and advice later

on today, and the cabinet will be considering the up—to—date situation when it meets tomorrow morning. if we do decide more restrictions are necessary, and no decision has been taken yet, i want to give every assurance that we will endeavour to give you of the public and of course the scottish parliament as much notice as possible, as well as a clear explanation of our reasons and rationale. i want to promise you we do not impose restrictions lightly. if we decide that extra restrictions are necessary, it will be because we deem it necessary and vital to get the virus back under control and avoid unnecessary loss of life. the headlines on bbc news — an investigation is launched after nearly 16 thousand positive coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week — because of an error. a drive by for supporters by a covid positive president trump attracts criticism for putting his staff at risk cinemas in crisis —

as the latest bond film is postponed until next year — cineworld announces its temporarily shutting all its cinemas in the uk. while 0deon say it will cut opening hours to the weekends in a quarter of its cinemas. northumbria police have confirmed that three students in newcastle died in what may have been drug—related incidents over the weekend. a fourth man died in sunderland. ten people have been arrested. let's speak to our correspondent fiona trott, who's in newcastle now. fiona, just tell us more about what we know. well, the first student was found early onset of a morning, an 18—year—old girl. she was a student at newcastle university and northumberland police say is it

believed she had taken ketamine. the next day, another 18—year—old student died after being found at the same address, and then in another part of the city, northumbria police say that a 21—year—old student who was at northumbria university was found collapsed in the city at a different address. he was taken to hospital and died later. it is understood police are investigating the fact he may have taken mdma. he was 21 years old, and northumbrian police say right now with both universities at the moment, we are trying to find out more information, there are increasing patrols in the area, there will be searched student accommodation in the city over the weekend too. you mentioned another person in washington, in sunderland, who also died at the weekend. he was 18 years old. police believe he may have taken 18 years old. police believe he may have ta ken mdma.

18 years old. police believe he may have taken mdma. the police force say that its thoughts are with the family and friends of all those who died at the weekend. four young people on saturday and sunday. it is distressing news in newcastle for those three students in that student community who have lost their lives, it is distressing at this time, when you have over 800 students collectively at both northumbria and newcastle universities who have tested positive for corona and a lot of nervous students at the moment, a lot of nervous parents dropping off their children at university, and both of those universities in newcastle a re both of those universities in newcastle are saying they are supporting students and families at this time. distressing, as you say, thank you, fiona trott, our correspondent. one of the cruellest effects of coronavirus has been its impact on the residents of care homes.

an estimated 18,000 of them died — according to amnesty international — and those who survived were cut off from their loved ones for weeks or even months. with positive cases on the rise, many care homes are once again bringing down the shutters — but this time a growing number of relatives are demanding the right to visit. jayne mccubbin has been to meet some of them. life's not worth living, really. she just cries, and she'sjust saying, ta ke just cries, and she'sjust saying, take me home. what do you say to your mum in those moments? erm. .. you been broken by this, haven't you? yes. yep. well, sometimes, i'll... iwill say

to her that well, sometimes, i'll... iwill say to herthat i'm well, sometimes, i'll... iwill say to her that i'm going to bring her home. with new restrictions across the uk, hundreds of thousands of people are once again separated, isolated and heartbroken. hair care home lockdown at the beginning of march, and seven months later they are still locked down —— her care home. over the last six months she has seen her mother only twice on a garden visit. now even they are banned. she said to me the other day i would rather die than be locked up. my mum's brother died in april. she says to me, how is louis? she was her best friend as well as her brother. he died six months ago, mum. ican't brother. he died six months ago, mum. i can't tell her that over the phone when there is nobody there to comfort her, and how long is this going to go on for? but with a quarter of all covid deaths in care homes, officials say this is necessary to protect people like

maggie. i don't really want protecting, thank you very much. she has survived covid, but now faces isolation. maggie has ms, and in window visits with her daughter, she has been able to articulate what many are feeling. what do you think about these window visits?|j many are feeling. what do you think about these window visits? i mean, they are inhuman. and last week emma broke the news that even these visits have to stop. ijust feel like crying. covid is going on the front door and the back door is being shut for families. how long will it go on? i don't know how long my mum has to live, it might be weeks or months or years, but the average life expectancy in nursing homes is two years. it is a difficult line to walk. this home has had new visitors and no deaths as it is in an area that has had co nsta nt as it is in an area that has had constant restrictions. we haven't lost anybody, but we are concerned

that in protecting people so brilliantly from covid that there is another risk, that they might give up another risk, that they might give up hope. there is another risk and it is scary because we do everything we can to replace the affection given by the family, but we are not family. but until we are certain that nobody has got covid coming into the home, it is too risky. got a photo or a picture frame or anything? i'm just a photo or a picture frame or anything? i'mjust going a photo or a picture frame or anything? i'm just going to get one. after six months facing down the threat of covid. .. this is a picture of mum, her name is theresa. covid residents are fighting a new battle, to maintain hope. giving up is seen by these families... as this one ok? isa by these families... as this one ok? is a threat as deadly as the virus itself. perfect. yeah this is when he was still able to go out walking. he was still steve then. visits are now banned across much of the uk. in

england, the government says its environment is protection control and it has invested in technology in ca re and it has invested in technology in care homes to keep these people connected, but technology she says can't replace a hug. i can't see in his eyes when i skate him. i'm just heartbroken. steve is in there somewhere but without being able to cuddle him and hold his hand, is not really understanding. there has to bea really understanding. there has to be a middle ground, there has got to be a middle ground, there has got to bea be a middle ground, there has got to be a way of managing the risk. ok, mum, see you tomorrow. they're all right. i love you. this is the last time phil said goodbye to his mum before lockdown. a few weeks later, i got that call. he and his sister sat with elwyn for 48 hours, she rallied to such an extent she was considered to be no longer close to death, because of that, their visitation rights were once again

stop. a week later, she died. visitation rights were once again stop. a week later, she diedm visitation rights were once again stop. a week later, she died. it was taken stop. a week later, she died. it was ta ken away, it stop. a week later, she died. it was taken away, it was taken away. and it is cruel. it'sjust so cruel, that there are no words that can express it, other than that. as we approached and waved, she just literally broke down. she just kept saying it's been too long and i'm too sad. we drove home that day and we said to ourselves, why are we all accepting the situation? enough is enough. we must do something. jenny and diane started a petition to give key relatives the same status and access to tests as carers. today it has over 130,000 signatures. we can't see it is going to get better soon. we reach the end of that tolerance. canada hasjust guaranteed that safely managed visits will be allowed even during

the care home outbreak. they have traded in the last thing in life he had left, which was love. scotland is due to make an announcement on this within days. she is not able to express herself any more. pressure is growing across the rest of the uk do the same. jane mccubbin, bbc news. a graphic report of what families and people in care homes are having to endure. in russia, a village office cleaner has triumphed over her district mayor—boss, in a local election, but without really intending to. initially recruited to run as a technical candidate, to make the election seem democratic, marina ud—god—skaya won by a landslide over the incumbent mayor, who belongs to president putin's united russia party. petr kozlov of the bbc‘s russian service reports , in russia's kostroma region.>

this is the russian village of povalikhino, about 400 kilometres north—east of moscow. it is fairly quiet, rural and... oh, my mobile phone does not have a signal. people go about their daily lives and nothing indicates for any political change. but change is here. povalikhino and surrounding districts recently voted in a new mayor. her name is marina udgodskaya, and she is a bit different from her predecessor. for years, marina udgodskaya worked as a cleaner in this building, the office of the local authority. she never had any political aspirations. nikolai loktev represents united russia, the party of power and of president vladimir putin. he has been the mayor of the district for several years. in september, he ran for re—election. to ensure victory, he picked the opponent himself. under russian law, there should be at least two candidates on the ballot. udgodskaya was what is called a technical candidate, a stand—in to make the election look real.

translation: i asked her and she agreed. had there been another option for a candidate, i wouldn't have asked her. people backed her. well done to her. i don't see anything unusual in her victory. i am grateful to herfor accepting. and for the newly elected mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: i feel fine. i was a bit surprised at first. if people elected me, i will work for them. we followed udgodskaya on herfirst mission to a rural village. she met a voter who backs her all the way. translation: of course we believe in her. we are proud of her. we're sure she will do a greatjob. tactical voting, supporting any candidate other than the ruling united russia party, is the idea promoted by opposition politician

alexei navalny, the man who claims his recent poisoning by novichok was orchestrated by president putin. the people of povalikhino may or may not support navalny, but the fact remains that they voted for a new face. could this be the road other villages and towns will follow? a huge, flawless diamond described as "one of the earth's rarest and most coveted wonders", has sold for around £10 million. the 102—carat flawless, oval white jewel is the second—largest of its kind ever to be offered at auction. the stone was discovered in ontario, canada in 2018. it was then cut to its present size, and polished for more than a year. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. there is a chance you could encounter a few showers over

the next couple of days, but in comparison to the weekend just past, that is an improving picture. we also started today with some blue sky and sunshine, as you can see in highland scotland. but the soggy cloud feels a legacy of the weekend just past and we are still under an area of low pressure, which will drive the story for monday and tuesday. a weather front out to the west, enhancing showers through northern ireland, wales and south—west england at times. as we go through the day, winds are likely to strengthen as well. further east, it's a case of sunny spells and fewer showers and certainly it is an improvement on what we had at the weekend. so if you dodge the showers, with a little more sunshine coming through, it should feel a bit more pleasant out there, particularly if you are taking an afternoon walk. temperatures peaking between 13 and 17 degrees, 63 fahrenheit. through the night, showers to the west are going to drift steadily eastwards, so we will see a line of more showers for a time,

one band moving its way through, being replaced by another, particularly across england and wales must look further north, clearer skies here and we will see in single figures, but temperatures generally sitting at around ten or 11 degrees. starting tomorrow it will be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers again, but the further east you are, perhaps fewer showers, and particularly across scotland it will be dry, settled and sunny for most. top temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees, 61 fahrenheit. low pressure continues to drift off towards scandinavia on wednesday. here, we could see more enhanced showers and a stronger wind for scotland, but a dryer, settled story across england and wales, not for long, the cloud is expected to gather for the end of the day and turned the south—west. enjoy wednesday, not a bad day for many. looking around ten to 16 degrees the high. as we move into thursday, another area of low pressure, which will bring some rain around.

still a level of uncertainty, as to where the heaviest of the rain is going to sit, but it looks likely there will be another pulse of a very wet weather across england and wales. across england and wales to end the working week. thursday and friday look wet, but the rest of the dry weather perhaps the further north you are. that is it, take care.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 4pm... an investigation is launched after 16,000 coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week because of an error. everyone who tested positive was informed, but others in close contact with them were not. all of those people are obviously being contacted and the key thing is, as i say, that everybody, whether in this group or generally, should self—isolate. that's the way to make it work. the bbc has learned that the error was caused by using excel spreadsheet software and an old file format. this afternoon's other stories:

a drive—by for supporters by a covid—positive president trump attracts criticism for putting his staff at risk cinemas in crisis — as the latest bond film is postponed until next year — cineworld announces its temporarily shutting all its cinemas in the uk. while 0deon say it will cut opening hours to the weekends in a quarter of its cinemas. bars in paris will be closed from tomorrow as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. and there's just hours to go in transfer deadline day in the premier league. everton sign defender ben godfrey from norwich city in a twenty five million pound deal good afternoon. an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly

16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. public health england has blamed what it described as a "technical issue" but the investigation will look into why the problem wasn't discovered sooner. the figures show around half of the unreported cases are from the north—west of england, where cities such as liverpool and manchester already have among the highest infection rates in the country, at about 10 times the national average. public health england says the issue has now been resolved, but labour has called it ‘shambolic. we begin with this report, by richard galpin. testing for coronavirus using a home kit like this or at testing centres around the country, vital for controlling the spread of the disease. but the system is under strain. and now it has been revealed there has been another technical glitch in the test and trace system. it has been discovered that 16,000 cases of the virus which should have been passed on to test and trace have gone unreported.

that has serious implications. because their recent contacts would not have been immediately followed up and they could therefore have caught the disease and be spreading it. in theory, any laboratory test that is positive should be automatically, by some computer algorithm, reported to the test, track and trace central database and be included in the data set. we don't know why that didn't happen. as you say, one of the big concerns is that individuals who are contacts of these cases will not necessarily have known that they have actually been in contact. it has become clear that those lost covid cases are concentrated in the north west of england. this could have major implications for cities like liverpool and manchester,

which already have the highest infection rates in the country. the prime minister is now seeking to reassure the country that the latest issue with the test and trace system is being dealt with. some of the data got truncated and it was lost but what they have done now is not only contacted all the people who were identified as having the disease, and that was done in the first place, but they are now working through all the contacts as well. but there is scepticism of the test and trace system, not least amongst those living with people who have tested positive for the virus. so my husband was tested positive for covid—19 and uploaded his details to the app and it has told him to isolate. when i have uploaded my information to the app, it has actually told me not to isolate and it is still telling me to carry on as normal. but the hope now must be that these

glitches in the test and trace system will stop. richard galpin, bbc news. let's talk more about those issues. the bbc has learned that public health england is taking the blame for the issue which saw those 16,000 positive cases to go missing. joining me now is our tecnology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. this is supposed to be a world beating system but it seems the problem is a fundamental error with the use of the excel spreadsheet. yes, a lot of people will use excel spreadsheets and be familiar with them, but there is general amusement in the wider technology can use in that it was used in this case and people even within a public health england think it is bizarre it happened —— general bemusement. filed into public health england who had at thejob filed into public health england who had at the job of putting it into a

central computer system for everyone, including those in test and tracer to use and it was at that stage they were using this excel spreadsheet and they were using an old file format which meant that it had a limited capacity. each spreadsheet had, it could take, it seemed, around 1400 tests. all the data from 1400 tests. and when there was a surge in test cases, they were coming in thick and fast, the system arejust coming in thick and fast, the system are just basically lopped off the end. a lot of those cases, nearly 16,000, did not turn up. this was only when started last friday when officials took a closer look at what was happening. which does seem extraordinary. i really going to fix it? either going to use in your system going forward, do you think? how are they going to fix it? in the short term they will break each file up short term they will break each file up into smaller numbers of cases so they will fit within each excel

spreadsheet, but it is not very satisfactory. i think there is a general concession that xl was not fit for purpose here. it should not have been used for something on the skill -- have been used for something on the skill —— excel. and certainly not an old file format. if they had used the modern file format that most people use these days, this would not have been an issue. it would have had far more classy. lots of questions to be asked about how the original decision was made to design it this way. but interestingly, public health england seems to be taking the blame, putting its hands up, not blaming the private contractors that are also involved in the system. many thanks indeed. 0ur in the system. many thanks indeed. our technology correspondent. 0ur head of stastics, robert cuffe, explains more about those missed coronavirus test results. it isa it is a national problem but probably feels most acute if you're living in the north west yorkshire and humber where you have seen the largest absolute rise in the number of cases. i think we can show that

to the audience and you can see that it is roughly, if you look at the number of cases that were reported for the week up to the 1st of 0ctober for the week up to the 1st of october and how that evolved from friday night through to sunday night, when all the new cases were added in, the red area shows the additional, it is roughly doubling everywhere. between 90% and 130% increases so that is business as usual, test coming in from a wednesday or thursday over the weekend, but most of it is this glitch. it has mostly doubled everywhere, but doubling mean something very different if you're in the north—west, where you are a thing about 9000 cases a week compared to if you're had any south—east or south—west when it is closer to 1000. so it is not concentrated in one area, but when most of the cases are, the net result is that it has at the biggest absolute effect there and you have seen that any biggest rise we have seen that any biggest rise we have seenin seen that any biggest rise we have seen in places like manchester. —— manchester or liverpool. we now have the latest statistics and you can

see the grass there. the total number of deaths in the last 24 hour period, this is people testing positive dying within 28 days of a positive dying within 28 days of a positive test is 33 deaths. the number of cases, 12,500 and 94. 12,594 is the latest number of cases. let's speak now to david regan, director of public health for the city of manchester. firstly, what do you make of this glitch, as it has been called, we we re glitch, as it has been called, we were exploding it there without technology correspondent and it turns out it was down ten —— exploring it. it is a down to the use of an old excel file format which has led to a pretty big mistake on what is supposed to be a world beating test entry system. when we looked at her incidence rate

for the 1st of october it was 236 per 100,000 from manchester. yesterday, sunday, it went up to 495.6, so clearly, we saw a significant increase in rate and partly down to the glitch and partly down to the fact that a significant number of cases were only uploaded onto the system so our daily totals last monday, tuesday and wednesday increase significantly and we saw a total of 2500 and —— 2740 cases when this was based on the data ending the week of the 1st of october. that because there is a major concern. what a priority has been was double—checking that the cases we knew about in our local system had been adequately followed up and they had. i know we are working with our public health england colleagues to make sure that we can do our level

best to make sure that those contacts best to make sure that those co nta cts of best to make sure that those contacts of those cases who live in manchester or have visited manchester, that we get in touch with them. we also know in our local data that the biggest cause of our increase was amongst our student population, so luckily, we knew to our local collaborative work with the universities of the numbers they we re the universities of the numbers they were telling us and the outbreaks that we were dealing with that we had a problem. so we knew that they cases and those outbreaks we were putting in the right outbreak control procedures, but yes, it is disappointing and we have been saying all along as directors of public health if we had more of the resource in test entries, we could doa resource in test entries, we could do a really good job. just to be clear, you mention that figure of 495 cases per 100,000, the press association is saying that makes manchester the worst area in england. is that right as far as you know? yes, it is correctional. we

are, in terms of the government watch list, on top of that watchlist also our biggest increases amongst our student population and we have seen a 400% increase in cases amongst 17 and 21—year—olds between the 24th of september and the 1st of 0ctober —— 17 to 20—year—olds. i rate was around 50 per 100,000 but we have seen a really steep increase and we know that his down to the return of students. they were never return of students. they were never return instance, i have to say, to our city, we are a university city because of what we have seen its transmission within our halls of residence and that is why we have taken a number of control measures to put in place a plan until the end of october that will contain are displayed within the student population. and our priority is to reduce onward transmission to our more vulnerable residents in the

city. but clearly, the number amongst our student population, when we look at the rate of them alone, it is about 3000 per 100,000. suffer manchester, our focus this it is about 3000 per 100,000. suffer manchester, ourfocus this month is very much on containment with our student publishing —— so far manchester. the director of public health for the city of manchester, thank you very much. manchester now with the highest rate in england. and we're expecting a statement from health secretary matt hancock on how this happened at about 4.30pm. we'll take you live to the commons as soon as that starts. president trump has been strongly criticised by medical experts after he briefly left the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus to drive past supporters outside. his critics included a doctor at the hospital who described the move as "outstanding" irresponsibility, for potentially putting others in the car at risk.

the sudden appearance came amid continued speculation about his condition. here's david willis. the us government's medical experts have advised coronavirus patients to stay in their room and only venture out if it's medically necessary. not this patient. accompanied by secret service agents in protective gear, president trump embarked on a slow drive around the walter reed medical center to wave to supporters who've maintained a vigil there since he was admitted three days ago. "great patriots", in his words, and whilst the president himself was wearing a face mask, few of them were doing the same. i love the job we're doing... he teased the trip on twitter after paying tribute to those who've been treating him. so, it's been a very interesting journey. i learnt a lot about covid. i learnt it by really going to school. this is the real school. this isn't the "let's read the book" school. and i get it. and i understand it.

but some think he hasn't learnt enough. an attending physician at walter reed, drjames phillips, described the drive—by as an act of political theatre that could cost the secret service agents involved their lives, that "the irresponsibility is astounding." following several days of confusion and contradiction surrounding the president's condition, further details have emerged. despite saying his condition continues to improve, his medical team confirmed that his blood oxygen level dropped twice in recent days, and that they gave him a steroid typically recommended only for the very sick. pressed about how their information had conflicted with that from the white house, the president's personal physician acknowledged he painted a deliberately rose—tinted picture of his patient‘s condition. i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president — that his course of illness has had. i didn't want to give any information that might steer

the course of illness in another direction. and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true. what is true is that the president is being aggressively treated with a cocktail of drugs. these include dexamethasone, a steroid tested in the uk. it works by calming the immune system but is rarely used on patients who are experiencing only mild symptoms of covid—19. and despite being on a five—day course of remdesivir, the president's doctors say he could be leaving hospital later today. with the president grounded, his democratic rival remains on the virtual campaign trail. five days after spending 90 minutes on a debate stage with donald trump, joe biden has tested negative for the coronavirus. senior democrats say they hope the president's diagnosis will change his attitude towards the coronavirus, but that remains to be seen. davis willis, bbc news, los angeles.

for the latest — let's speak to gary 0'donoghue who is outside the walter reed hospital in bethesda, maryland. the white house chief of staff suggesting the president could even be discharged from hospital today. yes, he did, that is certainly the hope and what we have been hearing over the weekend in particular. we are expecting an update quite shortly. at the white house pool had been brought up from the white house to the hospital here in maryland and that indicates there is likely to be some kind of press conference at some kind of press conference at some point in the perhaps not too distant future. we were told by the chief of staff magnet is that he would beat his doctor this morning and this afternoon would be the earliest a decision would be made —— that he would meet with his doctor this morning. people have their views but the president will do what he wants to do. if he wants to get

back on the campaign trail, perhaps even any virtual sense. the president will do what he wants to do and what he wanted to do was get carand do and what he wanted to do was get car and drive past his supporters, which has attracted an awful lot of criticism from the medical community. yes, notjust the medics. a lot of criticism as you would expect from his political opponents, but i think also what is waiting for him is his ratings, his polling amongst the republicans on coronavirus was already pretty bad, clearly very bad among democrats, but pretty bad amongst republicans as well. they felt he had not handled any virus properly, not handled any virus properly, not handle the pandemic and i think there is a risk amongst some of those softer republicans in the suburbs, middle—age college educated women, perhaps, that they might see this as another reason not to vote for the president, particularly the idea of putting other people at risk. it is one thing your doctors

and your nurses taking a calculated chance as a consequence of their profession in treating you, calculate your risk and coming into contact with you while you have the virus, but actually putting two members of the secret service in front seats of the car you're in and, by the way, it is a car that has pretty sealed, the air does not get out very easily and in order to drive past your protesters, i think there is any risk there will be a lot of people in this country who think that was pretty irresponsible. yes, it is not like driving along with the windows down. gary, for the moment, thank you very much indeed. gary 0'donoghue, r washington correspondent there. this "not a decision we made lightly. " the words of the boss of cineworld on the company's decision to close its cinemas in the uk and the us indefinitely. the cinema chain confirmed it will shut down all screens from this thursday, putting around 5,500 jobs in the uk at risk. 0deon has just confirmed it will cut

hours at some cinemas to weekends only — from friday to sunday. well, as the prime minister this morning urged people to return to cinemas, the latest delay of the next james bond film once again deprives cinemas of a big box office draw. that has been blamed largely for that has been blamed largely for thatis that has been blamed largely for that is any real decision. —— cineworld decision. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. wolverhampton's main cinema — 14 screens here, but soon to be mothballed like the rest of the cineworld chain. the company suspending its operation on thursday, putting nearly 6000 jobs at risk. our first reaction was one of shock that employees who work for cineworld and, indeed, picturehouse first heard about the potential closure through social media and the sunday papers yesterday. i mean, that is really not the way they should be hearing about their future employment, is it? cinemas have taken a big financial hit in this pandemic and it has not been easy for them to entice

customers back after lockdown, even with all the new precautions in place. it doesn't seem somewhere that you'd go in a pandemic. you've got to wear your mask. it's not a bother, but it'sjust like, it's not the same experience where you have your sweets, have your popcorn. it has been a long time and we mostly watch netflix and stuff now. james bond... james bond was supposed to come to the rescue. cinemas rely on big movies for most of their income. this blockbuster was due to come out next month, but it was delayed until next year. the final straw for cineworld. people want to go and see films that reflect their own culture and bond was perfect for that for british screens. we don't really have a big british blockbuster coming up that will get every brit out off the sofa, that's the problem and if people are back at home, they don't want to wear their masks, they want to watch things on their sofa where they are being adequately provided for by the streaming platforms and this is a real

problem for cinemas now. cineworld says its business is unviable without big blockbusters to tempt people back. it lost more than £1 billion for the first six months of this year. not all the cinema chains are in the same situation in terms of financial vulnerability and cineworld, unfortunately, does appear to us to have been the most vulnerable, even before the pandemic struck. as i say, expansion drove a very big rise in debt and it has been burning cash for months. it is not clear when its venues will reopen after what will likely be a long winter of hibernation. emma simpson, bbc news. let's speak now to tim richards, ceo of cinema chain vue. thank you for being with us. we were

heeding their that cineworld are saying their business is essentially unviable, is it the same for your company? no. turn the clock back a little bit and we came into this period on the back of a record—breaking biggest a year globally, $43 billion a box office, biggest movie of all—time, biggest r—rated movie of all time and, as a company, we broke all records last year, right up until the end of february and then covid hit. there are issues with the business and we just need, as a company, to get through the next three or four months. at that point, looking at the film is late for 2021, it is extraordinary. as per demand, if you have been cooped up in yourflat, cooped up in your home with your family or whoever, your partner, the last thing you want to do is roll

around the couch and see what is on netflix again and what you want to do is get out, that is what customers are telling us. friday was unexpected, we did not see that coming. i am very sorry, we have to go to the house of commons because the health secretary, matt hancock is speaking now. the rise is more localised with cases rising particularly sharply in the north—east and north—west of england and parts of scotland, wales and northern ireland. no more than ever, with winter ahead, we must all remain vigilant and get this virus under control. mr speaker, iwant remain vigilant and get this virus under control. mr speaker, i want to turn to the operational issues on data publication and at the future plans for medicine licensing and the enhancement of 40 hospitals are made by the prime minister on friday night. mr speaker, iwant by the prime minister on friday night. mr speaker, i want to take the first available opportunity to set out to the house at the technical issue around case uploads

discovered by public health england on friday evening. this is an ongoing incident and i come to the house straight from an operational update from my officials. 0n house straight from an operational update from my officials. on friday night, public health england identified that over the previous eight days, 15,841 a positive test results were not included in the reported daily cases. this was due toa reported daily cases. this was due to a failure in the automated tra nsfer of to a failure in the automated transfer of files from the labs to php's data systems. i want to reassure eve ryo ne php's data systems. i want to reassure everyone that every single person who tested positive was told that result in the normal way, in the normal timeframe. —— phe‘s data systems. they were told to sell isolate, which is now required by law. however, these positive test results were not reported in the public data and were not transferred to the contact tracing system. i wa nt to to the contact tracing system. i want to thank colleagues have been working since late friday night at

the weekend to resolve this problem. i want to set out the steps we have taken. first, contact tracing over these cases began first thing saturday. we brought in 6500 hours of extra contact tracing over the weekend and i can report to the house at that as of 9am today, 51% of the cases have now been contacted a second time for contact tracing purposes. i want to reassure the house that outbreak control in care homes, schools and hospitals has not been directly affected because dealing with outbreaks in these settings does not primarily rely on this particular phe system. second, the number of cases did not flow through to the dashboards that we use are for internal and external monitoring of the epidemic. 0ver use are for internal and external monitoring of the epidemic. over the weekend, we updated the public dashboard. this morning, the gbc

presented to me their updated analysis of the epidemic based on any new figures. native medical 0fficer any new figures. native medical officer has analysed that our assessment of the disease and its impact has not substantially changed asa impact has not substantially changed as a result of these data. and eddie gbc has confirmed that this is not impacted the basis on which decisions about local action were taken last week. nevertheless, this isa taken last week. nevertheless, this is a serious issue which is being investigated fully. i would like to thank public health england and the nhs test and trace i have been working together at speed to resolve this issue and i want to thank eve ryo ne this issue and i want to thank everyone for their hard work over the weekend. mr speaker, this incident should never have happened, but the team have acted swiftly to minimise its impact and now it is critical that we work together to put this right and to make sure that it never happens again. mr speaker, another important area of our

coronavirus battle plan is a treatments. as at the house there was, the only treatment known to work against coronavirus was discovered here in the uk. as we leave the eu, i want to use the opportunity to improve how quickly we get new drugs to patients here. the uk is joining we get new drugs to patients here. the uk isjoining with canada, the united states, australia, switzerland and singapore in a project or which will allow international operators to review the next generation of cancer treatments faster. this means they can submit treatments to be reviewed by several companies at the same time so we can co—operate with the best medical regulators in the world and make approvals quicker so we can get patients the fastest possible access to new drugs. this is an exciting development and we will join the scheme fully on the 1st of january after the end of the transition period because we will stop at nothing to bring faster access to life—saving treatments on the nhs. mr speaker, we are

investing in our hospitals and two weeks ago i announced to the house weeks ago i announced to the house we are investing in expanded capacity in urgent and emergency ca re capacity in urgent and emergency care so hospitals have the say set to continue treating patients safely in the pandemic. 0n to continue treating patients safely in the pandemic. on friday, i am delighted that my right honourable friend the prime minister set out the 40 hospitals that we will build by 2030. as a part of the package worth £3.7 billion, with eight for new schemes invited to bid for future funding also to be built by 2030, including mental health facilities. this is the biggest hospital building programme in a generation and the investment comes on top of an extra £33.9 billion a year that the government will be providing to the nhs by 2023, 2024. we passed into law right at the start of this parliament, mr

speaker, and these are 14 new hospitals across england will support our mission to level up our nhs so even more people have a top—class health care services in their local area and we can protect their local area and we can protect the nhs long into the future. finally, mr speaker, it is critical that our rules are clear at a local level so that the public can be certain of what they need to do to suppress a there is a virus. i will update the house in due course on what action the government is taking so we can have a more consistent approaches to levels of local action, working with our colleagues in local government. for now, it is essential that people follow the guidance and at their local area and if they need to check the rules, they can check on their local authority website. mr speaker, history shows us that the battle against any pandemic it's never quick and never easy. it requires making major sacrifices and difficult choices. i know that this has been a tough year for so many

and we are asking people to persevere as winter draws in. because the only safe path is to suppress the virus, protecting the economy, education and the nhs until a vaccine can make us safe. i commend the statement to the house. i thank the secretary of state for advanced sight of his statement. in re ce nt advanced sight of his statement. in recent weeks, we have had people told to travel hundreds of miles for a test, we have had hundreds of children out of school unable to get a test, we have had traces sitting idle watching netflix, we have had ca re idle watching netflix, we have had care home tests taking days to be processed. yesterday we had a health minister saying this could be a moment of national pride like the olympics, we have had a prime minister ina olympics, we have had a prime minister in a complete muddle over the rules, and now at one of the most crucial points in this pandemic, we learn that almost

16,000 positive cases went unreported for a week. that means as many as 48,000 contacts not traced and not isolating. thousands of people blissfully unaware they have been exposed to covid, potentially spreading this deadly virus at a time when hospital admissions are increasing and we are in the second wave. this isn'tjust a shambles, it is so much worse than this and it gives me no comfort to see it, but it is putting lives at risk and he should apologise when he responds, mr speaker. no doubt he will complain about my tone also he won't have any divisive talk, but people wa nt have any divisive talk, but people want answers. now he hasjust said that over half of the 16,000 people have been spoken to by tracers and presumably handed over to their contacts, when will the other 49% be spoken to by contact tracers? how many of the contacts have now been

traced and spoken to and how many are isolating? why did nobody notice this issue until friday night? why did it take until 9:30pm on sunday evening for this to become public, because clearly the prime minister was aware of the problem, because he said on andrew marr yesterday morning there has been a "failure in the counting system, now rectified". now, speed is of the essence when dealing with a pandemic, so when we re dealing with a pandemic, so when were local directors of public health informed? he says this is an ongoing issue, so not rectified as the prime minister said on andrew marr, when will it be fully resolved? marr, when will it be fully resolved ? public marr, when will it be fully resolved? public health england sources say they report the data when they get the data from test entries. so can he confirm that data could not be handed over to phd because of the size of the files or the xc -- because of the size of the files or the xc —— excel spreadsheet files, and was this an issue at one

particular lighthouse lab or all the lighthouse lab? why are data being held on a excel spreadsheet, not specialist software? held on a excel spreadsheet, not specialist software ? he held on a excel spreadsheet, not specialist software? he likes to boast of his background in software developing, so did he sign off this system, was he aware of it? the department of health is responsible for pillow to testing data, his department is the data controller so he is ultimately responsible for this mess, a mess that is made up of the fragmented system is passing data back and forth between his department, phd and outsourcing companies like serco and deloitte and it is costing us £12 billion, mr speaker. surely now is the time to not renew serco a's contract and instead give responsibility and resources to nhs labs and local public health teams to deliver testing and tracing, mr speaker? now he says the data does not impact on decisions that have been made about

local restrictions, but areas already under restrictions, like bury, manchester, newcastle and liverpool have seen increases as a result of this data. will areas like these and others under restrictions now will be given extra help and resources to battle this virus? and other parts of the country not under restrictions are also climbing higher with this new data, such as newark and sherwood, so should we expect more local restrictions this week? i notice she is set to bring in a new three tier system to replace the confusing system in place now. will he update the house and what the new criteria will be for an area going into restriction and what the criteria will be for leaving restriction? because so far, it has beena restriction? because so far, it has been a bit like hotel california, you can check out but you can never leave, and families deserve answers. mr speaker, the prime minister told this house on the 20th of may we

would have a world beating system in place byjune. would have a world beating system in place by june. it would have a world beating system in place byjune. it is now october. the system is neither competent nor improving. problems are getting worse, the government is failing on the basics. when will he finally fix this mess? well, thank you very much, mr speaker. just to answer a couple of the factual questions, as isaid in couple of the factual questions, as i said in the statement, we now have as of 9am this morning 51% of these cases have been contacted by the contact trace system, and their contacts contact trace system, and their co nta cts a re contact trace system, and their contacts are contacted immediately after that initial contact, so concurrently. the question that he asked about the tiering system, absolutely there will be extra support that goes to areas where there are an increased number of cases, and he asked about the criteria in this proposed approach. of course, you can't have a fixed

and specific criteria, because it depends on the nature of the outbreak. for instance, an outbreak in one individual employer, you wouldn't then necessarily put the whole local area into local action, and so sometimes there has to be, well, all the time, we try to make the intervention is targeted and as localised as possible, but obviously sometimes it does need to be broad, as in, as he mentioned, in the north—west, and across large parts of the north—east, and one example is that the intervention in the west midlands covers four of the seven council areas of the west midlands, but not the other three, because that follows the data. he also asked me about the particular it system in question. the problem emerged in a phd legacy system, and we had already decided injuly to replace this system, and i commissioned a

new system to replace the legacy one and contracts were awarded in august and contracts were awarded in august and the work on the upgrade is already under way, so whilst of course we have to immediately change, solve the problem, we also need to make sure we upgrade this system, and we had already put in place the contracts to ensure that thatis place the contracts to ensure that that is happening. in the meantime of course, it is critical that we work together to fix these issues that were themselves identified by phe staff working hard late on friday night, and i want to thank phe staff who have done so much working to resolve this issue over the weekend and of course an answer to the final one of his questions, we need to make sure we get through and get to contact trace all of those cases as soon as possible. in two days, we managed to get to 51% of them, and that work is ongoing

today. the health secretary deserves enormous credit for the expansion of testing capacity, which he has personally championed, but isn't the underlying problem here that the lighthouse laboratories have been overwhelmed by demand and are going to continue to be overwhelmed, and so do not need to think about these structures, and particularly whether the responsibility for nhs staff testing and care home testing should be moved to hospital laboratories and universities in a way advocated this morning by sir david nicholls, chief executive former of the nhs? cani chief executive former of the nhs? can i urge him weather to think about sometimes it is tempting to think thatjust by dealing with this latest problem you will solve the whole problem but this is a situation ahead of winter and the second wave where we do need to think about whether these structures are right for what we have to deal

with. the expansion of the nhs testing is of course critical as well. the system in question where the problem was over this weekend is the problem was over this weekend is the system that brings together the data both from the nhs system and from the so—called pihler two systems. so the challenge was in a systems. so the challenge was in a system that integrates the two rather than just one of the other. but he makes a broader point, as he —— as we expand the nhs's capacity, we have to ensure we use that capacity to best effect and many parts of the nhs increasingly it is nhs testing capacity used for nhs staff testing and that is the system that works well because the test is local and convenient, and we are looking to expand exactly the sort of direction he outlines. but i would urge colleagues away from

trying to buy a ticket between these two systems. essentially we have a whole series of different ways to access a test and we need to make sure that people get the tests that are the most easy to access for them, as much as possible. video link. we will leave the commons there. we have the statement from matt hancock, health secretary, saying that technical problem had stopped some positive test results entering the contact tracing system, and it was an ongoing incident, he said, but it did not hurt the government public understanding of the carina crisis. labour'sjonathan as hworth the carina crisis. labour'sjonathan ashworth said in reply that it was a worse than shambolic situation, it was putting lives at risk, and what a mess, was whatjon ashworth said for labour. let's get some reaction from steve rotherham, the metro mayor of the liverpool city region, and joins us now. thank you very much for being with us, steve rotherham, and i think this latest

update on the number of cases means that liverpool now has the second—highest rate in country, after manchester. 456 per hundred thousand, so what do you make of that? yeah, unfortunately our numbers are going the wrong way. we already knew this, because on last monday we met with the chief medical officer, and by thursday there was an announcement of further restrictions for the whole liverpool city region. these additional figures that have been provided because of the 16,000 computer glitch, this has meant that on two of our areas we have 500 per 100,000, which is somewhere none of us ever thought we would get back to. glitch is the work that has been used but it turns out to be a problem with an old file on the excel system that they are using. i mean, it sounds actually relatively basic. and this is supposed to be a world beating system ?

basic. and this is supposed to be a world beating system? we are 1 million miles from a world beating test and trace system that we were promised, and certainly, look, people make mistakes, there is human error, but really what happened last week was, in our area, our restrictions and the menu that we we re restrictions and the menu that we were provided to get those exponential increases of transmissions down was predicated on the evidence that was presented to us and it appears now that was underestimated by a considerable sum. what is going on in the merseyside area, liverpool in particular? we saw those scenes a few days ago of large number of people congregating, and as you say, that exponential rise. the new restrictions, are they working, in your view? the hospitality sector has reported over the weekend many places were deserted, and that is what myself and the leaders of the six local authorities, as well as ourmps, all six local authorities, as well as our mps, all working together, we

have come up with a rescue package, which is a stopgap, it is meant to be for the immediacy of this issue, but that is £40 million to try and help as many businesses as we can to survive this very difficult period of further restrictions. i'm sure that help will be welcomed by the hospitality sector, but in terms of these specific restrictions, do you believe in your area they are enough, or do you think you will have to go further, the government will have to go further? the problem with all this is we ask that question to government, which was if you provide us with the scientific evidence, that backs up why this particular menu of restrictions won't work in our area, we will give you our support —— will work in our area. and we understand there needed to be further restrictions because of those increases in transmission rates we spoke about. we have not received any of the scientific evidence that backs that up, and as i say, it seems that the

restrictions were predicated on a false promise that the figures that we we re false promise that the figures that we were provided with were the basis for the announcement. we were talking earlier to the director of public health for manchester who we re public health for manchester who were saying largely in manchester's case, a big rise has been down to students, the reopening of universities which it said was a welcome thing, but so many students testing positive, is it the same in the liverpool merseyside area? yeah, of course you will get an exponential increase when a whole host of people all congregate and migrate into an area. i would say to any student coming to the liverpool city region, and into liverpool specifically, they made the right choice, but look, with that choice comes responsibility, and we want you to enjoy your time here by remembering the great things that happen, rather than those people who u nfortu nately happen, rather than those people who unfortunately will have had to be self—isolated and quarantine, and

those people who will contract coronavirus. that is not the memory to last you forever that you want to ta ke to last you forever that you want to take home with you. we started off as conversation talking about the test and trace system, and you were saying it is obviously wanting, with this latest technical glitch. would you like more local control or regional control over that system? absolutely, we need to work more locally, it is the only way will truly start to see a decline. we need some help nationally of course, imean our need some help nationally of course, i mean our businesses for instance need a business support programme for the additional restrictions and the knock—on effect to our economy. we need to know what the exit strategy is for central government, but we will work with them, and our councils are the front line. they are already doing lots and lots of work with government. we are happy to work in partnership, but it has to work in partnership, but it has to bea to work in partnership, but it has to be a true partnership, and that means the government have to step up to the plate because we have locally but they need to do that nationally.

very good to talk to you, steve rotherham, metro mayor of the liverpool city region. thank you for joining us. wejust got news in from washington that the white house press secretary kayleigh mcinerney has tweeted that she has tested positive for coronavirus obviously after donald trump's positive testing, quite a number of white house staff testing positive and the press secretary saying i tested positive for covid—19 on monday morning while experiencing no symptoms, no producers, or members of the press are listed as close contacts. of the press are listed as close co nta cts. i of the press are listed as close contacts. i had no knowledge of hope hicks‘s diagnosis. i will gain the quarantine process and will continue working on behalf of the american people remotely. so that is kayleigh

mcenany, white people remotely. so that is kayleigh mcena ny, white house people remotely. so that is kayleigh mcenany, white house press secretary, we are expecting a conference from the hospital treating donald trump. some of his doctors are going to talk to the press, some speculation he might even be discharged today, that came from the white house chief of staff. joe biden, the democrat presidential candidate says he is willing to debate donald trump, if the experts say that it is safe. the next presidential debate is scheduled for a few days' time, whether it takes place remains to be seen. an independent security expert has told the manchester arena inquiry that the risk of a suicide bombing at the manchester arena should have been "crystal clear" to police and the operators of the venue. the inquiry into the terror attack in may 2017 has been hearing evidence from colonel richard latham, who was head of security at london's 02 arena at the time. our correspondentjudith mortiz has been across proceedings. he is one of two security experts who have been giving their evidence to the inquiry today.

they've jointly written a series of reports, which the public inquiry will examine, covering all aspects of the security operation at manchester arena. now, as you say, colonel latham told the inquiry that the risk of a suicide bomb back in 2017 should have been crystal clear to the arena authorities. he also said that there were four risk assessments which were done for the arena in the run—up to the ariana grande concert in may of that year, but that none of those risk assessments had adequately covered the risk of a terror attack. in fact, he said that the authorities at the arena had put more emphasis on looking into the behavior, the likely behavior of some of the crowds, the audiences who would attend events there than they had at looking into the risks of terrorism at the arena. we've also heard from the security experts about the particular part of the building where salman abedi detonated his suicide bomb in 2017.

it's an area called the city room, which sitsjust outside the main arena bowl, what's been described by others as the foyer area. we've been hearing that is, in fact, a public space. there's also discussion here at the inquiry about who's responsible for it and for security within that space. today, the court was told that the operators of the arena, smg, were responsible for security there, but although their security stewards, who were employed by a company called showset, were able to interact with people in the foyer area, in the city room, they weren't allowed to eject them. they didn't have that power. so there's been discussion here about whose responsibilities they were and where those responsibilities lay. and lastly, i should tell you that there was conversation here about the responsibilities of the police and in particular of british transport police who we've heard were in charge of policing the whole of that complex because the manchester arena sits on top of victoria station.

well, security experts said they would have expected police officers to be in the city room at the end of the ariana grande concert. actually, though, in fact, at the time that the bomb went off, there wasn't a single police officer in that area. british scientist michael helton is along with the us researchers harvey alter and charles rice in winning the prize for their work in discovering the hepatitis c virus, which kills around 400,000 people a year. in russia, a village office cleaner has triumphed over her district mayor—boss, in a local election, but without really intending to. initially recruited to run as a technical candidate, to make the election seem democratic, marina ud—god—skaya won by a landslide over

the incumbent mayor, who belongs to president putin's united russia party. petr kozlov of the bbc‘s russian service reports , in russia's kostroma region. this is the russian village of povalikhino, about 400 kilometres north—east of moscow. it is fairly quiet, rural and... oh, my mobile phone does not have a signal. people go about their daily lives and nothing indicates for any political change. but change is here. povalikhino and surrounding districts recently voted in a new mayor. her name is marina udgodskaya, and she is a bit different from her predecessor. for years, marina udgodskaya worked as a cleaner in this building, the office of the local authority. she never had any political aspirations. nikolai loktev represents united russia, the party of power, and of president vladimir putin.

he has been the mayor of the district for several years. in september, he ran for re—election. to ensure victory, he picked the opponent himself. to assure victory, he picked the opponent himself. under russian law, there should be at least two candidates on the ballot. udgodskaya was what is called a technical candidate, a stand—in to make the election look real. translation: i asked her and she agreed. had there been another option for a candidate, i wouldn't have asked her. people backed her. well done to her. i don't see anything unusual in her victory. i am grateful to herfor accepting. and for the newly elected mayor, how did it feel to win? translation: i feel fine. i was a bit surprised at first. if people elected me, i will work for them. we followed udgodskaya

on herfirst mission to a rural village. she met a voter who backs her all the way. translation: of course we believe in her. we are proud of her. we're sure she will do a greatjob. tactical voting, supporting any candidate other than the ruling united russia party, is the idea promoted by opposition politician alexei navalny, the man who claims his recent poisoning by novichok was orchestrated by president putin. the people of povalikhino may or may not support navalny, but the fact remains that they voted for a new face. could this be the road other villages and towns will follow? i wonder what president putin thinks

of that. a huge, flawless diamond, described as "one of the earth's rarest and most coveted wonders", has sold for around ten million pounds. the 102—carat oval white jewel is the second—largest of its kind ever to be offered at auction. the stone was discovered in ontario, canada in 2018. it was then cut to its present size and polished for more than a year. what do you get your grandma for her 90th birthday? apart from that wonderful stone, of course. apart from that wonderful stone, of course. pat baker wanted to do something different — extreme. so she jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet. dave guest has more. just a minute, justa minute, my just a minute, my sleeve has gone up. great grandma patricia facing one of the toughest challenges of a lie. getting into that suit is not the challenge, though it is pretty challenging. patricia is about to jump challenging. patricia is about to jump out of a plane to celebrate her

90th birthday and raise money for charity. i said do you really want to do it, she said yes, so i said come on, let's get it sorted then. i've been hot air ballooning and i've been hot air ballooning and i've done paragliding, abroad, quite a few years ago. big sachko ok? in fa ct, a few years ago. big sachko ok? in fact, once we are out, keep your hands on the harness... so time for a final instructor from her instructor chris. you have not changed your mind, then? definitely not. i really don't know what is going through my mind at the moment, very nervous for her, but she's really looking forward to it. shall we keep going? yeah. i think so. she is now in the air, the plane will go up is now in the air, the plane will go up to 15,000 feet and then patricia willjump up to 15,000 feet and then patricia will jump out. when up to 15,000 feet and then patricia willjump out. when she says she would do something, she does it, i

get the impression. what was it like? awesome. just to experience it, it isjust awesome. so what is your next challenge going to be? i'm not doing this again! u nless to be? i'm not doing this again! unless i do a wing walk. and you know, she might just unless i do a wing walk. and you know, she mightjust do it. david gest, bbc news. she is braver than me, i would gest, bbc news. she is braver than me, iwould never, ever do that gest, bbc news. she is braver than me, i would never, ever do that in a million years. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. there is a chance you could encounter a few showers over the next couple of days, but in comparison to the weekend just past, that is an improving picture. we also started today with some blue sky and sunshine, as you can see in highland scotland. but the soggy cloud feels a legacy of the weekend just past and we are still under an area of low pressure, which will drive the story for monday and tuesday.

a weather front out to the west, enhancing showers through northern ireland, wales and south—west england at times. as we go through the day, winds are likely to strengthen as well. further east, it's a case of sunny spells and fewer showers and certainly it is an improvement on what we had at the weekend. so if you dodge the showers, with a little more sunshine coming through, it should feel a bit more pleasant out there, particularly if you are taking an afternoon walk. temperatures peaking between 13 and 17 degrees, 63 fahrenheit. through the night, showers to the west are going to drift steadily eastwards, so we will see a line of more showers for a time, one band moving its way through, being replaced by another, particularly across england and wales. further north, clearer skies here and we will see in single figures, but temperatures generally sitting at around ten or 11 degrees. starting tomorrow it will be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers again, but the further east you are, perhaps fewer showers, and particularly across scotland it will be dry, settled and sunny for most. top temperatures of 12 to 16

degrees, 61 fahrenheit. low pressure continues to drift off towards scandinavia on wednesday. here, we could see more enhanced showers and a stronger wind for scotland, but a dryer, settled story across england and wales, not for long, the cloud is expected to gather for the end of the day and turned the south—west. enjoy wednesday, not a bad day for many. looking around ten to 16 degrees the high. as we move into thursday, another area of low pressure, which will bring some rain around. still a level of uncertainty, as to where the heaviest of the rain is going to sit, but it looks likely there will be another pulse of a very wet weather across england and wales to end the working week. thursday and friday look wet, but the rest of the dry weather perhaps the further north you are. that's it, take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines an investigation is launched after 16 thousand coronavirus cases in england were unreported last week because of an error. the health secretary says that lessons will be learned. this incident should never have happened but the team have acted swiftly to minimise its impact. and now it is critical that we work together to put this right to make sure that it never happens again. the latest covid figures released today show a further 12 thousand, five hundred and ninety four new infections have been recorded, and 19 deaths. doctors criticise president trump for leaving the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus, to wave to supporters gathered outside.