good morning and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: president trump is released from hospital and urges americans not to be afraid of covid. i learned so much about coronavirus and one thing that is for certain, don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you are going to beat it. wind farms will generate enough energy to power every home in britain within ten years. that's the ambitious target to be set out by the prime minister today. families torn apart by covid — we look at the plight of care home residents who haven't seen their loved ones in months.

it feels like you're bereft, that you're going through a bereavement, but without the person actually dying. good morning. from today we're working for longer. the qualifying age for claiming a state pension has gone up to 66. what does that mean for the pockets of workers, and the public purse? manchester united are the big movers on transfer deadline day. edinson cavani is the headline act, as they call in the re—inforcements. good morning. today we are looking at areas of bright spells, some sunshine and a lot of showers. some of them will merge to give longer spells of rain, and the wind strengthening, particularly in south—west england. i will have all the details in ten minutes. it's tuesday, 6th october. our top story: president donald trump is back at the white house after leaving the hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus.

mr trump tweeted that he felt "really good", even though he will continue taking steroid medication and urged americans not to be afraid of the virus. he has also been criticised for removing his mask whilst posing for pictures. lebo diseko has more. a made—for—tv homecoming for president trump after three days in hospital. the message — trump has triumphed, as he greeted the waiting press. shortly afterwards, he posted this video on twitter. i learned so much about coronavirus. and one thing that's for certain — don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you are going to beat it. we have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines, all developed recently. and you're going to beat it. i didn't feel so good and, two days ago, i could have left two days ago. two days ago, i felt great, like better than i have in a long time. i said just recently, better than 20 years ago.

i stood out front, i led. nobody that is a leader would not do what i did. and i know there's a risk, there is a danger, but that's ok. the white house says they are taking every precaution to keep the president and his staff safe. they are limiting access to him and say appropriate ppe will be worn when staff are near him. and, unlike ordinary americans, he will have round—the—clock medical care. though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and i agree that all our evaluations and, most importantly, his clinical status, support the president's safe return home, where he'll be surrounded by world—class medical care. for days, his supporters gathered outside the hospital. and, for many of them, the president's illness could not have been avoided. but the number of top republicans who have tested positive since attending the same rose garden eventjust keeps growing. donald trump certainly knows how

to make an entrance and an exit, and he'll be keen to get back onto the campaign trail. but there are still many unanswered questions about the status of his health and the more than a dozen members of his close circle that have been diagnosed with covid—i9. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. we're joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, how has the president's return home been received? good morning. it has been received with a lot of anger. when he goes home and tells americans not to let the virus dominate them, not to be afraid of it, the reaction from a lot of people has been try telling that to the families of the 210,000 american to have died because of covid—19. it was an extraordinary choreographed return to the white house. from the moment they stepped

out of the hospital, it was prime time american news time in america. in the white house he immediately took off his mask and posed for not only pictures, but also he was making some sort of video that we will see in the coming days. he has been strongly criticised for taking off his mask. joe biden asked what is this matching thing, what is the deal? he said it would be presidential, patriotic to wear a mask, and to set an example, joe biden said. the president by all accou nts biden said. the president by all accounts are still infectious —— is still infectious. he has gone home and is hopefully going to recover, the fact that he then walked into the fact that he then walked into the white house still with his mask off, ican the white house still with his mask off, i can has raised so many questions about his attitude towards safeguarding the people around him,

and the broader message to the american people, having gone through this process of dealing with the disease and still seemingly adopting his old attitudes towards prevention and to wearing a mask. peter, thank you for that. it is something we will be looking out through the course of the morning. the government wants to produce enough electricity from wind farms to power every home in the uk within a decade. the prime minister will make the pledge today in his speech the government wants to produce enough electricity from wind farms the prime minister will make the pledge today in his speech to the conservative party conference, which is being held virtually. let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake. jonathan, how much will this cost? this is an ambitious plan. it certainly is a big promise and an ambitious aim from the prime minister, setting out what he believes will be plans to make the uka believes will be plans to make the uk a world leader in clean energy in the next ten years, something people described as a green industrial revolution creating hundreds of thousandsif revolution creating hundreds of thousands if not millions ofjobs in

the uk, although the immediate plans the uk, although the immediate plans the government has will create something like 2,000 jobs in the construction sector. £160 million worth of investment going into places like teesside and hamburg, and also sites in scotland and wales as well. borisjohnson will say that coronavirus should be a catalyst for these plans. in setting aside he may well go some way to satisfying conservative mps who want him to look past the pandemic, remind people what the conservative government is all about, but as the prime minister will be speaking, there are reminders of the coronavirus crisis will be all too clear for coronavirus crisis will be all too clearfor him to coronavirus crisis will be all too clear for him to see. the government's approach to test and trace under increased scrutiny and mps pretty much at the same time as he is making his speech, trying to come up with ways to block the plans of the government in terms of place to slow the spread of the virus. borisjohnson to slow the spread of the virus. boris johnson might be to slow the spread of the virus. borisjohnson might be looking to the future today, but there are

reminders of the challenges he faces in the present everywhere. there could be a "tsunami" of cancelled operations this winter as a result of a second wave of coronavirus, according to a number of leading surgeons. a survey of 1,000 surgeons suggests that many have no faith in ministers' plan to get surgery back up to 90% of pre—pandemic levels by the end of this month. the nhs says goals for the end of august have been met. police have made ten arrests after four young people, including three university students, died in suspected drug incidents in the north—east of england over the weekend. jeni larmourfrom county armagh was studying at newcastle university and was found dead in student accommodation where another female student also died. a 21—year—old male student also died in newcastle and another 18—year—old man died in washington. all bars will have to close in paris today after the french government raised the city's coronavirus alert to maximum.

restaurants can stay open if strict hygiene rules are in place. gyms and swimming pools will also be closed for two weeks in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. comic relief is to introduce its first plastic—free, environmentally—friendly red nose. the nose is plant—based and features ten different characters representing the outdoors, including a ladybird and a fox. they will be released in time for the charity's next telethon in the spring. now the weather with carol. good morning. it is a beautiful picture. it would be nice to see if you ramble through the course of today. the forecast is unsettled as low pressure continued to dominate

oui’ low pressure continued to dominate our weather. we are looking at bright spells and scattered showers. some of us will see some sunshine. the low pressure is still across scotland. it will be windy in the south—western quarter. this is the next area of low pressure coming our way on thursday and friday. this has the potential to bring more wet and windy weather to areas already affected by some flooding. if you're travelling first thing this morning there are a lot of showers overnight. there will be a lot of large puddles and surface water and run. the parts of eastern scotland this afternoon there will be some sunshine, but in the west will hang on to the showers. showers across northern ireland, england and is. through the afternoon round the coast of wales, devon and cornwall, the english channel and the channel islands the wind will pick up, for some gusting to 50 miles an hour. we could see between a0 and a5 mall

argos generally. temperatures today ranging from 12 in the north and 16 in the south, so just a big diner where they were yesterday. through the evening and overnight, we hang on to some of the showers. still quite blustery winds in the south—western quarter. there will be some clear skies as well. it will not be a particularly cold night for most of us with a temperature range between eight and 11 degrees. that leads us onto tomorrow. tomorrow, once again, we are looking at showers packing in the north—west of scotla nd showers packing in the north—west of scotland on this north—westerly flow. some of us will have a dry day with sunshine, particular cloud and light rain affecting parts of the south—west and quite murky and damp around the channel islands. temperatures between 11 and 15. if we “— temperatures between 11 and 15. if we —— if you want to know what we think is happening on thursday, we will have more details in half—an—hour. let's take a look at today's papers. the times leads with a pledge from the prime minister that he will make britain the "saudi arabia of wind".

mrjohnson says he will upgrade facilities along the east coast of england, as well as scotland and wales, to ensure the next generation of wind turbines are made in the uk. the guardian reports that the "spreadsheet blunder" over coronavirus testing means contact tracers are now racing to reach up to 50,000 people who should have been self—isolating. president trump's remarks that americans should not be "afraid" of covid—19 are the main story in the telegraph, as mr trump arrives back at the white house. the new york times also leads on that story. they also have a picture of the president without his face covering which he removed live on tv. does your dog look adoringly at your

face? i also think my dogs look adoringly at me. apparently puppy dog eyes are actually looking straight through you. rubbish! they basically learn to trick us, they says. they put them in an mri and —— mri, and they could be staring at the back of your head and not the front of your face and still stare at you adoringly. apparently dogs have learnt to trick us because they recognise is by relying on alternative cues such as smell and sound. no, rubbish. you don't believe it? the daily mail have got this headline, the team with the longest legs in the world. this is macy, her legs apparently come in at

four feet and five inches, one macy, her legs apparently come in at fourfeet and five inches, one inch longer than the world record holder before that's, a russian basketball star. she stands proudly at six foot ten, is 17 years old. this is her mum. she was five foot seven at the age of nine. apparently she wants to bea age of nine. apparently she wants to be a model and she is some way of the tallest woman in the world, who is in china and is seven victory. the tallest woman in the world, who is in china and is seven victorylj think this is what we call a guilty pleasure. i do enjoy watching i'm a celebrity quite a bit. i think i am slightly disappointed it will not be in thejungle, slightly disappointed it will not be in the jungle, but slightly disappointed it will not be in thejungle, but it is near us here in wales. they have been... do you see this castle? they have had a

few problems. it the same after it was flooded in torrential rain. and sendak have been around and bites. i'm not even sure when it starts. if have to be jane from australia to wales because of covid. will they still do brush bush tucker trials? there will be called challenges, won't there? do you want to see a wet towel? —— owl. if you needed to see a wet owl, there it is. it is quite cute. it looks like it has beenin quite cute. it looks like it has been in the washing machine. don't put your owls in the washing machine! i am going to bring that

home to cheer me up, put it next to my computer. louise, how much would you spend on a lunchbox? about £3. gucci has brought one out. it is a green plastic tub with a picture of a hungry cartoon boy looking bacon. have a guess at home how much this will cost? there is the lunchbox. a normal lunchbox with a plastic handle. that will set you back... £2210. and not even a bag of crisps in there! £2210. they also do a baseball cap which is a mere £2a0. from today, if you're 66 you will be able to receive the state pension. it's after steady rises in the qualifying age in recent years. nina has all the details.

iam i am still thinking about the lunchbox and a pile of chinese ta keaway lunchbox and a pile of chinese takeaway boxes in my cupboard, what is wrong with them? if you're turning 65 today you might be feeling slightly cheated because the qualifying age has just gone up. we're talking about the state pension, not the one you may have through your employer. it accrues over time from national insurance contributions. if you qualify for the full state pension that's around £175 a week — just over £9,000 a year, an important income for lots of people who've retired, especially those who don't have savings or a private pension. here's the big change — from today you have to be 66 in order to qualify. this is how qualifying has changed over time. from the 19a0s, men had to be 65 to qualify, women had to be 60.

from 2010, a timetable was agreed to bring women in line with men. from today, it goes up to 66 for everyone and is set to continue to go up for everyone. what it means is we will be working longer. now there is some evidence that is good for physical and mental health. this is dee who's 70 and tried to retire more than once but says staying in work has been good for her. i got to 65, didn't really think about it at all, and it was only when i was 6081 thought it was nearly time to retire. i made that decision. within three months i missed working, i really did. ifind this charity. we talk to each other andi this charity. we talk to each other and i have been working for them for the last two years. i enjoy having a purpose, going out and doing something, and really earning money

comes into it, certainly, but it is actually doing thejob comes into it, certainly, but it is actually doing the job and being pa rt actually doing the job and being part of a team. not all people are happy to be working longer. a group of women has challenged the plans to increase the state pension age, but the case was dismissed by the court of appeal last month. so the changes will not be reversed. why's it happened? well, we're living longer. a man born in 1910 could expect to live to just over 50. the life expectancy of a man born in 2010 is closer to 80. a woman's life expectancy has risen from 55 to well over 80 in the same period. that's had a big impact on the cost to the state. last year, around 12 million people qualified for a state pension, costing around £100 billion — half the entire social security budget. it's estimated there will be nearly 17 million people over the state pension age by 20a2. it means further changes

are almost inevitable. in 2028, the qualifying age is set to go up to 67, but will be reviewed again in three years. basically, the with is we will be working until we are about 150! i have been here 19 years, just another 19 to go! i did make a promise i wouldn't do another 20, you will be glad to hear. over the past few months you might have noticed roads being blocked off to cars and vans near to where you live. they're called ‘low traffic neighbourhoods' and have been springing up across the uk. the aim is to get people to live healthier lives, but they can be controversial as tim muffett reports. lewisham, south london, and rafael can't deliver his parcels. lewisham, south london, and rafael can't deliver his parcelslj lewisham, south london, and rafael can't deliver his parcels. i have no access. i tried to deliver packages

everywhere and everywhere is closed. i have to go all the way around with the packages and i am losing at least 25 minutes, half an hour. i already have three tickets that i have to pay. how much have you been fine so far? at least £250. injune, at low traffic neighbourhoods was introduced here. fines are being issued. it is a really positive development for the residents. it is really important that residents are able to reclaim the streets through com plete able to reclaim the streets through complete —— commuter through traffic. it is important that children have somewhere to play. we are sandwiched between two major roads, the south circular and lewisham high street, that it is two minutes faster to cut through your neighbourhood. this guy isjust annoying. maybe it is people not understanding the science, but if you look at it, five road closed

signs. during the pandemic, many councils have introduced low traffic neighbourhoods like this, to encourage people to walk into cycle, to live a healthier life. the problem is, while some streets become quieter, traffic often re—routed elsewhere. ross and lives ona re—routed elsewhere. ross and lives on a nearby busy road. she says it has become more congested since the scheme was introduced. how has this been implemented? as you can see for yourself, it has been horrendous. there are a couple of left turns before you get here and they have not been shot —— now been shut off, so not been shot —— now been shut off, so all the traffic has to come down this road. this will not stop until maybe 9:30pm at bates. so you can imagine, that is seven and a half hours, unacceptable. for rosamond, this issue is particularly personal. in 2013 her nine—year—old daughter, ella, died after a severe asthma

attack. last year at the high court give permission for a new inquest into her death after medical experts said it could have been linked to unlawful levels of air pollution near to where she lived. the new inquest is due to begin in november. a number of parents have contacted me since lockdown was eased that their child? asthma me since lockdown was eased that their child ? asthma has me since lockdown was eased that their child? asthma has got worse again. for those who say in many of the streets there is no traffic now, it is much better. there was no traffic there compared to here in the first place. schemes like this are polarised opinion in many towns and cities. so it is working really well in the area where it has been implemented and we are getting a lot of positive feedback from residents. people are going out cycling with theirfamilies. what people are going out cycling with their families. what hasn't worked well as there has been an impact on the areas around the low traffic neighbourhoods were roots become busier. some people would say you

should have got this still more thoroughly before you brought it in. we have always been aware that changes might need to be made later on, that is what we're doing now. we are unlikely to get a perfect first time. rachel has examined the impact of similar schemes elsewhere. time. rachel has examined the impact of similar schemes elsewherelj think of similar schemes elsewhere.” think it is really important that authorities have this consultation process on the first six months and they listen to the specifics of what people say. if things need tweaking that can be changed, but they do need to remember that change won't happen within a couple of weeks, they need to stick with it, listen to concerns and make adjustments. ultimately, people change their behaviour but not in the first week 01’ behaviour but not in the first week or two, takes a bit longer. back in lewisham, delivery driver raphael is unconvinced. it will say this will lead to a healthier life and people will walk more. it is healthier, but then to make any complaints about then to make any complaints about the parcels, then. reversing decisions on schemes like this can be as controversial as bringing them

iimagine i imagine it'll ongoing conversations about that. they've been furry, squidgy and glittery and now the red nose is going plastic—free. we'll have the first look of the new nose for you after eight. also rishi sunak will be here at 730 this morning. weather where you are. good morning. i'm asad ahmad. 13 children at a catholic school in highgate had to be taken to hospital when they fell ill after eating what they believed were sweets, but actually contained cannabis. the pupils are from la sainte union catholic school. police say the sweets may have contained an active ingredient of cannabis. investigations into what happened are continuing, including tests on the sweets. no—one is believed to be seriously unwell.

a senior member of the house of lords has criticised plans for a holocaust memorial next to the houses of parliament. lord carlisle, who's from a jewish family, says the structure in victoria gardens would create a "trophy site" for terrosists. the former reviewer of terrorism legislation, has given evidence to a planning inquiry which starts today and he joins royal parks, unesco and others opposing the memorial. the site is supported by former prime ministers including david cameron, and current labour leader, sir keir starmer. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the circle line has severe delays from edgware road to aldgate — the district line has severe delays from south kensington to whitechapel due to emergency engineering works. the waterloo and city line until further notice. a good service on all other lines. queues towards the blackwall tunnel northbound.

in enfield, bullsmoor lane is closed eastbound from great cambridge road — due to a collision., now the weather with elizabeth. good morning, a refreshing change yesterday. plenty of sunshine and highs of 18 degrees. is not going to be quite so good today, but, still, not a particularly bad—looking day. there will be showers around that time. it is quite wet underfoot this morning. plenty of showery outbreaks of rain last night. lots of cloud this morning. perhaps a few showers, at times, and there will be more showers blowing through on a brisk westerly wind through the day, but some bright and sunny spells in between. quite a breezy day. top temperatures this time of 16 celsius. through this evening and overnight, it should turn dry, or mostly dry. may be a few stray showers around first. lows of 9—10 celsius into the start of the day tomorrow. tomorrow is looking dry and there will be sunshine at times. still quite blustery, but not as windy as today. again, temperatures will reach the mid teens in celsius, but there could be a return to those

rather wet conditions on thursday and friday. finally, we don't really do birthday greetings during the news, but sometimes we make an exception, like this today, because bbc radio london is 50—years—old. it all started back on 6th october, 1970 in a small studio in hanover square. over the years, it's been the launch pad for djs, including chris evans, as well as a home from home for tony blackburn, gary crowley, robert elms and vanessa feltz. vanessa is marking 50 years of the station on bbc radio london from 7.00am. tune in to hear some voices from the past and some great memories too. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

but also on breakfast this morning. back in the suit and on top of britain's highest peak. lloyd scott has completed the first leg of his three peaks challenge. we'll ask him how it went. craig revel horwood is known for his colourful and elaborate language. we'll find out how he's put his talent with words to good use in his debut novel. and from debut novels to debut albums, amanda holden willjoin us after 8:30 to tell us what it was like to make her very own album. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. president donald trump is back at the white house after leaving hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus. mrtrump said people shouldn't be afraid

of the virus or feel dominated by it, saying that he feels as good as he did 20 years ago. the president, who will continue taking steroids, was criticised for removing his mask whilst posing for pictures. the prime minister wants to generate enough electricity from wind farms to power every home in the uk by 2030. boris johnson will outline his pledge for a "green industrial revolution" today as part of his speech to the virtual conservative party conference. he'll promise to invest £160 million to build more offshore wind turbines. the plan aims to create 2,000 constructionjobs. there could be a tsunami of cancelled operations this winter as a result of a second wave of coronavirus, according to a number of leading surgeons. a survey of 1,000 surgeons suggests that many have no faith in ministers' plans to get surgery back up to 90 per cent of pre—pandemic levels by the end of this month. the nhs says goals for the end

of august have been met. those are some of the main stories. it's dr zoe norris this morning. 0ur appointment with our regular gp. a lot to talk about both here and abroad. probably the most famous coronavirus patient in the world is president trump at the moment. i am sure you saw his comments on his return to the white house, telling americans and the rest of the world not to be afraid of covid—19. i wonder how helpful that has been. he has been criticised for not only taking his mask off going back into the white house but some of the things he said. i think it is really unhelpful. you have to remember his experience of covid is not the experience of covid is not the experience of covid is not the experience of everyone around the world. it does not usually involve a full medical team and cocktail of experimental drugs in large doses of

treatments we would not normally used in this country. he does not look well. if you look at the video from the balcony, he is clearly in distress with his breathing. that is not a man who is better. we are looking at the pictures. 0ne doctor tweeted saying it is a textbook example of increased working breathing in addition to using normal respiratory muscles and diaphragm, accessory muscles in his neck are kicking in to help draw a breath. i am sure you have seen conspiracy theories saying he has not had the virus, but these pictures tend to suggest he is struggling to breathe. they do, and if you are watching this morning and you are breathing, you will be aware of your rib cage moving, but when we struggled to breathe we use the extra muscles around the rib cage, in your neck and across your back. you can see he is braced. his

shoulders are square because he is trying to keep his lungs inflated. he is pulling on the neck. at one moment he opens his mouth to take a gasp, to try to keep the lungs more full. it is clear from a medical point of view. in terms of the drugs he has taken, talking about the best medical care in the world which is not available to millions of americans, but some of those treatments are experimental. they are. the cocktail of drugs includes things that certainly in this country you would not be using. 0ne of the drugs was melatonin, which is actually for sleep problems are nothing to do with coronavirus and we'd not use that routinely make someone we'd not use that routinely make someone sleepy when they have breathing problems. and the new experimental things come it does not i

experimental things come it does not --, it experimental things come it does not ——, it does not fit the picture of how unwell he was. it is unusual and if you are watching and concerned about having covid symptoms, please do not think this is typical of what happens. just to bring the focus back here, the royal college of surgeons say it expects a tsunami of cancellations this winter. is that a concern you and colleagues share? absolutely. this is causing a massive problem in the nhs. clinics and primary care have patients ringing and coming to see us saying when i going to be seen by the hospital? when am i going to have my operation? we don't know and the hospital do not know. this will only get worse. we need the government to communicate this to patients and say they will have to look at waiting lists and prioritise on clinical need and it will be a couple of yea rs before we need and it will be a couple of years before we get to the bottom of them. how would ring-fencing hospital beds for surgery were? the theory would be that rather than

discharging any patient able to go home and opening up all the beds and reserving them for potential covid patients, you would keep a couple of wards, perhaps one hospital in a bigger city, that try to work as normal, so even within covid restrictions they would still do elective surgery. they would try to keep that trickle going. the challenge is how long everything ta kes. challenge is how long everything takes. we have to follow additional procedures around covid so i think in the report they estimated most surgeons are getting through one or two patients a day instead of the usual four, five. one thing we have covered and i'm sure you speak to patients about is the situation in ca re patients about is the situation in care homes. we had brendan and his family on, married over 60 years, had not touched his wife who had struggled with dementia, since march. i suppose it comes back to

the understandable challenge of managing to keep vulnerable people safe but at the same time ensuring loved ones can see them and visit them and keep that relationship going. is there an answer?” them and keep that relationship going. is there an answer? i think it is really hard for staff working in care homes but i think this is where maybe we need individual decisions, because for patient who maybe has dementia, maybe who can become distressed easily, who finds visits from family members to be reassuring and calming, the balances that person's quality of life versus the damage potentially covid could do. each of those is an individual discussion about how much their quality—of—life is being affected by not being able to see family versus how much potential harm are we willing to put them out. knowing that they may already have a limited life expectancy and actually it is

quality—of—life and human contact. but that does not account for the fa ct but that does not account for the fact the more people going into care homes, the more increased risk to staff and residents. always good to talk to you and thank you for that information. interesting to see your assessment of the way the president is breathing on the balcony. a lot of people say they are experts but it is great to hear from somebody who knows what she is talking about. so many got in contact yesterday after watching brenton on the programme so we have more on care homes coming up. and sport. tra nsfer transfer deadline day is done. some people love following the ups and downs through the day. for me, i am not into rumours, i like to wait until the window is shut and wait for the facts. manchester united were the busiest on the final day of the european transfer window. their biggest signing is edinson cavani, the uruguay

striker, who's been a free agent since leaving paris saint germain in the summer. micah richards played against him when he was in the italian league and he says it's a great move for united. he'll be a massive player for man united. i played against him at nottingham before. and at napoli and wow, what a player he is. if he can produce any of the things like he did back then, what a signing for united. and they're getting him for free. why not? united also strengthened that defence that let in six goals against tottenham on sunday. brazilian left—back alex telles joins from porto. arsenal hit their target, signing thomas partey from atletico madrid in the most expensive deal of the day — they've paid a £a5 million release clause. and former england player jack wilshere finds himself without a club — he's terminated his contract with west ham so he's now available as a free agent. one notable loan move to tell you about —

theo walcott is back at southampton, where he began his career almost 15 years ago. here he is, at the bottom of the screen, at the age of 16, scoring his first goal in the fa cup. he's rejoined the club on loan from everton. england manager gareth southgate has been given another headache by players breaking covid—19 rules. tammy abraham, ben chilwell and jadon sancho have been told that they can'tjoin up with the squad yet, after they attended a suprise birthday party thrown for abraham, with around 20 people present. it's unlikely they can be tested for coronavirus and cleared in time to make the game against wales at wembley on thursday. novak djokovic said it was very awkward, after he accidentally hit a line judge in the face with a ball at the french open. remember he was disqualified from the us open last month when a ball he swatted away in frustration struck a line judge. this was beyond his control,

though — the ball flew off his racket as he tried to return serve against karen khachanov. he made it through to the quarter—finals in straight sets. my gosh, it was very awkward deja vu. i saw he had a little bit of a bruise, like redness, on that on that place on the head where the ball hit him. i hope he's fine. britain's geraint thomas is out of contention for the giro d'italia, afterjust three of its 21 stages. and it was a water bottle that ended his chances. this footage shows the bottle rolling across the road before the racing had even begun. thomas caught it under his wheel and crashed. you can see the damage to hisjersey here. he was in third place but he lost more than 12 minutes on the way to mount etna. portugal'sjoao almeida leads. and finally, there's was one

departure from arsenal on transfer deadline day that has cause uproar. club mascot gunnersaurus has been let go after 27 years. arsenal say there's no use for him without fans at matches. a go fund me page has been set up to try to get the decision overturned — and there's been quite a storm on social media. arsenal legend ian wright said it was terrible news. lifelong fan jack whitehall posted a picture of himself meeting gunnersaurus as a youngster. let's hope it is not extinction for him. i see what you have done there. lee dickson said there were three huge influences, the dad, and his manager and the mascot. i wonder what the secret is! if you were watching breakfast yesterday you might have seen our conversation with a man

called brendan, who appeared on the programme along with his daughter and granddaughter. brendan has been married for 63 years but his wifejoan — who has dementia — now lives in a care home, and he's been unable to visit her properly for more than six months. here's what he told us yesterday. as the months went by, i felt thatjoan was forgetting me. i said to the carers, "my wife's forgetting me, look." after about three minutes, joan would get up. she was so frustrated when i was at the window, she kept telling them to let me in and, because they didn't — and i was even saying, joan, i can't come in, darling — she would turn away with her walking frame and go into the inner room and leave me standing there. so, towards the end, i did say to the carers, my wife's forgetting me. "no she's not, she always says ‘where's my brendan? but i know different. myjoan used to run to that window and i'm sorry.

such a huge response to that yesterday. brendan and joan's situation is not unique. we were inundated by responses to that interview, as you told us your stories of being unable to visit loved ones in residential breakfast‘s john maguire spent yesterday chatting with just a small selection of those who responded. covid has taken and continues to take so much, forcing families to keep apart. when michelle booth‘s mum died in her care home in august, some visiting was allowed, but it was very limited. how is your dad, michelle? struggling, struggling. i think because his days were spent visiting mum, we struggled during lockdown, because, obviously, you know,

he was quite isolated. then, obviously, because now, even though he can go out, he's not really got anywhere to go. it's a challenge. it's difficult. i think because the end was so difficult, it's just hard. the hugs and the hand holding that offers so much comfort in normal times are now seen as a risk. liz mcavoy says the care her mum receives is second to none, yet there is a feeling of helplessness. for me, it feels like your bereft, that you're going through a bereavement, but without the person actually dying. it is, it's a completely strange and horrible situation that you are in. and when she asks you when you are going to come and see me, what do you say? i say i'll come and see you soon, mum.

because she doesn't understand. she doesn't know there is a pandemic on, even. so it's easier to say, i'll come and see you soon. but the heartbreaking thing is when will that be? and how long? she is nearly 92. you know, how long will she be around? vicky castle's parents have been married more than 70 years. they live in the same care home but are kept apart by covid restrictions. i'm just so sorry this has happened and we can't see each other. you know, they are 92 and 9a. you don't know how long you've got with them, do you, any more? and for this to happen at their stage of life, it is so sad. if we could be tested, and then we could visit, if we were free, then

we could have a visit and that would be safe, surely. and testing remains one of the key questions. patricia graham's parents also enjoyed a long marriage and lived in the same care home. but her father died last week. it's been dreadful. my mum doesn't complain. neither my mum or dad were complainers. my mum doesn't complain, but i know, when i've been speaking to her, that she's desperately lonely. and i phone her at least a couple of times every day, but it's not the same as being able to see somebody, when you know what they need is a hug. and i know a lot of people have been missing that for a long time, too, but i think in the midst of everything else, with my father dying, it made itjust so much harder.

and it's notjust the elderly and their children that are struggling. joe fisher's son bradley is in care. recent months have been incredibly tough. he's been in hospital 15—plus times since covid started in march and it'sjust been horrendous. the fear and anxiety around him going into hospital, the fear of him getting covid, the fear of him coming back with covid and giving it to other people at the care home that are vulnerable, and the fear that i can't be with him either, if he's sick in hospital. even if he goes in now, i've been told, you can't go with him, because the carer has to be with him and that is counted as a person who is with him. it means i can't see him. so it's a horrible time for everyone. care homes, their residents and families are facing unprecedented pressures. the emotional cost is enormous.

john maguire, bbc news. thank you to everybody who got in touch with those personal stories yesterday. just after eight o'clock this morning, we'll speak to a care home owner about what he's trying to do to help make visits possible. keep your comments coming in. let's find out what's happening with the weather. earlier you said carol had a beautiful rainbow. have you drawn out on, it looks fake! how very dare you, dan! i have not, it isa how very dare you, dan! i have not, it is a cracker. beautiful picture. for many today cloud around at times and some will see sunshine but also scattered showers. some of the showers will merge to give longer spells of rain and you might see

hailand spells of rain and you might see hail and the odd rumble of thunder. low pressure dominates. isobars in the south—west quarter. it will be windy later. we have low pressure in the atlantic that could present problems through thursday and into friday with further heavy rain and windy conditions. this morning, there are a lot of showers around and they will continue into the afternoon. in between, cloud and sunshine. sunshine especially across eastern parts of scotland this afternoon. northern ireland, a mixture of bright spells and showers as in northern england. for the rest of england and wales, bright, cloudy at times. a little bit of sunshine, some of the showers heavy with hail. the winds are strengthening around the coast of wales, devon and cornwall and the channel islands where we will have gusts up to a5 and locally with exposure up to 50 mph. temperatures down compared to

yesterday when we reached 18. today 12 in the north, 16 in the south. 0vernight, hanging on to showers. clear spells develop. still windy, especially in the south—western quarter. we should not have issues with fog and mist. temperatures falling to between 8—11. tomorrow we start with showers. a change in wind direction. a north—westerly which will blow in showers across the north—west of scotland, where some will be heavy. a lot of dry weather and more sunshine than today. thicker cloud in south—west wales and england and light rain here. rain across the channel islands and murky conditions, as well. 11—15 the top temperatures. then the forecast is open to question. still uncertainty about what is happening

on thursday. the reason is we have the deep low pressure coming in from the deep low pressure coming in from the atlantic with attendant fronts. yesterday we thought it would be further south and today we think it will be further north, but it could change because the position of the low pressure and also it will develop waves, which will take the rain further north or south. you can see why there is uncertainty in it. but at the moment it looks like we will have rain across northern scotla nd will have rain across northern scotland and for a time across england and wales and resting across the south, where it could be heavy. following in areas that have had flooding issues already. 10—18, temperatures. 0n flooding issues already. 10—18, temperatures. on thursday, whatever happens will have a bearing on what happens will have a bearing on what happens on friday. turning cooler into the weekend. president trump has urged americans not to be afraid

of coronavirus after he was discharged from hospital. he is back at the white house after three days of treatment and he posted on twitter claiming his victory. don't let it dominate, don't let it take over your lives. we are the greatest country in the world. we are going back to work. as your leader i had to do that. i know there is a danger but i had to do it. i stood out front. be careful. we have the best medicines in the world. they are all getting approved. the vaccines are coming momentarily. let's see how that message was received in the states. emily larsen is a political reporter with the washington examiner. he says don't be afraid of covid. how has that gone down with an american audience? that is very controversial. 0f american audience? that is very controversial. of course, this is

the top of mind issue. we are in the middle of the presidential election, just about a month left until election day. this is an issue president trump has been trying to avoid and divert from on the campaign trail, trying to talk about other issues, like the recovering signs of the economy and other things he wants to get done. his diagnosis really thrusts covid back into the limelight. when he says don't be afraid of coronavirus, that has been met with scepticism. this is an issue that a lot of people are afraid of so how is it being received? so far, with scepticism. also, over 200,000 americans have died so this has an impact on their families. certainly. ithink died so this has an impact on their families. certainly. i think it is

closer to 210,000 americans who have died now. ithink100,000 closer to 210,000 americans who have died now. i think 100,000 or more have been diagnosed with having coronavirus since the president went to the hospital. there is also the question of how his handling of this is going to reflect not only his polling but his approval ratings and how voters will think of that. he was very quick to leave the hospital. there was a question about whether he should leave the hospital, not only for the concern about the disease, as we know, after signs of recovery, there is a potential for it to go back downhill quickly. so whether that is a good idea for the president to leave the hospital when he is on experimental medication, and other instances of things doctors should be looking at,

thatis things doctors should be looking at, that is the question. also, whether it sends a correct and good message to american people, whether he is taking it seriously enough when he is saying don't be afraid of coronavirus, don't let it control your life. that has been widely criticised. even his own doctors saying he is not out of the woods yet and needs 2a—hour monitoring. there was a debate which will not be able to happen. so many things cancelled, so what happens with the election campaign? there is a vice presidential debate that is scheduled to go on this week on wednesday. joe biden and kamala harris have agreed to sit 12 feet apart, further than eight feet apart, further than eight feet apart, following news of the present‘s diagnosis. also kamala harris is requesting plexiglass to be placed between them, but, as far

as the next presidential debate, thatis as the next presidential debate, that is scheduled on october the 15th. joe biden says that as long as health experts say it is ok to go on, he will be there. donald trump ‘s team is on, he will be there. donald trump ‘steam is saying he expects to be there. donald trump is supposed to quarantine because of his diagnosis, but he has expressed a willingness to get on the campaign trail as soon as possible. when that will be, we are not sure. he is likely still shedding the virus and contagious. in the white house, what is he expected to do? is the thinking he will go back to work or will he be quarantined? well, that remains to be seen. the expectation is he will be seen. the expectation is he will be in his residence surrounded by doctors who can monitor him, but

perhaps he will go back to the oval 0ffice. perhaps he will go back to the oval office. this is the president of the united states, he really likes to have the appearance of being strong. we saw that with his video he released, and he took a very long time to go up the stairs to the balcony of the white house. he stood and kind of posed for pictures, knowing these would—be images he would share. when he left the hospital, actually, about 6:30pm in ourtime, at hospital, actually, about 6:30pm in our time, atjust the right moment for the three major news networks to broadcast that life. this is a president who is image minded and he will do whatever he thinks is demonstrating strength. thank you. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm asad ahmad. 13 children at a catholic school in highgate had to be taken to hospital when they fell ill after eating what they believed were "sweets", but actually contained cannabis. the pupils are from la sainte union catholic school. police say the ‘sweets' may have contained an active ingredient of cannabis. investigations into what happened are continuing, including tests on the sweets. no—one is believed to be seriously unwell. a senior member of the house of lords has criticised plans for a holocaust memorial next to the houses of parliament. lord carlisle, who is from a jewish family, says the structure in victoria gardens would create a "trophy site" for terrorists. the former reviewer of terrorism legislation has given evidence to a planning inquiry, which starts today, and he joins royal parks, unesco and others opposing the memorial. the site is supported

by former prime ministers, including david cameron, and current labour leader, sir keir starmer. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the circle line has minor delays from edgware road to aldgate. the district line has minor delays from south kensington to whitechapel due to overrunning engineering works. the metropolitan line has minor delays because of a signal failure. the waterloo and city line is shut until further notice. 0n the roads, in east london, the a13 is slow coming into central london between rainham and barking. in dagenham, reede road is closed due to a police incident. now the weather with elizabeth. good morning. a refreshing change yesterday. plenty of sunshine and highs of 18 degrees. it's not going to be quite so good today, but, still, not a particularly bad—looking day. there will be showers around at times. it is quite wet underfoot this morning. plenty of showery outbreaks of rain last night. lots of cloud this morning.

perhaps a few showers, at times, and there will be more showers blowing through on a brisk westerly wind through the day, but some bright and sunny spells in between. quite a breezy day. top temperatures this time of 16 celsius. through this evening and overnight, it should turn dry, or mostly dry. maybe a few stray showers around at first. lows of 9—10 celsius into the start of the day tomorrow. tomorrow is looking dry and there will be sunshine at times. still quite blustery, but not as windy as today. again, temperatures will reach the mid—teens in celsius, but there could be a return to those rather wet conditions on thursday and friday. finally, time for birthday greetings to our colleagues on bbc radio london. the station is exactly 50 years old. it all started back on 6th 0ctober,1970, in a small studio in hanover square. over the years, it's been the launch pad for dj's including chris evans and charlie gillet here, as well as being a home from home

for tony blackburn, gary crowley, robert elms and vanessa feltz. vanessa is marking 50 years of the station on bbc radio london from 7am. tune in to hear some voices from the past and some great memories too. goodbye. good morning and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: president trump has left hospital and urges americans not to be afraid of covid. i learned so much about coronavirus and one thing that is for certain, don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you are going to beat it. wind farms will generate enough energy to power every home in britain within ten years — that's the ambitious target to be set out by the prime minister today.

families torn apart by covid — we look at the plight of care home residents who haven't seen their loved ones in months. good morning. from today we're working for longer. the qualifying age for claiming a state pension has gone up to 66. what does that mean for the pockets of workers, and the public purse? it's tuesday, 6th october. our top story: president donald trump is back at the white house after leaving the hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus. mr trump tweeted that he felt "really good", even though he will continue taking steroid medication and urged americans not to be afraid of the virus. he has also been criticised for removing his mask whilst posing for pictures. lebo diseko has more.

a made—for—tv homecoming for president trump after three days in hospital. the message — trump has triumphed, as he greeted the waiting press. shortly afterwards, he posted this video on twitter. i learned so much about coronavirus. and one thing that's for certain — don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you are going to beat it. we have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines, all developed recently. and you're going to beat it. i didn't feel so good and, two days ago, i could have left two days ago. two days ago, i felt great, like better than i have in a long time. i said just recently, better than 20 years ago. i stood out front, i led. nobody that is a leader would not do what i did. and i know there's a risk, there is a danger, but that's ok. the white house says they are taking every precaution to keep the president and his staff safe.

they are limiting access to him and say appropriate ppe will be worn when staff are near him. and, unlike ordinary americans, he will have round—the—clock medical care. though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and i agree that all our evaluations and, most importantly, his clinical status, support the president's safe return home, where he'll be surrounded by world—class medical care. for days, his supporters gathered outside the hospital. and, for many of them, the president's illness could not have been avoided. but the number of top republicans who have tested positive since attending the same rose garden eventjust keeps growing. donald trump certainly knows how to make an entrance and an exit, and he'll be keen to get back onto the campaign trail. but there are still many unanswered questions about the status of his health and the more than a dozen members of his close circle that have been diagnosed with covid—19.

lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. we're joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes. so much scrutiny, everybody watching those pictures, watching how he is moving, how he is breathing. i had this condom of the american public? good morning, louise. a strong reaction on both sides. republicans welcoming the image of strength and defiance that he showed on leaving the hospital, and we saw that very clearly after he returned to the white house, walking up the stairs, then that controversial moment where he removes his mask on the balcony, posing for photographs. that is the moment is that democrats are strongly criticising. joe biden, his opponent in the presidential race, said what is this match with then? what is the deal? he is saying that

president trump could be patriotic by continuing to wear a mask and show an example to the country. the other thing that is no surprise and concerning to people is presumably at this early stage following his dad didn't —— his diagnosis he is still infectious, yet he removed the mask and then continued to walk inside the white house. what we are waiting for is to see what happens over the next seven days. as his doctors have been saying, this is still a crucial time, he is not out of the woods yet. they will heave a sigh of relief after seven or eight days to pay still doing 0k. then there's the possibility perhaps president trump can rejoin his campaign. he has already said he to ta ke campaign. he has already said he to take part in the debate, the second of three debates with joe take part in the debate, the second of three debates withjoe biden next week. the government wants to produce enough electricity from wind farms to power every home in the uk within a decade. the prime minister will make the pledge today in his speech to the conservative party conference, which is

being held virtually. let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake. jonathan, how much will this cost? well, the prime minister will promise £160 million worth of investment going into sites specifically in hamburg and teesside, and also elsewhere around the uk as he sets out a big aim and a big ambition to make the uk a world leader in wind power. people talk about a green industrial revolution happening over the next ten yea rs revolution happening over the next ten years creating hundreds of thousands, potentially millions of jobs, although the specific plans that the government has set this point will create something like 2,000 jobs point will create something like 2,000jobs in point will create something like 2,000 jobs in the construction sector in the immediate term. the aim is, as you set out, for the uk to produce enough powerfrom wind energy to power every single home in

the country by 2030. so, big games from the prime minister here. in setting out all of the essay will perhaps go some way to reassuring anxious conservative mps that he has his sights set on the future and he needs to remind voters, as far as they are concerned, about what the government plans to do and what it means to be a conservative government. at the prime minister can't ignore the coronavirus pandemic. he will talk about covid being a catalyst for the uk to build back better in the future. there are clear and present signs that the pandemic presents huge challenges still for the government and there isa still for the government and there is a lot of scrutiny under prime minister's response to covid—19, not only around test and trace and the efficiency and reliability of that system in the last few days, but also on the restriction is the government has imposed, votes in the house of commons tonight on the rule of six, tomorrow on the champion

cu rfew of six, tomorrow on the champion curfew which could spell trouble for the government. some of those issues jonathan was there, we will be talking to the chancellor about in about 20 minutes. talking to the chancellor about in about 20 minutes. all bars will have to close in paris from today after the french government raised the city's coronavirus alert to maximum. gyms and swimming pools will also be closed for two weeks in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. let's get the latest from our paris correspondent hugh schofield. how bad are things in paris and what is the reaction to this? well, they are bad because they have tipped into a new level of contamination. we now have 250 per 100,000 cases in paris. there are other statistics, 30% are critical badger i'd taken up with covid cases. that means automatically that paris and its inner suburbs has moved into this new category, everything is very categorised here in france, and

automatically these measures have kicked in. the headline measure is the closure of bars and cafe is because the reckoning is that it is young people gathering and getting a little bit tanked up in the evening and beginning to disregard all safety measures that is the main cause of the spread. so, yes, it is a big change. if you want to go out and have your morning coffee on the way to work you might be able to do it, and in the evening all bars will be shot. there is a slight confusion here because many bars also serve food and if you contrast yourself as a bistro or a brasserie or a restau ra nt a bistro or a brasserie or a restaurant of a bistro or a brasserie or a restau ra nt of a ny a bistro or a brasserie or a restaurant of any kind serving food, then you can stay open. that has been a big concession to the restau ra nt been a big concession to the restaurant trade, which is in desperate straits. anything that can show they have a proper kitchen, they can stay open, but with new health measures there, only six at a table, and you have to keep your

mask on all the time apart from at the exact moment of eating. thank you very much. thank you very much. comic relief is to introduce its first plastic—free, environmentally—friendly red nose. the nose is plant—based and features ten different characters representing the outdoors, including a ladybird and a fox. they will be released in time for the charity's next telethon in the spring. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. you won't need a plastic red nose if you're heading out because you will have your own this morning! it is a chilly start. it will be cloudy with scattered showers today, with bright spells in limited amounts of sunshine, but there will be some to look forward to. we are starting off

with a clatter of showers. some of them will merge giving longer spells of rain, some of them will have some hail mixed in as well. the rim picking up this morning, picking through the afternoon in the south—western quarter. here we are looking at temperatures up to 15 degrees, but generally the ranges between 12 and 1a. this afternoon it will be particularly windy around the coast of wales, devon and cornal hendricks channel islands, gusting widely up to 50 miles an hour. in between there will be bright spells, also some sunshine, the best of which will be in parts of the north and east of scotland through the afternoon. through this evening and overnight we hang on to a lot of showers. it will still be fairly breezy, so no issues with mist or fog. it will not be a particularly cold night despite the fact that we will have some clear skies stop temperatures falling between eight

and 10 degrees. after that, the forecast becomes a little bit more uncertain, but there is more wind and rain in it. an investigation has been been launched after thousands of positive covid—19 tests were left unreported following a software glitch. the health secretary has admitted it should "never have happened". between 25th september and 2nd 0ctober, around 50,000 positive coronavirus cases were reported, but almost 16,000 were missed. public health england says the error was discovered on friday and has now been fixed. only half of those whose positive results were caught up in the glitch have been reached by contract tracers. it means that tens of thousands of close contacts who may have been exposed to the virus have not been traced and are not self—isolating. so what went wrong? we're joined now by our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones.

what happened ? what happened? absolutely. some it failures are what happened? absolutely. some it failures a re really what happened? absolutely. some it failures are really complicated, the sad thing about this one it is very simple and it is kind of amazing it happened. public health england were gathering together all the test results from the various labs around the country and then loading them into a central database, but they we re into a central database, but they were using accel, very common spreadsheet software. people outside our very confused, very worried that they were using accel at all for this important task, they didn't think it was a suitable tool. even people inside public health england say they are slightly bemused that it happened. the file format they we re it happened. the file format they were using was an old 11 —— an old one with limited capacity. it meant that every time they got a bundle of these tests the software could only cope with 1a00 tests at most. when the surge happened with lots of positive tests coming through, the

system just couldn't take them and flog them into the central computer. this happened unnoticed for days on end until on friday they suddenly thought, let's have a quick look at this and see what happens, then they find a mistake. it is amazing when you think to scrutiny the government is under on this system in particular, they are asked questions about it every day, and you just wa nt about it every day, and you just want a whittle that scrutiny, all those questions about reliability, higha those questions about reliability, high a mistake of this size could happen. it is extraordinary. iasked why this had not been spotted and they couldn't really say. they knew at the beginning when the system is implemented that there was this limitation and they seem to think they could carry merrily on and they would never fill up the tank, as they could carry merrily on and they would neverfill up the tank, as it were. then somebody forgot that that might happen and that they needed to keep an eye on it. they thought there would be at comprehensive audit at some stage of how the system is working just to make sure

this couldn't happen. how do you fix it? understanding the problem is one thing, now i suppose it is trying to play catch up and filled the ground they have lost. well, in the short term there is a simple fix. they will put their batches of test into smaller batches so that the system can cope, but they are looking to replace what the health secretary has called a legacy system across the software industry, legacy, people that is very old, people don't do that any more so why on earth were you doing that? always good to get your assessment of these huge it mistakes and the effect that is having at the moment. the glitch has meant the number of cases in some regions has jumped significantly. manchester now has the highest rate of infection in england. we can speak now to andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester. good to talk to you, as ever. we

know that these 16,000 cases went missing. did you know how many affected where we are, where you are? we think it is quite a lot. a figure of 2,000 has been out there. it certainly had a significant impact on greater manchester. it is important to say that we have already seen the system struggling to reach the contacts of people testing positive and that will make that worse, so it will be... it is a frustrating system we find ourselves m, frustrating system we find ourselves in, a pretty basic mistake, it is ha rd to in, a pretty basic mistake, it is hard to understand how that happened. with that 2,000, do you know if they are managing to trace them now? what has been going on over the weekend to do that. all of the right measures are being put in place to correct the mistake. i have been the health secretary, so i have some sympathy for matt hancock, politicians don't devise the computer systems that they have to a nswer computer systems that they have to answer for

computer systems that they have to answerfor them, so computer systems that they have to answer for them, so i computer systems that they have to answerfor them, so i do have some sympathy, but it doors add to the picture of a system that is not working properly. we are heading into the winter and we are in a position were only half of the contacts position were only half of the co nta cts of position were only half of the contacts of people testing positive are being successfully traced by the national system. the performances are good enough. it needs to improve and we have made this call all year, but it needs to be heard. we are offering to take more local control offering to take more local control of the test and trace system, because where consul teams do that, they do it by doorknocking rather than filming, they do it by doorknocking rather thanfilming, and they do it by doorknocking rather than filming, and it is more successful. we want to do much more at local control. with local councils have the resources to be able to do that if it were to shift? they are already doing it. to be fairto they are already doing it. to be fair to the health secretary he has listened in part to what we have been saying. ten other councils in

greater manchester are now following up greater manchester are now following up positive cases where the national system has a breach them. it is already happening to a degree. where they do that, they have a higher success rate. we are saying that the resource is no need to come in to expand its operations on the ground. yes, we will need more resources because the case numbers are increasing all of the time. let's talk about the numbers. can you give me the latest figures? it is nearly 500 people per 100,000 in manchester, isn't it? that is in manchester. it is important to point to what the director of public health in manchester said yesterday, that if you take the student population out of the equation their transmission looks broadly the same in manchester as a dozen similar local authority areas, yet it is still a challenging situation. manchester has one of the largest student populations in europe. the rates among the student population

is running at something like 3,000 per 100,000, so a is running at something like 3,000 per100,000, so a huge is running at something like 3,000 per 100,000, so a huge rate there. it is largely because testing has been brought into the halls of residence, people have been tested rightly and the outbreak has been managed in a very effective way, but that has obviously shown in the figures. at the moment people don't think this represents widespread community transmission, but obviously, the team in manchester are keeping a very close eye on that and working with universities. we know that there have been local lockdowns in greater manchester for some weeks now. are those local restrictions, as i should say, are they working? the best i could say is that they are of limited effectiveness. it is partly because the public don't fully understand them at times, they are complex. the national messaging has conflicted with the local messaging, so the role of sex doesn't apply in the same way, but that has never been fully explained by the government.

we are possibly going to move to this new system of tears, but that's might not help, or it might help. if you are going to put large swathes of the north of england under restrictions for the winter, six months or so, it needs to come with a support package for businesses, for our councils, but also for individuals. in bolton, we saw bars and individuals. in bolton, we saw bars a nd restau ra nts individuals. in bolton, we saw bars and restaurants close, people because my job is and restaurants close, people because myjob is effectively ended overnight, there was no local furlough scheme for people to use. these schemes need to be put into place now, otherwise the north of england will be levelled down over the coming winter. he mentioned the number of students testing positive. enough being done to stop the student population, the virus they had there, being passed on to the wider community? all the necessary

measures are in place. it has been very well managed by the university of manchester and the metropolitan university of manchester. it is in hand, but we need to watch it very carefully. more broadly, what we need to see now is national government coming together with local governments ahead of the winter and getting back a sense of unity ina winter and getting back a sense of unity in a fight against this. that is what i said to the health secretary yesterday. we have to see change in policy is that in my view is what i said to the health secretary yesterday. we have to see change in policies that in my view just not working. this tempi curfew, you could argue it is creating an incentive for young people to gather in halls of residence and it is putting all of the people out on the street at the same time. things aren't working, let's be honest, and make changes. that is the only way i think we are going to get through this very difficult winter ahead of us. this very difficult winter ahead of us. thank you very much. thank you very much. from today, if you're 66 you will be able to receive the state pension. it's after steady rises in the qualifying age in recent years.

nina has all the details. good morning. those turning 66 today will finally be able to claim their pension. we're talking about the state pension, not the one you may have through your employer. it accrues over time from national insurance contributions. if you qualify for the full state pension, that's around £175 pounds a week, just over £9,000 a year, an important income for lots of people who've retired, especially those who don't have savings or a private pension. here's the big change — from today you have to be 66 in order to qualify. this is how qualifying has changed over time. from the 19a0s, men had to be 65 to qualify, women had to be 60. from 2010, a timetable was agreed to bring women in line with men. from today, it goes up to 66 for everyone and is set to continue

to go up for everyone. what it means is we are working longer. now there is some evidence that is good for physical and mental health. this is dee, who is 70 and tried to retire more than once, but says staying in work has been good for her. i got to 65. again, didn't really think about it at all. it was only when i got to 6081 thought maybe now is the time to retire. i made that decision. within about three months i absolutely missed working, i really did. ifind i absolutely missed working, i really did. i find this charity, little gate farm, i have been working for them for the last two yea rs. working for them for the last two years. i enjoy having a purpose, going out and doing something and earning money comes into it, certainly, but it is actually doing thejob and certainly, but it is actually doing the job and being certainly, but it is actually doing thejob and being part of certainly, but it is actually doing the job and being part of a team. dee looks great, and while not everyone is as lucky as she is with their health,

overall we are living longer. much longer. a man born in 1910 could expect to live to just over 50. the life expectancy of a man born in 2010 is closer to 80. a woman's life expectancy has risen from 55 to well over 80 in the same period. that's had a big impact on the cost to the state. last year, around 12 million people qualified for a state pension, costing around £100 billion — half the entire social security budget. it is estimated there'll be nearly 17 million people over the state pension age by 20a2 and so there will no doubt be a creeping increase in qualifying age in the years ahead. in 2028, the qualifying age is set to go up to 67, but will be reviewed again in three years. i've had some really interesting e—mails on this, one person said this is good for the state, but it's

-- it is this is good for the state, but it's —— it is alsojob blocking this is good for the state, but it's —— it is also job blocking for the younger people. hillary has just turned 66, and she rightly points out that women born just a few years before her will have already been able to claim a decade worth of pensions, so they will feel like it is really unfair. thank you very much. the chancellor is on the way in just a few minutes live on breakfast. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. 13 children at a catholic school in highgate had to be taken to hospital when they fell ill after eating what they believed were "sweets", but actually contained cannabis. the pupils are from la sainte union catholic school. police say the ‘sweets'may have contained an active ingredient of cannabis. investigations into what happened are continuing — including tests on the sweets. no—one is believed to

be seriously unwell. a senior member of the house of lords has criticised plans for a holocaust memorial next to the houses of parliament. lord carlisle, who's from a jewish family, says the structure in victoria gardens would create a "trophy site" for terrorists. the former reviewer of terrorism legislation, has given evidence to a planning inquiry which starts today and he joins royal parks, unesco and others opposing the memorial. the site is supported by former prime ministers including david cameron and current labour leader, sir keir starmer. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the circle and district lines have minor delays due to overrunning engineering work. the metropolitan line has minor delays because of a signal failure. the 0verground has no service between sydenham and west croydon also because of a signal failure. 0n the roads, vauxhall bridge remains closed due to roadworks — this is the queue on nine elms lane. in enfield, bullsmoor lane is closed eastbound

from great cambridge road — due to a collision. now the weather with elizabeth. good morning. a refreshing change yesterday. plenty of sunshine and highs of 18 degrees. it's not going to be quite so good today, but, still, not a particularly bad—looking day. there will be showers around at times. it is quite wet underfoot this morning. plenty of showery outbreaks of rain last night. lots of cloud this morning. perhaps a few showers, at times, and there will be more showers blowing through on a brisk westerly wind through the day, but some bright and sunny spells in between. quite a breezy day. top temperatures this time of 16 celsius. through this evening and overnight it should turn dry, or mostly dry. maybe a few stray showers around at first. lows of 9—10 celsius into the start of the day tomorrow. tomorrow is looking dry and there will be sunshine at times. still quite blustery, but not as windy as today. again, temperatures will reach the mid—teens in celsius, but there could be a return to those rather wet conditions on thursday and friday.

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a technical glitch that led to nearly 16,000 covid—19 cases go unreported in england should never have happened, according to the health secretary. so has the problem been fixed? let's talk to the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak. good morning. can we start with the test and trace system? conservative estimates say some 3a,000 people could be unaware they have been exposed to coronavirus because of what we saw over the weekend. it seems every day we speak to a minister on this programme and we ask questions about why the test and trace ask questions about why the test and tra ce syste m ask questions about why the test and trace system is not up to scratch. what has happened? i would echo what the health secretary said, it should not have happened. and the priority is to make sure we work as hard as we can to fix it. what happened over the weekend, several thousand man hours were deployed in finding and

contacting those and as of 9am yesterday over half had been contacted second time. i do not have an update on the figure but progress would have made. and a couple of other things worth bearing in mind. the chief medical officer and the joint bio—security centre who run the operation have confirmed the numbers do not change their analysis of the progress of the virus and thatis of the progress of the virus and that is important. last, in terms of eve ryo ne that is important. last, in terms of everyone who had a test and tested positive, they were contacted as normal and in particular, any transmission at schools, hospitals and care homes would not have been affected by this because they are dealt with in a different way, given the importance of those settings. chancellor, forgive me for interrupting. you know how much scrutiny you are under with this system, you know there are so many important issues around reliability.

you were warned we hear about the system not being up to scratch. how could this happen? it should not have happened and an investigation has been launched as the health secretary said. it is worth taking a step back and saying we have made progress in developing the test and trace progress in developing the test and tra ce syste m progress in developing the test and trace system over the past months. if you think where we were at the beginning of the crisis, we did just 10,000 tests a day and this week 250,000 with 10,000 tests a day and this week 250 , 000 with capacity 10,000 tests a day and this week 250,000 with capacity for 300,000, up 250,000 with capacity for 300,000, up a0% since the summer and ramping up up a0% since the summer and ramping up to half a million by the end of 0ctober. we are already one of the leading nations for testing anywhere in europe in terms of the number of test we do, so we have made substantial progress. we invested close to £12 billion in the system and it is making a difference. but we could always do better and we will keep at it. you said opening up

the economy relies on test and trace. i think the quote was doing itsjob. do you trace. i think the quote was doing its job. do you think it can do trace. i think the quote was doing itsjob. do you think it can do its job? i think itsjob. do you think it can do its job? i think it itsjob. do you think it can do its job? i think it is doing its job. we are testing 250,000 a day and hundreds of thousands are isolating asa hundreds of thousands are isolating as a result of the process, which helps us to suppress the spread of the virus. we have testing that allows us to do population survey testing every week to give an accurate picture of what is happening with the virus through the 0ffice happening with the virus through the office of national statistics, and the extra testing capability allows us the extra testing capability allows us to be more targeted interventions are localised in approach, which are tools we did not have at the beginning and which we do now, which is why i think the investment is paying dividends, but we will keep working to make the system better every week and month. it allows us to suppress the spread of the virus and allow as much economic activity to happen and protectjobs.

and allow as much economic activity to happen and protect jobs. tied in with this is the policy of local lockdowns. we have spoken to the mayor of greater manchester and if you look at the figures for manchester, july the 31st, it was 20.5 per 100,000 infection rate. the week up to 2nd of october, 529.5 per 100,000. manchester has been under local lockdown for weeks. are they working? they are working and it will be different in every area, the source of transmission, which we do not have a perfect view on. it is a complicated virus. we have had situations in the past for example in the midlands where the scientists we re in the midlands where the scientists were able to identify they thought it was household transmission, in homes, that was causing the spread, rather than what i think we thought at the beginning that it would have

something to do with particular workplaces. as we learn we can adapt and if you look at leicester and luton, who have had restrictions and had them lifted, it shows there can be light at the end of the tunnel, but this is the right approach. the alternative is a blanket national interventions and that clearly would not be appropriate. we should try and avoid that, given there are areas of the country that are not seeing this level of growth or transmission and therefore in those areas we can afford to take a slightly different approach. that is a better way to go. a targeted approach. i would like to talk to you about paying for the pandemic. you pledged yesterday, viewers will have seen you talking about balancing the books, and you talked about balancing the books in the medium term. does that mean measure is not in this term of parliament?” say to viewers this year we have to

borrow an enormous amount of money to provide support for the economy ata time to provide support for the economy at a time of crisis. that is the right thing to do, to protect as manyjobs at right thing to do, to protect as many jobs at this right thing to do, to protect as manyjobs at this difficult time, because ultimately that will help us recover quicker when we emerge on the other side. in terms of medium term, i was making the point this cannot carry on for ever, this level of borrowing, which will be record levels pretty much this year. we have to get through this, have the economy start to recover and as we ta ke economy start to recover and as we take stock of the situation, we want to restore public finances to a position of sustainability, which is where we are not borrowing large sums each year and debt goes up and up. that is not a sensible thing for the country. we will have to look at that when we get through. right now the focus is on protecting as many jobs as possible, which is why the prime minister will talk today about

the offshore wind industry and creating tens of thousands ofjobs in that industry and why we launched the kick—start scheme for young people. that is our priority and thatis people. that is our priority and that is what we are focused on. when we said you would be on this morning we said you would be on this morning we had many people contact the programme saying they feel excluded from the measures. the self—employed, small businesses, people in the travel industry getting in touch. many people watching this morning feel the fear of poverty and are worried about mental health because of what has happened. what do you say to them? there are many people who may not just fear that will happen, there are many people for whom that has happened. three quarters of a million have lostjobs as a result of what has happened to the economy and sadly many more will. you talk about people not being helped, small businesses, self—employed, between 2.5 and 3 million self—employed have

received support through our scheme thatis received support through our scheme that is one of the most generous in the world. small businesses, not only have they benefited from furlough scheme, a million small businesses have benefited from the bounce back loan programme and have had that loan up to £50,000 quickly. they are probably not paying business rates this year if they are in the hospitality and leisure space and they would have received ten, 20 £5,000 in cash grants. chancellor, you mention all that money, and the question i want to ask, how do we pay for that? you said you would look at it, but, some time, that will have to fall and surely that will have to fall and surely that will come down to tax rises?” cannot comment on future tax policy but what people should take away right now the priority is focused on protecting as many jobs right now the priority is focused on protecting as manyjobs as possible. it will not be possible to save everyjob. i it will not be possible to save every job. i want it will not be possible to save everyjob. i want to provide fresh opportunity and that is why you

heard the prime minister talk about the lifetime skills guarantee and qualifications for people at any stage in their career and we have improved the ability for companies to ta ke improved the ability for companies to take on apprentices. but when we get through this, people should expect us to make sure we have a strong set of public finances. the reason that is important is because when difficult times long, the next crisis comes along that needs a government to respond, you want to enter that knowing your public finances are in a strong position. it is because of some of the difficult decisions of the past ten yea rs difficult decisions of the past ten years that i was able to act with the pace and scale during this crisis that makes a difference. the pace and scale during this crisis that makes a differencem sounds like you are talking about tax rises without saying it.” sounds like you are talking about tax rises without saying it. i say the same thing whenever i'm asked so i would not read anything more into it other than that i cannot comment on future tax policy. that is the

same answer i give to anyone tax. the eat 0ut same answer i give to anyone tax. the eat out to help 0ut scheme which i think cost the government £522 million. there are suggestions it has contributed to a rise in the virus. was it a mistake? i do not think it was. we have spent time talking about jobs and think it was. we have spent time talking aboutjobs and you highlighted e—mails and messages from viewers talking about being fea rful of from viewers talking about being fearful of losing theirjob. it is the balance between protecting jobs and health. the hospitality industry employs over 2 million people, they are disproportionately young, women, people from ethnic minorities and people from ethnic minorities and people lower paid so as a matter of social justice trying people lower paid so as a matter of socialjustice trying to protect those jobs is important. socialjustice trying to protect thosejobs is important. we had a time when no one was going out and it is important for us to relearn what that feels like to protect those jobs. what that feels like to protect thosejobs. in terms what that feels like to protect those jobs. in terms of the scheme, yes, are we seeing an

those jobs. in terms of the scheme, yes, are we seeing an increase in cases? we are, which is common and many other countries around the world, there is a second spike. 0ur scientist talked about is following the same curve as france and spain, a little bit different to belgium. what is happening here is essentially the same as what is happening in lots of other places. and also, you look at a place where that scheme was popular and well used, for example, the south—west, that part of the country is today seeing some of the lowest levels of transmission or growth. it does not quite add up in that sense. ultimately this is a balance. we wa nt to ultimately this is a balance. we want to strive for normalcy and want our lives to be as normal as possible and the economy to be as normal as possible to protectjobs, but doing that while balancing the need to suppress the virus and ensure children go to school. it is a difficult balance to get right. do you agree with the 10pm curfew? do you agree with the 10pm curfew? do you think it is working? yes, the

cu rfew you think it is working? yes, the curfew is something we were told by advisers could make a difference to the spread. we know social contact is how the virus spreads. there are lots of ways social contact happens, whether inside homes, in other settings. such as in hospitality venues. and exacerbated later in the evening. in common with other countries around the world, this is thought to be something that can help suppress the virus, it is thought. lots of countries have done similar things. some earlier, thought. lots of countries have done similarthings. some earlier, some later. as a tool we have to try to suppress the spread of the virus, it is one that is advised can make a difference. and i would say it is better than having places closed. we understand in cabinet there are healthy discussions about measures put in place and things you are thinking about doing. is that the

issue, the curfew? was sort of one topic that has caused the most discomforting cabinet around that table? discussions about whether it is the right thing to do.” table? discussions about whether it is the right thing to do. i would not dream of commenting on private discussions. you are right more generally. i think people would be shocked otherwise if they thought we we re shocked otherwise if they thought we were robots sitting round the table agreeing on everything. the point is we debate things in order to try to get to the right answer on behalf of the country and, as a team, we take that forward and try to a difference. that is the decision we reached on this on the advice of the scientists. we believe it will make a difference. it is something that many other countries around the world a re many other countries around the world are doing. i think that should give people reassurance that we are not an outlier in this regard. around the cabinet, do you think of sitting in the top seat, moving to

number10? the job i have is difficult enough. we are fortunate to have the prime minister leading us. i see that every day, up close. it is an extremely difficultjob. we talked about all the things one has to balance in this situation. i do not envy him. he does an extraordinarily good job of providing leadership at a time of crisis. he said yesterday you had watched him do thejob crisis. he said yesterday you had watched him do the job and seen the stresses. has that put you off being prime minister? my job is difficult enough and we have just been talking a lot, rightly, about your viewers and others worried about theirjobs. that is something that weighs heavily on me and is happening on my watch and is my responsibility, the british economy, jobs and livelihoods. unfortunately, at the moment, many people are losing jobs and many more will, and i am trying

my best to provide new opportunities and fresh hope for thosepeople, and to protect as manyjobs as i can. it is difficult and i need to spend my energy focused on that. and that is what i am doing and letting the prime minister do what he is best at, leading this country through a difficult thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, everyone. some are off toa good morning, everyone. some are off to a beautiful start like here in gloucestershire. 0thers to a beautiful start like here in gloucestershire. others are looking at heavy showers. those showers will continue through the course of the day with a lot of cloud in between. some others also seeing sunshine. low pressure dominates. isobars tell you it will be windy in the south—west and quarter of the uk and wednesday, thursday, another potent area of low pressure bringing more wet and windy conditions. this

morning, we have showers blowing in from the west. some make it to the east. some will merge to give longer spells of rain. some will have hail and thunder are embedded. across northern and eastern scotland, some sunshine. northern ireland will see sunshine. northern ireland will see sunshine but a lot of cloud and showers. northern england, a lot of dry weather but a fair bit of cloud between the showers. the shower continuing across the rest of england and wales. gusty winds around the coasts of wales, devon and cornwall, the english channel and cornwall, the english channel and channel islands, gusting as much as 50 mph with exposure. the temperatures down on yesterday. in london we hit 18. today the top temperature is likely to be 16. 0vernight we continue with showers. blustery conditions. some clear skies and by the end of the night, starting to see the cloud thicken across the isles of scilly,

heralding the next weather front. tomorrow showers coming across the north and west of scotland, north england and north wales. they cloud bringing in light rain across south wales in south—west england and the channel islands. in between, we are looking at some sunshine. after that, you will have to wait another half hour to find out. you big tease! another reason to watch carol. a grieving man has said he's angry at being told he wasn't allowed to move his chair next to his mum to comfort her at his dad's funeral. craig bicknell posted a video which showed a member of staff at the crematorium walking into the service and asking him to move back. let's take a look. it's my privilege to have been asked to conduct our service today to celebrate the life of alan wright. i therefore offer you all a very warm welcome as we unite

in love and friendship. so many people have watched that video and shared the video online. we can speak now to craig bicknell. thanks forjoining us. tell us about that moment. it is such a difficult time until mum was upset. you decided to move? i sort of made everybody aware how my mum was because she was obviously very vulnerable at that point and leading up vulnerable at that point and leading up to the funeral, i could see i had to protect her in a way, because i had to prepare myself for if she was going to break down, so i made everybody aware i would need to

comfort my mum at some point. walking into the funeral with my dad, we took our seats, were asked to ta ke dad, we took our seats, were asked to take our seats. we were allowed 17 in. those behind were made aware not to move the seats. when i saw my mum break as she did, itjust took over, i had to comfort her and put my arm around. that happened and you are asked to move back. how did you feel, how was your mum? my mum just looked lost, empty. she was so upset. i had to make a split—second decision. do i react? do ijust give my dad the service... not let this quy my dad the service... not let this guy and ruin the service. he was the sort of guy, if i reacted and disputed in anyway, i do not think it would have ended well and i don't think he would have allowed the service to carry on. i sat down that

it was hard to bite my lip and carry on with the service. then i had to get up straight after and do my eulogy, which is tough enough as it is, as people know, but to have that go on, ifelt is, as people know, but to have that go on, i felt angry, is, as people know, but to have that go on, ifelt angry, upset. is, as people know, but to have that go on, ifeltangry, upset. it is, as people know, but to have that go on, ifelt angry, upset. it was just an empty feeling. have they actually spoken to you, milton keynes council? no, we have heard nothing. i sent an e—mail. i got home that day. we went back in the car of six we travelled in and we went back to my mum's house and we did the wait. i did not want it to be spoken about and i did not want them to ruin the day. i woke up the next morning with fire in my belly and sent e—mails. i e—mailed the council and the local mp. i heard back from the mp yesterday, or his office, but we have heard nothing from the crematorium or council. they have said to us, we are sorry

to have upset this family. we don't usually step in if a guest needs to be comforted by another family member and be comforted by another family memberand in be comforted by another family member and in this instance should have taken a more considered approach. we let funeral directors to let us know if any chairs should be grouped in advance and from now on this includes guests in the same household bubbles as well as those who need extra support. that was a reason you posted it, so others would not have to go through what yourfamily went would not have to go through what your family went through? that is the only reason. all i want to come from this is nobody should have to experience that. and we would like it to be changed with crematoria and councils, to stick in the guidelines of the government that clearly state, and we know this is the new way of living and rules are to be at her too. we know you could be in a bubble of six. to take —— adhered to. let people go to a funeral and be asa to. let people go to a funeral and be as a six. it does not have to be

the same household. me and my brother with my mum, especially. we wa nt to brother with my mum, especially. we want to send the message out and feel if they can be changed for the next funeral and the family that go there, they can comfort each other and not have to worry in the back of their mind about giving somebody a hug from your family. if we can get that changed, we have achieved something, especially in my dad's name. you have been to another funeral there. had he warned them you needed to be next to your mum? yes, i lost one of my closest friends three weeks to losing my dad. i was there the friday before with my friend's dad. i was there the friday before with my friends family, sitting with my friends family, sitting with my friends family, sitting with my friend's mum. i knew the layout. coming from the layout, what i saw, and we had it on the web, my friend's funeral. with that funeral i got home and watched what i needed to and showed people at my dad's

funeral what to expect. so i did show my mum. after watching that, my mum really got upset and people were worried, especially my 15—year—old daughter, who wanted to be at her grandad's funeral. i made people aware and spoke to the funeral directors and the celebrant, james, i spoke to him about it. they did a fantasticjob, i spoke to him about it. they did a fantastic job, the directors i spoke to him about it. they did a fantasticjob, the directors and james in delivering the service, but they are not the council. it has never happened before. 0nce they are not the council. it has never happened before. once a service starts they will not interrupt service. it has happened a lot where families have moved chairs to comfort each other and they have not stopped it before. briefly, how your mum? she is doing ok, she is bearing up. she is not strong enough to ta ke bearing up. she is not strong enough

to take place... i had to run it past her, doing interviews. the phone has been crazy. she has me and my brother by her side. she is doing 0k. thank you very much. thanks for being with us. after cycling across australia on a penny—farthing, doing an underwater marathon and walking from lands end tojohn 0'groats dressed as a t—rex, you might think our next guest had done enough fundraising challenges. but that's not the case for lloyd scott. he'sjust climbed ben nevis as he attempts the three peaks, and he's done it in that famous 130lb deep—sea diving suit. there's that element of the unknown. i'm not sure what sort of challenges i'm actually going to face. obviously, is going to be steep, it's going to be high, but i've not climbed any of the peaks before.

it's been tough, it's been challenging. not as i expected at all. there's lots and lots of steps, and the suit, really, is dragging along. i get a little bit of momentum, but, with all the steps, is like stop—start. every time i have to start again, it's like pulling that weight up. so it's been really, really... it's been really challenging.

luxury! let's speak to lloyd now. good to talk to you. it is important to give viewers an idea. we mention the weight of it. it feels like carrying a teenager on your back up a mountain, does it? if only. it's a very different type of weight because it kind of encompasses you. 0n the shoulders, on the hips, on the feet. it is not something i would want to advise too many people to try to take up. i have to ask, why? well, a number of things. first, it is my finalfundraising

challenge. i wanted to go out literally on a high, but i wanted to do something to finish off my fundraising career. secondly, i am raising money for a fantastic charity, lords taverners, that helps isolated, disadvantage, disabled children, and gives them opportunities in life through sport, and having been sporty in my life, a world without sport for these kids is unthinkable. two good reasons. reason enough for me. scafell pike is the next challenge. 0n the flat you can get momentum going, but when you can get momentum going, but when you are climbing over fences and lifting your legs over rocks, i imagine it is a difficult physical challenge. it was interesting, i think i said in that piece i had not done the peaks before. i wanted to

experience it. i was hideously underprepared for what i came across the last couple of days. if i had known what it was like, i would have had serious thoughts about undertaking it. a little bit either way, there. we had funny comments. there were a lot of people who said they had to take a photo because people will not believe them. there was another person who came up and said, aren't you taking the for protection a little bit too seriously? it was lovely. as well as the support team who were fantastic. i would never have done it without them. going up the mountain, an amazing amount of support. you have scafell pike and snowden to come. how long will it take, the whole challenge? today, we have four, five hour drive to scafell pike. then we

start again tomorrow morning. so we will spend two days on that and then off to snowdonia. i think that is on sunday. people can follow and donate at lords of £1 million already? do you know what? i have no idea. we will find that out. we did not get down from the mountain until 8:30pm last night. i was thinking of changing it to a one peak challenge. toilet needs, how do you address that in the suit? right, so, i have to go very early in the morning. and this ut does have a secretly cut a slit in the front so if nature calls, iam slit in the front so if nature calls, i am able to, yes... do the

business. exactly, yes. we wish you the best. i had wondered that all morning. stay with us, the headlines are coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today. president trump has left hospital and urges americans not to be afraid of covid. i've learnt so much about coronavirus and one thing that is for certain, don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you are going to beat it. wind farms will generate enough energy to power every home in britain within ten years.

that's the ambitious target to be set out by the prime minister today. families torn apart by covid. we'll hear how restrictions in care homes mean thousands haven't seen their loved ones in months. it feels like you're bereft, that you're going through a bereavement, but without the person actually dying. good morning. a mix of bright spells, sunny skies and a fairview chardonnay, some of which could be heavy and there could be gusty wind in the south—west. all the details in about eight minutes. it's tuesday the 6th of october. our top story. president donald trump is back at the white house after leaving the hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus. in a video posted on social media, mr trump said he felt "really good" and urged americans not to be afraid of the virus. and i learned so much about coronavirus and one thing that is for certain,

don't let it dominate to you. don't be afraid of it. you're going to beat it. we have the best medical equipment. we have the best medicines, all developed recently. and you're going to beat it. i went, i didn't feel so good, and two days ago, i could have left two days ago, two days ago, i felt great, like, better than i have in a long time. i said just recently, better than 20 years ago. i stood out front. i led. nobody that is a leader would not do what i did, and i know there's a risk, there's a danger, but that's ok. let's speak to eric ham. he's a political analyst in washington dc. thank you forjoining us. eric, you were outside the walter reed medical centre when mr trump was helicoptered back to the white house. give us an idea of the scene. it was

pretty surreal, throngs of trump supporters were supporting the president out there, chanting for macri is, some even chanting, 12 more years. people were out there with signs, people out there letting everybody know that trump is someone who is turning the country around, someone who is turning the country around, someone who is going to defeat the virus. so a pretty raucous crowd and are virus. so a pretty raucous crowd and a re pretty virus. so a pretty raucous crowd and are pretty excited crowd, especially when the president came out of the hospital and boarded marine one, you saw a really raucous and celebratory moment from the trump supporters and what this speaks to is clearly, even as the president is battling a deadly virus, there are still supporters who care about this president deeply. i'm sure you have seen president deeply. i'm sure you have seen the pictures of him on the balcony at the white house, and so many people are fascinated by watching these pictures this morning, both here in the uk and i'm sure in america as well because here you have got a man who has taken his mask off, which he has been criticised for, he is desperately trying to show the image of strength

and defiance and yet you watch the pictures carefully, we had a doctor look at it this morning, and he is struggling to breathe, isn't he? how is that going down with the american people? it was a pretty surprising scene, in fact, people? it was a pretty surprising scene, infact, it people? it was a pretty surprising scene, in fact, it made me clutch my chest, watching him, seeing like he was really struggling to catch his breath and you wonder why the president would even put himself in that position to grapple with the virus so publicly when he could have simply gone inside. but again, this isa simply gone inside. but again, this is a president who seeks to not only exude and showcase strength but also, this is a president who recognises where he stands right now with less than 30 days to go until the election and more than anything, the election and more than anything, the president right now wants the american people to see, or at least to showcase that he himself is actually doing well and that he can leave them through this pandemic, through this crisis. i wanted to ask you about the election, eric, because if you look at the polls,

they are telling you that quite a few americans are not happy with the attitude to coronavirus from president trump, saying he did not ta ke president trump, saying he did not take it seriously enough and that is why he has it. do you think it will affect the election? yes, in fact, many people have been asking this question since it was announced that the president had contracted the virus, will this change the electorate somehow, by giving president trump the sympathy vote? and we can see from the recent polling data that it hasn't worked in the president's favour in the way some might think that it would. what we are seeing right now isjoe biden is expanding his lead nationally over the president and also, putting more of these key battle ground states in play for the democrats. this is going to be a very tough climb for the president with 30 days to go and he is still in quarantine and he is still within the seven—day period where this could be a touch and go situation for the president. very different from how we saw boris

johnson deal with the virus, being in the intensive care unit. it was something that is very different and this is no different than what we have seen from previous presidents who sought to hide their debilitation is and infirmities. eric, thank you for talking to us. go and get some sleep. britain cannot continue to borrow enormous amounts of money in the long term because it is unsustainable for the economy, according to the chancellor, rishi sunak. it comes as borisjohnson is expected to promise a multi—million pound "green industrial revolution". let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake. good morning. we have been speaking to the chancellor about where the money comes from as well. what did you make of what he said? yes, he is the man writing the checks, louise, and not giving much away this morning, as you would probably expect at this point, about how the government plans to pay for the huge bill it has racked up in its response to the

coronavirus. and also, the plans we are going to hear more about from the prime minister later today, to mount something of what he will describe as a green industrial revolution, making the uk a world leader in wind power, powering every single home in the uk using clean energy from wind power in the next ten years. no shortage of aim and ambition from boris johnson ten years. no shortage of aim and ambition from borisjohnson when he addresses online the conservative party conference later. he will promise £160 million worth of investment upfront to get this started but in reality, these big games the government has will take a lot more investment in the long term over time. the money has to come from somewhere. the chancellor said this morning that the uk can't continue to borrow at the level that it has over the last year or so and as he said in his speech yesterday, it will have to balance the books at some point. so we will i think see tax rises before too long but we will have to wait for the detail of

that. in the interview on breakfast, the chancellor was also asked about the chancellor was also asked about the specific eat 0ut the chancellor was also asked about the specific eat out to help 0ut policy which was touted as his idea, asa policy which was touted as his idea, as a way of getting the service and hospitality sectors of the economy up hospitality sectors of the economy up and running again, which some have criticised for being partly responsible at least for a rise in coronavirus cases, encouraging people to go out and spend time in a hospitality setting. this was the chancellor's response. ultimately, this is a balance. i think we want to strive for normalcy and we want our lives to be as normal as possible and we want the economy to be as normal as possible because that protects as manyjobs as possible but we have to do that while balancing the need to suppress the virus. and ensure that children go to school and all these other things. it is a very difficult balance to get right. the government will be reminded of that difficult balance later in the house of commons this evening and tomorrow. it will face votes on two key restrictions that have been put in

place across england in the last few weeks, the 10pm curfew on hospitality venues, which the chancellor said this morning he did support, and that advisers had told the government could have an impact on the number of cases and also, the rule of six. thank you forjoining us. let's find out what is happening with the weather this morning. fast approaching ten past eight. it does not look good, does it? good morning. for some of us, it is going to be dry and for some of us, wet, as you can see in felixstowe in suffolk. what is happening is, we have showers in the forecast. some of them will merge to give longer spells of rain. there will be quite a bit of cloud around but again, some sunshine. in the areas favoured by the sunshine, across the north and also the east but here, there and also the east but here, there and elsewhere, we could see some sunshine but the emphasis is on more cloud and also showers coming in from the west and drifting east through the day. gusty wind around the coast of wales, devon and cornwall, through the english channel and also the channel islands

today, widely a0—a5 mph gusts, and locally with exposure, 50 mph. temperatures down a touch on yesterday, which was 18 at best and today we are looking at 16. this afternoon, we continue with the showers across parts of england and wales. gusty winds around the coast. some of them will have hail and thunder in them. northern england, a bit drierfor you but thunder in them. northern england, a bit drier for you but still some showers, showers across northern ireland, western and northern scotla nd ireland, western and northern scotland but in between across northern and eastern scotland, we will see some sunshine. as we head through the evening and overnight, we continue with a fair few showers coming in on that north—westerly wind and some clear skies. cloud building on the far south—west of england ahead of the next weather front coming our way. not a particularly cold night in prospect. then the weather forecast gets a bit more complicated. we have got a potent area of low pressure coming our way later on wednesday and into thursday. how far north it travels will depend exactly where we get the rain.

thank you, carol. you said you would keep us waiting and it was well worth it. it was a pleasure! if you were watching breakfast yesterday you might have seen our conversation with a man called brendan, who appeared on the programme along with his daughter and grand—daughter. brendan has been married for 63 years but his wifejoan, who has dementia and now lives in a care home and he's been unable to visit her properly for more than six months. here's what he told us yesterday. as the months went by, i felt thatjoan was forgetting me. i said to the carers, "my wife's forgetting me, look." after about three minutes, joan would get up. she was so frustrated when i was at the window, she kept telling them to let me in and, because they didn't — and i was even saying, "joan, i can't come in, darling" — she would turn away with her walking frame and go into the inner room and leave me standing there. so, towards the end, i did say to the carers,

"my wife's forgetting me." "no she's not, she always says ‘where's my brendan? but i know different. myjoan used to run to that window and... i'm sorry. so many of you by what —— deeply affected by what he had to say. brendan and joan's situation is not unique. we were inundated by responses to that interview, as you told us your stories of being unable to visit loved ones in residential care homes. we thought we would talk to some of you. we said we would try to talk to some of you and we did that yesterday. breakfast'sjohn maguire spent time chatting with just a small selection of those who responded. covid has taken and continues to take so much, forcing families to keep apart. when michelle booth‘s mum died in her care home in august, some visiting was allowed, but it was very limited. how is your dad, michelle? struggling, struggling.

i think because his days were spent visiting mum, we struggled during lockdown, because, obviously, you know, he was quite isolated. then, obviously, because now, even though he can go out, he's not really got anywhere to go. it's a challenge. it's difficult. i think because the end was so difficult, it's just hard. the hugs and the hand holding that offers so much comfort in normal times are now seen as a risk. liz mcavoy says the care her mum receives is second to none, yet there is a feeling of helplessness. for me, it feels like you're bereft, that you're going through a bereavement, but without the person actually dying. it is, it's a completely strange and horrible situation that you are in.

and when she asks you, "when you are going to come and see me," what do you say? i say, i'll come and see you soon, mum. because she doesn't understand. she doesn't know there is a pandemic on, even. so it's easier to say, i'll come and see you soon. but the heartbreaking thing is, when will that be? and how long? she is nearly 92. you know, how long will she be around? vicky castle's parents have been married for more than 70 years. they live in the same care home but are kept apart by covid restrictions. i'm just so sorry this has happened and we can't see each other. you know, they are 92 and 9a. you don't know how long you've got with them, do you, any more? and for this to happen at their

stage of life, it is so sad. if we could be tested, and then we could visit — if we were free, then we could have a visit and that would be safe, surely. and testing remains one of the key questions. patricia graham's parents also enjoyed a long marriage and lived in the same care home. but her father died last week. it's been dreadful. my mum doesn't complain. neither my mum or dad were complainers. my mum doesn't complain, but i know, when i've been speaking to her, that she's desperately lonely. and i phone her at least a couple of times every day, but it's not the same as being able to see somebody, when you know what they need is a hug. and i know a lot of people have been

missing that for a long time, too, but i think in the midst of everything else, with my father dying, it made itjust so much harder. and it's notjust the elderly and their children that are struggling. joe fisher's son bradley is in care. recent months have been incredibly tough. he's been in hospital 15—plus times since covid started in march and it'sjust been horrendous. the fear and anxiety around him going into hospital, the fear of him getting covid, the fear of him coming back with covid and giving it to other people at the care home that are vulnerable, and the fear that i can't be with him either, if he's sick in hospital. even if he goes in now, i've been told, you can't go with him, because the carer has to be with him and that is counted as a person who is with him.

it means i can't see him. so it's a horrible time for everyone. care homes, their residents and families are facing unprecedented pressures. the emotional cost is enormous. john maguire, bbc news. and you really get a sense of the emotional cost. let's speak now tojudy downey, from the relatives and residents association — and also to wade newman, who owns three care homes. thank you both very much forjoining us and i'm sure you are able to hear at least a little bit of that report. judy, from the residents and staff that you talk to are you hearing similar stories? our helpline is inundated with stories like that. it's absolutely tragic, the way people's lives have been torn apart and that's why we started

the end isolation in care campaign because we feel that although protecting people sounds fine, if you are actually depriving them of all that life means to them, by doing that, we want the government to ta ke doing that, we want the government to take the same attitude to families who matter so much or close friends who matter so much to residents. as the government of 0ntario, they passed an act saying the minister must respect the rights of those in care by ensuring the people closest to them are given the status of caregivers. and are allowed to come into the home, obviously, with appropriate safety measures, but i think we've got things a bit distorted, actually, at the moment. judy, it sounds like you

appreciate the situation many care home providers are in, trying to protect the vulnerable and maintain, you know, the right sort of regulations but at the same time, trying to balance that with making sure those relationships can be maintained. absolutely. people in ca re are maintained. absolutely. people in care are not just maintained. absolutely. people in care are notjust there to exist, they are there to live and thrive. and for a lot of older people, which is who we represent, they haven't got that much time. as you heard, from the people who spoke earlier, people in their 90s, at the end of their lives, and they are bewildered and feel abandoned and also, there is low scrutiny, inspections hardly happen. and the government is saying inspectors cannot be tested and how are we to get a window into that closed world at the moment? can i

speak to you, wade newman, you own three different care homes? how are you enabling relatives to be able to see their loved ones? well, we actually have three very different types of care home, unfortunately i cannot give you a one size fits all answer. so, where we have we have a residential care home, and extreme mental illness care home, and an end—of—life care home, in extreme mental illness care it is very, very difficult to admit anybody from the outside because if you have a population which is free to roam, which they are, we pride ourselves on that, and a relative comes in, albeit completely properly prepared with ppe, and we have one or two of our residents who come up and want to give them a hug which would be a natural thing to do, we cannot stop that happening and that presents a difficulty. in the other care homes, but we have done actually since

july, we started with garden visits, which is extremely important. we have built special gazebos in each of those homes to enable external visits for those who are ambulatory and moving into the winter months, we are actually setting aside at specifically designated room in each of our homes, so that relatives can come in and visit, albeit via appointment only. and i realise that's not ideal but certainly, a visit, even within a controlled environment, is better than no visit at all. i'm sure you listened to some of the case studies that we've just been speaking to on the back of talking to brendan on the programme yesterday. it seems that even though there is heartache going on and so many difficult situations, people desperate to see their relatives, in some cases it seems it's almost

impossible to get that right, find that balance. is that correct? absolutely. everybody 's needs are different, everybody 's journey, each resident 's journey different, everybody 's journey, each resident 'sjourney is different, we have residents who are completely lucid, others who have chronic clinical conditions you cannot even get out of bed and that in many ways, is mirrored by the experience of families. we have couples who, like brendan, for example, have been married for 50 years and more, it is heartbreaking hearing his story yesterday and we have other relatives who have a very, very close bond with grandparents and grandchildren. it is, it is a very emotional and very very difficult time for everyone. what would you say to people who make the point care homes are obviously businesses as well. is it

about investing in the equipment or not, what is it? well, i cannot answer for other care home owners. we, you know, the p word, which is profit, this is not a time to discuss profit. we are very much in survival mode. having said that, i spared no expense whatsoever in procuring not only the proper equipment, we actually cocooned are ca re equipment, we actually cocooned are care homes on the 12th of march, my first order of business was to procure ppe so i did not rely on outside assistance for that, for example. and in addition to that, we also spared no expense in ensuring that our staff were properly paid for the long hours that they put in, over and above for the long hours that they put in, overand above their for the long hours that they put in, over and above their contracted rates. we also spend money, quite a

lot of money for those staff who do not have their own mode of transportation, putting them in taxis to bring them back and forth to the care home so that they are minimised in terms of risk with catching covid on public transport. cani catching covid on public transport. can i ask you one more question? we've talked about the psychological impact, clearly on relatives and residents but what about your staff, and you? how are you all coping?” think under the circumstances, might staff, to put it bluntly, they are absolute heroes. and i think it is extraordinary, there are levels of resilience that they have shown. what i can say unequivocally, is that each and every member of staff from myself who owns the business, through to the managers, down to, you know, our humblest kitchen porters and in fact, we even have

university graduates who have re ce ntly university graduates who have recentlyjoined us, university graduates who have recently joined us, everyone university graduates who have recentlyjoined us, everyone feels very heavy moral burden of what we need to balance, you know? the safest, least hard option is to close the home, not let anyone in. the hardest alternative is to let as many people in as possible, and every day, we are trying to balance that. and we also, you know, are doing our best to cheer each other up doing our best to cheer each other up and to organise things so that we can do group activities together, as and when that is possible. we will continue following that story. wade and julie, thank you both. and thank you to everybody who got in touch yesterday and is getting in touch today as well. i think the interview with brendan produced a really powerful reaction. still to come, amanda holden on the way, and craig revel horwood. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning. i'm asad ahmad. 13 children at a catholic school in highgate had to be taken to hospital when they fell ill after eating what they believed were "sweets", but actually contained cannabis. the pupils are from la sainte union catholic school. and police say the "sweets" may have contained an active ingredient of cannabis. investigations into what happened are continuing — including tests on the sweets. no—one is believed to be seriously unwell. a senior member of the house of lords has criticised plans for a holocaust memorial — next to the houses of parliament. lord carlisle who's from a jewish family says the structure in victoria gardens — would create a "trophy site" for terrorists. the former reviewer of terrorism legislation, has given evidence to a planning inquiry which starts today — and hejoins royal parks, unesco and others opposing the memorial. the site is supported by former prime ministers including david cameron — and current labour leader, sir keir starmer.

let's take a look at the travel situation now. the district line has minor delays due to emergency engineering work earlier this morning. and there's no service on the waterloo and ciry line until further notice. on the waterloo and ciry line 0n the roads, there are long delays on the m1 this morning due to a jack—knifed lorry closing a lane coming into london betweenj8 at hemel hempstead and the m25. and in surbiton, brighton road is closed due to burst water main. if you thought you'd seen enough of the wet weather, you might want to look away now. now the weather with elizabeth. good morning. a refreshing change yesterday. plenty of sunshine and highs of 18 degrees. it's not going to be quite so good today, but, still, not a particularly bad—looking day. there will be showers around at times. it is quite wet

underfoot this morning. plenty of showery outbreaks of rain last night. lots of cloud this morning. perhaps a few showers, at times, and there will be more showers blowing through on a brisk westerly wind through the day, but some bright and sunny spells in between. quite a breezy day. top temperatures this time of 16 celsius. through this evening and overnight, it should turn dry, or mostly dry. maybe a few stray showers around at first. lows of 9—10 celsius into the start of the day tomorrow. tomorrow is looking dry and there will be sunshine at times. still quite blustery, but not as windy as today. again, temperatures will reach the mid—teens in celsius, but there could be a return to those rather wet conditions on thursday and friday. finally, time for birthday greetings to our colleagues on bbc radio london. the station is exactly 50 years old. it all started back on the 6th 0ctober1970, in a small studio in hanover square, and over the years, it's been the launch pad for djs including chris evans and charlie gillet here, as well as being a home from home for tony blackburn, gary crowley, robert elms and vanessa feltz.

and vanessa has her breakfast show on bbc radio london right now. speaking to some people from the past, sharing their memories. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. the comic relief red nose has come in all shapes and sizes over the years, but for the first time ever, it will be plastic—free. it comes after hundreds of school children from across the uk got in touch with the charity, asking them to use more sustainable materials. 0ur reporter fiona lamdin is at a school in torpoint in cornwall. good morning. this is where it all started, it was these children's

idea, and coming over to noor, who is sporting the very first non—plastic red nose, it was your idea into thousand 17. where did it come from? i was sitting on the sofa andi come from? i was sitting on the sofa and i found one come from? i was sitting on the sofa and ifound one of the come from? i was sitting on the sofa and i found one of the old plastic noses from the year before and i felt how foamy and plasticky they we re felt how foamy and plasticky they were which i had not noticed before. igo were which i had not noticed before. i go beach cleaning with my mum sometimes and i always see red noses, poppies, all the time and i feel very strongly that we should change that. brilliant, never was in the school council, and he left the school because he is now in senior school because he is now in senior school but the idea stayed with the school but the idea stayed with the school and with lauren, who was six at the time. what did you do?” school and with lauren, who was six at the time. what did you do? i kept on lagging ms norton, our teacher because i thought it was a great idea and i wanted to bring it alive. she really nagged me! well done for your nagging because as a result of these children, you can see on the board, they wrote to their mp and

comic relief and to said david attenborough, saying, please get rid of the plastic red noses and david attenborough thought it was a fantastic idea and you also came up with your own ideas of how they could be replaced. show us what you made? this is a papier mash a seed bomb knows and this is one made of string. i think they were a great idea and we all had fun making them. well, months went by, and then this september, 2020, tell us about a special e—mail you receive. september, 2020, tell us about a special e-mail you receive. it pinged into my inbox and there it was, comic relief asking the school if they could support us and they have made plastic free red noses. where you amazed ? have made plastic free red noses. where you amazed?” have made plastic free red noses. where you amazed? i was, i nearly deleted it! not because of what it was, i nearly deleted it because i could not believe they had taken it up. and then your headmistress says to you, guys, your idea has worked, how did she tell you and what did you think? i thought she was teasing

us when we came out of the class. it is, like, what we have been working towards and it is just, like, is, like, what we have been working towards and it isjust, like, a dream come true, really. it really is. how proud, you guys must be so proud of what you have achieved?” am so proud of what you have achieved?” am so proud of our school, a small school of 99, and that such a small school of 99, and that such a small school can make such a big difference across the uk. it really has and today, they have the launch of the new red noses here, they have got a big press conference but no journalists are allowed, no cameras. these are going to be the journalists, these little people there, some of them only five and you are going to be asking richard curtis, the founder of comic relief, some questions. can we have some of your questions? what is your favourite red nose ? your questions? what is your favourite red nose? brilliant, what is your question? do you like wearing red noses? how are you going

to encourage people to recycle then you red noses? —— the new red noses? these are fantastic questions that you are going to be putting to the founder later this morning. let me just show you before we go, the new nose, which is made from a by—product of sugar cane. here it is. this is the non—plastic red nose and we will be wearing them from next march. that was fantastic. can you say a huge thank you to all of their children, they did a sterling job. absolutely brilliant! we're joined now by comic relief co—founder, richard curtis. good morning to you. morning. lovely to see the children. they were obviously very persuasive, won't they? when did you decide you had to go plastic free? it was not an easy journey, by the way, this is quite a tricky thing, making millions upon

millions of non—plastic noses, but you know, it is so important, not only climate change, per se, but a lot of the places where we spend money, particularly in africa, people's lives are really being damaged by climate change and because of deforestation and the lack of water, because their land is too dry for agriculture now. you know, it is part of what we are trying to do in all of our projects and it is part of what every business should be doing. so, you know, we felt well and truly nudged and told off and it has been a long journey but i think we have got there, they are gorgeous noses and we are there, they are gorgeous noses and we a re really there, they are gorgeous noses and we are really pleased to be part of a younger generation that is insisting that we'll do something about climate change that but i think that is really interesting because you are going through the same thing that many businesses are going through. in your position, you are realising you have raised millions of pounds over the years with a red noses but potentially also harming the environment, so therefore, you've got to make a

change? yes, you know, it is such an important journey for everybody and it is all of our responsibility. you know, comic relief could notjust say, "let's not worry about it too much", whatever kind of business or home you live in, you know, i've been going on about how we should all move our pensions into ethical pension funds. it is every person on the planet's responsibility and comic relief is really glad that we have been able to find a way of doing it. i am pre-empting the questions, richard, you might have heard them but i want to know, do you have a favourite red nose? historically or this year? let's go both, because historically is also a good question. i have a least favourite. do you? i can't quite understand why we had a red nose in the shape of a tomato. i'll was thought that was not very successful. —— i always thought. i'm glad we have got one in the shape of a badger this year because i've got

a badger this year because i've got a very large and lazy cat called badger. this is one of them, by the way, and they are all in the shape of animals because climate change has had such a disastrous effect on animals all over the world. white tobacco and listening to some of those children and the questions. listening to some of the children and the questions they're going to ask you, isn't it great that some of the change came from the children? i suppose that must be quite inspiring to you and leading you to make a change? yes, sometimes when i look back on comic relief, what was more important, the money we raised or the fact that generation after generation appreciate that people's lives are tough but believe they can make a difference? that is really the kind of educational purpose of comic relief. here, these kids are the quintessential proof of that. they have seen a problem and they feel they can make a difference and i think the younger generation of

all sorts of issues, gender, diversity, climate, they are leading the way and we should really listen to them and that we did. let's also talk about, we can't not talk about the effect that coronavirus and covid—19 has had on charities, it was the london marathon this weekend, so many people running the virtual marathon but it is having a big impact and do you think it well on comic relief as well?” big impact and do you think it well on comic relief as well? i don't know, as you know, we did the big night in with children in need and raised a lot of money specifically for coronavirus things here. i think covid, which is such a tragedy, has also increased our sense of community. my hope is it will increase people's generosity and give people the feeling that they are responsible for their neighbours, make people think of more, new, lateral ways, neighbours, make people think of more, new, lateralways, like buying millions of noses. all i can do is hope that people's generosity and sense of the fact that... you know,

like food banks in this country are so like food banks in this country are so much more prominent and important than ever. i am optimistic that actually, we will have a good ear. tell us about optimism for your industry as well because of course, cinema and film etc, we have seen that silly world for the moment has closed 5000 —— cineowl has closed, and —— cineworld is closed on 5500 jobs. are you concerned about the industry?” is closed on 5500 jobs. are you concerned about the industry? i am a lwa ys concerned about the industry? i am always concerned about now and losing things you can't get back. we are all thinking so hard about is it going to be all right in a year and we get back to our habits? i am certainly really missing going to visit marc and i don't know how you are feeling but you suddenly remember what a great thing that is to do at the weekend or in the evening. i don't think people will lose the habit, and when it comes back, people will be as excited as ever and there will be such a stockpile of brilliant films. i

think wejust have stockpile of brilliant films. i think we just have to hope we get the support to keep things going during this very tough year.” the support to keep things going during this very tough year. i can give you an insight, louis said yesterday, she had the james bond release date in her diary, that is how excited she was about going to the cinema. can ijust say, with both of you, you have both been so brilliant for comic relief and sport relief and look like a —— louise look like a bond girl stop what you say all the right things! cal has lockdown been for you? you know, it has been, we were very lucky, we we re has been, we were very lucky, we were up in suffolk and there was a lot of fundraising, i had red nose day america as well as the big night in but it is a chance to catch up on books and tv. i have a very brilliant daughter and she did not allow me to read any book that was not written by a woman so i am now the world expert on and tyler and

anne patchett and daphne du maurier. i had anne patchett and daphne du maurier. ihada anne patchett and daphne du maurier. i had a good lockdown. you are so aware you are surrounded by this tragedy and i am so glad that, as it we re tragedy and i am so glad that, as it were comic relief is there to do something about it otherwise i would feel very uncomfortable but i was unbelievably lucky. to jump back to cinema, do you think the industry needs more help or are you confident that when the time to bounce back comes that it will bounce back and people will be desperate to go? do you know, i'm not an expert in these things but i got a letter yesterday from edgar wright, who is trying to pull together people so i think there are some emergency measures that are needed. i don't know what they are. we appreciate your time and coming on to talk about red noses, enjoy the grilling you are going to get from those children later. they will be much tougher than us. i am terrified, they make you look like children! out of the mouths of babes. thank you for joining us.

here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. bond girl, i'd be dining out on that for the rest of my life if i were you! brilliant and so my life if i were you! brilliant and so true. good morning. today we are looking at a right old mishmash of weather with a lot of cloud around, weather with a lot of cloud around, we have got some scattered showers, some of those emerging to give longer spells of rain and also a bit of sunshine, particularly so in parts of the north and east. we have seen a parts of the north and east. we have seenafair parts of the north and east. we have seen a fairfew parts of the north and east. we have seen a fair few showers in the early pa rt seen a fair few showers in the early part of today, some of those also merging, to give longer spells of rain so if you are travelling, there will be a lot of surface water and spray will be a lot of surface water and spray on the roads this morning. the showers continue through the course of the day, quite a bit of cloud as i mentioned, the best breaks for parts of northern and eastern scotla nd parts of northern and eastern scotland and parts of eastern england as well. the wind will also bea england as well. the wind will also be a feature with gusty wind around the coastline of wales, south—west england, the english channel and the channel islands. temperatures down a notch or two when yesterday where we hit 18 degrees in parts of western

scotla nd hit 18 degrees in parts of western scotland and in london and today, the top temperature is more likely to be 16. in the latter part of the afternoon, we still have some dregs of sunshine from today, plus northern and eastern scotland, still a lot of showers in the west, quite a lot of showers in the west, quite a showery picture across northern ireland and england but you can see some brighter skies in between. as we come south again, looking at a fair few we come south again, looking at a fairfew showers, some we come south again, looking at a fair few showers, some with thunder and lightning in them and hail and don't forget the gusty wind in the south—west importer of the uk. tonight, once again, we hang on to the showers coming in on the wind, there will be some clear skies, cloud building in the south—west but asa cloud building in the south—west but as a result, it is not going to be a particularly cold night. thank you very much as ever and see you tomorrow. if you are a bond girl, does that make me james bond? if you are a bond girl, does that make mejames bond? no, it doesn't. it was worth a go! craig revel horwood is well known for his straight—talking honesty and now he's taken his talent

with words to a new level writing his debut novel. craig has described the book as a "love letter" to his experiences of trying to "make it" as a dancer. craig joins us now. good morning. nice to have you with us. tell us a bit about this love letter of you trying to make it as a dancer, what is in the novel? well, it is really a book about my time in london in the 19905 when i was doing a transition london in the 19905 when i was doing a tra nsition between london in the 19905 when i was doing a transition between dancing and directing and choreography, where i was hanging my shoes up, ba5ically. it was a huge, life changing experience because you are at a majorfork in the experience because you are at a major fork in the well —— major fork in the road and it is which when you are going. i love that period in camden, i wrote about being in a house share in camden with six other people. it is basically a romantic novel, but it is littered with fantastic stories of house sharing and of course, people now know exactly what that is like in

lockdown, of course, if you are in a big house with six people, then you are there with them a lot longer than you normally would be because people are working from home. it is about the experiences of that and of course, other dancers, new dancers coming in and going out of the house and people's hopes, finding their hopes and following their dreams and trying to make it in a big city. it i5 trying to make it in a big city. it is people from all different walk5 of life, there is an australian, of course, a nurse who does 5hift of life, there is an australian, of course, a nurse who does shift work which makes the balance difficult, there is a guy who is a bit like boy george, coming out in it as well. he wa nts to george, coming out in it as well. he wants to work in the theatre. there's a whole range of characters that i have given a story arc to which i have really enjoyed and there was something fantastic to do in lockdown a5 there was something fantastic to do in lockdown as well. i'm really plea5ed in lockdown as well. i'm really pleased with it. i love it, i love the characters, and i think people like table fall in love with them. will some of yourfriends like table fall in love with them. will some of your friends recognise them5elve5 will some of your friends recognise themselves in the characters? maybe,

darling! have you warned them? i have and i dedicated the book to what was originally called the heartbreak hotel, that is what we named it, but it is a bit like tail5 of the city and friends, i change some of the names and embellished and elaborated on some of the stories, obviously given fictional reasons, to make the story clear and vibrant, to let the characters leap from the page. is that what you say when you phoned them up? i tell them you have to guess who you are and i'm sure they will. but there are so many things you cannot put in your auto. it was really nice to express tho5e put in your auto. it was really nice to express those stories. it was a lot of fun. and there is a romantic side to it as well. we are always

fascinated by people's backdrop. 0ver your left shoulder, how long have you spent arranging those books you have written on the top shelf?” did them especially for you, my darling! beautifully positioned. i was in lockdown, i had to create my own sets. sometimes it would be a glitter ball, sometimes books!” just wonder, there is a reason we mention that, in the novel, will people who have read some of your other books, will they recognise some of the stories or is it stuff that didn't quite make it into those? it's the stuff that didn't quite make it in. you only have about 300 pages and there's only so many characters stories that you can tell in an autobiography plus, it was more about me. this book is more about other people. i do sort of have a role in it myself, a lead character, obviously! as a

choreographer dancer trying to hang up choreographer dancer trying to hang up his dentures. and it's his trial and tribulations and his search for love, you know. i really loved it. it's sort of cathartic as well only because you're writing, i know i'm writing about other people and things that happen to me in my life but it's lovely to be able to assign those stories to various characters. when i'm directing or choreographing. we cannot have your own without asking you about strictly so tell us, it's going to have to be quite different so what can you tell us? i think it's going to be spectacular because of the restrictions. everyone is obviously, the bbc are amazing because they have kept everybody safe, they are doing their absolute maximum to make sure that people are safe, that's the ultimate goal. and of course,

eve ryo ne the ultimate goal. and of course, everyone always asks the question, how are they dancing together? they live in exclusive bubbles, if you like, which is obviously available to the public as well. and it's about like two families who come together, they form their dance bubble and then they are able to perform a dance together. they can then, they are free to go back to theirfamilies then, they are free to go back to their families and they just then, they are free to go back to their families and theyjust have to make sure when they mix with anybody else, they keep the government guidelines, two metres apart and all of that so it's a very safe environment. it's going to be spectacular. the group dancing is going to be amazing, they've done a lot of outside broadcasting which means they are filming in streets and all of that sort of stuff. also, i'm really looking forward to seeing people like bill bailey, for instance. caroline quentin, i think she's going to be absolutely spectacular. jamie, who is back from injury last year, i got to see him dance at least in the opening last

year and dance at least in the opening last yearandi dance at least in the opening last year and i know he can put one foot in front of the other so that is going to be something glorious to watch and he's had an entire year to practice. it's going to be great, i'm really looking forward to it! another shelf question, behind your left arm, you've got at one and acting in red folder what's going on there? that's miss saigon, a show i did back the 905. they are blocking books. i keep all my theatre stuff appear. i have to write, like a bible, if you lack of what happens on stage in every given bar in every bit of music. so they are called the bibles, darling, they all live appearjust in bibles, darling, they all live appear just in case bibles, darling, they all live appearjust in case i have to reinvent them one day! it's an absolute pleasure to speak to you, thank you. we will really look forward to strictly, i think we all need a bit of glitter in our lives. it's going to be gorgeous! thank you so it's going to be gorgeous! thank you so much. craig's book is called "dances

and dreams on diamond street". it's 8:a9am. we are moving from one judge to another. as one of the judges on britain's got talent, amanda holden is used to analysing people's singing abilities. 0n last week's show she was the one in the spotlight as she took to the stage to perform a song from her debut album in front of herfellowjudges. we'll speak to amanda in a minute, but first let's take a look at that performance. applause # no one's gonna hurt you # no one's gonna dare # others can desert you # not to worry, whistle, i'll be there # demons'll charm you with a smile for a while # but in time # nothing can harm you # not while i'm around #.

i wish you could have seen amanda holden in the last 30 seconds, she was singing alongside herself! how are you? i'm very good, thank you, louise. how are you? really good. that must have been a nerve—racking experience. i have to say, out of everything i've done in my life, singing live in front of the crew that i've worked with for over 1a yea rs, that i've worked with for over 1a years, thejudges, it was that i've worked with for over 1a years, the judges, it was utterly terrifying. even when i did the sound check, i kept saying to everyone, the sound check has to be perfect because they've never heard me sing and it needs to be perfect, it needs to be perfect. ifelt like i was performing from the very offset! was it one of those situations you didn't look at them, you didn't want to see their faces because you know them so well? where did you live? i looked at the

gigantic stone call going on behind us, which is our lovely audience. i kept looking straight ahead, straight ahead. when i look and i do theatre i look at fire science, those are the only things left, i had that mentality, look at the fire exit and you will be fine! and also it's very useful, you're very clever, you know where they are! that's right, they and there. tell us about the album, its really personal, isn't it? absolutely. songs from my heart, available on amazon and available to download on itunes and it's a very poignant album. chris and i, my husband, chose every single song and every single song has a meaning behind it, what i've written about. it's just about my girls, my really, my two children, my life so far. it's about loss, love. ithink children, my life so far. it's about loss, love. i think it covers every emotion and i think in the year that

we've had, it's a good album to kind of sit down with a glass of sherry and reflect back and try and relish all the good stuff to come out of such a tumultuous year. amanda, i know you cannot see it but i think we are watching a little bit from the song with you on the album come the song with you on the album come the last lines, you took my life with you, you took my world with you, it's with you, you took my world with you, its dedicated to your son, for those who don't know, tell us about that. at 27 weeks our little boy theo was very sadly stillborn. which was probably one of the darkest moments of our lives together. and it was chris, when i sang the song, he said, mandy, i've never told you this before, because he is a man and he looked after me and our family but shut down himself, he never really talked about it in very much detail, how he was feeling and he said, those words really, really resonate with me, it's how i felt when we lost our little boy. and

that just made when we lost our little boy. and thatjust made me fall apart so that song, yes, it's all about loss and grief anyway but that one, especially, is for our little boy. goes without saying, it's got be a tough one to sing then? gosh, honestly, the whole album i did quite a lot of weeping, i'm not going to lie. i cried at that, i sing lullaby which is a billyjoel song and i used to sing that to my children when they were little, i barely got through that. lots of people, i keep saying, and they keep saying to me, i heard your album, i really cried and i'm thinking, that's a good thing, right? i cried all the way through it. but lots of people who have downloaded it and bought it keep messaging me and saying i really cried when i hear you sing, i keep crying. i am taking it as you sing, i keep crying. i am taking itasa you sing, i keep crying. i am taking it as a compliment! sometimes a good cry is quite good. it blows away the

cobwebs. thank you for giving that to us. the amount you do with sheridan smith, you look like you're having much fun. she is such a trooper. when i knew, that is one of the first singles i ever bought for my mum,i the first singles i ever bought for my mum, i gave it to her on mother's day, she loved elaine paige and barbara dickson and i'm also a huge fan, there is only one person for me to call and that was sheridan. i've seen to call and that was sheridan. i've seen her in every single performance she's done in the west end, i am a fla n she's done in the west end, i am a flan —— fan, stalker, she was heavily pregnant at the time, she came down to the studio before lockdown, we could all touch each other, i remember those days. and i literally couldn't keep my hands of her, she was so warm and lovely and vulnerable and we had a really lovely afternoon, full of laughs and you know, she was talking about her pregnancy, we now know she had little billy, it was a gorgeous

afternoon, i was thrilled she was on it. talk to us about britain's got talent, when you are performing. to that huge video wall. the zoom wall. what has it been like filming the series during the pandemic? it must have brought specific challenges but still, so many people are watching, aren't they? yes, luckily our audiences have failed because i think it brings a bit more normality to saturday night, that is what we have craved, sitting down on a saturday and feeling like everything is all right with the world and i think britain's got talent has a lwa ys think britain's got talent has always been full of humour, self—deprecating, we reflect ourselves as a nation, i think. and all those compliments that the programme brings is how we got through the pandemic as a nation. filming it, it's been odd, it's been brilliant but odd. i think it's been

particularly tough on singers and comedians who thrive from a noisy audience but me and alicia have been doing our best, cackling away, so much so that aunt and tech said we have been their best audience ever because we have listened to them for months. we never listen to them we normally chat away to each other, don't pay any attention to them. —— ant and dec. we laughed so much i said to them at one point, have you changed your writer? i've never laughed so much. we have done our best for our lovely people who are auditioning. it's definitely a different vibe in the studio. it's the final this week. the final, yes! i cannot believe it, i don't know what i am wearing, let's not even go there. you just be careful with that! it is not going to be another polo neck. yes, i'm excited. we

haven't been told, we know who we haven't been told, we know who we have put through but we haven't been told who the viewing public has put through so it's going to be an amazing surprise for us on saturday to see who got the public vote. it's going to be an interesting show and hopefully everyone will sit down and enjoy it. quickly, some of the responses, the diversity performance, your outfits, do you shake your head at that sometimes? is that part of the package?” shake your head at that sometimes? is that part of the package? i think my outfits, i'm kind of baffled because i think, there are more important things going on. diversity, i think, important things going on. diversity, ithink, started important things going on. diversity, i think, started a huge conversation and i was thrilled that we asa conversation and i was thrilled that we as a show and judges did it side by side, the decision to show it. i think it is a great place for people to start talking about very important things and i hope in five or six years, it's the norm and we don't even need to talk about it any more. ifelt very don't even need to talk about it any more. i felt very proud that we put that onto britain's got talent and

it was a celebration of the entire year, not just that very tragic incident. diversity and ashley did brilliantly, i thought. absolute pleasure to talk to you, you made me laugh, you made me cry, and your own cell promotion! that's the album! me and craig, we should do a show together, you would never get us off! amanda, thank you. amanda holdenjoins us now from central london. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59.

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