this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the winner of this year's nobel peace prize is about to be revealed. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 9am: this is the scene live in oslo where the announcement the uk economic recovery will be made shortly. slowed sharply in august — despite the government's eat out to help out scheme helping the uk economic recovery slowed sharply in august — to boost restaurants sales. despite the government's eat out to help out scheme helping to boost restaurants sales. the uk chancellor is to set out new financial support for areas expecting to face the direction of travel is still further lockdown restrictions. positive, over 2% growth, the direction of travel is still pubs and restaurants across central scotland will shut for sixteen days from this positive, over2% growth, but evening as new coronavirus restrictions are enforced across parts of the country. nevertheless, clearly, many, many businesses, whether hospitality and retail or aviation, are struggling with the coronavirus. let go live to oslo. the norwegian the chancellor is to set out new financial support for areas expecting to face further lockdown restrictions in england. pub and restaurants across central scotland will shut nobel committee for 16 days from this evening, as new coronavirus restrictions are enforced across parts of the country.

if you're worried about a further tightening of restrictions in your area, please do get in touch. on twitter, it's @annita—mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. the other headlines... donald trump's physician says the president has completed his treatment for coronavirus, and is ready to return to public events this weekend. and as the number of homophobic hate crimes in the uk rises by 20% in the last year, we hear from two people whose lives have been changed by homophobic attacks. good morning. welcome to bbc news.

gdp grew for the fourth consecutive month in august, as the uk economy continues to recover from coronavirus. but it's still smaller than before the pandemic hit. gross domestic product grew by 2.1% in august, as the economy was boosted by the eat out to help out scheme, encouraging consumers to go back to restaurants and cafes. however, as you can see here, the economy is still 9.2% smaller than before the coronavirus pandemic struck. experts had expected gdp to grow by 4.6%, meaning the latest figures are well below expectations. analysts say new local lockdowns, the end of the furlough scheme and concerns over a no—deal brexit mean growth will slow further. later, chancellor rishi sunak is expected to lay out his plans to support businesses further in light of new coronavirus restrictions. it comes as one government minister said the virus is getting out of control in the north of england, and that the country

was in an unbelievably serious situation. labour's sir keir starmer has accused downing street of displaying "serial incompetence," writing in the telegraph that "government is operating under the misguided, arrogant and counterproductive view that whitehall knows best". there's been a sharp rise in cases — over the past week, the average number of new coronavirus cases is m520 a day. throughout the morning we will be talking about the balancing act, how to protect the economy but also to protect health. let's begin with the economy, the gdp figures. joining me now to talk about those economic figures is our business presenter sima kotecha. nice to see you. we were expecting better gdp figures and we got today. yes, growth is continuing to go up,

which is positive, but why were the figures lower—than—expected. which is positive, but why were the figures lower-than-expected. gdp is the value of goods and services tax was the uk and is an indicator used by economists to assess the health of the economy. age group it .1% by economists to assess the health of the economy. age group it .i% in august, a lot less than economists expected. they thought it would be around 5%. —— age—group it .i%. it is the fourth consecutive month of growth but the bad news is that it was a lot less than expected. dating services like manufacturing did not produce as much as expected, so things like aeroplanes and cars are not being produced at pre—pandemic levels. 50 less to do with levels. so less to do with staycations and the eat out to help out scheme, which boosted the academy, and more to do with those sectors? the staycation, the

accommodation services and the eat out to help out boosted the economy and accounted for more than half of the growth in august. remember, eat out to help out was the government scheme meaning that for three days during the week you were potentially getting 50% off in selected restau ra nts. getting 50% off in selected restaurants. economists are saying that worked, but the other factors just have not met pre—pandemic levels. looking ahead little bit, inevitably that leads to questions about what will happen for the next quarter? absolutely, and there are surreal potential pitfalls and challenges, i think the next quarter will be crucial and economists are already saying we could. intensive growth approaching winter. why? we have a cocktail of toxins, if you like, uncertainty over brexit, deal oi’ like, uncertainty over brexit, deal or no deal, how that would affect supply chains, tightening of

restrictions moving forward with coronavirus and the end of the furlough scheme, which winds down at the end of this month. i am followed by swetha ramachandran, an investment manager at gam investments, to talk to me about this. thank you for coming on, swetha. first question, your thoughts on this 2.1% increase, many economists thought it would be a lot more? i think the headline was disappointing given there were expectations of more sustained recovery and momentum, this is the fourth consecutive month of recovery but the magnitude of that is expected to be greater, particularly given excitement around schemes like the vat reduction in hospitality and the vat reduction in hospitality and the eat out to help out scheme, which drove a lot of the recovery, as you pointed out, but was not to compensate in the short full in sectors like construction, which even though age—group is about 11% below pre—pandemic levels, leaving

gdp asa below pre—pandemic levels, leaving gdp as a whole about 9% below pre—pandemic levels. gdp as a whole about 9% below pre-pandemic levels. looking at the future, the uncertainty over brexit, furlough being wenstam, what you think businesses and government can do to stop so many people from going bust as we approach is arduous time? —— furlough the wealth down. bust as we approach is arduous time? -- furlough the wealth down. the deceleration at the mention is that you continue with the renewed social distancing measures, so the print in september is likely to be much weaker than we saw for august. the bank of england yesterday pointed out they still retain substantial firepower to boost the economy, potentially by a further reduction in interest rates coming up, but more importantly i think the job support scheme, which in its current amount is not enough to really

support the increased job losses we might see from local restrictions, that probably needs to be visited. but it is a fine balance, at the same time the government higuain checkjobs same time the government higuain check jobs that are trying same time the government higuain checkjobs that are trying to protect the economy and have enough money in it —— at the same time the government is trying to protectjobs it is trying to protect the economy. a key thing has to be to preserve employment and worry about paying for it later, the local furlough scheme they are talking about in areas with local restrictions could be tricky to implement but may be one way of going about it. we expect the chancellor to say something about that this afternoon. swetha ramachandran, thank you forjoining me. thank you, sima kotecha.

the chancellor, rishi sunak, is expected to set out more financial support for businesses today — linked to the new coronavirus measures which are due to be announced by the government next week. our political correspondent leila nathoo is at westminster. the government has to help the economy but also try to get a grip of this virus. we will talk about restrictions in a moment, but what more can we expect from the chancellor today? it is interesting they are announcing a package of financial support without those concerning the new restrictions. we know the chancellor will make a statement later to announce what they describe as the next stage of they describe as the next stage of thejob support they describe as the next stage of the job support scheme, that wasn't safety weeks ago, you will remember, targeted at businesses that were able to function in the current climate —— that was safety weeks ago. they had to be able to work a third of their regular hours and then there would be a top up shed by

then there would be a top up shed by the government and employers, so we expect a new incarnation of the job support scheme, the treasury describe it as a safety net for businesses that might be forced to close in the coming weeks or months. they said something that local mps have been calling for for some time, local political leaders too, regional mass have set aside our restrictions are need to be more economic support that implies —— regional mayors. the treasury are keen to describe it as a new stage of thejob keen to describe it as a new stage of the job support scheme. the interesting point is we are getting the economic support package before the economic support package before the details of the restrictions and we know the chancellor is preparing full support for businesses that may be asked to close, so the implication is certainly some businesses will be asked to close, that has been applied to pubs and restau ra nts that has been applied to pubs and restaurants in parts of scotland and speculation that it could also be

the case in the worst affected parts of england. the chancellor is trying to head off nervousness in those areas businesses to say that any new restrictions that come in, you will get the support needed. we heard about this from the business minister nadhim zahawi earlier, so that this into that clip? apologies, ido that this into that clip? apologies, i do not think we have that clip. i think we have a clip of the shadow business minister lucy powell talking about all of this. there was a scientific briefing running through the trends in terms of the virus, which many of us are fully aware of, with a bit of a dubious slide at the end, shall we say, that most of us on the call felt that the slide at the end that seemed to suggest that hospitality was the main area of transmission of the virus was put in there just to soften people up for what may come. so i think we all felt it was a call

to try and soften us up, but actually, there is a huge amount of frustration and frankly fury up here in the north at the way we're being treated by this government. lucy powell, the labour mp for manchester central talking about a briefing mps had yesterday with government ministers and officials, talking them through the latest coronavirus data. what is interesting coming out of that and the message from downing street, they are beginning to be more certain that hospitality is driving new infections, the language downing street years yesterday was hospitality being... accounting for a significant proportion of new coronavirus exposure. so you can see why there has been talk about the closure of pubs and restaurants but the prime minister will take the weekend to serve their cenkova the

restrictions. we expect this new framework for managing localised restrictions, 88 approach where areas will be allocated into tears and there would be corresponding restrictions, but no final decisions have been taken, there will not be an announcement today, but there will be some reassurance from the chancellor that their sons when those new restrictions come in, there will be financial support —— that s and when those new restrictions come in. we can now bring you that clip from nadhim zahawi, he bring you that clip from nadhim za hawi, he has bring you that clip from nadhim zahawi, he has defended the government's action. i will not comment on speculation, i think it is unhelpful, i think the right thing to do is to work with local leadership in yorkshire, the northeast, northwest, the west midlands, my patch, work together to get the intervention try to control the virus. it is worrying, the trend

across the country, if i tell you that seven days ago the virus infections were just shy of 7000 la st infections were just shy of 7000 last thursday, they are at 17,000, that puts into perspective for your viewers the agency of the interventions we had to make. chris whitty, the chief medical officer, shared some slides with colleagues from the north yesterday which demonstrate that clearly social interactions in restaurants and cafes is about 30% of the infections, which is why we had to act on table service, the curfew at ten o'clock, things that i deeply disliked having to do as the business and industry minister. nadhim zahawi.

pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels in scotland will face tougher new regulations from this evening to curb the spread of coronavirus. the tightest restrictions will be across central scotland where many venues will be forced to close — although cafes will be allowed to stay open as long as they don't serve alcohol. some owners fear the controls — which will last for at least 16 days — could push them out of business. our scotland reporter, alexandra mckenzie is in glasgow's west end. that lovely cobbled streets behind you i know is normally very busy with restaurants, cafes and bars, but as well as the 16 day closure we have, beyond that, a huge amount of uncertainty for all these business owners? yes, that's right. on the one hand, the number of cases of coronavirus in scotland has been writing, we have had more than 1000

in the last few days, something has to be done before the virus gets out of control, but you have all these businesses here in ashton lane in the west end of glasgow and across the west end of glasgow and across the rest of the country, they are extremely concerned for the future of their businesses and the jobs. we have had delivery people coming in the last hour also, dropping off stress, they are very concerned, it goes beyond what you see. the restrictions that will be coming into place will be six o'clock tonight, it would be vibrant here on a saturday night —— on a friday night, even! but pubs and restau ra nts night, even! but pubs and restaurants across the central belt of scotla nd restaurants across the central belt of scotland will close their doors for everything except for takeaway is fun tonight. cafes can remain open but even if they have an alcohol licence they cannot serve alcohol. reality will be restricted

from six until six. there is a bit of confusion as to what is a cap and restau ra nt — — of confusion as to what is a cap and restaurant —— opening hours will be restricted. we expect some further guidance from the first minister later today. there will be restrictions beyond the central belt, the central belt itself is 3.5 million people, so it will affect a lot of people, that there will be restrictions beyond essential belt including pubs, restaurants and cafes. they can remain open, the restricted hours, table had to close at six o'clock in the evening, they cannot serve alcohol inside, they cannot serve alcohol inside, they can serve alcohol outside until ten o'clock but it is scotland in october so it will be extremely cold. the concern is that these restrictions are full 16 date initially budgeted be extended beyond that. thanking very much, alexandra mackenzie and pascoe. ——

thank you very much, alexandra mackenzie in glasgow. let's talk to the conservative mp for rossendale and darwen and former northern powerhouse minister, jake berry. thank you for your time, it is appreciated. do you very much shared the frustration of mps across the north of england, labour mps among them, mayors in various parts of that region, at the lack of consultation they have complained about intense of what happens next in areas with high numbers of cases of the virus? currently across the north of england we have a complete hotchpotch, for want of a better word, of rules. what the government is proposing is something i have called for a many occasions, simple rules with clear ways of coming in and out of restrictions. has been massive consultation with local authorities over recent weeks, which is why we have ended up with that

very complex set of rules, i am quite pleased the government is coming up with a truly national set of provisions we can apply locally based on local data, i think that is right. people like andy burnham, joe anderson in liverpool and so on, they had said there has not been massive consultation. so why this difference of opinion? every single week, local authorities and members of parliament come together to discuss what they believe restrictions should be in their area, last week one of the suggestions that came from lancashire council was able to seek ona lancashire council was able to seek on a rolling basis to close some secondary schools, that was opposed faintly by the members of parliament and did not happen —— that was opposed vehemently. unable equal basis —— on a weekly basis restrictions are being suggested to government, this has led to a

massively confusing picture with people scratching their heads are not knowing what to do, it is right the government is coming forward with a simple, proportionate and clear national system which mid should be applied across the whole uk -- should be applied across the whole uk —— which in my opinion should be. it would require consent from the devolved administrations. in vast areas of the north, people do not understand the rules and making it up understand the rules and making it up as understand the rules and making it up as come understand the rules and making it up as come along. in an interview with the times, and i want to get a sense of where you stand and how necessary you think additional measures are if they are, for example, measures like an essential belt of scotland, in that interview said, "the measures need to show not just how you want to go into a waterside laundry but how you leave a tier. —— notjust that you want to

go intoa a tier. —— notjust that you want to go into a tier patel you leave a tier. nobody wants to be stuck in a hotel california lockdown." tier. nobody wants to be stuck in a hotel california lockdown. " are you can never leave. those comments were based on conversations i have had with local authorities, bolton, which is next to my constituency, they found themselves a native ear lockdown for three weeks and even though the rate was lower than many of the local authorities around, they were not finding a ridge out. that has now been fixed, but sticking to council leaders and councils across the north of england, with my connection having beena england, with my connection having been a northern powerhouse minister, there is real concern that we are not setting out clearly when you go in and out of these measures. what i think the government should do, whether they will or not is up to them, if your infection rate goes above 200 per 100,000, you went into

this measure, 300 all 400 for the next, it would clearly target areas and communities about how they can work together to bring infection down. that is the clarity they need. we need to give people hope that there is a route out of these restrictions. isn't a huge part of that person trace working well. —— plans and trace working well? we have heard people say the virus is getting out of control in the north of england and lucy powell and p has been calling for a much more "hyper localised response" to test and trace, but we are not the advice from your party or the government. does there need to be much more improvement in the test and trace for the type of things you're talking about, the roots out of lockdown, to work? test and trace needs to improve. there is already a

localised approach in places like blackburn with darwen, one of the areas i represent, where there is a linkup between the national test and trace scheme and local authorities tracing many of those contacts. that appears to have a much better success rate when tracing people, andl success rate when tracing people, and i hope we see that rolled out across the country. it is absolutely in orderto across the country. it is absolutely in order to have this national syste m in order to have this national system doesn't buy local data as to when you go in and out, the data has to be strong, it needs to be bolstered by test centuries and one of the things you have spoken about today, it has to be backed by local financial support from the government to enable these economies to weather the covid economic storm. what you want to see for your area and other areas in the north of england, what do you want to see energy by the chancellor today? an extension of the localjob support

scheme or any extension of furlough, i know it is a great political interest what it is called, i am more relaxed, ijust want to put money in the pockets of people i represent. for businesses which may have to close if we go into the red zone we are hearing about, we need significant grants like we saw over the full national lockdown in march, £5,000 per small business with grants greater than that for larger businesses, that is the level of support i expect the chancellor to come outwith, that is what my constituents need, what the people of the north need, and let's not forget, the day after coronavirus we will be reliant upon these businesses in the north to build out of this crisis or, to coin a phrase, build back better. jake berry, mp, thank you for your time. let's speak to business owners who have been affected by localised lockdowns. with me is sarah roberts, the owner of waterside laundry in swa nsea.

also i'm joined byjames bates, who owns three restaurants in liverpool called maray. i think ithinki i think i have pronounce the name properly? that is pretty good. you are happy, that is good. james, how are happy, that is good. james, how are things with you? you must be incredibly worried, anxious about what precise news is coming next week? exactly, we are in the state of limbo at the minutes where we are still open but losing so much money everyday that we might as well not be. what we need is a support package and we need to know the details quite urgently, we have 45 staff that we employ for my livelihood and my business partner's likelihood, this state of limbo is highly, highly stressful. likelihood, this state of limbo is highly, highly stressfullj likelihood, this state of limbo is highly, highly stressful. i hope you hearjake perry and second ago saying he wants to be able to put money in the pockets of his

constituents, grants similar to what we saw at the start of lockdown in march ——i we saw at the start of lockdown in march —— i hope you heard jake berry a second ago. what you think is needed to allow you to survive this period? primarily, in the wider liverpool region there are 50,000 people involved in hospitality, that isa people involved in hospitality, that is a lot of people and they need to be supported. on the other side, businesses need to be supported, we cannot pay the rent if we are not bringing in money and we cannot pay utilities, we cannot pay any bills, support needs to be twofold, once on the employees and one for the businesses. i will come back to una minutes, but let's come back to sarah, your business is very heavily dependent on the hospitality and holiday sectors, you have been going through a rocky time? we have had a right roller—coaster time at the moment, in full lockdown be kept open and we supported the vulnerable

and helped wash the nhs uniforms for free, and luckily when we were released from lockdown we are living on the cusp of the gallon, which is an area of peter, so hospitality and terrorism, that is what everybody depends on —— on the cusp of the gower. people were having staycations, gower was 100% occupancy, the knock—on effect to us was great, we were so occupancy, the knock—on effect to us was great, we were so busy with holiday lets giving us the laundry etc, but a week last sunday mark drakeford, the minister for wales, announced local lockdown and it was utterly —— added somebody flipped a switch, we went from extremely busy to zero, we have literally no business and my concern is it continues like this is whether we will get to christmas. you have three staff, what is the future for theirjobs right three staff, what is the future for their jobs right now? three staff, what is the future for theirjobs right now? we have no idea, it isjust praying and hoping,

we do not know what is happening with furlough, whether we can continue it, it is a struggle, the uncertainty and the unknown is i think the main concern, you cannot plan for the future because you do not know what will happen. james, are you even trying to plan for christmas at the moment, which would normally be one of the bumper parts of your year? in short, no. we have hardly said the c—word this year, we would have menus ready in august normally and we would be almost fully booked by october, it is just not a time of year we want to think about because as you say, normally it isa about because as you say, normally it is a bumper month of the year and it is a bumper month of the year and it really helps cash flow going into the quieter months ofjanuary, february and march, so without that it will be very, very difficult to see a lot of businesses survive through the winter, if i am on this.

this is something we have had increasingly over the last 24 hours also, we had the business minister mention at this morning, hospitality driving new infections. what you make of that? i spoke to the chief executive of uk hospitality yesterday and she argued very strongly that the measures put in place in restaurants, pubs and so on we re place in restaurants, pubs and so on were not leading to a greater number of cases? we have some of the status environment in the country, far safer than being in a supermarket or a bank. —— some of the safest environment. we have strict sanitisation regimes, we had searched 30,000 people since we reopened and we have not been contacted reopened and we have not been co nta cted by reopened and we have not been contacted by track and trace once, we have not had any guests contact us to say they have been infected, the reality does not really much the rhetoric, if i am completely honest.

sarah, i know you want clarity, you wa nt sarah, i know you want clarity, you want certainty, i am sure you will appreciate that is a difficult equality to grasp hold of right now, certainty certainly is, do you think your local measures go too far or do your local measures go too far or do you accept they ought to be in place? i think we have to between a rock and a hard place, something needs to be done but the question is what, and it needs to protect businesses, otherwise the economy... it is like a ghost town where we are at the moment because people are frightened to go out, i do not know what measures should be put in place but something is desperately needed. further financial support would be welcome? absolutely, just to keep us going in these uncertain times until we can get through it and start afresh. we are all hoping for that. in the meantime, sarah, change, thank you for talking to me. goodlatte nb weeks and months ahead,

the owners of waterside laundry and maray canada. at 11.30 on the bbc news channel, we'll answer your questions on what those new covid restrictions for england might include, how effective they could be and how they could affect consumers and businesses. we'll be joined by steve nowottney from moneysavingexpert.com and michelle ovens, from small business britain. send us your questions on how the new restrictions could affect your consumer rights or your business, you can use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co. nottingham has the highest covid—19 infection rate in the uk, according to the latest data from public health england. the figures show that 689 people per 100,000 tested positive for the virus over the past week. nottingham city council leader david mellen called on the government to act urgently and impose stricter measures. the government said nottingham had its full support. people are being encouraged to see their gp if they have

symptoms they think might be cancer as part of a new nhs campaign. figures from nhs england suggest nearly half of the public would delay or not seek medical help at all — while a fifth say fear of getting coronavirus or passing it onto others is a major reason for not getting help. people are also being asked to keep up with routine appointments now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. how are we looking for the weekend? cold, in short. certainly colder thanit cold, in short. certainly colder than it should be this time of year. today will be chilly, but at least you should see a few bright skies and rainbows. it is one of those stories where some of you will stay largely dry, particularly in the south and east, but you will be dodging the showers for many parts

of the country. some of those across parts of scotland and northern ireland could be heavy, with under. it will be wintry across the tops of the scottish mountains and it will feel colder in the breeze. and even further south as well. rain reaches the south and east in the evening. it will clear tonight. there could bea it will clear tonight. there could be a touch of frost in rural areas. lots more showers coming in here on a northerly breeze. that breeze will make it feel rather chilly throughout the weekend, particularly down the eastern coast. it is here where showers will remain to the weekend, but become fewer in number, with many western areas becoming dry. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk economic recovery slowed sharply in august — despite the government's eat out to help out scheme helping

to boost restaurants sales. the direction of travel is still positive. it is still over 2% growth, but nevertheless, clearly, many businesses, whether it's hospitality and retail or aviation, are struggling with the coronavirus. the chancellor is to set out new financial support for areas expecting to face further lockdown restrictions in england. pubs and restaurants across central scotland will shut for 16 days from this evening, as new coronavirus restrictions are enforced across the rest of the country. donald trump's physician says the president has completed his coronavirus treatment and is ready to return to public events this weekend. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. scotland are one match away now from reaching their first major

tournament since 1998, after five perfect penalties gave them a shootout victory over israel, in the european qualifying semi—finals. northern ireland also won their match in sarajevo on penalties, and they too now have a chance to reach next summer's european championships. andy swiss rounds up the action. talk about drama. two penalty shootouts, two remarkable victories. scotland are looking to qualify for theirfirst major tournament in 22 years, and they so nearly beat israel in extra time, liam cooper hitting the post in the final seconds. but when it came to penalties, scotland were perfect, keeper david marshall with a pivotal save, and it was left to kenny mclean to finish things off. delight for scotland, and their hopes of reaching euro 2020 still very much alive. it's another game unbeaten and we are trying to build up momentum. away from home, it was always going to be a difficult task.

hopefully in the next two games, we can give ourselves a platform to go in with even more confidence than we have at the minute. what a nerve—shredding win for scotland, but they are through to a play—off final against serbia next month. win that, and a place at the euros will be theirs. northern ireland, meanwhile, really did it the hard way, conceding an early goal against bosnia—herzegovina. but after the break, their endeavour got its reward. mcginn picks out the bottom corner! niall mcginn with the equaliser, and it was game on. and so to another shootout, where the hosts' cool finally cracked and liam boyce spiked northern ireland's celebrations. into a play—off final against slovakia, and with england and wales already through, we could see euros with all four home nations. that really would be something special. england and wales have aleady

qualified for next summer stop scoring did so on his senior international debut. dominic calvert—lewin made it ten goals in seven games in all competitions this season now, once again showing his incredible spring. conor coady added another, before danny ings made it three for england in spectacular style. both teams now have nations league games on sunday, then next wednesday. here's england manager gareth southgate on calvert—lewin. i think he's in such a good moment, and his all—round game was excellent. he pressed with intelligence, he held the ball up well and connected the game. every long ball, he won the flick—ons, which we probably should have capitalised on a bit more, and then the goal of course is the thing which sent him home really happy. so really pleased with his performance. it's men's semi—finals day at the french open.

world number one novak djokovic faces stefanos tsitsipas, while argentine diego schwartzman faces 12—time champion rafael nadal in the first semi at around 13:50 bst. there's a really fresh look to the women's final tomorrow. the 19—year—old, iga swiatek, from poland, reached herfirst major final and will be up against the australian open winner, sofia kenin, who herself is only 21, and she overcame former world number one petra kvitova in straight sets. britain's andy lapthorne is into the men's wheelchair quad final at roland garos while fellow brit, alfie hewett, has made it to the final, of the open wheelchair competition. in golf, england's charley hull, and georgia hall are both right up there challenging, for the lead at the women's pga championship, in pennsylvania. both ended

the first round on even par and that means they're 3 shots off the lead held by brittany linci—come and kelly tan. that's all the sport for now. a child rapist convicted in the rotherham street grooming scandal has been moved to an open prison without his victim being informed, the bbc has learnt. the ministry ofjustice has apologised for the failing. between 1997 and 2013, more than a thousand children were groomed and sexually abused in the town, which became notorious for crimes that been ignored for years. here's bbc newsnight‘s katie razzall. i went home and was just getting about, basically having a tidy around and stuff, when the victims unit called me. she told me that he'd been moved to a category d open prison. i went into full meltdown. and i was like, "well, he's only done two and half years". so then i started crying. i was hysterical, and ijust said, "how has it even happened?" we're calling her elizabeth, and she's one of more than 1,400 people who were sexually abused as children in rotherham's now notorious street grooming scandal.

in 2018, asghar bostan was convicted of two counts of rape of her as a teenager, and got nine years. she's recently discovered he's serving out the remainder of that sentence in an open prison, making him potentially eligible for home visits. i had multiple perpetrators, but that man has left the worst trauma of them all and... every time you think of him, it just petrifies me. 20 years ago, catherine was a youth worker helping abused children like elizabeth in rotherham. she is now her support worker. it's still quite vivid in my mind, how emotional it were when she finally got some justice for all her abuse. to find out that something catastrophic to her has happened and she's had no say in it is mind—blowing, really. the bbc has seen correspondence

from the ministry ofjustice to elizabeth, apologising for the failings in her case. she should have been informed of the decision to move her perpetrator before it happened. victims have the right to be kept involved in key changes of that kind. an investigation is under way to find out why she wasn't. the victim support officer tells her, "i realise that this has been very difficult needs to receive. i want to apologise that the victim liaison unit was not able to notify you prior to the move, as we were not informed. i apologise that this information has called you a great deal of distress". it's not good enough. for the last week, i've felt physically sick. ifeel like i've had my rights took away again. two weeks ago, elizabeth's mp wrote to thejustice secretary, asking whether the decision will be reconsidered. sarah champion's letter says, "i'm deeply concerned that having finally achieved a measure ofjustice in seeing her perpetrator

convicted and sentenced, elizabeth has been let down so badly. given the severity of the offences involved and that the perpetrator is only two and a half years into a nine—year sentence, i do not believe that transfer to an open prison is in any way appropriate. of particular concern to my constituent is the chance that the abuser may also be allowed visits home, which could put her at further risk". she still hasn't had a reply. the ministry ofjustice told the bbc it sincerely apologised for the distress caused and will ensure it doesn't happen again. it pointed out that offenders in open prisons are not automatically eligible for home visits. that's subject to tough risk assessments, and victims can request exclusion zones. high levels of depression and ptsd in the medical workforce will become the "new norm"

unless urgent steps are taken to care for healthcare workers, a leading doctor has warned. new figures from nhs practitioner health, a service supporting doctors' mental health, show a 50% increase in demand since the covid—19 outbreak. with me is dr clare gerada, a former chair of the royal college of general practitioners and current head of the charity doctors in distress. and also i'm joined by dr cathy wield, an a&e doctor who's faced depression. clare, you won't be surprised by these figures. but with covid, that pressure has not let up for many months now. that's right. it has not let up and the initial surge at the beginning, when we were a generalised and were all stuck in this together, that is now fading

and we had a long summer of trying to catch up with work across the nhs and now we are entering this second spike of covid and we have a workforce that is entering this spike ina workforce that is entering this spike in a demoralised, depressed and fatigued state and the service that i run has seen a greater than 50% increase. at the start of covid, we we re 50% increase. at the start of covid, we were seeing 16 new referrals a week. last week saw 120 doctors come forward. and these are doctors with depression, anxiety and post—traumatic stress disorder. so they represent many more who are not coming and who maybe don't have a mental illness, but have severe emotional symptoms such as fear, anxiety and also serve things mixed up anxiety and also serve things mixed up with that. cathy, you are diagnosed with depression in your thirties. tell us about that and how you have managed to protect your mental health since he returned to

work as an a&e doctor, especially over the last six months? yes, well, lam over the last six months? yes, well, i am lucky to be a survivor of a very severe depressive illness. so i am very protective of my mental health. as clare says, there has beena health. as clare says, there has been a huge amount of anxiety, particularly when covid first hit us. and we had reports from europe and italy of how it was affecting their doctors. for me, as i say, i am very protective and therefore, i do like to talk to people. i have a counsellor who i can't see face to face but i can certainly talk to her ifi face but i can certainly talk to her if i want. plus, in our department here, we have a mantra that it's ok to not be ok. like everybody in the

nhs, we are facing a winter which we are not looking forward to. we have are not looking forward to. we have a huge numberof are not looking forward to. we have a huge number of patients turning up themselves with stress and mental health problems. so it's important to look after ourselves. cathy, you describe yourself as an anti—stigma activist and i find that interesting. do you think doctors find it hard to admit they are struggling, that they sometimes feel they have to be some kind of superhuman level of coping ability? certainly in the past. i think it is becoming more acceptable now to say you are actually struggling. but yes, we have stigmatised ourselves asa yes, we have stigmatised ourselves as a profession. and as you say, we have put ourselves out as superheroes, and we are not. we are just like everybody else. we need adequate rest and support. we need

to be able to say things are not right. clare, what has your experience been of being a doctor and the impact of your career on your own mental health? well, i am one of the worst examples of someone who has denied my own vulnerability even when it is a physical health problem. i broke my foot when i was run over between morning and evening surgery, but still went on to evening surgery. i got a taxi and went to evening surgery in blood and pain before going to a&e later that evening. what was i saying about superhuman?! exactly, and i hope the next generation of doctors are better. they are a lot better. they are more open about their emotions and expressing fun of 30 doesn't mean you are weak or a bad doctor. in fact, you are probably a better doctor —— expressing vulnerability.

there is a problem with the length of shifts, especially for nurses because they do very long shifts, sometimes without breaks. we need spaces where people can come together to talk about the emotional impact of their work without having to have a mental illness in the first place. with cases of covid on the rise again as well as all the other issues you have to deal with, it is so important that what has been learned earlier in the year about the impact on the mental health of health professionals, that those lessons are put into practice and acted on. absolutely, and it's the lessons of who were left behind. whilst a lot of services were put into hospitals, very few services we re into hospitals, very few services were put into community settings or general practice or those locum doctors who might be going from one place to another. the locum doctors tend to be international medical graduates, those from the black, asian and minority groups, the very ones who are most at risk of the physical effect of covid stopped so we have to learn from what we did in

the first wave and some of it was good, but we have to be better and make sure we don't leave anybody behind. my profession, gps, for example, will not be in hospitals. they may be answering calls in their bedroom with no support around them. it should be the norm that every health worker has access to a space where they can talk about the emotional impact of their work before they become mentally unwell. ican before they become mentally unwell. i can see cathy nodding along with that. let me check in with you, because you yourself had coronavirus right at the beginning around february. have you recovered?” right at the beginning around february. have you recovered? i am much better, thank you. i probably had covid the longest. when we talk about long covid, it took me about four months to recover. i didn't know that until i stopped feeling so tired and my muscles stopped aching. recently: i tired and my muscles stopped aching. recently: ... i was tired and my muscles stopped aching. recently: iwas able tired and my muscles stopped aching. recently: i was able to go back

and do an eight kilometre run. not effortlessly, but not in the position i was in before. that is good news. iappreciate position i was in before. that is good news. i appreciate you being so open and talking about what has been going on with you. dr clare gerada and dr cathy wield. donald trump's doctor says the president has completed his treatment for covid—19, and can return to public engagements tomorrow. mr trump says he wants to hold a rally in florida tomorrow night. but there's been no confirmation yet that the president is free from the virus and is no longer contagious. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. since he returned to the white house on monday evening, president trump has asserted he is no longer contagious, and has even gone as far to call himself a "perfect physical specimen". the latest memo from his personal physician, sean conley, said the president's condition remains stable and that overall he had "responded extremely well to treatment".

dr conley went on to say that: whereupon the president revealed in an interview with fox news that he's looking to get back on the campaign trail as earlier this weekend. well, we want to do a rally in florida, probably on saturday night, might come back and do one in pennsylvania in the following night. but questions remain about the circumstances surrounding his infection, including, when was he last tested and what was the result? have you had a test since your diagnosis a week ago? well, what we're doing is probably the test will be tomorrow, the actual test, because there's no reason to test all the time. this interview will only raise further questions about the state of his condition and whether he's still suffering from symptoms of the virus. trump clears throat. they — excuse me. on the first debate, they oscillated the mic. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, believes president trump

is in an "altered state" because of the medications he's on and plans to talk later today about the rules for succession, should the president, under what is known as the 25th amendment, prove incapable of performing his duties. reporter: do you think it is time to invoke the 25th amendment? i will talk to you about that tomorrow. about it tomorrow. i'm not talking about it today, except to tell you — if you want to talk about that, we'll see you tomorrow. but you take me back to my point. mr president, when was the last time you had a negative test before you tested positive ? following the unsavoury spectacle of the first presidential debate, the debate organisers had called for the next one, due to take place next week in florida, to be a virtual affair. given mr trump's recent diagnosis, he has dismissed that as a waste of time and says he has no interest in taking part. the two campaigns currently are in agreement over a final debate on october 22nd, less than two weeks from election day. although, like everything else to do with this election, that too, could change. david willis, bbc news, los angeles.

13 men have been charged with an alleged plot to kidnap the governor of the us state of michigan, gretchen whitmer. the fbi says the alleged plot involved six of the men abducting the governor and taking her to a remote location to put her on trial for treason. governor whitmer has accused president trump of encouraging far right groups. there's been a rise in homophobic hate crimes across the uk. new figures obtained by the bbc show that between this year and the one before, there was an increase of 20%. our lgbt correspondent, ben hunte, has been to meet two people whose lives were changed by homophobic attacks. many people would think that the uk is a great place to be lesbian, gay or bisexual in 2020. however, i have been investigating homophobic hate crimes across the uk and i've discovered that reports have nearly tripled in five years, with a 20% increase since last year. whilst police say this

is partly better reporting, lgbt charities have seen a real increase in attacks against gay and bi people. charlie is 21 years old. charlie's experienced five homophobic attacks in the last three years. ijust took it i just took it as a way of life. just a few months ago, charlie was left beaten and bloodied. the attackers were never found. it's heartbreaking, to be honest, because there's probably loads of people that that's happened to. so, what's the situation like in the rest of the country? through freedom of information requests, i asked police forces across the uk how many hate crimes they had recorded based on sexual orientation over the past five years. they have nearly tripled, a 177% increase. one of those numbers is tommy. two years ago, tommy was attacked after london's pride parade. i actually thought i was going to die. the pain was so intense. now in constant pain, tommy lost the pet shop he had been

running for a few years. i don't sleep. i have flashbacks, i have nightmares. i can't play with my daughter like i could. i am financially ruined. the police force dealing with tommy's case did apologise for the way his case was handled. i asked the police what's going on. we do expect, over the next few years, those reports to increase. please come forward and if you're not getting the right response you would expect, please make sure you tell us about that. but stonewall, the lgbt charity, doesn't think the rise is just down to better reporting. we are also very concerned that what this is is a real rise in people who are being attacked because of who they are and who they love. i would just say, be free. be as gay as you want! last year, i did an investigation into the number of hate crime crime reports going up, and here we are again. people are still under attackjust because of who they love.

the piano thatjohn lennon used to write the song imagine will go on display today to mark what would have been his 80th birthday. the piano was bought by george michael in 2000, and will be shown at liverpool's strawberry field. it's taken years of hard work but finally, 24 sea dragons have been born in an aquarium in spain. take a look at this. it's the first time these beautiful animals have been born in captivity in europe. they are cousins of the better—known seahorse and live in a very specific area of southern australia. they are very delicate and sensitive to changes, light, noise and vibrations, which makes them very hard to breed. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor.

ever changing skies and the odd shower to dodge as we go through today as things turn colder across the country for the next few days. we will see temperatures below where we should be for this time of year, and that will be most notable in the breeze through saturday and into sunday. we have seen this weather system push southwards and eastwards today. the weatherfront is putting across east anglia and the southern counties of england through this afternoon. some bursts of rain, but nowhere near as active as it was earlier. to the north, a mixture of sunshine and showers. showers most frequent through north scotland and north—west england and northern ireland. we could see hail and thunder and a bit of wintriness over the tops of the scottish mountains. and a cool breeze to go with it. it will feel cold when the showers come through. this evening and overnight, the evening showers in east anglia

and the channel islands were clear. then largely a dry night because the far south, turning cold here with a touch of frost possible. showers any thrower from the midlands northwards. eastern scotland and north—east england could have a bit of frost tomorrow morning. here is the setup for the weekend. we have low pressure to the east, so that ta kes low pressure to the east, so that takes the bulk of the showers away. but when the area of low pressure goes to the east of us, it opens the door to northerly winds, so it's going to feel colder. those winds will bring showers across the country on saturday. nowhere will be com pletely country on saturday. nowhere will be completely immune. parts of southern scotla nd completely immune. parts of southern scotland may get away with a fairly decent day. but like today, fairly cool decent day. but like today, fairly cool. there will be a cool breeze, making it feel chillier was that a chilly stuck to sunday. a bit of a breeze. some showers through eastern parts of england. one or two

isolated showers in the north. many places will be dry overall on sunday with some time, even if it does feel a bit on the cool side. as we go into the next week, we will see further batches of rain, an area of low pressure developing. that move southwards and eastwards and temperatures will stay on the low 00:59:19,798 --> 2147483052:06:25,544 side, for some sitting in single 2147483052:06:25,544 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 figures.