the regent has stood here for nearly 90 years, and will reopen fully next month, somewhere to escape life's dramas for a darkened moment of make—believe and dreams. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in christchurch. the beatles legend john lennon would have turned 80 years old today. he was murdered in new york a0 years ago, but his legacy as one of the 20th century's great cultural icons lives on. there are a number of events to mark the occasion, including the display of the piano on which he wrote imagine at liverpool's strawberry fields near his childhood home. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. we have had some blue sky, a bit of sunshine out there so far today, but also plenty of heavy downpour. so scenes like this one for many of us, this is the picture in cumbria taken

a little while ago by one of our weather watchers. and that theme stays with us for the next few days. the weather is taking a bit of a colder time, and we will continue to see blustery showers with a bit of sunshine in between those showers, too. we have high pressure setting out towards the west, low—pressure to the north—east of uk, and that combination is drawing in the breeze from a north—westerly direction, bringing plenty more showers through the rest of today. we've got a line of cloud and rain. this is a frontal system moving across south—east england and east anglia. the rest of the uk, sunny spells and pretty frequent showers. quite blustery conditions particularly in and around the showers, and there could be the occasional rumble of thunder and perhaps a bit of hail as well. temperatures in the northern half of the uk around ten to 12 celsius, for the uk around ten to 12 celsius, for the south 1a perhaps 16 for the warmest spots. but yesterday we were up warmest spots. but yesterday we were up to 19 celsius, such as turning a bit cooler now. losing the rain from the south—east tonight, so tonight some clear spells for southern and eastern parts, but more heavy

showers rattling in across scotland, northern ireland, and northern england as well. so shower here from the word go to start saturday morning. it's fairly similar to what we have out there today tomorrow in that we have high pressure to the west, low pressure to the east. again the breeze coming in from quite a cool north—westerly direction, quite a lot of isobars on the map as you can see as well. after a choice that in the south, some sunshine for the morning, there will be more showers working in through the day. some of these showers, if you do catch one, could be heavy and thundery once again. some hill mixed in, but some sunshine in between the showers as well. temperatures and weigh around 11 celsius on the east coast with it will feel quite breezy. into sunday, for most of us looking at the better day of the weekend. some drier weather, a little less breezy than saturday. still a brisk breeze around that east coast, but it will be quite cool with the odd shower around, too, but many places avoiding the showers on sunday. around 11 to 15 celsius. looking ahead to next week, the return of low pressure from the atlantic. this

area of low pressure moves south—east across the uk, probably sitting central parts of continental europe, and that will bring more showers through next week across parts of england and wales in particular. we should see some drier and some slightly brighter weather for scotland and for northern ireland into next week. but for most of us, a fairly unsettled and quite and autumnal output. a reminder of our top story — the uk economic recovery slowed sharply in august — despite the government's eat out to help out scheme aimed at boosting restaurants. the economy grew by 2.1% in august, but remains 9.2% smaller than when the coronavirus pandemic began. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news.

scotland are one match away now from reaching their first major tournament since 1998, after five perfect penalties gave them a shoot out victory over israel in the european qualifying semifinals. 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 shoot outs, two remarkable victories. scotland are looking to qualify for theirfirst major tournament in nearly 22 years. william cooper in the final post in the final seconds. when it came to penalties, scotland were perfect, keeper david marshall with a pivotal save and it was left to kenny maclean to finish things off. delight for scotland and their hopes of reaching euro 2020 still very much alive. it's another game unbeaten, we are

trying to build momentum. serbia will be a difficult task. hopefully we can give ourselves a platform to go in there with more confidence and we have now. well, what a nerve shredding win for scotland! they are to play against serbia next month, win that and there next place at the euros will be this. —— will be theirs. northern ireland did it the hard way, conceding an early goal against bosnia has got now, but in the end they got their reward. the equaliser, and it was going on. -- it —— it was game on. so, to another shootout where the host school finally cracked and liam boys sparked northern ireland's celebrations. into a play—off final against slovakia and with england and wales into the finals, we consider euros with all four home nations, that really would be something special. andy swiss, bbc news. england and wales have aleady qualified for next summer, and in their friendly last night,

the rising star, who just can't 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 i thought was excellent. he pressed with intelligence, he held the ball up well and connected the game. i think every long ball he won the flick commons, which we probably should have capitalised on a bit more. then the goal of course is the thing which sends centre forwards home really heavy. so absolutely, really pleased with his performance. the second round of the bmw championship is well under way at wentworth. there's currently a share

of the lead at the top of the leaderboard. both ireland's shane lowry and england's matthew fitzpatrick are 12 under par — three shots clear of the field. fitzpatrick made an eagle and seven birdies in his round of 65. meanwhile, england's charley hull and georgia hall are both 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 three shots off the lead. bad weather prevented formula one from running its first practice session for the eifel grand prix at the nurburgring. the conditions meant the medical helicopter couldn't fly, making the risks from an accident too great. the lack of running meant mick schumacher — the son of seven—time champion michael — and britain's callum ilott weren't able to have their first run in an f1 car on a grand prix weekend. it's men's semifinals 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. i'll have more for you in the next hour. 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 by — as she put it — fraternizing with domestic terrorists. mark lobel reports. the night—time fbi raid to stop the wolverine watchmen militia in their tracks. it is alleged the plan, part of which was hatched inside this house, was to attack a police building, kidnap michigan's governor and put her on trial.

their message could have been, "stop violating our rights with tough coronavirus restrictions." they were unhappy with the state political leadership, and some of them made the point in relation to taxes or in relation to the quality of the road infrastructure around michigan. so, you know, to what extent we can make a link between the group, if it's one and the same group or not, we're not sure. but what we can be certain of is the fact that the state political leadership was on their minds 1.5 years ago when i met them. now 13 suspects are being investigated, six facing federal accusations of plotting to kidnap, seven facing state charges of terrorism and gang—related offences. the individuals in custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, and made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war. the democratic governor at the heart of this kidnap

plot thanked the fbi for their work. but she has accused president trump of encouraging far—right groups, referencing this moment at last week's presidential tv debate when he was asked by his rival, joe biden, to condemn the far—right proud boys group. stand back and stand by. hate groups heard the president's words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. but republicans who condemned the alleged plot accused governor whitmer of political point—scoring. donald trump condemned far—right organisations in the days after the tv debate. it is also true that resentment has been building in the state for months, armed protesters entering state house early in the pandemic, hitting out at governor whitmer‘s tough coronavirus mitigation measures which were overturned by a judge last week. these new arrests are a stark reminder of the threat of white

power movements in america, one of which caused this fatal oklahoma city bombing in 1995. there is relief this alleged attack was stopped in its tracks, but america's department of homeland security says white power movement violence and affiliated extremism is by far the greatest terrorist threat to the nation. 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. 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, i really did. 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. hate crime is never going to stop. i would just say, be free. be as gay as you want! last year, i did an investigation into the number of hate crime reports going up, and here we are again.

people are still under attackjust because of who they love. russia's foreign ministry says the armenian and azeri foreign ministers will travel to moscow today for talks on the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. it's the first meaningful step towards ending close to two weeks of fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed in the mainly ethnically armenian enclave. famil ismailov from the bbc russian service explains the significance of this latest development. i would not expect that any azerbaijani or armenian officials wouldn't go to moscow on putin's personal invitation. but a lot will depend on the conversations in moscow on the situation on the ground, because both sides have staked too much on who will control karabakh and the seven surrounding regions, and everything will depend on if either side is content with what they have and ready to talk about ceasefire and removal of bodies of dead people, the fighters from the field.

we are talking about engagement, not ragtag soldiers or fighters but professional armies, basically, these are state armies from armenia and azerbaijan fighting in the field. and i would expect that discipline is pretty strict, and if there's an order to stop fighting, they will stop fighting. the issue is if and where the line of contact is, because this is a mountainous region, so we see valleys and mountains and from a military point of view, if you don't control the mountain and you just sit in the valley, you are pretty much open to fire, so the control of the strategic heights is quite important in the battlefield. the headlines on bbc news: the uk economic recovery slowed sharply in august — despite the government's eat out to help out scheme helping to boost restaurants sales. the company behind the high street fashion chains peacocks and jaegar is on the brink of collapse, with tens of thousands ofjobs at risk — describing

‘brutal‘ trading conditions. the chancellor is to set out new financial support for businesses set to close as coronavirus restrictions are tightened. with reduced capacity, early closing and strict social distancing rules, pu bs, cafes a nd restau ra nts are facing difficult times. today, tough new rules come into force in scotland to tackle the spread of coronavirus, and other parts of the uk are expected to follow suit. so how will the changes affect the hospitality trade? our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. at the waterloo hive, in crosby near liverpool, local lockdowns rules mean customers are staying away. jennifer and paul swain invested the life savings into this cafe, but no household mixing and the rule of six has sent trade plummeting. we would always do everything

we possibly can to survive, but mentally, having to make those choices every couple of months, every couple of weeks, even, at the moment, isjust... yeah. we just hope that the government recognises how badly the hospitality industry is doing during — during, because of the restrictions they have imposed. even tighter restrictions could be announced in days, including the closure of pubs and restaurants in areas with high infection rates. i guess the point for us really is that it would almost be better if he did put people into full lockdown, because at least then there'd be a culpability by the government to have to give us some sort of compensation. if some venues are forced to shut, the industry wants a return to a full furlough scheme to keep businesses afloat. with fewer office workers here in manchester city centre, there is no lunchtime rush at this pub. they're trying to drum up trade, they've got their festive menu up here, but so far no—one‘s looking that far ahead.

should pubs close to get the infection rate down? i think if it is deemed necessary, then that's definitely what we should do so. yeah. as much as it pains me to say so. the lockdown we were supposed to have in manchester has made zero difference. the rates continue to rise, so we need to go into a series lockdown. i don't think there's any point being fed up. just accept it and hope we get the rates down and life resumes to normal, i'd say, at some point. but closing parts of the hospitality sector has a huge knock—on effect elsewhere, this food and drink wholesaler near southampton supplies restaurants, pubs and hotels across the uk. so, we had to make some redundancies, unfortunately. and the uncertainty around the opening and closing of hospitality has meant almost as soon as we lay people off, hospitality reopened. and we've had to rehire again, and now we are in a position where we're under threat of potentially going into further lockdown. in some areas, customers are already staying away. the treasury is looking at providing

financial support for businesses in the worst affected areas, that may have to shut as the spread of the virus accelerates. sarah corker, bbc news, in manchester. some news just some newsjust broken some news just broken on the r number, it has edged down slightly toi.2 number, it has edged down slightly to1.2 to number, it has edged down slightly to 1.2 to 1.5, number, it has edged down slightly to1.2 to1.5, down number, it has edged down slightly to 1.2 to 1.5, down from 1.3 to 1.6. the r number is an average of the people who are infected, so if ten people who are infected, so if ten people are infected, they will in all likelihood infect between 12 and 15 other people. so some positive news there that it has edged down slightly, over the scientists say there is still widespread growth of there is still widespread growth of the epidemic across the country. the world food programme has been awarded this year's were there when noble peace prize. earlier my colleague

annita mcveigh spoke to jane howard, a spokesperson for the world food programme, who gave her reaction to the news. we are deeply humbled that we have received the nobel prize, and is a great honour — not just for all of our staff who put their lives on the line day after day, often working in conflict zones and working towards peace and stability and to end hunger, but i think it also shines a spotlight on the hungry people of the world. the numbers have been rising and rising in recent years — i'm afraid the progress in fighting hunger has gone into reverse, and this i think really makes sure that their voices are not forgotten. how much worse has it been for you after this pandemic unfolded? the pandemic has made this year incredibly difficult, and as i was saying, on the one hand we know mainly

because of wars and violence. then we realise the impact climate change is having. just bringing the numbers of hungry people down, just helping assist, it seemed like more and more people... when the coronavirus pandemic came along it was like a bombshell because when we did the calculations, when we thought, well, this day labourer won't be able to work tonight, those people are already on the edge of famine. they are dependent on food assistance. and then when we thought, if the economy starts to slow down in the world as a whole and people can't send back remittances, we calculated the number of hungry people in the world could actually go up by 80%, and that is absolutely huge. the world food programme generally feeds about 100 million people every year — or provides food assistance, sometimes cash, sometimes actual

food — and this year we think it could be 138 million. that is what we are planning to do right now. so it's an overwhelming challenge, and that is why it is such an honour to win this prize but also an amazing morale booster — notjust for the world food programme but all our partners in the field, all the little ngos, the people who work on our community resilience building projects, it is a great, great honour. and how much is there a political message in this? we know david beasley who runs the programme was a trump supporter, and we are obviously going into the us election. multilateralism perhaps being praised here? i think it is a huge tribute to the idea that the un can rise above national politics. i think mainly it is because there is a recognition that conflict and hunger are linked.

the un just a couple of years ago passed the first resolution in 2017 which actually makes official the link between food security and actual security. so i do think... we've seen that our big donors — the united states, the uk, germany, and many other people who have contributed to our budget, because we are funded entirely by voluntary contributions — i think this shows that moral imperative to help hungry people rises above all kinds of national politics. and, yes, i do think it is a vote of confidence in the idea of the un. so looking at what the uk gives, and the budget for aid — there have often been arguments, certainly in the conservative party, whether that funding should continue — what would your message be to this

government and any other government in the light of this prize and the pressures everyone is facing on funds? we realise governments are facing a huge drop in their income. we know the socio—economic impact of the coronavirus could kill more people than the actual virus itself in the world as a whole. but i think, as well as it being just a moral imperative to help those less fortunate than ourselves, i think there is a certain amount of self interest here, because in this globalised world, nobody is safe unless everybody is safe. it's just not going to... we've seen air travel, shipping, food supply chains — everything is interlinked these days. and you can't ignore a massive problem in another country because one day it will end up on your doorstep too. but my message to governments like the uk — who is our third biggest donor —

is, thank you so much for the support you have shown so far, we do depend on you, we know the uk government in particular recognises the importance of the work we do, recently the first—ever special envoy for famine intervention and humanitarian affairs was appointed in the uk. that is a great support to us, to know that the hungry people of the world a re know that the hungry people of the world are not being forgotten. finally, you must see so many stories which are horrifying and meet so many people who are really suffering. is there one instance you could tell us which has stuck with you that explains the urgent need of the work you do? it's interesting you should say that. we are always looking for that before and after example, and i can remember when famine was declared in somalia — people were flooding out across the border into kenya,

and there was a little boy who was pictured absolutely like one of those terrible...stick—like arms and legs, and he was in his mothers arms, and our executive director at the time visited and this child was really close to death because that kind of hunger is a life—threatening condition, and people were dying all around. and, just by accident, one of our programme officers, one of our people on the ground, went and saw this child six weeks later, and it was an absolute transformation after some specialist attention and special food products which now really can save lives, we know how to handle that kind of severe hunger. but what we always say is by the time famine is declared officially, it is too late, so we have to work every day. every now and then you have a before and after story like that,

thatjust inspires you to carry on to stop it ever happening again. that was jane howard from the world food programme. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. most of us have seen a little bit of sunshine out there at times today. there was plenty of blue sky and sunshine earlier on in hertfordshire — this picture behind me taken by one of our weather watchers. but as we head through the rest of today, this evening and into the weekend, many of us will catch a few downpours at times. so that is going to be the story over the next few days — it's fairly unsettled, feeling a little cooler as well, and there will be a mix of some sunshine but plenty of those fairly heavy and blustery showers around too. the reason for that is we have an area of low pressure out towards the north—east of the uk, higher pressure towards the south—west, and we are left with this north—westerly breeze driving those showers through. as we head through into the evening hours we have a band of more persistent rain for a time across southern and eastern england, which clears away leaving some clear

spells and further showers tonight. longer spells of rain likely through tonight across parts of scotland, with heavy showers for northern ireland, north—west england as well. further south and east, you have clearer skies. there could be just a touch of frost in the most prone rural spots first thing tomorrow. but after that cool start to the day, tomorrow is another day of sunshine and showers. quite a few isobars on the map, as you can see, so that means quite a brisk breeze coming in from a northerly or north—westerly direction. so that breeze is going to make things feel a little cooler as we head through the day tomorrow, particularly around these eastern coasts as well. some prolonged spells of rain, i think, just making their way out of scotland and northern ireland, across england and wales, through the course of the day. but once that clears away, for the rest of us we are looking at that typical mix of sunny spells and scattered, blustery showers. temperatures just 11 degrees along the east coast, feeling cooler when you add on the strength of the breeze. less windy further west. into sunday, probably the drier day of the weekend for most of us, still a few showers around, especially around that east coast first thing. they look like they fade away.

a bit more sunshine compared to saturday as well. temperatures not great for the time of year — somewhere between about 11 to 15 degrees, but it should feel a little better than saturday with less windy conditions and fewer showers around as well. so a quieter day, i think, for sunday. as we head through into next week, though, low pressure returns from the atlantic, moving across the uk, bringing showers particularly across parts of england and wales. there should be some drier, brighter and a little bit warmer weather, particularly for parts of scotland and the northern ireland through the middle part of next week. but it is a fairly autumnal unsettled story. bye— bye.

the headlines... uk economic recovery slows sharply in august — with growth ofjust over 2% — the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before coronavirus pandemic began. tens of thousands ofjobs are under threat the company behind peacocks says brittle trading conditions have led them under threat of collapse. the chancellor is to outline more financial support for businesses forced by law to close when coronavirus restrictions are tightened. two major new coronavirus infection studies show a significant increase in cases — with warnings that the high rates seen in the north—west, north east yorkshire and humber could spread across the country. new restrictions on pubs and restaurants in scotland are due to come into force this evening.