this is bbc news. i‘m martine croxall. the headlines. the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme, the government will pay two the headlines... thirds of worker‘s wages for businesses across the uk, which are legally required to close uk economic recovery slows sharply in august — when lockdown restrictions are tightened. with growth ofjust over 2% — labour says the measures don‘t go far enough. the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation on the health side adapts and evolves. coronavirus pandemic began. that‘s what‘s happening. i think that‘s the pragmatic and the right thing to do to adapt to that, and i believe that the actions today tens of thousands ofjobs are under demonstrate that approach. hello, this is bbc news last orders for more than three with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... million people in scotland, threat the company behind peacocks uk economic recovery as new restrictions on pubs slows sharply in august and restaurants come into force says brittle trading conditions have with growth ofjust over 2%. within the next hour. led them under threat of collapse. the economy is now almost the uk economic recovery the chancellor is to outline more a tenth smaller than before slows sharply in august — financial support for businesses coronavirus pandemic began. with growth ofjust over 2% — forced by law to close when coronavirus tens of thousands ofjobs under restrictions are tightened. the economy is now almost a tenth two major new coronavirus threat as the company behind infection studies show smaller than before the pandemic. a significant increase in cases — peacocks and jaegar says "brutal" with warnings that the high rates trading conditions have left them seen in the north—west, on the brink of collapse. north east yorkshire and humber could spread across the country. new restrictions on pubs the chancellor is to outline more and restaurants in scotland are due financial support for businesses to come into force this evening. an nhs trust is charged over forced by law to close

the death of baby harry richford, when coronavirus who lived forjust seven days restrictions are tightened. two major new coronavirus after an emergency delivery. infection studies show president trump says he might a significant increase in cases, hold an election rally in florida tomorrow — with warnings that high rates seen just over a week after being across the north west, north east, diagnosed with coronavirus. yorkshire and humber could spread across the country. an nhs trust is charged over the death of baby harry richford, who lived forjust seven days after an emergency delivery. sport now. hello, good afternoon. the uk economy recovered more slowly than expected and for a full round up, from in august, growing by 2.1%. the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. although this is the fourth consecutive month of growth, good afternoon. it was considerably smaller it's men's semi finals day at the french open. than that seen injune and july, later on world number one novak djokovic faces despite the introduction in august stefanos tsitsipas, of the government's eat out while argentine diego schwartzman is already under way against 12—time to help out scheme, champion rafael nadal in the first which boosted restaurant trade. semi, nadal 2—1 up in the first set. the economy remains 9.2% smaller than before the pandemic struck. victory would make schwartzman only the third man to beat 12—time it comes as the chancellor rishi winner nadal at the event.

sunak is set to announce this afternoon more financial support for businesses forced to close the second round of the bmw when virus rules are tightened. championship is well under way at wentworth. there's currently a share an announcement of these of the lead at the top new restrictions, which could see of the leaderboard. pubs and restaurants shut both ireland's shane lowry in the worst—affected parts and england's matthew of england, is expected on monday. fitzpatrick are 12 under par, here's our economics 3 shots clear of the field. fitzpatrick made an eagle and seven correspondent andy verity. birdies, including this one in the village of albrighton at the third in his round of 65. near wolverhampton is a popular italian restaurant, viable and profitable in the normal times. bad weather prevented formula one government grants and the furlough from running its practice sessions scheme helped it survive for the eifel grand prix the spring lockdown. at the nurburgring. the conditions mean the medical helicopter can't fly, then in august, taxpayer—funded discounts in the eat out to help out scheme brought relief. making the risks from it gave people a new confidence. an accident too great. we had new customers, new regulars, we were so busy, the lack of running meant mick schumacher, the son of we couldn't accommodate everyone. seven—time champion michael, and britain's callum ilott weren't it was a nice problem to have. able to have their first run in but today's figures reveal that, an f1 car on a grand prix weekend. while activity in food aston villa's next two and accommodation grew in august, women's super league games have been most of the rest of the economy postponed after a first—team squad member tested positive barely grew at all. for coronavirus. sunday's match at bristol city overall growth of 2.1% was less and the following weekend's than half what economists expected, home game against chelsea willboth be played at a later date. and less than a third as fast home game against chelsea will both

as the previous month. just as the economy shrank faster be played at a later date. than it ever has in the spring when lockdown was imposed, villa have said "several other so it grew back more rapidly members" of their team will enter a period of self—isolation than it normally would. following the positive test. but we're still not back up england manager gareth southgate has some decisions to make ahead of facing world number one side to pre—covid levels, belgium in the nations and even if lockdowns aren't league on sunday. tammy abraham, jadon sancho reimposed, the knock to consumer confidence may mean we don't and ben chilwell could be get there anytime soon. available for selection, but since august, businesses but southgate wil be mindful of some like this are struggling again. inmpressive performances in last stricter social distancing means night's 3—0 win over wales. they can only fit in 30 customers wolves defender conor coady at a time instead of 50, scored his first international goal, and the 10pm curfew means while dominic calvert—lewin netted they can only do one sitting on his debut. for dinner, not two. if a local lockdown were imposed, i think he's in such a good moment, its owners fear they could go and his all—round game under, losing everything i thought was excellent. we have worked for. he pressed with intelligence, it's a very scary situation at the moment, because we don't know he held the ball up well what's going to happen. and connected the game. i think every long ball i mean, we need to he won the flick—ons, survive, simple as. which we probably should have you know, we are a small family capitalised on a bit more. business, we have children, like most people have, then the goal of course who we have to support. we have put a lot of hard work, is the thing which sends centre we have put everything

we have into this business. financially, we cannot afford forwards home really happy. so, absolutely — really pleased to lose this business. with his performance. as things stand england's cricketers with social distancing rules now won't be in action again tight, and getting tighter, the government has recognised that until january next year, more needs to be done. undoubtedly 2020 will when they are due to tour india. be a difficult year. the direction of travel that of course depends on how state is still positive, it's of the coronavirus pandemic. despite covid—19 it was a busy still over 2% growth, but nevertheless, clearly many, summer for the players, with home series against many businesses, whether it's west indies, pakistan and australia. hospitality and retail, 0llie pope played in all six test or aviation, are struggling matches, and earlier he told us he's looking to use this with the coronavirus, as are many other nations period to recharge. around the world. gets you a bit of time to sit back business and opposition voices say more targeted support is essential and reflect and work out where your to cope with localised restrictions. game is at and where your ad has a ultimately, a quarter of the country bloke as well, so if i can use these now is covered by those localised restrictions, three months, others they have got but we have seen a lot to me on my rehab, get as fit as of flip—flopping over issues possible and when i can use this like whether wage support will be provided. really, we need to have much more time to mentally refresh and a bit of a grip on this right now. of time for reflection and just work with the furlough scheme out where your game that what you ending in three weeks, need to do to be successful and take the government is expected to announce further measures this your game to next level. afternoon to help businesses

being forced to shut again that's all the sport for now. by antivirus measures. it will take substantial thank you, gavin. assistance to reassure them. thirteen men have been charged with an alleged plot to kidnap andy verity, bbc news, albrighton. the governor of the us state of michigan, gretchen whitmer. the fbi says the alleged plot joining me now to talk about those involved six of the men economic figures is our business abducting the governor presenter sima kotecha. and taking her to a remote location to put her on trial for treason. growth in august but not by nearly governor whitmer has accused as much as expected. 2.196. president trump of encouraging growth in august but not by nearly as much as expected. 2.1%. to growth in august but not by nearly as much as expected. 2.196. to put that into context in the month far right groups by — before august, july was 6.6%. as she put it — fraternising economists had expected put it to be with domestic terrorists. mark lobel reports. the night—time fbi raid to stop the wolverine watchmen around the 5% mark, but 2.1. why? militia in their tracks. it is alleged the plan, sectors such as manufacturing didn't do as well as some at up to the part of which was hatched production of aeroplanes, cars, it inside this house, was to attack a police building, kidnap michigan's governor was below pre—pandemic levels. it had to help out in august, that and put her on trial. scheme by the government, where people could dine address runs for with tough coronavirus restrictions". three days a week with potentially they were unhappy with the state 50% discount, that boosted the political leadership, economy and it provided half of the and some of them made the point in relation to taxes or in relation growth, more than half of the growth to the quality of the road infrastructure around michigan.

in august along with things like so, you know, to what extent we can staycations, the accommodation make a link between the group, sector did very well. going ahead we if it's one and the same group have some big challenges and there or not, we're not sure. is fear that in the last quarter of but what we can be certain of is the fact that the state this year, we are actually going to political leadership was on their minds 1.5 years make a loss. the challenges include ago when i met them. now 13 suspects are being uncertainty over brexit, where is this pandemic going as we don't know investigated, six facing federal how tight the restrictions are going accusations of plotting to kidnap, to be, what consequences that will seven facing state charges of terrorism and gang—related offences. have on businesses, lots of hospitality businesses are very worried about their future and the furlough scheme which ends at the the individuals in custody end of this month. all of that is are suspected to have attempted like a toxic cocktail, and to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers exacerbates the context. on top of in order to target them, and made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war. all of this we have had the news today from edinburgh woollen mills of potentially tens of thousands of jobs that might go. absolutely, very the democratic governor at the heart of this kidnap plot thanked the fbi for their work. but she has accused president trump depressing news, more depressing news from the high street. we know of encouraging far—right groups, before the pandemic the high street was going through a very difficult referencing this moment at last week's presidential tv debate time, the pandemic happened and when he was asked by his rival, asked exacerbated the situation joe biden, to condemn the far—right there. as you said, we have heard proud boys group.

stand back and stand by. today the ewm on stores like peacocks and jaggers, they have 1100 hate groups heard the president's words not as a rebuke stores and potentially are now but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. but republicans who condemned putting 211,000 jobs at risk. an the alleged plot accused governor application has been made to the whitmer of political point—scoring. donald trump condemned far—right high court to appoint organisations in the days administrators, it doesn't mean after the tv debate. they're in administration yet, but they're in administration yet, but the process has been put under way. so more depressing news and i am it is also true that resentment has been building sure, iam in the state for months, so more depressing news and i am sure, i am afraid to say, we will armed protesters entering get many more job losses in the days state house early in the pandemic, to come. thank you very much. hitting out at governor whitmer‘s tough coronavirus mitigation measures which were overturned two major new coronavirus infections by a judge last week. studies published today show significant increases in cases. the 0ns study says that the highest these new arrests are a stark rates were seen in north east and north west england, reminder of the threat of white and yorkshire and the humber. power movements in america, while the react study says it is likely those level one of which caused this fatal of infections will be replicated oklahoma city bombing in 1995. across the country there is relief this alleged attack within a few weeks' time was stopped in its tracks, if cases contiune to rise. but america's department local authority leaders in england of homeland security says white are waiting to hear this afternoon power movement violence

what further local lockdown restrictions may look and affiliated extremism is by far like in their areas — the greatest terrorist but there's been growing anger among mps and local leaders about the way the government has threat to the nation. communicated proposed changes — as our correspondent katherine da costa reports. mark lobel, bbc news. there's been a rise in homophobic concern is growing the nhs hate crimes across the uk. could be overwhelmed. new figures obtained by the bbc show nationally, hospitaladmissions are doubling every fortnight. this graph for the north west shows that between this year the number of people over 60 needing and the one before, there was an increase of 20%. hospital care for covid has started 0ur lgbt correspondent, ben hunte, to accelerate in recent weeks. has been to meet two people this is serious. whose lives were changed by homophobic attacks. it is getting out of control, many people would think that the uk and we have to do something to bring is a great place to be lesbian, it back under control. gay or bisexual in 2020. we definitely need to work locally, however, i have been investigating and we definitely need to make sure homophobic hate crimes across the uk and i've discovered that reports that the communications are much clearer. have nearly tripled in five years, in nottingham, new with a 20% increase since last year. cases have shot up. two weeks ago, it was below the national average. whilst police say this in the week up to monday, is partly better reporting, there were 689 cases lgbt charities have seen a real increase in attacks per 100,000 population. against gay and bi people. local leaders have pleaded charlie is 21 years old. for people not to mix this weekend, and are calling on the government charlie's experienced five homophobic attacks for urgent action. in the last three years.

district council leaders have agreed i just took it as a way of life. that we should put out this message, just a few months ago, charlie but it has not got the power that was left beaten and bloodied. a government restriction would have, the attackers were never found. and so it leaves nottingham it's heartbreaking, to be honest, just hanging, really. because there's probably loads the virus has increased of people that that's happened to. rapidly in recent weeks. the latest estimates from the office so, what's the situation like in the rest of the country? for national statistics suggests one in 240 people in the community have through freedom of information requests, i asked police forces covid in england, double the number across the uk how many hate crimes they had recorded based for the last two weeks, on sexual orientation while it has stayed unchanged over the past five years. in wales and northern ireland at one they have nearly tripled, in 500 with the virus. a 177% increase. in an attempt to simplify the rules, and still rising infections, one of those numbers is tommy. it is expected a tiered system of measures will be set out two years ago, tommy was attacked after london's pride parade. in england on monday. i actually thought i was going the first level is likely to die, i really did. to be the rule of six. the pain was so intense. level two could include a ban on household mixing. now in constant pain, while level three could see pubs tommy lost the pet shop he had been running for a few years. and restaurants closed in the worst—affected areas. i don't sleep. i have flashbacks, well, you can see that now i have nightmares. i can't play with my in brussels, in paris, in madrid and other places, daughter like i could. they've taken the decision i am financially ruined. to close hospitality, the police force dealing and i think that that is partially with tommy's case did apologise for the way his case was handled. driven by the fact that

what you've got is indoor areas where households are mixing, i asked the police what's going on. and that is prompting some we do expect, over the next few of the transmission. years, those reports to increase. it's not ideal, but that is please come forward and if you're what the data are telling us. not getting the right response you would expect, this afternoon, regional leaders please make sure you from cities across the north tell us about that. and the midlands are due to hear but stonewall, the lgbt charity, more details about how far doesn't think the rise is just down the government is prepared to go to better reporting. to slow the surge in cases. katherine da costa, bbc news. we are also very concerned that what this is is a real rise as we've been hearing two major in people who are being attacked coronavirus infection studies out because of who they are and who they love. today, let's take a look at the latest figures. the bbc‘s head of statistics hate crime is never going to stop. robert cuffejoins me. tell us what the studies showed. i would just say, be free. be as gay as you want! essentially how many people have it last year, i did an investigation commit where that is and what the into the number of hate crime reports going up, direction of travellers. the number and here we are again. people are still under attackjust roughly across the two is probably because of who they love. about one in 200 and people in england they estimate would have ben hunte, bbc news. grown apart at the moment. that with the deadline looming brings us back to levels maybe we for a post—brexit trade deal we re brings us back to levels maybe we were saying in april —ish time. a with the eu, talks have been taking place in london. fairly high level, certainly compared to over the summer. the the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier, held talks same story we have been hearing in terms of who has it, the northeast, with his uk counterpart david frost.

northwest, they account for the majority of infections according to borisjohnson has said he wants one of the studies we have it, two a deal in place by next thursday, when an eu summit gets underway. oi’ one of the studies we have it, two or three times higher level of infection there than the average, an aid worker, sophie petronin, has returned to france well higher than the south—east and after being held hostage in mali for four years. south—west. and the direction of travel is one that is probably she was met at an air base by president macron becoming a millionaire from a lot of and members of herfamily. other data sources, roughly doubling every fortnight, not to six decimal the 75—year—old was the last french places but in that ballpark and that hostage held anywhere in the world. is what we have been hearing for her release came as mali freed 100 customisations and other things. why jihadist prisoners last weekend. are these studies significant? the the un's world food programme has reason we pay so much attention to been awarded this year's nobel peace prize for its efforts these studies is because they go out to combat hunger and improve into the population at large and conditions for peace suave people at random, we are in conflict areas. following the daily cases every day, a spokesman for the agency said but we have been hearing about the it was a proud moment. here's the moment the issues and rumours and how it announcement was made. glitches can cause delays and that makes it hard to tell the transom the norwegian nobel committee time, these numbers are not driven has decided to award by those problems, they get past all of that, they are a survey. they the nobel peace prize for 2020 come with their own limitations, to the world food programme because they are not capturing everybody, just a small sample of for its efforts to combat hunger, the population, so the numbers can

go the population, so the numbers can 9° up the population, so the numbers can go up and down a bit and they have, for its contribution to bettering last week we were reporting hopefully that maybe there was a glimmer of the level of cases were conditions for peace in conflict levelling off, and that is not the case. that turned out to be a full stop. we are seeing this consistent affected areas and for acting pattern of roughly doubling every as a driving force in effort fortnight, and that is of a piece with the other pieces of evidence stop we have also had an update on to prevent the use of hunger the r number this afternoon. they have just been released on the side as a weapon of war and conflict. the uk as a whole the estimate is the uk as a whole the estimate is the r number is between 1.2 and 1.5. russia's foreign ministry says that is a little bit damp on last the armenian and azeri foreign week but the main point is, still ministers will travel to moscow well above one, they are still today for talks on the disputed confident that the virus is growing, territory of nagorno—kara bakh. more and more cases and we are not it's the first meaningful step towards ending close to two weeks of fighting in which hundreds turning it around. more and more cases and we are not turning itaround. it of people have been more and more cases and we are not turning it around. it should be remembered that the r number is killed in the mainly ethnically armenian enclave. estimated from the debts that famil ismailov from the bbc russian service explains the significance reflect infections a couple of weeks of this latest development. ago and the hospitalisations that reflect a couple of weeks ago, so i would not expect that neither number they quote today is telling us number they quote today is telling us about the state of the epidemic a azerbaijani or armenian officials couple of weeks ago rather than wouldn't go to moscow on putin's being the most up—to—date figures we personal invitation, have, but the scientist who produced but a lot will depend on, a number say they are pretty confident the epidemic are still during the conversations in moscow,

going across the uk right now. thank on the situation on the ground, because both sides have staked too you. much on who will control karabakh the chancellor rishi sunak, and the seven surrounding regions is expected to set out more and everything will depend if either financial support for businesses today — who may be caught up in any side is content with what they have new coronavirus restrictions. jessica parker is at and ready to talk about ceasefire westminster for us — and removal of bodies of dead a strange state of affairs that we people, dead fighters are hearing about the help that the from the field. chancellor is proposing, before we actually hear what the restrictions we're talking about engagement, not ragtags of soldiers or fighters, are. yes, the treasury has faced but professional armies, basically. criticism before coming up with a these are state armies of armenia and azerbaijan fighting in the field support package almost after the and i would expect that discipline event. they are keen to avoid that criticism this time around. i think is pretty strict and if there you are right, it will be is an order to stop fighting, interesting to hear what the they will stop fighting. chancellor announces. what we have but the issue is if and where heard from the treasury today is they are looking to provide a safety the line of contact is, net for businesses that may have to because this is a mountainous region, so we see valleys close in the coming weeks or months. and mountains, and from a military that gives you something of a clue point of view, if you don't control in terms of what we may see, in the mountain and you just sit in the valley, you are pretty much certain parts of the country where infection levels are high over the open to fire, so the control coming weeks. we expect some kind of of the strategic heights is quite important in that battlefield. announcement early next week. but i think another couple of things to

look out for is well, how long they ta ke look out for is well, how long they take this scheme will need to be in place. the suggestion weeks, maybe months, i think that will be very some years to bring about covid—19 significant as well. and to what cases in northern ireland. it has extent it is deemed as generous and just been said that they have recorded the highest daily total by up. sufficient to support businesses that may have to close or be very the number of positive covid—19 tests since at the current testing ha rd that may have to close or be very hard pressed over the coming months, as we have been reporting over the model and the numbers are 1080. the last couple of days there are local positive cases of covid—19 in leaders particularly in the midlands and north of england who have been northern ireland recorded in the furious about the way this news has last 24 hours. further information pulled out about the potential for is that 16 people are being treated further restrictions, but also want to see as they see it enough support in intensive care units across northern ireland with ten patients for those businesses, so those on ventilators. so the latest news businesses are still there after the coronavirus crisis, or after the set from northern ireland with a meddling what is going on across the of restrictions comes into force. rest of the country with cases up. thank you very much. jessica parker —— mirroring. the headlines on bbc news... there at westminster for us. uk economic recovery slows sharply in august, with growth ofjust over 2%. pubs and restaurants across central the economy is now almost a tenth scotland will be subject to strict new coronavirus restrictions smaller than before the pandemic. from six o'clock this evening. all licensed premises tens of thousands ofjobs under in the central belt, threat as the company behind which includes glasgow and edinburgh, will have to close until october peacocks and jaeger says "brutal" 25th, although they can trading conditions have left them still serve takeaways. on the brink of collapse. premises outside this

area can serve alcohol — the chancellor is to outline but only outdoors — until 10pm. more financial support for businesses forced by law they can though open for food and nonalcoholic to close when coronavirus drinks during the day. restrictions are tightened. the first minister nicola sturgeon said a further steep increase in cases was a sharp reminder of the seriousness of the situation. lorna gordon reports. last month, after 17 years of investigations, covid has changed the way we live. former major robert campbell was finally cleared over the death with rising numbers of cases of a teenager during the iraq war. and hospital admissions, people in scotland have already been the family of saeed shabram said banned from visiting socially he had died after being forced in each other‘s homes. into a river by british soldiers, now on top of that, but a report found no restrictions on hospitality evidence to support this. kick in at 6pm tonight. the government is passing legislation to curb historical i think a lot of it is not for me allegations and to tackle what it now making sense whereas i had been calls "vexatious claims" against been really quite behind nicola armed forces deployed overseas. sturgeon. i find myself without a job now, in a serious depleted market, in his first tv interview along with many other people. since being exonerated, major campbell has been speaking after the latest news, i'm sure to graham satchell, and a warning, that is only set to increase. there are pictures in this report the new restrictions are tightest you may find disturbing. in the central belt and will affect this is former major more than 3 million people. robert campbell in iraq. there, all pubs and restaurant will have to close. after 17 years under cafes can remain open. investigation, he's finally been

cleared of the drowning in the rest of scotland, pubs and restaurants will be allowed of an iraqi civilian. to serve alcohol outdoors, but will have restricted this was not a victory, opening times. i know how desperately it's not like i won anything. difficult this is for people it's an incredibly horrible trying to make a living, and tragic story of which keep business that they have nobody has won anything. worked hard to build up going and of course, take care of their staff. robert campbell wanted us to keep his current identity secret the government, all governments for security reasons. are trying to strike right now almost impossible balances between lives and jobs. this is first television interview since the judge—led enquiry found him innocent. speaking for the scottish government, we are trying to do can i ask you what impact the last that as best we can. 17 years has had on you? £40 million of support firstly, it destroyed my career. is being made available. but businesses affected say that does not go far enough. we are a small producer who relies i was so despondent that on hospitality businesses i returned my medals to the queen. like pubs and restaurants. i just didn't want to have anything to do with the army anymore. if they can't trade, all in all, it's just we can't trade, effectively. so we are losing orders or have been a horrible ordeal. lost orders this week. and i'm nowjust there has to be an extension glad that it's over. of the 100% business rates relief, robert campbell was on operations to include supply chain, in southern iraq in 2003 such as small producers like us, when he came across two iraqi

wholesalers and distributors, civilians looting electrical who are critical to the hospitality cables near a river. industry. what happened next has been the scottish government insists it has no choice but to take tough action, the subject of considerable dispute. warning that without it, there is a risk that the virus the soldiers who were there say will run out of control by the end 18—year—old saeed shabram tried to escape byjumping into the water. of the month. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. as we've been hearing covid—19 cases iraqi witnesses claim british soldiers pushed him in. are rising in many parts shabram couldn't swim and drowned. of the country with hospital admissions also on the increase. can you understand why so what is the experience of doctors the mod in particularfelt a need to investigate? this time compared to march yes, and at the time, and how worried are they? we were quite keen that it be investigated in order to clear us. we can speak now to professor dinesh saralaya — a consultant respiratory physician and it did. at bradford teaching hospitals. itjust fell into this cycle good afternoon to you, professor, of repeated investigations. and what i think the mod forgot is that there are real human beings thank you forjoining us here on bbc at the end of these investigations news. you are working directly with and theyjust didn't care about us. covid—19 patients. what is your assessment of the situation now as compared to six months ago? first of shouting an iraqi detainee

all, we are not really fighting under interrogation. in the years after the war, thousands of allegations were made covered in our inpatient wards but of abuse by british forces. i'm currently taking part in a some were true. the ministry of defence has paid out more than £20 million to settle vaccine trial for covid—19, we are claims of mistreatment and unlawful detention. but it subsequently transpired that the lawyer bringing in bradford. we have always been in many of the claims, phil shiner, had been acting dishonestly, the heart of the pandemic. bradford that much of the evidence has never come out of what we call wasn't credible. restrictions way back in the summer, the hallett report into robert we had them as well. that third is campbell's case found the evidence against him wasn't reliable. unique because we have had very high robert is angry with the process, prevalence in action in our the repeated investigations, community because multiple factors, a high proportion of people facing notjust for him and his colleagues. this process has been rather cruel jobs as people in the care and hospitality sector. we have treated on the shabram family as well. over 11100 patients and in april we i think the lawyers that persuaded we re over 11100 patients and in april we were looking at pictures from italy them to do these things have done and spain and china, but taken say so selfishly and given them false hope. that the research effort into covid—19, the uk led the discovery for the first drug which showed do you feel sympathy for them? of course. promising results in covid—19 and there are at least 15 such trials it was absolutely horrific thing that happened that day. the government is currently passing

under way to treat our patients as well as the famous recovery trial legislation which he says——it says which includes that you will have seen made the headlines at the weekend because the president was will provide greater legal receiving it of the usa. we are in a protections to the armed forces better position, i think. what we serving on operations overseas. in a statement, the defence minister, johnny mercer, told us: . have also demonstrated in bradford, even the cases in the community are rising, hospital numbers during the summer at least where in low numbers, but we are seeing gradual noise in numbers. two weeks ago we do you think you will had 23 patients at proper teaching recover from this? hospital, now up to 70. one thing i...i tried to block it out, but right now it's just been this black poison cloud hanging over me which people should listen to is not to go by the number of patients in intensive care, because a lot of since 2003, and while i am relieved these patients with covid—19 are managed out of intensive care by in some way that a part physicians like myself, so they are of it has come to an end, given what we call positive airway the fallout from it will continue. a chapter in robert's life has pressure, noninvasive ventilation, we treat them in our covid words. closed, but the wounds of the last 17 years may never heal. avoiding admissions to intensive graham satchell, bbc news.

care. sorry to interrupt. in a sense it is not really right to compare what is going on now with what happened in march, because the you're watching bbc news. intervening in the intervening period you have learnt a lot more whether it's the costumes, carving about how to treat covid—19 pumpkins, or trick or treating, patients. that is absolutely right. halloween has grown in popularity over recent years, especially if you've got young children. i remember at the beginning of the but because of the coronavirus this pandemic we were learning from year it could look very different. experiences in other countries not tim muffett has been knowing what the presenting patient finding out how we can look like, but now after six months still have a spooky, of seeing all the 500 cases myself and in ourunit of seeing all the 500 cases myself and in our unit we have seen close socially—distant time. to 1400 patients with covid—19, we i'm your ghostblaster and you've got are constructing the presentation to help me find a ghost. what's that? almost immediately, but the problem do you see a ghost? oh, my goodness, get it off me! and challenge we have even though i it's spooky, if not quite as spooky as years gone by. say that, the challenge this winter andi say that, the challenge this winter usually we have our larger and i think this will probably be events where it attracts the toughest weather we have seen in lots of adults, sort of the 18— the toughest weather we have seen in the foreseeable future, as well as to 30—year—old, market, lots of adults, sort of the 18 in the past, we have seen lots of to 30—year—old, market, but obviously that attracts quite people who present with common flu a lot of numbers over a short and the distinguished between the two and trying to segregate these period, over a weekend, so we had to come up with a new idea patients will be a challenge for the nhs. but we have got better at which is obviously safer to operate. the quex activity centre in birchington—on—sea in kent. treating. we have got certainly typically, 2,000 adults attend better drugs, the way we manage the quextreme terror event during halloween.

these patients, doctors in training, this footage is from last year and now it's been can identify these patients very made child friendly. quickly and treat them in a prom so when the rule of six came in, fashion. i think we are better that is when we really had to look at what it was going to do, prepared this time but it doesn't we had to adapt and diversify mean to say the public can relax, and this is what we've come up with. because hospitalisation are rising, no touch points, literally as you has been reported, positive on the footplate, and then the kids get a little bit of fun out of this. cases are still in the country and the country is gearing up for graham believes takings will be way down on last year. in the uk, more than £400 million limited lockdown is in patches, but is thought to be spent not to take it lightly, but annually on halloween. certainly the medical profession has 2020 is set to be very different. made a lot of sacrifices as you know trick—or—treating is such over the months, i can't remember a huge part of halloween. taking annual leave myself in the now, in wales, the government has last six months and it will be the same for many colleagues who have said that people should not take got the same. it must be very part this year, but in scotland, northern ireland and england, exhausting for you. you did mention the advice is still unclear, you are leading a major trial of a so it's too soon to say whether or not trick—or—treating potential coronavirus vaccine in bradford. how optimistic are you should be allowed. about it? bradford is one of 16 to ——will be do you think trick—or—treating 18 centres taking part in a large should go ahead this year? i do. efficacy trial of a vaccine trial, we'd be able to put things in place. we are hoping to vaccinate 400 we've not got hand—in—hand sweets.

we could leave a bowl outside or anything like that. volunteers, we have completed 100 do you think trick—or—treating should go ahead? patients to die having started on 100%. tuesday, the numbers are —— today. i love halloween, it's like my favourite time of the year. we already decorated, didn't we, at home. as you smack you to all of those i definitely think it should go on. people who have signed up on the but ange and her daughter national registry and have been able isabelle aren't convinced. i don't think it's the best idea to prescreen many of them. but i to be knocking on people's doors because you don't know what people think the first mini vaccine trial have got, and hands in and out of the sweet bowl. shows, unless we do this and show the vaccine can produce a viable so they've set up a socially—distanced alternative, the thanet pumpkin trail. immunity in the population which, you print off a picture of a pumpkin or you can draw one, this is again a double blinded placebo—controlled trial, we will whatever you want to do, not know the results. if these you colour it in, you put it results come out favourably then i think this is in the first couple of in your window and then producing a vaccine for covid—19. children will go out, they'll go around spotting how long does this phase take? this the pumpkins, and the adult will give them a sweet each time they spot one and then they will go and find more. trial is going to have two doses of i think it's good because it's fun a potential vaccine or placebo from for everyone, to be honest, day one and day 21 and then we have and it's a lot more safer. more than 4,000 people followed up for 12 months. your have signed up so far, viewers and listeners should probably realise this will be a long but if trick—or—treating is allowed to take place, what advice do

battle and if we see promising health experts have? results in the vaccine, then we will probably be closer to getting a if people are going to do vaccine for covid—19. trick—or—treating, they need to follow the local and the national probably be closer to getting a vaccine for covid-19. we wish you all the very best with it. thank you rules, so in some places so much. professor dinesh saralaya, this means not going out in groups of more than six, and in other places, like here in merseyside, who is consultant respiratory we can't have any mixing at all between different households, physician at bradford teaching hospital. thank you. so it will have to be one parent and a couple of kids. president trump has declared he could hold an election rally if people don't think about it in advance, in florida tomorrow night — then when kids are out on the street after a white house physician and getting excited said the president had and seeing their friends, completed his course of treatment for covid—19. they are all going to pile together in a big huddle. the doctor said donald trump had people will be wearing responded "extremely well" their halloween masks so we ask that underneath, to medication and "remained stable" that they wear a facemask, since leaving hospital. but there's been no confirmation yet and then similarly, they should keep their distance from other that mr trump is free from the virus people and when it comes to, and is no longer contagious — after he was diagnosed if people want to put sweets out, last thursday. 0ur north america correspondent, they need to do it in a way david willis, reports. that is safe, to have them spaced out along the door or have them since he returned to the white house hidden in different places around on monday evening, president trump the garden, the front garden. at the little brown fairy cake shop has asserted he is no longer in west gate on sea, contagious and has even gone nicola is trying to turn around as far as to call himself a difficult year. i opened the shop in february this a perfect physical specimen. the latest memo from his personal year and then closed in march. physician, sean conley,

said the president's condition it's been really difficult. remained stable and that overall he had responded i've lost all my main income extremely well to treatment. from weddings, from big events, dr conley went on to say that everything i'd normally do. since saturday will be the tenth day since the president's diagnosis, most of my cakes are quite "i fully anticipate his safe return quirky, to say the least. to public engagements at that time." i specialise in heads, so for halloween, it's going to be full throttle. you have to adapt to survive. whereupon the president revealed in america, halloween is huge. in an interview with fox news that he is looking to get back in the uk, it's been on the campaign trail getting bigger and bigger, but this year, at least, as early as this weekend. we want to do a rally in florida, probably that could be about to change. in florida on saturday night. might come back and do one in pennsylvania tim muffett reporting there. on the following night. this interview will only raise further questions about the state of his condition the beatles legend john lennon would and whether he is still suffering have turned 80 years old today. from symptoms of the virus. he was murdered in new york 40 years oh, and i think the first debate... ago, but his legacy as one he coughs. of the 20th century's great cultural icons lives on. there are a number of events yeah. to mark the occasion, 0n the first debate, including the display of the piano they oscillated the mike. the house speaker nancy pelosi on which he wrote imagine believes president trump at liverpool's strawberry fields is in an altered state near his childhood home. because of the medications he's on and plans to talk later today now it's time for a look at about the rules for succession, the weather with sarah keith lucas.

should the president, under hello. most of us have seen a little bit of sunshine out what is known as the 25th amendment, there at times today. there was plenty of blue sky and sunshine earlier on in hertfordshire — prove incapable of performing his duties. do you think it is time this picture behind me taken by one to invoke the 25th amendment? of our weather watchers. but as we head through the rest i will talk about that tomorrow. of today, this evening i will talk to you about that tomorrow. and into the weekend, i'm not going to talk about it today many of us will catch a few downpours at times. because i'll have to tell you. so that is going to be the story if you want to talk about that, over the next few days — i'll see you tomorrow it's fairly unsettled, but to go back to my point... feeling a little cooler as well, mr president, when was the last time and there will be a mix of some you had a negative test before sunshine but plenty of those fairly you tested positive? heavy and blustery showers around too. the reason for that is and she's not the only one concerned we have an area of low pressure out about safety at the white house. in what amounts to a withering towards the north—east of the uk, higher pressure towards critique of the trump the south—west, and we are left administration's handling with this north—westerly breeze of the coronavirus, a senior driving those showers through. member of the president's as we head through into the evening own party had this to say. hours we have a band of more persistent rain for a time i can tell you i have not across southern and eastern england, which clears away leaving some clear been in the white house since august the 6th, spells and further showers tonight. longer spells of rain and i personally didn't feel likely through tonight that they were approaching across parts of scotland, protection from this illness with heavy showers in the same way that i thought for northern ireland, was appropriate for the senate. north—west england as well. further south and east, following the unsavoury spectacle you have clearer skies. of the first presidential debate, there could be just a touch of frost the debate organisers had called for the next one, due to take place in the most prone rural spots

first thing tomorrow. next week in florida, but after that cool start to be a virtual affair, to the day, tomorrow is another day given mr trump's recent diagnosis. of sunshine and showers. quite a few isobars on the map, he has dismissed that as a waste as you can see, so that means quite of time, and says he has no a brisk breeze coming interest in taking part. in from a northerly the two campaigns are currently or north—westerly direction. in agreement over a final debate so that breeze is going to make on the 22nd of october, things feel a little cooler less than two weeks from election as we head through the day tomorrow, day, although, like everything else particularly around these to do with this election, eastern coasts as well. that too could change. some prolonged spells of rain, david willis, bbc news, los angeles. 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, an nhs trust is to be for the rest of us we are looking prosecuted over the death of a baby at that typical mix of sunny spells seven days after being born by emergency delivery and scattered, blustery showers. at a kent hospital. temperatures just 11 degrees the care quality commission has along the east coast, feeling cooler when you add charged east kent hospitals nhs on the strength of the breeze. with two counts of providing unsafe less windy further west. care to baby harry richford into sunday, probably the drier day and his mother sarah richford. of the weekend for most of us, harry died a week after he was born still a few showers around, especially around that at margate's queen elizabeth east coast first thing. the queen mother hospital they look like they fade away. three years ago. a bit more sunshine compared michael buchanan reports. to saturday as well. temperatures not great for the time of year — somewhere between about 11 to 15 harry richford should be degrees, but it should feel a little approaching his third better than saturday with less windy birthday next month, conditions and fewer showers but a catalogue of serious failures around as well.

at his birth meant little harry died so a quieter day, i think, for sunday. as we head through into next week, atjust seven days old. though, low pressure returns from the atlantic, today, the nhs trust that should moving across the uk, have delivered the baby safely has bringing showers particularly been charged with failing to provide across parts of england and wales. safe care and treatment. there should be some drier, brighter i think we are really happy and a little bit warmer weather, with the cqc decision. itjust shows that from day one, particularly for parts of scotland and for northern ireland through that we were really in a pretty the middle part of next week. but it is a fairly terrible situation with the trust autumnal unsettled story. bye— bye. and the care that sarah and harry both received was completely inadequate at the time. the problems occurred at this hospital in margate. staff failed to spot harry's heart rate was fluctuating, delayed arranging a cesarean section, and then failed to carry out the operation correctly. an inquest injanuary concluded that harry's death had been contributed to by neglect. we both blamed ourselves and we did not know why this had happened. the more we realised the trust were at fault, the less we blame ourselves and the more we can look at them as an organisation that has failed us. today's charges relate notjust to harry's treatment but also to the care his mother sarah received, the first time

maternity problems have led the care quality commission to take such action. i think it is monumental and i am glad they have recognised that. um... i think it's good to hear that i was, we were right in thinking that how i was treated wasn't right and it was not just harry as well. the trust say today it had admitted to the cqc that it had failed to provide safe care and treatment to both harry and his mother, and apologised unreservedly. for tom and sarah, today marks another step in a three—year campaign to get justice for their son. we had so much information that the trust had failed with us in our case, that we couldn't sit silently with that, knowing that if it happened to someone else in the future, we would be partially responsible for not sharing this information. harry richford's death has been the catalyst for an independent inquiry into maternity care at east kent, giving real hope of lasting improvements. michael buchanan,

bbc news, east kent. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. we have had a mix of some bright spells but also some heavy downpours so far today, and that is going to be the story as we head through tonight and into the weekend too. it's going to be feeling a bit this is bbc news, colder than it has been recently, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at three... with plenty of blustery showers on the cards as well. heading through into the evening the chancellor announces an hours, for a time the south—east extension to thejob support scheme. of england will see some long spells the government will pay two thirds of rain, but for the rest of us, of worker's wages for businesses across the uk which are legally we are looking at clear spells and fairly heavy showers rattling required to close when lockdown in from the north—west. restrictions are tightened. through tonight, the heaviest and the most frequent downpours will be across parts of scotland, we will adapt and evolve our some into northern ireland and northern england as well. response as the situation further south and east, you've got on the health side adapts clearer, cooler conditions to start your saturday morning. and evolves. saturday brings us another day that's what is happening. i think that's the pragmatic of sunshine and showers. it's going to be quite breezy and the right thing to do, as well, particularly to adapt to that, and i believe around this east coast. that the actions today temperatures here are only about 11 celsius or so. demonstrate that approach. feeling cooler where the uk economic recovery you are exposed to that wind. slows sharply in august, temperatures at best 13 or 14 celsius, but nowhere with growth ofjust over 2% — immune to those showers. the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. sunday looking like the drier day

of the weekend for most of us. not quite as blustery as saturday. tens of thousands ofjobs under still a brisk breeze around that east coast. threat as the company behind peacock‘s and jaeger says ‘brutal‘ one or two rogue showers and temperatures around 11—15 c. 00:30:08,514 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye— bye. trading conditions have left them on the brink of collapse. two major new coronavirus infection studies show a significant increase in cases — with warnings that the high rates seen in the parts of northern england could spread across the country. new restrictions on pubs and restaurants in scotland are due to come into force this evening. an nhs trust is charged over the death of baby harry richford, who lived forjust seven days after an emergency delivery. hello, good afternoon.

the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced that the government is extending thejob support scheme to help all businesses across the uk legally required to close due to local or national coronavirus restrictions. firms that are told to shut for some period over the winter will receive grants worth two thirds of an employee's salary up to a maximum of £2100 a month. the chancellor has been outlining the plans. throughout the jobs, so today i am announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically to protect those jobs are people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens is workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time that they are unable to go to work. i hope this provides reassurance and a safety net for people and businesses in advance of what may be a difficult winter. have you estimated how much thatis winter. have you estimated how much that is going to cost? do you know how you are going to pay for it? we

obviously want to know the exact ta ke obviously want to know the exact take of a scheme like this because as we enter an uncertain period the exact scope of any restrictions that may be necessary is uncertain at this time. we are busy at the costings to the previous games we have done that are available but it is right that we take action now to protect people's jobs, is right that we take action now to protect people'sjobs, provide is right that we take action now to protect people's jobs, provide that reassurance, if indeed their businesses are at to close throughout the winter. the fact that you are asking and announcing the scheme today does seem to suggest that you are as a government going to ask some businesses to close possibly in the hospitality sector. can you say anything about which businesses, how much, for how long, give any sense for all of those millions of people who are hanging on government decisions, what is coming next? obviously the rise in cases and hospital admissions in certain parts of the country is a concern, it is right that the government considers a range of options to address that and considers all the evidence, but it

is also right that they engage with local leaders and that is what is happening this afternoon and over the weekend so those conversations can happen and collectively we can decide on the appropriate response. the hospitality sector and pubs don't want to be shot unnecessarily. how can you make absolutely sure that under what we are told is the tier system that is coming which can look like a bit of a blunt instrument, we are not going to end up instrument, we are not going to end up in instrument, we are not going to end upina instrument, we are not going to end up in a situation where lots of places are being closed without need and without an exit strategy?” think it's absolutely right we consider all the evidence and have these conversations together and consider all of these decisions in the round. we know the impact this virus is having notjust on our economy, we want to make sure we protect children's education and people's health conditions, notjust coronavirus, all these are things in the round that we need to talk about and with regard to the hospitality industry or other businesses that may be asked to close, and also announcing today an increase in the generosity and frequency of business

gra nts generosity and frequency of business grants that will go to those businesses, up to £3000 a month paid every fortnight which will also help them if they find themselves in this u nfortu nate them if they find themselves in this unfortunate situation. over the summer you encouraged people to go into pubs, back into restaurants with your eat outs to help out scheme. now hospitality is being blamed for the second spike. two weeks ago you didn't look like you wa nted weeks ago you didn't look like you wanted to do anything like this partial parlour which you have rebranded an extension of the job support scheme, now you are having to do it. is there any sense in which the treasury is guilty of a bit of wishful thinking? what is going wrong? why are you having to do these u—turns? going wrong? why are you having to do these u-turns? this is a very different scheme to what we have had before. this is not a universal approach. this is an expansion of thejob support approach. this is an expansion of the job support scheme, specifically for those people we are in businesses that will be formally or legally at too close. in that sense it is very different. but i have a lwa ys it is very different. but i have always said that we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation on the health side adapts and

evolves. that is what is happening. i think that is a pragmatic and right thing to do to adapt to that andi right thing to do to adapt to that and i believe that the actions today demonstrate that approach. final question, the prime minister has said nobody who does the right thing should lose out from coronavirus. the date you are effectively announcing a pay cut, what do you say to those people who will get less money each month in their salary as a result of today's announcements? throughout this entire crisis we have tried to protect people's jobs and incomes to a considerable degree. that is what the pirlo scheme did, it protected almost 9 millionjobs. that is the pirlo scheme did, it protected almost 9 million jobs. that is what today's announcement will do, protect the jobs and income are people who have been working businesses who may be asked to shut down with all the other changes we have made to our welfare system, where it all day, support the businesses, we have made sure the most vulnerable in our society are the ones that have been protective than most and that is something we will continue to do. let's look a bit more closely at the new measures, an extension of thejob support

scheme. the measures help businesses who are legally required to close as a result of coronavirus restrictions — local or national. there are two major offers of help. the govenrment will pay two thirds of an employee's wages — that's 67% — while they're unable to go to work. and in england, businesses forced to close will have more regular access to grants to help with their running costs. the scheme starts on november 1st and will last six months. this is an extension of thejob support scheme already announced, which will help employees in so—called ‘viable jobs', by topping up the wages of staff who can work for at least one third of their usual hours. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker is at westminster. jessica, the chancellor was under political pressure to do something and he has popular he certainly was under political pressure. we have now had days of speculation about possible new sections particularly

in parts of northern england, eventually pub closures, restaurant closures, there has been a lot of discussion over those possibilities because of higher rates of infection isawe because of higher rates of infection is a we are expecting some sort of confirmations to exactly what will happen next week as well as the announcement of a sort of three tier system in terms of restrictions for different areas. amid all this speculation local leaders in those communities were saying, if you are going to ask pubs, restaurants, hospitality sector to shut there needs to be more support in place for those sectors. if they literally cannot make any money. i think rishi sunak the chancellor answering that pressure today. what is interesting is previously the treasury when it came up with this winter economy plan have been accused of acting too slowly of announcing things after the event. clearly trying to get on the event. clearly trying to get on the front foot here. but by announcing what has been described asa announcing what has been described as a safety net for businesses that may as they say haptic lows over the coming weeks and even months,

clearly that seems to be the direction ministers are heading for over the coming days in england. indeed. is there any way of getting from this package how widespread the actual restrictions might be because as you have said, we have got the rescue package before we have the actual restrictions. the chancellor was asked about this and he talked about how conversations are going on today with local leaders in certain regions and they will continue to go on over the weekend. implying that those discussions were happening as they tried government to come to those conclusions about where restrictions should be brought in and to what extent they should be brought in. we are often told that ministers are constantly poring over the data but as we have seen from today's 0ns figures, clearly rights of the virus are going in the wrong direction, there is huge concern and we have had a bit of reaction already from for example the cbi, who say there should be a cushion, for most of those businesses

affected and accepting to some extent that because of the rights of the virus they are going to have to be tougher curbs to come but that isn't to say there won't be some resista nce isn't to say there won't be some resistance potentially from conservative mps who already think restrictions in some areas have gone to part. there may be some feathers assist on the line as to whether this is really the answer. 0ver assist on the line as to whether this is really the answer. over the last day and into today as well i think the government has to some extent been trying to make a case as to why to target hospitality and to what extent the virus is being transmitted in those settings. we heard from the report mayjoe anderson of labour who said he would be pressing for answers in his meeting with downing street today. as to exactly what extent the hospitality settings are responsible for spreading the virus. many thanks. we can talk now to our economics correspondent. welcome help for businesses but a further hit to the public finances. this

couldn't have been an easy decision for the chancellor. let's just look at the situation around us. two weeks ago we were discussing the winter economic plan. we have heard the chancellor outlined this plan is eight safety net. the cbi on the other hand are saying a cushion. i think what that tells you is some jobs will still be lost. there will be so businesses that go to the wall. this is quite a sea change for the chancellor. two weeks ago he was saying enough of the pirlo scheme, we are looking at a job support scheme, it is time to talk about getting back to work and the economy of the future. this is an admission because this scheme is actually practised closer to the pirlo scheme being people who can't work that frankly this is going on for longer and part of this is going to have a knock—on impact on the public finances. treasury sources are telling is happening that depending on the take up the cost could be in the hundreds of millions of pounds per month. that is not to be scoffed at, a huge amount of money, but that pales into insignificance compared to the tens of billions but we have been looking at in the past months.

perhaps scaling down of the support because the treasury is backing perhaps that not as many firms will need support. but don't forget overall the chancellor as now earmarked over £200 billion for supporting the economy over the next year. if you add in the money he is losing through reduced tax take, we are looking at a deficit of around £400 billion some economists say, and the moment government can borrow but this week the chancellor said there would be her choices ahead. that the course is treasury shorthand for perhaps tax rises on the agenda, notjust yet for now, it is paid now, worry a bit later. an impossible question for you now, but just quite how much longer can the chancellor keep giving and giving? it's a really tricky one, isn't it, because as i say, two weeks ago we thought that is it, the winter economic plan is here. but even as a critic said this is not enough, you got the feeling that perhaps the chancellor thought, 0k, time not

quite for hibernation but we can pick this one up again in the spring. circumstances have overcome that. we have seen that frankly ideology is one thing but reality has overtaken that quite away. don't be surprised, as we see things unfolding over the winter, if we do see more extensive lockdown is like we are seeing at the moment, that we could see further measures on the cards. it is fascinating talking to the chancellor's team and the government —— governor of the bank of england over the summer all adamant the worst possible scenario we re adamant the worst possible scenario were local accounts but if it is more widespread than that the chancellor bounced off the risk that if we don't do more, but as the eventual damage to the economy going to be even greater? sitting on your hands frankly ultimately going to make even more costly thing? ultimately could be a point at which the financial markets say they're getting little bit nervous about bankrolling the rescue of the uk economy. many thanks. the uk economy recovered more slowly than expected in august, growing by 2.1%. although this is the fourth consecutive month of growth,

it was considerably smaller than that seen injune and july, despite the introduction in august of the government's eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme, which boosted restaurant trade. the economy remains 9.2% smaller than before the pandemic struck. our business presenter sima kotecha has been giving me more details. 2.196. to put that into context in the month before august, july was 6.6%. economists had expected it to be around the 5% mark, but 2.1. why? sectors such as manufacturing didn't do as well as some had hoped, so the production of aeroplanes, cars, it was below pre—pandemic levels. eat out to help out in august, that scheme by the government, where people could dine at restaurants for three days a week with potentially 50% discount, that boosted the economy and it provided half of the growth, more than half of the growth in august along with things like staycations, the accommodation sector did very well.

going ahead we have some big challenges and there is fear that in the last quarter of this year, we are actually going to make a loss. the challenges include uncertainty over brexit, where is this pandemic going as we don't know how tight the restrictions are going to be, what consequences that will have on businesses, lots of hospitality businesses are very worried about their future and the furlough scheme which ends at the end of this month. all of that is like a toxic cocktail, and exacerbates the context. on top of all of this we have had the news today from edinburgh woollen mills of potentially tens of thousands ofjobs that might go. absolutely, very depressing news, more depressing news from the high street. we know before the pandemic the high street was going through a very difficult time, the pandemic happened and has exacerbated the situation there. as you said, we have heard

today the ewm own stores like peacock‘s and jaeger, they have 1100 stores and potentially are now putting 24,000 jobs at risk. an application has been made to the high court to appoint administrators, it doesn't mean they're in administration yet, but the process has been put under way. so more depressing news and i am sure, i am afraid to say, we will get many more job losses in the days to come. high street footfall "steadily dropped" throughout september as the tightening of restrictions impacted retailers‘ recovery, according to new data from the british retail consortium. kyle monk is director of insight and analytics there and joins me now. good afternoon. tell us more about this data. how much did footfall fall by? unfortunately retail

footfall still remains considerably below where it was pre—covert. september it falls by about a third from where it was this time last year —— pre—covert. the pain hasn't been felt evenly. we are seeing the high streets and shopping centres are considerably below other destinations such as out—of—town outlets and retail parks which have obvious car parking, larger format stores, customers are more easily able to get them and a prevalence of food retail. incredibly challenging month and we are seeing recovery which has been slow this year has stalled in recent months. more evidence if it were needed that it is city centres and town centres that are really suffering. absolutely. these stores are still a huge cost base for retailers. what is really crucial is the government to consider the support —— continue the support they have given. there isa the support they have given. there is a risk of a cliff edge with business rates in april 2021 and we are very business rates in april 2021 and we are very keen the government continues to support business rate

holidays to help those struggling stores over the next year. there are some who say that the pandemic in a sense has accelerated what was going on anyway, which is people preparing to shop online rather than in store. it is an exhilaration, you can't discount the fact the restrictions in place but for social distancing and essential stories that happened early in the air saw huge losses of the stores that wouldn't have happened. retail has really suffered over the last six months. there is the acceleration of existing trends but also a huge shock that wouldn't have happened had the pandemic not occurred. i guess to a certain extent it is about consumer confidence as well. if people are worried about the virus they are not going to want to go into town. absolutely. safety and public perception of safety is absolutely crucial. retail has done all they can in terms of outfitting the stores in terms of hiring additional staff to man those stores and keep customers safe so there has been

huge expenditure on top of the bust retail sales in order to keep the public happy and to keep that consumer confidence height. very good to talk to you. thank you so much. two major new coronavirus infections studies published today show significant increases in cases. the 0ns study says that the highest rates were seen in north east and north west england, and yorkshire and the humber. while the react study says it is likely those level of infections will be replicated across the country within a few weeks' time if cases continue to rise. local authority leaders in england are waiting to hear this afternoon what further local lockdown restrictions may look like in their areas — but there's been growing anger among mps and local leaders about the way the government has communicated proposed changes — as our correspondent katherine da costa reports. concern is growing the nhs could be overwhelmed. in england, hospital admissions are doubling every fortnight. this graph for the north west shows

the number of people over 60 needing hospital care for covid has started to accelerate in recent weeks. this is serious. it is getting out of control, and we have to do something to bring it back under control. we definitely need to work locally, and we definitely need to make sure that the communications are much clearer. in nottingham, new cases have shot up. two weeks ago, it was below the national average. in the week up to monday, there were 689 cases per 100,000 population. local leaders have pleaded for people not to mix this weekend, and are calling on the government for urgent action. district council leaders have agreed that we should put out this message, but it has not got the power that a government restriction would have, and so it leaves nottingham just hanging, really. the virus has increased rapidly in recent weeks. the latest estimates from the office for national statistics suggests one in 240 people in the community have covid in england, double the number for the last two weeks,

while it has stayed unchanged in wales and northern ireland at one in 500 with the virus. in an attempt to simplify the rules, and stall rising infections, it is expected a tiered system of measures will be set out in england on monday. the first level is likely to be the rule of six. level two could include a ban on household mixing. while level three could see pubs and restaurants closed in the worst—affected areas. well, you can see that now in brussels, in paris, in madrid and other places, they've taken the decision to close hospitality, and i think that that is partially driven by the fact that what you've got is indoor areas where households are mixing, and that is prompting some of the transmission. it's not ideal, but that is what the data are telling us. this afternoon, regional leaders from cities across the north and the midlands are due to hear more details about how far the government is prepared to go to slow the surge in cases. katherine da costa, bbc news.

almost a quarter of a million people in england, wales and northern ireland are now estimated to have had covid—19 during the last week of september — that's according to the office for national statistics. that's the equivalent to one in 240 people. the 0ns says that the highest rates were seen in north east and north west england, and yorkshire and the humber. local authority leaders in england are waiting to hear this afternoon what further local lockdown restrictions may look like in their areas. earlier the bbc‘s head of statistics robert cuffe put the figures in context. essentially how many people have it, where that is and what the direction of travel is. the number roughly across the two is probably about one in 200 and people in england they estimate would have coronavirus at the moment. that brings us back to levels maybe we were seeing in april—ish time. a fairly high level, certainly compared to over the summer. the same story we have been hearing in terms of who has it, the north—east, north—west,

they account for the majority of infections according to one of the studies we have got, two or three times higher level of infection there than the average, well higher than the south—east and south—west. and the direction of travel is one that is probably becoming familiar from a lot of other data sources, roughly doubling every fortnight, not to six decimal places but in that ballpark and that is what we have been hearing for hospitalisations and other things. why are these studies significant? the reason we pay so much attention to these studies is because they go out into the population at large and swab people at random, we are following the daily cases every day, but we have been hearing about the issues and numbers and how it glitches can cause delays and that makes it hard to tell the trends over time, these numbers are not driven by those problems, they get past all of that, they are a survey. they come with their own limitations, because they are not capturing everybody, just a small sample of the population, so the numbers

can go up and down a bit and they have, last week we were reporting hopefully that maybe there was a glimmer of the level of cases were levelling off, and that is not the case. that turned out to be a false dawn. we are seeing this consistent pattern of roughly doubling every fortnight, and that is of a piece with the other pieces of evidence. we have also had an update on the r number this afternoon. they have just been released and for the uk as a whole the estimate is the r number is between 1.2 and 1.5. that is a little bit down on last week but the main point is, still well above one, they are still confident that the virus is growing, more and more cases and we are not turning it around. it should be remembered that the r number is estimated from the deaths that reflect infections a couple of weeks ago and the hospitalisations that reflect a couple of weeks ago, so the number they quote today is telling us about the state of the epidemic a couple of weeks ago rather than being the most up—to—date figures we have, but the scientists who produced the number say they are pretty confident the epidemic is still growing across the uk right now.

people travelling to wales from covid hotspots elsewhere in the uk could be quarantined under measures being considered by the welsh government. last week, the prime minister refused a request from the welsh first minister mark drakeford to stop people travelling out of areas in england under local restrictions. let's talk to andrew campbell, who's the chairman of the wales tourism alliance. good afternoon to you how do you view this proposal of potential quarantining people arriving in wales from hotspots elsewhere in the uk? good afternoon. one can understand the concern of the welsh government in wanting to protect the nation from people travelling from how infected areas and of course there is no law to stop them doing that, but intelligence from many of our businesses is the fact that people in those areas have decided

not to come. they have cancelled other and accord, so we hope that we won't come to those sorts of measures and the prime minister is going to announce something over the weekend, monday i believe, so know clearly what the situation will be. so people have not been coming of their own volition, what effect has not had on the tourism sector? their own volition, what effect has not had on the tourism sector7m has had an effect. since august the 4th, the industry has been doing very well. we have had five very good strong trading weeks. then running into a bit of an indian summer which is going quite well, we are expecting that to go further. but it was curtailed by these very sudden restrictions put into place. it has had an effect. not everyone. so people are coming from infected areas to unrestricted areas, of course they are not allowed to go to restricted areas but there have been a number who have decided not to come. some people have taken another view, that a moral view to say

please could you rebook and come another time. so they have actually asked people who want to come visiting not to come at this moment? yes, there have been people who have taken that view. not everyone has done that but some people have taken the view to do that. what sort of response have they had? it has been difficult. 0bviously response have they had? it has been difficult. obviously it is difficult for businesses when they are losing income. before the restrictions were put into place, it was forecast that the tourism revenue, the income from visitors spent this year is 50% down and that equates to over £3 billion, so businesses are really feeling it, so businesses are really feeling it, so to take those decisions it is a big decision to make and it is not shared by everyone, but some businesses have done it. are they responding partly to other local people concerned about travellers into wales ? people concerned about travellers into wales? yes, there is that

concern. i think the suddenness of the restrictions, i think everyone was kind of expecting something to happen, but a was kind of expecting something to happen, buta bit was kind of expecting something to happen, but a bit later, and was kind of expecting something to happen, buta bit later, and i was kind of expecting something to happen, but a bit later, and i think the suddenness has created fear amongst the population and i think it is ourjob in tourism to say and to present the case that tourism should be part of the solution in dealing with this pandemic, because we had huge numbers of people during the month of august and there was no spikes evident, and people enjoyed themselves, businesses were able to make money, and i think we should be is seeing tourism particularly with the mental health concerns as something as a force for good rather than being seen as something which is potentially harmful. we have to leave it there. thanks so much. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. we have had a mix of some bright

spells but also some heavy downpours so far today, and that is going to be the story as we head through tonight and into the weekend too. it's going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been recently, with plenty of blustery showers on the cards as well. heading through into the evening hours, for a time the south—east of england will see some prolonged spells of rain, but for the rest of us, we are looking at clear spells and fairly heavy showers rattling in from the north—west. through tonight, the heaviest and the most frequent downpours will be across parts of scotland, some into northern ireland and northern england as well. further south and east, you've got clearer, cooler conditions to start your saturday morning. saturday brings us another day of sunshine and showers. it's going to be quite breezy as well, particularly around this east coast. temperatures here are only about 11 celsius or so. feeling cooler where you are exposed to that wind. temperatures at best 13 or 14 celsius, but nowhere immune to those showers. sunday looking like the drier day of the weekend for most of us. not quite as blustery as saturday. still a brisk breeze around that east coast. one or two rogue showers and temperatures around 11—15 c. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme. the government will pay two thirds of worker's wages for businesses across the uk which are legally required to close when lockdown restrictions are tightened. we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation on the health side adapts and evolves. that's what's happening.

i think that's the pragmatic and the right thing to do to adapt to that and i believe that the actions today demonstrate that approach. the uk economic recovery slows sharply in august with growth ofjust over 2%. the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. tens of thousands ofjobs under threat as the company behind peacocks and jaeger says "brutal" trading conditions have left them on the brink of collapse. two major new coronavirus infection studies show a significant increase in cases, with warnings that the high rates seen in the parts of northern england could spread across the country. an nhs trust is charged over the death of baby harry richford, who lived forjust seven days after an emergency delivery. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good afternoon. it's men's semifinals day at the french open.

later on world number one novak djokovic faces stefanos tsitsipas, while argentine diego schwartzman is already under way against 12—time champion rafael nadal in the first semi. nadal is one set up so far, taking the first at roland garros 6—3. it's currently 3—1 in the second set, nadala break up. nadal has won all 12 of his previous semi—finals at the french open. he looks in good shape to continue that run at the moment. both practice sessions for formula 0ne's eifel grand prix in germany have been lost to bad weather. the conditions at the nurburgring prevented the medical helicopter from being able to fly, making it unsafe to allow cars on the track. 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. premier league games not picked for broadcast this month will be available to fans on a pay—per—view basis. the five matches per round of fixtures, not already picked to be shown live,

will be available on bt sport box office or sky sports box office for £14.95. it's said to be an "interim solution" to allow fans to continue watching their team live. it's been criticised by fans though along with gary neville. the former england defender, and now television pundit, said on social media it was a "really bad move" by the premier league. aston villa's next two women's super league games have been postponed after a first—team squad member tested positive for coronavirus. sunday's match at bristol city and the following weekend's home game against chelsea will both be played at a later date. villa have said "several other members" of their team will enter a period of self—isolation following the positive test. as things stand, england's cricketers won't be in action again until january next year, when they are due to tour india. that of course could depends on how state of the coronavirus pandemic. that of course could depends on how the state of the coronavirus pandemic. despite covid 19 it was a busy summer for the players, with home series against

west indies, pakistan and australia. 0llie pope played in all six test matches, and earlier he told us he's looking to use this period to recharge. gets you a bit of time to sit back and reflect and work out where your game is at and where you are as a bloke as well, so if i can use these three months, obviously i have to nail my rehab, get as fit as possible and when i can use this time to mentally refresh and a bit of time for reflection and just work out where your game is at and what you need to do to be successful and take your game to the next level. the second round of the bmw championship is well underway 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, 3 shots clear of the field. fitzpatrick made an eagle and seven birdies, including this one

at the third in his round of 65. and in the women's pga championship in pennsylvania, england's georgia hall and charley hull are in action for their second rounds. hall tees off a little later, but hull is out at the moment. stay up to date on that, on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, gavin. more now on the news that the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced that the government is extending thejob support scheme to help all businesses across the uk legally required to close due to local or national coronavirus restrictions. we can speak now to craig beaumont, chief of external affairs, at the federation of small businesses. good news for your members. good news for your membersm good news for your members. it is. we pitched a whole set of ideas to the treasury on what to do after the furlough scheme at winds down and as the news is getting worse, that case effect, get stronger and to have the ideas today are ones that we really pushed very hard for, one to bring back, in some way, furlough, a more

generous evolution of the job support scheme for those businesses who will now potentially be facing a lockdown, some already are. and at the other is the enhanced small business grants. if you are in forcibly close, you are not until now able to apply for between 1000 and £1500 every week. that is more now and all in all that is quite a lot of money. these are two very, very positive announcements that we have been asking for is a better place today. the grants will be for help for businesses to be able to pay the rents while they are shut? that is right. it is important to also think about all those custody business faces so we have seen this before, during a national lockdown where people would get their business rates bill covered, their employee wage covered, but there are other costs as well so we really are pleased that the government has listened. 0ne pleased that the government has listened. one of these schemes is uk wide and one of them is england so how that interfaces is really interesting. the government has

promised more money for the three devolved nations from the england side. but if you are a small business now, the key thing is knowing, and actually lockdown? that might seem a very basic question, but we need to make very, very clear that when someone is lockdown, that they are part of it could be a website that the government launches, register like business rates so you can go online, check if you are and access is help. with making the point that we are still expecting more restrictions for england announced on monday and we do not know what those rejections are are quite where they are. i wonder what you feel about the fact that just a couple wonder what you feel about the fact thatjust a couple of wonder what you feel about the fact that just a couple of weeks wonder what you feel about the fact thatjust a couple of weeks ago, the chancellor announced his winter support package. two weeks later, we have got this. it is good news for your members, but is there a little bit of stop and start going on that is unhelpful? well, we said at the time of thejob support scheme lunching that there is more to come. we expected to see the chancellor backin we expected to see the chancellor back in parliament pretty soon and it has been so no, i think, than even we expected, but before you had

effectively the economic support announced after restrictions are tightening and at this time, what is really positive as the economic support package is announced before the restrictions change on monday. i would say that has a massive improvement. before we saw the national lockdown and then the furlough scheme. this time we have seen at the other way round and that absolutely has to be welcomed. there are areas still not covered, of course, so if you're not involved in the employment support scheme that you're still going to need some help and how do you define what is close when there is a national lockdown, like the event sector questioning presumably venues —— venues will be covered, but if you're an event planner, probably not. good questions, thank you so much. craig beaumont, from the federation of small businesses. kate nicholls is the chief executive of hospitality trade association — uk hospitality. she joins us from west london. good afternoon to you. hospitality

has been so badly hit during the pandemic. what is the chancellor's rescue package likely to be able to do for that sector? well, we welcome the fact that the chancellor has listened and has adapted any schemes to reflect changing circumstances and we hope that he continues to keep it under review. this provides some immediate help and support to alleviate concerns for people who are facing imminent threats of lockdown restrictions to their business. but we still do not know the detail of where they will be and we also do not know to what extent is it your business has to be restricted in order to allow you to qualify. so while this will undoubtedly help for those businesses in our sector like night clu bs, businesses in our sector like night clubs, music venues that have closed, and those that are clearly restricted in a local log in, there are vast swathes of the country where businesses are still facing common hospitality, a loss of one third to one half of their income and will not qualify for this enhanced job support scheme —— local

lockdown. we want that the chancellor to keep that under review so that areas where we have national cu rfews, te n so that areas where we have national cu rfews, ten o'clock so that areas where we have national curfews, ten o'clock restrictions, those areas are kept under review as we move forward with this. and if the government is serious about avoiding mass redundancies in hospitality, then we do need to make sure that that curfew is lifted in areas of the country when infection rates are lower. are there areas that are particularly badly hit? i suppose i'm thinking about the city centres and town centres, urban centres and town centres, urban centres really. that is any concern here. it clearly, in town and city centres where you have a curfew, you have work from home restrictions, you have no christmas run—up to a dense, those are the areas where people are seeing revenues at 20 to 30%. hotels in their areas are suffering a hit because we do not have international travel, business travel are much lower travel and the cumulative effect of these national restrictions mean there is a huge hit on consummate confidence which means a business may result in

having next to no trade, but will not qualify for this enhanced package of support because they're not in the right area —— consumer confidence. and we urge the chancellor to keep an eye on this. it looks like they're heading into bad weather for hospitality and the support packages should follow that, particular to keep the levelling of government subsidy and the job support scheme under constant review. an economics correspondent was saying earlier that the chancellor has so far devoted hundreds of billions of pounds to the economic effects of coronavirus, the economic effects of coronavirus, the pandemic to try and alleviate those effects. how much more can they try to go on giving?” those effects. how much more can they try to go on giving? i think at this point in time it is really important to protect people because myjobs and livelihoods, retain any link between employer and employee where possible. because either we will, through and we get to spring and better weather next year when he

virus levels drop, or we get to the state of a vaccine where we can move back towards a higher degree of normality. at that point, as we demonstrated and as today's gdp figures show, hospitality will turn back to being the engine of economic growth and we will deliverjobs and growth and we will deliverjobs and growth across communities and across the economy, and we will turn back tax revenues to the exchequer, so this is a short—term period and we need to have a long—term perspective of how we are going to get back into words business and economic viability and the best way to do thatis viability and the best way to do that is to make sure that the businesses are equipped and supported now. ok, good to talk to. thank you so much, kate nichols from uk hospitality. peter kinsella is the owner of lunya catalan & spanish deli, which operates two restaurants in liverpool. he had to shut his third restaurant in manchester when the lockdown was announced in march. afternoon to you. have you heard what the chancellor is proposing and how do you react to it? we have. broadly pleased. i think the devil is going to be in the detail so a

level of contributory job is going to be in the detail so a level of contributoryjob support, aka furlough of 67% is a really good news and means we can preserve all of thejobs news and means we can preserve all of the jobs that we have at the moment and then be ready to reopen when our local lockdown in liverpool, which is clearly coming next week happens. concerned that in effect we have been close this week, although we are open with all of the measures and messages the government has put in place. hardly anyone has been out so we may as well have been close and i would really like to see some assurance that what is getting proposed is valid for virtual closure. the key thing for us is at this type of furlough and job support needs to be flexible because although it looks like we are not going to have anyone in a ration, we can still do takeaway food, delivery parcels and so on and it is really important that we can have our staff ina important that we can have our staff in a state of significant pa rt—timers, in a state of significant part—timers, but are supplemented by furlough pay and effect. that would make a huge difference in that

detail when it comes out. you said yourself it is important to make low that we do not yet know that the restrictions will apply to liverpool are the indications are that they will —— all of the indications are. are your restaurant is open at the moment weight they are. on monday in chiswick, it was diabolical in one of our restaurants we had the tables on now day —— monday and tuesday. trading city centres is made up of mix hassles, territories and is going out together and that has topical deliverable restriction the sweet —— mixed households going out together. announcement on monday anticipating a closure next week in the city last weekend to be going out and picking is the last 24 hours have rocketed for today, tonight, tomorrow and sunday. we are expecting, ironically, the weekend, what just comes from expecting, ironically, the weekend, whatjust comes from the government mismanagement of communication which has left all of us and not knowing what is happening and people in

effect grabbing what they can well it is there. so artificially inflated suddenly. so you welcome the government's proposed a rescue package. how long can you keep going under the sort of measures and the sort of help that is being offered? 0urselves, personally, because we had a significant online delivery, with that level of support and with a landlord support and bank support, we think we could go on well into next year. we are confident of our own ability to be ingenious and innovative and find other ways to work within the rails, but still to be able to trade food and drink in some way. “— be able to trade food and drink in some way. —— within the rules. the concern is we have already built up over £200,000 of extra bank debt. we owe our landlords 180,000 over £200,000 of extra bank debt. we owe our landlords 180 , 000 because over £200,000 of extra bank debt. we owe our landlords 180,000 because we have not done well enough to start paying rent yet. that seems we have a big missing gap in government support for businesses that were

closed, landlords are settling a consequence and we owe this regiment of money and it is hard —— are suffering. it is hard to see when treadwell recovered to make inroads into that and i would out the government that is what they really need to focus on when trade will recover. the preservation of business when this finishes because we need to be here in the long run. small businesses like ours has made it £9 in tax in the last ten years. and any government desperately needs -- £10 and any government desperately needs —— £10 million -- £8 —— £8 million in text. and they need us to get themselves out of their debt problem. thank you very much, peter kinsella. norwegian air will make 259 pilots and cabin crew redundant at its gatwick base. the move affects mainly short haul crew —

as the company is flying far fewer routes due to the pandemic. the company says it will still operate some short haul flights from gatwick as those routes currently originate from the nordics. the headlines on bbc news... the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme — the government will pay two thirds of worker's wages for businesses across the uk which are legally forced to close when lockdown restrictions are tightened. the uk economic recovery slows sharply in august — with growth ofjust over 2% — the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. tens of thousands ofjobs under threat as the company behind peacocks and jaeger says ‘brutal‘ trading conditions have left them on the brink of collapse. an nhs trust is to be prosecuted over the death of a baby seven days after being born by emergency delivery at a kent hospital. the care quality commission has charged east kent hospitals nhs with two counts of providing unsafe care to baby harry richford

and his mother sarah richford. harry died a week after he was born at margate's queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital three years ago. michael buchanan reports. harry richford should be approaching his third birthday next month, but a catalogue of serious failures at his birth meant little harry died atjust seven days old. today, the nhs trust that should have delivered the baby safely has been charged with failing to provide safe care and treatment. i think we are really happy with the cqc decision. itjust shows that from day one, that we were really in a pretty terrible situation with the trust and the care that sarah and harry both received was completely inadequate at the time. the problems occurred at this hospital in margate. staff failed to spot harry's heart rate was fluctuating, delayed arranging a caesarean section, and then failed to carry out the operation correctly. an inquest injanuary concluded that harry's death had been contributed to by neglect.

we both blamed ourselves and we did not know why this had happened. the more we realised the trust were at fault, the less we blame ourselves and the more we can look at them as an organisation that has failed us. today's charges relate notjust to harry's treatment but also to the care his mother sarah received, the first time maternity problems have led the care quality commission to take such action. i think it is monumental and i am glad they have recognised that. um... i think it's good to hear that i was, we were right in thinking that how i was treated wasn't right and it was not just harry as well. the trust say today it had admitted to the cqc that it had failed to provide safe care and treatment to both harry and his mother, and apologised unreservedly. for tom and sarah, today marks another step in a three—year campaign to get justice for their son. we had so much information that the trust had failed

with us in our case, that we couldn't sit silently with that, knowing that if it happened to someone else in the future, we would be partially responsible for not sharing this information. harry richford's death has been the catalyst for an independent inquiry into maternity care at east kent, giving real hope of lasting improvements. michael buchanan, bbc news, east kent. you're watching bbc news. president trump has declared he could hold an election rally in florida tomorrow night after a white house physician said the president had completed his course of treatment for covid—19. the doctor said donald trump had responded "extremely well" to medication and "remained stable" since leaving hospital. but there's been no confirmation yet that mr trump is free from the virus and is no longer contagious after he was diagnosed last thursday. 0ur 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 as to call himself a perfect physical specimen. the latest memo from his personal physician, sean conley, said the president's condition remained stable and that overall he had responded extremely well to treatment. dr conley went on to say that since saturday will be the tenth day since the president's diagnosis, "i fully anticipate his safe return to public engagements at that time." whereupon the president revealed in an interview with fox news that he is looking to get back on the campaign trail as early as this weekend. we want to do a rally in florida, probably in florida on saturday night. might come back and do one in pennsylvania on the following night. this interview will only raise further questions about the state of his condition and whether he is still suffering from symptoms of the virus. oh, and i think the first debate... he coughs. yeah. 0n the first debate, they oscillated the mike. 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. do you think it is time to invoke the 25th amendment? i will talk about that tomorrow. i will talk to you about that tomorrow. i'm not going to talk about it today because i'll have to tell you. if you want to talk about that, i'll see you tomorrow but to go back to my point... mr president, when was the last time you had a negative test before you tested positive? and she's not the only one concerned about safety at the white house. in what amounts to a withering critique of the trump administration's handling of the coronavirus, a senior member of the president's own party had this to say. i can tell you i have not been in the white house since august the 6th, and i personally didn't feel that they were approaching protection from this illness in the same way that i thought

was appropriate for the senate. 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 are currently in agreement over a final debate on the 22nd of october, 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. new figures obtained by the bbc show that between this year and the one before, there was an increase of 20%. 0ur 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. ben hunte, bbc news. 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 for northern ireland through the middle part of next week. but it is a fairly autumnal unsettled story. bye— bye.

this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at four: the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme, the government will pay two thirds of workers' wages for businesses across the uk, which are legally required to close when lockdown restrictions are tightened. we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation on the health side adapts and evolves. that's what's happening, i think that is the right and the pragmatic thing to do, to adapt to that, and i think the actions today demonstrate that approach. the uk economic recovery slows sharply in august — with growth ofjust over 2% — the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. tens of thousands ofjobs under

threat as the company behind peacocks and jaeger says ‘brutal‘ trading conditions have left them on the brink of collapse. two major new coronavirus infection studies show a significant increase in cases with warnings that the high rates seen in the parts of northern england could spread across the country. new restrictions on pubs and restaurants in scotland are due to come into force this evening. an nhs trust is charged over the death of baby harry richford, who lived forjust seven days after an emergency delivery. in the past hour, the chancellor rishi sunak has announced support for businesses

who are forced to close this winter. the extension of thejob support scheme will provide help for businesses who are legally required to close because of local or national lockdown restrictions. for those affected, the government will pay two thirds of an employee's wages — that's 67% — while they're unable to go to work. and in england, businesses forced to close will have more regular access to grants to help with their running costs. the scheme starts on november first and will last six months. this is an extension of thejob support scheme already announced, which will help employees in so—called ‘viable jobs‘, by topping up the wages of staff who can work for at least one—third of their usual hours. the chancellor‘s announcement comes as figures show the economy slowed down significantly in august as the bounceback following lockdown began to run out of steam. activity grew byjust 2.1 % — less than half the growth that most economists were expecting. andy verity has this report.

it‘s businesses like this popular italian restaurant, in the village of albrighton near wolverhampton that have been anxious to know how they will survive if new local lockdowns are imposed. government grants and the furlough scheme helped it survive in the spring lockdown. then in august, taxpayerfunded discounts in the eat out to help 0ut scheme brought relief. it gave people a new confidence. we had new customers, we had new regulars. we were so busy, we couldn‘t accommodate everyone. it was a nice problem to have. today‘s figures reveal, outside food and accommodation, most of the economy barely grew at all in august. that was before new restrictions were even discussed. 0verall growth of 2.1% was less than half of what economists expected. just as the economy shrank, faster than it ever has, in spring when the lockdown was imposed, it grew back more rapidly than it normally would. but we‘re still not back to pre—covid levels.

even if lockdowns aren‘t reimposed, the knock to consumer confidence may mean we don‘t get there anytime soon. change that to a table of five... with stricter rules now in force, the restaurant can only fit in 30 customers at a time instead of 50. the 10pm curfew means they can only do one sitting for dinner, not two. if there is a local lockdown, owners fear they could go under, using everything they have worked for. it is a very scary situation at the moment. we don‘t know what‘s going to happen. we need to survive, simple as. we are a small family business, we have children, like most people have. we have to support. we‘ve put a lot of hard work, we‘ve put everything we have into this business, financially. we cannot afford to lose this business. this afternoon, after months of resisting calls for targeted support after the furlough scheme ends, the chancellor announced more help for firms that may be forced to shut. today i am announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically

to protect those jobs of people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens, those workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time that they are unable to go to work. i hope this provides reassurance and safety net for people and businesses, in advance of what may be a difficult winter. labour welcomed this new policy but said more is needed for firms hit by local lock downs. labour has been saying for a long time now, that we need to have wage supports in those communities. we also need to have clarity of the local restrictions. there is money that local authorities are prevented from spending now, when they need to make it available to local businesses. it is really critical, with one in four people in the uk under localised restrictions. while designed like the furlough scheme, the new support will only go to businesses legally forced to shut, making it what we are yet to find out

is whether it will be enough to stop businesses hit by a second lockdown from going under. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker is at westminster. not a furlough scheme or is it a furlough scheme? i think the government don‘t want to call it a furlough scheme. but if you look at the design of the scheme, it is paying people who can‘t go to work because their businesses have shut, rather than a wage subsidy scheme which was looking to pay people on reduced hours and help people pay the wages for some of those people. that scheme that the chancellor announced a couple of weeks ago will continue. but this new announcement is for people who‘s businesses will have to shut because of lockdown restrictions in the coming weeks and

months. what is interesting is the sequencing. when the chancellor announced his winter treasury plan, they were keen to say it wasn‘t too late. it came after restrictions had been announced but it was in time to meet the introduction of those restrictions. this time, they announced this financial support package before it is clear what is going to happen in the next few weeks. we are expecting to hear news about the tiered system, where you can see different levels of restrictions applied in different areas. we have had a bit of a reaction to what rishi sunak, the chancellor has announced. the liverpool mayor has said he doesn‘t think it is generous enough but it isa think it is generous enough but it is a step in the right direction. speaking of that, how wide other political pressures, how have the other political pressures, because we have heard a lot from these

regional and local authority leaders and mayor plume goal. but also a lot of pressure from labour. its only two weeks since rishi sunak put forward his winter economy plan but now had to tear it up. it shows how things can change very quickly, as we have seen time and time again with coronavirus. rishi sunak said he will take an adaptable approach to what may happen. clearly what is going on, the white perspective here is that cases are on the rise. the government has tried to open up the economy but looks to be considering shutting aspects of it down again. there has been a spike in cases. this is probably not where the treasury wanted to be. we don‘t know the cost for how much this new

scheme will be. what we understand from sources is that it will be hundreds of millions a month. it is not as generous as the initial furlough scheme and it won‘t affect as many businesses. it is thought lots of them will continue to reign remain open, but it is still a lot of money that the treasury will spend. they keep trying to open up the economy, taper off the furlough scheme and open up the wage subsidy scheme. but they have not had to now make this scheme and they will have to pay some people who are affected by business closures. lets talk to our economics correspondent dhashini david. what impact will this have on businesses? it is really unclear, isn‘t it? we don‘t know how

extensive or where these restrictions will be. we don‘t know how much help this will be, this new scheme. as we heard there, it is a scheme. as we heard there, it is a scheme that is essentially a furlough scheme but by another name. the chancellor said a few weeks ago, it is time to shift the focus to getting people back to work. there is so called viable jobs. this new scheme only applies to businesses who are locked down and only two workers who cannot work for seven days or more. as a safety net goes, it will be very welcome. if you look at it in its entirety, it is more generous than the furlough scheme as it exists as the moment. you can apply for this if you are in an area that has been locked down if even if you have not been part of the furlough scheme before. the scheme

may have come too late to save some jobs. if you look at the months ahead, the recovery appears to have stalled. to what extent can this bolster not just jobs stalled. to what extent can this bolster notjustjobs and livelihoods, but people‘s confidence in the months ahead and to keep the economy stable, if not growing. we heard the winter economic plan two weeks ago, you may have thought the treasury can go into hibernation. that‘s not the case just yet. this bill is getting higher and higher. £200 million, perhaps more than that already pledged by the treasury for the fight against coronavirus this year. even so, the treasury, the bank of england say they stand ready for further action bank of england say they stand ready forfurther action if it bank of england say they stand ready for further action if it is bank of england say they stand ready forfurther action if it is needed. clearly, no one knows where we‘ll from here. a lot of people on social media are saying more help may be

needed. especially with businesses who are not legally required to close but are still affected. indeed. it is a very complicated picture. what we don‘t have right now is exactly how the scheme will work. we don‘t know what businesses are likely to be closed. and we don‘t know the practicalities. how don‘t know the practicalities. how do how do the tax people at hmrc separate who is affected and how and process that claim in a timely manner? there would be worried people. they will think, this is too late for my industry or it doesn‘t cover what we are going through. it only covers businesses who physically have to shut their doors. it won‘t keep everyone happy, it won‘t save every job. it won‘t keep everyone happy, it won‘t save everyjob. i don‘t think the chancellor‘s job is done just yet. the next step is meant to be a spending review and outlining

budgets for government departments next year. thank you very much. we have got the figures of the latest government data on the number of cases that have been reported of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. the uk is reporting 13,864 new cases of coronavirus compared to 17,540 on thursday. it is still a large number of cases being reported but lower than they were 24 hours ago. the uk has recorded 87 bats in the last 24 hours —— 87 deaths. that compares with 77 people after a positive test

yesterday. an increase today of time. almost a quarter of a million people in england, wales and northern ireland are now estimated to have had covid—19 during the last week of september — that‘s according to the office for national statistics. the 0ns says that the highest rates were seen in north east and north west england, and yorkshire and the humber. local authority leaders in england are waiting to hear what further local lockdown restrictions may look like in their areas — but there‘s been growing anger among mps and local leaders about the way the government has communicated proposed changes — as our correspondent katherine da costa reports. concern is growing the nhs could be overwhelmed. in england, hospital admissions are doubling every fortnight. this graph for the north west shows the number of people over 60 needing hospital care for covid has started to accelerate in recent weeks. this is serious. it is getting out of control, and we have to do something to bring it back under control. we definitely need to work locally, and we definitely need to make sure that the communications are much clearer.

in nottingham, new cases have shot up. two weeks ago, it was below the national average. in the week up to monday, there were 689 cases per 100,000 population. local leaders have pleaded for people not to mix this weekend, and are calling on the government for urgent action. district council leaders have agreed that we should put out this message, but it has not got the power that a government restriction would have, and so it leaves nottingham just hanging, really. the virus has increased rapidly in recent weeks. the latest estimates from the office for national statistics suggests one in 240 people in the community have covid in england, double the number for the last two weeks, while it has stayed unchanged in wales and northern ireland at one in 500 with the virus. in an attempt to simplify the rules, and stall rising infections, it is expected a tiered system of measures will be set out in england on monday. the first level is likely to be the rule of six.

level two could include a ban on household mixing. while level three could see pubs and restaurants closed in the worst—affected areas. well, you can see that now in brussels, in paris, in madrid and other places, they‘ve taken the decision to close hospitality, and i think that that is partially driven by the fact that what you‘ve got is indoor areas where households are mixing, and that is prompting some of the transmission. it‘s not ideal, but that is what the data are telling us. this afternoon, regional leaders from cities across the north and the midlands are due to hear more details about how far the government is prepared to go to slow the surge in cases. katherine da costa, bbc news. council leaders in the north east of england have agreed they will oppose any further coronavirus restrictions in the region, including a proposal to close bars and restaurants. gateshead council leader martin gannon confirmed that northern council bosses were due to have a meeting with a senior whitehall official on friday afternoon, but it had been delayed.

gateshead council leader martin gannonjoins me now. any sign of that meeting? yes, i have a meeting in my diary which will start in 13 minutes‘ time with the cabinet office. we expect that to ta ke the cabinet office. we expect that to take place at 4:30pm. 0ur message will be that we will be clear that we have gone through a difficult few weeks. we have had three different sets of restrictions in time days. that has caused enormous confusion. at one stage, even the prime minister was confused about what he was actually enacting. we have had a really difficult problem trying to get these new regulations in place. and to get the public to buy in and have confidence but what is happening. the evidence and shown us that despite that increase and

especially in student numbers, we are seeing a beginning decrease in the number of new cases. 0ur message to the government is that we don‘t wa nt to to the government is that we don‘t want to see more restrictions or closing of the economy. we think that would undermine public confidence even further and confuse the message. we think these restrictions are beginning to work. we are incredibly concerned for our economy. we have 66,000 people employed directly in hospitality. rishi sunak might be able to manage on two thirds of his income but there is 66,000 people employed in hospitality in northern england who struggling week by week when they are fully paid to put food on the table, i‘m sorry that‘s not good enough. you and other leaders in the

north of england might pose what is coming down the track on monday but if you do, you could still be against the law. isn‘t it dangerous to suggest he will oppose these new measures. you could persuade others to ignore them too and then they would be breaking the law. ultimately, the government makes these decisions. i accept that completely. if they impose these restrictions on the north—east of england, we will continue to work with the government because we have got public health crisis taking place. but i would hope that the government would listen to what we are telling them. what we are telling them is that the way that three sets of regulations were imposed over ten days has not helped for a clear messaging. we are saying that the current measures... we are close to the ground we know our

people. these measures are beginning to work. the worst possible thing they could do now is to confuse the message even further, undermine public confidence and frankly, destroy a substantial portion of the northeast‘s economy. destroy a substantial portion of the northeast's economy. if you say the restrictions are working now, stricter restrictions would surely deliver a sharper blow to the rise in the virus. that‘s the approach of the scottish government.” understand and accept what you are saying. we know as a certain fact that the total lockdown works. that happened in march and we saw the number of deaths full from 1100 a day in the middle of april. total lockdown works but the economic and social consequences of the lockdown. .. we would social consequences of the lockdown... we would be looking at the deepest recession for 300 years

and two or3 the deepest recession for 300 years and two or 3 millionjobs the deepest recession for 300 years and two or 3 million jobs destroyed. and mental health problems that go with it. what we‘re saying is that there is no necessity at the present time for a lockdown in the north—east of england. if it has to happen, it has to happen. i am working hard, along with other leaders of the north—east of england to win public confidence to get people to buy into these measures and to work together to reduce the level of infection across the region. what we‘re saying across —— to the government is to work with us not against us. as we‘ve been hearing, the uk economy recovered more slowly than expected in august, growing by 2.1%. although this is the fourth consecutive month of growth, it was considerably smaller than that seen injune and july, despite the introduction in august of the government‘s ‘eat 0ut to help 0ut‘ scheme,

which boosted restaurant trade. the economy remains more than 9% smaller than before the pandemic struck. joining us now is liz martins, senior uk economist at hsbc global research. what was the expectation of growth in august? the consensus of economists was looking for more than double of what we got. the actual number was 2.1%. it‘s quite a big disappointment. we had the eat out to help 0ut scheme which a lot of people took advantage of which give people took advantage of which give people money off if they dined out monday to wednesday. how much difference did that make, make the figures have been worse without that initiative? i think that's why this these numbers are so disappointing.

august had all the good science. we we re august had all the good science. we were told the economy was picking up speed, we the eat 0ut were told the economy was picking up speed, we the eat out to help 0ut scheme, everyone was out and about at restaurants. everything was looking so good. actually, it turned out to be only had a small amount of gdp growth for it. you say how much difference does it make? 0utput in that sector, restaurants and accommodation was up 71% compared to july. who knows how much credit the chancellor gets for that increase. maybe give him a lot of credit for their £10 discount but maybe you think we are desperate to get out, i don‘t know. we can say that sector had a very good recovery in august but ultimately, wasn‘t enough. everything else was failing to recover. we've onlyjust heard the details of this latest scheme from the chancellor to help businesses. what is your initial reaction to

what he is proposing? he keeps on announcing new measures and as things get worse, first of all it slightly less generous than what was in place in march and april. effectively for people affected, it will be exactly the same circumstances. it‘s a bit of an inconsistency. government has got in mind the soaring cost of all the measures. the latest testament for what they have spent to counter this economic crisis is £200 billion. the restau ra nts economic crisis is £200 billion. the restaurants may be in the same circumstances as they were but we have spent £200 billion. we can‘t be as generous as we have been. but there are many people in this sector on low incomes and that has wide

social implications. that will also affect the economy. if people are poorer, they will not go out and spend money. ultimately we are a consumer economy. | spend money. ultimately we are a consumer economy. i think a lot of people will be disappointed with this less generous help this time round. the owner of the clothes shop peacocks says it‘s on the brink of administration peacocks‘ owner, edinburgh woollen mills, is warning that 21 thousand jobs are at risk — thanks to what it calls "brutal" trading conditions during the pandemic. the stores will stay open as it appoints administrators to carry out a review of the business. let‘s return to plans announced this afternoon by the chancellor to support businesses which are forced to close over the winter. we can speak now to the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds who‘s in westminster.

what is your initial reaction to this scheme? well, i do welcome the fa ct this scheme? well, i do welcome the fact that the government has finally you turned around the need for additional support for areas subject to restrictions. currently, one in four people in the uk is living under localised restrictions and yet we have had a very incompetent, slower and did the ring response coming from government around this. i welcome the fact that government is realising there does need to be more wage support. specifically for businesses that have been required to close. they are much broader questions about that job to close. they are much broader questions about thatjob support scheme. we have pointed out that that does not match the schemes in operation in many other countries which actually incentivise employers to keep people on. the chancellor needs to look again at the job support scheme as a whole. but it is a better offer to businesses which are affected compared to the job

support scheme which requires employers to meet 55% of their staff‘s wages. this is more generous than that. it‘s an improvement. staff‘s wages. this is more generous than that. it's an improvementm certainly is. i welcome the fact that they have u—turn on this, as i said. been trying to encourage the government as much as we can to look at the situation for the businesses forced to close under the situation of local areas forced to close. if you look at laughter, they have had hundred days of localised restrictions. we are also looking at that support grant. it is good that they have looked at that again. but they have looked at that again. but they still need to be more consistent. ideally, we need to see economic support being there at the same time as public health measures

are announced. the fact that we haven‘t had that has produced a lot of anxiety and concern within the business community and among workers in those areas right now facing additional restrictions. how far do you take it though? what cost is too great for the taxpayer to foot? the government has already committed to a significant expenditure, in some areas where we would argue do not actually incentivise people being captain work. they have budgeted £9 billion for a job retention bonus in january. we have calculated about £2.7 billion of that go to businesses who would have taken staff back anyway. we think the chancellor looks at the job support scheme again. he has acknowledged that he needs to look at it for

businesses who have been close but we think it needs to look at it more broadly. in other countries, those schemes are working to keep people in work and incentivise employers. the chancellor‘s scheme is not doing that efficiently. we are seeing the levels of unemployed people coming through in the work is not there for them. you're advocating tax rises though? iam not? you them. you're advocating tax rises though? i am not? you suggesting they need to be tax increases?” will not be doing what conservatives seem to be arguing about internally about tax rises. the problem the uk faces is that we have unfortunately a very weak recovery right now. partially because of people‘s lack of confidence. partly because of the issues around economic support. partly because of the threat of a

new deal or bare boned brexit. all of this is combining to be in the uk's of this is combining to be in the uk‘s recovery is looking weak. now is not the time for the government to be considering tax rises. there will, of course need to be a change in the public finances eventually but right now the government need to focus on keeping people in work. they need to do more to stop we have the eater to help it skim that was easy as restrictions are being lifted. what would you like to say being brought in under these conditions that might encourage people to keep spending? first of all, we believe thatjob support scheme needs to be apparent. as i have been talking about, we need to look at how other country‘s schemes are working, which actually incentivise employers to keep their cell phone, not to just keep some of them on and make the best redundant,

—— keep their staff on. they were people who stay in work, the more confidence that is in the economy, the more people are willing to spend and the less concerned they are about the future of their finances and that feeds into a general business confidence. that is more confidence for a business that they can invert to invest and that is so important for the future of the uk economy “— important for the future of the uk economy —— afford to invest. reaffirming thatjob support scheme is critically important, but we then need to make sure that, as additional public health restrictions come in, —— reaffirming. that there is a clear plan of economic support there and not having it ready means there is been a huge amount of anxiety and that has really hit confidence. —— reforming that job that has really hit confidence. —— reforming thatjob support scheme. thank you very much forjoining us. two major new coronavirus infections studies published today show significant increases in cases. as we heard earlier the 0ns study says that the highest rates were seen in north east

and north west england, and yorkshire and the humber. while the react study says it is likely those level of infections will be replicated across the country within a few weeks time if cases contiune to rise. let‘s take a look at the latest figures. the bbc‘s head of statistics, robert cuffejoins me. what do these studies show is happening? the three main things are how many people have the virus, where they are, as you havejust people have the virus, where they are, as you have just described, people have the virus, where they are, as you havejust described, and the direction of travel and across england where these studies are focused, they reckon it is about one in 200 people, maybe have coronavirus in the last week that they were studying. that is up over they were studying. that is up over the course of the last few weeks. roughly a pattern, if you look at the ons roughly a pattern, if you look at the 0ns data, of doubling every fortnight. that trend is probably familiar because we have started to see it in hospitalisations, the number of people testing positive and these studies, a couple of weeks ago, they had information that suggested that perhaps the pace of growth was slowing down. and what we

have seen today is that any changes, maybe a little bit slower than september, but that pattern of doubling every fortnight is still pretty consistent. what makes these studies in particular significant? they give us an iron to the epidemic that has not messed around by bottlenecks and testing or changes in demand for test —— and i into. these are surveys which they saw people at random and report those results would have the number of people testing positive we have heard about the it glitches which delayed the reporting of those numbers last week and the number of people going into hospital have been tested positive for coronavirus, those numbers depend on how many people have been tested and that is very different now compared to the situation back in march. the figures give us that picture that are slightly different but it has to be said that they are all pointing in a broadly similar direction, that patter of doubling every fortnight is something we have seen in people testing positive and in hospitalisations as well. there has also been an update on the r eight, the reproduction rate, of covid—19, what is it showing question like

thatis what is it showing question like that is slightly down on the number that is slightly down on the number that was quoted last week, but it has to be remembered that r reflects the epidemic a few weeks ago. has to be remembered that r reflects the epidemic a few weeks agom has to be remembered that r reflects the epidemic a few weeks ago. it is calculator on the basis of a current data on deaths, couldn‘t it on people going into hospitalisations, which themselves reflect on infection that took place some time ago. so the letter or number will move around a little bit as all of those different sources of information change, but the two big surveys that you described at the start are the ones that show is the most up—to—date information on the epidemic and they are shown consistently, with a lot of other sources of data, concentrated in the north of england, concentrated in younger people, but growing pretty much everywhere, and growing at that rate of doubling any fortunate. robert, thank you very much, our of statistics. i erroneously called it the r eight and there was a throwing up the r eight and there was a throwing up of hands in the gallery so i apologise, it is the r number. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello.

we have had a mix of some bright spells but also some heavy downpours so far today, and that is going to be the story as we head through tonight and into the weekend too. it‘s going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been recently, with plenty of blustery showers on the cards as well. heading through into the evening hours, for a time the south—east of england will see some prolonged spells of rain, but for the rest of us, we are looking at clear spells and fairly heavy showers rattling in from the north—west. through tonight, the heaviest and the most frequent downpours will be across parts of scotland, some into northern ireland and northern england as well. further south and east, you‘ve got clearer, cooler conditions to start your saturday morning. saturday brings us another day of sunshine and showers. it‘s going to be quite breezy as well, particularly around this east coast. temperatures here are only about 11 celsius or so. feeling cooler where you are exposed to that wind. temperatures at best 13 or 14 celsius, but nowhere immune to those showers. sunday looking like the drier day of the weekend for most of us. not quite as blustery as saturday. still a brisk breeze around that east coast. one or two rogue showers and temperatures around 11—15 c. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines... the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme. the government will pay two thirds of worker‘s wages for businesses across the uk which are legally required to close when lockdown restrictions are tightened. liber says the measures do not go far enough. —— labour. the uk economic recovery slows sharply in august with growth ofjust over 2%. the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. tens of thousands ofjobs under threat as the company behind peacocks and jaeger says "brutal" trading conditions have left them on the brink of collapse. an nhs trust is charged over the death of baby harry richford, who lived forjust seven days after an emergency delivery. also coming up, the dorset cinema hall that‘s being restored to its heyday. let‘s return to the chancellor‘s plans, outlined earlier today

to extend thejob support scheme to help all businesses across the uk legally required to close due to local or national coronavirus restrictions. this is what rishi sunak had to say a bit earlier. throughout this crisis my priority has always been to protectjobs, so today i am announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme, specifically to protect those jobs of people who work in businesses that may be asked to close. if that happens, those workers will receive two thirds of their wages for the time that they are unable to go to work. i hope this provides reassurance and a safety net for people and businesses in advance of what may be a difficult winter. have you estimated how much that is going to cost? do you know how you are going to pay for it? we obviously won‘t know the exact take—up of a scheme like this because as we enter an uncertain period, the exact scope of any restrictions that may be necessary is uncertain at this time. we obviously have all the costings for the previous schemes we have

done that are available but it is right that we take action now to protect people‘s jobs, provide that reassurance, if indeed their businesses are asked to close throughout the winter. the fact that you are asking and announcing this scheme today does seem to suggest that you are as a government going to ask some businesses to close possibly in the hospitality sector. can you say anything about which businesses, how much, for how long, give any sense for all of those millions of people who are hanging on government decisions, what is coming next? obviously the rise in cases and hospital admissions in certain parts of the country is a concern, it is right that the government considers a range of options to address that and considers all the evidence, but it is also right that they engage with local leaders and that is what is happening this afternoon and over the weekend so those conversations can happen and collectively we can decide on the appropriate response. the hospitality sector and pubs don't want to be shut unnecessarily.

how can you make absolutely sure that under what we are told is the tier system that is coming, which can look like a bit of a blunt instrument, we are not going to end up in a situation where lots of places are being closed without need and without an exit strategy? i think it‘s absolutely right we consider all the evidence and have these conversations together and consider all of these decisions in the round. we know the impact this virus is having notjust on our economy, we want to make sure we protect children‘s education and people‘s health conditions, not just coronavirus, all of these are things in the round that we need to talk about, and with regard to the hospitality industry or other businesses that may be asked to close, i am also announcing today an increase in the generosity and frequency of business grants that will go to those businesses, up to £3000 a month paid every fortnight which will also help them if they find themselves in this unfortunate situation. over the summer you encouraged people to go into pubs, back into restaurants with your eat 0ut

to help 0ut scheme. now hospitality is being blamed for the second spike. two weeks ago you didn't look like you wanted to do anything like this partial furlough which you have rebranded an extension of the job support scheme, now you are having to do it. is there any sense in which the treasury is guilty of a bit of wishful thinking? what is going wrong? why are you having to do these u—turns? this is a very different scheme to what we have had before. this is not a universal approach. this is an expansion of thejob support scheme, specifically for those people who own businesses that will be formally or legally asked to close. in that sense, it is very different. but i have always said that we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation on the health side adapts and evolves. that is what is happening. i think that is the pragmatic and right thing to do, to adapt to that, and i believe that the actions today demonstrate that approach. final question, the prime minister has said nobody who does the right thing should lose out from coronavirus.

today you are effectively announcing a pay cut. what do you say to those people who will get less money each month in their salary as a result of today's announcements? throughout this entire crisis, we have tried to protect people‘s jobs and incomes to a considerable degree. that is what the furlough scheme did, it protected almost nine million jobs. that is what today‘s announcement will do, protect the jobs and income of people who happen to work in businesses who may be asked to shut down, and with all the other changes we have made, to our welfare system, mortgage holidays, support for businesses, we have made sure the most vulnerable in our society are the ones that have been protected the most and that is something we will continue to do. the chancellor, rishi sunak. pubs and restaurants across central scotland will be subject to strict new coronavirus restrictions from six o‘clock this evening. all licensed premises in the central belt, which includes glasgow and edinburgh, will have to close until october 25th, although they can still serve takeaways. premises outside this area can serve alcohol — but only outdoors — until 10pm.

they can, though, open for food and nonalcoholic drinks during the day. the first minister nicola sturgeon said a further steep increase in cases was a sharp reminder of the seriousness of the situation. lorna gordon reports. covid has changed the way we live. with rising numbers of cases and hospital admissions, people in scotland have already been banned from visiting socially in each other‘s homes. now on top of that, restrictions on hospitality kick in at 6pm tonight. i think a lot of it is not for me now making sense whereas i had been been really quite behind nicola sturgeon. i find myself without a job now, in a serious depleted market, along with many other people. after the latest news, i'm sure that is only set to increase. the new restrictions are tightest in the central belt and will affect more than 3 million people. there, all pubs and restaurant will have to close. cafes can remain open. in the rest of scotland, pubs and restaurants will be allowed

to serve alcohol outdoors, but will have restricted opening times. i know how desperately difficult this is for people trying to make a living, keep business that they have worked hard to build up going and of course, take care of their staff. the government, all governments are trying to strike right now almost impossible balances between lives and jobs. speaking for the scottish government, we are trying to do that as best we can. £40 million of support is being made available. but businesses affected say that does not go far enough. we are a small producer who relies on hospitality businesses like pubs and restaurants. if they can‘t trade, we can‘t trade, effectively. so we are losing orders or have lost orders this week. there has to be an extension of the 100% business rates relief, to include supply chain, such as small producers like us, wholesalers and distributors, who are critical to the hospitality industry.

the scottish government insists it has no choice but to take tough action, warning that without it, there is a risk that the virus will run out of control by the end of the month. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. an nhs trust is to be prosecuted over the death of a baby seven days after being born by emergency delivery at a kent hospital. the care quality commission has charged east kent hospitals nhs with two counts of providing unsafe care to baby harry richford and his mother sarah richford. harry died a week after he was born at margate‘s queen elizabeth the queen mother hospital three years ago. michael buchanan reports. harry richford should be approaching his third birthday next month, but a catalogue of serious failures at his birth meant little harry died atjust seven days old. today, the nhs trust that should have delivered the baby safely has been charged with failing to provide safe care and treatment. i think we are really happy

with the cqc decision. itjust shows that from day one, that we were really in a pretty terrible situation with the trust and the care that sarah and harry both received was completely inadequate at the time. the problems occurred at this hospital in margate. staff failed to spot harry‘s heart rate was fluctuating, delayed arranging a caesarean section, and then failed to carry out the operation correctly. an inquest injanuary concluded that harry‘s death had been contributed to by neglect. we both blamed ourselves and we did not know why this had happened. the more we realised the trust were at fault, the less we blame ourselves and the more we can look at them as an organisation that has failed us. today‘s charges relate notjust to harry‘s treatment but also to the care his mother sarah received, the first time maternity problems have led the care quality commission to take such action. i think it is monumental and i am glad they have recognised that. um...

i think it's good to hear that i was, we were right in thinking that how i was treated wasn't right and it was not just harry as well. the trust say today it had admitted to the cqc that it had failed to provide safe care and treatment to both harry and his mother, and apologised unreservedly. for tom and sarah, today marks another step in a three—year campaign to get justice for their son. we had so much information that the trust had failed with us in our case, that we couldn‘t sit silently with that, knowing that if it happened to someone else in the future, we would be partially responsible for not sharing this information. harry richford‘s death has been the catalyst for an independent inquiry into maternity care at east kent, giving real hope of lasting improvements. michael buchanan, bbc news, east kent. with the deadline looming for a post—brexit trade deal with the eu, talks have been taking place in london.

the eu‘s cheif negotiator michel barnier,, held talks with his uk counterpart david frost. borisjohnson has said he wants a deal in place by next thursday when an eu summit gets underway. norwegian air will make 259 pilots and cabin crew redundant at its gatwick base. the move affects mainly short haul crew as the company is flying far fewer routes due to the pandemic. the company says it will still operate some short haul flights from gatwick as those routes currently originate from the nordics. the headlines on bbc news... the chancellor announces an extension to thejob support scheme. the government will pay two thirds of worker‘s wages for businesses across the uk which are legally forced to close when lockdown restrictions are tightened.

the uk economic recovery slows sharply in august — with growth ofjust over 2%. the economy is now almost a tenth smaller than before the pandemic. more than 20,000 jobs under threat as the company behind peacocks and jaeger says ‘brutal‘ trading conditions have left them on the brink of collapse. thirteen 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 — fraternising 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. mark lobel, bbc news. to the us now and the forthcoming presidential election. you may think that the main issues in the us election are the pandemic, the supreme court and the debates. but millions of americans are tuning into an entirely different conversation filled with conspiracy theories and allegations of the most vile crimes. joining me now is our social media and disinformation reporter marianna spring. 0ne one of the busiest people in this building at the moment. tell us about qanon, a conspiracy theory

thatis about qanon, a conspiracy theory that is having quite an impact even though it is banned from facebook. it is qanon that appears to have had any biggest impact on us voters ahead of the election. qanon is an undivided conspiracy theory that suggests that president try translation: is waging a secret war against satanic paedophiles are working on the government, business and media and it also sets and lots of other elements of coronavirus disinformation —— president trump is waging a secret work. it is a qanon that has been making the most noise online, exclusive bbc research found that over 100 million comments, likes and shares have been generated by this group, so facebook has finally acted to ban it. and yet there are still fears that this is too late and it has already had an impact ona too late and it has already had an impact on a voters. i have actually spoken to a number of people who fear that their friends and neighbours have already been impacted. one is jade, neighbours have already been

impacted. one isjade, she neighbours have already been impacted. one is jade, she is 24 yea rs impacted. one is jade, she is 24 years old, a journalist from houston in texas. she says that a lot of her best friends have been believing the false claim that the democrats ran a child trafficking ring and this is qanon information, but they do not realise it is qanon and fears it will affect halibut. the republican party and the democrat party about evil. they think that they are better off not voting —— affect how people will vote. the majority of them have no idea it is qanon information. it is notjust jade, tom her 68 does not use instagram at all, he is a space book and he knows that —— has signed at the local facebook group he runs has been overrun by the conspiracy theory and feels that this action run by facebook —— the action by facebook is too late because his friends also leaving this. they are posted and reposted and reposted and if you know that person, you think, oh,

that person knows what they're talking about. then it gets spread and spread. even though it can is completely false. — — and spread. even though it can is completely false. —— is completely false. there are fears of qanon, not just on the run—up but after elected as well. that has a big fear. a number of ex—players worried that a worldview that qanon promotes, a deep state that rigs everything against president trump could result ina against president trump could result in a wholesale rejection of the democratic process where top notch when and disinformation about possible in, for instance, that the president himself has promoted on social media encourage that narrative. the idea that everything is right. and that it is not as it seems. it is notjust about the impact that this could have a yes vote is now, it is the impact it has already had and media is afterwards and well facebook has acted to ban this tweeted at the same, yet you have not done anything yet, is it

enough to undo the fact that a number of people have been reached where there is political disinformation and do not even realise that the campaign that it is pa rt realise that the campaign that it is part of? thank you very much, marianna spring. and you can hear more on that story on bbc world service tomorrow, the bbc website and the bbc trending podcast available on bbc sounds. it‘s called will conspiracies influence the us vote? for more than a hundred years, cinemas have provided entertainment and a sense of community for people. but, coronavirus aside, many old film theatres have fallen into a state of disrepair. the regent centre in christchurch is no exception, but now it has been restored to its former glory after a major refurbishment during lockdown. duncan kennedy has been for a look. power, projector, picture. this is one cinema opening during a week when many others are closing. easter parade is just one of the classics they‘re testing at the newly refurbished

regent cinema in christchurch. the taming of the shrew was the first movie ever shown at the regent in 1931. but over time, the auditorium became jaded. now, though, it‘s been brought back to this, a lavish recreation of the original cinema. the restoration is as detailed as a hollywood period drama. from the carpets... ..to the paint colours on the walls... ..to the seats... it‘s as close to the 1930s design as they could get. for those that run it, this is a cinematic time capsule. what are the major changes that you brought here in terms of your refurbishment? we‘ve brought back a slice of the 19305, really. it just wasn‘t really making sense any more, visually or in terms of comfort.

and often with these heritage buildings, actually rewinding and bringing them back to the way they were meant to be originally is what makes sense. comedies from ealing are just one of the genres being tried out for the new roster of films here. gary trinder, who led the renovations, says whilst other chains are being closed by covid restrictions, here, they‘re determined to stay open, using their cash reserves and 200 volunteers. as we‘re all aware, this really has been a dreadful week for cinemas in this country, with many of the multiplexes having now closed. we‘d decided upon an opening date, and we wanted to stick to that opening date, and i think to welcome people back into this building, to put the kind of heart back into this building to make it live again, we need the patrons back in. from its sepia beginnings to its modern makeover, 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. something a little diverting body change. —— for a change. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. hello. we have had a mix of some bright spells but also some heavy downpours so far today, and that is going to be the story as we head through tonight and into the weekend too. it‘s going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been recently, with plenty of blustery showers on the cards as well. heading through into the evening hours, for a time the south—east of england will see some prolonged spells of rain, but for the rest of us, we are looking at clear spells and fairly heavy showers rattling in from the north—west. through tonight, the heaviest and the most frequent downpours will be across parts of scotland, some into northern ireland and northern england as well. further south and east, you‘ve got clearer, cooler conditions

to start your saturday morning. saturday brings us another day of sunshine and showers. it‘s going to be quite breezy as well, particularly around this east coast. temperatures here are only about 11 celsius or so. feeling cooler where you are exposed to that wind. temperatures at best 13 or 14 celsius, but nowhere immune to those showers. sunday looking like the drier day of the weekend for most of us. not quite as blustery as saturday. still a brisk breeze around that east coast. one or two rogue showers and temperatures around 11—15 c. bye— bye. coming up on bbc news, interviews often seem to be running out of time, could they not be allocated enough time in the first place? that 02:28:36,376 --> 2147483052:51:03,860 his news watch at 8:45pm here on bbc 2147483052:51:03,860 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news.