this is bbc news. i'm 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. labour says the measures don't go far enough. 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. last orders for more than three million people in scotland, as new restrictions on pubs and restaurants come into force within the next hour. 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

are 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. and, at 5.45, mark kermode takes a look at the best movies to watch on the big and small screen in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor rishi sunak has announced support for businesses across the uk which 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 1st of november 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'll survive if new local lockdowns are imposed. government grants and the furlough scheme helped to survive in the spring lockdown.

then in august, taxpayer—funded discounts like the eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme brought relief. it gave people a new confidence. we had new customers, we had regulars, we were so busy, we couldn't accommodate everyone. it was a nice problem to have. but today's figures reveal that outside food and accommodation, most of the economy barely grew at all in august, and that's before new restrictions were even discussed. 0verall growth of 2.1% was less than half what economists expected. just as the economy shrank faster than it ever has in the spring when lockdown was imposed, so it grew back more rapidly than it normally would. but we're still not back up to pre—covid levels and even if lockdowns aren't reimposed, the knock to consumer confidence may mean we don't get there anytime soon. with stricter rules now in force, the restaurant can only fit in 30 customers at a time instead of 50, and the 10pm curfew means they can only do one sitting for dinner not two.

if there's a local lockdown, owners fear they could go under. losing everything they've worked for. it is a very scary situation at the moment because we don't know what's going to happen. i mean, we need to survive, simple as. we're a small family business. we have children like most people have, you know what i mean, that we have to support. we have put a lot of hard work, we have 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'm announcing an expansion of ourjob support scheme 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 that this provides reassurance and a safety net for people and businesses in advance

of what may be a difficult winter. labour welcome the government's change of policy but said more was needed forfirms hit by local lockdowns. labour has been saying for a long time now that we need to have wage supports in those communities and we also need to have clarity over the local restriction support plan. there is money that local authorities are prevented from spending now when they need to be able to make it available to local businesses. it's really critical with one in four people in the uk now under localised restrictions. while designed like the furlough scheme, the new support will only go to firms legally forced to shut, making it much less expensive. what we're yet to find out is whether it will be enough to stop businesses hit by a second lockdown from going under. andy verity, bbc news, albrighton. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker is at westminster. already there has been some reaction

from a group of northern mayors in the north of eglin, what are they saying? over the last couple of days we have heard from a number of regional leaders who are dp unhappy about the way that news and reports half poured out guarding potential restrictions that will in the midlands and the north where there have been high cases and they are also calling for further financial support should businesses be forced to shut. we have had some reaction just a few minutes ago from four labour mayors. the mayor of north time, sheffield city region, and the mayor of the liverpool city region, they say the they are pleased the government has listen and recognise new restrictions must come with a substantial package of financial support but they say on first look at the package nest by rishi sunak this afternoon and will not have appeared to go far enough to prevent genuine hardship, and business

failures and they will meet tomorrow to discuss the plans in more detail and they will make a further assessment then. the government has been coming a lot of political pressure to come up with some more financial support. the treasury announcing this new scheme this afternoon and i think they would argue that it is relatively a generous but clearly there is more work to do potentially in terms of convincing those regional labour leaders and their happen conversations going on between downing street and regional leaders today and we think they will continue into the weekend. but it is not just the what continue into the weekend. but it is notjust the what in terms of the financial package but it is the white in terms of what restrictions may come. the liverpool city mayor joe anderson said earlier today he wa nted joe anderson said earlier today he wanted to hear more about the evidence as to why hospitality may bea evidence as to why hospitality may be a target for further restrictions. downing street has been saying that early evidence suggests a significant proportion of coronavirus exposure is coming from those settings. just for the moment

thank you. jessica parker in westminster. 0ur economics correspondent dharshini david says the economic impact of the new lockdown measures remains unclear. we don't know as yet exactly how expensive exactly where the restrictions are going to be and therefore we don't know exactly how much of a help this will become will be, this new scheme. as you were here and there from jessica, it is a scheme that frankly is a furlough scheme but by another name. you saw a couple of weeks ago the chancellor saying, "now is the time to shift the focus to getting people back to work," getting people to what he called those viable jobs. now we are hearing that in actual fact an admission that there are people who can't get back to work. this new scheme only applies to businesses which are locked down and only to workers who cannot work for seven days or more. so really as a safety net goes, it is going to be very welcome and if you look at it in its entirety, it is more generous than the furlough scheme as it exists at the moment for companies that do actually qualify for that. and you can actually apply for this

if you are in an area which is locked down even if you haven't been in the furlough scheme before. but ultimately what we are looking at here is a big question mark over the economy, over how much they can actually save. the scheme may have come too late to save some jobs and in actual fact when you look at the months ahead, it is clear from the figures we are looking at at the moment, the recovery appears to have stalled. so to what extent can this bolster notjustjobs and livelihoods but people's confidence in the months ahead to try and keep the economy at least stable if not growing? it's a big question mark indeed. so there we heard the winter economic plan two weeks ago and you may have thought, that is it the treasury is going in hibernation. that's not the case just as yet. and as we look at it right now, that bill is getting higher and higher, £200 billion, perhaps north of that already pledged by the treasury in the fight against the spread of coronavirus this year. the deficit could be somewhere around £400 billion i'm hearing. even so, the treasury, the bank of england all say they stand ready for further action

if it is needed and clearly, no one quite knows where we're going to go from here. 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 contiune 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. concerns 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. the latest figures from the government show that as of friday, there have been a further 13,864 positive coronavirus cases in the uk. another 87 people have died

within 28 days of testing positive for the virus, which brings the uk total to 42,679. 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. last orders for more than three million people in scotland, as new restrictions on pubs and restaurants come into force within the next hour. 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. economists have expressed concern that the recovery appears to be losing steam. the latest figures show growth in august was 2.1%, leaving the economy still 9% smaller

than it was before the pandemic. joining me is sarah hewin, chief economist for europe for standard chartered bank. why hasn't it done as well as many a nalysts why hasn't it done as well as many analysts were predicting?” why hasn't it done as well as many analysts were predicting? i think there is a general concern, a weak consumer confidence and what we did see in august was manufacturing pretty much flat. that is a worry after the recovery we saw injune and july and going into the fourth quarter of this year, october, november, december with the threat of further restrictions, that raises questions about whether the service sector can continue to grow and if manufacturing is not going thing that does not leave very much for the economy to work on. given that there was a record contraction in there was a record contraction in the economy in april of over 20%,

looking back now, how overly optimistic where people being that it would continue to grow better thanit it would continue to grow better than it has? i think that there was an expectation that we would see a bounce back and to be fair of what of the indicators are showing a recovery. retail sales for example are better than they are a year ago. i guess what people didn't take into account was the impact of a second wave. there was a lot of talk around the risks of a second wave without really considering what that would mean in terms of further restrictions and also the damage to businesses and the threat to employment. we are seeing an implement rising and we are seeing wages under pressure. this is not a good book for the economy. you have no doubt been reading about the extension of the job no doubt been reading about the extension of thejob support scheme that the chancellor has announced this afternoon. how beneficial will that be for the next few months do you believe? it will be beneficial.

it's certainly a hope and a level of support and is an improvement from what was being discussed injust a few weeks ago but we must remember, of course, that the support is only going to be around two thirds of wages. so, people will be suffering from real income losses. and i think that the uncertainty that is around and the weak consumer confidence is only going to intensify despite this support that is coming from the treasury. what more could the treasury. what more could the treasury or even the bank of england do to help? it is a dilemma for the treasury of course, they have extended financial support already and the costs are rising. at the moment the government is able to borrow virtually free money. at some point in the future it will have to be paid back by the good news is that interest rates are very low.

from the bank of england's point of view, they have certainly talked about increasing and giving for the support for credit growth and they also talked about cutting interest rates. the bank rate is already 0.i%. rates. the bank rate is already 0.1%. they talked about taking rates negative and that would be supportive for people who are holding debt and we have seen quite a lift in the housing market, that i think is one bright spot in the economy that we must recognise. thank you for your time. the owner of the clothes shop peacocks says it's on the brink of administration peacocks‘ owner, edinburgh woollen mills, is warning that 21,000 thousand jobs are at risk — thanks to what it calls "brutal" trading conditions during the pandemic. the stores will stay open as the firm appoints administrators to carry out a review of the business. let's get more from our business correspondent katie prescott. this is a large number ofjobs we

are talking about here. what has caused them to make this decision? the use of that word brutal in your introduction which the chief exec of using a statement today is right. this has been extreme and difficult during the pandemic not least because of causes during lockdown, they were difficult beforehand but clothing has particular suffrage, sales down four fits during the pandemic and then if you look at the demographic of the shopper that goes to edinburgh would notice it tends to edinburgh would notice it tends to be an older person who tends to be not out and about as much of the high street during the pandemic. and that the other thing about this group is they have a particular focus on the high street so unlike other chains of shops, they don't have a particularly strong online presence. they've got 1100 traps around the uk and that sort of real estate is a sort nearly expensive. how does this process of administration work? what it means if someone goes around looks at the

viability of the business over the next ten or so day and sees whether there is any of the business that can be salvaged but reading the statement i'm afraid there will be many thousands of cuts as a result of this. there might be a possibility we have seen for example and other retailers recently that some of the big online retailers step and to buy some of these shops. they are really strong brands like austin reed and peacock. katie, from the moment, thank you. katie prescott. let's return to the plans announced by the chancellor this afternoon to support businesses forced to close due to local coronavirus restrictions. we can speak now to fiona hornsby — the owner and landlord of the bridewell pub in liverpool — fiona joins me now via webcam from the pub. i don't know she prefers landlady. shejoins us, nice to i don't know she prefers landlady. she joins us, nice to see you again. we spoke a little while ago and you we re we spoke a little while ago and you were looking forward to welcoming people. how have you been managing

to operate under these rather difficult conditions? it was initially fantastic and they came out in droves and did everything we asked to enter the pub and have a drink and socialise safely. everything was great. the 10pm cu rfew everything was great. the 10pm curfew then came in and then the problems began and then liverpool was put under further restrictions with no mixing of households and it has been nearly impossible to trade. there is another pub you have got which you have been trying to get open, how likely is that now when we have gods, you have opened it? open, how likely is that now when we have gods, you have opened mm is, we have done as every other hospitality businesses we have done everything we have asked to jump through hoops to continue to stay open. we don't know what's coming do we necessarily on monday so how, you have a little warning, how much warning would you like to make significant changes to how you work or even have to close? well i think

if we have to close,, we are in a good position we don't sell food because there are businesses who do two orders, they will be throwing money away down the drain. we do have problems, but we are not buying it, we are using what we have got. hopefully we have enough to last through the weekend but if we get a reprieve and stay open, we will be running around like idiots trying to i more beer. for a one-time breweries were closed and they had to crack back up again. and what appeared thrown away. we don't want to do that again. we did have a lot of support. —— a lot of beer... people are on their knees now, they are doing everything they can to help each other out but it is beginning to become how long will this go on? you have probably heard the chancellor has announced this extension of the job the chancellor has announced this extension of thejob support scheme,

meaning 67% of someone's wages would be paid if you were forced to close because of a local or national lockdown. how adequate is that? it just isn't. any help is welcome but it is just not enough because ultimately a lot of these people who work for us... one we work with us... they live on minimum wage and you're given the 50% of their wages, how they supposed to pay for bills, rent, each, it doesn't go far enough. do we supported and top it up enough. do we supported and top it up as enough. do we supported and top it upasa enough. do we supported and top it up as a business which is possible for a few weeks but how long will this on? with this be a two week short chop shop or longer? and until we know the answers we cannot know how to play it. how happy have your customers been so to get back to the bridewell and denby caso? thrilled, and they are just moaning now because they do not want to miss it. they have read all the stats that saving us and no one can understand

why hospitality is being targeted in the way it is once so few cases have been transmitted in the hospitality. it is coming through schools, universities and the workplace and we are being hurt again and sunday people will lose theirjobs. they need to go out, socialise to de—stress and the prospect of being walked back down in a house again is not something anybody is looking forward to. fiona hornsby from the bridewell pub in liverpool, thank you so much. coronavirus restrictions on scotland's hospitality industry come into force at six this evening. under the measures, venues will see their opening hours limited and be restricted to serving alcohol outdoors only. while, bars and restaurants in the central belt will have to close their doors for 16 days. with me is deirdre curley, the owner of sligahan hotel on the isle of skye and i'm also joined by colin wilkinson from scottish licenced trade association. i cannot believe i set that properly. well done! i am amazed. i

would say sunday rather different. on the isle of skye and i'm also joined by colin wilkinson from scottish licenced trade association. tell us in real terms what these changes mean for you, what will you be able to do and won't be able to do? i guess the biggest impact for us is that we lose all income after 6pm from people on the isle of skye wa nted 6pm from people on the isle of skye wanted to come up for a meal, whiskey tasting, we can't offer that any more. for our guests arriving with us, all we want to do is provide them the best hospitality experience when it comes to scotland especially and we are not able to offer any alcohol. we are able to serve them in our restaurant past six p:m.. and we are allowed and other non—kind of guests into our

garden but we are heading into 0ctober garden but we are heading into october and it has been pretty rainy today. it is a huge impact on our business, we closed our bar com pletely business, we closed our bar completely and that we are just offering eating out of her hotel. the isle of skies known for many things but tropical weather is not one of them sadly. kyle and that is the local level on the business scale. —— how is that going to be propagated across your membership? —— colin. propagated across your membership? -- colin. to be quite frank as of 6pm tonight in the central belt, 6.5 thousand pubs and bars are going to be close. it is had a devastating effect on industry. the recent 10pm closing and the household rule of six has only worsened the impact and these restrictions and further walked as quite frankly is only going to accelerate business closures and job losses. does it mean that people stop drinking, it

just means they don't drink outside the home. yes but as an industry we are very concerned because we have done everything we possibly can with the mitigating measures that are been put in place to provide a venue where people can come and enjoy themselves. about 25% of alcohol in scotland is sold through trade at pubs and bars of the big question is how does the government controlled the 75% of alcohol that's consumed in the home? deidre, how reluctant or enthusiastic are people about coming to the isle of skye? to the even know it is open and welcoming to visitors at the moment with the current conditions? it is been really confusing for a lot of our guests that have been booked in over 0ctober. we had full occupancy for 0ctober. we had full occupancy for october and within 24 hours of the latest announcement we lost £6,000 with a business. people are a wee bit confused as to whether it is the

central belt where things are affecting them down there so basically here, we are getting a lot of gu ests basically here, we are getting a lot of guests wondering whether we can have a drink at the bars, are we open? nobody can quite work out what is happening across the whole of scotla nd is happening across the whole of scotland because it is really confusing. we heard from the chancellor about the kind of help he is offering. there is money that is going to the devolved governments as well. what is your hope that nicola sturgeon would do for your trade? we need as much support as we possibly can facet aid is the right word that should be used and what is been announced so far we do not see that is anywhere near enough for our industry to survive quite frankly. from what we have heard, it is going to get very complex and

time—consuming and will give funds of the people who are most in need and we really are wanting is quick and we really are wanting is quick and simple process is possible to introduced. it is one thing for a government to prop up people's wages. but what do the other costs that businesses also need support with? well, we recently carried out a survey and it shows that businesses, the average cost is about £11,000 per business. we are talking a range between a small corner pub and a large hotel. £11,000 is a shock. the announcements given by the scottish government and the chance of it today are not going to help that. —— and by the chancellor today facet we need for more aid and we need it now. deidre i know that you had a pretty good summer. how much important isn't that the next couple

of months are busy for you?m important isn't that the next couple of months are busy for you? it is really essential that we have a really essential that we have a really good 0ctober. we are still able to be open which is lovely but our income is going to go down dramatically at the fact that we cannot have any nonresidents in here. we are a seasonal business on the isle of skye that he checks many people through the summer months. we tend to have a very good 0ctober which carries us through throughout winter and enables us to keep our staff on the payroll. at this point, i feel a staff on the payroll. at this point, ifeel a bit staff on the payroll. at this point, i feel a bit nervous again like i did back in february— march as what's coming our way and we really, really, really need a good 0ctober as well. may, june, august, september, to actually carry on for the winter months because at that point tourist season drops off and this year is not really looking like we are going to be able to continue to keep open as long as we would

have liked. i know you are busy because i look at your website and cannot find a room over the summer. it is wonderful. you might be able to find a room now. maybe, i would check the forecast first. deidre cu rley from check the forecast first. deidre curley from the sligachan hotel on the isle of skye and conlon wilkinson from this scottish licenced trade association, grateful to both the you for talking to us. a bit early for me. 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 celsius. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news. 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. labour says the measures don't go far enough. last orders for more than three million people in scotland, as new restrictions on pubs

and restaurants come into force in under a hour's time. three separate assessments show the covid is rising sage has said that it's almost certain the cases are growing exponentially. 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. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, good evening. rafael nadal is into the men's final of the french open — after another demolition in his semi at roland garros. the spaniard — who is yet to lose a set in this year's championship saw off diego schwartzman

of argentina in straight sets this afternoon. nadal winning 6—3, 6—3, 7—6 and very much looking like he could win a record extending 13th french open title. up next, the other semi—final — between novak djokovic and stefanos tsitsipas. 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 commentator, said on social media it was a "really bad move" by the premier league. fans groups feel it's a step in right the direction, but the price could be lower. everybody‘s in difficult times. and we certainly are at the broadcast to

have another look at that price. 0bviously, have another look at that price. obviously, we don't expect to get it through. we've got a lot of our members concerned that this may give them problems. but we think one of them problems. but we think one of the very urgent things for a lot of clu bs to the very urgent things for a lot of clubs to do is to return the seed money a lot of people are holding onto. so supporters can pay to pay the price whether it's £15 or whether we succeed in getting the broadcasters to lower it a bit. whether we succeed in getting the broadcasters to lower it a bit. 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. there's no change in the overall lead after the seventh stage of the giro d'italia. portugal'sjoao almeida retained the leader's pinkjersey, while britain's simon yates remains almost four minutes behind in nineteenth place.

for the second day running frenchman arnaud demare won the stage, to take his tally to three at this year's race. british champion ben swiftjust missed out, crossing the line in fourth place. 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 the state of the coronavirus pandemic. despite covid 19 it was a busy summerfor 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 out where your game to do to be

successful and take your game to the next level. the second round of the bmw pga championship is almost done — there's a share of the lead at the top of the leaderboard at wentworth. 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... englishman tyrell hatton, is a shot behind — he was joint top of the leaderboard after the first round. and the women's pga championship in pennsylvania is taking place, the third major of the year — with both charley hull and georgia hall in action for the second round. hall due to tee of in the next hour. get more on that, and the rest of the sport at the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i will see you later on, take care. 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. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s head of statistics, robert cuffe, who has been looking at the latest data. across england where the studies are focused they reckon it's about one in 200 people. maybe have coronavirus in the last week that they were studying. as up over the course of the last few weeks. roughly if you look at the 0ns data of doubling every fortnight. so that trend is probably familiar because are starting to see hospitalizations. the number of people testing positive and these studies a couple of weeks ago, the information suggested that perhaps the pace of growth was slowing down. and what we've seen today is any changes may be a little bit slower than september but that pattern of doubling every fortnight is still

pretty consistent. what makes these studies in particular consistent? they give us and i into the epidemic that's not messed around with bottlenecks or changes in demands for a test. these are surveys where they swap people around and report those results was up where is the number of people testing positive we heard about the id glitches that delay the reporting of those numbers. in the number of people going into hospital who have tested positive for coronavirus was up those numbers as well depend on how many people have been tested. that's very different now compared to the situation back in march. so the figures give us that picture that slightly different but has to be said that they are all pointing in a broadly similar direction for top that pattern of doubling every fortnight is something we've seen and people testing positive and something that we've seen in hospitalizations as well. there's also been an update on the r rate the reproduction rate of covid—19. what's at stake was not that is slightly down on the number quoted last week. it has to be remembered that our flex the epidemic a few weeks ago because it's calculate on

the basis of current data on deaths and current data on people going into hospitalization which stem cells reflect reflections that take place sometime ago. so the art number will move around a little bit as those different sources change but the two big servers you described at the start, they are the ones that showed the most up—to—date information on the epidemic. consistently with other sources of data concentrated in the north of england, concentrated in younger people but growing pretty much everywhere and growing up that rate. in the united states just weeks before the election, the democrats have decided to raise the issue of the 25th amendment — which deals with what to do when a sitting president is not physically able to fulfil his or her duties. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi — the most senior democrat in congress has called for mr trump's fitness for the job to be scrutinised — in the light of what she said was his ‘disassociation from reality. congress has a constitutional duty to lay out the process by which a president's incapacity,

a president of any party, is determined. this bill honours the duty by creating a standing commission of top former executive officials and medical experts, selected in a bipartisan, bicameralway. a president's fitness for office must be determined by science and facts. it's probably worth bearing in mind that for mr trump to be removed temporarily from office due to incapacity, would require the backing of both houses of congress, and given that the republicans control the senate, it's rather unlikely to get that approval. an inquestjury has found that the use of restraints by police on a man with mental health problems was inappropriate and contributed to his death. kevin clarke who was 35, was having a mental health episode and died in police custody at lewisham hospital in 2018.

an inquest at southwark crown court heard that he told officers that he "couldn't breathe" and he "was going to die" as he was put into handcuffs. he lost consciouseness as he was taken to an ambulance. 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. now on the bbc news channel, it's time for the film review, with mark kermode.

hello and welcome to the film review with me mark kermode. rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. film fans were disheartened this week by news of the temporary closure of cineworld and picture house cinemas following the announcement that the release of the tent pole bond movie no time to die has been delayed yet again. it's been pushed back to 2021. a number of 0deon cinemas also closing during the week. the news is grim but cinemas are still open. with independent cinemas in particular striving to serve those eager to watch movies on the big screen. and if you're looking for a reason

to go to the cinema then look no further than saint maud, the brilliant british chiller from writer—director rose glass. bless amanda's body which is hurting now but has done so many wonderful things. and bless her mind which is shrouded in darkness. and reach out to her like you did to me. amen. morfydd clark plays the titular private carer, nursing jennifer ehle's amanda, a dancer now facing the spectre of death. can you feel that? maud's duties include tending to amanda's physical needs cooking, cleaning, administeering medication and basic physiotherapy. but having recently discovered god maud is more interested in saving amanda soul. in fact, she's convinced that the almighty has put her there with that specific purpose and she is going to do gods will weather amanda likes it or not.