this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as europe records over 100,000 new coronavirus cases, spain declares a two—week state of emergency in madrid to contain a covid—19 outbreak. there's fresh confusion over when president trump will return to the campaign trail following his hospital treatment for coronavirus. in the uk, an extension to the country's job support scheme as the government says it will pay two thirds of workers‘ wages for businesses which are forced to close. 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. and the united nations‘

world food programme wins this year's nobel peace prize. its director tells me he's stunned. somebody walked in and said nobel peace prize, and i'm like, "0h, who won it, who won it?" and they're like, "the world food programme!" i was like, you've got to be kidding me! hello and welcome, i'm nancy kacungira. new coronavirus infections in europe have passed 100,000 in a single day for the first time. new restrictions have been brought in in several countries in an attempt to control the spread. this graph shows the number of cases per 100,000 people. the uk, france and spain all have more than 100, while germany and italy have fewer cases, but numbers

there are also rising. in spain, there is disagreement over how to get the disease back under control. the government has imposed a two—week state of emergency in madrid to try to contain the outbreak, overriding a court decision that previous restrictions were illegal. it's the beginning of a bank holiday weekend, but with the police stopping many people from leaving madrid, it's not a typical one. the central government has announced a state of emergency in the merger reason, preventing all nonessential travel in and out of the capital and eight nearby cities. these restrictions were already in place for several days until the court struck them down on thursday, saying they violated the rights of madrid's inhabitants. the state of emergency ove 1120 m es inhabitants. the state of emergency overcomes that legal obstacle, but has further inflamed the dispute between madrid's regional authorities and the central

government, which worried that the spread of the virus in the capital was out of control. translation: the president of the region of madrid has decided to do nothing. look, last week, 63 people died from covid—19 in the madrid region —— madrid region. right now, there are 306 he won people hospitalized in madrid. there are 490 be a people in the icu fighting between life and death. we can either cross our arms 01’ death. we can either cross our arms or stop the virus. the local government disagrees, insisting that existing measures have already started to improve the infection rate. some locals take a similar view. it seems that the measures are only intended to annoy madrid, because there are so many regions in spain which are going through the same thing as us and they haven't done that. so i'm not at all in

favour and what the central government is doing. in recent weeks, madrid has been spain's biggest concern, providing around a third of the entire country's new infections and the government says spreading the virus to neighbouring regions. so far, during the second wave of coronavirus, spain's health ca re system wave of coronavirus, spain's health care system has managed to cope. whether that continues to be the case could depend on how successful measures like this state of emergency are in stabilising the pandemic. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. here in the uk, the country's finance minister, chancellor rishi sunak, has announced new measures designed to help businesses that could be forced to close because of coronavirus restrictions. it's thought that bars and restaurants in the worst—affected parts of england may be told to shut next week. the nationwide scheme will begin on the 1st of november, and last for six months as the bbc‘s consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports.

local lockdowns and reduced opening hours are already hurting hospitality. on the edge of greater manchester, altrincham has been under tighter rules sincejuly and the prospect of pubs and restaurants being forced to close in areas with high infection rates has angered business owners. it's disastrous because the minute the tap is turned off, you've got no ability to generate any income. the hospitality industry is being completely and utterly slated and the spectre now of further closure is really terrifying. there will be more help to cushion the blow. staff working for firms told to close by law will get 67% of their wages paid for by the government. so, today i'm 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. and listening closely to that is william robinson, whose brewery runs 260 pubs across the north west. i think there is definitely a relief that he's listening. he says if some are told to shut, wage support and an increase in business grants of up to £3000 a month will take some of the pressure off. the closure of a business and the reopening of a business, when that happens, and if that happens, will be very expensive for small businesses and large businesses. they've a lot of costs and depending on the level of grant they get, will depend whether that will really truly cover their expenses or not. the hospitality sector has a raft of safety measures in place and says it's being unfairly singled out and for those who may have to close their doors once again, the big unknown is whether this extra financial support will make enough of a difference for them to survive in the long term.

the landlady of the bull's head in trafford fears a difficult winter ahead. the future is very uncertain and it's quite scary. we've done a beer order. do i need the beer? don't know. does it need to go down the drain? mayors representing cities in the north of england say the chancellor's measures don't go far enough, while labour want more to be done to protectjobs. in other countries, those schemes are working to incentivise employers to keep people in work. his scheme, the chancellor's scheme, is just not doing that sufficiently and we're seeing the impact on the levels of unemployed people. and the extra financial support will only apply to businesses told to close by the government, and all this at the start of what should be the lucrative christmas period. sarah corker, bbc news. some breaking news now from westminster and plans for an announcement from borisjohnson on stricter

coronavirus restrictions in england. let's get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake. hi, jonathan. what can you expect to hear? we can confirm tonight what we have been expecting for a couple of days now, and that is that on monday, borisjohnson will make a statement to mps in the house of commons, setting out the details of a new framework of restrictions and at the national level in england to spread the —— slow the spread of coronavirus. the indications is that it will be a tiered system of differing levels of restrictions imposed region by region according to the severity of cases in any one particular place. we don't have the exact details of that scale of measures, but i think we can probably expect tier one, if you like, or the baselines. what is in

place in england now, the national level, and that is the 10pm curfew on bars and restaurants, plus what is called the rule of six which allows a group of up to six people from any number of households to meet indoors or outdoors at any one time. tonight, mps and some of the worst affected areas in the northwest of england, particularly have received a letter from the prime minister's director of strategy, edward lister, saying that it is now very likely that certain local areas will face further restrictions, and he adds that the prime minister will make that statement to mps on monday and the government is looking to finalise the details as soon as possible. so we can read from that, i think, that the final decisions and details may not yet be signed off, but we know at least now the timing that we will get the details on monday. there is also an acknowledgement from those

in downing street and from the prime minister that there needs to be more engagement with local politicians who over the last few days have been expressing their frustration that they haven't been involved enough in they haven't been involved enough in the decision—making process, and they and people in the areas they represent have been left too much in the dark about what is coming their way. we are told by senior government sources tonight that the prime minister's officials —— told officials he wants much more close engagement with local leaders. going on to say local people are the ones that will have to endure these restrictions and their leaders have a say on what they are, adding that they'll also bring expertise on what they'll also bring expertise on what the work in their regions. jonathan blake, thank you very much for that update. just confirming those details about further restrictions. there's renewed confusion over when president trump will return

to the campaign trail after being treated in hospitalfor coronavirus. following the latest assessment by trump's white house's physician, the president said he may attend election rallies over the weekend. but a separate administration official later said mr trump was unlikely to travel so soon because the logistics of organising events at short notice was problematic. but congressional democrats say they want to set up a panel to examine whether he is fit for office. let's speak to nomia iqbal, who's in washington. good to see you. even more confusion over whether president trump is well enough to get back on the campaign trail. yeah, it's not there so much confusion, wejust trail. yeah, it's not there so much confusion, we just haven't really been given any more information. we've not actually seen much of president trump, but we certainly heard from him just earlier. he was ona heard from him just earlier. he was on a radio show with rush limbaugh,

a very conservative talk show host here in america, and he was on there talking about a variety of issues. it was almost like a virtual rally. we are expected to see mr trump in person later on on fox this evening in terms of his travel plan, he suggested he was going to a rally in florida. that's not likely to happen, but we're never really too sure with this president in terms of his medical condition, there's been no update on that. apart from last night when doctor sean connolly said ina memo night when doctor sean connolly said in a memo that mr trump could be ready to resume public engagements by saturday. stay with us, nomia, because there something else i want to talk about. with the presidential election getting ever closer, 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, and no fan of the president — said it was time for mr trump's fitness for the job

to be scrutinised. congress has a constitutional duty to lay out the process by which a president's incapacity and at any party is determined. this built honours the duty by creating a standing commission of top former executive officials and medical experts selected in a bipartisan, bicameral way. a president's fitness for office must be determined by science and facts. let's come back to you, nomia, if you can hear me. obviously, we've heard resident trump call himself a purse for —— perfect physical specimen, so help us understand what exactly is a nancy pelosi setting in motion here and why now?|j

exactly is a nancy pelosi setting in motion here and why now? i think it's fair to say that nancy pelosi is always donald trump's antagonist, but she said this is not about him specifically. of course, ifjoe biden becomes president, he will be the oldest president in office. but it's worth mentioning that this is not even at a stage of becoming a bill. she wants to set up a commission to get this going, but this will have to go through the senate, and the senate is controlled by the republicans and so it's very unlikely to be considered. all right, nomia, thank you very much for on tonight. freed at last — a rapturous welcome for two of the hostages kidnapped and held captive in mali for four years.

this was a celebration by people who we re this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. this was a celebration by people who were relishing theirfreedom. they believe everything is going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in their country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be. the dalai lama has won this yea r‘s be. the dalai lama has won this year's nobel peace prize. two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped grenades exploded and a group of soldiers jumped from a military truck and ran towards the president firing an automatic rifle. lou even as divers work to pull her up, the mary rose went through another heart stopping drama. the mary rose went through another heart stopping dramalj the mary rose went through another heart stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california.

this is bbc news, our top story... britain's prime minister boris johnson is to make an address to the nation on monday on new coroanvirus restrictions. it comes as europe records over 100,000 new coronavirus cases and spain declares a two—week state of emergency in madrid to contain an outbreak. in the us, 13 men have been charged with an alleged plot to kidnap the governor 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. mrs whitmer has become a target for coronavirus sceptics after enacting strict measures that were overturned by a judge last week. many in the arrested militia group are also accused of gang affiliation and providing material support to terrorists.

alexandra minna stern is professor of american culture at the university of michigan and author of ‘proud boys and the white ethnostate — how the alt—right is warping the american imagination'. thank you very much forjoining us. just help us understand, for those who might not be very familiar with this, what exactly are us militia groups like the probable ways —— proud boys? these are far right extremists that should be classified as domestic terrorists. they are pa rt as domestic terrorists. they are part of a wave of violent extremism that we've seen rising in the country over the past several years and with greater intensification really over the past year, leading us really over the past year, leading us into the 2020 election. some members of these groups, the 13 men that were arrested, one of them

appears to be affiliated with the proud boys, and more broadly, they are proud boys, and more broadly, they a re collected proud boys, and more broadly, they are collected but with the michigan militia movement which is been around since the 19 905. militia movement which is been around since the 19 90s. you say these groups should be classified as domestic terrorist, does that mean they aren't? also, how does president trump's response to a group like this impact their activities and also the way they are perceived? yeah, i would say it depends on who you talk to, whether they are classified as terrorist or not. the most common go to term is extremists, and in fact, the department of homeland security issued an assessment reportjust earlier this month, and in that report it determined that 2019 was the year of the highest amount of far right terrorist activity since 1995, which is your listeners might

know, was the year oklahoma city bombing. you're painting a picture here of a picture that isn'tjust getting more attention, it's actually a phenomenon that's growing. you've been saying politically motivated by list should get worse —— could get worse in american. i'm concerned because if you look at the elaborate plot engineered by those men to kidnap the governor of my state and to take her hostage and potentially kill her, this was an involved plot that had been planned since really the spring of this year. we know that there are other militia groups that potentially are devising similar plots. they are using encrypted media and also social media platforms to connect with one another and to recruit. i think i just like to underscore also that this is an incredibly divisive time in american society with increasing

militarization on the streets, and really a fever pitch of anxiety leading into the election next month. thank you so much forjoining us with your thoughts, alexandra. thank you. the world food programme has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize. the norwegian nobel committee praised the organisation's efforts in fighting hunger and its work in improving conditions for peace in war—torn regions. david beaseley is executive director of the programme. he says the news caught him totally unaware, which is why he's especially delighted. it's amazing, it's shocking and i am so it's amazing, it's shocking and i am so thrilled on behalf of the world food programme and all of our employees and partners who are literally put their lives in harm's way every day. in hurricanes, tornadoes, so they're out there. this reward, this prize i hope will

be an example for the rest of the world to follow, people are willing to put their lives at risk for others. it's quite amazing, honestly. i was in a meeting here. we had been out in the field and some trouble areas, and ijust come into a media and someone walked in and said nobel peace prize. i'm like, oh, who wanted to? they were like, oh, who wanted to? they were like, the world food programme. what an honour. we assess right now about 100 million people, and what breaks your heart, you think three or four years ago there were only 80 million people on the brink of starvation, and now 270 million people. so we are in all those extreme situations, and you can imagine with the economic deterioration taking place from covid, just watching your programme right now, it's really,

really bad out there. we need money and access and about $5 billion in addition to what we normally get to really go out and save lives. this isa really go out and save lives. this is a critical point in time in world history, and one of the things i'm asking from the billionaires. they are making billions on covid. this isa are making billions on covid. this is a world catastrophe we're facing right now. biblical fortunes knocking on the doors, but if we have the money, we can avert famine and de—civilization and migration by necessity. i think this prize will do great wonders for our work because people have got to understand the relationship between hungerand understand the relationship between hunger and conflict. they both are related, when you have hunger you have conflict. you have destabilisation, you have migration. we address the root cause of the

problems, and is much cheaper on the front and then on the back end. like we saw in the syrian war, it cost us 50 cents to feed a syrian in syria. that same in berlin is about 50 to 100 euros per day. and they don't wa nt 100 euros per day. and they don't want to leave home, but if they don't have food, they would do for anything... find a place where can feed our children. head of the world food programme, which has won the nobel peace prize. an aid worker, thought to be the last french national being held hostage in the world, has been reunited with her family after a prisoner exchange. sophie petronin had spent nearly four years in captivity and was one of several hostages, including mali's opposition leader and two italians to be freed. more than a hundred militants were handed back to mali last weekend. the bbc‘s west african correspondent, mayenijones,

reports from lagos. reunited at last. this man has fought translation: idid translation: i did everything i could. she said she was not angry at those who took her, but was relieved to be free. translation: i'm doing much better. the french government apparently also helped. known as the last french national held hostage in the world, aid worker was kidnapped by militants and christmas eve of 2016. in a tweet, the french president expressed his relief. also free on thursday night was this man. he was abducted in march while campaigning ahead of parliamentary elections. translation:

i'm very happy to be here for my family. it's been six months in the most difficult conditions, and very ha rd most difficult conditions, and very hard living conditions. to italian nationals were also freed. these high profile releases, after a politically turbulent time. in august, former president was ousted ina military august, former president was ousted in a military coup. protesters have been calling for him to step down for months. in the north of the country, and security continues to bea country, and security continues to be a concern. internationalforces have been struggling contain the insurgency there since 2012. that's

it for now. do stay with us here on bbc news. good evening. during friday, much of the uk had a bit of a drop in temperature and we see a real mix of sunshine, blue sky but also some heavy downpours. that is the recipe for lots of rainbows we've seen today. but as we had through the course of the weekend, that theme sticks with us. it's feeling a little bit colder than it has recently, and it will be a mix of sunshine, blustery at times. most of the showers on saturday. high pressure to the west of the uk. driving in a northwesterly wind. particularly heavy and persistent downpours for a time for scotland, northern ireland into the far north

of england. a showers towards the midlands. you should keep the clear skies tonight, so temperatures in the course about coming down to around about four or 5 degrees. perhaps a bit lower in the countryside, so just a touch of rural frost possible first thing thatis rural frost possible first thing that is they morning. —— saturday morning. high pressure out to the west, low pressure in the east, but it will be a little bit windier. those when coming in from a northwesterly direction, so feeling very fresh out there. this line of persistent, heavy showers making their way across england and wales during the course of the day followed by sunshine and further showers from the northwest. there will be some drier weather to the day, particularly for parts of southern scotland. you should avoid most of the showers. it will be 11 to 14 most of the showers. it will be 11 to 1a degrees, a particularly chilly down the east coast. we stop the breeze around the east coast into sunday, perhaps one or two showers for eastern scotland and england. but for much of the uk, sunday brings us the better day of a lot of

dry weather on the card. sunshine coming through, not quite as breezy as saturday so it will feel perhaps as saturday so it will feel perhaps a little bit warmer as we get into... looking ahead it to next week, we soon return to low pressure moving into the atlantic. looks like this area of low pressure will then be sitting across central parts of europe for much of next week, so there will be showers particularly across parts of england and wales. a little bit warmer and a little bit drier with some autumnal sunshine in the mix. bye—bye.

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a two week state of emergency has been declared in madrid, to try to contain a big rise in coronavirus cases. across europe, there's been more than one hundred thousand positive tests in a single day. it's still not clear when president trump will return to the campaign trail, following his treatment for coronavirus. he'd hoped to stage rallies this weekend, but an administration official has suggested events probably won't restart until monday. talks between armenia and azerbaijan are continuing late into the evening in moscow, as the kremlin tries to broker a ceasefire in the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. the un's world food programme has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict areas. a spokesman said it was a proud moment. you are watching bbc news.

the number of coronavirus cases in england has doubled in a week — with the north east, north west and yorkshire & the humber the worst affected areas, according to the latest data. the office for national statistics estimates that one in 240 people in england had the virus in the last week of september — with more than 17,000 people catching it every day. this figure is approximately double that reported for each of the last two weeks. our health editor hugh pym has the latest: more testing, part of the drive to rein in the spread of coronavirus. here at nottingham university, helping students get a quick result if they have symptoms. the government at westminster is set to announce new restrictions next week, in response to the general increase in infections. one survey involving random testing of people in the community showed that in a week in the middle of september, there were over 116,000 people infected in england.

by the following week, that had nearly doubled to 22a,000, meaning one in 240 of the population had the virus. in wales, the figure in the middle of september was about 6500. by the next week it had come down a bit, with the proportion one in 500 infected in the population. but how well is testing and contact tracing in england functioning? there are fewer people getting results back in 24 hours and fewer of their close contacts being reached. there are reports the system isn't working efficiently. these kent university students are isolating after three tested positive. that's what they told the test and trace system, but they're frustrated to be getting repeated and unnecessary calls. six, seven times a day i get a phone call, being like, oh, you know someone who's tested positive, make sure you're isolating and then it's just the same call, the same kind of phone call every single day, like

multiple times a day. none of them seem to be in contact with one another. like telling each other that... there doesn't seem to be a system put in place to tell them that they've already got in contact with us. mm. or that we've even tested positive, because sometimes they call and they don't know that we have tested positive already. there's mounting concern over rising infections in the north west and some of these resulting in people getting seriously ill, with hospitals coming under more pressure. daily hospital admissions with covid—19 in the north west of england were fairly low and stable until the start of september. then they started rising steadily, with sharper increases in the most recent few days. so, what's happening here? well, this line shows the number of cases per 100,000 amongst the over 60s, and that's been rising at the same rate. we're obviously concerned, as i think everybody

is around the country, with the increasing numbers that we are seeing. in terms of that impact on the hospital, we are busy but we have plans in place to cope. most hospitals, including this one in north wales, are gearing up. even if they don't have many covid patients at the moment, they have to assume the numbers will rise. hugh pym, bbc news. pubs and restaurants across scotland are now subject to strict new coronavirus restrictions. in 5 health board areas in the central belt, which includes glasgow and edinburgh, they've had to close completely 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 non—alcoholic drinks during the day, closing at 6pm. the first minister nicola sturgeon said a further steep increase in cases was a sharp reminder of the seriousness of the situation. our scotland editor sarah smith reports.

last orders, folks! it is dispiriting to say the least, calling time on indoor drinking across scotland. ifjust looking at a beer makes you want to drown your sorrows, well it's too late. all bars and restaurants in central scotland are now closed for 16 days. in other parts of the country, alcohol can only be served outside. most of my friends are angry about the whole thing. i mean, they feel as if they're being penalised. you've got to do something. although, i'm not entirely convinced that the pub's the problem. i think it's quite sad. but probably for the best! staff can be furloughed on 60% of their wages and the scottish government will spend £40 million to help the hospitality sector. but many feel the new restrictions are unnecessary and unfair. this is a very safe, controlled environment. we've got measures in place that prevent infection. we've not had any cases of infection in here since we opened injuly

and ijust feel that maybe people are being encouraged to go to places that are not controlled. closing pubs and restaurants may seem pretty drastic but it's easy to enforce. it's much harder to regulate what goes on inside people's homes. now, households in scotland are not allowed to visit each other at the moment. but if people can't meet in licensed premises, might some be tempted to take the party home? in aberdeen, and elsewhere outside the central belt, alcohol can be served outside, but many venues don't think it's worth staying open. the first minister admits the restrictions are hard and painful. all governments are trying to strike right now almost impossible balances between lives and jobs and speaking for the scottish government, we are trying to do that as best we can. cafes can open until 6pm. somewhere, at least, for people to socialise but there has been much confusion over what constitutes a cafe. jobs will be lost, businesses may

close, and a gloomy mood has descended now on a nation deprived not only of drinks but also of cheer. i'm in the centre of glasgow where hubs have shut, the streets are pretty busy with a lot of particularly younger people who frankly don't seem to know what to do that themselves now. and the police will be out in force tonight. additional officers were deployed across scotland to make sure people stick to the new rules. earlier we heard from donald macleod who owns the garage and cathouse nightclubs in glasgow. he told us how his businesses have been coping throughout the pandemic. i think they have been shambolic the way have been brought in, what it get to remember here is that an hour ago 16,000 businesses, hundred 20,000 employees across scotland we re 20,000 employees across scotland were forced to close. you know, and

glasgow alone that's 15,000 staff sitting on the edge of the abyss, and glasgow that's an economy that generates 2.75 billion a year. what gets me here is the facts and figuresjust don't add gets me here is the facts and figures just don't add up. we are getting told one of the most properly regulated business sectors in the land, and we've carried out proper ppe, we opened safely, their social distancing and thermal testing. you cannot be safer now than going into a licensed premise. yet we are made for scapegoats for the rise and infections. scott is government seem to be ignoring the fa ct government seem to be ignoring the fact that it's them that brought the stu d e nts fact that it's them that brought the students back and crammed them into students back and crammed them into student accommodations, then that opens the schools. this is really

where the rise seems to come about. but to think that we are responsible, really, when you look at the data for 3% of the increases... but if this curfew and these restrictions save lives, that hasn't not been with her? a minute. is it saving lives? where is the data that showing the licensed trade down, and they‘ re data that showing the licensed trade down, and they're going to do in england as well, it saving lives? there's no data for that, there's come out let's see the details. where are the facts? we don't seem to be getting them. the fact is committee definite fact is that 40% of businesses in scotland within the licensed trade are hanging on the edge of the abyss and won't come back. extension of further or not. forgive me for interrupting because the hospitality sector has really been hit by this pandemic, and i just want to share with the viewers

your personal experience. you used to own nightclubs can will it take us through what happened because you transform them into bars and get your being stung again in an effort that you thought was trying to make a difference here. i i owned two of the most iconic nickels in the world, the live music as well. we repurpose them as bars to return to the garage into electric garden and opened up the cat house to socially distance. all the measures in place for the parts they are. it was broadly welcomed, but within a week taken away from us because this lockdown, this curfew. speaking there to my colleague. the high street chain edinburgh woollen mill, which also owns peacocks and jaeger, is close to collapse — putting 21,000 jobs at risk. the company says it will continue to trade while trying to find a solution for the future of the businesses — but it's warned staff

of significant store closures. its sales have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. edinburgh woollen mill, known for its cashmere for older shoppers and tartan for tourists, but these customers have been thin on the ground. local lockdowns haven't helped. another high street retailer on the brink. everywhere is closing, aren't they, unfortunately? everywhere's closing and it's just one of those things. it's just a shame for everybody. people will lose jobs and it's a sad thing. edinburgh woollen mill is part of a retail empire, owned by the billionaire philip day. there's peacocks fashion, ponden home stores and jaeger — 1100 shops in all, with 21,000 jobs now at risk. they are a familiar sight on so many of our high streets. this store is open but most have remained closed since locked down because of a lack of shoppers. suppliers have also been demanding

payments up front and then there's the end of the furlough scheme this month, just too many problems. it now has ten days to find a solution. in a statement, the ceo said... "through this process, i hope and believe we will be able to secure the best future for our businesses, but there will inevitably be significant cuts and closures." certainly in smaller towns where these are important stores and tourist areas, where lots of people come and see them in the weeks and in the winter, as they come to these stores, and they're not easy to replace and i think the big concern here is — how do we replace these jobs? because it's jobs on a massive scale. stores that are open are continuing as normal. a business that lost too many shoppers now battling to stay afloat. emma simpson, bbc news. 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 bbc news it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed. coming up later in this programme... noise drowns out speaking. sorry, what was that? is the background noise on pieces to camera more important than what's