the cricketing legend, ian botham, was taking his seat in the house of lords is a cross bench or independent peen he took the oath and the new socially distant cut down introduction ceremony which has been in operation since the march lockdown. i, ian, lord botham do swear prithee by god, true allegiance to her majesty in accordance with her and her successors according to the law, so help me god. lord botham, swapping one lord for another. it has been described as possibly the largest miscarriage of justice in our history. problems with an it system led to hundreds of postmasters being unjustly accused of fraud, many were prosecuted or bankru pted and some were jailed. the post office will not contest appeals against convictions in 44 cases, which means they're extremely likely to be quashed. this is bbc news — the government asked the retired high courtjudge the headlines: sir williams, to gather evidence into the horizon system to see if lessons have been learned. president trump will some mps fear that inquiry make an outdoor speech could be a whitewash, although the post office from the white house decision has been welcomed, on saturday as he seeks up to dispel lingering doubts about his recovery from coronavirus. several hundred supporters have to been invited to hear him speak from a balcony. he's also planning to attend a a rally in florida on monday. the us commission on presidential debates has announced that next week's point. second presidential debate has been cancelled. the commission had proposed a virtual debate between but it actually belies, the two candidates the agony and the torment but that idea had been which has gone on for these dismissed by president trump. individuals and hundreds

the fate of the third of other individuals who have presidential debate lost their livelihoods, still remains unclear. the russian foreign lost their good names minister, sergei lavrov, and in some cases, has announced that azerbaijan lost their freedom. and armenia have agreed in other cases, people to a temporary ceasefire have lost their lives. and i'm sorry, minister, in their conflict over but what you have said today nagorno—karabakh. the breakthrough came after ten hours of direct talks is between the foreign ministers of the two countries in moscow, not mediated by good mr lavrov. enough. hurricane delta has dropped the the — the decision to prosecute coast of louisiana, bringing a postmasters was an operational matter for the post office storm surge, the 10th such a and government is not involved storm surge, the 10th such a storm to make landfall in the united states this year. in the operational decisions. but in hindsight, knowing what we know now, it is clear that difficult conclusions could and should have been now reached by the post office, and that is why the inquiry on is there to work bbc out those news, lessons. the how did a respectable organisation like the post week office and a major software company like fujitsu and the great and the good in of the civil service parliament. and ministers from all parties fall prey to groupthink on such a grand scale that despite this hello, and welcome to computer error occurring the week in parliament. across the country, a week when it was assumed the only possible explanation borisjohnson faces was that all sub—postmasters effected mutiny in the were ranks.

if lockdown measures are the answer, why aren't they working? dishonest? the worst in society is the government enjoying this is being reviewed its powers a little in scotland and in the rest bit too much. of the uk should result labour say there in financial compensation is one man to blame. for all of those innocent the prime minister ignores the warning signs, hurtles people who suffered as a result towards a car crash, of this scandal. i welcome the establishment then looks in the rear mirror of the inquiry. and says, "what's but can the minister assure us that this is not all that about?" going to be a whitewash. also in this programme, many sub—postmasters in my constituency are very mps reflect on the harrowing anxious to consequences of gang violence. in the last two months alone, i've had to speak to three know that. inconsolable mothers who've lost their children as a result of the truth is, the ministers of set up a half—baked inquiry in response to this extraordinary scandal. knife without the powers to fully get to the bottom of this mess. can the minister tell us why, crime. as their only shareholder the government allowed the post office to continue to oppose the appeals for so long? but first... some parts of england what happened when, face more restrictions whether the government had to suppress coronavirus. the boards' appointee, as well as the post we could hear more details office will come up as soon as monday but ministers and that are facing anger from independent inquiry and it is conservative mps over right that they are questioned the existing rules. so that more than a dozen tory mps rebelled in a retrospective vote on the rule of six we do limit on gatherings. and spoke out against find out the 10pm what happened early closing time for pubs and restaurants. and when.

the health minister helen whatley endured an uncomfortable time as she tried to explain the business minister the thinking behind that limit on gatherings. who was left in no doubt, this virus about the anger of the mps. westminster hall is back in action after a covid—19 break. it allows mps to raise issues spreads through social that sometimes do not get an airing in the main commons chamber, such as the plight contact, of girls and young so we are having to take women caught difficult decisions to suppress the virus whilst allowing up in london's people to socialise safely. the regulations we are debating gang violence. today brought previous guidance in the last two months alone, into law whilst tightening and simplifying it. i have had to speak to three the rule of six means that people can now only gather inconsolable mothers who've in groups of six both lost their children as a result indoors and outdoors. of knife there are exceptions to this refer households or support crime. bubbles that are larger these children were murdered by their peers. than six as well as for areas and as including work, schools, weddings, and organised sports activities. a mother 0utside england, children aren't included in the rule of to two six. young children myself, what is the rationale for children under the age this is not something of those that would have i can live with, to wear masks being included ignore, or accept. we need to look at targeted in the rule of six? the rationale, not the fact interventions to help the girls that it's happening. who have been exploited, what is the rationale? groomed and abused. my honourable friend asked we need to continue to raise specifically the question awareness with the authorities about children. around the use of girls and county lines and of the position on this the gang—related activities. and we need the policy—makers is that as i have said,

to change the language they use a clear steer the need in highlighting this issue. for guidance to be simple but most importantly, and absolutely clear we need to continue to listen to these young women and girls. for everybody. and listen to the tory rebels what they're telling included some unlikely us. i want to reassure colleagues figures. that tackling serious violence and the exploitation of girls and these rules are a massive intrusion into the liberty and women is an absolute and private lives of priority for this government. the whole british people, we have invested £19 million and they are having this year alone to provide a devastating economic effect extra police resources to drive as well which will result down the scale of violent crime in big job losses and masses of business that we are seeing on our streets to fund violence reduction units in the 18 forest areas that are most failures. affected by crime and violence and fund specialist labour mps did not take part county line operations. in the vote but complained we have also spent over £200 million on early intervention about the regulations being signed into law with no to ensure that those parliamentary scrutiny. how can we expect anyone to most at risk are given the opportunity to turn away possibly adhere to the minutia from violence and lead positive of these regulations and if they only appeared for the first time a quarter of an hour before they become law? at a quarter to midnight on a sunday evening, how would policeman be expected to be enforcing that? are they supposed to google safe the regulations while they're walking around on their beat? with labour abstaining, lives. the regulations were approved overwhelmingly but

ministers faced criticism victoria atkins. in the lords, too. mps have been strongly advised two ministers have suggested to wear face coverings that people should inform on their neighbours. well, it's one thing to report while moving around parliament and voting in division lobbies. on your neighbour if you see the speaker lindsay hoyle, he is building a bomb factory. led the way on his daily procession in the commons if he's holding a barbecue for chamber on wednesday. seven people, are you really but mps do not have to going to report him? my lords, i deplore any wear suggestion that we should masks in the chamber become a nation of informers itself, like the old east germany. which means we will continue where there to see the speaker's double act with a conservative mp was love, who speaks via video link and it puts very in space. aeronautical and that, my lords, headsets. is something i cannot apologise for. we are now heading to bob blackman, who's about to land his question. i cannot change it, i cannot bob blackman. find some form of words that transforms that simple fact thank you, mr speaker. or in any way changes the grim flight officer blackman, cleared to land. realities of how we have bob blackman. to limit the transmission thank you, ground control. of this disease. lord bethell described let's head up to blackman the debate as like an elastic to glide his question in. band being pulled as tight bob blackman. as it could go but he said that during the summer, thank you, ground the public had massively relaxed their behaviour. the arguments continued as mps control. went on to debate the rules as we are stacking, we are now in parts of the north going straight to bob blackman. of england, including a ban bob blackman.

on social mixing indoors thank you, ground control. sir lindsay hoyle. between people from different households. 0ne conservative said 0r, ground control, the government was enjoying as he's known in harrow. its new thank you for travelling with the week in parliament, we know you have a powers choice of programmes. for me, it is over a little bit and out, and have a good too much. day by day we onward journey. see those liberties and freedoms being given away back to the government in the name of covid. i'm afraid that has to stop. because once we give these up, they will not come back to us, the government will not return them to hello there. us. during friday, we saw tory mps kept up the pressure. colder air sweep down across the whole of the uk. will he ensure that the accompanied by a fair minister focuses rigorously number of showers as well. on the key question? this weekend, it remains namely, if lockdown on the chilly side. measures are the answer, again, a mixture of sunshine and showers. why aren't they working? the showers much more widespread, the lockdown measures have been though, on saturday. implemented to try and stop we have the colder air because the winds are coming the spread of the disease. in from the north a disease that is communicated or north—west. by people meeting is bound and that is because we have lower to be reduced in its pressure sitting to the east circulation if people meet less, and we saw that of the uk and higher pressure towards the west. with the first lockdown that it during the second half stopped people meeting of the weekend, that high and therefore, the numbers pressure m oves a little bit closer, affected so the winds will not be as strong by and the showers will be

few and far between. saturday could start dry, the disease sunny and cold across southern england, but the winds are blowing down these declined. bands of showers which could be heavy at times jacob rees—mogg. and pushing them southwards. so, could england follow where scotland leads? at holyrood, the first minister nicola sturgeon announced that the showers continue to rattle all licenced premises into northern scotland. across scotland's central belt, sheltered central, southern scotland seeing fewer including glasgow showers and more sunshine. and the afternoon may well be drier and across northern england. edinburgh, would it may not be too many showers for the south—west of england. 1a degrees likely here. be closed for many, it is 11—13 degrees for 16 days. again and feeling colder pubs and restaurants will be in those blustery winds, able to open in other parts especially when the of scotland until 6pm but can showers come only serve alcohol outdoors. along. the restrictions will be in place until the 25th of the winds will gradually 0ctober. ease after dark. the showers continue to run she's earmarked £40 million into some coastal areas. to help those affected. for many inland parts, it none of this is easy. becomes dry and clear and cold. i am acutely aware that those temperatures will be down in every decision we take, to 5—6 degrees in some towns lives and jobs are at stake and cities, but easily 2—3 and i want to assure notjust in some rural areas. on sunday, we have one the chamber but the country or two showers first thing that none of these decisions are ta ken lightly. for northern ireland, wales and the south—west. she said she wasn't announcing those won't last long. a lockdown but a far the showers there are will be more targeted approach. running into eastern scotland the reason we are not closing indoor hospitality completely and down those north sea coasts is that we know the benefits of england where the winds in terms of reducing loneliness are still rather keen. elsewhere, the winds and isolation of giving people, will be much lighter, particularly those who live we will see a build—up alone, somewhere they can meet of cloud developing, a friend for a coffee but it should be dry and a chat. with sunny spells these new restrictions and temperatures very similaragain, are intended to last 12, 13, maybe 1a for 16 days. degrees on sunday.

the weather starts to change as they are intended to be short, we move into early next week. sharp action to arrest instead of those northerly winds, we look to the atlantic, a worrying increase and we have weather fronts coming in from the west. in infection. so, much more cloud around on monday. although they are temporary, we have outbreaks though, they are immediate. of rain steadily pushing its way eastwards. without them, there is a very it does mean for some real risk presiding over us western areas in the afternoon that the virus will run out we see sunshine, of control by the end giving temperatures a boost, of this month. but after a dull, damp day and a cold start we need to acknowledge across eastern areas of uk, temperatures may that the first minister's struggle to get into double figures. and there is more announcement today is putting further massive restrictions wet weather around on as we head into tuesday as well. we end up with low pressure sitting people's across more south—eastern parts of the uk, bringing wind and rain. lives further north—west, higher pressure, so and it livelihoods. should be in the weeks ahead, the whole country will be in the firing drier line but perhaps no more so than scotland's hospitality sector. like other small and businesses, they are looking to brighter. the first minister for a clear statement of what support they can expect. we've had the headline figure today but we don't have what small businesses

really need — the details. and they can't afford to wait. many are running on empty. all reserves are gone. the first minister said the hospitality sector would be consulted on the best way to help them, but labour suggested keeping some venues open. the scottish hospitality sector is not sodom and gomorrah and should not be treated as such. why doesn't the first minister consider closing down those businesses which are not complying with guidance instead of shutting down every single business serving 70% of the population including those which are fully compliant? because of some of the characteristics of hospitality — sometimes poor ventilation, places where people particularly with alcohol are mixing more and not maintaining physical distancing — even where premises are making a significant effort to comply with all of the regulations as the vast majority are, these are higher—risk settings in terms of the virus transmitting. nicola sturgeon speaking on a day it emerged that she'd forgotten about a meeting where she was first told about harassment allegations against her predecessor, alex hammond. in a busy day at holyrood, the scottish government also announced that next year's national five exams hello and welcome to bbc news. for i'm lewis vaughan 16—year—olds

jones. the commission on presidential will debates has cancelled the second debate between president trump and democratic be nomineejoe replaced biden, scheduled for by october 15. coursework it comes ahead of president trump preparing to appear on stage at a campaign rally and teacher assessment. in the key swing state back at westminster, boris johnson faced calls of florida. to publish a scientific he announced on twitter evidence behind the 10pm early that he'll be closing time that has in sanford, florida, on monday, for what he says will be upset so many of his mps. a very big the labour leader rally. said before that, on saturday, he should review mrtrump will take part in an event at the white house, the rule his first in—person appearance since he contracted if he cannot do so. the virus, which has killed sir keir starmer also more than 213,000 challenged the prime minister over a computer error that saw 16,000 positive coronavirus americans. cases missed, a mistake he said speaking to the conservative that "put lives at risk". fox news channel, president trump said he has if this was an isolated stopped taking any medication example, i think the british against covid—19 people might understand. but there's a pattern here on care homes, protective equipment, exams, testing. for the prime minister ignores the last the warning signs, hurtles towards a car crash then looks eight hours. in the rear mirror and says, "what's all that about?" it's quite literally right now, i am medication— government in hindsight. he said borisjohnson had free, i'm not taking any imposed local restrictions in some areas, but infections medications as are probably had continued to rise. eight hours ago so i the prime am medication— free, which, minister defended frankly,

his government's actions and attacked labour's position. what we are doing is a combination of national and local measures which one week, mr speaker, he comes to this house and supports. and the next week mysteriously, he decides to whisk his support away. and he cannot even be bothered to mobilise his own benches to support something as fundamental as the rule of six which he himself said only three weeks ago that he supported. he cannot continue to have it both ways. does he support the rule of six , yes or no? shouting. but the government... shouting. yes. but if the prime minister can't see and

hear local communities when they say the infection rate has gone up tenfold under restrictions and he doesn't realise that's a problem, then that is part of the problem. mr speaker, there is a further cause of anger. prime minister, if you actually listen to the question, we might get on better. shouting. there is further cause of anger. lack of clarity about why particular restrictions have been introduced. for example, in the prime minister's own local authority hillingdon, today there are 62 cases per 100,000 yet no local restrictions. but in 20 local areas across england, restrictions were imposed where infection rates were much lower. in kirklees, it was just 29 per 100,000. local communities, prime minister, genuinely don't understand these differences. i wish i could pretend mr speaker that everything was going to be rosy in the midlands or indeed in london, mr speaker, where alas we are also seeing infections rise and that's why we need a concerted national effort. we need to follow the guidance.

we need hands, face, space, get a test if you have symptoms, and obey the rule of six, mr speaker. and i think it quite extraordinary that the right honourable gentleman has just said that he personally supports the rule of six while allowing his entire party to abstain! next week, this house will vote on whether to approve the 10pm rule. the prime minister knows that there are deeply held views across the country in different ways on this. one question is now screaming out. is there a scientific basis for the 10pm rule? the public deserve to know. parliament deserves to know. if there is, why doesn't the government do itself a favour and publish it? the basis on which we set out the curtailment of hospitality was the basis on which he accepted it two weeks ago! and that is to reduce the spread of the virus, mr speaker. and that is our objective.

that's why we introduced the rule of six, mr speaker. which again he supported only two weeks ago and yet, last night, they abstained — and today they're withdrawing their support for other restrictions. what kind of a signal, mr speaker, does this send to the people of the country about the robustness of the labour party and their willingness to enforce the restrictions? mr speaker, that's not new leadership. that's no leadership. and that vote on early closing is now expected on tuesday. as the pandemic continues, so does the economic cost with the current furlough scheme ending this month. support for the self—employed has been less generous. hundreds of freelance musicians played in parliament square to highlight the impact of the crisis on their industry. ministers pointed out they have announced a package worth £1.6 million for the arts — although that is largely being distributed to museums, galleries, and venues rather than individuals. at the start of the pandemic the government increased universal credit by £20 a week for a year. but what happens then? at prime minister's questions,

the snp's westminster leader said it should be made permanent. thejoseph rowntree foundation have painted a very clear picture for his government. strip the £20 universal credit away and 700,000 more people, including 300,000 children, could move into poverty. the prime minister has an opportunity here and now. will he do the right thing? will he answer the question and make the £20 uplift permanent? what i can tell him on universal credit is that we're putting another £1.7 billion into universal credit by 2023-2024. and if that doesn't give him the answer that he wants, then he can ask me again next week. but we will continue to support people, families across this country. in wales, which has a labour government, members of the senedd approved local lockdowns — although the welsh conservatives opposed countywide restrictions. the welsh government said it was considering forcing visitors from covid hotspots elsewhere in the uk to quarantine.

borisjohnson has rejected calls for a travel ban. the issue was raised during first minister's questions in the senedd. we've called for action consistently on this issue in the senedd. can you say whether and when you intend to take action yourselves independently as government? and in addition to looking at introduction of quarantine as a solution, is consideration being given to making non—essential travel and to wales from a lockdown area is illegal and subject to enforcement by the police? for that, i thank adam price. i share his sense of disappointment at the prime minister's apparent conclusion and i say apparent because although he gave an interview which he opined on this matter, he has yet to apply to my letter to him of monday last week and i think that is deeply disrespectful, not to me, but to the senedd and to people here in wales. what i asked for in my letter was not a border solution, it was a solution that would've prevented people living in hotspot areas in england from travelling to other places where the virus was not in the same place,

whether that was england or scotland or in wales. mark drakeford, and if want to know what the current restrictions are on your part of the world — it can be a challenge to keep up — you can go to the bbc news website... ..and enter your postcode. well, time now for some other news in brief. the security minister has denied that undercover agents are being given a licence to kill with new legislation. the government hopes the covert human intelligence sources criminal conduct bill will protect agents from prosecution if they're forced to break the law. for example, to stop a terror

plot. i know there are concerns about the somehow providing a licence to kill, to commit torture. let me be clear, that there are upper limits to the activity that we authorised in this bill and these are contained in the human rights act. this includes the right to life, prohibition of torture, or subject to inhumane degrading treatment or punishment. it is unlawful for any public authority to act in a way that is incompatible with the european convention of human rights. labour supports the bill. the activity here is not new activity, and it's been going on under existing practices and has been for many years. it should be on the statutory footing, it allows the necessary and robust safeguards that we will be pressing for. more than three years after the grenfell tower fire, the housing secretary has been accused by a conservative mp of a shocking betrayal of people who are unable to sell their homes due to cladding on the building. 72 people died in the grenfell fire in west london, with the flames able to spread quickly due to flammable cladding.

the government has set up a fund to replace dangerous cladding on some high—rise buildings in england, but it has yet to pay out. the secretary of state is overseeing a shocking betrayal of millions of people trapped in flights they cannot settle because of the cladding, irrespective of the height. mortgage companies are refusing to remortgage, shared ownership tenants that only owe 10% are being forced to pay hundred percent of the cost, when is the secretary of state going to get out of his ivory tower, stop talking and start actually helping our constituents? well, i don't agree with that analysis of the actions that we have taken as a government. we are bringing forth the biggest change to building safety regulation of this generation. we've outline plans of £1.6 billion fund, of course there is more that we can do. this one the most challenging and difficult issues faced by the government today or indeed any government built over many generations

but we intend to tackle it and provide support for those in need. drivers aged between 17 and 2a hold 7% of uk driving licenses that are involved in 20% of fatal and serious collisions. mps on the transport committee have been looking at why that is. and what can be done about it. they spoke to insurers. young drivers are causing catastrophic injuries and having severe crashes because of a lack of experience and a sense of recklessness i suppose and bravado. from being young and inexperienced and not having that time to understanding and the dangers of when they do 00:20:31,123 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 that.