us democrats have attacked the nomination of amy coney barrett to the supreme court. during the first confirmation hearing, democratic senators, including vice—presidential candidate kamala harris, warned it would mean the end of affordable health care and other rights. the uk prime minister borisjohnson has outlined a three tier system — to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. it will lead to stronger restrictions in areas with the highest rates of infection. there's been a big increase in covid—19 cases and hospital admissions in two of europe's worst—affected countries. france has placed a number of cities on maximum alert, while spain has recorded almost 200 more deaths in a single day.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence editor, the times and agnes poirier, french writer and broadcaster. tomorrow's front pages, starting with: starting here in the uk — ‘mersey mission' is how the metro describes the prime ministers attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus in the north west of england. boris johnson announced new restrictions around the country with liverpool facing the toughest rules. the daily mail says it's back to the bad old days — with 22 million people now under stricter restrictions

and nine million more could join them later this week. the express warns that a ‘national lockdown is looming' unless britons stick to the new coronavirus rules. the guardian leads on the anger from northern mayors and some tory mps over the level of financial support provided. the yorkshire post mentions the three temporary so—called ‘nightingale‘ hospitals in the north of england that have been asked to mobilise if cases continue to rise. the telegraph says that borisjohnson ‘overruled' scientists who said the lockdown rules should be tougher — the scientific advisory group for emergencies warned the prime minister of ‘catastrophic consequences‘ if there wasn't a harsher lockdown. the times mentions the warning from england's chief medical officer chris whitty who said the new restrictions may

not be enough to bring the pandemic under control — unless more areas are placed into the top tier. and after 204 days of restrictions, the daily star says ‘we‘re back to square one‘ so let's begin. let's kick off. nobody is happy. if you look at the picture of chris whitty, johnson and rishi sunak you understand why. yes. although they tried very hard to with the presence of rishi sunak to add some optimism but rishi sunak really enjoys very good ratings and likes boris johnson, chris wood is also very much the harbinger of bad news. they wa nted much the harbinger of bad news. they wanted very much to get a better perspective but the reality is grim.

the same happened all over europe. at different stages. france is very much ahead in terms of cases but in the same vote as britain but perhaps a few days france lived in the future of britain and the only way to avoid a total lockdown is to have the restrictions, local restrictions, but it looks as weeks after weeks and cases just increase complexes this we are going forward to three orfour complexes this we are going forward to three or four weeks' time to a com plete to three or four weeks' time to a complete lockdown as we know and then back to square one, i think i was one of the headlines for tomorrow. that we have known in the spring. the figures, that is why chris whitty sounded quite grave and solemn and almost catastrophic in

borisjohnson has two balance it. it isa borisjohnson has two balance it. it is a very difficult balancing act if you like. it needs to be reassuring and optimistic, that is what he does best. and yet, the experts whom we have to listen to our extremely pessimistic. lucy, were you struck by how grave chris whitty was? he was not giving any reassurance really at all to that question about will this be enough? know, quite the opposite. he made clear probably it will not be enough. indeed, it seems the tier three restrictions that have prompted a sharp intake of breath and no doubt in merseyside where1.3 million breath and no doubt in merseyside where 1.3 million people have breath and no doubt in merseyside where1.3 million people have been placed under those temperance restrictions, he made clear that local leaders may have to go further, i think that is partly part ofa further, i think that is partly part

of a wider political move by downing street. —— a local, stricter restrictions. and some of that accountability for imposing these measures falls on local leaders as well as central government, but overall, not a great deal of optimism today, jonathan van town, the deputy chief medical officer, saying that access that's are now baked into the formulae that the government using, boris johnson himself not ruling out there could yet be a nationwide circuit breaker although he made clear he doesn't wa nt although he made clear he doesn't want that to happen. agnes, let's look at the time. million more faces curves. pretty clear today that whilst liverpool has finally agreed to going to tier three, a lot of other areas the government would like to be included there and they are refusing at the moment to do so. yes. we had the same case two weeks ago when quite high strong

restrictions were imposed on ball though, nice and especially marseilles, head of paris. it was felt as completely unfair, and there was some protest in marseille and local leaders not wanting to bear the responsibility in saying that this is opposed by paris, and i say exactly the same way happening in the uk. -- i exactly the same way happening in the uk. —— i see it exactly. london doesn't want to be seen as imposing but it is his duty also to impose it in the end. it would be so much better for everybody if local leaders did actually agree and work together with the government. it is the same inference. it has to achieved for our sake. —— it is the same in france. a line here saying chris wood he probably told ministers the reboot wasn't enough.

worried in particular about hospital admission. —— chris whitty. evidence he said that the virus now seems to be spreading across all age groups. we seem to have moved on from all the headlines about the student populations in students getting these cases, but not suffering so much now. there was an argument during the round a few days ago that maybe this was all part of trying to build up some herd immunity, no talk about that today, is there? no, that is not. we saw the fairly sober data jonathan van tam unveiled this morning in a public health briefing, showing how the cases seem to be flowing up the age brackets from as you mentioned, from that teenage, young student cohort up to go to people who are more susceptible to getting the worst side effects and symptoms of coronavirus. also pretty grim news today that the government

and it's it's a patient perhaps of nhs hospitals becoming potentially overwhelmed as foot three of the nightingale facilities on standby in manchester, harrogate, and sunderland. i think it is adding to this gravity of the situation that we are expecting to see a good deal more hospitalizations and deaths. it is worth marking that the government has said that the number of people in hospitals with covid—19 today is i'iow in hospitals with covid—19 today is now the same as it was on march the 23rd when we initially wanted to lockdown, so we are back at that point that we initially were earlier this spring in the cases are going up. yes. the telegraph running the same picture, the same frame actually a boris johnson same picture, the same frame actually a borisjohnson in that press c0 nfe re nce a actually a borisjohnson in that press conference a few hours ago. the main story sage urge order a harsher lockdown. we know a little bit about that. take us to some of

the lines. —— order the prime minister. compare that with what is happening in france in terms of what the scientific devices and what the prime minister and the president choose to do with that. let's start with the lines from sage. what is interesting is when you talk about that picture a borisjohnson, it is actually in almost half if not three quarters of the front pages of tomorrow in the uk, all newspapers, different political leaning but yet that same picture a borisjohnson we are not used to seeing so, looking so are not used to seeing so, looking so solemn, and quite grim, because it doesn't do that well. what he does well is optimism. he is selling dreams. even unreachable dreams. optimism and enthusiasm. and it

looks very uncomfortable in his own shoes. it's as if he doesn't want to be there, and we will talk about that perhaps a bit later, but if he was not prime minister, it would probably be among the tory mps asking for people just to decide for themselves and to be in a libertarian and let them choose weather they want to go to the pub oi’ weather they want to go to the pub or not. he doesn't like the part he is playing although it is a very needed part, that of a leader. this is what we are seeing in the telegraph but also in the times and in the ft, which was we will see a bit later. that sort of he is pulled against his own feelings and is persona. i suppose the problem is that because we have leaked documents from sage, they are pretty percent first and what they want, it is pretty lower at the top and he

has to make that political call and if all goes wrong on the one person to blame. that's pretty lower at the top. that is absolutely right. at the end of the day, advisers advise ministers to an sage is there to provide advice to the prime ministers but he needs to balance a numberof ministers but he needs to balance a number of different factors, the humid toll from coronavirus with also the health impacts from unemployment, people missing test, and treatment for other illnesses. —— the humid toll. the impact the nhs has had to deal with the virus and waiting list mounting up further. and of course the economy. what does this latest measures unveiled today, particularly those harshest ones in tier three, that affect hospitality industry, causing pubs and bars to close, the impact that will have myjobs, there are a

lot of things he's having to balance and of course those around him in his company are taking on distinctive roles, rishi sunak, the leader of, and met secretary, and he is the one having to make the decision. —— matt hancock. in the telegraph making clear that sage have urged him to go sooner, if we do ask exs that set at a very high death toll in the woods ahead, i think there will be some great deal of comeuppance for him and people asking why he didn't listen to the scientists earlier. below that story, rishi sunak leaves little room for doubt who was pulling the string. of course that is not so much an issue for france for the rest of europe. we have brexit coming up. the eu has placed trillions i think in terms of the whole european union for getting through this crisis and recovering. yes. we are lucky or that way to be

within the european union. —— the luckier this way. that was one of the lessons of the pandemic because we all started in february closing our borders and within the european union, not acting together at all, and actually leaving italy in the election not helping when italy was in there much needed. but then it came over the summer, and you might remember angela merkel and emmanuel macron making that joint remember angela merkel and emmanuel macron making thatjoint press conference, so there was this historic package, just the european union lowering as a whole, and giving money, notjust union lowering as a whole, and giving money, not just loaning, union lowering as a whole, and giving money, notjust loaning, but giving money, notjust loaning, but giving money, notjust loaning, but giving money to the ones in most need because of the pandemic, so you have a rishi sunak, but we have the european union, so i don't know who is luckiest, but we shall see. let's

go onto financial times. johnson faces backlash. he still has the rebels on his back. these measures have got to be debated in parliament tomorrow. is there any suggestion, no suggestion that he could get voted down to him is there, but he still has some angry voices on his own backbenches come angry about the rule of six still. that is right. 12 conservatives voted against the role of sex when that came to a vote in the comments last week. —— a role of six. while the ft quotes a conservative mp complaining about the latest measures today, they weren't willing to be named to go on the record, sol weren't willing to be named to go on the record, so i think that suggest a slight hedging of bets at this stage of the game. it is the case that over the weekend william bragg, conservative mp of hazel grove and

meta— chances are, james daly, barry north, raising questions about the evidence of closing pubs. —— and manchester. suddenly making good points that if you close businesses that have put into measures to make sure they are covid—19 secure, and therefore people who are going there to dine out or meet with friends for a drink are less likely to catch it, you might be pushing those people to illegally congregate in their homes instead if they don't have any opportunity to meet in public places that have test in tracing in place and others with appropriate spacing and others with appropriate spacing and distancing between tables. so certainly come a boris johnson and distancing between tables. so certainly come a borisjohnson is facing pressure from some of the right over protecting jobs and protecting the economy, and also good questions about what measures are necessary to meet individual freedoms and liberty and of course he still on the left who are

concerned about we have the net enough to protect the general population for the virus, and that the financial packages in place to support industries affected by closures due to coronavirus measures are insufficient. let's look at the times page two. one of the stories eclipsed by the tier system announcement today. the pushing back of gcs he level exams by three weeks. that will necessarily please all head teachers. —— gcses. some of them will ask to be scrapped. yes, but at least after the fiasco of the marketing with that algorithm over the summer, it looks as if it is the first piece of forward thinking if you like of planning that the british government is doing, and in a way, it isn't a really for stu d e nts a way, it isn't a really for students from if it doesn't change again, obviously, and the next

month, but it is forward planning, which is good, rather than discovering there is a problem and millions of students or hundreds of thousands of students who are treated unfairly. i think students will be happy to know that because there they are so much impacted by there they are so much impacted by the crisis, that they are being looked after or at least considered by the government, of course it will leave much less time to make small a window for universities to actually give and accept offers, and they will have made to the students, i think it is a positive piece of news from britain. went other story eclipsing from the front page of the yorkshire post. government avoids

defeat on post brexit food standards. that will be an important wind. yes. it will. boris johnson makes the argument that brexit is all about allowing the uk to make its own laws but also to forge new trade deals with other countries. and particularly, lining up a potential deal with washington has four concerns among the agricultural lobby and fibrous melodic concern or delay my conservative mps about what that might mean for animal welfare standards. —— lobbyists and farmers, and conservative mps. there's a lot of hormone fed beef in chlorinated chicken over there. concerns have been rumbling in parliament and the lords passed an amendment which have forced a commission to be created to judge these issues before any trade deals were signed. but the

government has seen that overturned in the commons today. lucy, agnes, i am sorry, we are at a time. thank you for going through our look at the papers again this hour. that is our second and final look at the papers. good evening. i'm gavin ramjuan. there's been a huge reaction to project big picture, the proposals for reforming football being driven by liverpool and manchester united. the plan includes an 18—team premier league, with more money flowing down to the football league, and their chairman is all for it. but the premier league says it will be damaging, and the changes would see the so—called big six clubs wield even more power and influence. west ham are one of those teams firmly against it.

here's our sports news reporter laura scott. the premier league has become the most lucrative sports league in the world, but apparently in secret, liverpool and manchester united have been developing plans for the most radical shake—up since it was formed in 1992. with the backing of the efl. this is not an attempt to get a better short—term solution. i believe this is the right future for the game and therefore, deserves serious consideration. the plan has been named project big picture, but what does it look like? the number of premier league teams will be cut from 20 to 18, both the efl cup and community shield would be abolished, voting rights will be concentrated to the top clubs. 25% of future tv deals would go to the rest of the football league. and there would be immediate

£250 million bailout. how are these being viewed at a time of crisis? it looks like they are taking advantage of the crisis to offer this, but it's got good elements. but it has a very bad feature that it radically alters the power within the english game. that is what we fear the most. power should be taken away from clubs, not concentrated in the hands of fewer of them. the premier league said a number of the proposals could have a damaging impact on the whole game, and others believe this is a power grab. there is plenty of opposition to overcome. rather than doing backroom deals to try and reform football at this critical moment, i would rather they work together to ensure the future of football. i have to say that if they can't get together to sort this out, we will have to return to what we promised in our

manifesto, which is a review of football governments, because many fans would be concerned about what they are reading today. in the short lower league clubs may be from saved from financial peril. but what will it mean for the distribution of power within english football? laura scott, bbc news. paul scholes has been made the interim manager of league two side salford city after they sacked graham alexander. scholes is a part—owner of salford, along with former manchester united team—mates nicky butt, david beckham, ryan giggs and the neville brothers. salford are still unbeaten this season, and are fifth in league two. celtic say they're disappointed and frustrated, after defender hatem abd elhamed became their latest player forced to self—isolate due to covid—19. he fell ill after playing for israel last night, and he'll miss the old firm match against rangers on saturday. the news came two days after his club and international team mate, nir bitton, tested positive. odsonne edouard and ryan christie are also currently in self—isolation.

the scottish football association have secured a five—million pound loan from the coronavirus business interruption scheme. the sfa face a three million pound loss of revenue if crowds don't return to hampden park. they've already staged four internationals without fans. finn russell is back in the scotland squad after missing the six nations matches in february and march, for a breach of team protocol. the star fly—half is named in a ito—man squad for the autumn international series, which starts against georgia a week on friday. they also have their final six nations game to play against wales the week after. russell was suspended, and later criticised head coach gregor townsend in a newspaper interview, but the pair's relationship has been repaired since the six nations was halted because of coronavirus. ireland backjordan larmour has been ruled out of their autumn campaign after dislocating a shoulder while playing for leinster on saturday. he's set to undergo surgery this week.

anthony joshua's postponed fight against kubrat pulev will go ahead in london on december the 12th, according to pulev, who says they've both signed contracts. the bulgarian posted on his website, "it's official. "there is no way back, no postponement, no rescheduling!" their original bout injune was cancelled because of coronavirus. joshua holds four heavyweight belts after beating andy ruiz in december, and pulev is the ibf‘s mandatory challenger. there was a good win for britain's cameron norrie in the st petersburg open. he beat the eighth seed taylor fritz of the united states in three sets, to reach the last 16. fritz is 47 places above norrie in the world rankings. it looked as though british number one dan evans would bejoining him when he took the first set against the fifth seed stan wawrinka and had three match points in the second, but he lost in three sets. and that's all the sport for now.

todayit today it was cloud albert saran in a chilly phyllis well but it did brighten up for some western parts of the uk. that was the scene for a weather watcher earlier today. do the rest of this week we see more in the way of this week we see more in the way of dry and fairly bright weather but it will stay on the chilly side. this is a satellite picture from early on. this ban a cloud bringing the albert saran pushing his words and speckled shower clown a decent clear spells and in between. that makes a clear spells or showers that will affect the western half of the uk going through tonight. rain struggling to clear away from the far southeast and take a while to do so and at the same time pushing back into parts of east in scotland in northeast england. temperatures for most around five or 6 degrees. a bit colder than that for part of southwest scotland in the far north of england. low pressure still in charge of the scene heading into

tomorrow. this system hooked around the low will continue to bring some outbreaks of rain, to start off across southern and southeastern scotla nd across southern and southeastern scotland and parts of northern england in that rain with eventually pushing down towards wales. south wales and southwest of england and mix of sunny spells and heavy showers. rain always close to the far east coast of east anglia in the far east coast of east anglia in the far south of england. for scotland and northern ireland, things will dry up. a key north easterly breeze, especially across the north of the uk. that will make it feel radical cool out there. 11, 12, 13 degrees. heading through tuesday evening, we will see some outbreaks of shall be rain here in their company stays fairly breezy in the breeze comes down from the north, never a warm wind direction and heading into wednesday, we keep this northeasterly when and going through on wednesday, become strongest in the south and lighter further north, and actually not too many showers around. there will be some for

england and wales, temperatures though struggling at 12 to 15 degrees. for the end of the week it looks like high pressure is going to try to take control. various frontal systems around the edges of the chart in this area of low pressure is likely to fend them off for the most part. dry weather for the end of the week and the weekend. it will often be quite cloudy and stay rather chilly.

hello: president trump is holding an election rally in florida, his first since testing positive just 22 days to go until the presidential —— just 22 days to go until the presidential election and president trump is back on the election trail. he is now in florida. here he is. this is pa rt florida. here he is. this is part of the three night swing through florida pennsylvania and iowa. it's just through florida pennsylvania and iowa. it'sjust take through florida pennsylvania and iowa. it's just take a listen. it's over. you know, biden had a bad day. he forgot mitt romney's name. he didn't know what state he was in. and