this is bbc news. hello, i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the latest bbc headlines. hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england, it's revealed that scientists that advise ministers called for a short lockdown weeks ago. we did take action, but these are balanced judgments and we also had to balance that against the effect on the economy, people's jobs and livelihoods, on education, which we have made a priority. with rising hospital admissions in england, labour warns that the new restrictions may not be enough. i'm concerned that they didn't go far enough and when you look at hospital admissions, for example, across greater manchester, the north east, you can see that this virus is out of control. there are more and more people

going into critical care. with news just coming in that covid deaths are doubling every fortnight in the uk, please let me know your views on the new restrictions. you can get in touch @vicderbyshire or victoria@bbc.co.uk. donald trump holds his first rally since testing positive for covid. with exactly three weeks to go, both the president and his rival joe biden are ramping up theircampaigns. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. and health officials in china say they've tested more than three million people in the last 48 hours after a cluster of coronavirus infections were detected in the eastern city of qingdao.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, the uk government's top scientific advisers called for much tougher coronavirus restrictions, including a two week lockdown across england, at a meeting on the 21st of september. the experts said an immediate "circuit breaker" was the best way to control cases, three weeks before yesterday's new three tier system for england was announced. today, new data from the office for national statistics shows that covid—19 related deaths are doubling every fortnight in the uk. in the week to the 2nd of october, there were 315 deaths with covid—19 on the death certificate — up by 109 on the previous week's figures. in total there were 11,441; deaths registered in that week in the uk. that's nearly 600 above the average for this time of year. the government says the new three—tier system —

in place from tomorrow in england — will help slow the spread of covid—19, but they don't not go as far as the scientists' recommendations. our political correspondent helen catt has the story. life in the liverpool city region is about to change significantly, again. the only place in england so far to be put straight into the highest of the new bands of restrictions. but millions of other people will see changes too because the virus continues to spread. these figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passengerjet, and we must act now. the new three—tier system for england will replace current local lockdown restrictions, and comes into place on wednesday. most of england will be put on medium alert level where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew will continue. some areas will be put at the high level. no household mixing indoors anywhere but the rule of six still applies outdoors.

the most severe level of alert is very high. there will be no mixing of households anywhere. pubs and bars will be closed unless they provide a substantial meal. but... i am not confident nor is anybody confident that the tier three proposals for the highest rates, if we did the absolute base case and nothing more, would be enough to get on top of it. that is why there is a lot of flexibility. so in liverpool, local authorities have agreed they will also shut leisure centres, gyms, betting shops and casinos. residents will be encouraged not to leave the area and visitors told to stay away. but it's now emerged that the scientists advising the government had said in september that a much tougher batch of measures was needed then, to slow the spread of the virus in england. labour says the government needs to explain why it ignored its own scientists. downing street says the actions

it took last month, like the rule of six, were robust but targeted and proportionate, and it followed extensive engagement. and even those have drawn criticism. in parts of the west midlands which are going into the high alert level, households will no longer be able to socialise in pubs and restaurants. it is very disappointing. it's my view not the right decision both for the health and the livelihoods of citizens across the west midlands. and quite simply, there is very, very little evidence that locations like this pass on the disease. a decision will be made on new lockdown measures in wales in the next few days. in northern ireland, health officials are calling for decisive action. and in scotland, nicholas sturgeon says she will draw up her own tiered framework towards the end of the month. those eyes —— nicola sturgeon. helen catt, bbc news. the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, has threatened to ban people from covid hotspots in england from travelling to wales if borisjohnson refuses to impose the measure himself.

the uk government has advised against nonessential travel from merseyside, but stopped short of making it illegal. mr drakeford said he would give ministers at westminster "one final opportunity", before making changes to welsh law. ministers in northern ireland's devolved government are meeting today to decide on further restrictions to stop the spread of covid. it's understood senior advisors have suggested measures should last between four to six weeks to have the greatest effect. at the moment, there are tighter rules in londonderry and strabane where restaurants and pubs can't serve customers indoors. let's talk to our political correspondent, nick eardley. he is at westminster. how is the government responding to this disparity between what it did on september the 22nd and watch sage macro scientists were recommending? they have argued that they had to balance different priorities, it is

not just health balance different priorities, it is notjust health advice, it is the economic impact, we had boris johnson say that at the press conference yesterday, we know that as well as stage he was getting a lot of pressure from tory mps and local nas saying we do not want these further restrictions, but the disparity between what borisjohnson announced in september 20 seconds, the curfew in purpose, is pretty stark, because the day before site we re stark, because the day before site were saying they need to look at banning all contact between households in the home, look at closing pubs and bars for a short period to stop transmission of the virus. this morning the arguments we are hearing from downing street and government ministers is they took action that they thought was proportionate at the time. listen to communities secretary robert jenrick. we did take robust action at that time. if you remember, that's when we clarified the rule of six.

that's when we brought in, for example, the 10pm curfew for pubs and restaurants, which i've discussed on this programme many times. so, we did take action then but we've reviewed that and other evidence and that has contributed to the decision that the prime minister made and announced yesterday. another piece of context that is really important, sage also said the cu rfew was really important, sage also said the curfew was likely to have minimal impact, basically they did not think it was going far enough. the one piece of advice are borisjohnson took was to urge people to work from home where possible again. this raises a bunch of questions, most importantly whether the government can still say it has been guided by all following the science, some are racing to questions about the extent to which it is doing that, given this evidence from sage. the labour party is saying they think that ministers may need to go further. listen to the shadow health

secretary. i'm concerned that they didn't go far enough and when you look at hospital admissions, for example, across greater manchester, the north east, you can see that this virus is out of control. there are more and more people going into critical care. i think they should have gone further yesterday and put more restrictions in place, while at the same time giving the appropriate economic support, as well. there will be more discussion of this later today in the commons, there will be a debate and a vote on some of the measures introduced, the three tier system we talked about yesterday. i suspect there will be more pressure on the government otherwise it not go further. says too little, too late again from the government, they say they follow the science budget by three weeks ago to doa science budget by three weeks ago to do a short circuit break, surely if this had been done then we would not need the steering system and lights would have been saved? melanie says can you imagine the outcry of the government had locked in three weeks ago, whatever they do is seen as

wrong, the government does not want people to die, lose theirjobs also children to be out of school. time to stop griping and sniping unto as we are asked. patricia says, i wonder whether promised to follow the science went? is it now a diy plan? ithink the science went? is it now a diy plan? i think the main effect will be the loss of trust in the government, as well as more unnecessary deaths. there is an appetite from some of these messages for even tighter restrictions. then he says we need a month's lockdown to suppress the virus, local restrictions are clearly not working, it is difficult for eve ryo ne working, it is difficult for everyone the uk needs to take action before the winter hits us. michelle is in northumberland and titanic and northumberland are open for business, please do not devastate our tourist industry, we are tier two, we are open. understood, thank you, michelle.

uk unemployment has risen to its highest level in three years. figures from the office for national statistics show the unemployment rate rose from 4.1 to 4.5% in the three months to august. around one and a half million people were unemployed during that period. the total number of workers on company payrolls has fallen by nearly 700,000 since the start of the pandemic in march. it's three weeks until americans go to the polls and president trump held his first campaign rally since being treated for coronavirus, in the key state of florida. joe biden was also on the campaign trail in another swing state, 0hio. both are scrambling to secure last minute votes. nomia iqbal has the latest. they queued for hours to witness the return of their homecoming hero. covid precautions in place, but most in the crowd were maskless. as was their commander—in—chief, a beaming president tossed out maga themed masks to the crowd — a retrospective gesture from a leader still recovering from the virus.

one thing with me, the nice part, i went through it, now they say i'm immune. i feel so powerful. i'll walk into that audience. cheering and applause. i'll walk in there, i'll kiss everyone in that audience. i'll case the guys and the beautiful women and everybody, i will give you a big, fat kiss. president trump landed in florida only hours after his doctor had said he tested negative on consecutive days, despite questions about the validity of the test. regardless, he was keen to show strength. you know the risk groups, you know the older people. see, fortunately, i'm not an old person. i'm very young and i'm in such perfect shape. cheering and applause. it was a bravado performance that dwelt more on his own recovery, with few reminders that the pandemic has led to more than 211,000 deaths in america. all chant: four more years!

inevitably, heated tainted alas to his opponentjoe biden, who is consistently ahead of him in the polls. as a consequence of months of overwhelmingly lying and irresponsible action on the part of donald trump, how many empty chairs will be around the dinner table tonight because of their negligence? how many? these people are crazy, we have to win. the most important we have to win. the most important we have ever had. biden has made a corrupt bargain exchange for his pa rty‘s corrupt bargain exchange for his party's nomination, he has handed control to the socialists, the marxists and the left—wing. in the hour—long speech, his voice was hoarse at times but his performance was a crowd—pleaser. very happy trump's back and doing well again. trump is a good president. he knows what this country needs. this was classic donald trump — back in the environment he feels

most comfortable in, on stage, speaking directly to his faithful supporters. the question is — with just three weeks to go before election day, can he attract enough new voters to get back into the white house? nomia iqbal, bbc news, 0rlando. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes explains where things currently stand in the presidential race. it's certainly all still to play for. clearly, joe biden, if you look at the opinion polls, has a significant lead but, remember, four years ago when we thought that hillary clinton was going to win. she certainly did win the popular vote but donald trump managed to win in terms of the electoral college. so, it is all to play for. it's a complicated election system. i think what is striking from what we've seen in the last 12 hours or so is the difference in tone betweenjoe biden and president trump. donald trump clearly ebullient. he's clearly delighted that he is apparently healthy again. he says he is immune, he did test twice, negative

according to his doctor, talking about kissing people in the crowd and then a much more seriousjoe biden, talking about the people who died and wouldn't be around the dinner table because of coronavirus. so, what is clear is that the disease, that covid—19, is going to be central to the campaigning over the next three weeks. the headlines on bbc news... hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england — it's revealed that the scientists advising the government called for a short lockdown weeks ago. donald trump holds his first rally since testing positive for covid. with exactly three weeks to go, both the president and his rival joe biden are ramping up theircampaigns. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. latest figures from the office

for national statistics shows deaths from coronvirus in the uk are doubling every fortnight. with me is the bbc‘s head of statistics, robert cuffe. tell us about the numbers? they reach their low point at the start of september, about 80 people died ina week of september, about 80 people died in a week where the person who certified the jets in a week where the person who certified thejets said it was coronavirus, that troubled about two weeks after that, it has doubled again, it is now at about 343. that is nowhere near the site at the peak where we were seeing about 9500 nav, so if we show that data to the viewers he would barely even be able to see the coronavirus deaths, the red strip across the charge, such a big peak earlier in the year now barely visible, but the doubling every because the familiar pattern and can be expected to continue. but

covid related deaths are still a very small proportion? about 11,500 people died in the last week of data, we focus on the small numbers because of the potential, is the doubling keeps going, to see a rapid change in the total number of deaths than we saw earlier in the year, but that in no way changes the attention all the way that we think of the other thousands of people who have lost loved ones over the course of the previous weeks. where are the covid related deaths happening? the north—west, north—east, yorkshire and humber accounts for just north—west, north—east, yorkshire and humber accounts forjust over half of the deaths involving covid in the last week. if we look at the hospitalisations, that is where we are seeing the greatest numbers going into hospital with coronavirus, in the south—west it is only three people in a week, but the fa ct we only three people in a week, but the fact we are seeing the concentration in the north of england does not mean there will not be any writers,

because we have seen eating indicators of cases writing elsewhere in the country and the number of people going into hospital also rising, so definitely concentrated in one part of the country but that is not mean it is the only place it is happening. funky very much, robert. —— thank you very much. mps will today vote on the government's new three—tier system of coronavirus restrictions, which comes into effect tomorrow. so far only the liverpool city region is in the "very high" category. pubs and bars will close, except where serving "substa ntial meals", households can't mix indoors or out. this is from tomorrow. gyms, leisure centres, betting shops and casinos will close, but shops, schools and universities will stay open. we can speak now to adam franklin, the landlord of the horse and jockey pub in the village of melling in sefton, liverpool, and to kitty strand, a digital illustrator and disability advocate from the norris green area in liverpool.

hello, both of you. adam, how do you feel this morning about this news? we area feel this morning about this news? we are a purpose has a substantial food author, but with the erosion and confidence in the hospitality industry over the last three or four weeks with all the messages coming out, we are struggling to see whether we are viable or not. we closed yesterday because i did not wa nt closed yesterday because i did not want the sort of damocles hanging over the head of the staff while we we re over the head of the staff while we were waiting for the news, and the news is disappointing because there is not a package of financial measures alongside eight to support businesses. the government has announced texture billions for local authorities. if you are close at the moment there is a maximum grant of £3000 depending on your rateable value, that would cover my electricity bill for this purpose,

so the option of closing and being supported by a lockdown happening is not attractive, and staying open is not attractive, and staying open is not attractive, and staying open is not attractive at the moment. this approach was there in march, we are asking, if we are having to close our businesses, we would like the same level of support that was there in march. what about the job support scheme, with workers doing fewer hours but being paid to certify wages by the taxpayer? the 6796 hours but being paid to certify wages by the taxpayer? the 67% goes wages by the taxpayer? the 6796 goes some way in calming the fears of the staff, but that is full six—month, in six months they will not have businesses to come back to. go do you feel really on the brink in terms of your pub? very much so, we locked down, we worked with our community all the way through lockdown, we opened very strong in july, had our best everjuly and august with eat 0ut

july, had our best everjuly and august with eat out to help 0ut july, had our best everjuly and august with eat out to help out and now we have seen the messages being lea ked now we have seen the messages being leaked by the government week after week after week, which is planing hospitality, it is targeting hospitality, it is targeting hospitality, when hospitality, according to the statistics, is the lowest grou p according to the statistics, is the lowest group of transmission of the virus. i wonder how you reacted when professor chris whitty said even the restrictions in the very high areas like liverpool, those measures will not be enough to get this virus under control, the baseline measures? he urged local leaders to do more. i think we have a situation where the hospitality industry has been hung up and vilified, where our measures, if you come to my pub, we have the apparels outside with six other sanitiser situation, when you come ina other sanitiser situation, when you come in a member of staff will take

a temperature, you will fill out entries, sanitise, go to your table, your experience, put on your mask and leave. i can go to supermarket with one bottled sanitise outside and a pre—roll and that is the only covid measure apart from some signage. i think we are being blamed for a problem which we have implemented across hospitality, a gold standard, and i think if they we re gold standard, and i think if they were implemented in other parts of the country we might see transmission rates as low as hospitality. kitty, how do you feel after yesterday's announcement? good morning, thank you for having me. like adam said, the situation in liverpool has been quite confusing and scary, i definitely welcomed the tough measures, i think if we look at who has been most affected by disproportionately it is the

disabled community, we make up nearly two thirds of everyone who has died at the economic impact has been quite severe. so you welcome these new restrictions for your area, and you have barely left your house since march, is that right?|j have been lucky, i live with my parents who are wonderful and they make sure i have to my prescription, we get out but not to the extent where i have been able to go to the pub or enjoy things that everyone else got to do during august. i am so sorry. else got to do during august. i am so sorry. don't be daft, it is fine, you are back with us. i and in a situation that many, many people, disabled people in particular, around the country, are just feeling very isolated and very scared. around the country, are just feeling very isolated and very scaredlj don't know if you heard the news that three weeks ago the scientists advising the government suggested we should have an immediate short

national lockdown, a so—called circuit breaker. we know the government did not do that, they brought in the ten o'clock curfew and the rule of six, what do you think? i think it is heartbreaking, i completely respect the economic impact this is having on the country but there is a real human cost that comes with not giving immediate action, and i think the government has a lot to answer for to the disabled community. at the very basic level, we are being left out in all areas basic level, we are being left out in allareas in basic level, we are being left out in all areas in liverpool, we are our nhs services, nonurgent care and cancelled already and the impact that their decision will have in the long run is devastating. i am glad that new things have come in but it is definitely too late. you both together, it is such an interesting thing, because kitty, you would have welcomed a circuit breaker lockdown,

adam, iam welcomed a circuit breaker lockdown, adam, i am guessing you would have been up in arms if everything was closed down three weeks ago? i am sorry, you are frozen. it completely froze, i totally missed what you said. two weeks ago we were coming off one of the busiest months we have ever had. would i have been happy with a national lockdown? if thatis happy with a national lockdown? if that is what the science says we need, i would that is what the science says we need, iwould be that is what the science says we need, i would be happy with that from a personal perspective as well asa from a personal perspective as well as a business support was running. that is interesting, as long as you have the support, he would go with the scientists. absolutely. do you have any to do with what the government ended up doing, they say they try to balance the covid health risks with the economic impact and also the effect on non—covid related health issues. i can only go off the

statistics we are looking at with regards to where transmission is coming from, we know education is 40%, that is the statistics from the 0ffice 40%, that is the statistics from the office of national statistics last week. i was asked yesterday, should be close education term? no, but i think we can take a leaf out of hospitality because implementing of the measures we have happily implemented, because they work, and i can't understand why other organisations have been doing things differently, if they implement the measures that are proven to work, with sanitisers, temperature controls and track and trace everywhere, i think we have a level playing field. thank you both very much, obviously i will wish you all the best, and i mean that, thank you for coming on, kitty, and good luck, adam, landlord of the horse and jockey pub in merseyside.

officials in china say they have tested more than 3 million people in the last 48 hours after a new outbreak of covid 19 in the eastern city of qingdao. a cluster of locally transmitted cases was discovered on sunday in the port city in the eastern shandong province. china has gone almost two months without an outbreak like this. our correspondent, robin brant, is in shanghai with more details on this massive exercise. it reminds us of the scale that china's government and the infrastructure it has in place maintains to deal with covid—19 and any particular fresh outbreak. there is hypervigilance here, particularly in the big cities — shanghai, where i am here, and the capital, beijing — hypervigilance about the possibility of fresh outbreaks. it happened in qingdao, the home of china's navy, a port city that's north of where i'm speaking to you from at the moment, it happened over the weekend, three cases initially emerged, we now have 12 confirmed cases being treated, six symptomatic, six asymptomatic, and it's believed that the outbreak is centred around around a chest hospital in this city.

one case is a taxi driver, and that is of particular concern, because clearly this was a person that had the virus and was obviously travelling around qingdao with people in and out of the taxi. so we've had this vast scale of testing in the last 48 hours, 3 million, as you say, that's about a third of the people living in this city. they are going to test everyone over a five—day period, so that takes us to friday, and the interesting thing in the last 24 hours, as they've really stepped up their testing, no new cases are being reported. australia is trying to clarify reports of a chinese ban on its coal imports. industry sources say beijing has told energy companies and steel firms to stop buying australian coal, but the government in canberra says it hasn't been able to verify those claims yet. the possible ban would be another step in the deteriorating relationship between australia and china. beijing has already put restrictions on imports of australian agricultural products.

phil mercer has been looking at what impact this could have on the australian economy. coal is one of the major commodity exports from australia to china behind iron ore and liquefied natural gas. so if these reports that energy providers, state—owned energy providers and steel mills in china have been told not to buy australian coal for political reasons, then it is a very big deal for the australian government. there is some suggestion that perhaps imports of foreign coal are being restricted in china in order to boost the domestic chinese mining industry. but if it goes further than that and this is some way that china is trying to exert some sort of diplomatic control over australia, it will be of immense concern to the authorities in canberra, given that relations have deteriorated in the last couple of years.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: with rising hospital admissions in england, labour warns the new restrictions may not be enough. we did take action, but these are balanced judgments and we also had to balance that against the effect on the economy, people's jobs and livelihoods, on education, which we have made a priority. the ons has reported this morning that the rate of deaths from covid—19 is doubling every two weeks up covid—19 is doubling every two weeks up to the week of october the 2nd.

i'm concerned that they didn't go far enough and when you look at hospital admissions, for example, across greater manchester, the north east, you can see that this virus is out of control. there are more and more people going into critical care. donald trump holds his first rally since testing positive for covid. with exactly three weeks to go, both the president and his rival joe biden are ramping up theircampaigns. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years, as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. health officials in china say they've tested more than 3 million people in the last 48 hours, after a cluster of coronavirus infections were detected in the eastern city of qingdao. two people have been killed in the nigerian city in lagos as protests against police brutality in the country enter their seventh day. the nigerian government have

officially disbanded a notorious police unit accused of unlawful arrests and murder. demonstrators have long called for the special anti—robbery squad to be broken up. vincent magombe is the director of africa inform international — a network of african journalists. hello to you, vincent. i wonder if you could explain what the special anti—robbery squad was supposed to do when it was set up? well, nigeria has had a very big law and order problem for a long time, really, for decades, one might say. so this unit was set up, to try and cut that. there was a lot of kidnappings, sort of street robberies, people with guns and so on. it was set up with a good intention, to stop the sort of

wa nton good intention, to stop the sort of wanton and rampant killings, robberies and so on. the latest round of protests, though, were prompted by footage of members of the special anti—robbery squad, or sars, pulling two men out of the hotel in lagos, pulling them out into the street and shooting one of them. are those offices going to face charges? well, the sad thing about this is if that sort of video hadn't come out, i don't think we would even be where we are today. this unit would still be in place. no nigerian that i have spoken to, yesterday i spoke to some of my colleagues from lagos, none of them really believe that the government has a determination or even a will to actually bring the police and the security services to order. they'll reallyjust believe

this is very symbolic, to try and appease the masses. i think you have seen very massive protests in lagos and other cities, which have been increasing. i can only expect these protests will continue and perhaps even protests will continue and perhaps eve n grow protests will continue and perhaps even grow until real results come out of what the government has promised to do. there were demonstrators in london about theirs. we have had had english premier league stars marcus rashford and tammy abraham tweeting their support. and a musician also. you are right to point out scepticism about whether things will change because it's the fourth time in as many years promises have been made to disband this squad, is that right? it's very historical, it ta kes right? it's very historical, it takes on historical context. when you look at the current government,

general harry. he is known from decades ago, the 1980s through to 1985, he was a young military officer who took part in nigeria and he promised to deal with corruption ruthlessly. his way of dealing with it was to put people, kill people without even due process and so on. so when he came back recently in 2015, when he was elected while pretending to be a civilian, he promised do you remember the days when i was a military ruler in the 19805? i when i was a military ruler in the 1980s? i clamped down and there is no corruption, no robbery, all these things were not there. so people gave him a chance. butjust recently, he won again in 2019, he won a second term but people have

been very frustrated to see that neither corruption nor things like police brutality and even army brutality because we have also heard about the nigerian army doing terrible things in the north where they have been trying to fight boko haram. they have been going bombing villages, arresting people, killing people. this goes on amid other very high—profile security problems and also in some of the southern parts of nigeria there have been accusations of armed killings. i think the problem is that nigerians don't believe the government is doing enough. i think we will see an increase in protests and demonstrations. thank you very much, vincent, thank you for talking to

us. vincent magombe, director of a network of african journalists. the malaysian opposition leader, anwar ibrahim, has met the king as he tries to prove that he has the parliamentary support he needs to form a new government. mr anwar earlier stated that he'd secured the backing of a "formidable majority" of mps to oust the current prime minister, muhyiddin yassin. if he's convinced, the king could order parliament to be dissolved, order a vote of confidence in the government or appoint mr anwar as prime minister. so, we now know different restrictions will apply to different parts of england to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. every area will be classified in three tiers as being on medium, high or very high alert. as we've been hearing, liverpool region prepares to enter a "very high" covid alert level from wednesday — most areas of england will be on "medium" alert, with measures such

as the rule of six, but areas with local restrictions on household mixing are automatically on "high" alert. we've heard a lot from medical experts and local leaders about the new restrictions. let's talk to helen keenan, who sadly lost her mother, kath, to covid—19 in the summer. thank you very much for talking to us. i wonder what you as someone who lost someone to covid—19, do you welcome the new restrictions? personally, i have a view that we need to do anything we can to stop the virus affecting any further people or causing the sadness we had to deal with with my mum's death. but in terms of representing the covid—19 justice for the bereaved group, we don't have a set policy on the restrictions. that is not what the restrictions. that is not what the group is about. i understand that and will ask you more on that ina that and will ask you more on that in a moment but i wonder if you

think having these three tiers does in some way make things simpler or not necessarily? i think that if we have to have restrictions, the thing is that they are communicated really clearly, there is absolute clarity on what we can and... and i don't think we have that at the moment. different layers, not dean could —— been particularly well communicated and that is a concern when you are dealing with people across the country. people need to trust what they have said and believe in what's been said and i think perhaps we need to improve the way it is communicated and clarity of that communication. is that down to government ministers, scientists, the media, everybody?” government ministers, scientists, the media, everybody? ithink it is down to leadership. when you are a leader you make difficult decisions and you have to stand by those decisions even if it makes you unpopular. i think what we learned

from the first lockdown is people will comply, they do want to do what is right and help the most vulnerable in society. i think it is about leadership and making sure that the message is loud and clear and people trust what is being said. it's interesting, there was a snap yougov poll last night after the prime minister's downing street briefing. essentially, 40% of british people according to that poll say the new government measures do not go far enough. there is an appetite amongst some that are actually the restrictions could go further. what do you think of that? i think that people are tired and weary, obviously, of the process that has gone on for such a long time and people want to get back to their normal lives. so i think people think if it's their normal lives. so i think people think if its short, sharp and a shock, let's do it and get it over with so we can get back to some sort of normal life. i think that is perfectly understandable because we all want to get back to doing what we used to like to do and people

will do whatever that takes, i think. everybody on board with that. so obviously the decision is to be made at the top about whether things are tougher or not. me, personally, i would go along with whatever we are told to do because i wouldn't wa nt are told to do because i wouldn't want another family to suffer the way we have suffered. you lost your mum, asi way we have suffered. you lost your mum, as i said, to coronavirus in the spring. how are you adjusting, helen, to her not being here? the spring. how are you adjusting, helen, to her not being here7m the spring. how are you adjusting, helen, to her not being here? it is difficult because she was a fantastic, very strong scottish lady, very well loved, feisty, intelligent. you miss that presence in your life. even when she had dementia, it was still my mum, albeit slightly different personality. so yeah, you miss, as you well know, it is the most important person in your life. she was our sort of guide to everything. she gave as good as she got, you know? she kept us on the straight and narrow and even at my age, you

know, it's lovely to know that you've got that person there in the background. i think more importantly, we wanted her to have a dignified and respectful end to her life, with dignity and, u nfortu nately, life, with dignity and, unfortunately, she didn't get that because of the covid restrictions. she was 84 but she didn't deserve to die. you are adamant in the way she did. i wonder if you could tell our audience about that and what lessons you think have been learned from that? she was an unusual case in that? she was an unusual case in that she was diagnosed with covid when she was in hospital. they decided she was medically stable to be discharged and she was discharged back to the care home, which doesn't have medically trained staff. i suppose what we would one is that decision isn't made again for families and their loved ones are in

a care home. the staff are amazing, i have to say, but they are not medically trained. you don't want them to be in distress, you don't wa nt them to be in distress, you don't want them to be in any pain at the end and most importantly, you want to be with them, you know? i think that sometimes been missed from all of this covid crisis, that the personal impact on families not being able to see their loved ones, evenif being able to see their loved ones, even if they are in hospitalfor cancer treatment or whatever, not being able to be with someone to comfort them is a huge, huge thing to deal with for anybody. briefly and finally you are part of the covid—19 bereaved families for justice group. you want an inquiry, borisjohnson agreed to that. he was askedif borisjohnson agreed to that. he was asked if there was going to be an inquiry by the leader of the lib dems and mrjohnson said yes and you are calling for a meeting with the prime minister which has not happened. is that something that you still want? yes, as a group, we think we could have avoided a

further lockdown and further restrictions if he had learned lessons from the first lockdown. listening to the families of those people most closely affected i think would have helped him get a better understanding of that. on a personal level, on a sort of humane level, to say he is going to meet the group and then do a u—turn isjust not acceptable. particularly when the reason was not a valid reason. if you say something, prime minister, please follow through and do it, thatis please follow through and do it, that is my message. thank you very much, helen, thank you for talking to us. if you live in liverpool, from tomorrow new rules. no mixing of households indoors or a garden or beer garden. pubs and bars will have to close unless they are serving food or operating as a restaurant. and avoid travelling outside your area except for work or school or for care or a medical reason. our correspondent dan johnson spoke to two business owners in liverpool, which is now subject to tier three measures.

it means serious disruption to social life and to business here, and i think people were prepared for that coming. they knew that there were going to be extra restrictions, but there has been some resentment that this is the only city to go into that toughest tier of extra restrictions. some people asking why they are the only ones to be living under these new restrictions from tomorrow. well, to give you an idea of the sort of impact that's going to have, this is a bar, just on the edge of liverpool city centre, which will have to close from tomorrow. just across the same courtyard is a restaurant, an italian restaurant there, which will be able to stay open. so it gives you an idea of the sorts of decisions, the sort of impact this is having. let's talk to fiona, who runs the bridewell. it's a police—themed pub. and you're going to face enforcement if you're not closed after tomorrow, right? yeah, we are closing down. and our great friends just across the courtyard, they get to stay open. how are you feeling about that? well, obviously we are a bit angry, we are frustrated, and also upset because we've all followed the same restrictions, we've all complied

with track and trace, with all worn our masks, we've all distanced the customers, we've managed the one household a table or the table of six, and as the rules have changed, we have adapted. but yet they are allowed to stay open and we can't. because case numbers have been going up in the region, there are more people in hospital with the virus, they've got to do something, haven't they, to get things under control? yeah, of course they have. but i think, again, we were all in this together in march, and we are now not all in this together — some of us are in it together and some of us can carry on, and ijust don't think that's fair. i think if we are all in it together, i think a two—week lockdown for everybody would have been more sensible. do you mean everybody in this city region or across the country? oh, nationwide. i think everything — stop everybody moving, stop it spreading, get a little... manage it. manage it for a couple of weeks. and, ultimately, it's going to go back up again. we've got to learn to live with it, it's not going to go away. what you think future is? you're going to have staff on two thirds of their wages, right? not enough, is it? can you survive if this carries on? we'll find a way,

we have to find a way. we are a resilient bunch, aren't we, the people in hospitality? we'll find a way. but ultimately, the 66% is not enough for them to live on. it takes them below minimum wage for a start. so how are they supposed to manage, pay their bills, eat? we've got a lot of students. pay for school books. we've got people with children. you know, it's just not fair, and i think the 80% that we got in march, although it wasn't all of their wages, it was a little more manageable, i think, then 66. ok, thanks for now, fiona. let's bring in mark, who runs the amalia italian restaurant here. how are you guys feeling? you are able to stay open, that is presumably good news? yeah, you'd think it was good news. but, to be honest, we feel like it's going to be in a hard run. the simple fact is we still haven't got people coming out, we haven't got tourism. and, obviously, you know, the hours these guys are doing, they are not the normal hours that they would normally do because it is so quiet. the fact that people are scared to come out, it does hit you hard. so you think you will suffer as well? we will suffer, there's no doubt about that. and that's across the whole nation, not just obviously in liverpool.

and you won't get the support, the two thirds payment. we won't get the support. so, you are looking to these guys are obviously getting the 66%, which, again, is still not great. these guys might be getting their wages, but they might be only doing ten or 15 hours a week, which is nowhere near what these guys will be getting, you know? because we can't obviously get the support that we require. so, you know, you think staying open... i personally think you're probably better offjust staying closed, and i agree with fiona — we work great together. so you look at an actual complete national lockdown, which is still not the greatest thing to have, but if were going to... but then that would hurt even more businesses, wouldn't it, across the country, even more people? it would do, but it's the short term compared to the long term, you know? we don't know when we will go into tier two. nothing's been explained of when we will go into tier two or how we will fall into that bracket. they are obviously going about who's been hospitalised. you look at other cities, their hospitalisation was higher than liverpool but yet liverpool have been put into tier three and they haven't.

do you think this city's been treated unfairly? personally, i think they need to look across the board. the north—west and north—east have all been hit hard. so, as a whole, for the fact that it hasjust been strictly liverpool — and, yes, 0k, we have got some of the highest rates — but, as fiona said, we should all be in it altogether and we should support each other, not just sticking to one city. and it always seems to be liverpool, when it comes to it. 0k. thank you very much for your time this morning, both of you. we appreciate you speaking to us, because it is a difficult day for people in this city, as they deal with the reality that life here is going to get a lot harder in the next 24 hours. the big question being asked is what will need to happen for these measures to be relaxed now? there will be a review in four weeks, but what if case numbers have not substantially come down — how much longer will this lockdown go on, and what will the wider impact be on a city that does rely so much on tourism,

on its culture, on its nightlife? from liverpool to northumberland. northumberland is open. earlier, while taking questions from viewers, it was mistakenly suggested that alnick in northumberland was in the very high risk area. in fact, it is in tier—2 meaning that there are no restrictions in people travelling there. it was carol in essex who had a holiday book from two weeks on saturday, you can go, it is fine, have a brilliant time. this is a really interesting story today. a 25—year—old man in the united states has caught covid twice, with doctors reporting the second infection being more dangerous than the first. he's from nevada and he needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. let's speak to our health, correspondent anna collinson. there are not many people who have caught covid twice but this young man is one of them? yes, a

fascinating case. obviously in the minority but still really interesting for the scientific community. this case is about 25—year—old man, so he is young, from the us state of nevada. in april, he started experiencing some symptoms, a cough, fever, headache and that kind of thing. he was tested for coronavirus and he got a positive result. those symptoms then went away and he was tested two more times i got a negative result. at the end of may, he started experiencing the same symptoms again, though this time these symptoms were worse. on top of the headache and the cough, he started experiencing shortness of breath and had to be hospitalised with oxygen support because his lungs were struggling to pump the vital oxygen around his body. in earlyjune, he once again tested positive for coronavirus, twice in a matter of months. he was young, no underlying health conditions or immune disorders and has since recovered. what is significant about his case is it suggests previous exposure to

covid—19 does not necessarily guarantee immunity. far more research is needed. there have been more than 37 million cases worldwide of coronavirus and only a handful of cases like this. but what this study recommends is whether you have been previously diagnosed or not, we should all be following the same precautions when it comes to protecting ourselves from infection. 0k, protecting ourselves from infection. ok, thank you very much, anna. a research team in lebanon training sniffer dogs to detect coronavirus says they can identify it in almost 100% of cases, after smelling human sweat. the team is working with 20 dogs belonging to the security forces to screen arrivals at beirut airport. take a look. find it. find. this beautiful, extraordinary machine never lose one positive.

i am a doctor working with sniffer dogs to detect covid—19. i noticed in the covid wards there is an unusual smell. i thought to go for smell detection. the nose of the dog confirmed for us that there is a very specific smell of covid—19. we try at this time to train the dog to go from cone to cone. if it is positive the covid—19, the dog will sit in front of the sample. and if it is negative, he will continue.

with standard tests, we have accuracy around 70%. with well trained sniffer dogs, the accuracy is 98 to 100%, which is really fantastic. to work with dogs is something amazing because he is able to add, for all our science, something incredible, not possible to do with other techniques. a lot of countries are interested by this research. it is not only for lebanon. we have to do something rapidly to reduce the number of deaths around the world. how amazing is that?!

winning a nobel prize is the pinnacle of a career. so i'm told. but the process is so secretive, sometimes the winners turn out to be be a bit difficult to get hold of. on monday, bob wilson and paul milgrom won the nobel prize for economics for their work on auction theory. bob wilson got the call. but paul milgrom wasn't answering the phone. so, bob went round to his house to tell him. the door cam captured the moment when he found out. paul? it's bob wilson. yeah? you've won the nobel... you've won the nobel prize. and so they are trying to reach you, but they cannot — they don't seem to have a numberfor you. we gave them your cell phone number. yeah, i have... wow. yeah. 0k. will you answer your phone? yes.

you need to let them be able to call you. distorted speech. i can't hear you. the speaker here is breaking up. laughter that is so casual! you won the nobel prize, open the door. answer your phone. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. it's another of those days where really you should keep your brolly to hand because we've got both rain and showers in the forecast. but if you want something a bit drier, you don't have to wait too long because really from tomorrow and for the rest of the week, things are becoming more settled, drier but it will remain chilly, both by day and also by night. now, what we have today is low

pressure dominating our weather and we've got a front curled around it and that front is producing rain. rain sinking south across scotland and into northern england and wales, rain coming in from kent and east anglia, pushing steadily eastwards. but the showers will clear the south—west more or less getting into the channel islands, fewer showers in the south—west through this afternoon and some brighter conditions. northern ireland and scotland, for you, you will see some sunshine, again with fewer showers but quite a brisk wind. temperatures ranging from ten in the north to about 13 as our maximum. western scotland, though, could see 14 in that sunshine and away from the wind. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we still will have some rain in the forecast, also some showers but also some clearer skies. in sheltered glens in scotland, the west of northern ireland as well, for example, temperatures could well dip low enough for a touch of frost. these temperatures you can see in the charts tell you what you can expect in towns and cities. so we start tomorrow with this rain across scotland,

the borders and a few showers here and there but for most of us, it's actually going to be a dry day. now we've got a keen north—easterly wind, that will take the edge off the temperatures but will blow in a bit more cloud across eastern areas and also some of those showers will be blowing in through the midlands, getting in the direction of wales, possibly one or two into the south—west. highs, 10—15 degrees. high pressure still very much with us on thursday, so things fairly quiet, fairly settled. the strongest winds will be once again in the east, particularly the south—eastern quarter. so, once again, that will take the edge off the temperatures and at times blow in a bit more cloud. temperatures 10—13, maybe 14 at best but don't forget, feeling cooler along north sea coastal counties. then for friday and into the weekend, high—pressure still is with us. at times, there will be quite a bit of cloud around and some of the thicker cloud could produce the odd spot of drizzle but chilly by day and by night.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 11.00 — hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england, it's revealed that scientists advising the government called for a short lockdown weeks ago. we did take action, but these are balanced judgments, and we also have to balance that out against the effect on people's jobs, to balance that out against the effect on people'sjobs, the economy, on education, which we have made a priority. labour warns that the new restrictions may not be enough. lam i am concerned they did not go far enough, and when you look at hospital admissions across greater manchester in the north—east, for example, you can see that the virus

is out of control. more and more people are going into critical care. new figures reveal that covid deaths are doubling every fortnight in the uk. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. donald trump holds his first rally since testing positive for covid. with exactly three weeks to go, both the president and his rival joe biden are ramping up theircampaigns. and health officials in china say they've tested more than three million people in the last 48 hours, after a cluster of coronavirus infections was detected in the eastern city of qingdao. hello, welcome to bbc news. the government's top scientific advisers called for much tougher covid—19 restrictions — including a two week

lockdown across england — at a meeting on the 21st of september. the experts said an immediate "circuit breaker" was the best way to control cases, three weeks before yesterday's new three tier system for england was announced. today, new data from the office for national statistics shows that covid—19 related deaths are doubling every fortnight in the past month in the uk. in the week to the 2nd of october — there were 343 deaths with covid—19 on the death certificate — up by 109 on the previous week's figures. in total there were 11,444 deaths registered in that week — in the uk. that's nearly 600 above the average for this time of year. the government says the new three—tier system — in place from tomorrow in england — will help slow the spread of covid—19, but they don't not go as far as the scientists' recommendations. our political correspondent helen catt has the story.

—— they don't go as far as the scientists' recommendations. life in the liverpool city region is about to change significantly, again. the only place in england so far to be put straight into the highest of the new bands of restrictions. but millions of other people will see changes too because the virus continues to spread. these figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passengerjet, and we must act now. the new three—tier system for england will replace current local lockdown restrictions, and comes into place on wednesday. most of england will be put on medium alert level where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew will continue. some areas will be put at the high level. no household mixing indoors anywhere, but the rule of six still applies outdoors. the most severe level of alert is very high. there will be no mixing of households anywhere. pubs and bars will be closed unless they provide a substantial meal.

but... i am not confident, nor is anybody confident, that the tier three proposals for the highest rates, if we did the absolute base case and nothing more, would be enough to get on top of it. that is why there is a lot of flexibility. so in liverpool, local authorities have agreed they will also shut leisure centres, gyms, betting shops and casinos. residents will be encouraged not to leave the area and visitors told to stay away. but it's now emerged that the scientists advising the government had said in september that a much tougher batch of measures was needed then, to slow the spread of the virus in england. labour says the government needs to explain why it ignored its own scientists. downing street says the actions it took last month, like the rule of six, were robust but targeted and proportionate, and it followed extensive engagement. and even those have drawn criticism. in parts of the west midlands which are going into the high alert

level, households will no longer be able to socialise in pubs and restaurants. it is very disappointing. it's my view not the right decision both for the health and the livelihoods of citizens across the west midlands. and quite simply, there is very, very little evidence that locations like this pass on the disease. a decision will be made on new lockdown measures in wales in the next few days. in northern ireland, health officials are calling for decisive action. and in scotland, nicholas sturgeon says she will draw up her own tiered framework towards the end of the month. helen catt, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent, nick eardley. from the beginning, the government said it was following the science. now we know that three weeks ago the government was advised to do something different. do we know why they have made that choice? the argument of the covenant is making, and has been for a few weeks, is that it and has been for a few weeks, is

thatitis and has been for a few weeks, is that it is balancing different interests. —— the argument the government is making. if you remember when this paper came out in mid—september, boris johnson was under pressure from scientists but also from his backbenchers, who were telling him that they were really against a so—called circuit breaker, which would have seen things like pubs close, and all of us told not to visit other people in their houses. but it is significant that the sage body was saying that this needed to be considered, because it clearly shows that the scientists think the measures we are seeing introduced at the moment don't necessarily go far enough. not only that, but the measure that boris johnson did introduce at that time, the day after this paper came out, was the curfew, the 10pm closing time across england, which sage had said a few days earlier would have very little effect. but one piece of advice that borisjohnson did take was to tell people in england to work from home again. but as i say,

the argument ministers are making is that they had to balance different interests, not just what the scientists were telling them, but also what economists were telling them. you just what the communities secretary robertjenrick them. you just what the communities secretary robert jenrick had them. you just what the communities secretary robertjenrick had to say. we did take action, such as the rule of six and the curfew, but these are balanced judgments and we also have to balance that up against the effect on the economy, people's jobs and livelihoods, on education, which we've made a priority. the question is, does what was announced yesterday and now go far enough. we heard chris whitty suggesting that the top tier of these restrictions would not bring these restrictions would not bring the crucial art rate back under one. and i think there are increasingly conversations going on at westminster about whether this is just another step along a path that will lead to more stringent

measures, potentially a circuit breaker that would see some sort of national lockdown. having listened to labour shadow health secretary john ashworth on whether the measures announced yesterday far enough. i'm concerned that they didn't go far enough, and when you look at hospital admissions, for example, across greater manchester, the north east, you can see that this virus is out of control. there are more and more people going into critical care. i think they should have gone further yesterday and put more restrictions in place while at the same time, given the appropriate economic support as well. i think this debate will rage on it today. we have a debate and a vote in parliament later on the new measures the government is bringing m, measures the government is bringing in, and! measures the government is bringing in, and i suspect that health secretary matt hancock will have a pretty tough time over by the government isn't going further. and if the government is not in lockstep now with the scientists, what does it say about things going forward?

because it's fairly clear that the scientists don't think that this path is going to be the right one, it's not going to work. it raises that huge question, doesn't it, but whether the government can continue to say that it is following or being guided by the science? if on the 21st of september it was getting five recommendations from the body that advises it on how to deal with the pandemic, and it only took up one of them, that stay at home for work if you can message. i think it'll make it harder the government to make the argument that it's following the science, i think it will lead to some suggesting that that relationship is breaking down, that relationship is breaking down, that it that relationship is breaking down, thatitis that relationship is breaking down, that it is not happening, and i think we are going to see more political pressure on this. you know, if you look at scotland, for example, the measures that nicola sturgeon announced, which were criticised by some, do go some fulfilling the criteria that sage we re fulfilling the criteria that sage were asking for a few weeks ago. and it is going to continue to bake this

question of whether more restrictions now are inevitable. —— beg this question. borisjohnson he did not want to see a national lockdown, but he used the curious phrase, did not think that is the right approach for now. some are asking the question, is it going to be the right approach soon? thank you, nick. the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, has threatened to ban people from covid hotspots in england from travelling to wales if borisjohnson refuses to impose the measure himself. the uk government has advised against nonessential travel from merseyside, but stopped short of making it illegal. mr drakeford said he would give ministers at westminster "one final opportunity", before making changes to welsh law. ministers in northern ireland's devolved government are meeting today to decide on further restrictions to stop the spread of covid. it's understood senior advisors have suggested measures should last between four to six weeks to have the greatest effect. at the moment, there are tighter rules in londonderry and stra bane, where

restaurants and pubs can't serve customers indoors. latest figures from the office for national statistics shows deaths from covid—19 in the uk are doubling every fortnight. with me is the bbc‘s head of statistics, robert cuffe. the number of people whose death involved covid—19 according to the death certificate, that figure reached its low point at the start of september, about 80 a week, and two weeks later it had doubled to 160, and it has doubled again most recently to 340 deaths in a single week. that is nowhere near the peak resort in a single week in april, where you see there were about 9500 deaths with covid in a single week, and that is the red area in the chart. you can barely see the red covid deaths at this point, but that regular double income if it

continues, is a worrying trend. and there also a figure saying that the deaths in the week to the 6th of october was above average for the time of year. and covid is not accounting for that phone number. the number that usually focus on instead of just covid the number that usually focus on instead ofjust covid deaths is the total number of people dying, and that does look to be moving a little bit above the average. not com pletely bit above the average. not completely explained by the number of people whose deaths involved just covid. we don't know exactly what is driving that. it could be unregistered covid, it could be people suffering because of, frankly, a pretty rough year that eve ryo ne frankly, a pretty rough year that everyone has had through health care and through tough economic times as well. and that is something we have to monitor very carefully, and see how that moves over the course of the year, because scientists tell us that respiratory viruses like

coronavirus, they thrive in winter, and we will see more covid deaths coming. we will see more in dublin. the question is what happens to the overall pattern of death that we see in the uk? will that price significantly above its expected levels as it did in march or april, or will it stay close, within about 596 or will it stay close, within about 5% of the expected levels, which is where it is at the moment? are you seeing other trends to release figures? because we were hearing yesterday about errors going into tier two, it is not necessarily the areas that have got the highest cases per 100,000, it is a balancing of the different criteria. these death figures tend to lag all the indicators that people are using to make decisions, because somebody gets infected, it takes awhile for them to get second going to hospital. we monitor that data closely. and then it takes even longerfor them to die, we monitor those figures, and then even longer for those deaths to be recorded. so the figures i'm talking about now are the deaths in the week to the

2nd of october. it is a lagging indicator. but the pattern is consistent, we have seen this figure dublin in people testing positive and in hospitalisations, the bulk of the deaths we are seeing in these figures, they are in the north—east, the north west and yorkshire, about half of the deaths in the uk from that figure. maybe about three in the south—west. so we have started to see the infection moving down the country a little, but we have not seen that in the death figures yet. we heard yesterday that the statistics at the moment been compared to when we first went into lockdown is like comparing apples and oranges because that is more testing going on, but when you look at what happened previously with the trend on the graph and what happened once lockdown measures were introduced, is it possible to try to plot the path that we are on with

those figures doubling every fortnight currently? so before lockdown, roughly, the epidemic was doubling every three to four days. so that's way faster. so in a fortnight, things would go up 16 fold from 100 cases to 1600 cases. so what we are seeing at the moment, the rises we are seeing at the moment are far slower than that. once every fortnight instead of four times every fortnight. compared to what happened at lockdown, once lockdown was permitted, cases were roughly halving every fortnight, which is a ballpark reason you could see why some of the sage advice was that a circuit breaker, a two week lockdown, with maybe buy you some time, so you open it up again, and you get two weeks of dublin and you're back where you started. so we are growing much slower than we were at the start of the epidemic, but as we had yesterday, some increases in debt are already baked in it now

because we have seen cases arising in hospitalisations rising, and within the deaths come, u nfortu nately, afterwards. within the deaths come, unfortunately, afterwards. thank you very much. —— and then the deaths come. the headlines on bbc news — hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england — it's revealed that the scientists advising the government called for a short lockdown weeks ago. new figures reveal that covid deaths are doubling every fortnight in the uk. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. mps will today vote on the government's new three—tier system of covid—19 restrictions for england, which come into effect tomorrow. every area will be classified as being on medium, high or very high alert. liverpool city region will enter a "very high" covid alert level from wednesday. areas which already have local restrictions on household mixing in place are

automatically on "high" alert. while most areas of england will be on "medium" alert, with measures such as the rule of six. john maguire rounds up the reaction from different corners of the country. england is now a three—tier society. under the toughest restrictions are the people of the liverpool city region. they're in tier three with a threat level designated as very high. the city centre, as a whole, is one ecosystem. if you're then shutting pubs on top of that, you're then giving another reason for people not to come to the city centre, which is going to put the city centre in almost a shutdown scenario. households can't mix, travel in and out of the area is restricted, and pubs not serving food, betting shops and gyms will all have to close. i think it'll be catastrophic for our industry as a whole. i feel a lot of trainers might move to otherjobs and never come back to actually the industry itself. tier two, high threat,

applies to those areas that already have some additional rules. well, here in birmingham for the past month, people from different households have been banned from meeting socially within their homes. that restriction, because this is now a tier two area, will be extended to hospitality also, so no mixing in restaurants, cafes or bars. do you think it'll make much of a difference to you? yeah, i think it will, i did have some plans on saturday, i'm not going to lie, with my friends, so i won't be able to go out with them now. the pubs have never been safer. i was in a pub saturday, and you just go in, you sit down, you know who you're with, you're not going to go to a pub with a random stranger, so i don't see what the... ijust think it's easy pickings and it's going to cause a lot of problems for people's mental health. i think it is a bit harsh at the moment, but i understand we have to obviously go with what the government are saying, but it's only going to increase, i guess, if we don't, so... people want to start getting back

to normal, and we've started going the other way, so rather than things getting better and things getting back to normal, people are having to start restricting themselves again, and i can't see that's going to go down very well. it's difficult, we know we're in this situation, nobody asked for it but the way i look at it personally is that i could be helping save someone's life. manchester also finds itself in the middle tier, as does newcastle. it's appropriate these businesses can stay open if they can perform properly under the restrictions, which, to me, it seems like they're doing. i think it's a relief for everyone. i feel bad for the people in liverpool who aren't really going to have the same experience. it's good for us. this is our summer holidays, so we didn't want to have to cut it short and go back down to london, so we're quite happy. we came down from scotland, so it's worse up there, so this is good for us. the highest infection rate in the country is in nottingham but the city escapes the most stringent rules, for now. the government have left us in no doubt that they could well be imposing the very high alert levels of tier three on us if things don't

change in nottingham. and tier one, with a medium threat level, covers most of england, such as here in exeter, where the rule of six remains, as does the 10.00 closing time for pubs. as the virus seems to have targeted certain areas, then the new rules will follow, introduced in an attempt to control the spread. it's not easy, but it's here to stay, for the foreseeable future at least. john maguire, bbc news, birmingham. the liverpool city region is going into tier three, the highest tier of the government's new lockdown restrictions, which is close to things like bars and bookmakers and gyms. that comes into effect tomorrow. we can speak to the liverpool mayorjoe anderson. he joins me now from the city.

thank you forjoining us. how are you feeling ahead of that coming in tomorrow? a mixture of feelings, really. disappointment we are in a situation where something has to be done, we have got to take action to curtail and bring down the virus. the infection rate is 277 people in hospital as we speak, with 3000 people infected in the city of liverpool. things are undoubtedly going to get worse if no action is taken. so it was inevitable, really, that the government was going to ta ke that the government was going to take action. whether it was within a few days or next week, it was inevitable that that was going to happen. and so we have got to try and out to work together in the city region to bring the virus back under control and try to stay in it.|j know that you and others were fighting hard to try to get better

financial support from the government for those who are going to be affected by the lockdown. 67% of pay will be available to workers unable to work because of it, which co m pa res to unable to work because of it, which compares to 80% in the lockdown previously. did you manage to get any concessions out of the government in the end? we got some concessions on that movement, the chancellor talking in his press briefing yesterday that he had no intention of moving on the furlough scheme. we had two days of discussions with them, and throughout we were constantly haranguing them about trying to recognise the need to support those low—paid workers who work in hospitality sector, and the damage it would do to them and their livelihoods, so it was about protecting pupils livelihoods, and we constantly make that case. but as you had the chance or say last night, that isn't going to be something they are going to move on,

something they are going to move on, so that was hugely frustrating because it's so that was hugely frustrating because its businesses who are not in any way the cause of the problems that we are facing who are going to be suffering as a consequence of being put into tier three. the other things we did manage to get some movement on was to introduce our own track and trace systems in the city and the city region. and we have got some funding to do so, but we have also got some commitment as well to make sure that local authorities, particularly the combined authority here in the liverpool city region, will also get something to help us deal with the covid costs. so there we re deal with the covid costs. so there were some concessions, but disappointingly for us, a massive disappointment was that they didn't give the hospitality sector a proper compensation package. and notjust

the hospitality sector, but others that will seriously struggle as a result of this, because hotels, taxis, the knock—on effect of bars and taxis, the knock—on effect of bars a nd restau ra nts taxis, the knock—on effect of bars and restaurants being closed as well, that is to seriously impact on the whole ecosystem, hospitality, tourism and leisure. and of course gyms, bookmakers casinos as well, and we are talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs and we are talking about hundreds of thousands ofjobs across the whole region that might be lost, we might get back. one of the things that has been discussed about why in some areas cases were still going up in spite of restrictions is because perhaps some people cannot afford to ta ke perhaps some people cannot afford to take the hit on their earnings with what comes into effect in terms of the isolation, and having to stay home and not work. if people are going to be taking the set on their earnings, as was discussed, do you

have a concern that that may filter through actually to be lockdown not being properly observed? and obviously there are stringent measures in place to make it happen. would you like to see people fined for not following the guidelines as they are supposed to? the government are introducing measures to make sure that that is the case. but yes, it is punitive in the sense that people who are being told to self—isolate, who are being told that they have to stay at home, and it has happened, it happened to my family as well, so i know it is going on. lots of people aren't receiving any pay while they are waiting for a test result to come through. so it is disappointing that people have had to suffer and wait that long, and it is also disappointing that people are going to get full financial support while they are self—isolating. —— that people are not going to get full financial support. there is a

movement from the government towards that, but it is nowhere near enough, nasty frustration of the disconnect between the reality of ordinary working—class people and the whitehall officials dictating what should happen. but the reality is in the city of liverpool, we know as i said that the infection rates are so high here that we have got to do something. but what concerns me is that the measures, and we have heard that the measures, and we have heard that scientists have questioned the effectiveness of the measures that bringing the virus back under control in two or three, cities like the programme and i think that is a concern. “— the programme and i think that is a concern. —— in tier three. the pubs, restau ra nts, concern. —— in tier three. the pubs, restaurants, the gymnasiums, they are going to suffer and suffer a lot of pain without any real gain. so there is question marks about us being able to see the data and all of this, and also being able to

manage change and do things yourself moving forward. —— do things ourselves. and in terms of moving out, what are your thoughts on that? because we saw when we went into lockdown before, it is not clear how long it might be for and what the measures are, what are the steps are to coming out the other side. that's the point, isn't it? there doesn't seem to be a strategy, or an exit strategy in place that is looking at what we do. for instance, we know we have been told, we have been given instructions, we are told these things are going to happen and regulations are put in place over the next couple of days, the regulations for tier three, they are what you will have to follow. they are, close your gyms, closure bookmakers, close your gymnasiums, close your pubs, these are the things we are being told to do. but there is not an exit strategy. what

worries me is that, for the north west and other places as well, there was a cigarette paper differencebetween to your two and tier three, it is going to happen to them without any sort of real strategy about how we are intercut with that and how we are going to do. i think many people questioning the government because my advice, calling for a circuit breaker, a two week circuit breaker in liverpool, i called for that five weeks ago, and it was ignored. and i was getting scientists telling us that that was probably something that is needed in places to actually suppress and start to make the virus come down. soiam start to make the virus come down. so i am not convinced that the scientists and the government are joined up and doing the right things here. joe anderson, thank you very much forjoining us. and if you want to know

the rules in your area, you can search by your postcode on our website bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. uk unemployment has risen to its highest level in three years. figures from the office for national statistics show the unemployment rate rose from 4.1 to 4.5% in the three months to august. around 1.5 million people were unemployed during that period. the total number of workers on company payrolls has fallen by nearly 700,000 since the start of the pandemic in march. let's speak to our business presenter, ben thompson. yes, you are right, and it is worth pointing out that that 4.5% is up to the three months ending in august, but it is worth pointing out that up to the end of august, many people are still having their wages supplemented by the government as

pa rt supplemented by the government as part of the folau scheme. so there is concern about that winding down, it will be replaced by the job support scheme, but that is less generous, so there are concerns that the unemployment rate could rise much further as employers have to contend with rising costs and the lack of business. we know that further restrictions, as you have just discussed, been put on many businesses around the country, which could mean that they have a difficult few months ahead. there is also been some interesting data suggesting that it is young people who are bearing the brunt of this. people aged between 16 and 24 lost jobs at the fastest rate. but also self—employed men and women who are working part—time, those men losing theirjobs and women who were working part—time removing themselves from the jobs market altogether. so some interesting dynamics going on as a result of this pandemic, and the impact it is having on thejobs market. a bit more detail, we can speak to liz johnson managing director of the

recruitment agency the ability people. good morning to you. when we look at these figures and we look at the number of jobs out look at these figures and we look at the number ofjobs out there right now, it is a tough place to be looking for a job. first of all, could you give me a sense of your experience? how bad is it out there, and what are you able to do for people coming to you for help? we try and create a more authentic and inclusive environment. we have been looking at trying to reduce the unemployment gap for people with disability. at the moment people have to think out of the box and be more agile to see what they are looking for in an employee and employer. we often say you have to focus on how will stand out, especially at the moment. so many people are fighting forjobs and willing to do a lot of things they would not have done before. thejob search market is saturated but people are looking for roles that

can be innovative and resilient and use their life experience to catch the eye of those who are implying because there will be more difficulty to stand out if you just have a glowing cv. there will be plenty of people with a glowing cv who are looking for an employment opportunity right now. that idea of standing out is such an important one. how would you advise people who may be facing the prospect of an uncertainjobs future, may be facing the prospect of an uncertain jobs future, maybe they have lost their job uncertain jobs future, maybe they have lost theirjob and looking for something else. how do you stand out when there are so many people fighting for the same job? we shouldn't just run out fighting for the same job? we shouldn'tjust run out and try get anyjob because you do need a level ofjob anyjob because you do need a level of job satisfaction but anyjob because you do need a level ofjob satisfaction but also you need to be your bells. so take a step back, context it to your weight

will appeal to people who have gone through this pandemic realise that there is more than one way to get a job and those that have been resourceful in these times are those people who have been able to adapt their thinking, adapt the way they behave. it has been very much survival of the fittest, i mean in your day—to—day life, staying on top of your mental and physical health and surviving through what has been and surviving through what has been an awful period for everybody. it is looking at how you have done that and using those skills and talking about those on your cv if you have the opportunity to do an interview to bring that to life. now more than ever there is a synergy between people's humanity and empathy and the way that we are not all the same and that people are recognising there is strength in deference. -- in deference. what an interesting

take. thank you for your time this morning. such important messages. there are so many things we might learn from this pandemic when we come out of it the other side, but no getting away from the fact it is tough out there as far as the jobs market is concerned. there is one glimmer of hope in these figures, the number of vacancies out there has risen and has risen for the first time in a long time given that so many firms were laying off staff. there are morejobs so many firms were laying off staff. there are more jobs available but nonetheless it is also pointing out the number of vacancies is still 40% below what they were before all of this began. so for people who are maybe losing theirjob, looking for a newjob, it is a pretty toughjobs market. and as liz was talking about there, the ability to stand out is important in the ability to get any job. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood.

once again today some of us will see share as well some will see rain. rain not heavy as we go through the day. two bands moving south across southern scotland and northern england. and another going from kent and east anglia. shower is becoming less frequent in the south—west but more prolific in the channel islands. we are looking at sunny skies put brisk winds and for your showers. overnight there will be rain and showers around that clear skies and under those clear skies and shelter parts of the highlands, we will see temperatures dip for a touch of frost. tomorrow we start off on that shy reno, a key north—easterly wind bringing more cloud and showers drifting over towards the midlands and also wales. temperatures rising from 10—5th but feeling cooler in the wind. in this

north sea coastline. hello, this is bbc news with me, joanna gosling. the headlines: hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england — it's revealed that scientists advising the government called for a short lockdown weeks ago. we did take action, but these are balanced judgments and we also have to balance that up against the effect on the economy, people's jobs and livelihoods, an education, which we have made a priority. labour warns that the new restrictions may not be enough. i'm concerned that they didn't go far enough. and when you look at hospital admissions, for example, across greater manchester, over the north—east, you can see that this virus is out of control. there are more and more people going into critical care. new figures reveal that covid deaths are doubling every fortnight in the uk. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs.

donald trump holds his first rally since testing positive for covid. with exactly three weeks to go, both the president and his rival joe biden are ramping up theircampaigns. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here from the bbc sport centre. is catherine. we'll start with cycling, and big problems at the giro d'italia where two teams have withdrawn from the race because of positive coronavirus tests. the mitchelton—scott team pulled out after four positive tests out of 571 carried out within their team. jumbo—visma have followed suit after their rider steven kruijswijk — a title contender at the giro — tested positive. team sunweb's michael matthews has also returned a positive test. big problems at their zeroed italia.

—— giro. england will be without ben chilwell and kieran tripper for their nations league match against denmark tomorrow night. while chilwell had come back into gareth southgate's squad after being left out due to a breach of coronavirus rules — but he's withdrawn with an injury. southgate has plenty of options — with 28 players available for his 23—man matchday squad. the row over reform of english football continues. there's a warning that some football league clubs will "disappear within five to six weeks" unless they get financial support. that's according to nigel travis who's chairman of the league two side leyton orient. he's given his backing to ‘project big picture' — a plan to reduce the number of teams in the top flight, scrap the league cup and give more premier league money to the efl. the plan has been criticised by the premier league, the government, and fans. one man who's also had his say on project big picture is arsene wenger. he's got a new book out, and has been speaking more widely about his 22 year career as the arsenal manager. he told nesta mcgregor that changes need to be made to protect the future of the game in england.

the premier league at some stage will have to help the lower clubs in the lower leagues to make them survive and maybe you need a strict control management to get them to financially survive at the lower levels. how? ido financially survive at the lower levels. how? i do not know, it is too early. to suppress the charity shield, certainly not. and the league cup, you have to accept that when you go to a country you have to accept that there is a tradition and culture. you have said that it is your one true love. it is a surprise your one true love. it is a surprise you have not been to you the emirates? you have to take a com plete emirates? you have to take a complete distance and i have chosen to ta ke complete distance and i have chosen to take a complete distance, it is just physically. it is important people do not see you as a shadow. i felt that it is the best to cut it

away. i am a little bit like a guy who has ended a relationship, you know? there is no contact with his children any more but he still loves them. in parallel universe, which job are you closest to thinking about accepting? madrid. you do not know many people turned down twice real madrid to stay with the team who is basically has no resources to win the championship. but i told myself i will go for this challenge, i will go until the end. as well, you have different type of managers. i was the longest serving manager and monocle and so it is part of my personality. 100 years from now when their name arsene wenger is said, what do you want your legacy to be?

having somebody who served his club with total commitment, integrity and honesty. and who love the club as well. first love? only love? it changes... it is the biggest love of my career because it does well at the moment. 47 years of age i came to arsenal, it is the best years of your life as a manager and i gave my best years to this club. in different circumstances, but i felt a lwa ys different circumstances, but i felt always with the same passion. and it's been confirmed that the bbc‘s sports personality of the year awards will be held this year. the event will take place here at the bbc studios at media city in salford on 20th december. the show will celebrate the very best of elite sport this year, but will also reflect how the power of sport has helped to keep fans going throughout the pandemic.

hopefully something for all of us to look forward to. that's all the sport for now. more from us thoroughout the afternoon. if you have had to shield previously through covid, you will be interested to hear this. news that people shielding will be sent a letter in the post to explain the latest guidance and it is these most clinically vulnerable individuals are not being asked to shield again. unlike in march there are other protective measures in place such as the rule of six and wearing face coverings in shop to reduce spread. they should take precautions to avoid getting covid. especially if they live in a region that has continued and —— outbreaks. people in england on the shielding list will be sent a letter to explain that the most clinically vulnerable

individuals are not being asked to shield again. following the clarification from the government yesterday on the new three tier system of measures to control the spread of the virus — some councils are considering putting themselves into ‘tier 2‘ — that means no mixing between households indoors and the rule of 6 applied outside. southend council in essex is considering that move. trevor harp is the cabinet member for adult social care and health & chair of local outbreak control plan at southend council. what do you think, be tier two your area? this this is something that we area? this this is something that we are looking at. our board will be meeting within the next couple of hours and we have got a local outbreak. an important meeting this afternoon at four o'clock. it is something we are considering. we

have not made any firm decision as yet one way or the other but it is something we are considering. our figures are definitely heading upwards. ourfigures figures are definitely heading upwards. our figures per 100,000 infection rate went from 13.65 per 100,000 on the 11th of september. up to 47.5 in the middle of october. that is the figure we had yesterday so it is something we are considering. obviously it will be the timing of it that will be crucial, to get that timing right so we will consider that. can you just explain how your process will marry up explain how your process will marry up with the process that essex cou nty up with the process that essex county council has already launched which is to request to the secretary of state that he had to be brought

in? it is one of these things because we are an authority, we have had to take part with a greater essence. we do have our own processes in place which involve health and allow oversight. we have to follow those processes to take pa rt to follow those processes to take part with essex. obviously, what essex have done will have a bearing on how we can liaise with them and work with them. just to be clear, if tier two is brought in for the whole of essex, you are part of that anyway? yes. that is something if it is brought on by the secretary of state and the department of health, then that is something that means

then that is something that means the whole of essex which means we would have to take part. as you say, you are discussing it separately with the awareness that essex county council has already made that request. the reason for the request going in is because they have looked at the stats and accept a warning that there is an exponential rise in cases coming for the weeks ahead. there is the view that painful decisions now, they see, hope will bring dividends later. one of the key questions asked was about what will happen in hospitals. and if there is no action taken now, the intensive care beds and essex kids reach capacity mark in 4—5 weeks. assumedly you are looking at all of the same data on that? yes, we are. we are looking at very similar data,

we are looking across hertfordshire and seeing the exponential rise there and again it is all about the timing of this and that is crucial. that is something that we will be taking into account when we make this decision. it is going to be crucial. the escalation to try and flatten the curve is the term that the use, to try and avoid too much, too many admissions into the hospital. that is crucial to this decision. it is a worry that we are exploring as to whether we get that timing right, as to whether we go too early to late. we have seen up in the north east, the exponential

rise and it can get away from you. if you don't control it, at the right time. thank you. and if you want to know the rules in your area — you can search by your postcode on our website bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. the headlines on bbc news... hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england — it's revealed that the scientists advising the government called for a short lockdown weeks ago. new figures reveal that covid deaths are doubling every fortnight in the uk. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. it's three weeks until americans go to the polls and president trump held his first campaign rally since being treated for coronavirus, in the key state of florida. joe biden was also on the campaign

trail in another swing state, ohio. both are scrambling to secure last minute votes. nomia iqbal has the latest. they queued for hours to witness the return of their homecoming hero. covid precautions in place, but most in the crowd were maskless. as was their commander—in—chief, a beaming president tossed out maga themed masks to the crowd — a retrospective gesture from a leader still recovering from the virus. one thing with me, the nice part, i went through it, now they say i'm immune. i feel so powerful. i'll walk into that audience. cheering and applause. i'll walk in there, i'll kiss everyone in that audience.

i'll kiss the guys in the beautiful women. i'll give you all a case. president trump landed in florida only hours after his doctor had said he tested negative on consecutive days, despite questions about the validity of the test. regardless, he was keen to show strength. you know the risk groups, you know the older people. see, fortunately, i'm not an old person. i'm very young and i'm in such perfect shape. cheering and applause. it was a bravado performance that dwelt more on his own recovery, with few reminders that the pandemic has led to more than 211,000 deaths in america. all chant: four more years! inevitably he went after his opponent. how many empty chairs are going to be around the dinner table

tonight because of their negligence? how many? these people are crazy, we have to win. most important we've ever had. joe biden has made a corrupt bargain exchange for his pa rty‘s corrupt bargain exchange for his party's nomination. he has handed control to the socialists, the marxists and the left wing. in the hour—long speech, his voice was hoarse at times but his performance was a crowd—pleaser. very happy trump's back and doing well again. trump is a good president. he knows what this country needs. this was classic donald trump — back in the environment he feels most comfortable in, on stage, speaking directly to his faithful supporters. the question is — with just three weeks to go before election day, can he attract enough new voters to get back into the white house? nomia iqbal, bbc news, orlando.

officials in china say they have tested more than 3 million people in the last 48 hours after a new outbreak of covid 19 in the eastern city of qingdao. a cluster of locally transmitted cases was discovered on sunday in the port city in the eastern shandong province. china has gone almost two months without an outbreak like this. our correspondent, robin brant, is in shanghai with more details on this massive exercise. it reminds us of the scale that china's government and the infrastructure it has in place maintains to deal with covid—19 and any particular fresh outbreak. there is hypervigilance here, particularly in the big cities — shanghai, where i am here, and the capital, beijing — hypervigilance about the possibility of fresh outbreaks. it happened in qingdao, the home of china's navy, a port city that's north of where i'm speaking to you from at the moment, it happened over the weekend, three cases initially emerged, we now have 12 confirmed cases being treated, six symptomatic, six asymptomatic,

and it's believed that the outbreak is centred around around a chest hospital in this city. one case is a taxi driver, and that is of particular concern, because clearly this was a person who had the virus and was obviously travelling around qingdao with people in and out of the taxi. so we've had this vast scale of testing in the last 48 hours, 3 million, as you say, that's about a third of the people living in this city. they are going to test everyone over a five—day period, so that takes us to friday, and the interesting thing in the last 24 hours, as they've really stepped up their testing, no new cases are being reported. a man in the united states has caught covid twice, with doctors reporting the second infection being more dangerous than the first. the 25—year—old from nevada needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. our health correspondent anna collinson explains that this case is in the minority — but still very interesting for the scientific community.

this case is about a 25—year—old man, he is young and from nevada. in april he started experiencing some symptoms, cough, fever and headache. he was tested for coronavirus and got a positive result. those symptoms went away and he was tested two more times and got a negative result. at the end of may, he was experiencing the same symptoms again and they were worse. he started feeling shortness of breath. in earlyjune he once again tested positive for coronavirus, so that is twice in a matter of months. this man was young, no underlying health conditions and has since recovered but what is significant about his case is it suggesting previous exposure to covid—19 does not

guarantee immunity. far more research is needed, and only a handful of cases like theirs. what this study recommends is whether you have been previously diagnosed are not we should all be following the same precautions when it comes to protecting ourselves from infection. winning a nobel prize is the pinnacle of a career. but the process is so secretive, sometimes the winners turn out to be be a bit difficult to get hold of. on monday, paul bob wilson and paul milgrom won the nobel prize for economics for their work on auction theory. bob wilson got the call. but paul milgrom wasn't answering the phone. so bob went round to his house to tell him. the door cam captured the moment when he found out. enjoy. paul? it's bob wilson. yeah?

you've won the nobel... you've won the nobel prize. and so they are trying to reach you, but they cannot — they don't seem to have a numberfor you. we gave them your cell phone number. yeah, i have... wow. yeah. 0k. will you answer your phone? yes. you need to let them be able to call you. distorted speech. i can't hear you. the speaker here is breaking up. a japanese tourist stranded in peru since march because of the pandemic has been treated to a solo visit of the incan ruins at machu picchu. jesse katayama had only intended

to make a short trip to peru, but got caught in the country's lockdown. he was the first tourist at the site for seven months. they said that he had to be able to see the site before he left. if you do want to visit yourself, it opens next month. with restrictions in place. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. it's another of those days where really you should keep your brolly to hand because we've got both rain and showers in the forecast. but if you want something a bit drier, you don't have to wait too long because really from tomorrow and for the rest of the week, things are becoming more settled, drier but it will remain chilly, both by day and also by night. now, what we have today is low pressure dominating our weather and we've got a front curled around it and that front is producing rain. rain sinking south across scotland and into northern england and wales, rain coming in from kent and east anglia, pushing steadily eastwards. but the showers will clear

the south—west more or less getting into the channel islands, fewer showers in the south—west through this afternoon and some brighter conditions. northern ireland and scotland, for you, you will see some sunshine, again with fewer showers but quite a brisk wind. temperatures ranging from ten in the north to about 13 as our maximum. western scotland, though, could see 14 in that sunshine and away from the wind. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we still will have some rain in the forecast, also some showers but also some clearer skies. in sheltered glens in scotland, the west of northern ireland as well, for example, temperatures could well dip low enough for a touch of frost. these temperatures you can see in the charts tell you what you can expect in towns and cities. so we start tomorrow with this rain across scotland, the borders and a few showers here and there but for most of us, it's actually going to be a dry day. now we've got a keen north—easterly wind, that will take the edge off the temperatures but will blow in a bit more cloud across eastern areas and also some of those showers

will be blowing in through the midlands, getting in the direction of wales, possibly one or two into the south—west. highs, 10—15 degrees. high pressure still very much with us on thursday, so things fairly quiet, fairly settled. the strongest winds will be once again in the east, particularly the south—eastern quarter. so, once again, that will take the edge off the temperatures and at times blow in a bit more cloud. temperatures 10—13, maybe 14 at best but don't forget, feeling cooler along north sea coastal counties. then for friday and into the weekend, high—pressure still is with us. at times, there will be quite a bit of cloud around and some of the thicker cloud could produce the odd spot of drizzle but chilly by day and by night.

this is bbc news, i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at midday — hours after borisjohnson announced new coronavirus measures in england, it's revealed that scientists advising the government called for a short lockdown weeks ago. we did take action, but these are balanced judgments, and we also have to balance that out against the effect on people's jobs, the economy, on education, which we have made a priority. labour warns that the new restrictions may not be enough. i am concerned they did not go far enough, and when you look at hospital admissions across greater manchester and the north—east, for example, you can see that the virus is out of control. more and more people are going into critical care. new figures reveal that covid deaths are doubling every

fortnight in the uk. the uk unemployment rate rises to its highest level in over three years as the pandemic continues to hitjobs. donald trump holds his first rally since testing positive for covid. with exactly three weeks to go, both the president and his rival joe biden are ramping up theircampaigns. and health officials in china say they've tested more than three million people in the last 48 hours, after a cluster of coronavirus infections was detected in the eastern city of qingdao. hello and welcome to bbc news. the government's top scientific advisers called for much tougher covid—19 restrictions — including a two week lockdown across england — at a meeting on the 21st of september.

the experts said an immediate "circuit breaker" was the best way to control cases, three weeks before yesterday's new three—tier system for england was announced. today, new data from the office for national statistics shows that covid—19 related deaths are doubling every fortnight in the past month in the uk. in the week to the 2nd of october, there were 343 deaths with covid—19 on the death certificate, up by 109 on the previous week's figures. in total, there were 11,444 deaths registered in that week in the uk. that's nearly 600 above the average for this time of year. the government says the new three—tier system — in place from tomorrow in england — will help slow the spread of covid—19, but they don't not go as far as the scientists' recommendations. our political correspondent helen catt has the story. life in the liverpool city region is about to change

significantly, again. the only place in england so far to be put straight into the highest of the new bands of restrictions. but millions of other people will see changes too because the virus continues to spread. these figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passengerjet, and we must act now. the new three—tier system for england will replace current local lockdown restrictions, and comes into place on wednesday. most of england will be put on medium alert level where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew will continue. some areas, though, will be put at the high level. no household mixing indoors anywhere, but the rule of six still applies outdoors. the most severe level of alert is very high. there will be no mixing of households anywhere. pubs and bars will be closed unless they provide a substantial meal. but... i am not confident, nor is anybody confident, that the tier three proposals for the highest rates,

if we did the absolute base case and nothing more, would be enough to get on top of it. that is why there is a lot of flexibility. so in liverpool, local authorities have agreed they will also shut leisure centres, gyms, betting shops and casinos. residents will be encouraged not to leave the area and visitors told to stay away. but it's now emerged that the scientists advising the government had said in september that a much tougher batch of measures was needed then, to slow the spread of the virus in england. labour says the government needs to explain why it ignored its own scientists. downing street says the actions it took last month, like the rule of six, were robust but targeted and proportionate, and it followed extensive engagement. and even those have drawn criticism. in parts of the west midlands which are going into the high alert level, households will no longer be able to socialise in pubs

and restaurants. it is very disappointing. it's, in my view, not the right decision both for the health and the livelihoods of citizens across the west midlands. and quite simply, there is very, very little evidence that locations like this pass on the disease. a decision will be made on new lockdown measures in wales in the next few days. in northern ireland, health officials are calling for decisive action. and in scotland, nicola sturgeon says she will draw up her own tiered framework towards the end of the month. helen catt, bbc news. and if you want to know the rules in your area, you can search by your postcode on our website bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. latest figures from the office for national statistics shows deaths from coronavirus in the uk are doubling every fortnight. the bbc‘s head of statistics robert cuffe has been explaining the figures. that number reached its low point at the start

of september, about 80 a week, and two weeks later it had doubled to 160, and it has doubled again most recently to 340 deaths in a single week. that is nowhere near the peak we saw in a single week in april, where you see there were about 9,500 deaths with covid in a single week, and that is the red area in the chart. you can barely see the red covid deaths at this point, but that regular doubling, if it continues, is a worrying trend. and there's also a figure saying that the deaths in the week to the 6th of october was above average for the time of year. and covid is not accounting for that full number. the number that we really focus on instead of

just covid deaths is the total number of people dying, and that does look to be moving a little bit above the average. not completely explained by the number of people whose deaths involved just covid. we don't know exactly what is driving that. it could be unregistered covid, it could be people suffering because of, frankly, a pretty rough year that everyone has had through health care and through tough economic times as well. and that is something we have to monitor very carefully, and see how that moves over the course of the year, because scientists tell us that respiratory viruses like coronavirus, they thrive in winter, and we will see more covid deaths coming. we will see more doubling. the question is what happens to the overall pattern of death that we see in the uk? will that rise significantly above its expected levels, as it did in march or april, or will it stay close, within about 5% of the expected levels, which is where it is at the moment? are you seeing other trends through these figures? because we were hearing yesterday about areas going into tier two, it is not necessarily

the areas that have got the highest cases per 100,000, it is a balancing of the different criteria. these death figures tend to lag all the indicators that people are using to make decisions, because somebody gets infected, it takes a while for them to get sick and go into hospital. we monitor that data closely. and then it takes longer for them to die, we monitor those figures, and then even longer for those deaths to be recorded. so the figures i'm talking about now are the deaths in the week to the 2nd of october. it is a lagging indicator. but the pattern is consistent, we have seen this figure doubling people testing positive and in hospitalisations, the bulk of the deaths we are seeing in these figures, they are in the north—east, the north—west and yorkshire, about half of the deaths in the uk from that area.

maybe about three in the south—west. so we have started to see the infection moving down the country a little, but we have not seen that in the death figures yet. a 25—year—old man in the united states has caught covid twice, with doctors reporting the second infection being more dangerous than the first. he's from nevada, and he needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. let's get more on this and speak to dr stephen griffin, associate professor in virology at the university of leeds. thank you forjoining us. we have had about a few cases since the pandemic began of people getting covid twice, but very, very few when you look at the context of 37 million cases worldwide. what do you think is happening? million cases worldwide. what do you think is happening ?|j million cases worldwide. what do you think is happening? i think cases like this show is the potential of what might happen. to be fair, take your point that the rarity of these cases that been documented. however, not someone people will generally look for to any large extent. it's something you have to be very careful about, because you to prove unequivocally that that is a second

infection, but we do know from other coronaviruses, including the first sars coronavirus, that people can be rei nfected sars coronavirus, that people can be reinfected because our immunity to these infections doesn't generally tend to last very long at all. and this is quite profound applications for strategies such as herd immunity and whatnot that people had started to discuss at the moment. so you think potentially it is more common than we are hearing about when you talk about cases having to be documented? well, there is no data on that, unfortunately. there is a lot of anecdotal evidence for that may be happening. i think it's something that we might not see at the moment very commonly, but we may see in times to come that you see more frequently in traction. and thatis more frequently in traction. and that is why we need to have vaccination strategies which give more potent and long lasting protection, ideally for over a year

at least, even a partially effective vaccine. but we don't really understand enough about what constitutes a protective immune response and a long lasting immune response and a long lasting immune response following infection with sars coronavirus. is the takeaway, though, that we simply cannot assume immunity? we have been told that from the beginning, but itjust underlines that. yes, absolutely. a good proportion of people nowadays are having antibody tests, but what does tell you at the moment, unless you have a special laboratory test, is that you have been exposed to the virus in the past. but u nfortu nately, virus in the past. but unfortunately, this does not guarantee that you would either be immune yourself to a second infection, and that infection may be more severe than the first, or very mild and may be asymptomatic, but you couldn't rule out the fact that you couldn't rule out the fact that you might then become infectious, so people that have had a positive antibody test you for the same procedures and precautions that everybody else is having to take at

the moment. why would an infection be stronger in the second time around? that's a really interesting question. without understanding what happened in the first infection in the case of this gentleman, it is very ha rd to the case of this gentleman, it is very hard to say, but often infections such as this can be proportionate to the exposure to the virus that you have. so he may have had a very small exposure of the first time round which resulted in a very mild infection, although he did have symptoms the first time round. the second time round could have had a much more harsh exposure to the virus, and! a much more harsh exposure to the virus, and i think from the paper, it looks as though it may have been afamily it looks as though it may have been a family member that may have passed on the second infection. that our also some factors of our immune system that might give rise to a more severe disease course on second infection, but that is not in and we fully understand at the moment. going back to what you're saying right the beginning, this is one of

very few cases in the world where someone has been documented as having had it a second time. but do you think there are implications here even for vaccination? we don't know how long vaccination will give us protection for. we are open for as long a time as possible, and we hope that it gives us protection, but it may be that that immunity such as the natural infection cause does start to wane in time, it may be that we have to have boosters in a few years after whichever vaccine sta rts a few years after whichever vaccine starts to be ruled out and is given out. so it does not mean that vaccines won't work, it mayjust mean that we need boosters from time to time. what is different, though, is the response to vaccines that we get is usually quite different to the responses we have during natural infection, and that is why the race for a vaccine is so important, because we know from other coronaviruses that this immunity wanes. that's why we have seasonal coronaviruses, and that is why it is

really ha rd to coronaviruses, and that is why it is really hard to assume that people have been exposed to the virus are naturally protected. it is u nfortu nately not naturally protected. it is unfortunately not generally going to be the case, it was not for very long. professor stephen griffin, thank you very much. you're watching bbc news. we say goodbye to viewers now on bbc two. people in england who were shielding during the height of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic have been told to take extra precautions as the number of cases rises. more than two million people suffering from conditions like cancer, asthma and arthritis spent months shielding at home earlier this year. they will now receive a letter in the post advising them on how to keep safe. however, they will not be asked to shield again.

uk unemployment has risen to its highest level in three years. figures from the office for national statistics show the unemployment rate rose from 4.1 to 4.5% in the three months to august. around 1.5 million people were unemployed during that period. the total number of workers on company payrolls has fallen by nearly 700,000 since the start of the pandemic in march. homeless charities are warning that plans to re—open night shelters could put lives at risk this winter because it's difficult to make them covid secure. the government is being urged to fund self—contained emergency accommodation as it did during the main lockdown period. let's go live to edinburgh now where scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, is giving her daily coronavirus briefing. 17.2% of people newly tested, and ta kes 17.2% of people newly tested, and takes the total number of cases to 41,256. 419 of the new cases are in greater glasgow and clyde, 337 in the lanarkshire, 191 in lothian, and 95 in ayrshire and arran. the remaining cases are across the seven other midland health board areas. i

can also report that 527 people are in hospital currently, which is an increase of 40 from yesterday, 35 are in intensive care. that is one fewer than the number reported yesterday. —— the seven other mainland health board areas. i also regret to say that seven additional deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours, which means the total number of deaths under this measurement is now 2557. every person who dies from this virus of course was an irreplaceable individual whose loss will be a source of heartbreak, so once again, my condolences to everybody who is grieving somebody dear to them. i am joined this afternoon by the chief medical officer and also by the social security secretary. we will talk shortly about the new self—isolation support payment that comes into effect this week. before that, though, iwant comes into effect this week. before that, though, i want to briefly

mention of the labour market statistics for scotland that were published this morning, and i want to do this because i know that the renewed anxiety many of us feel about the virus and its health impacts is absolutely matched by the anxiety many people feel aboutjobs and incomes. the statistics published today show that the unemployment rate in scotland was 4.5% in thejune to august period of this year. that figure is the same as in the march to may period, but it is higher than it was last summer. 124,000 people in scotland we re summer. 124,000 people in scotland were unemployed over the summer in thejune were unemployed over the summer in the june to august were unemployed over the summer in thejune to august period, that is compared to 112,000 people over the same period last year. these figures are of course concerning, but it is also important, although this is no comfort to anybody who has lost her job, these figures are undoubtedly lower than they would be without the support for businesses that has been

in place from both the uk and scottish governments. the uk government'sjob retention scottish governments. the uk government's job retention scheme scottish governments. the uk government'sjob retention scheme in particular has been really important, and of course we still have concerns that the replacement for that scheme, which will take effect at the start of november is not complains of enough. and that could lead to a significant rise in unemployment, including of course in a jobs unemployment, including of course in ajobs in unemployment, including of course in a jobs in sectors that while they may be struggling through covid, nevertheless have a good long—term future. government will make that case to the uk government but also provide our own support when we have the powers to do so. in total we have provided more than £2.3 billion of support for business and last week we confirmed £40 million of support for those in hospitality and others who are being hit now by the current temporary restrictions confirmed last week. we are also establishing with business and new young person

is guaranteed to ensure employment, education or training for all young people and last week we launched a transition training fund, that will make training available for up to 10,000 people over the age of 25 who have lost their jobs 10,000 people over the age of 25 who have lost theirjobs or are at risk of redundancy as a result of covid. we will do all we can to protect jobs and businesses and everyone has a right to expect that but we must remember the most important thing we can do for the long—term good of the economy is keep the virus from running out of control. this cannot be seen as a contest between health and the economy. keeping people safe from a potentially deadly virus is a prerequisite of a strong economy and into a strong economy is vital for health and well—being. are not opposing objectives even if it feels like they are, they are two sides of the same coin. i want to mention the

£500 self—isolation support grant, shirley—anne somerville will talk more about this but it's payment for workers on low incomes who were asked to self—isolate and would otherwise lose money. before the details, i want to stress why this is so important. all of us could be required to self—isolate at any time, if we develop symptoms of covid were fined through a test that we have it or if we are identified asa we have it or if we are identified as a close contact of somebody who has the virus. when we are asked to self—isolate, it's important to stress we are asked to do so com pletely stress we are asked to do so completely and that means staying at home immediately and not going anywhere else for the recommended period. we shouldn't go to the shops one last time or go out to make preparations because the risk is we could pass the virus to someone else so self—isolation is hard and it

would be hard for anyone that can be especially hard for anyone already ona especially hard for anyone already on a low income who stands to lose some or all of that because of the need to self—isolate and that is what the self—isolation support grant is for, to try to ensure people have the help they need while they help all of us by self isolating and protecting us. it recognises, and this is an important point, nobody should be forced to choose between doing the right thing and being able to pay the rent or feed theirfamilies. and being able to pay the rent or feed their families. the grant is targeted at people on low incomes but other support is available for people who might need it, if you need help with food or other supplies while you work self isolating you can get help through the ready scotland website. surely and will talk about other support we are providing to people but if you cannot get online you can call the national assistance helpline. the

number is 0800 4441000. i will repeat that later on. in additional to the support national and local government can provide, we can all help with this need to self—isolate. employers have a role, they must recognise how important self—isolation is and ensure nobody feels pressured to going into work and if it's feasible and if your employee is well enough, you should support them to work from home. if we are in a position to support our family, friends and neighbours, all of us should be encouraged to think about that, how we would manage if we add to self—isolate, if you don't think you have any want you can call on, make sure you have that number of the national assistance helpline and they will give it again, 0800 1114000. we should also think about

how we can help anybody else if they are asked to self—isolate so this is are asked to self—isolate so this is a good time to talk to friends and families and neighbours and make sure you can get in touch if you need to. one thing we have seen through this pandemic is the extent to which people have reached out to help their loved ones and neighbours and communities. self—isolation in these next few months will be an important way we can all show that solidarity and help break the chains of transmission so we should all be clear in our that if we are asked to self we will do that but we should also think about the things we might be able to do to help anyone close to us if they are asked to self—isolate, so i encourage everybody to have that conversation with your nearest and dearest. i wa nt to with your nearest and dearest. i want to end today with a hopefully straightforward reminder of what we are being asked to do right now. there's a lot of media discussion

today about scientific advice given by its age, the scientific body that advises the four governments across the uk. you heard me try to set this out last week, all governments have to strike vital balances between public health restrictions and the wider well—being of individuals and the economy and it shouldn't be seen asa the economy and it shouldn't be seen as a competition, but we have to strive to get there was balances right, so while advisers advise, governments have to decide and that means we will sometimes reach a different balance because governments have to take account of all the factors but as you will see from the sage advice published last night, the actions the scottish government is taking now are firmly rooted in scientific advice. we are trying to strike a balance but also make sure we do what is needed to protect the nhs and save lives, so

thatis protect the nhs and save lives, so that is why we are asking everyone to work from home if possible. that advice has not changed so please continue to do that and to employers, please facilitate that for your workforce. second, it's employers, please facilitate that foryourworkforce. second, it's why we are asking everyone across scotla nd we are asking everyone across scotland to stay out of other people's houses right now, with limited exceptions for child care and caring for vulnerable people. not having interaction between different households inside the hull is perhaps the most vital way to stop the virus spreading from one household to another, which is so important to get this under control so please abide by that rule. third, it's why we are asking hospitality businesses to close or restrict operations for the next two weeks so we can reduce to places people are gathering and giving the virus a chance to spread. in greater glasgow and clyde, ayrshire and lothian, all pubs, bars and restaurants should be

closed, only cafes can stay open during the day so people who might be suffering loneliness can still meet a friend. in all other parts of scotla nd meet a friend. in all other parts of scotland pubs, bars and restaurants can only open indoors during the day forfood can only open indoors during the day for food and nonalcoholic drinks. can only open indoors during the day forfood and nonalcoholic drinks. i know it's tough but against this virus we sometimes have to be tough. half measures often do not work, they will still inflict economic pain and harm but will not have the required public health impact so these are the tough but necessary restrictions we are asking everyone to abide by as we try to make sure the virus does not run out of control. in return the government will continue to strengthen test and protect, we will do all we can to encourage people to comply with advice including self—isolation and we will work with businesses so they can trade safely with as much

normality as possible during a pandemic and we will bring all this work together in a new strategic framework to guide us through the next phase of this pandemic and that will be debated in parliament after the october break. finally, let's remember what underpins all the advice and restrictions, the five basic things encapsulated in facts we can all do to stop the virus spreading. were a face covering when out but especially in any enclosed spaces, avoid laces with crowds of people, pay attention to hygiene, clea n people, pay attention to hygiene, clean your hands and heart services, keep a two—metre distance from people in other households and self—isolate and get tested if you have symptoms of covid. a new cough, a fever or loss of or change in your taste or smell. these are things we can all do to help the collective effort against a virus that is

nobody‘s fault but everybody‘s challenge. at the start of this pandemic we all came together to protect the nhs and save lives. as a second wave takes hold across europe and hospital admissions and deaths start to rise again, these objectives must come back to the forefront of our minds so let's all do what is asked of us, first for the sake of ourselves and our loved ones but also to protect the nhs. thank you all very much. i will now ask shirley—anne somerville to say a bit more about self—isolation before we ta ke bit more about self—isolation before we take questions as normal. self—isolation is essential to stop transmission of the virus but we know that being asked to stay at home for up to 14 days is tough. it can be especially difficult for those on low incomes who face a choice of doing what is right and getting paid. that is why we have

introduced our new £500 self—isolation support grant to help low income workers who have been asked by test and protect to self—isolate and face a loss of income. the grant open to eligible people yesterday and can be backdated for those self isolating from the 28th of september. it is being paid throughout the scottish welfare fund which is administered by local authorities and i encourage anyone who thinks they may be eligible to apply through their local council or get further advice by phoning the national assistance helpline on 08001114000. there are four main criteria, you must have been told to self—isolate through the test protect service, you must be in receipt of certain benefits like universal credit, you must be employed or self—employed and you must be unable to work from home and will lose income as a result of

self—isolation. you will need to provide information to your local authority, for example prove our benefits and employment. you can receive the grant of more than once if you were asked to self—isolate on more than one occasion as long as these periods do not overlap. each local authority will have its own application process and for those who were not eligible, there may be other assistance available for financial hardship, crisis grants or housing support. i want to announce another service to support people as to self—isolate. in addition to our other helpline which has been in place since april, the service is a proactive service which will focus initially on people who are most likely to require assistance while self isolating, for example, people aged over 70, disabled people, people on the shielding less and

people on the shielding less and people in a low income households, the service will be rolled out to further grips to provide support to anyone who requires it. local authorities will actively contact people in those groups who have been asked to self—isolate to identify any needs they have and to offer any support that might be required. for example, food, medication, well—being and the itself isolation support grants or other financial supports if they are eligible. the service will deliver an official phone call to assess needs followed up phone call to assess needs followed up with two more calls during the period of self isolation. it is vital that we stop the train of transmission by complying with the requirement to self—isolate. the local self isolation assistance service and the grant are being put in place so that we can provide help to people to comply and in doing so we protect their family, to people to comply and in doing so we protect theirfamily, friends, work colleagues and their community. thank you, shirley—anne, we will go

straight to questions and first is gordon craig from stv. thank you, you have said a couple of times today that it is important that the virus does not run out of control but given that it is now a 25 days since we went past that 5% threshold and in the last few days it has been more than three times that, the virus is out of control, isn't it?|j am the last person who is going to try to minimise the challenge we face, i have tried not to do that and be upfront and frank with people, i do not think it is true to say it is out of control, we are still tried to break dreams of transmission and slow down the transmission, but we are at a very powerless point in this journey, we all need to do what is asked of us and we need to make sure we are abiding by all the rules because the difference between where we are now which is a virus that is accelerating again but not out of control and one running out of control and one running out of control is often a fine one. we had

chosen deliberately to intervene early here and i have taken some criticism for it, particularly around the measures announced last week on hospitality, but i think it is the right thing to do, to try and act early and decisively rather than leaving it too late and being able to get control of it then. we have a r number that is high, we have a doubling rate which is shorter than we wa nted doubling rate which is shorter than we wanted to be and our case numbers per 100,000 though relative to other parts of the uk are still lower, and that shows, i hope, that by intervening early, we can get a grip of this again before we go deeper into winter. this is all tough stuff for government and particularly for the public. something to flag up and just because you mentioned the positivity rate, every day i have mentioned these numbers are going up and however you calculated, it shows

it is rising, we announced the percentage of people who test positive for those newly tested. it isa positive for those newly tested. it is a smaller pool than the total number of people tested. what we will probably start to do next week is show that number but also showed the number of the percentage of positive from the total number tested, which i think is what many other countries do, because it may be right now that ours is not absolutely comparable to other countries, while it is high and rising, the figure that i am citing everyday may be giving a slightly inflated sense of where that test positivity is but we will not be hiding anything if we make that transition, we will show at least for a period the number based on the measurement we have been using as well as the new one so that people can see the comparisons. i am concerned about the situation we are in right now and i have been pretty frank, we decided to act early and ta ke frank, we decided to act early and take tough measures, as we saw from the sage advice published last

night, rooted in the scientific advice although it takes account of the totality of factors that the governments have to consider. this is down to all of us and i am not trying to pass the buck to the public, we have a big responsibility in government and i have never tried to shirk that, but we all have to play a part in this, because of how a virus spreads, we have to make sure we are complying and obliging with the rules to stop it as far as we can in its tracks. i think it is fairto we can in its tracks. i think it is fair to say we would have implemented the measures we implemented the measures we implemented last week had we been satisfied with the degree of containment. when you have got a r number between one point 3m 1.6 in scotland, we are seeing exponential growth, but the rate of growth is perhaps not as great as we would have expected had been put in some of the measures two or three weeks ago. still in relation to that, we are nowhere near the rate of growth that we were seen in march, when the

r numberwas as that we were seen in march, when the r number was as high as three and sometimes above. this is an attempt to make sure we do not reach that really accelerated phase where the transmission of the infection as you have described starts to become so much less controlled and there is sustained community transmission. by acting now and early and decisively what we are attempting to do is stop that possibility from taking place. thank you. lisa from the bbc. you talked about the worrying increase in hospital admissions and we are seeing outbreaks of coronavirus in hospitals leading to ward closures and in edinburgh, patient deaths, so why is it that last week it appears that guidance was issued to stop routinely testing those patients over 70 because it would seem more important than ever to be doing that givena important than ever to be doing that given a symptomatic transmission given a symptomatic transmission

given that they are the most vulnerable group and they need to be discharged to care homes. i wondered if it was because of an issue with capacity and with testing capacity stretched and test and protect been stretched, how will that be resolved within a fortnight so that we can ease these restrictions? let's cross live to the house of commons because the shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds, has been granted an urgent question. to the chancellor over his economic support package. there is a new local furlough scheme in support package. there is a new localfurlough scheme in place support package. there is a new local furlough scheme in place with local furlough scheme in place with local lockdown measures, of course. and that provides for two thirds of pay to work because of restrictions. here is the question. to ask the chancellor of the exchequer if he will make a statement on economic

support available to individuals and businesses in areas of the country subject to additional public health restrictions. mr speaker, yesterday the prime minister and chancellor set out further measures to support local authorities through this crisis. in every part of the uk through an extension of the job support scheme they will be supported. this builds on the september statement on the winter economic plan. throughout this pandemic, our economic policy focus has been clear, to save jobs. pandemic, our economic policy focus has been clear, to savejobs. last month we set out plans to help viable businesses that can open through the drip support scheme. those jobs that are required to close juno to those jobs that are required to closejuno to coronavirus restrictions will also need our help. on friday, the chancellor announced the expansion of the job support scheme where coronavirus restrictions legally require

businesses to close, we will pay up to two thirds of an employee's salary. up to £2100 a month if they cannot work for a week or more. this scheme is nationwide and ran for six months. in addition, businesses in england required to close will be eligible for a nonrepayable cash grant of up to £3000 a month. this can be used for any business costs and on friday the chancellor and i agreed further first minister of wales, and the finance minister of scotla nd wales, and the finance minister of scotland and northern ireland of their support. we have also guaranteed an extra 1.3 billion pounds of funding to the scottish, welsh and northern ireland administrations if they decide to do something similar, bringing guaranteed barnett funding to £14 billion. in addition, as announced yesterday, we are providing local authorities in england with around 1 million to support vital services and up to 500 million pounds to

those local authorities at high or very high risk. these measures build on the government's economic package, one of the most generous in the world and our unwavering commitment to the people of this country. just over a month ago, the conservative passed a motion in this house stating that any deviation from this government's proposed plan will cause damage to the united kingdom economy. the first deviation came two weeks later when the chancellor announced his sink or swim job support scheme. design fa u lts swim job support scheme. design faults in that scheme are already leading to substantial and unnecessary job losses. the leading to substantial and unnecessaryjob losses. the second deviation came as a belated response to the imposition of localised restrictions and as last friday on television with further measures announced yesterday. yet leicester

for example has been under localised restrictions for 100 days. the chancellor told us to learn our new limits as we go. well his handling of this economic crisis is testing patients to its limits, especially the patience of his jobs are threatened. there are many critical questions this government must answer, here are just three. questions this government must answer, here arejust three. first, why were local areas only be provided with support protest trace and isolate once they are already in tier three? this is indefensible, mr speaker. second, there are £1.3 billion worth of unspent local plans. why won't the government allow this money to be used to support local businesses in affected areas? and third, why are workers in because business is expected to face poverty as a result of the businesses they work for doing the

right thing? thank you, mr speaker. in terms of the points of substance she raises, the package of support that the chancellor and the prime minister announced did support local authorities as i said in my opening remarks. an additional £1 million to local authorities and a further £5 million to address the track and trace locally, which again reflects the fact that this government is listening to local leaders. it is bringing forward responses. we have seen that in the additional funding allocated to merseyside, we have seen at that reflects the lessening we we re seen at that reflects the lessening we were doing in our conversations with scottish, welsh and northern

ireland first minister is. on the issue of the underspend, it is a fair point she makes. there are a number of points in this house that have raised this point. the point is one of the representations that we had when those grants were issued, and she is right to point to the sheer extent of support we have offered in terms of the £25,000. she is right to highlight those. to deliver those at pace they were allocated and the estimations that we had. as a result the actual expenditure required has led to some local authorities having very big underspend is an other not. i think if we were simply to see those local authorities where the estimates were incorrect should benefit from that ina incorrect should benefit from that in a disproportionately, we would be accused of treating some local authorities unfairly compared to others. what we did was meet the need that was addressed at that

point through those awards. it is right that those underspends from a fiscal point of view, that they are returned because they are surplus to requirement on which they were allocated. but we had then responded. in the urgent question last week we had those issues raised on merseyside mps and ministerial mps engaged and lessened. the funded —— like finding more than doubled as a result of that. there is a line of attack from the opposition to say that we should not be bringing back underspends where they have had inaccurate estimations. or die. can i stop, minister. inaccurate estimations. or die. can istop, minister. —— inaccurate estimations. or die. can i stop, minister. —— order. hopefully we can work together on

this. have you finished on this? we will go to the chair of the select committee. my right honourable... that was the chief secretary to the set treasury responding to that urgent question from annalise dodds asking about the economic package. he was outlining the support that has been laid out previously, the work... thejob has been laid out previously, the work... the job support scheme which gives anybody who is unable to work now as a result of local markdowns, 67% of their pay. he was also talking about the extra business measures, the extra funding in place to support businesses affected by closures. while we were watching that, sad news came through of our terrible car crash on the a4 which

has resulted in the deaths of four members of one family. a 29—year—old woman and three children aged four, six and eight. they died after the collision after the people carrier and a heavy goods vehicle near oxford. thames lane police said that accident happened last nightjust after ten o'clock. the road was closed. we are just hearing that as a result of that, that collision between the people carrier and the heavy goods vehicle, three children, aged four, six and eight and a 29—year—old woman from the family died. mps will today vote on the government's new three—tier system of coronavirus restrictions for england, which comes into effect tomorrow. every area will be classified as being on medium, high or very high alert. liverpool city region will enter

a "very high" covid alert level from wednesday. areas which already have local restrictions on household mixing in place are automatically on "high" alert, while most areas of england will be on "medium" alert, with measures such as the rule of six. john maguire rounds up the reaction from different corners of the country. england is now a three—tier society. under the toughest restrictions are the people of the liverpool city region. they're in tier three with a threat level designated as very high. the city centre, as a whole, is one ecosystem. if you're then shutting pubs on top of that, you're then giving another reason for people not to come to the city centre, which is going to put the city centre in almost a shutdown scenario. households can't mix, travel in and out of the area is restricted, and pubs not serving food, betting shops and gyms will all have to close. i think it'll be catastrophic for our industry as a whole. i feel a lot of trainers might move to otherjobs and never come back to actually the industry itself. tier two, high threat, applies to those areas that already

have some additional rules. well, here in birmingham for the past month, people from different households have been banned from meeting socially within their homes. that restriction, because this is now a tier two area, will be extended to hospitality also, so no mixing in restaurants, cafes or bars. do you think it'll make much of a difference to you? yeah, i think it will, i did have some plans on saturday, i'm not going to lie, with my friends, so i won't be able to go out with them now. the pubs have never been safer. i was in a pub saturday, and you just go in, you sit down, you know who you're with, you're not going to go to a pub with a random stranger, so i don't see what the... ijust think it's easy pickings, and it's going to cause a lot of problems for people's mental health. i think it is a bit harsh at the moment, but i understand we have to obviously go with what the government are saying, but it's only going to increase, i guess, if we don't, so... people want to start getting back to normal, and we've started going the other way,

so rather than things getting better and things getting back to normal, people are having to start restricting themselves again, and i can't see that's going to go down very well. it's difficult, we know we're in this situation, nobody asked for it, but the way i look at it personally is that i could be helping save someone's life. manchester also finds itself in the middle tier, as does newcastle. it's appropriate these businesses can stay open if they can perform properly under the restrictions, which, to me, it seems like they're doing. i think it's a relief for everyone. i feel bad for the people in liverpool who aren't really going to have the same experience. it's good for us. this is our summer holidays, so we didn't want to have to cut it short and go back down to london, so we're quite happy. we came down from scotland, so it's worse up there, so this is good for us. the highest infection rate in the country is in nottingham, but the city escapes the most stringent rules, for now. the government have left us in no doubt that they could well be imposing the very high alert levels

of tier three on us if things don't change in nottingham. and tier one, with a medium threat level, covers most of england, such as here in exeter, where the rule of six remains, as does the 10.00 closing time for pubs. as the virus seems to have targeted certain areas, then the new rules will follow, introduced in an attempt to control the spread. it's not easy, but it's here to stay, for the foreseeable future at least. john maguire, bbc news. and if you want to know the rules in your area — you can search by your postcode on our website bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. officials in china say they have tested more than 3 million people in the last 48 hours after a new outbreak of covid—19 in the eastern city of qingdao. a cluster of locally transmitted cases was discovered on sunday in the port city in the eastern shandong province. china has gone almost two months

without an outbreak like this. our correspondent, robin brant, is in shanghai with more details on this massive exercise. it reminds us of the scale that china's government and the infrastructure it has in place maintains to deal with covid—19 and any particular fresh outbreak. there is hypervigilance here, particularly in the big cities — shanghai, where i am here, and the capital, beijing — hypervigilance about the possibility of fresh outbreaks. it happened in qingdao, the home of china's navy, a port city that's north of where i'm speaking to you from at the moment, it happened over the weekend, three cases initially emerged, we now have 12 confirmed cases being treated, six symptomatic, six asymptomatic, and it's believed that the outbreak is centred around around a chest hospital in this city. one case is a taxi driver, and that is of particular concern,

because clearly this was a person who had the virus and was obviously travelling around qingdao with people in and out of the taxi. so we've had this vast scale of testing in the last 48 hours, 3 million, as you say, that's about a third of the people living in this city. they are going to test everyone over a five—day period, so that takes us to friday, and the interesting thing in the last 24 hours, as they've really stepped up their testing, no new cases are being reported. it's three weeks until americans go to the polls and president trump held his first campaign rally since being treated for coronavirus, in the key state of florida. joe biden was also on the campaign trail in another swing state, ohio. both are scrambling to secure last minute votes . nomia iqbal has the latest. they queued for hours to witness the return of their homecoming hero. covid precautions in place, but most in the crowd were maskless.

as was their commander—in—chief, a beaming president tossed out maga themed masks to the crowd — a retrospective gesture from a leader still recovering from the virus. one thing with me, the nice part, i went through it, now they say i'm immune. i feel so powerful. i'll walk into that audience. cheering and applause. i'll walk in there, i'll kiss everyone in that audience. i'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women. i'lljust give you a big fat kiss. president trump landed in florida only hours after his doctor had said he tested negative on consecutive days, despite questions about the validity of the test. regardless, he was keen to show strength. you know the risk groups, you know the older people. see, fortunately, i'm not an old person. i'm very young and i'm in such perfect shape. cheering and applause. it was a bravado performance that

dwelt more on his own recovery, with few reminders that the pandemic has led to more than 211,000 deaths in america. all chant: four more years! inevitably he went after his opponentjoe biden. he is consistently ahead of him in the polls. how many empty chairs are going to be around the dinner table tonight because of their negligence? how many? these people are crazy, we have to win. most important we've ever had. biden has made a corrupt bargain exchange for his party's nomination. he has handed control to the socialists, the marxists and the left wing. in the hour—long speech, his voice was hoarse at times but his performance

was a crowd—pleaser. very happy trump's back and doing well again. trump is a good president. he knows what this country needs. this was classic donald trump — back in the environment he feels most comfortable in, on stage, speaking directly to his faithful supporters. the question is — with just three weeks to go before election day, can he attract enough new voters to get back into the white house? nomia iqbal, bbc news, orlando. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. a real mix of weather across the uk today. some places have had great skies. this is in edinburgh, contrast with the blue skies and sunshine in east sussex. through the rest of the afternoon, we keep that mix of dry weather,

some sunshine and outbreaks of rain drifting across east anglia and the south east. this rain perhaps getting down into wales and the odd shower elsewhere. windy across the northern half of the uk. these are the temperatures as we head into the evening. nine, ten, 11, 12 degrees. we see these areas of wet weather rotating an area of low pressure. rain in the midlands, southern england and wales. temperatures between 5—7. sheltered glens in scotla nd between 5—7. sheltered glens in scotland could get close to freezing. tomorrow, at low pressure to the south, high pressure to the north. that drives an easterly wind. afairamount of north. that drives an easterly wind. a fair amount of dry weather and spells of sunshine, early patchy rainfor spells of sunshine, early patchy rain for southern scotland and northern ireland which will clear. sharon is marching in from the north

sea across the south east of scotland, perhaps through the midlands and east wales as well. another windy day, the strongest of the wind down towards the south. not as windy as it has been today in the north. temperatures attach higher, 12-16. north. temperatures attach higher, 12—16. thursday, the wind not as strong at this stage, a fair amount of cloud around and some sunshine. most of cloud around and some sunshine. m ost pla ces of cloud around and some sunshine. most places will be dry and temperatures between ten and 14. that mainly dry theme continues to the weekend thanks to this area of high pressure which will be strong enoughjust to high pressure which will be strong enough just to fend off the advances of this big area of low pressure that develops down to the south—west. through the weekend, for most it will be dry, chili and cloudy. through the week, that dry pressure well when out. it will turn milder and wet and windy.

ministers defend the new coronavirus restrictions in england as it emerges their scientific advisers had called for much tougher action. documents show that three weeks ago the scientists wanted a short "circuit brea ker" lockdown. we did take action, but these are balanced judgments and we also have to balance that up against the effect on the economy — people's jobs and livelihoods, on education, which we've made a priority. we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime: why some businesses that can stay open under the new restrictions would rather be closed down. new figures suggest uk deaths from covid—19 are doubling every fortnight.

and there's more evidence of the economic impact of the virus — a sharp increase in unemployment in the three months to august.