this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the three—tier system comes into effect across england — with greater manchester, lancashire and other regions expected to learn later today whether they will be moved into the highest tier of restrictions. it comes as large crowds gathered in the centre of liverpool last night, before the city region became the first in england to enter the highest level of restrictions in northern ireland — tough new measures are expected to be announced today, with pubs and restaurants to shut for four weeks — and schools closed for a fortnight. send me your thoughts on the measures around the uk — or on any of our stories today. you can get in touch with me on twitter — @annita—mcveigh and use the hashtag —

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hello and welcome to bbc news. more areas of england could soon join the liverpool city region in the top tier of three alert levels of coronavirus restrictions, which are now in force across the country. this as northern ireland is facing stricter measures due to be officially announced in the next couple of hours. in england, greater manchester, lancashire and some other areas are presently being considered by government officials for inclusion in tier 3. most of england has been put on the "medium level", where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew both apply. the "high level" of restrictions means no household the most severe level is ‘very high‘, meaning no mixing of households indoors or outdoors. pubs and bars will close unless they provide what's called

"a substantial meal". in northern ireland, the closure of pubs and restaurants for a month and schools for a fortnight during an extended half—term break is expected to be formally announced soon. across the uk, latest official daily figures show 143 death from coronavirus, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. that takes to 43,018 the total number of deaths from the virus so far across the uk. the first of our reports is from our political correspondent, helen catt. partying in the streets, after many of liverpool's pubs and bars shut their doors, not to reopen for now, by order of the government. the spread of coronavirus in the city region means it is now living under the most severe restrictions in england. it's notjust places serving drinks that are closed, but gyms, leisure centres and betting shops, too. visitors are asked not to come here, residents not to leave.

other areas like greater manchester and lancashire may be in line forsimilar. a meeting is being held later to discuss moving those areas to "very high" alert, too, although it doesn't mean a decision will definitely be made. what we're saying to the government is of course we will put people's health first. you can't do that by destroying their jobs, health first. you can't do that by destroying theirjobs, their businesses, pushing people into hardship into the run—up to christmas. that is just wrong, it should not be like that. we will be levelling down the north west of england, not the levelling up you promised us. it is an issue that we will take stand on. mps approved the new three—tier system of local restrictions, last night. some conservatives have been critical of some decisions, but they do want to give the new system time to work. if we have to go to a national lockdown and nothing can be ruled out, that will have a very severe effect indeed on the economy. my hope is that the measures that the prime minister has announced will be successful,

working hand in glove with the mayors, who are very important to this process. labour disagrees. it now backs an england—wide lockdown banning household mixing and all but essential work and travel that would last two to three weeks. schools would stay open, though. if we act now, if we follow the science and break the circuit, we can get this virus under control. if we don't, we could sleepwalk into a long and bleak winter. downing street hasn't ruled out such a circuit break entirely, it says that would be irresponsible. but for now it is backing its localised system, which it thinks it will balance loving the virus and protecting the economy. the pressure for it to work is increasing. yesterday, the uk reported 143 coronavirus deaths, the highest daily figure sincejune. all eyes will be on areas like liverpool to see if it can break the cycle of infection, and avoid pressure for tougher measures across england.

it means on average, 82 deaths were announced every day. helen catt, bbc news. our correspondent, danjohnson, is in salford, in greater manchester, which is one of the areas being considered for the highest level of restrictions. people in greater machester are waking up under the second tier of restrictions this morning but they are being warned that they may very quickly move to the higher level. there will be discussions later today about increasing the restrictions even further. here, across greater manchester, and across the area covered by lancashire county council, as well. local leaders there have said further restrictions do look inevitable, as they try and get the case numbers down. and across in liverpool, that's the only part of the country where people today are waking up with those heaviest restrictions so far. bars and gyms closed. further restrictions on their social lives. some people in that city region wondering why they're the only ones with those tightest of restrictions but it does

look like other parts of the north will follow, perhaps later this week. and questions about the level of support that is in place for the people and the businesses that will be affected. talk about whether that two thirds furlough support is actually enough. and questions about how long this will go on for, how long this disruption will last and what the way out of these restrictions and these local lockdowns is. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. good morning. liverpool city region in that highest tier of restrictions. any reaction to those scenes of people out partying last night and will we be definitely finding out today if other regions like salford, where dan hasjust been, will bejoining it? like salford, where dan hasjust been, will be joining it? there will been, will be joining it? there will be discussions at the highest level of government today about whether specifically greater manchester and lancashire should be moved up to tier three, where the risk of coronavirus is deemed to be very high. but we won't necessarily get a

decision today. the expectation is in government that more areas will be moved out either into tier two or tier three. you heard from the mayor of london in the last couple of days thatis of london in the last couple of days that is likely possibly even this week. but there is no set timetable for those announcements. the decisions will be made on an ongoing basis. as for the exact criteria, we don't know what they are. it varies on the number of cases and the speed to which they are rising. and across which particular geographical area thatis which particular geographical area that is happening as well. we will wait for that is happening as well. we will waitforan that is happening as well. we will wait for an update later on. not necessarily any decisions today. meanwhile, the tension between the national government at westminster, making decisions covering the whole of england, and to regional and local political leaders is very clear to see. the mayor of greater machester, andy burnham, tweeting there morning that the current tier

three proposal, which it seems has been put to them and put to him and others in the region for greater manchester, is not acceptable in his eyes and why further support is needed. those decisions, as a result of engaging local leaders more may ta ke of engaging local leaders more may take a little longer to take. given what we heard from keir starmer yesterday evening and given the tougher measures due to be announced in northern ireland, including that extended half term break. is, does not put any additional pressure on borisjohnson, do you think, to take further, tougher measures?m certainly changes the dynamic at westminster. after keir starmer‘s intervention yesterday, things have become much more hostile between the government and the opposition. accusing each other of playing politics. up until relatively recently, you had a policy of what sir keir starmer liked to call constructive opposition, supporting the government's measures, which moved to questioning the science

behind them and now he is being openly critical of the strategy overall and the tactics used. i don't know if that in itself will put any more pressure on boris johnson. what is likely to change the prime minister's mind, if anything, is the extent to which the tiered system is coming into force. ministers are now making the argument that needs time to bed in and take effect. briefly, we are hearing about new advice or guidance for mps on travelling to westminster, tell us more about that. it seems the speaker of the house of commons, said lindsay hoyle, has been making it clear to a number of particularly vulnerable mps who may well be susceptible more than most of coronavirus that they should not be travelling to parliament at this time, amid rising cases. and they should be working remotely where possible. that is after the evidence changed for those working in parliament to wear masks in and around the parliamentary

estate, apart from in meeting rooms and offices and the chambers themselves. it is an interesting development, given the government's approach, which has been to open up proceedings in parliament as soon as possible to get back to working and holding votes in person rather than remotely. as well as debates. we will have to see if that continues and what opposition there is for ministers to what the speaker has done. thank you. we mentioned scenes of people partying, partying like it is 2019! in liverpool last night, head of the city and the city region entering the highest tier of restrictions. the mayor of liverpool, joe anderson, has just been tweeting in the last few minutes. he says these pictures shame our city, taking our brave police officers is unacceptable. 0ur health service is creaking, 300 in hospital and 30 people dead in a

week. ignoring these factors why we are in tier three measures. we will talk to professor sirjohn curtis in a few minutes about people's attitudes to measures. if you are in a tier three area, do you behave in a tier three way? are people doing that? do people think they are too much or not enough, lots of discussion on that today. plans for tough new restrictions across northern ireland will be revealed this morning — it's likely that will include a four—week closure of pubs and restaurants. the measures will also include the closure of schools for two weeks — one of which would be during half term — although shops are expected to stay open. derry and strabane in northern ireland currently has the highest infection rate in the uk. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. good morning. talks on this went into the wee small hours at

stormont, didn't they? tell us more of the detail we are expecting in the next couple of hours. talks went on until after midnight between ministers in the devolved governments. there are five parties in the administration. coming to decisions quite often takes a lot of time, especially important decisions. we understand they have decided that schools' half term break will in effect be extended. they were due to be off the week after next but the start of that half term break has been brought forward to this monday. in effect, schools will be off for a fortnight for the first week. that may include some kind of blended learning. the otherfortnight, ministers some kind of blended learning. the other fortnight, ministers will review what kind of difference it has made to the infection rate. the measures for pubs and restaurants will be in place beginning this friday. hospitality businesses will have to close, apart from those

offering takeaway and delivery services. interference close contact businesses will have to close, with a view exceptions, such as hairdressers. gym will stay open although individual training, they will be cut to an upper limit of 25. interference ministers are likely to present this as tougher restrictions but i'm not —— but not a lockdown for stop shops will be open. people in the retail industry will be happy but people in hospitality expressing unhappiness about the decision that has been made. schools... head teachers and parents saying that while a closure of schools had been talked about for quite some time, they wish they had been given a bit more notice. as things stand, schools will shut for half—time in a couple of days' time. on that point, the extended half term break. do we know much details yet about what

government officials are saying about behind that and why they want to ta ke about behind that and why they want to take that particular measure? —— the science behind that. the devolved government's top two advisers on this, the chief medical officer, doctor michael mcbride, the chief scientific officer, professor ian young, had been recommending that measures had to be in place for 4-6 that measures had to be in place for 4—6 weeks for maximum impact and the advice to them, to ministers, was that the our number in northern ireland would be brought down below one “— ireland would be brought down below one —— the r number. ireland would be brought down below one -- the r number. interference they thought the r number would remain high in this this action was taken along those lines. there has been some disagreements amongst the party in the stormont executive about how far to go. interference the unionists didn't want to shut schools. sinn fein, the biggest

irish nationalist were in favour of shutting schools for as long as four weeks. this is a compromise. we will learn the full details in the special sitting of stormont this morning. we will weight for more details. apologies for the sound quality, it wasn't what we hoped for but hopefully you were able to hit everything chris was able to say —— we will wait for more details. the prime minister has rejected calls from the welsh first minister to legally stop people visiting wales from covid hotspots in england. mark drakeford says his efforts to control coronavirus are being undermined by the uk government, and has threatened to take action if a ban isn't imposed. daniel davies reports. coronavirus has turned the border into a political dividing line. it cuts through this holiday park in powys and under england's rules, potential visitors could be told by the uk government to stay home.

but it's only a guidance, it's not law and it's not up to me to police it. i can only issue them, you know, information i'm receiving. meanwhile, people in a locked down parts of wales... they can't come up, that's it. helen's been here three months and feels it's safer than her home in the north west of england. where we are from in st helens, our area of castle heath is quite high, as well. we are better off here where it's low, than going home and risking catching corona. some fear efforts to stop the virus will stop business. this upmarket venue on anglesey relies heavily on trade from locked down parts of wales and the north west of england. if we are not actually asked to close, but our major market areas are restricted from travelling here, that's akin to actually erecting kind of a metaphoric barrier around the business.

it's a bit like blockading the front door. and i've got 50 staff to pay with a big wage bill. and the government is saying, "don't go to the bull's head". so i'm not sure how i'm supposed to cope with a very difficult winter's business with that kind of environment. liverpool — the toughest covid restrictions in england. but they don't include a legal restriction against travelling. the welsh government continues to threaten a travel ban, but it's not clear how exactly it will do it or when. the welsh health minister, vaughn gething, has been explaining how a travel ban would be enforced. we've already been through this before with our previous stay local guidance. and that was enforced by police. they were able to identify cars from outside the area. they were able to engage and educate those people and the great majority turned back. those who refused did get issued

with fixed penalty notices. if they stayed, they got further fixed penalty notices. so we have demonstrated that local travel arrangements can be enforced successfully. i don't think there is an issue about enforcement, because, as i say, we've been here before. the disappointment is that we need to do this on an individual country basis, rather than having a more collegiate approach. because this would protect low—prevalence areas in england, including areas of wales. if higher prevalence areas of wales wa nted if higher prevalence areas of wales wanted to travel. because we have already issued those restrictions in most counties in wales that are now living with those local restriction measures. this is part of what we consider over the next few days. and as i said yesterday, we need to make a decision by the end of this week. welsh health minister vaughan so what do people think about the new tiers and restrictions — will they work, do they go too far, or not far enough? we can speak now tojohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university.

good to have you with us this morning, john. what does the latest polling on this tell us about public attitudes towards the measures, the tiers and so forth? we had one insta nt tiers and so forth? we had one instant poll from yougov which asked specifically about the measures that we re specifically about the measures that were announced by the prime minister on monday. on balance, three times as many people think the measures don't go far enough as think they go too far. in fairness, around 30% think it is about right. 40% think it isn't far enough, 15% think it is too much. at that stage, immediately after the announcement, they said they didn't know. in truth, that reaction is a reaction that has been pretty much in place amongst the public for most of the last six months. in other words, there has

been a tendency for the public to feel perhaps the government is doing too little rather than feeling it is doing too much. a fair number of people think they are getting it about right. for example, a few days ago, at 20% of people thought the government was overreacting but 46% thought they under reacting. that is typicalfor some period of time. there is a mood inside the public that perhaps actually we should be doing rather more than the government currently has in mind. on theissue government currently has in mind. on the issue of rules being different in different areas, does the poll say anything about that? there has been a bit of polling not specifically in response to monday but the idea, should we have more severe lockdowns in places where the prevalence of coronavirus is higher, that does indeed seem to get a fair degree of support. that said, the idea that perhaps we should have

some kind of short—term national lockdown, so—called circuit breaker, which particular focuses on the closure of the hospitality industry, which of course that is something the labour party has endorsed, current polls asked about that. both found about 58% in favour and only around 18%—25% against. certainly not a consensus. we shouldn't think everybody is looking for a national lockdown to be introduced or that everybody thinks the regulations are currently too lax. but the balance of opinion does seem to look like to go towards the direction of the circuit breaker. ifi go towards the direction of the circuit breaker. if i could interrupt, ijust circuit breaker. if i could interrupt, i just want to move circuit breaker. if i could interrupt, ijust want to move on to some very interesting figures in that yougov poll around who britain's hold responsible for the rise in cases over the last month. you're absolutely right. although we

are critical of the government, we are critical of the government, we are also critical of our fellow citizens. people saying the reason why this is going up is because a failure of individuals. if that is your perspective, that might be one of the reasons why at the end of the day, we think the government is going to have to tighten down. because you don't necessarily have the level of trust in the common—sense of the british public that the prime minister has allowed us that the prime minister has allowed us to exercise. good to get your thoughts on that on public attitudes to the three tier system and other coronavirus measures. we would love to hear from you about what you think about this. about those three tiers, should they go further, the government, with restrictions? or the devolved governments in other parts of the uk with further restrictions. do you think they are right or too much? get in touch with me on twitter. we will try to read

some of those out in due course. across europe, many countries are imposing more extreme measures to fight the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. the czech republic has a new three—week state of emergency — schools are shut down. the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, has announced a partial lockdown, which will mean the complete closure of restaurants, hotels and cafes. germany — which did have relatively low infection rates — has now imposed an 11pm curfew on bars and restaurants across the country. and spain has declared a state of emergency in madrid, and police are patrolling the streets to stop people leaving their neighbourhoods. the netherlands has some of the most rapidly increasing rates in the world. shops will stay open but people are being asked to work from home and limit social interactions toa

home and limit social interactions to a maximum of four people. the biggest changes apply to the hospitality industry. we report from the hague. no more moments like this for at least four weeks. bars and restau ra nts for at least four weeks. bars and restaurants in the netherlands will be closed and shops will be banned from delivering or selling alcohol after 8pm. they will stop traffic and there is lots of traffic when people go to hospitality. i understand we need to close down with figures at the moment. but i think it is part of the solution. of course it is tough. you want to do the thing that you love and the covid lockdown is also mentally really stressful a nd covid lockdown is also mentally really stressful and really tough to go through. at the heart of the dutch debate, the issue of freedom. how much people should be expected to sacrifice. the dutch cabinet has been torn between competing concerns— the need to protect civil liberties and the pressure to curtail them for the common good. it's been a challenging few weeks

for the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, whose office is based in this turret just behind rutte, whose office is based in this turretjust behind me in parliament. until recently, it felt almost as if the virus had vanished here and now the virus had vanished here and now the netherlands is introducing what is among the toughest restrictions in europe. the u—turn couldn't be more dramatic. as serene as it may seem, the numbers here are startling because they have been nearly 114,000 newly registered cases of coronavirus in the past week, a 60% rise on the previous seven days. translation: the past week, a 60% rise on the previous seven days. translatiosz what we're doing is saying that there are a few places where you can gather. normal exceptions to the numbers in theatres and we will be enforcing the rules, like the maximum number of a group of four. some experts believe a short, sharp shock will be more effective. in theory, that would be better because then you can get it over with

quickly. but in practice, it will be really difficult in the netherlands because we attach so much value to civil liberty, privacy. more of a log cabin houses. i find it was difficult for instance to see what happened in southern european countries. that you need a letter in order to go to the grocery shops. i'm not sure if the dutch would acce pt i'm not sure if the dutch would accept it. and they would also probably be quick to say that the government can never control that. the dutch government is struggling to control covid—19. further restrictions haven't been ruled out. if the latest ones failed to stop the virus in its tracks. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. a couple of your thoughts on the measures here. michael says what is defined by pubs and served food ? michael says what is defined by pubs and served food? the pub i work for serves food but not main meals. the government advice says it has to be a substantial meal. a government minister has reported that if you serve chips and salad with a meal, thatis serve chips and salad with a meal, that is substantial. richard says,

culturally in the uk, people do not like being told what to do with many thinking they know better. early in the year, people complied with lockdown as disturbing images came out of china and italy but people have become complacent and far less compliant. thanks for those thoughts, keep them coming in. we will move away from coronavirus for a moment. bbc news has learned that an elderly patient with dementia was restrained on 19 separate occasions to allow staff at a hospital in kent to forcibly treat him. the trust that runs william harvey hospital has apologised to the man and his family. michael buchanan reports. this is the william harvey hospital in ashford. to its maternity and pandemic problems, we can now add the horrific treatment of an elderly and vulnerable man. the man was admitted from his care home in late november because he had a urinary problem. he also had a form of dementia that could make him aggressive, both verbally and physically. there are ways of calming such

patients, to ensure that medical treatment can be administered. but during the nearly three weeks he spent here, none of that happened. we've seen the internal investigations and spoken to insiders and discovered what actually occurred. medics initially tried to sedate the 77—year—old, who we're not naming, at his family's request. but the drugs had little impact, so two days after his admission, nurses first called the hospital security team to restrain him. a report we've seen say two security guards held down arms and legs, which left the patient with broken skin, redness to wrists and knees. many of the restraints took place in the middle of the night, on a large ward, described as chaotic and understaffed. it's a really shocking

and an extreme case. we shared the documents with katie featherstone, who has studied the care of dementia patients in the nhs. security guards are in hospital to protect everybody. they're not there to be part of care delivery. the frequency of the restraints varied, but over one ten—day period, the man was restrained on 16 separate occasions. held down, while catheters were inserted, sometimes without any sedation. the final restraint, we've been told, saw the patient lifted roughly from a chair onto a bed, and held down by six people. he struggles, asked them to stop. they don't. the restraints stopped after that, when the footage from the security guards' body—worn cameras was reviewed by hospital staff. it must have been a really horrific experience. he must have been in considerable pain, which wasn't treated. he was very able to express his wishes. he didn't want it to continue. but yet it did.

so, how should the man have been treated? with patience and understanding, according to this expert. for general nursing staff, it often cuts into a very busy working day, and they often feel they don't have time for sitting and calming someone. in a statement, the nhs trust that runs the hospital told us... "we unreservedly apologise to the patient and his family, "and every member of staff has been put through "a dementia training programme. right guard, who employ the security officers, said they had done nothing wrong and always acted under the instruction of clinicians. the patient‘s family said simply... "what happened to our dad should never have been allowed to happen and should never be allowed to happen again." michael buchanan, bbc news, ashford, in kent. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. there will be some sunshine coming

in today, but we have some showers coming in as well. we have seen wetter weather affecting central and southern scotland, northern ireland, that rain petering out and turning more showery with more sunshine on the way. some sunshine for england and wales but the shower blowing in off the north sea heading towards the midlands, one or two crossing the pennines as well, most of the showers for eastern england. where we have got shelter for the west and more sunshine in the afternoon, temperatures of around 15 celsius. not quite as windy as it was yesterday for many areas, but those north—easterly winds will blow the showers into wales in the south—west this evening, with a few more coming into east anglia and the south—east overnight. more cloud coming into scotland, perhaps, but generally temperatures between 4—7 celsius by thursday morning. the winds will be fairly light on thursday. the odd shower still coming in across lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. some spells of sunshine but more cloud, i think, for scotland which may produce a few

spots of drizzle here and there. those temperatures probably a shade lower on thursday at around 12 celsius. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines: the three—tier system comes into effect across england with greater manchester, lancashire and other regions expected to learn later today whether they will be moved into the highest tier of restrictions. it comes as large crowds gathered in the centre of liverpool last night, before the city region became the first in england to enter the highest level of restrictions. in northern ireland, tough new measures are expected to be announced today, with pubs and restaurants to shut for four weeks — and schools closed for a fortnight. send me your thoughts on the measures around the uk — or on any of our stories today. you can get in touch with me on twitter: @annita—mcveigh and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions bbc news learns that an elderly patient with dementia was restrained on 19 separate occasions to allow

staff at a hospital in kent to forcibly treat him. the hospital has apologised "unreservedly". as the eu prepares to discuss british proposals on post—brexit fishing rights, french fishermen say they are worried they'll bear the brunt of the changes. so disappointed. if we can't enter british waters, it's practically the end of our profession. and still to come this morning we'll hear from the wildlife photographer whose11—month wait to photograph one of the world's rarest animals has won him a top photography award. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. the premier league will discuss project big picture today, for the first time since plans were revealed to shake up english football. there's a package of measures on offer to efl clubs, to stop them from going under —

but it would give some bigger premier league clubs more power. the proposals have received a huge backlash from the football supporter‘s association. but after a briefing with league clubs yesterday, it appeard that most were in favour — although that has been disputed — this is what one of them had to say. this is about the future sustainability of the english football league and the pyramid of football, of which, of course, the premier league plays such a big part. so we are convinced that is the situation, and we'lljust have to see how the next few weeks go. but we would be very much hopeful that this can come to a positive conclusion. we've heard this morning that new zealand won't be travelling to wembley to face england in a friendly next month, because of complications surrounding coronavirus restrictions. england continue their nations league campaign tonight — and manager gareth southgate says there's no conflict

with tottenham over harry kane, and he hasn't been injured. kane appeared as a second—half substitute in sunday's win over belgium, and spurs boss jose mourinho is reportedly opposed to him starting against denmark tonight. but southgate says there isn't a problem. he would have started the last game but had not had enough training time, really. he was obviously fine during the game. so he is fit, available. i did not really understand the stories that have been run so where that is coming from is certainly not the conversations we have been having with spurs medically, and it's not something that is really affecting us in the camp. someone who's bound to be on gareth southgate's radar is the arsenal striker eddie nketiah, who became england under—21s' leading goalscorer last night, as they reached their eighth european championship in a row. he scored what proved to be the winner in a 2—1victory over turkey, with his 14th goal for the young

side, who have a remarkable record — they've won seven of their eight games and finish top of their group with two matches to spare. back to tonight's internationals. northern ireland are away to norway, wales face bulgaria and scotland take on the czech republic at hampden park. celtic have a number of players in self—isolation with coronavirus after playing for their countries, but scotland manager steve clarke says their protocols are solid and there's no reason to limit the number of internationals. it's part of the calendar. club football comes back, international football comes back. and we are all doing the best we can in a difficult situation. to get the football season played, so i don't think i'm the one to judge on the fixtures and who should be doing what. if we are asked to play the games then that's what we'll do. another major player has tested positive for the virus while on international duty — cristiano ronaldo. the portuguese football federation say he's doing well and has no symptoms.

he's in isolation so he'll miss tonight's game against sweden but the rest of the portugal squad are available after testing negative. and golf‘s world number one dustin johnson has also tested positive. the american started feeling unwell on monday. he's now self—isolating, so he'll miss this weekend's event at shadow creek in nevada. in rugby league, two salford players have tested positive for covid—19 just days before they face leeds rhinos in the challenge cup final. two more tests were inconclusive — so all four players are now self—isolating as a precaution. without them, salford lost to hull kr in the super league while warrington wolves moved into the top four with a 32—6 victory over leeds, who appeared to have an eye on saturday's final, fielding an inexperienced line—up. matty ashton scored two of warrington's five tries. andy murray said he needed to play more matches and improve physically, after losing in the first round

of the indoor event in cologne. he was given a wild card to the tournament but he was beaten in straight sets by fernando verdasco. murray said he was making too many mistakes on court. kyle edmund is also out. that's all the sport for now. almost 40% of adults have experienced economically abusive behaviour in a relationship — that's according to a new report launched today by the co—operative bank and domestic abuse charity refuge. economic or financial abuse is when someone controls another‘s ability to spend money or runs up debts in their name. most people don't recognise their experiences as abuse and don't tell their bank or their financial provider. refuge warns that the financial instability during the pandemic has increased the scale of the problem. jenny was a victim of economic abuse, and after 10 years she's just

paid off the debts which her partner accumulated in her name. we're using a false name to protect her identity. as well asjenny, i'm joined by maria cearns, managing director of people and customers at the co—op bank and lisa king, director of communications and external relations at refuge. thank you all forjoining me today on bbc news. jenny, i wanted to begin with you. thank you so much for talking to us today. tell us about your story and how this economic abuse began. did you recognise it for what it was to begin with? i wouldn't say i recognise that. at the beginning it was quite discreet. and it was mainly based around knowing when my student loan was coming in. i was a student loan was coming in. i was a student at university at the time. my student at university at the time. my abuser would then kind of plan and have that money, he wouldn't pay

off bills within the phone —— within the home and still have to live there. but those bills had to be paid. so it was taking that, and over time, it built up to quite a lot, whereby he got credit cards in my name, he got a car on finance in my name, he got a car on finance in my name, he got a car on finance in my name, and from there, the debts really built. at what point, jenny, did you ask for any help from financial providers or take any advice on this, and what sort of response did you get? it was after the relationship ended weather was so debt left in my name, and i had to ta ke so debt left in my name, and i had to take some action. and the response from the companies was really disappointing. as a victim of domestic abuse, just coming out of that relationship, i very much felt judged, like it was my thought that

all this debt was in my name —— my fault. and that carried on for the next ten years whilst i was paying it off. even though i was out of the abusive relationship i felt as if that abuse was still continuing, through being chased by the companies and the response from the staff i was dealing with at the companies. presumably then your credit rating was very badly affected, the way you wanted to live your life out of this relationship was affected by what had gone before. absolutely, it was. one thing that was key to my recovery was moving out of the house where i lived with my abuser. but what was a house that i owned, but because of my credit rating, i wasn't able to get another mortgage, and then had

to spend ten years in that house with all of those horrible memories of my experience, there. moving on to lisa king from refuge. would you say that economic abuse is a more hidden form of abuse either because people who are being abused don't recognise it for what it is initially or when they ask for help, it isn't being recognised sufficiently by financial institutions? yes, thank you, you're absolutely right. economic abuse is very under recognised in this country by individuals and yet it is experienced by millions of people. the figure you quoted, 40% of adults experience economic abusive behaviours today, which a huge number, so very few people sadly recognise the economic abuse indicators. that's why refuge and the co—operative bank is launching its campaign on this, so that the warning signs are shared and we can call out to banks and credit

agencies, as you mention, to provide support and information and improve processes, and make the response to the millions of people experiencing economic abuse much improved. spell out what those warning signs are. somebody who is prevented from access to their own money or money thatis access to their own money or money that is meant to be shared, perhaps they had debt put in their name. they can also be prevented from going to work or have their education sabotaged. there's loads of different ways that resources are ke pt of different ways that resources are kept from primarily women who experience economic abuse, and those are the key indicators, and if you are the key indicators, and if you are changing your behaviour, your choices, you can't buy what you want to buy, historically, then that is economic abuse and that is what people need to better understand today. we heard that when jenny spoke to her financial providers she did not get the most sympathetic of

hearings. the consequences have been long—term for her. do you think this is something that banks, building societies and other financial providers have a lot of work to do on, to catch up and recognise the signs of economic abuse? yes, absolutely. as jenny described, signs of economic abuse? yes, absolutely. asjenny described, you shouldn't be talking to banks and building societies and not getting the care response you deserve. the banks have a huge duty to respond to victims and survivors of economic abuse. to make sure that they know that it abuse. to make sure that they know thatitis abuse. to make sure that they know that it is not their fault. and actually, they have the power to teach and educate people around what is economic abuse and how we can help, so i think the banks have a huge role to play. what does your bank do in terms of staff training etc to try to raise awareness, and to try to put in place practices to allow people and staff to recognise that financial abuse might be happening, and to put an end to it, if they can? we have spent five

years since our 2015 campaign on economic abuse, embedding the ability for colleagues to have rigorous training around spotting the triggers that you can see. there are some very clear triggers, when people come in branches or speak on the phone that would suggest that they are survivors of economic abuse, and as soon as we spot those triggers, we respond to those customers very differently. the way thatjenny talks customers very differently. the way that jenny talks about the challenges she faced, we would automatically respond to customers like jenny automatically respond to customers likejenny ina automatically respond to customers like jenny in a different way, making sure that it is personalised, dedicated, and they are not thrown into the normal one size fits all process. specifically, what can financial institutions do to help, ifi financial institutions do to help, if i can put it this way, repair credit ratings, where a bad credit rating has been caused through no fault of an individual who has been an economically abusive relationship. there's lots of work we can do. the first thing is recognising, making sure customers recognise they are in the situation

and secondly, taking them out of normal processes, having their gift —— dedicated support, working with citizens advice and helping them to do things differently, and thirdly, there is work we can do around credit ratings, as an industry, responding to research that has come out today that says we have to treat all of these customers differently, we need to make sure that the long shadow of economic abuse doesn't affect people for a decade. that is the purpose of the report today, to start this conversation. we hope to make great strides on this and this is part of the work we are doing today. jenny, let me return to you. you were in this relationship for a relatively short time. it ended a decade ago, but a decade on, you have just managed to pay off those debts that were accrued in your name. it has had a huge impact on the way you live your life. what advice would you give to someone who is in the position that you have beenin?

is in the position that you have been in? it is around understanding and ifi been in? it is around understanding and if i was to give any advice, it would be that you can... sound cuts out. there are people there who can help and can support. and it is great to hear what is going on there with a report that is being published, and it is more thanjust training. it is about creating that culture of understanding, and that way of supporting people. jenny, we really appreciate you telling us your story and the hard work you have put in to deal with what has been happening in your past. we really appreciate that, jenny, also, lisa king at refuge, and maria cea rns lisa king at refuge, and maria cearns at the co—operative bank.

thank you all very much indeed. please get in touch about this story, coronavirus measures, any of the story, coronavirus measures, any of the stories you have heard about today. if you'd like to get in touch and makea today. if you'd like to get in touch and make a comment or ask a question, let me read you some of what people have been saying about coronavirus restrictions, educating rita 313 says the measures are too little too late and the government has not followed the expert advice at any stage. it said it was following the science, then said it was listening to the signs. this is from john was listening to the signs. this is from jothoseph, was listening to the signs. this is from john joseph, the uk was listening to the signs. this is from jothoseph, the uk government has lost control of the situation and it is clear that sage was recommending full uk look than a couple of weeks ago. i don't believe the three tier system will work and i'm sure we will move into a second look at. je says what has happened to the three plus million people that have had no support for seven months and are heading for disaster, if not already, and uses the hashtag

#excludeduk. les howard says the measures should be tightened further across the country. my wife has been shielding after a kidney transplant, and all we see is selfish people ignoring the rules. thank you for those thoughts. do you keep them coming in to us. as the eu prepares to discuss british proposals on post—brexit fishing rights, france's europe minister has told the bbc that the uk's approach to the withdrawal agreement in the past few weeks was "extremely worrying". fishing has become a key sticking point in negotiations, with paris saying it won't discuss fishing in isolation from the rest of a deal. half the catch in france's northern ports comes from british waters. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has been to boulogne—sur—mer, at the heart of france's fishing industry, to ask what compromise would mean. like negotiators, fishermen rely on shifting positions to get results. navigating the distance between france and the uk is a daily commute for laurent.

three—quarters of his crabs and lobsters come from british waters. his grandfather fished off the coast of scotland. his father, in the channel, like him, but he is worried that the ebb and flow of post—brexit trade negotiations is threatening to sink boats like his. translation: we are devastated. so disappointed. if we can not enter british waters, it is practically the end of our profession. we may decide to flex our muscles. we got in trouble before for blocking the port of calais but it is something we will discuss. britain reportedly wants to change the way its fish stocks are allocated and taper off eu catches over several years. france has refused any compromise. no deal is better than a bad deal, it says. the eu chief negotiator has pleaded for some wiggle room but trust is in short supply. we do want to trust the uk but we have seen

in the last weeks regarding the agreement is extremely worrying. there will be no agreement on the future relation if we don't have full confidence and respect on the first part of this negotiation, this is no agreement. despite the fears of fishermen and the hard—line position of president macron, many in france believe a deal on fishing is possible, but too much compromise could spark trouble at home for mr macron. the head of this region is a potential rival for the presidency and, after years of social unrest in france and the pressures of covid—19, more disruption in a sensitive area like this is the last thing mr macron needs. but many fishermen say they would compromise on their catch rather than lose access completely. translation: it would be a lot more acceptable to have 80% of the catch in british waters rather than nothing at all. 60% of the catch? ah, that is not viable.

but if there is some sort of financial compensation, maybe. at boulogne's markets, buyers choose fish for french restaurant tables. three—quarters of britain's catch is sold to the eu. no deal risks a sort of mutually assured destruction forfishermen on both sides of the channel. will navigation of these contested waters prove easier in boulogne than in brussels? lucy williamson, bbc news, boulogne. nasa says eight countries have signed an international agreement that outlines the principles of future exploration of the moon and beyond. the so—called artemis accords are a series of commitments on best practice that will guide the american—led return to the lunar surface. nina nanji reports. the mission is clear — to return humans to ea rth‘s nearest neighbour within this decade. nasa's artemis project plans to put the first woman

in the next man on the lunar surface by 202a. one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. unlike in the historic apollo missions over 50 years ago, this time, the astronauts are planning to set up a permanent presence on the moon. no mean feat, and the us space agency hasjust gained new allies to support its efforts. eight countries have signed up to a series of accords intended as principles for exploring space and the moon. the so—called artemis accords cover everything from how resources on the moon are exploited, to how data is shared. it's really important, a really historic moment actually, because what we have done today is really sign up to those best practice principles, those free works that will enable us to all go forward and collaborate in our future exploration efforts. america, which devised the accords, has signed them, followed by the uk, canada, italy,

luxembourg and the uae. other countries have reservations about a framework they see as too focused on us interests, and which could restrict their activities. china is absent from the alliance, while russia has said it won't sign up. an image of one of the world's most endangered animals — the siberian tiger — pictured in the forests of russia's far east — has earned sergey gorshkov the title of wildlife photographer of the year. the duchess of cambridge revealed the winner at last night's ceremony which was streamed live from the natural history museum. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. in the wilderness of russia's far east, taking even a blurry snapshot of one of earth's rarest creatures would be a realfeat. but with a combination of skill, luck and months of persistence, photographer sergey gorshkov managed to capture this.

while the judges said it looked like an oil painting, it is a photograph of an endangered female amur tiger. it was caught by a camera trap that was triggered by the movement of the animal herself. and here, i have been inspired... like so many 2020 events, the ceremony for the wildlife photographer of the year was held online, and the duchess of cambridge announced the winner. so it is with great pleasure that i can announce this year's wildlife photographer of the year is... sergey gorshkov for his image, the embrace. many congratulations to you, sergey, and thanks to all of those who entered for showing us the magic of the natural world. the awards acknowledged photographers who had shown the impact of our exploitation of wildlife. but primarily, they celebrated some of the most captivating images of the natural world ta ke n in the last, very tumultuous year. while we can all ponder

on the photographic prowess, patience and skill, this winning image, quite simply, captures one beautiful moment. victoria gill, bbc news. we'll be talking to the winner at around 10:40am, so stay with us. absolutely stunning image. now the weather. we are moving into a quiet speu weather. we are moving into a quiet spell with dry conditions for much of the country. there will be some sunshine around. more showers coming m, sunshine around. more showers coming in, mainly off the north sea, because we have high pressure setting to the north of the uk. that is feeding on this north—eastern breeze. we've had some wet weather across central scotland and northern ireland. leaving us with a few showers and more sunshine in the afternoon. sunny spells for england and wales. showers coming back into eastern england, getting blown into the midlands, one or two crossing the midlands, one or two crossing the pennines, on that north—easterly

breeze. more noticeable across eastern england, in other areas, not as windy as yesterday. temperatures area as windy as yesterday. temperatures are a shade higher than yesterday and where we have more shelter in the west and have more sunshine in the west and have more sunshine in the afternoon, temperatures could reach 16 celsius. showers will get blown across towards wales and the south—west this evening then out of the way. more showers coming in towards east anglia and the southeast overnight with more cloud filtering down into scotland as well. mist and fog patches, with temperatures generally around 4—7 celsius. heading into thursday morning, a cloudier picture for scotland, maybe some spots of drizzle. sunny spells developing elsewhere. the winds, not as strong as the and temperatures a bit lower. struggling to around 12 celsius. we have dry weather pushing down across many areas because high pressure is going to be taking charge, moving

its way south, dragging some slightly cooler air across our shores. could be a chilly start depending on where we have clad bra kes depending on where we have clad brakes on friday morning. in general, more clad for scotland, for central and eastern england, are mainly dry story on friday, and still quite cold with temperatures struggling to around 11 celsius. no great changes, really, as we head into the weekend. a big area of low pressure not far from the south—west, getting blocked off by that cold high across the uk. lots of dry weather through the weekend. chilly in the morning. lots of cloud this weekend. still quite cold with temperatures no better than 12—13.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. four weeks of tough new restrictions are set to be announced for northern ireland later this hour. it's understood pubs and restaurants to close — and schools shut for a fortnight. the new three tier coronavirus restrictions comes into force across england. health officials are meeting to discuss whether further areas — including lancashire and greater manchester — should be subject to the toughest rules. criticism as large crowds gathered in the centre of liverpool last night, before the city region became the first in england to enter the highest level of restrictions. send me your thoughts on the measures around the uk — or on any of our stories today. you can get in touch with me on twitter @annita—mcveigh