hello this is bbc news. you this is bbc news. the headlines: the headlines: tough new measures to combat tough new measures to combat coronavirus in northern ireland, coronavirus in northern ireland. pubs and restaurants will serve pubs and restaurants will serve takeaways only for four weeks, and schools will shut takeaways only for four weeks, and schools will shut for two weeks from monday. for two weeks from monday this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakra barti. the this is bbc news. i'm reeta wales plans to bans visitors coming chakrabarti. the headlines: tough new measures to combat coronavirus we fully appreciate that this will in from areas of england be difficult and worrying news for in the top two tiers in northern ireland — pubs and restau ra nts in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will set a lot of people. of restrictions from friday in northern ireland — pubs and restau ra nts will set ta keaway in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will set takeaway is executive has taken this only forfour restaurants will set takeaway is only for four weeks and schools were decision because it is in an attempt to stem necessary. shut for two weeks from monday. we the spread of the virus. we discuss the impacts the prime minister denies labour appreciate that this will be a claims he is ignoring in great detail. scientific advice about a short difficult and worrying news for a lockdown in england and insists wales plans to bans visitors coming lot of people. the executive has in from areas of england local measures will work. in the top two tiers of restrictions taken this decision because it is from friday in an attempt to stem necessary , taken this decision because it is necessary, and we discussed the a further 137 deaths with 28 impact in great detail. the spread of the virus. the prime minister denies labour days of a positive test claims that he is ignoring scientific advice about a short the prime minister denies labour for coronavirus were recorded claims he is ignoring scientific lockdown in england, and insists that local measures will work. the advice about a short lockdown on wednesday, with nearly 20 in england and insists package of interventions, including a circuit breaker, will be needed to local measures will work. prevent an exponential rise in cases. why did the prime minister a further 137 deaths with 28 reject that advice and days of a positive test

abandon the science? for coronavirus were recorded on wednesday, with nearly 20,000 the whole point is to seize this new cases confirmed. moment now to avoid the misery of another national lockdown into which he wants to go headlong. government health officials meet to discuss the possibility of more areasjoining the top tier of restrictions. greater manchester‘s mayor calls birmingham city council confirmed that a number of used coronavirus rockets were given out to households the plans "fundamentally flawed" in the district of selly oak. "shameful scenes" last night in liverpool —— swab kits. criticism of crowds in liverpool city centre last night according to the mayor before the area entered the highest for the region just before level of restrictions. the area entered the highest and as countries around the world grapple with how to contain a second level of restrictions. wave of the virus, we look at how europe is coping. birmingham city council confirms a number of used coronavirus swab kits were given out to households in the district of selly oak. a rare first folio of shakespeare plays has been sold at auction in new york selling under good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. the northern ireland government has imposed tough the hammer for 8 point

new restrictions for four weeks, to try to curb the spread of covid—i9. the first minister, arlene foster, 4 million dollars. said the decision was difficult and that she didn't shy away the hammer for 8 point from the huge impact they would have on people's lives. police had to disperse schools will be closed large crowds in liverpool last for a fortnight from next monday, extending the half—term night, just hours before break by a week. the new restrictions it's the first part of the uk there came into force. to see schools ordered to shut since the summer. pubs and restaurants will also footage on social media see new restrictions. showed people dancing meanwhile, the new three—tier system in the city‘s concert square. of measures has come liverpool city region is the only area of england in the top tier into force in england. with the toughest rules. the liverpool city region has the toughest curbs, danjohnson sent this report with pubs and bars that don't serve food being forced to close. from the wirral on merseyside. officials are discussing whether manchester, lancashire and other areas of northern england should also face the same restrictions. the prime minister has clashed with the labour leader in the commons, after sir keir starmer called for a two or three—week circuit—breaker lockdown on both sides of the mersey, the across england to slow the infection rate. ourfirst report is from northern ireland, and our correspondent, chris page. royal scots cafe yesterday. on both sides of the mersey, the royal scots cafe yesterdaylj on both sides of the mersey, the royal scots cafe yesterday. i think if this is a good idea. it will stay

in the population and as soon as the half term has been doubled. rules relax again it will come back. this was a snapshot from liverpool city centre last night. the schools will shut for two weeks, not one, as they regularly gathering was over quickly but do over halloween. pupils will be off from monday, an unexpectedly early perhaps a hint to why extra start to the break. i suppose it is timely given restrictions are needed. pressure on that numbers are rising, or beginning to rise. hospitals is another factor. we are however, what i would say ina hospitals is another factor. we are is that it's always good in a position where intensive care to get a bit of notice, so you can make plans and contingency plans. units are almost full, at 90% we have a lot of children taking free school meals, capacity. we have to do things like that that you have to check out in the background, collectively, as a community, act and make sure those children are going to be catered for. together to control this virus. it can't be done just instantly. the devolved governments made people have to play an active part a number of other decisions. forfour weeks, pubs in restraining this virus. if we and restaurants will have to close, don‘t act as a community, all of us except for takeaways. close contact services will end up suffering. with lower such as hairdressers and beauticians will also shut. organised sport can't take place apart from at elite level. case numbers across the water on the but this isn't a full lockdown. wirral, some are annoyed. we didn't shops will stay open, have people like that behaving like and so will gyms for individual training only, and people that. if we didn‘t have that, we may will still be able to

attend places of worship. i call the first minister... not have further restrictions like we have now. it is the other end of the first minister said the measures are supposed to do maximum harm to the virus and minimum damage the scale. we have got the silly end to people's life chances. of the scale and the extreme end of we fully appreciate this will be difficult and worrying news the scale. the government's new for a lot of people. the executive has taken this tiered system is in force. most decision because it is necessary and we discussed the impacts places are in the medium level. this in great detail and we do not take this step lightly. is the rule of six and the 10pm cu rfew. is the rule of six and the 10pm curfew. some places are in the high the worrying background level which means there is no to the moves is a picture household mixing indoors but the of rapidly growing infections, increased hospital admissions, and in recent days, some signs that rule of six will apply outdoors. the third tier is very high. no mixing deaths have been rising. derry city and strabane council area of households indoors or outdoors in the north west has the highest and pubs and bars must close unless infection rate of any region in the uk. they can provide a substantial meal. the numbers are going very much so far, the liverpool city region is in the wrong direction. the only area in tier three. people and my clinical colleagues are telling me they are very concerned. so it is timely to have this intervention. in parts of other counties such as there is huge difficulty making manchester have been warned to the balance, getting the balance

right between stopping the virus expect restrictions. it is transmission throughout the society and at the same time not inevitability that we will move into destroying the economy. tier three. it‘s really a question the hospitality industry in particular has been warning that of when and how. we are working with new restrictions could be disastrous for people's livelihoods. we feel that the current situation is really untenable government to put together a package and the government message of mothers that will mitigate the is very mixed. inevitable impact on a particular we do provide a service, both economic and in the societal sense, sector of the economy. back in but it is very difficult for us liverpool, here is another strange to trade in any viable manner under these circumstances. juxtaposition in the dark troubled ministers will meet times. the city is being used to on thursday to discuss how to provide financial help. film the new batman movie. this isn't a return to the shutdown of the spring, but it is another covid crunch point for families, businesses and the health service. in the commons, the labour leader keir starmer accused the prime minister of rejecting likes to talk more about the new the advice of scientific advisers figures that have come through which who called for a short lockdown across england. show 19,724 new confirmed cases of borisjohnson insisted a regional coronavirus across the uk. a further approach would bring down the virus

and he said he wanted to avoid 170 people have died within 28 days the misery of another lockdown. jonathan blake reports. why are you ignoring of testing positive for the virus. the science, prime minister? as the debate about how to control coronavirus goes on, the prime minister left downing street to "137 of testing positive for the virus. —— 137 deaths in the past 24 hours. defend his case for the new tiered system of restrictions as it came into force in england. if we look at these numbers, the right, let us get under way, prime minister. important thing is the context about the labour leader, who wants the direction of travel. if you a time—limited tightening start with the positive tests of of the rules nationally, reminded the prime minister that he said he would be 19,724, in the last week that is an guided by the science. on september 21st, the government's own scientific increase of 21%. this time last advisers, sage, gave very clear advice. they said a package of interventions month, we were looking at around including a circuit breaker will be needed to prevent 4000 cases. you can see the way this an exponential rise in cases. why did the prime is going. from cases, we can look at minister reject that advice and abandon the science? hospital admissions. is going. from cases, we can look at hospitaladmissions. 680 is going. from cases, we can look at hospital admissions. 680 people were admitted to hospital. in the last since he quotes the sage week this has gone up by 45%. the advice, i might just remind him that on page one, it says that all the interventions figure that i think it‘s very considered have associated costs in terms of health and well—being and that policymakers will need to interesting is ventilated. at the

consider analysis and economic minute there are 516 people who are impacts and the associated harms treated on ventilators. on the same alongside this date a month ago this number was 91. epidemiological assessment. borisjohnson accused his opponent you can see the direction of travel. of playing politics with the pandemic, an accusation thrown back at him. from 91 to 516 people on ventilators mr speaker, i know that for someone who has been an opportunist all his life, this is difficult... ina from 91 to 516 people on ventilators this is difficult to understand. in a month. yes, exactly. this is the picture going across the board. it's the picture going across the board. it‘s not surprising but it is unwelcome news of how things are the prime minister was pressed on how his strategy would work. travelling at the moment. we have the plan is the plan heard the phrase circuit breaker a that the right honourable gentleman supported on monday. lot. explain more about what that the whole point, mr speaker, is to seize this moment now, to avoid the misery of another national means, who thinks it‘s useful and in lockdown into which he wants to go headlong, by delivering what circumstancesi have been talking today to scientists who put a regional solution. this paperforward. talking today to scientists who put this paper forward. they talking today to scientists who put this paperforward. they don‘t like this paperforward. they don‘t like this term, circuit breaker, they seizing on claims that the prime minister might change tack... why doesn't he do it now, call it a precautionary lockdown. save lives, fix testing and this is a lockdown before you protect the nhs? actually need to to stop the clock

everybody, mr speaker, and set things backwards. what is can see what he's doing. labour have said it themselves. being talked about is to do this two they see this, mr speaker, as a good crisis for the weeks at the end of this month. for labour party and one they wish to exploit. two weeks. quite stringent lockdown but not as tough as in april and we see this as a national crisis that we are going to turn around. jonathan blake, bbc march and may. the aim is to bias time. this is not a long—term news, westminster. solution. they think it would give said desmond swain, the conservative us solution. they think it would give us 28 days to get test and trace to mpfor said desmond swain, the conservative mp for new forest west, was one of the 44 conservative mps who voted to work it the way it should and to oppose the curfew regulations and he give us money to move forward with joins me now. good afternoon, sir desmond. why did you vote to oppose treatment. it's about buying time? i them? because i disagree profoundly with them. i am with the world suppose it doesn‘t help if it pushes cases, you have got to do something health organization now, which is constructive with that period? telling politicians to stop using absolutely. we saw the graphs going lockdown measures as a means of up absolutely. we saw the graphs going up and up in march and april. controlling the virus. i'm with the scientists who are backing the great lockdown kicked in and slowly but surely the numbers came down. when barrington declaration, which says we should move to try to adapt and we started to open up, it was slow

at first but it has been rising more live with the virus rather than crushing our economies and mental steeply since august. as we came out of lockdown, the numbers have gone health, because we are social beings up. it's good to set the clock back and by closing down the economy and but we have got to do something in that time. thank you very much. that social life, we are imposing greater harm in the long run than the virus was our health correspondent. itself. so what sort of actions would you take? first, i think you coronavirus restrictions are being stepped up across europe, as countries try to stem need to separate the covid treatment a surge in infections. the czech republic has announced the closure of schools, in the nhs from the bulk of the nhs bars and restaurants for three weeks, and in the netherlands, the government is introducing a month—long partial lockdown. so in the nhs from the bulk of the nhs so that therapies which are spain, italy, germany currently being neglected can go and france are also tackling large numbers of cases. chris morris has this assessment ahead. remember, covid is only the 24th largest killer in the united of the picture across the continent. kingdom at the moment. so we need to protect our nhs. and one of the ways of protecting it is separating the starting with the czech republic, treatment of covid patients. that is which recorded nearly 8000 cases, more than 8000 cases what i thought the nightingale yesterday for the second time since hospitals were for. that would be the pandemic began. one way. certainly, you need to

the government is imposing what amounts to a improve test, track and trace in three—week lockdown to bring the outbreak under control. schools, bars and clubs order that people can cease to be will be closed until the 3rd of november superspreaders in the community. but and restaurants will be restricted to deliveries and ultimately, we have to take responsibility for ourselves and the takeaways until 8pm. risks we are prepared to take, and only six people will be able to gather in a group whether it is make an assessment of how prone we indoors or outdoors. it is a similar story are to receiving a bad dose of the in the netherlands. on tuesday, the country disease and adjust our lifestyles reported a daily record of accordingly. it is either that or we nearly 7400 new infections. simply kick this can down the road to tackle the spread, it is bringing in until we find a vaccine. that is the a four—week partial lockdown. bars, restaurants, strategy at the moment. that is fine terraces and cannabis if we do find a vaccine, but that is cafes will be shut from tonight. they will only be allowed to offer not guaranteed, or that it would be a limited takeaway services. people are being asked to work from home and use public transport 100% effective when we do find it. for essentialjourneys only. this was the prime after all, we have a vaccine for minister, mark rutte speaking last night. translation: in order to get flu, but thousands die of flu every the virus back under control, year. you will be aware that the the number of social contacts government's and scientific advisers and travel are advising the opposite. they are

movements must be saying that a curfew on bars and drastically reduced. restau ra nts saying that a curfew on bars and restaurants is likely to have that is a hard message marginal impact, but they are coming and measures are going to hurt. at it from the opposite point of view, they want something much more but it is the only way. the facts don‘t lie. we need to be stricter on ourselves stringent. marginal impact. but they and our own behaviour. two other countries wa nt stringent. marginal impact. but they want something more stringent. but are worth looking at. germany, often seen as the poster their advice has the caveat that boy in europe in terms of an this comes with economic and health effective response to the virus. fewer than 10,000 deaths so far ca re this comes with economic and health care and mental health care costs, even though it has the largest population on the continent. and it is for politicians to make but infections are up. thejudgment. the and it is for politicians to make over 5000 recorded yesterday the judgment. the scientists do what they are asked. they are asked, what for the first time since april. new measures are being is the better way of stopping the introduces in berlin, and other cities bars and virus now? the virus spreads through restaurants has to close at 11pm. human contact, therefore the answer from the scientists will be, stop a ban on large gatherings at sporting events and concerts has been human contact. we as politicians have to stand above that and say, extended to the end of the year in areas with high infection rates. hold on, but that comes with a huge private parties and gatherings are limited to ten people. and finally, sweden, cost. and that cost may be worse a bit of an outlier because than the disease itself. and that is it‘s never locked down in the early stages of the pandemic, and it still not a question that the science hasn‘t.

a nswe i’s. its death rates from coronavirus are similarto many not a question that the science answers. but bear in mind with the other countries but are scientists, there is a great debate significantly higher than comparable scandinavian neighbours is like norway and finland. going on at the moment, albeit in sweden, gatherings of more attempting to be censored by google than 50 people are banned and others. but there is a great and people have been working body of scientists who are saying from home where possible but shops, this strategy is wrong. you bars, restaurants and gems have mentioned test and trace a moment stayed ago. the scientific advisers‘ documents that were released earlier this week said that nhs test and open. trace was only having a marginal —— and gyms restrictions have been impactand imposed in france, spain where there is a 15—day trace was only having a marginal impact and that this would decline further unless the system expanded state of emergency in to keep up with the rise in cases. madrid, and in italy. across europe, the virus how would you assess the system‘s has never gone away. performance when it comes to test the organisation for economic co—operation and development has warned the uk and trace? actually, it is showing economy is at a ‘criticaljuncture‘ as it faces the possibility of a no—deal brexit, us and trace? actually, it is showing us where the disease is spreading. along with coronavirus restrictions. the oecd said some sectors we are doing more testing in the uk of the economy had recovered than spain and france put together. strongly since the lockdown in the spring. but it said overall demand then why is it only having a would remain under pressure, marginal impact? well, there are and unemployment and business failures would leave "scars on the economy".

still people who don‘t have symptoms eu leaders are holding a summit in brussels on thursday and therefore don‘t present for a to consider progress in the talks test. that is the reality of this on a new trading relationship with the uk. disease, lots of people never know they had it and therefore don‘t get fishing rights have become a major sticking point in the negotiations. tested. but for those who do, we can half the catch in france‘s northern ports comes from british waters. plot the disease geographically. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has been to boulogne—sur—mer, that is why i, against lockdown as i at the heart of france‘s fishing industry, to ask how a deal am, and more favourable to the could be struck. government‘s policy of local lockdowns than to another national like negotiators, fishermen rely on shifting lockdowns than to another national positions to get results. lockdown being imposed on us were in my constituency, infections are very navigating the distance low. why should we suffer the damage between france and the uk to our economy and mental and social is a daily commute for lauren. health and individual liberty if the three quarters of his crabs and lobsters come problem isn‘t there? from british waters. his grandfather fished off health and individual liberty if the problem isn't there? sir desmond, the coast of scotland. his father, in the channel, you make your points very vociferously, but you do seem to be like him, but he is worried on the losing end of the argument. that the ebb and flow of post—brexit trade negotiations is threatening the indications are that to sink boats like his. restrictions are only going to get translation: we are devastated. tighter, not looser. that may be a

so disappointed. if we can not enter british waters, it is practically fa ct, tighter, not looser. that may be a fact, but it doesn‘t mean i have the end of our profession. lost the argument. the argument will we may decide to flex our muscles. continue. this will run and run. sir we got in trouble before desmond swayne, thank you for for blocking the port of calais but it is something we will discuss. joining us. i‘m going to take you straight now to a press conference britain reportedly wants to change being held by andy burnham, the the way its fish stocks are allocated and taper off eu mayor of greater manchester. he is catches over several years. france has refused any compromise. joined by steve rotherham, the metro no deal is better than mayor of the liverpool city region. a bad deal, it says. we wa nt mayor of the liverpool city region. we want to address the current the eu chief negotiator has pleaded for some wiggle room situation directly. today, myself but trust is in short supply. and the ten council leaders of we do want to trust the uk but we have seen in the last weeks greater manchester have released a regarding the agreement united statement expressing our is extremely worrying. opposition to the proposal to put us there will be no agreement on the future relation if we don‘t into the tier three category. a 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, separate statement is being issued many in france believe a deal

on fishing is possible but too much bya number of separate statement is being issued by a number of business organisations in greater manchester. compromise could spark trouble at home for mr macron — i want to speak to the people of the head of this region greater manchester and take them is a potential rival through the reasoning for the position we are in and why we feel 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. we cannot accept what this would mean and the damage it would do to but many fishermen say they would compromise on their catch people‘s lives, businesses and the rather than lose access completely. economy in greater manchester as a whole. if i could start with where i translation: it would be a lot more acceptable to have 80% of the catch left off on saturday, when steve and in british waters rather idid ourjoint than nothing at all. left off on saturday, when steve and i did ourjoint press conference, 60% of the catch? that was to raise the worry about restrictions without support, but places under regional lockdown ah, that is not viable. but if there is some sort of financial compensation, maybe. at boulogne‘s markets, buyers choose restrictions, but without providing the substantial support that is fish for french restaurant tables. needed to protect people through three—quarters of britain‘s catch is sold to the eu. no deal risks a sort of mutually assured destruction for fisherman that. i want to move things on, on both sides of the channel. given what we now know about the tier three proposal. by making

will navigation of these contested waters prove easier reference initially to the words of in boulogne than in brussels? the chief medical officer at the downing street briefing on monday lucy williamson, bbc news, boulogne. evening, the cmo said clearly that he was not confident with the three news is coming through from the premier league. the project big tiers proposal if it did no more than the base case. by that, i think picture will not be endorsed by the he means closing pubs — that that football association or any of the clu bs. football association or any of the clubs. also, talks taking place, would be enough. those were his meeting today to talk about how to words, that that base case would not be enough. he went on to say local try to help lower league clubs because of the impact of leaders would have to do coronavirus, the financial impact that we know all about. it was significantly more if tier three was agreed at this meeting to make available a rescue package which to have success in bringing down the aims to assure that league 1 and number of infections. so i wanted to league 2 clubs won‘t go out of business as a result of coronavirus explain in human terms what and they will be able to complete

significantly more, in the chief the 2020 - 2021 and they will be able to complete the 2020 — 2021 season. there will be more on this in the next little medical officer‘s words, means. i will go to a slide which quantifies what the effect would be on people while. coronavirus is, of course, of the tier three proposal as having a massive effect on football as it is on many other aspects of recommended by the chief medical life. the headlines on bbc news: officer, that substantial range of increased coronavirus restrictions will be introduced in northern ireland closures that would be needed to get with pubs and restaurants shutting for a month, and schools closed for two infections down in his words. this weeks from monday. gives you those figures. 20,000 wales plans to ban visitors coming people are employed in our 1900 in from areas of england in the top two tiers of restrictions from friday, pubs, 63,000 people in accommodation in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. and food services, 32,000 in the prime minister denies labour entertainment and recreation, 20,000 claims he is ignoring scientific advice about a short lockdown taxi drivers who would be impacted in england and insists local by these proposals, 7000 in measures will work. a further 137 deaths have hairdressing and beauty. 187,000 people are self—employed. a huge been recorded in the uk in the latest 24 hour period. number of people will be affected by

more people are now the widespread closure of businesses in hospital with coronavirus than before restrictions were first announced in march. government advisers say in these sectors. beyond this, there admissions are rising, with more elderly people needing urgent treatment for the virus. tim muffett has been speaking are many more businesses that would to critical care staff be affected. the suppliers to these at the royal papworth hospital in cambridge. april, when royal papworth hospital industries wouldn‘t be covered by in cambridge was grappling government proposals with regard to with the biggest challenge it had everfaced. support. if we were to go down this chikezie was one of those admitted with covid. i remember everything, especially the significant path, as i said at the weekend, we traumatic experience of coming in here and having to be would be surrendering people to certain hardship in the run—up to wheeled into the intensive care unit christmas, no doubt about it. job and lying there and looking losses certainly, and business closures. we have objected to the across and seeing other people, also most of them were ventilated. idea that a fellow scheme should be we‘ve been given special access to meet the people running paid at 67% —— a furlough scheme. the critical care unit the chancellor said people can top as it prepares for a possible second that up with universal credit. well, wave of covid cases.

we have run some checks and we have jo—anne has worked at royal papworth since 1989. found that if you have someone on this year has been life—changing. the national minimum wage working 35 hours a week, earning £14,000 a it's been absolutely extraordinary in the fact that it's been quite devastating to work year, with no children, no housing through what we've worked through. i have no words almost, it was incredibly challenging costs, they would not qualify for in terms of how we staffed the unit, that universal credit top up. so the patients we look after, it‘s not correct to say that looking after a disease that none of us had come across before. everybody would be able to top up buena trained in the philippines and joined royal papworth three years ago. their income in this way. of course, we also have our families and we've seen in the news the number at present, as well as an incomplete of people dying, so it's really, really scary for us. with winter approaching, many suspect it could get busy again. furlough, there are 187,000 people how are you feeling about that? who would have no access to a we are a little bit anxious but i think this time we are much support scheme to protect their more prepared than we were. what are the key things income. and that is what‘s at stake you will do differently, having been through this already? here. my question for the government we are much more motivated to go is, in developing these proposals to work, because we know that it can be treated. for a tier three were substantial we know that patients do get better. chunks of the economy have to be i think our response in the second wave will be somewhat

different to the first. closed down without significant we have covid—secure zones support for people and businesses in in the hospital, so we can treat patients who have covid but also the economy, have they done an maintain our traditional impact assessment of what this would services at the same time, and i think that‘s something mean, an assessment of the mental that is going to characterise the second response. health impact on people of forcing maintaining the ability to treat our patients this level of closure across the with the specialist services that we provide here economy in a situation where support but also our ability can‘t be provided to those people to to respond to covid. stop them worrying about their royal papworth hospital has played a pioneering role in the history of medicine. bills, worrying about feeding their kids or paying the rent? i want to its surgeons carried out the uk‘s first successful heart transplant see that impact assessment if it has in 1979 and the world‘s first heart, been done, because in our mind, the lung and liver transplant in 1986. health harm that would be done by an during the peak of the pandemic, the hospital was still able underfunded tier three option of the to carry out nine transplants. kind we are being pressurised into but there was concern that the number of admissions for many non—covid conditions dropped significantly. accepting would do significant for those of us looking health harm to the families and after patients with lung cancer, it‘s brought many challenges. we found, unfortunately, communities of greater manchester, that about three—quarters of our normal referral

and that is something we are not numbers dropped off. prepared to accept. in our view, the general public are very aware of how busy the nhs is and often there is this reticence, you know, to worry the nhs, what is being proposed here is fundamentally flawed. on the one they‘re too busy, they have other people to look after, but they are absolutely the people we need to see. hand, we are being told it will only so you've got a bit of help, as well. work if there is full closure. but francis has been treated that of course is putting councils for a tumour on his lung. what do you say to those people in an invidious position, where they who may be avoiding hospitals? don't. are being required to nominate the just go to your hospital, see your doctor, extra industries that have to close let them sort the help for you. down but are not being given support in making those decisions so it can and you've got no worries at all. as i say, i was a bit nervous be done without creating harm to at first, but now, i've come straightaway. people and businesses. in our view, i would never waste time messing about. the current tier three proposal is a the longer you leave these sort of things, the worse it gets. like so many hospitals, blatant act of levelling down and lessons here have been learned the hard way. as winter approaches, thatis blatant act of levelling down and that is not what this government it‘s hoped lives will be said it would do when it was saved as a result. tim muffett, bbc news, royal elected. i also have to ask, would papworth hospital in cambridge. it be successful? a regional

lockdown of this kind, even if you went for a proposal of the fullest extent, it would still only succeed an image of one of the world‘s if neighbouring areas didn‘t have most endangered animals, the siberian tiger, pictured in the forests of russia‘s far east — high? levels. areas could go through has earned sergey gorshkov all of the pain of doing this and the title of wildlife photographer of the year. still not find that they could bring the duchess of cambridge revealed their infection rates down because the winner at last night‘s ceremony eve ryo ne their infection rates down because which was streamed live everyone is linked to what their from the natural history museum. our science correspondent neighbours might do —— it would only victoria gill reports. in the wilderness succeed if neighbouring areas didn‘t have high? levels. of russia‘s far east, taking even a blurry snapshot of one of earth‘s rarest creatures and it feels very much to me, in would be a realfeat. but with a combination of skill, luck putting this pressure on council and months of persistence, photographer sergey gorshkov managed to capture this. leaders and making them make these while the judges said it looked decisions, the government is very like an oil painting, it is a photograph of an endangered female amur tiger. much passing the book to local it was caught by a camera trap that was triggered leaders and i don‘t find that by the movement of acceptable. we have gone from an the animal herself. approach that was about whatever it and here, i have been inspired... ta kes to approach that was about whatever it takes to get the country through

this to a penny—pinching approach to like so many 2020 events, the ceremony for this to a penny—pinching approach to the wildlife photographer this pandemic, where the cost will of the year was held online, and the duchess of cambridge announced the winner. so it is with great pleasure that fall this pandemic, where the cost will fa ll very this pandemic, where the cost will fall very much on people in the real i can announce world whose businesses are already this year‘s wildlife photographer close to the brink. here is another of the year is... sergey gorshkov for his image, the embrace. many congratulations to you, slide about the economy in greater sergey, and thanks to all manchester at the moment. 25% of of those who entered for showing us the magic businesses already say they have of the natural world. cash flow issues. that is 58% of businesses in the hospitality, the awards acknowledged leisure and tourism sector. again, a photographers who had shown the impact of our exploitation of wildlife. huge number of businesses are but primarily, they celebrated some of the most captivating reporting reduced sales in that images of the natural world ta ke n sector. and many more are in the last, very tumultuous year. considering making redundancies. the while we can all ponder economy is already on the brink. and on the photographic prowess, patience and skill, this winning image, quite simply, to push us into tier three without captures one beautiful moment. support would in many ways push us over the edge. that is why we are victoria gill, bbc news. opposed to tier three in its current

form. we have two routes ahead of us ben rich has the weather. here. we have a regional approach to tackling the pandemic, as has been put forward by the government, but over the next few days we can expect without the support needed to carry people through that approach. we plenty of dry weather. we have also got some showers in the mix. fear a winter where large parts of the north are trapped in tier three high pressure setting to the north of us at the moment. without the support for people in there will be the furlough scheme that they need, a north—easterly wind and a little frontal system without the support for people who here bringing some showers are self—employed, without support from the east towards the west. for businesses beyond the £3000 that showers will get across into parts has been offered. and that would of east wales, the west country, north—west england to go through the rest of the day. showers are being blown make foran along on a fairly has been offered. and that would make for an extremely challenging brisk breeze. as we head into the first situation. in those circumstances, a part of the evening temperatures will be majority of leaders in greater around ten, 11 degrees. manchester feel it would be these showers will be confined to the eastern parts of the preferable, given that we are uk. at the same time, we see quite a lot mindful that there are growing of cloud across north—east numbers of cases and we are always scotland. prepared to do what is right to

protect the health of our residents, there could be some patches that in these circumstances, if the of fog across the central cases continue to rise, it would be belt. temperatures will dip prefera ble to between four and 7 degrees. cases continue to rise, it would be preferable to go for a national circuit break option rather than one or two showers tomorrow, particularly this regional approach, which we across scotland, and england. have real doubts about whether it the further west you are, will work. that is supported by a we see dry weather and sunshine. majority of greater manchester, the further west you are although i should say, not the leader of bolton council, david the better the weather. greenhouse, as was suggested at top temperatures will range from 10 prime minister‘s questions today, andi prime minister‘s questions today, and i wanted to make that clear. i degrees in aberdeen to 14 in plymouth. on friday there is a will finish before handing over to steve by saying that for all of similar sort of day. these reasons, we oppose the tier they could be the odd light shower but there will be some sunny spells. temperatures will be three proposal and we will not cave around 12 celsius. as we had into the weekend in to the pressure being applied to it looks like a settled story. us in to the pressure being applied to us unless we can be given clear the best of the sunshine will be in the west. evidence, but more than that, the there will be quite a lot of cloud and it will stay fairly chilly.

substantial financial support that is needed to protect our communities particularly cloudy through this. we will not let them across northern parts of scotland as we head into be levelled down by this government through this pandemic. and when i sunday there could be patchy rain. say substantial support, i am next week, there is a big change. talking about an 80% furlough guaranteed across all of the sectors that would be required to close. 80% low pressure in the south—west and high—pressure in the north—west. 00:26:24,556 --> 2147483051:49:56,992 there will be heavy 2147483051:49:56,992 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 rain and strong winds. furlough for all of those businesses who experience a major loss of trade asa who experience a major loss of trade as a result of the restrictions because of the choking off a foot for and the customer base —— the choking off of footfall. i‘m talking about a support scheme for the thousands of seven who would need it like earlier this year. i‘m talking about a business support scheme that compensates them for the levels of

losses they are experiencing. but that hasn‘t been offered, and that is why i am saying we will resist the pressure and we will oppose any move to push us into tier three. it's move to push us into tier three. it‘s not acceptable that we still haven‘t had a substantive discussion with the government about these things. we put a separate set of proposals in to the government on friday night, which do go further than where we are currently in tier two. we asked for summary closure powers on any business in greater manchester that is not covid—secure. we would like to take local control of test and trace. the idea that you only get that if you are prepared to go into tier three is fundamentally wrong because actually, areas in tier three were the cases are already higher will struggle anyway

to make test and trace work at that level of cases. it would be much more sensible to give places in sports one and two access to control because they would be more able to make the system work and i would be an argument for the circuit break. if we had that, it would allow us to reset the test, trace and isolate system reset the test, trace and isolate syste m o n reset the test, trace and isolate system on a lower baseline of cases and coming out of it, we would then have a much better chance of controlling the virus. all of us in greater manchester feel the pressure has been applied to us. we have not been given the chance to discuss our proposals yet with ministers, and it‘s not acceptable to read that we are about to be placed in tier three because of all of the damage that we believe that would cause. that is the greater manchester position i have laid out. i will now hand over

to my friend and colleague, the most famous man in britain this week, the mayor of the liverpool city region, steve rotherham. as far as i am concerned, it was wrong that it was suggested that steve would agree to put pressure here. that wasn‘t a truthful reflection of what happened. from our point of view, we will be standing together today in saying that we do not accept being treated this way by the government and we are very much together in making our arguments today. steve, over to you. i think infamous is the word you were grasping for, andy. the reason myself and andy decided to do this today was because we thought it was important to comment jointly on the events of the past few weeks and the impact they are

going to have on the north—west. it has to be said on the whole of the north of england also. of course we are great friends, and people know about the rivalries in liverpool city region in greater manchester. but actually, there are things we have in common. there are less things in that separate the two regions. so we have to stand together and be strong and work together, and that is what we have been doing. some people don't get that. a number of people have said to me that the government is trying to me that the government is trying to play divide and conquer with our region and the north, and i would hate to think that any prime minister would be doing that in the middle of the most serious crisis out middle of the most serious crisis our country has faced since the end of the second world war. i don't believe that that would be acceptable. this should be a time where we set aside party political

manoeuvring and focus our energy on beating this harmful and often still deadly virus. too often i get the sense that government are doing things which divide our communities instead of standing by them and trying to get us standing by them and trying to get us to unite. rather than working with us over the summer by devolving power and resources which andy and myself and local councils had requested to tackle the coronavirus in ourareas, it requested to tackle the coronavirus in our areas, it wasn't until friday that we were asked for our input. in the last few days we've seen what that has meant when we have entered into this, however, andy and myself are clickable we are not going to allow ourselves to be divided —— myself are clear, we are not. we are

not going to let our region and be divided and we will make sure the north is not divided for that matter and we will not stand by while the government plays politics with us. 0r government plays politics with us. orwe are not government plays politics with us. or we are not going to stand by and not do anything about holding the government to account. people will hopefully already know because you will have seen what is happening in our area, liverpool city region is ina very our area, liverpool city region is in a very dangerous moment, the numbers are increasing rapidly, infection rates have risen exponentially and you will see that on this slide, showing the increase in the seven day positivity rate since the start of september. despite these figures, people have been asking why our region has been singled out, pointing to the infection rates in other places, but the infection rate is only one

indicator of the situation and not the only factor that the government takes into account. in our area, our cases are notjust takes into account. in our area, our cases are not just confined to young people, and we have a high percentage of cases amongst people aged 60 and over, who are at the greatest risk from covid, and we will see that on the next slide, showing the age profile of our cases. in our area, showing the age profile of our cases. in ourarea, hospitaland intensive care admissions, where our region has less capacity than others, that is rising sharply. currently there is a real and present danger that our nhs could be overwhelmed. our nhs. this is demonstrated on the final slide, showing hospitalisations in the region which have almost doubled week to week. and the number of

people in our hospitals across the region has more than doubled from la st region has more than doubled from last week to this. the city of liverpool has the highest levels of hospitalisations in the country and the third highest in europe. the covid outbreak is not on its way in our region. it's already here. it is doing serious damage as we speak. there are people walking around our region today who will be in hospital or worse in the coming days and weeks but who don't realise it yet. with each passing day that number is going up and up and up, and the situation in our region is so serious that the government did not give usa serious that the government did not give us a choice about whether we could be in the second or third tier, we were going into the third one no matter what. unfortunately,

the sad fact is, looking at current trends, while we might be the first region in tier three, unfortunately i don't think we will be the last. a lot has been said over the last few days about what went between our region and the government and what happened in the talks and what really we nt happened in the talks and what really went on, so i don't really wa nt really went on, so i don't really want to dwell too much on that, but isaid my want to dwell too much on that, but i said my piece yesterday and made it clear that what we have got, tier three, was done to us and not with us, soi three, was done to us and not with us, so i will let people decide for themselves whether they believe me or others on that fact, but i realise people are frustrated by the new measures. nobody wants to curtail freedoms and damage the economy and the sectors in our city region and cause hardship for anyone

but we have tier three restrictions in place from today and they are the law. we have to abide by them, just as we did in march, and everybody needs to take it as seriously as they did back then. now, we have no choice, but the alternative is to see our city region overrun with sickness and death and of course this thing about the long covid, and thatis this thing about the long covid, and that is no choice for anybody at all, so it is disappointing to see the shameful scenes really from a minority of people in consett square la st minority of people in consett square last night in liverpool city centre, which has been condemned by leaders in the area —— concert square. actions like that do not help anyone, but they make the situation

worse, and potentially make the restrictions even last longer. we would say to people, it was unfortunate, the pubs are closed, and hopefully we won't see a return to anything like that. now, we may not have had a choice about the new restrictions, but we do have a choice of how we respond to the new restrictions and time and time again we have pressed the government on the need for extra financial support for those businesses and jobs and the people who will be hit hardest by the imposition of government restrictions. while the chancellor announced last friday that a new furlough scheme would be introduced to support the new tiered system, that was the right thing to do, but in its current form the scheme is not adequate and it risks putting thousands of low— paid workers

significantly below the national minimum wage and andy is right about this, this is one of our red lines. we really believe that the imposition of restrictions in the second or third tears means that we do have to do more for low—paid workers amongst others —— tiers. and the support to businesses is also less than that offered during the national lockdown in march. on sunday i spoke with the prime minister about the issues in our area and on monday i was invited to attend cobra where i put those concerns directly to him on the behalf of the elected leaders who had asked me to go and represent them and also the 1.6 million people in our city region. as a result, we have secured a commitment from the prime minister that the government will continue to engage in

meaningful talks with us on these matters and so today, myself, the mayor of liverpool joe matters and so today, myself, the mayor of liverpooljoe anderson and our five council leaders have written to the chancellor and we are asking for those talks to be stepped up. we need to accelerate those so we can reach an agreement as soon as possible. studio: that is the mayor of liverpool city region, the one area of england which is in the strictest tier three level of restrictions. talking about the fact that he feels the financial support offered by the government is inadequate. before him you heard the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham also opposing in strong terms the idea that his area could be put into those very tough restrictions of tier three. we can now talk to somebody who has great expertise in infection rates. we

have a —— an immunologist from imperial college london. good afternoon, professor. thanks for joining us. a vaccine is the holy grailat joining us. a vaccine is the holy grail at the moment, and i wonder if you could give us some context and explanation of how likely it is we would get a vaccine any time soon. calling it the holy grail makes it sound like something mythical and very elusive but it is better than that. there are so many vaccines now in testing and in advanced stages of testing, and inevitably the path to success is not always smooth with vaccines and sometimes there are concerns that are raised along the way but this is all very healthy. given the number of vaccines which

are now in advanced testing, which are now in advanced testing, which are likely to report results probably some of them this side of christmas, it is perfectly possible that we will be having vaccines that will start to become available next year. this adds to the importance of trying to reduce the number of infections which are going on at the moment, because wejust infections which are going on at the moment, because we just need to not allow this infection to run through the community and we need to wait until we have got better treatments and better vaccines, well, a vaccine that works and that is safe, and there is every reason to try and slow down this current quite severe rate which we are seeing in many parts of the uk. that is partly what makes the present situation so difficult for people to handle, the uncertainty of the situation, and

the indefinite nature that we could be in the situation indefinitely, but the way that you speak makes it sound as if it is perfectly possible that there will be a vaccine next year. yes, i do feel that there is every possibility that we will have positive results from at least one, may be more than that, of these vaccine trials which are ongoing, and that by this time next year, before the subsequent winter, we will have vaccines which may be are protective, and i think there is every likelihood that that will occur, and i might be wrong, buti think that seems to be the current situation. keeping our eye on the horizon, and being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel gives us every light at the end of the tunnel gives us every motivation to reduce the number of infections. it is notjust the people who will end up in hospital, and unfortunately some of them will die, but also the issue of long covid, and we know for every

person who dies there is another person who dies there is another person who dies there is another person who is going to end up with quite severe long—term problems. they won‘t recover fully and they will have quite a significant long recovery, and we don‘t know how long it will be, but that is emerging as being in some ways every bit as important as the deaths which we have been witnessing so far. yesterday we heard about a man in the us, young, who had been infected twice by covid—19 and the second time he had a much worse experience than the first —— a young man. that also puts into perspective the efficacy of a vaccine? it is a very important description. they are over 20 different descriptions around the world of people possibly becoming

infected for a second time but there are odd features about this report of this 25—year—old man from nevada. the first episode was not typical and it went on for over a month in total. the amount of virus that was recovered was really almost at the limit of detection, of the test, it isa limit of detection, of the test, it is a very sensitive test, you wonder what was the role of that virus that first illness, was it actually to covid? and it is not clear that the methods they used to make sure that the virus was a different virus will stand up to very close scrutiny. there are a number of doubts about that case and there are doubts about most of the cases where second infections have been demonstrated. whatever the truth of this particular case, it is absolutely

true that these repeat infections are rare. by now we should have seen quite a lot of them if they were going to be regular, and we do know that with most coronaviruses the infection lasts a year or so, these are the common cold coronaviruses, so maybe protection will not be very long lasting, but the protection you might get from a vaccine would be expected to be much better than the protection you would get from the virus because the virus has ways of preparing the ground for its subsequent generations of itself. those don‘t apply with a vaccine. the vaccine just tunes up the immune system. so i don‘t feel discouraged by this description of this incident in nevada. people will feel encouraged listening to you. professor, thanks for joining encouraged listening to you. professor, thanks forjoining us. it's professor, thanks forjoining us. it‘s a pleasure.

birmingham city council says coronavirus swab kits that had already been used were mistakenly given out to households in selly oak as part of its testing service. about 25 kits were handed out yesterday. here is our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn. the drop off and collect testing scheme has been running in the city for several weeks since numbers started to go up. it is really to provide ballast to the testing strategy in certain hotspot areas. it does very much what it says on the tin, a volunteer knocks on your door and offers you a test, you can take it voluntarily, you then follow the instructions and 30 minutes later they come back and pick it up. yesterday, testing of this kind was concentrated in selly oak, that is a big student population and indeed where the highest amount of cases have been recently. it emerged that yesterday evening, about 25 of these kits which had already been used, were handed out to new households. basically, they are a flatpack kit with instructions

in them on what you do. you then seal the swab in a bag and build the box and hand it back. these were already built boxes that were given out. the students affected we‘ve been talking to say that actually they had no idea that that was the case and that some of them even went as far as to reuse the swabs. a boy came up to me and said his whole house used them. so fingers crossed, none of them were vulnerable. students have sort of been blamed slightly for the spike and now it's probably going to rise potentially further because of this mix—up. and it's not our fault. earlier, birmingham city council were saying they didn‘t believe there was any cross contamination of that kind but in a statement released in the last half an hour, they don‘t confirm that. they say, "we are aware a small number of tests "were mistakenly given out yesterday in selly oak. "as soon as it became apparent, we took steps "to rectify the mistake. "it‘s a vital part of helping tackle

the spread of covid. "the circumstances are being fully reviewed and any required changes "to the process will be implemented." kathryn stanczyszyn reporting. sir keir starmer‘s call for a short lockdown — or "circuit—brea ker" — in england follows the publication of official documents showing the government‘s scientific advisers called for tougher action three weeks ago. experts say greater restrictions could save thousands of lives. richard galpin reports. the situation across the country is increasingly bleak. current measures failing to stem this potent second surge of coronavirus. the seven day average is now 82 deaths per day, with some members of the government‘s scientific advisory group sage producing 400 deaths a day by early november. now they are calls for a circuit breaker, something the experts have wanted last month. it would be a short—term lockdown to slow the spread of the disease, potentially preventing thousands more deaths in the coming months. polls showing people would

agree to this. the idea that perhaps we should have some kind of short—term, national lockdown, so called circuit breaker, which would focus particularly on the closure of the hospitality industry. a couple of polls have gone out about this, and most of it found about 57% in favour and only about 18—25% against. a circuit breaker 2-3 weeks could potentially involve a variety of different measures, and whilst schools would remain open, nonessential offices and the hospitality sector would be shut down. people would be encouraged to work from home. the idea of the circuit breaker which is now being floated has already been looked into by the welsh government. this week we are having conversations with our scientists and our chief medical officer and it is a potential way

forward which we are actively considering, and in the coming few days we will need to make some choices about whether we are going to do that or not. many people are looking at the school half term as a potential way to introduce the breaker if we were going to do so. new data released today shows england, wales and scotland are amongst the nations with the highest number of excess deaths because of the first wave of the pandemic. experts say this shows how vulnerable our society is and our economy also is to the ill—health of the population. we have some breaking news. this relates to the trade relationship between britain and the eu. downing street says fisheries is still a big difference and that they need to get it settled. the prime minister will

need to take a decision on the next steps following the european council in the light of his conversation with the president of the commission and on advice from his negotiating team. that is ahead of an important meeting tomorrow. coronavirus restrictions are being stepped up across europe, as countries try to stem a surge in infections. the czech republic has announced the closure of schools, bars a nd restau ra nts for three weeks. in the netherlands, the government is introducing a one month long partial lockdown. police are patrolling the streets to stop people from leaving their

neighbourhoods in spain. we can now get more from madrid. this is an early night by spanish standards. last orders now at 10pm, and no—one is allowed to leave or enter the city, unless it‘s essential. but with the rules chopping and changing for weeks, people are tired and confused. all the time, we are breaking the rules and nobody cares. like, even the police, they don‘t say anything. very soon after spain reopened, cases surged, giving madrid the highest levels of coronavirus in europe. yet thousands have come out to protest against the latest measures. many are angry their sacrifices have been squandered.

people in madrid are fed up. they have already been through the strictest lockdown in europe, and here they are again, with their movement being restricted. they want instead for the government to be focusing more on other measures to control the virus, so more tracing, more testing, more doctors. but getting spaniards to eat before their 10pm curfew is a tall order. many restaurants haven‘t even bothered to open, and julian says they‘lljust continue the night back at his. as patience erodes, it‘s clear countries will need much more than just rules and restrictions. jean mackenzie, bbc news, madrid. now to the situation in the netherlands. the country has some of the most rapidly increasing infection rates in the world. people are being asked to work from home and to limit social interaction to a maximum of pounds people, and the biggest changes apply to the hospitality industry.

no more moments like these. for at least four weeks bars a nd restau ra nts in the netherlands will be closed. and shops are banned from selling or delivering alcohol after 8pm. they will stop traffic and there is lots of traffic when you go out to the hospitality. i understand that we need to close down with the figures at the moment. but i think it‘s part of the solution. of course it‘s tough. you want to do the thing that you love and the 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 me at parliament. until recently, it felt almost as if the virus had vanished here and now the netherlands is introducing what are among some of the toughest restrictions in europe. the u—turn couldn‘t be more dramatic. as serene as it may seem, the numbers here are startling. there have been nearly 44,000 newly—registered cases of coronavirus in the past week, a 60% rise on the previous seven days. translation: so what we're doing now is saying there are fewer places where you can gather. no more 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 know, you can get it over with quickly. but in practice, it will be really, really difficult in the netherlands because we attach so much value to civil liberty, privacy.

more of a lock up in houses. i find it really 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 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. france is also expected to announce more restrictions today. cities considered to be coronavirus hotspots including paris could face cu rfews. hotspots including paris could face curfews. there are warnings that hospitals in paris could have 90% of the intensive care beds filled by the intensive care beds filled by the end of the week. we can now have a look at the weather. we can expect plenty of dry weather over the next few days but it won‘t

a lwa ys over the next few days but it won‘t always be desperately sunny and at the moment we have some showers in the moment we have some showers in the mix. this is how it looks on the coast in suffolk. high pressure sitting to the north at the moment and low pressure still fairly close by to the south—east, driving a north—easterly wind and a weather system here bringing showers from the east towards the west, the showers getting into parts of east wales, the west country and north west england, as we go through the day. those showers are blown alarm onafairly day. those showers are blown alarm on a fairly brisk north—westerly breeze and temperatures as we head into the first part of the evening around ten, 11—12, and through the evening and tonight, we have a few showers, and they will become confined increasingly to eastern and south—eastern parts of the uk. at the same time a lot of cloud filtering into north—east scotland and the occasional fog patch. temperatures dipping to around 2—3 but most places will be between 4—7,

and then into tomorrow, a few showers, south—east scotland and eastern england, and some of them could stream over kent at times, but the further west, drier and with spells of sunshine. the further north and east especially over scotla nd north and east especially over scotland you can expect a lot of cloud. top temperatures ranging from ten in aberdeen and 14 in plymouth. friday, similar day, quite a lot of cloud, and that could be thick enough to produce the odd spell of rain and there will be some sunny spells all the same. temperatures are still struggling, 11—13, and then at the weekend, it looks like a settled story. the best of any sunshine likely to be found over western areas. a lot of cloud and it will stay fairly cold. especially over northern parts of scotland, as we head into sunday, some patchy rain here. into next week, a big

change on the way, low pressure from the south, and another low coming from the north—west, and it looks as if one of them will win out and it will turn much more unsettled next week with some heavy rain and some strong winds.

this is bbc news. i‘m reeta chakrabarti. the headlines: tough new measures to combat coronavirus in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will serve takeaways only for four weeks and schools will shut for two weeks from monday. we fully appreciate that this will be difficult and worrying news for a lot of people. the executive has taken this decision because it is necessary, and we discussed the impact in great detail. the prime minister denies labour claims that he is ignoring scientific advice about a short lockdown in england, and insists that local measures will work. government health officials are due to meet this afternoon to discuss the possibility of greater manchester, lancashire and other areas joining the top tier. the mayor of greater manchester says

this would be unacceptable. it would be preferable to go for a national circuit break option, rather than this regional approach which we have real doubts about whether it will work. criticism of crowds in liverpool city centre last nightjust before the area entered the highest level of restrictions. shameful scenes from a minority of people. it doesn‘t help anyone, it only risks making the situation worse. birmingham city council confirms a number of used coronavirus swab kits were given out to households in the district of selly oak. and as countries around the world grapple with how to contain a second a second wave of the virus, we look at how europe is coping.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. the northern ireland government has imposed tough new restrictions for four weeks to try to curb the spread of covid—19. the first minister, arlene foster, said the decision was difficult and that she didn‘t shy away from the huge impact they would have on people‘s lives. schools will be closed for a fortnight from next monday, extending the half—term break by a week. pubs and restaurants will also see new restrictions. off—licences and supermarkets will have to stop selling alcohol at 8pm. meanwhile, the new three—tier system of measures has come into force in england. the liverpool city region has the toughest curbs, with pubs and bars that don‘t serve food being forced to close. the new system has come into force

in england. officials are discussing whether manchester, lancashire and other areas of northern england should also face the same restrictions. the prime minister has clashed with the labour leader in the commons, after sir keir starmer called for a two or three—week circuit—breaker lockdown across england to slow the infection rate. ourfirst report is from northern ireland, and our correspondent, chris page. half term has been doubled. schools will shut for two weeks, not one, as they regularly do over halloween. pupils will be off from monday, an unexpectedly early start to the break. i suppose it is timely given that numbers are rising, or beginning to rise. however, what i would say is that it‘s always good to get a bit of notice, so you can make plans and contingency plans. we have a lot of children taking free school meals, things like that that you have to check out in the background, and make sure those children are going to be catered for. it can‘t be done just instantly. the devolved governments made a number of other decisions. forfour weeks, pubs and restaurants will have to close,

except for takeaways. close contact services such as hairdressers and beauticians will also shut. organised sport can‘t take place apart from at elite level. but this isn‘t a full lockdown. shops will stay open, and so will gyms for individual training only, and people will still be able to attend places of worship. i call the first minister... the first minister said the measures are supposed to do maximum harm to the virus and minimum damage to people‘s life chances. we fully appreciate this will be difficult and worrying news for a lot of people. the executive has taken this decision because it is necessary and we discussed the impacts in great detail and we do not take this step lightly. the worrying background to the moves is a picture of rapidly growing infections, increased hospital admissions, and in recent days, some signs that deaths have been rising. derry city and strabane council area in the north west has the highest infection rate of any region

in the uk. the numbers are going very much in the wrong direction. and my clinical colleagues are telling me they are very concerned. so it is timely to have this intervention. there is huge difficulty making the balance, getting the balance right between stopping the virus transmission throughout the society and at the same time not destroying the economy. the hospitality industry in particular has been warning that new restrictions could be disastrous for people‘s livelihoods. we feel that the current situation is really untenable and the government message is very mixed. we do provide a service, both economic and in the societal sense, but it is very difficult for us to trade in any viable manner under these circumstances. ministers will meet on thursday to discuss how to provide financial help. this isn‘t a return to the shutdown of the spring, but it is another covid crunch point for families, businesses and the health service.

and chris is in belfast for us now. northern ireland is now effectively imposing the most stringent measures in the uk. that's right, ministers here in belfast have gone further than their counterparts elsewhere in the uk in deciding what they need to do to stop the spread of the virus. but the reaction from the businesses who will be affected, as you can imagine, has been strong in some quarters, particularly in the hospitality industry, which is already having a difficult year. this is the cathedral quarter in belfast, usually the hub of the city‘s night life, and it is going to feel very different for the next four weeks given that pubs and restau ra nts four weeks given that pubs and restaurants will have to shut apart from takeaways and deliveries. to give you an idea of how difficult it has been for the industry, this pub,

the duke of york, is usually a very popular place for people to meet and have a few drinks. but the company that owns it has been having such a tough time financially that it has put 100 staff on notice of redundancy and the bar hasn‘t opened at all since it had to shut at the beginning of the main lockdown in the spring. so senior figures in the hospitality industry have said they face a complete disaster if financial assistance isn‘t provided to get them through will be an even rougher period over the coming months. many thanks. marianne hood is chair of the institute of hospitality in northern ireland. listening to our correspondent talking about the impact on hospitality, i suppose you would agree with what he is saying? yeah,

this is a devastating day for northern ireland hospitality. it‘s really serious now. and the four—week closure will probably be the final nail in the coffin for the hospitality industry as we know it in northern ireland. we think it's as bad as that? absolutely. we have already seen hundreds ofjob losses. we are now going to see thousands of job losses. we have faced a challenge after challenge and we have met it. we would question the evidence produced. there hasn‘t been anything produced to say it is within the hospitality industry that the spread is coming from. and that makes it very difficult. we are a very regulated business. we have tried very hard and we are continuing to do so. our main priority will always be to keep customers and staff safe. but the

scientists say it is social contact that spreads the virus, as you know, and social contact happens in hospitality settings. it does, but we are putting in place social distancing and sanitation measures. we have always been a cleanliness conscious business. we understand the social settings are coming from households, and that is where the spread is coming from, we believe. what sort of support are you calling for? you say you fear thousands of job losses. will they not be mitigated to an extent by the support the chancellor was offering last week? i suppose it is about the messaging. today we have onlyjust found out about the closures. we are still not sure what the closures are, will be close at six o‘clock on friday or 12 midnight on thursday?

and we will not know about the financial support given us until tomorrow when there‘s decisions are made. we need to protect businesses and employees. some of the employees who have started work since lockdown are not entitled to the currentjob retention scheme. so we need something to keep people in positions. we need an extension to thejob retention positions. we need an extension to the job retention scheme, positions. we need an extension to thejob retention scheme, and we also need those operating costs of business is to be met. and we don‘t know how the 200 million that has been given to the executive is being divvied up at the moment. been given to the executive is being diwied up at the moment. so you need more detail. what have you been hearing from members? have you had people contacting you since this was announced ? people contacting you since this was announced? to give you an example, i can hardly keep up with the news myself because i‘m getting contacted all the time. everybody is so scared for the future and their employees.

we are resilient, but there is only so much we can take. we have risen to every challenge so far that we have met since 2020. the whole industry is worried in northern ireland at the moment. the first minister... i beg your pardon, i‘m going to stop there. thank you so much, marianne hood from the institute of hospitality. i am going to ta ke institute of hospitality. i am going to take you straight to the welsh first minister mark drakeford. work to be brought forward which would allow for devolved powers to be used to prevent people from travelling into wales from a high prevalence areas of the uk. he speaks welsh.

he speaks welsh. studio: we are now going to go straight to our correspondent thomas —— tomos morgan. -- tomos morgan. the first minister mark drakeford -- tomos morgan. the first minister mark dra keford has -- tomos morgan. the first minister mark drakeford has written to the prime minister twice now, asking for the prime minister to tell people in england, make it law that if they live in areas where there is a high prevalence of covid, they shouldn‘t be leaving areas in coming to areas

of wales that don‘t have a high number of covid cases such as in the north of wales or the west of wales. there was concern from the welsh government that if people were coming from northern areas such as liverpool and burnley, where there isa high liverpool and burnley, where there is a high prevalence, that they could create an increase of the virus in those areas of wales which haven‘t seen it so far. the evidence wasn‘t clear as to whether or not people coming from those high prevalence areas would create a surge in wales. but the welsh government has asked time and again from borisjohnson government has asked time and again from boris johnson if government has asked time and again from borisjohnson if he would make the change and the answer came back from westminster, which was no. said the first minister has made a decision that anyone coming into wales from a high prevalence area will be banned from coming into wales, because he says it‘s the best way to keep the people of wales say. and how is that going to be enforced? there are a few questions about whether it will be enforced on the border, whether people will be

checked when they get into the area, or will it be when they eventually stop in wales? obviously, it would be difficult to stop everyone that comes in, but there are currently local restrictions in 17 of the 22 local restrictions in 17 of the 22 local authorities in wales and those restrictions mean that people should not be leaving their local authority without a good reason. for example, if someone is out and about in a restau ra nt if someone is out and about in a restaurant or cafe with someone they do not live within a local lockdown area, they will be fined and sent home. so it will be interesting to see the detail on this. however, it isa see the detail on this. however, it is a blanket ban, something the first minister has been discussing for a while and something he has passed the authorities in westminster for an he felt there was no other option but to do this. after they buy the leader of plaid cymru adam price what the decision was, he has been backed by nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland. she says it is the correct decision and she backs mark

drakeford‘s decision to ban people from england from high prevalence areas from coming into wales. tomos, we have got used to check and response from the different nations of the uk during this covid—19 crisis, but this takes it to a new level. for a while now, when i have spoken to the first minister and others from the welsh government, they were becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of dialogue, they say, between westminster and cardiff. westminster authority to say there was a dialogue between different areas across the uk between the devolved nations. it is widely understood that that has changed recently. there has been more involvement and more meetings between the devolved nations, but from the start the first minister has said he would have preferred a morejoined up approach when it came to restrictions and everything to do with measures introduced because of

the outbreak. of course, wales and scotla nd the outbreak. of course, wales and scotland have been some of the most cautious when it came to easing lockdown restrictions, and this is perhaps another example of that by the first minister, potentially the most cautious again, doing what he believe is safest for the people of wales to limit the spread of the virus. if he thinks that reducing the number of people coming from high covid areas of england into wales is the way forward, that is what he believes is the right thing to do. the other interesting thing is the numbers in the local lockdown areas in wales are high lower than the high prevalence areas in england. so that has been up for discussion as well between the local authorities. but as you say, there has been a lack of dialogue between the devolved nations and it will be interesting to see whether the different nations come to an agreement on the circuit breaker or

if the nations decide to go their separate ways and do it themselves. many thanks. that was tomos morgan, our correspondent in cardiff. in the commons, the labour leader keir starmer accused the prime minister of rejecting the advice of scientific advisers who called for a short lockdown across england. borisjohnson insisted a regional approach would bring down the virus and he said he wanted to avoid the misery of another lockdown. jonathan blake reports. why are you ignoring the science, prime minister? as the debate about how to control coronavirus goes on, the prime minister left downing street to defend his case for the new tiered system of restrictions as it came into force in england. right, let us get under way, prime minister. the labour leader, who wants a time—limited tightening of the rules nationally, reminded the prime minister that he said he would be guided by the science. on september 21st, the government‘s own scientific advisers, sage, gave

very clear advice. they said a package of interventions including a circuit breaker will be needed to prevent an exponential rise in cases. why did the prime minister reject that advice and abandon the science? since he quotes the sage advice, i might just remind him that on page one, it says that all the interventions considered have associated costs in terms of health and well—being and that policymakers will need to consider analysis and economic impacts and the associated harms alongside this epidemiological assessment. borisjohnson accused his opponent of playing politics with the pandemic, an accusation thrown back at him. mr speaker, i know that for someone who has been an opportunist all his life, this is difficult... this is difficult to understand. the prime minister was pressed on how his strategy would work. the plan is the plan

that the right honourable gentleman supported on monday. the whole point, mr speaker, is to seize this moment now, to avoid the misery of another national lockdown into which he wants to go headlong, by delivering a regional solution. seizing on claims that the prime minister might change tack... why doesn‘t he do it now, save lives, fix testing and protect the nhs? everybody, mr speaker, can see what he's doing. labour have said it themselves. they see this, mr speaker, as a good crisis for the labour party and one they wish to exploit. we see this as a national crisis that we are going to turn around. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. birmingham city council says coronavirus swab kits that had already been used we re mistakenly given to households in selly oak as part of its testing service. about 25 kits were handed out yesterday.

earlier our correspondent, kathryn stanczyszyn, explained what happened. the drop off and collect testing scheme has been running in the city for several weeks since numbers started to go up. it‘s really to provide ballast to the testing strategy in certain hotspot areas. it does very much what it says on the tin, a volunteer knocks on your door and offers you a test, you can take it voluntarily, you then follow the instructions and 30 minutes later they come back and pick it up. yesterday, testing of this kind was concentrated in selly oak, that is a big student population and indeed where the highest amount of cases have been recently. it‘s emerged that yesterday evening, about 25 of these kits which had already been used were handed out to new households. basically, they are a flatpack kit with instructions in them on what you do. you then seal the swab in a bag and build the box and hand it back. these were already built boxes that were given out. the students affected that we‘ve

been talking to say that actually, they had no idea that that was the case and that some of them even went as far as to reuse the swabs. a boy came up to me and said his whole house had used them. so fingers crossed, none of them were vulnerable. students have sort of been blamed slightly for the spike and now it's probably going to rise potentially further because of this mix—up. and it's not our fault. earlier, birmingham city council were saying they didn‘t believe there was any cross—contamination of that kind but in a statement released in the last half an hour, they don‘t confirm that. they say, "we are aware a small number of tests were mistakenly given out yesterday in selly oak. "as soon as it became apparent, we took steps "to rectify the mistake. "it‘s a vital part of helping tackle the spread of covid. "the circumstances are being fully reviewed and any required changes "to the process will be implemented." kathryn stanczyszyn reporting. police had to disperse large crowds in liverpool last night, just hours before the new restrictions

there came into force. footage on social media showed people dancing in the city‘s concert square. liverpool city region is the only area of england in the top tier with the toughest rules. danjohnson sent this report. no matter which side of the mersey you‘re on, life got tougher this morning and people are getting used to new rules that are the strictest in the country. i think it is sensible, it is the right thing to try to quash it, but it is going to stay in the population. so soon as the rules are relaxed again, it will come back. this was one snapshot from liverpool city centre last night. limited gatherings, over quickly, but perhaps a hint of why extra restrictions are needed. pressure on hospitals is another factor. we are in a position where intensive

care units are running almost at over 90% capacity and we‘ve got to collectively as a community act together to defeat this virus and that means people leaving bars and young people playing an active part in restraining this virus. if we do not act together, we will all end up suffering in this kind of lockdown. with lower case numbers across the water on the wirral, dion is annoyed. if we did not have people like that behaving like that, we might not have the issues, the further restrictions that we now face. you‘re paying the price for what is going on across the water? 100%, yes, it is the other end of the scale. we've got the silly end of the scale and the extreme end of the scale. the government‘s new tiered system of alerts for england is now in force. most places are at the medium level, where the rule of six and ten o‘clock hospitality curfew

will both apply. which means no household mixing indoors but the rule of six will apply outdoors. the most severe level is very high and that means no mixing of households indoors or outdoors. pubs and bars will close unless they provide what is called a substantial meal. so far the liverpool city region is the only area put on this highest tier. but cases are also increasing across lancashire and greater manchester and people in parts of the county have been warned to expect even tougher restrictions. it's an inevitability with the higher rates of infection in most parts of the county area, it is inevitable that we will move into the third tier, it is really a question of when and how and we are working with government trying to put together a package of measures that will mitigate the impact, the inevitable impact on that particular sector of the economy. back in liverpool, here is another strange juxtaposition in these dark and troubled times.

the city is being used to film the new batman movie in a era that has redefined who we regard as superheroes and masked crusader is a part that we are all asked to play. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has said he would oppose his area being put under to three and a current terms. we will not cave in to all of the pressure thatis not cave in to all of the pressure that is being applied to us unless we can be given the clear evidence, but more than that, substantial financial support that is needed to protect our communities through this. we will not let them be levelled down by this government through the pandemic. and when i say substantial support, i am talking

about an 80% furlough guaranteed across all of the sectors that would be required to close. i am talking about an 80% furlough for all of those businesses who have experienced a major loss of trade as a result of the restrictions because of the choking off of footfall and the customer base. i am talking about a self—employment support scheme for the thousands of people who would need that, a scheme which would protect their income at the level it was protected at earlier this year. i‘m talking about a business support scheme that goes much further and compensate them for the levels of losses they are experiencing. but that hasn‘t been offered and that is why i am saying we will resist the pressure and we will oppose any move to push us into

tier three. that was the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham. a10—year—old boy from devon has raised more than £16,000 after sleeping outside in a tent for more than 200 nights. the tent was left to max by his 74—year—old friend and neighbour rick, who died in february. the money which max raised will go to the north devon hospice that cared rick and his wife in their final days. time for a look at the weather. it is sunshine and showers for most of us, mostly affecting england and wales tonight. many of the showers we re wales tonight. many of the showers were fade, but we will keep some, especially for eastern and southern coastal areas. towards the north of scotland, quite a lot of cloud rolling in. meanwhile, through the

central belt and southern parts of scotland, you could see the odd patch. most spots were held between four and seven degrees. tomorrow, cloud across a good part of scotland, rolling in from the north—east. still showers for some eastern and south—eastern parts of england. quite a few showers could line up with the north—easterly breeze. best of the sun shine out west. still feeling cool, and we ta ke west. still feeling cool, and we take that to feel with us into the weekend. but it will feel predominantly dry. there will be some sunshine, but generally quite a lot of cloud.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: tough new measures to combat coronavirus in northern ireland — pubs and restaurants will serve takeaways only for four weeks, and schools will shut for two weeks from monday.

we fully appreciate that this will be difficult and worrying news for a lot of people. executive has taken this decision because it is necessary. we discuss the impacts in great detail. wales bans visitors coming in from areas of england in the top two tiers of restrictions from friday — in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. the prime minister denies labour claims he is ignoring scientific advice about a short lockdown in england and insists local measures will work. but with government health officials meeting this afternoon to discuss the possibility of more areasjoining the top tier of restrictions, greater manchester‘s mayor calls the plans "fundamentally flawed". "shameful scenes" last night in liverpool according to the mayor for the region just before the area entered the highest level of restrictions. birmingham city council confirms a number of used coronavirus swab kits were given out

to households in the district of selly oak. and as countries around the world grapple with how to contain a second wave of the virus, we look at how europe is coping. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. as the premier league met today to discuss project big picture, culture secretary oliver dowden labelled it operation power grab as he made reference to the power the controversial reforms will hand the league‘s ‘big six‘ clubs, after addressinga select committee hearing today. the plans would provide a much needed £250 million bailout to help sides further down the pyramid. he said there needs to be more focus on simply securing a deal to help the lower league clubs who need it most. i have made clear my deep scepticism

and concern about this, both in terms of the provisions itself, where it seems to tend towards a closed shop for effectively, the six most powerful clubs in the premier league. but i think more importantly for government right now, there is a problem in football, which football is perfectly capable of resolving itself. when the premier league and the efl need to get together and do this deal. we know, from conversations i have had, that efl clu bs wa nt to conversations i have had, that efl clubs want to be allowed to go bust and there is resources there. but we need a comprehensive deal. i think it isa need a comprehensive deal. i think it is a distraction, at best, from that. england asssitsant coach chris powell‘s revelead how gareth southgate sought his advice when it

became clear england were likely to experience racist abuse in their european qualifying match against bulgaria last year. england became the first team to stop an international match when the players were subjected to monkey chants and nazi salutes in sofia.. i was spoken to a week before we went into camp for about half an hour on the phone. gareth asked me, if you were a player, what would you wa nt if you were a player, what would you want from me, your manager? i thought it was a great question because we had intelligence that we may suffer racism in bulgaria and we wa nted may suffer racism in bulgaria and we wanted to be well prepared. england will be without eric dierfor tonight‘s nations league match against denmark at wembley. the tottenham defender misses out with a hamstring injury, following their victory over belgium on sunday. england drew nil—nil away to denmark in their opening match at the beginning of last month. all the home nations play toda. wales are away

to bulgaria in sofia, the scene of that racial abuse suffered by england. northern ireland face norway in oslo, and scotland take on the czech republic at hampden park. exeter are preparing for saturday‘s champions cup final against racing 92 with england wing jack nowell set to be availale for selection he‘s recovered from a foot injury picked up in the semifinal win over toulouse last month. director of rugby rob baxter says the cornavirus outbreak in sale‘s squad last week has left everyone fearing another. we get tested on a tuesday morning. we get tested on a tuesday morning. we don‘t hear results until today, they come through around 5:20pm, —— 5:20am. immediately, if you have positive tests coming in, you have to deal with, not only are you were

to deal with, not only are you were to change selection if some of your front line go down, but you also have to check the track and trace procedure to see if other players may be removed from your selection. we have heard of a lot of positive coronavirus we have heard of a lot of positive coro navi rus tests we have heard of a lot of positive coronavirus tests of late. and just one rugby league line for you. salford red devils players lee mossop and mark flanagan can play in saturday‘s challenge cup final against leeds after testing negative for coronavirus. you can find more on that and the rest of those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport now it is time for your questions.

proposals for the reform of english football could have a "damaging impact" on the game, says the premier league. under the proposals, led by liverpool and manchester united, the english top flight would be cut to 18 teams. with me to answer the questions you‘ve been sending in on football is bbc senior sports news reporter laura scott and martin lipton, the chief sports reporter for the sun. we‘ve got some hotly contested questions here, as you can imagine. let‘s start with the question which asks, what‘s the likelihood of any of it goes through, with or without the catastrophic six voter majority clause? could you explain the clause then answer the question. at the moment, what happens is there needs to bea moment, what happens is there needs to be a 14 club majority. under that

big picture proposals, the bigger six clubs would get a bigger say. there would be a majority of six. there would be a majority of six. there have been concerns that this would effectively concentrate the power to the big six clubs because of these special voting powers. i think that‘s what this question is referring to. he is asking what is the likelihood of this going ahead? clearly, this has been one of the biggest sources of contention over the last 72 hours since plans for project big picture first emerged. this is something that the football supporters association took great issue with. the government, today, oliver dowden spoke to the committee and said that the overall project is

and said that the overall project is a power grab. that is because of this six vote part of the proposal. that seems to be a bigger source of contention and seems to be a deal breaker. whether it goes ahead without it, clearly, it is a major pa rt without it, clearly, it is a major part of project big picture. we know alternatives are likely to be put forward and this was always going to be something that needed further discussion. but it is very difficult to see project big picture going ahead with that power concentration element to it, going ahead under its current guise. a question here from someone current guise. a question here from someone who is not a fan of this project, he asks, how long until the english football league are getting 25% of nothing when the tv deals die

off and it‘s all streaming or pay per view which they are not entitled to under the offer? in truth, no one knows, because no one knows at this stage what the next tv deal will look like. it‘s a bit up in the air. if you recall, at the moment, the reve nu es if you recall, at the moment, the revenues are split between the domestic right, who are mainly sky, bt... and the overseas rights. the split is different over two halves of that. it seems unlikely there will be a domestic screaming deal for the majority of the games because there is no guarantee that the money will continue to be in place. there needs to be a certainty in income levels. i do think, however, as we saw in the project big picture ideas that the thought of streaming overseas market gains, is much more palatable. if it is

liverpool versus manchester united and you charge £5 per game that would be hundreds of millions each time if you stream it abroad. that would go directly and only into the pockets of the bigger clubs. this question asks, they would need 14 votes to get it through, why do they think the clubs outside of the big six would vote for it? this is an important point and arguably this is why it will take such a big compromise for the clubs to vote this through and why so many people see it as unlikely, because clearly a lot of people see that these plans favour those big six clubs and seem to count against the others. it

would be reduced from 20 clubs to 18 under these proposals so the other 11 were to be voting for a situation where two of them wouldn‘t be in the premier league. this is clearly something that the premier league will have to work through. there‘s been a meeting today and our understanding is that this proposal was raised. it was quite a tame discussion. there are signs that project big picture is already dad. what it is leading to is a wider discussion about english football. and the structure. it‘d be good to get them through the premier league. we have heard from insiders at west ham, who would be part of the nine longest serving clubs, and they

raised concerns about the project big picture. and the playerfrom aston villa said he didn‘t think that project big picture would be very popular. why are the big six in depicted by the media is the instigators in these proposals when it is actually only liverpool and manchester united ? it is actually only liverpool and manchester united? because as far back as last november, there were discussions between the clubs, how would we reshape the league, how would we reshape the league, how would we reshape the league, how would we depict the league if we started from scratch now? what is clear is that liverpool and united have freelance office and gone off of their own volition and drafted these proposals. why people are looking at the big six is because

they are the beneficiaries of the other players. some of them, are seen as very other players. some of them, are seen as very popular within the group. even if they don‘t feel they are palatable as clubs to the rest of the clubs. they are not unwilling for these things to be floated. they definitely were not the primary movers. that is clearly the reserve of liverpool and united. i think because of the concentration of power and the effective veto that would be given over, not only rules within the league, but the appointment of executive officers of the league, chief executive and the chairman. even the right to veto owners of other clubs. you can see why people are looking at the big six and pointing fingers. and related question, who decided to the big six were? surely there are lesser clu bs big six were? surely there are lesser clubs who feel they should

have been included over some who are there? this is an interesting mechanism that has developed from the project big six proposals. i‘m going to talk about the nine longest serving, and the mechanism decided what the metric is is the clubs who have been in the premier league for the longest seasons and they would get these nine special voting rights. clearly there is going to be some contention over whether that the nine is the correct nine to be picked. some of the bigger clubs who are not in that nine might think that they should be in there. one thing that hasn‘t been raised so far, andi thing that hasn‘t been raised so far, and i think is important to note, is the football association‘s golden share that they have to block any significant decisions and that is something that addresses a lot of these questions. that is that the football association to have the power to veto this proposal.

question from someone else, to the bigger clubs believe that alienating the fans with such obviously selfish motives will enhance the project an image of the game for generations to come? no, they want to make more money. simple as that. it‘s a way of changing the whole balance of the league in favour of a small cartel. manchester united and liverpool, in particular. some people may wonder why a club that is so frequently mobilised about itself but being special. this is extremely selfish and self motivated and self satisfying path. ithink and self motivated and self satisfying path. i think it will definitely cause friction and angst for many people. but if you are a clu b for many people. but if you are a club who have got huge wealth, like manchester united, but i having a poor time of the pitch, how can you

prevent yourself suffering, sorry having a poor time on the pitch. how can you prepare yourself to not suffer for the can you prepare yourself to not sufferfor the time on can you prepare yourself to not suffer for the time on picture shift those sappho take your place? if the ratio from top to bottom goes from one to1.6, to1.4. ratio from top to bottom goes from one to 1.6, to 1.4. united, who get millions and the ones at the bottom get millions alas, how can they possibly compete with manchester united? possibly compete with manchester united ? they can‘t. possibly compete with manchester united? they can‘t. it basically ring fences if you clubs over the rest. it turns english football into the type of systems we have in spain, germany, france... these

clu bs a re spain, germany, france... these clubs are already in the top ten wealthiest clubs in the world. all six that we are talking about are that wealthy. thank you so much. 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. one of the most important books in literary history, the first collected edition of william shakespeare‘s plays , known as the first folio , is being sold in new york this afternoon. it was published in 1623, seven years after his death, and contains 36 pieces of his work. only five complete copies of the first folio remain in private hands. paul edmondson is head of research and knowledge and director of the stratford—upon—avon poetry festival for the shakespeare birthplace trust. he is the author, co—author, and co—editor of many books and articles about shakespeare. hejoins me now.

that sold for a huge sum of money. is that what you were expecting? the last one sold in 2000 and 14 $4 million. what has been exciting about this sale is it is the first time that the book has come up for sale at auction. there are 235. one is on display every day when they visit shakespeare‘s birthplace. it is an iconic book. it‘s a desert island book. it has become extremely famous. it looks a bit like this. this is a facsimile. published by his friends and colleagues. the names of the actors are at the front of the book. it was put together mainly by his friends who were shareholders with him and acted with him. if it weren‘t for the first

folio, we wouldn‘t have half of shakespeare‘s plays. there would be no macbeth, nojulius caesar for example. it‘s an important book but it doesn‘t contain his sonnets and others. so it is not complete. why was it not printed in shakespeare‘s and lifetime? it was an extreme labour of love. it was complex to put together the remaining manuscripts. it was an enormous job. there is enormous variation between the early printed versions and divisions in the folio. it took yea rs divisions in the folio. it took years and years and years. by the time it was finished, shakespeare was seven yea rs time it was finished, shakespeare was seven years dead and it became a memorial volume. there are some

liberatory poems for shakespeare at the front of it in his memory. so many people will have the complete works of shakespeare on the book shelves but they won‘t have the first folio. what are the unique qualities about this edition? it's the first time shakespeare‘s plays are gathered together. it‘s like having the first edition of nearly all the shakespeare‘s plays. and first editions always have a cachet, they are always exciting. there were other iterations of this folio. but, of course, there are special things about having a first edition of anything. i know someone who was presented with a single leaf of the first copy as a retirement gift. there are various folios around the world in various states of repair or non—repair. one is in philadelphia ina library.

non—repair. one is in philadelphia in a library. the one that we look after in the shakespeare centre was presented to the pope in 1964 and he thought he was being given it as a gift. but it was taken away. we had to ask for it back diplomatically and we got it back. we think it is probably a blast copy. that‘s in the library in stratford—upon—avon. great history and story surrounding these things. thank you so much for that. it won a bafta and changed the landscape of scripted reality tv — but as the only way is essex turns 10, the county‘s tourism board wants to move away from the stereotypes the show created. it is releasing a new film, called this is essex — to show there‘s much more to be ‘well jel‘ about. our arts correspondent david sillito has been to brentwood — including a visit before lockdown in march — to find out more. we‘re in brentwood, essex.

it's like no other. it is like no other. he chuckles. we are in essex and this is harry and camille. do you know what i'd love to do one day? go pink. go that rose gold baby pink blonde. we should definitely do it! you might know harry if you‘re a fan of the only way is essex. i did some research on germany food. german food? yeah. and i saw that you eat frogs in germany. we don't... where did you get this from? france eats frogs and snails. i don't think i've ever been to germany and eaten a frog. that's the french. we met up earlier this year, before the era of social distancing to talk about essex and what it means to them. glamorous, shiny. glam, bubbly. easy—going. it‘s true. and i think everyone is like that. well, i think so. yeah!

everyone i know, my family, has a glamorous outlook on life. if i was going to become essex, what would you have to do to me? well, it‘s all about... well, we'd give you a spray tan. that would be the first thing. so you could be a nice golden shade. we'd sit you in the chair at camille's. are you suggesting i need a bit of work if i‘m going to be properly essex? maybe a little bit of foundation on you. a bit of bronzer. camille can do your highlights. of course, it is far from the full picture because there is another essex. a quaint essex, a charming essex, a definitely—not towie essex. and one they really want you to know about. this film attempts to show there is more to essex than spray tans and stilettos. we all have an essex accent...

"oh, my god, babes, seriously, this place is well nice, babes." which is what took me to meet nabila tejpar... come see for yourself and make up your own mind. ..rally driver and ambassador for essex. and we spoke as work began on this film, back in the days before covid struck. you‘re an ambassador for essex now. yes, lam, recently, in the last year. what does that mean? that means i promote the real essex, this kind of essex. this is the real essex? this is the real essex. i haven‘t seen so many thatched cottages and half—timbered houses almost anywhere else, it‘s amazing. it's beautiful, but no—one ever thinks of it like this. but it is a compliment, of sorts, to the programme that, ten years on, they need to say there‘s more to the county than

the only way is essex. david sillito, bbc news, brentwood. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. high pressure setting to the north of us at the moment. there will be a north—easterly wind and a little frontal system here bringing some showers from the east towards the last. showers will get a cross into parts of east wales, the west country, north—west england to go through the rest of the day. showers are being blown along on a fairly brisk breeze. as we head into the first part of the evening temperatures will be around ten, 11 degrees. these showers will be

confined to the eastern parts of the uk. at the same time, we see quite a lot of cloud across north—east scotland. there could be some patches of cloud across the central belt. temperatures will dip to between four and 7 degrees. one or two showers tomorrow, particularly across scotland, and england. the further west you are, we see dry weather and sunshine. the further west you are the better the weather. top temperatures will range from 10 degrees in aberdeen to 14 in plymouth. on friday there is a similar sort of day. they could be the odd light shower but there will be some sunny spells. temperatures will be around 12 celsius. as we had

into the weekend it looks like a settled story. the best of the sunshine will be in the west. there will be quite a lot of cloud and it will be quite a lot of cloud and it will stay fairly chilly. particularly cloudy across northern parts of scotland as we head into sunday there could be patchy rain. next week, there is a big change. low pressure in the south—west and high—pressure. there will be heavy rain and strong winds.

this is bbc news. the headlines: tough new measures to combat coronavirus in northern ireland. pubs and restaurants will serve takeaways only for four weeks, and schools will shut for two weeks from monday. we fully appreciate that this will be difficult and worrying news for a lot of people. the executive has taken this decision because it is necessary, and we discussed the impact in great detail. wales plans to ban visitors coming in from areas of england in the top two tiers of restrictions from friday in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus. the prime minister denies labour claims he is ignoring scientific advice about a short lockdown in england and insists local measures will work.

but with government officials meeting to discuss the possibility of more areas joining the top tier of restrictions, greater manchester‘s mayor calls the plans "fundamentally flawed". it would be preferable to go for a national circuit break option, rather than this regional approach which we have real doubts about whether it will work. criticism of crowds in liverpool city centre last night from the mayor of the region just before the area entered the highest level of restrictions. shameful scenes really from a minority of people. things like that do not help anyone. instead they have just made the situation worse. instead they have just made the situation worse. birmingham city council confirms a number of used coronavirus swab kits were given out to households

in the district of selly oak. a rare first folio of shakespeare plays has been sold at auction in new york selling under the hammer for 8.4 million dollars. the northern ireland government has imposed tough new coronavirus restrictions, which will take effect on friday forfour weeks. the first minister arlene foster said the decision had been difficult and she wasn‘t shying away from the huge impact they‘ll have on people‘s lives. schools will close for a fortnight, in an extended half—term break. pubs and restaurants will shut for a month and off licences and supermarkets will have to stop

selling alcohol at 8pm. in the past half hour, wales‘ first minister mark drakeford has said in order to prevent the spread of infection within the country, people from parts of england, scotland and northern ireland that have high rates of coronavirus will be banned from travelling to wales from friday. meanwhile, the liverpool city region has had the toughest curbs in england imposed, pubs and bars that don‘t serve meals now have to close, as the new three—tier system of measures has come into force. officials are discussing whether manchester, lancashire and other areas of northern england should also face the same restrictions. the prime minister has clashed with the labour leader in the commons, after sir keir starmer called for a two or three—week ‘circuit—brea ker‘ lockdown across england to slow the infection rate. our first report is from

chris page in belfast. half term has been doubled, schools we re half term has been doubled, schools were shut for two weeks and not one as they regularly do for halloween. pupils will be off from monday and unexpectedly early start the break. i suppose it is timely. however, what i would say is that it is a lwa ys what i would say is that it is always good to give notice that you can make plans and continue the plans. children and entitled to scoot free school meals. we have to make sure that those children are catered for. it can be done insta ntly. catered for. it can be done instantly. other decisions have been made. forfour weeks instantly. other decisions have been made. for four weeks pubs instantly. other decisions have been made. forfour weeks pubs and restau ra nts made. forfour weeks pubs and restaurants will have to close etc ta ke restaurants will have to close etc take a ways. close contact services such as hairdressers and beauticians will also shut. organised sport cannot take place apart from at league level. shops will stay open and so willjames for individual

training. people will still be able to attend places of worship. i call first minister. the measures are designed to do maximum harm to the virus and minimum damage to people‘s life challenges. this will be a difficult and worrying news for people. the executive has taken this decision because it is necessary and we discussed the impact is in great detail. we do not take the step lightly. the worrying background to the news is a picture of rapidly growing infections, increased hospital admissions and in recent days, some signs that debts have been rising. derry city and strabane council area has the highest infection area in any region in the uk. the numbers are going very much in the wrong direction and my clinical colleagues are telling me that they are very concerned. it is timely to have this intervention,

there is huge difficulty in making there is huge difficulty in making the balance and getting the balance right between stopping the virus transmission throughout the society and at the same time not destroying the economy. the hospitality industry has been warning that new restrictions could be disastrous for peoples livelihoods. we feel that the current situation is untenable and the government message is very mixed. we do provide a service, but economic and in a society sense, but it is very difficult for us to train in any viable manner under the circumstances. ministers will meet on thursday to discuss how to provide financial help. this is not a return to the shutdown of spring, but it is another covid crunch point forfamilies, businesses but it is another covid crunch point for families, businesses and the health service. bbc news, belfast. gerard keenan is the owner of dans bar in belfast. after six months of being closed, he was able to reopen the doors

of the pub three weeks ago. your thoughts about the new rules that come into effect on friday.|j don‘t even know where to start, we are devastated. i thought we were doing an outstanding job. our customers have been wonderful. it took time to find a fee and stick to the rules, but everybody was excellent and we were doing really well. arlene foster even mentioned a week and a half ago that she wanted to give praise and thanks to the hospitality industry for doing such a sterling job and she was proud of us a sterling job and she was proud of us and we have spent thousands and thousands of pounds this year getting the new screens and everything in and everything ready. and we have lasted three weeks. and after being closed for six months. it is soul destroying for us. the audience gets a sense of how does this dating that is for you. ——

devastating it is for you. you keep your customer social distance and do all the right things or absolutely, we we re all the right things or absolutely, we were not put anybody‘s lives in this danger. we have six young children and i would not want... if i thought we were training in an u nsafe i thought we were training in an unsafe manner i would not bring want to bring anything home to my children. my mum and dad are in their 70s and i haven‘t seen or spent time with them in a long while because we are trying to do the right thing. i thought we could if i didn‘t think we could do it in a controlled manner i wouldn‘t do so. i felt comfortable, my wife co mforta ble i felt comfortable, my wife comfortable and every body felt safe and that was the most important thing to us. may be doing it this way and closing things down i think it might have an adverse effect on everybody else. sure, and people

will understand what you mean by that. do you have any sympathy for those politicians who are having to ta ke those politicians who are having to take these tough decisions? of course, look, iwould not want take these tough decisions? of course, look, i would not want to do thejob. i‘m sure course, look, i would not want to do the job. i‘m sure they would not wa nt to the job. i‘m sure they would not want to be in our shoes either. but somebody has to make these decisions and these decisions are tough, they are super tough. but there has to be are super tough. but there has to be a fine balance. i think that is the thing that this sort of frightening us thing that this sort of frightening us for the future. they allowed us... us for the future. they allowed us... they opened the rest of the industry and july the 3rd and they did not open the wet pubs. give as an indicative date, another indicative date and then a third indicative date and then a third indicative date. they chose only to close at 10:30pm and closing the bar at 11pm. they haven‘t given us a chance and i do not envy their role, i understand the reasons behind it because, look, this thing is getting out of control but i understand the

reasoning behind it. ijust feel it may the hospitality industry is getting may be blamed too much here andi getting may be blamed too much here and i do not feel that we are where the blame should be parted. i don‘t think it should be parted at our door. yours is a public that does not serve food. that is the point that you are making there. ministers are due to meet later in the week to talk about what financial help can be given. what would you need? what would you need to keep paying your staff, to keep your business going for that four—week period that you are facing now and then, the other side? look, we had a small sale and then we open the food end of the hospitality industry injuly then we open the food end of the hospitality industry in july and from that period of time until the date we were averaging and 11 hundred pounds a week last. there

are thus a figure that we were losing and we have to pay our staff and to stay afloat. it is notjust that the longevity of this. the state of the industry is been left m, state of the industry is been left in, that is the difficulty for us. we have a mortgage on a home, obviously. like the vast majority of people we also have a mortgage in a pub in the bank of ireland have been really kind to us but they are also ina really kind to us but they are also in a business. and we can be crying and begging for more time. may be in the future, cutting the vat rate from 20 to a lower rate would be ideal. that might be abused. but what is a future going to be and will be there for us? that is a question that i cannot even take two seconds to think about. my goodness, gerald, you have been so articulate explaining everything to our viewers we wish you all the best. and the

family for the coming weeks. he is the owner of dance bar in belfast. —— dans ma. the welsh government is preparing to prevent people who live in areas of the uk with high levels of coronavirus from travelling to wales. the first minister mark drakeford said the action was being taken after borisjohnson did not reply to two letters requesting he introduce the measure across the uk. no letter from the prime minister has been received in reply to my request. i have therefore asked for the necessary work to be brought forward which would allow for devolved powers to be used to prevent people from travelling into wales from high—prevalence areas of the united kingdom.

our wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. explain to us what the plan is and how could it work, how could you please? i think much of the plan is still to be battered out but what we do know is that this announcement made today will come into force on friday evening just after 6pm and it will mean that areas and people from those areas where there is a high prevalence of the virus will not be able to enter wales. it has been suggested that areas, tier three area such as the north of england, areas with enhanced enforcement measures in scotland and potentially the whole of northern ireland after today‘s announcement will be banned from entering wales. the first minister said that the decision is one that has not been taken lightly and it is a decision that has been made to vent the spread of the infection within wales because there was a suggestion that people coming

to wales from areas such as the north of england where there has been and there still is a high number of coronavirus cases coming into areas of wales in the north where there isn‘t much is causing the spread there. but uk ministers say there is no definitive proof to prove that is the case and mr johnson was reluctant to accept the first minister‘s request to ban people from coming into wales and the first minister had warned that if that was not going to happen he was going to take matters into his own hands and this is what is now announced. how it would be policed, well, at the moment, people in wales, which there is many many 17 of the authorities in lockdown they cannot leave their areas otherwise they would be breaking the law without reasonable excuse. so that would technically be the same then after friday for people coming into wales from those high prevalence areas. willoughby police and the

border, would it be police checkpoints, we don‘t know the full limit. clearly more to come and that thank you very much. new figures have come through in the last few moments. the uk government has recorded 137 deaths with coronavirus stop just to recorded 137 deaths with coronavirus stopjust to explain, recorded 137 deaths with coronavirus stop just to explain, these are deaths that have occurred within 28 days of that person having a positive covid test. that is new figures which generally come through around this time in the afternoon. of course, context is everything, we need new context around that and we will try to speak to one of our

health correspondence in the next little while and get an update on that. but that is the new figure that. but that is the new figure that has just been sent through. let‘s talk about events in the commons. in the commons, the labour leader, keir starmer, accused the prime minister of rejecting the advice of scientific advisers who‘d called for a short lockdown across england. borisjohnson insisted a regional approach to tackling infections will bring down the virus and said he wanted to avoid the ‘misery‘ of another national lockdown. jonathan blake reports. why you are ignoring the science, prime minister? as the debate about how to control coronavirus goes on, the prime minister left downing street to defend his case for the new tiered system of restrictions as it came into force in england. right, let us get under way, prime minister. the labour leader who wants a time—limited tightening of the rules nationally reminded the prime minister he said he would be guided by the science. on september 21, the government‘s own scientific

advisers, sage, gave very clear advice. they said a package of interventions including a circuit breaker will be needed to prevent an exponential rise in cases. why did the prime minister reject that advice and abandon the science? since he quotes the sage advice i might just remind him that on page one it says that all the interventions considered have associated costs, in terms of health and well—being and that policymakers will need to consider analysis and economic impacts and the associated harms alongside this epidemiological assessment. borisjohnson accused his opponent of playing politics with the pandemic, an accusation thrown back at him. mr speaker, i know that for someone who has been an opportunist all his life, this is difficult... this is difficult to understand. the prime minister was pressed on how his strategy would work.

the plan is the plan that the right honourable gentleman supported on monday. the whole point, mr speaker, is to seize this moment now, to avoid the misery of another national lockdown into which he wants to go headlong by delivering a regional solution. seizing on claims the prime minister might change tack... why doesn‘t he do it now, save lives, fix testing and protect the nhs? everybody, mr speaker, can see what he's doing. labour have said it themselves. they see this, mr speaker, as a good crisis for the labour party and one they wish to exploit. we see this as a national crisis that we are going to turn around. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. let‘s speak to our political correspondent iain watson

is itfairto is it fair to say that this is a day where there really was a big political divide? we have had a degree of consensus around this enormous health issue facing the country but there is a division here. absolutely, and today is significant for that reason stop you heard of course the rather robust exchanges and attempts to call each other opportunists across the dispatch box with keir starmer and borisjohnson. it dispatch box with keir starmer and boris johnson. it is dispatch box with keir starmer and borisjohnson. it is not the dispatch box with keir starmer and boris johnson. it is not the first time the labour leader has criticised johnson. he said the failures as he sees another and trace and he has talked about the prime minister being slow to act. but today the significance was there was a real difference not in substance. for once the labour leader said he would go down a different route and effectively accusing the prime minister of sacrificing lives and saying the prime minister should act now to save lives. he said that this nationwide circuit breaker for two or three weeks. the prime minister

was then forced to defend his approach which is a regional approach which is a regional approach at this stage. but he had a slight difficulty of not being able to absolutely rule out any future national measures. but for now, borisjohnson national measures. but for now, boris johnson saying national measures. but for now, borisjohnson saying that national measures. but for now, boris johnson saying that we national measures. but for now, borisjohnson saying that we should target the areas where the virus is the most prevalent that includes liverpool, which he says are under stringent measures at the moment and continue that approach. keir starmer then says that we should have a nationwide, effective mini lockdown similarto nationwide, effective mini lockdown similar to the lockdown in the spring, with the exception of schools and colleges which would remain open. he is effectively in the position to criticise boris johnson in the weeks to come if the reproductive rate of the virus does not go beneath one. although today was significant in itself, we might be able to see the effects of that political schism playing out in the weeks and months ahead. thank you very much for now. let‘s discuss the

health and science of it will stop we can speak now to dr david nabarro the world health organization special envoy on covid—19. he‘s also co—director of global health at the institute of global health innovation, imperial college, london, and joins me now. thank you forjoining me. hello, how do you do? good to see you and thank you for your time. you will know that britain was my prime minister was to avoid the misery, as he calls it, of a national lockdown. is that a reasonable approach do you feel? of course it all depends on what we are talking about. in our language lockdown is when economic and social activity is stopped with a view to reducing to a very low number the individuals with whom each person is in contact each day. it is a very

dramatic way to reduce the spread of an infectious disease. in fact, it isa an infectious disease. in fact, it is a slightly unfortunate term because it is a term that is used when there is trouble in a security establishment. we understand why government governments are looking at the sort of option and we understand the interplay. but we wa nt to understand the interplay. but we want to stress to everybody that this virus is here to stay, it is not going to go away and it is a dangerous virus and the only way society is in our world are able to come to terms with this virus is if we can all be playing our part to keep it away from us and to protect those who are susceptible. so we will continue to suggest to every government that please do what you

can to tackle this problem through dialogue between people and authorities, through integrated local action and yes, when the situation gets really serious, through localised movement restrictions. but we really do encourage national lockdown to be used as rarely as possible and that is because we see extraordinarily bad consequences of lockdown. we are not saying let the virus go and do the problems it has to, no, we have got to hold the virus at bay but we need to find a way to do this through working together, cooperating. it is very distressing to see the issue becoming a political football. within the world health organization, we believe this is to serious an issue to be dealt with by political divide. it must be

unity at local level, national level and internationally. it is it is much too serious to be become political. fascinating observation. in terms of local actions, is it therefore justified when you have a city, any city, that is really suffering, rates are going up rapidly, putting hospitals under pressure, is that the sort of incidents where a lockdown is sensible or perhaps even inevitable? is that the right approach with the point being that you have to ease the pressure at that particular point in hospitals? again, if we can try to avoid this really unfortunate word lockdown and instead say what we would like to see happening. we hear that there are issues in the city of liverpool. we would encourage all the authorities in

liverpool, local government, local health services, local religious bodies, local sports clubs, health services, local religious bodies, localsports clubs, local employers, local community organisations, local mps to come together immediately and work together immediately and work together across political divides connected to national government to say where is the virus, who are suffering, why are they suffering and what can we do to stop transmission and prevent build—up? it just cannot transmission and prevent build—up? itjust cannot be done through political mudslinging. it must be everybody together. this is too serious and it is really serious and it will get worse. the uk should be able to do better and treated as instead of treating it as a political football. the audience will absolutely hear you on that. what, therefore, should those local leaders, how bodies, public health

officials be doing in those regions crop? should there be a renewed emphasis on the real basics here, the distancing, the hand washing, those things that we talk to us so much of the beginning? i'm so glad you mentioned this. we know that from all the evidence that has been collected around the world that if people practice physical distancing, wear face masks when people practice physical distancing, wearface masks when indoors especially, do proper personal hygiene and hideaway and be isolated when they are sick, and we thought we protect the people who are older and have got other diseases, we reduce transmission. we must do it everywhere all the time, without fail. it is not a political issue. this virus does not vote. itjust wa nts to this virus does not vote. itjust wants to attract people. secondly, we have to be able to test to find where the virus is. and then to isolate people with the disease. and then at the same time we have to

trace their contacts. that is why we need the local action. we need the local organisations because that is how you can do this delicate detective work and contact tracing thatis detective work and contact tracing that is so important. and then thirdly, we must have local integration. there should be a group meeting perhaps everyday, perhaps even twice a day to get everybody together to deal with this problem. it isa together to deal with this problem. it is a common enemy and we all have to work on it. i am so struck by everything you say there and the way you say it and i do not for a second wa nt to you say it and i do not for a second want to suggest that tackling this is simple. we know it is not and you have made a point at the beginning that this is with us for the long term. when you take it down to brass tacks like that, you are saying let us tacks like that, you are saying let us go back to the beginning let‘s remember the public health message. is that a government responsibility? not a political point but a government responsibility to remind

individuals of their personal responsibility. public health is about people, people coming together and solving problems. look at how the world dealt with the courage of diseases in water because of contamination. look how the world has dealt with sexual transmission of hiv causing aids. you do not deal with this through instructions from the top. you deal with it because you want to deal with it because you believe in it. it is inside you. this approach to dealing with the virus by trying all the time to do it through instructions and regulations can work in the short term. but because this virus is with us, we as humans have to be able to deal with it. you have got it so right. getting health message across, getting everybody working on it is key. then the economy will be strong. then we can get back our social lives and then we can go

watch football matches. but until we get the health part right we are going to go on stumbling and i am afraid lurching from one situation to another. that is my message to everybody and it is my message to everybody and it is my message to everybody in europe and in the world that this is a global issue will stop it is notjust in parts of britain are part of europe. it is everywhere and we‘ve all got to work on it. to stop competing and it together. thank you very very much for your time doctor. professor at global health at imperial college london and special envoy to the world health organization. absolutely fascinating interview with him. much more coming up on the subject of course in the next half an hour. in fact before we take a look at the weather prospects as we generally do at this time. i‘m just going to bring you a few more an extra piece of data that has come

through. it is one that i was talking to the doctor about there. asa talking to the doctor about there. as a new government figures. 19,724 is now the confirmed number of coronavirus cases across the uk. a further 19,724 lab confirmed cases of coronavirus. those figures as of nine o‘clock this morning. those are the latest figures just through. as i say, more on that to come and more context around those figures that have emerged in the last half an hour as well. we will, as promised, catch up with the weather. and they come from ben. as we go through tonight many of the showers will fade and we will keep some especially for eastern and

southern coastal areas and up towards the north of scotland quite a lot of cloud on his way in here and meanwhile through the central belt driven parts of scotland we could see the odd four patch this will related see the lows of the temperatures as well. most bots will hold between four and 7 degrees. into tomorrow love that is going to move its way in across good part of scotla nd move its way in across good part of scotland rolling in from the north east. still some showers for eastern and south—eastern parts of england. quite a few showers could line up with a north—easterly breeze there across kent was the best of the sunshine out west. still feeling cool sunshine out west. still feeling cool, ten to 14 degrees and we take that cool feel with us into the weekend. it will be predominantly dry. there will be some sunshine 02:31:40,394 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 generally but quite a lot of cloud.