this is bbc news i'm rebecca jones. the headlines. the labour mayor of greater manchester fights back against government plans to put the area in the "very high" coronavirus alert category. they are asking us to gamble our residents‘sjobs, homes and businesses and a large chunk of our economy on a strategy that they make their own experts tell them might not work. millions of people in england face tougher coronavirus restrictions from this weekend — with no households mixing indoors. we know from the first peak that the disease can spread fast ——infection and puts huge pressure on the nhs, so we must act now to prevent the need for tougher measures later on.

london, essex, york and parts of surrey, derbyshire and cumbria will move from the medium to high alert level from saturday. the pub chain marston‘s is to cut more than two thousand jobs, saying it's been badly hit by the coronavirus restrictions. and, the queen carries out her first engagement outside a royal residence for 7 months. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused the government of setting parts of the north of england up to be the "canaries in the coalmine" for an experimental regional lockdown strategy. ministers want to move greater manchester and some other

areas to england's highest covid alert level, which would involve the closure of pubs which don't serve meals, and different households banned from mixing, except in public outdoor spaces where the rule of six applies. across the country, twenty eight million people across england will be living under the two highest alert levels from this weekend — with london, essex, parts of surrey and derbyshire — alongside york and barrow—in—furness all facing tougher restrictions from this weekend — with a ban on households mixing indoors. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. it's already been several months of people in manchester have been living under extra coronavirus restrictions. the government wants to see them tightened even further to see them tightened even further to move the city onto the very high alert level. it would mean many pubs and bars would have to shut com pletely and bars would have to shut completely and families and friends could never meet up even outdoors apart from places like pubs. despite

days of discussions, downing street has failed to convince local leaders to agree. that is why we have unanimously opposed the governments plans for tier three. they are flawed and unfair. they are asking us flawed and unfair. they are asking us to gamble our residentjobs, homes and businesses and a large chunk of our economy on a strategy that they are our own experts tell them might not work. we would never sign upfor them might not work. we would never sign up for that. manchester mps aren't convinced either at a call with minister didn't change their mind. the meeting we had earlier today was entirely pointless. it may as well talk to a wall, quite frankly. when are we going to be properly concerted, learn about measures to the right channels rather via the media. there was unanimous fury about the process, about the evidence base and the

economic support packages on the table. we want action but it has to be the right action because we've lived in tier two for nearly three months and it's not work. liverpool is still the only place on the very high covert alert level. by the weekend more than half the population of england will be on at least the next level down, high alert. that's where meeting friends and family you don't live with his band anywhere indoors. places joining that lives in essex, york, barrow and furness, chesterfield and ambridge in surrey as is london with its 9 million residents. we must ta ke its 9 million residents. we must take a firm and balanced decisions to keep this virus under control. this is the only way to protect lives and livelihoods. and we must act now, delayed action means more deaths from covid, it means more noncovered deaths and it means more economic paint later. because the

virus comes down slower than it goes up. unlike manchester, the london mayor did want the new restrictions. although he would still prefer a national lockdown. but some london mps think including the even the whole city is too much. is this in fa ct whole city is too much. is this in fact eight london wide tier two to stop the north, south divide argument? ultimately the government canjust argument? ultimately the government can just imposed restrictions on an area. it's not to be more effective is local leaders back then. now labour is pushing for a short national lockdown that the scientific advice is recommended this even greater pressure to show that its decision to go different but they say is more balanced plan will work. the government has offered a package of support to areas where it wants stronger restrictions. but is coming under pressure to come up with a lot more if it wants to bring local leaders on side. newsjustin, news justin, the government newsjustin, the government is just announced that it is removing italy from its saved travel list. we don't

have any other details at the moment but there is a tweet from the transport secretary. travel corridor update, we are removing italy. the vatican city site and san marino from the hashtag travel corridor outlets. that will mean that people returning from italy will need to quarantine on their return. that news just coming into us. quarantine on their return. that newsjust coming into us. will quarantine on their return. that news just coming into us. will bring you more details as we get them. will bring you more details as we get them. our political correspondent in westminster is nick eardley. i'm not going to ask about that because literally that news has just been announced. i'm not expecting you to have more detail. let's talk about these increased restrictions and the resistance of the mayor of manchester to them. what sort of problems does not pose for the government? look, ithink problems does not pose for the government? look, i think it's problems does not pose for the government? look, ithink it's quite clear that andy burnham and other local leaders in greater manchester are absently furious about the way this is panned out. you could see it

in that press statement he gave earlier. that he thinks that the economic package is far from earlier. that he thinks that the economic package is farfrom enough and it's a hugely detrimental impact on the local economy. we need to point out that ultimately this decision is one from ministers in london. the government can't decide to ignore what local leaders are saying. but it's desperate to avoid that. there are a couple of reasons, one is, there have been quite frankly, stung by the accusation that there are different standards being imposed in the north of england compared to the south. the second,is england compared to the south. the second, is that they want to get that by and they want to share some of the responsibility. they don't wa nt of the responsibility. they don't want all of the decisions being made down here. nor all of the blame being attributed to them if it goes wrong. but it seems to me we are quite a long way off getting that agreement in greater manchester. it's far from clear whether that

means that there is plans to put greater manchester area into tier three are on hold or where the negotiations will continue. remember, there also talks going on about lancashire. there is a real concern about the rise in numbers of the virus they are. my understanding is that those conversations continue. it's possible that that could still move today. although local leaders in the lancashire cou nty area local leaders in the lancashire county area don't know for sure whether that will happen. but there does seem to be a bit more negotiation going on there. seems to be moving in the right direction. with greater manchester there is a huge row now going on between the local area and managers here and london. ijust want local area and managers here and london. i just want to bring you local area and managers here and london. ijust want to bring you an update on those travel restrictions. the people arriving in england from italy, san marino and vatican city state from 4am on saturday not

sunday, 4am on sunday the 18th of october will now need to self—isolate for two weeks as the countries are removed from the travel corridors a list. and that tweet that we were shown you earlier from the transport secretary. so from the transport secretary. so from 4am on sunday the 18th of october people will have to self—isolate for two weeks if you are arriving from those countries. but passengers arriving in england from crete, the greek island of crete, will no longer need to cite isolate. provided that they haven't been or transited isolate. provided that they haven't been or tra nsited through isolate. provided that they haven't been or transited through any countries in the 14 days was up if you been to italy, or coming back from italy you well. so let's remind you of what the new covid alert levels in england mean. until today most areas had been put on the ‘medium alert level‘, where the rule of 6 and the iopm hospitality curfew the ‘high level‘ of

restrictions mean no household mixing indoors, and the rule of 6 applying outdoors. the most severe alert level is ‘very high‘ — meaning no mixing of households indoors or outdoors — that includes homes, private gardens and hospitality venues. people are allowed to meet in groups of 6 or less in certain outdoor public spaces, such as parks. pubs and bars must close unless they provide what‘s called ‘substantial meals‘. the latest figures from the government show that as of thursday, there have been a further 18,980 positive coronavirus cases in the uk. another 138 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus, which brings the uk total to 15,293. well as we‘ve heard,

millions of londoners will face new restrictions from midnight tomorrow. the capital, and essex, will move into the high level — banning any mixing of households indoors. london‘s mayor sadiq khan says the virus is spreading rapidly in every corner of the city — and insists the new measures are vital to save lives. our correspondent anna o‘neill reports. cheering and applause. it was like piccadilly circus, in fact, it was. when pubs and clubs shut at 10pm last weekend people continued their night out on the street until police moved them on. like other london venues, the soho club gay has sacrificed much to stay open and the announcement today is adding more confusion as to what the new measures will mean. what we need is, is for the government to work with hospitality, work with other businesses, to make everybody safe, but to make things workable, and this tier two regulations

are completely unworkable but nobody is working with us to make it workable. london‘s coronavirus cases are on the rise and the london mayor says that moving into tier two is right. nobody wants to see more restrictions, but this is deemed to be necessary, in order to protect londoners by myself, london council leaders and ministers. and this is why. the latest figures show at least three london boroughs are above the threshold of 100 cases per 100,000. in ealing, there were more than 144 cases per 100,000 people, in richmond, more than 137, and in hackney, more than 128. in greenwich, there were 73 cases per 100,000 and in bromley, just 70. bexley has the fewest cases of covid—19 but its council leader agrees that going into the highest risk tier is for the best. it became a case of when,

not if, and hopefully, by going in that bit earlier, we can turn it around. for the mayor and others the measures do not go far enough. some politicians would like to see a short nationwide lockdown. if we don‘t act with greater determination, following the advice of the scientists, it is going to get worse, that‘s why liberal democrats, having read the advice of the sage experts, believe that now is the time for a short national circuit—breaker. that is not going to happen for now, but further local restrictions across the uk haven‘t been ruled out. anna o‘neill, bbc news. joining me is the labour leader of the london borough of hammersmith & fulham, stephen cowan. the council saw 112 cases per 100 thousand people in the latest week to october the 11th, very good evening to you and thanks for joining us. do you welcome this moving of london into the high alert

level? yes, i think it's essential. for some time now we‘ve seen the infection rates growing exponentially was up which is a very alarming word to hear from health professionals in london. it‘s essential we have the breakdown. because that‘s very least that should be happening. i think we are doing it a little bit too late. and we need to and will move to a full circuit breaker over the next two weeks. because the essential thing is we cut this contagion in his truck. if we do this we can stop it from being a dreadful winter. we can protect businesses and we can save lots of lies. i think that's where we had to do. what support have you been promised to from businesses in your area they are? it's very sketchy. the chancellor has announced a series of support where sam is ben goodsumm hasn‘t gone far enough. what you‘re looking at now is retail and hospitality businesses, entertainment businesses

looking at shutting down and never opening up again. so i think that makes it all the more important we have a circuit breaker. because we cana have a circuit breaker. because we can a surgical approach where we close the operation down, the government needs to stepped in and from those businesses in those two weeks was up and that i think will protect us for a significant part of winter. but the support quite frankly at this stage does not go far enough. we are deeply worried about the numbers of people likely to be unemployed. and indeed the number of businesses that are likely to close down. we can stop it but we need much more robust action. that's what the government would argue that it too is worried about the economic impactand it too is worried about the economic impact and that‘s why, one of the reasons anyway, that it‘s not arguing fora reasons anyway, that it‘s not arguing for a full circuit breaker lockdown. because it‘s got to try and balance lives and livelihood. isn‘t it therefore a targeted approach of targeting those areas with the highest rate of infection the right way forward? with the highest rate of infection the right way forward ?|j with the highest rate of infection the right way forward? i think the right way forward at the moment is to stop the contagion in his tracks.

if you look up to the week up to the 7th of october, look at the number of people infected grew. for thousand 998 a week before. if that carries on through the winter we really are going to have a calamity. other cities like barcelona, they‘ve gone for the circuit breaker. i think that‘s the right thing to do. what a circuit breaker does is it allows us to have greater control now, before we lose control. it allows us to get the testing and place was quite frankly disappeared over the summer. under tracing for top and it allows us to stop the contagion growing at the superfast rate it‘s doing at the moment. that‘s the best way to protect businesses. and if government then steps in, it‘s only got two weeks to support businesses rather looking at a winter of calamity. which is currently what we‘re heading towards. why do you think the numbers are so high and london? lots of different reasons. i think when people write the history books i don‘t think they will think the government done a good job of controlling theirs. they‘ve been

very slow to get on top of it at all the different points. london is a global city and we are facing a global city and we are facing a global pandemic. we have been able to test and trace quite a lot of the people been effective, it‘s up without a doubt a lot of that infection have from people who‘d been on holiday or socialise in pubs and so it‘s a close human contact. therefore wearing a mask becomes the essential thing whenever you‘re indoors and whenever you‘re moving about indoors in a public space. i think the onus is on supermarkets and pubs and shopkeepers to make sure they police that very tightly. we haven‘t done so far and we are really are and with what‘s out needed is a circuit breaker. that‘s the best way of protecting people. and it‘s also the best way of protecting businesses. a two—week window we have to support those businesses. we must leave it there. good to talk to you, thanks. where

ever you are across the uk if you wa nt to ever you are across the uk if you want to check the rules in yourarea in your area now you can search by postcode. and we will be speaking to conservative mp lee rowley later this hour you can search by postcode. and wherever you are across the uk, if you want to check simon emeny is the chief executive of fullers, which runners over 100 pubs in london. hejoins me now. very warm welcome to the program. i appreciate these are difficult times for you. what‘s your reaction first of all to the decision that london is going to be moved into the highest tier? i ask that question because i know you have a large number pubs in the capital. we do. we have 50 pubs in central london and more when you get towards the suburbs. i‘m very disappointed. we‘ve served now 3 million customers since we reopened our pubs on the 11th ofjuly.

since we reopened our pubs on the 11th of july. we‘ve since we reopened our pubs on the 11th ofjuly. we‘ve the 5000 collea g u es 11th ofjuly. we‘ve the 5000 colleagues in the business dividing work into a lot of families. we‘ve had five colleagues contract covid since the 11th ofjuly. all of them have made a full recovery. and we had no reported incidents of covid in any of our pubs. we follow the regulations meticulously, spent a lot of money on cleaning and processes to make sure that pubs are the safest basis for people to go and socialise was up so this is really, really disappointing news and for the whole sector. disappointing news. what impact do you think it is likely to have given the news we‘ve had from marstons today of the loss of more than 2000 jobs? i'll choose my words carefully when i say disappointing news. the sector has worked with government through all of this. we want to play an important role in the recovery from the virus. we‘ve already announced that we are in consultation with up to 500 of our colleagues. the industry has nearly

1 million people still on the furlough scheme that is going to expire in two weeks‘ time. and i think the announcement today that our capital city is going into tier two, which essentially is closure by another and everything but name. it's another and everything but name. it‘s going to buy hundreds of thousands of jobs it‘s going to buy hundreds of thousands ofjobs at risk. particularly amongst young people. and it‘s going to be devastating for so many people. i think the governments still has time to review this decision that they have made to not provide financial support to staff affected by closures in tier two. in terms of what would make a difference, are you basically calling for an extension of the furlough scheme? in tier two what we‘re being told is that our customers can‘t socialise with their friends, or colleagues, they can‘t go on friends, or colleagues, they can‘t goona friends, or colleagues, they can‘t go on a date. and it‘s going to be very challenging for us to sector in london to operate pubs. particularly right in the center. we don‘t want to see colleagues made unemployed.

we think that has an enormous mental health issues. it has big problems for society. and what the chancellor need to do is follow through on what he said on monday night which is he said he wanted to replicate systems in western europe tickly germany, france and spain. and he simply not doing that. many pubs in tier two will be temporarily, economically unviable. going to have to lay off all the staff and staff are not going to get access to the job support scheme. it‘s essential that the furlough scheme is extended. countries invested so much money did in protecting jobs to come this far and they need to see this through. chief executive of fullers, we are grateful for your time. chief executive of fullers, we are gratefulfor your time. thanks chief executive of fullers, we are grateful for your time. thanks for joining us on bbc news. staying with the implications for the hospitality sector. let‘s speak to two more people directly impacted by the new restrictions in london. peter lloyd is the chef patron

and owner of sticky mango restaurant near waterloo and by alex harris, owner of behind this wall, a cocktail bar based in hackney in north—east london. very welcome to you both. peter, if imight very welcome to you both. peter, if i might stop by you, london will be moving into this high alert level from saturday. what impact do you think that‘s going to have on your business? it's already having the impact because reservations have been cancelling most of the afternoon. we‘ve practically lost of most of our reservations for next week. as a about 75% of our customers that come to the restau ra nt customers that come to the restaurant are socialising with friends or on a date and that‘s going to have a massive impact on us. and really put us number two under pressure. exc going your last guest, we‘ve come so far and protected these jobs all the way through the lot down and i think the government are really dropping the ball right at the moment when we need them now. you mention and i hope you don‘t mind me asking this

question, cancellations of about 7596. question, cancellations of about 75%. can you translate that into money? what sort of financial losses are you looking at from cancelled bookings on saturday night? on saturday night we are probably looking at losing foreign have £5,000 worth of revenue. and that‘s going to obviously be devastating for us. alex harris what's the picture where you are? it's similar but it's on a different scale. we've already been hammered by the ten o'clock curfew. this is a late night basement drinking bar. we've had very loyal local support since the current food been in place. and i realise we are one of the lucky ones —— curfew. realise we are one of the lucky ones — — curfew. if realise we are one of the lucky ones —— curfew. if you take away makes households, that's going to knock another large percentage of sales off our already depleted revenue stream. and it's just off our already depleted revenue stream. and it'sjust looking like a bleak weekend. were only open thursday friday and saturday. i'm just trying to run businesses legally as i possibly can to get by

to ride the thing out. your last guest said it was closure and all but name. i call it closure and all but name. i call it closure and all but support. how many people do you employee and are you worried about jobs being put at risk? presumably yes if you‘re talking about the closure of it your business will stop if he gets the end of the month and there‘s no more support in place in the furlough scheme is not extended i‘m good have to start making redundancies. administer there is only four of us i've managed to hold, i've promised to keep them here to the end of october. but it's difficult to find jobs. i've got an eight—month—old kid. i need to put food on the table. and frankly, the nights i do down here to cover a shift where i'm not getting paid at the end of the nightjust to not getting paid at the end of the night just to help not getting paid at the end of the nightjust to help balance the books. peter, just tell us a little bit about how you are balancing the books and whether you are worried about having to lay off staff as well. are you potentially looking at

the potential closure of your resta u ra nt ? the potential closure of your restaurant? well, hopefully not. we‘ve got to be convinced of and creative with how we can keep through these choppy waters. ijust feel that we‘ve come a step closer now to be in exactly where we were. it feels like i‘m in the first week of march. and practically, whether it stage two or three, they don‘t really protect us in any way at all. there isn‘t an awful lot of difference to us as a restaurant. even in stage three which if that‘s the highest level, and restaurants still are allowed to remain open and there is no support because you‘re staying open, then we are really screwed because there is no help. that‘s fine if there‘s no help but then all thosejobs, that‘s fine if there‘s no help but then all those jobs, there that‘s fine if there‘s no help but then all thosejobs, there is no choice where going to have to make cutbacks. follow up on what peter was saying, this is being dumped on

us was saying, this is being dumped on us two days before it's due to happen. i'm not sure how i'm meant to police this makes household here ona to police this makes household here on a saturday night. the government are putting the onus on me to run their tracing system. now to monitor this. they've had the whole summer to prepare for this thing coming back. why is there not been a tiered syste m back. why is there not been a tiered system within hospitality where they could say ok, basement bar like this, you're going to struggle if we get to this level of covid again. you're going to be shut down, here's a support package for you. restaurant on the road, ventilation, interceding, you can probably afford to stay open. there's no nuance in this industry whatsoever. we had three months to think of something to deal with the situation and no 1's been able to come with anything. alex, you preempted the question i was going to ask. i did want to ask peter, with this high level of alert that life lenders been placed into, it bans households from mixing indoors. if two couples come in from

different households what are you supposed to do? i think it puts us in the same situation as all the supermarkets at the moment. when customers are turning out not wearing mask and they‘re supposed to be. it‘s not for us to get into a confrontation with gas questioning what their living arrangements are. and it‘s just what their living arrangements are. and it‘sjust going —— guest. it is going to cause a lack of confidence in the decision that the government is making for some and put us in a difficult predicament. who‘s responsible for that? we have this 10pm curfew him at the moment, i have peace patrol is going outside the restaurant looking up and double checking that there is no one here. and there now going to be coming in the restaurant having a look and interviewing guests at the table saying excuse me, but you are live in the same house? it‘s a real mess. i think the main point of this is that the government ideally, the government would love to shut everybody down and have to support them with a package. at the money is running out, it must be and they‘re trying to delay it. inevitably, we

are can end up in a full lockdown and they‘re just dilly—dallying about at the moment making the right decision. peter lloyd, alex harris, really good to talk to you. thanks for sparing the time to talk to us on bbc news. we are really grateful. thank you. i want to bring you some news just interest from the bbc that a man is going to be prosecuted over the crash which killed the footballer emiliano sala. the 70 authority said it is charged david henderson with two offences under the air navigation order. he‘s accused acting in a reckless, negligent manner and being involved in the commercial use of the plane and involved in the crash. you‘ll remember that crash of the footballer over the english channel injanuary footballer over the english channel in january 2019. he footballer over the english channel injanuary 2019. he was in a light aircraft and david henderson of east

riding in yourchairwill aircraft and david henderson of east riding in your chair will be appearing in court on september, no, on september the 28th. anyway, a man is being prosecuted over the crash which killed the footballer emiliano sala. that news just newsjust in. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. hello most of us are occasional sunshine cloud on the eastern side of the uk. although high pressures close by, the cloud is delivering a few showers. you can still see a few darted about across the uk as we go into the night. patty light rain and drizzle fairly thick cloud across northern and eastern areas of scotla nd northern and eastern areas of scotland was of the western side of the uk, most likely to get any prolonged clear spells temperatures a bit lower than this in the morning. some spots close to freezing. a touch and frost of mist and fog patches. tomorrow variable

cloud, some sunny spells a few mostly light showers scattered about. northern counties of northern england, south wales, southwest england, south wales, southwest england bearing the best for afternoon sunshine. for the most pa rt afternoon sunshine. for the most part it is a gentle northeasterly breeze. that is coming in from a rather cool direction. that means temperatures are a little bit below the average for this time year. a little change in the weather these temperatures into the weekend. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he will stand firm against plans to put the area in the very high coronavirus alert category. they are asking us to gamble our residents‘sjobs, homes and businesses and a large chunk of our economy on a strategy that they make their own experts tell them might not work. that their own experts tell them might not work. millions of people in england

face tougher coronavirus restrictions from this weekend — with no households mixing indoors. we know from the first week that the infection can spread fast and put huge pressures on the nhs. so, we must act now to prevent the need for tougher measures later on. london, essex, york and parts of surrey, derbyshire and cumbria will move from the medium to high alert level from saturday. italy is removed from the government‘s list of travel corridors, meaning travellers arriving in england from sunday must self—isolate for fourteen days. and, the queen carries out her first engagement outside a royal residence for 7 months. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, clubs in the english football league are meeting to decide

if they‘ll accept a bailout from the premier league worth £50—million. from the premier league the offer will help teams in league‘s one and two, but not the championship. it comes after clubs in the top flight unanimously rejected the more radical changes proposed by ‘project big picture‘. here‘s our football reporter simon stone. there was too much in terms of voting rights in the way the leak was going to be structured in favour of the six biggest clubs in the league for the rest of the premier league to that part, but they do understand is that the level, especially leagues one and two, there is an acute need for buying out, so they made this £50 million offer to fit in the form of a grant and that is now being discussed today, my understanding is the chairman of the efl and the chief

executive and dave baldwin are meeting with the clips in the championship first of all in league 1and championship first of all in league 1 and league 2 and then they are going to have some kind of agreement with the board but what they‘re going to say to the premier league, my understanding is that even the championship clubs minded to say that this £50 million should not be accepted but weather will be accepted but weather will be accepted in the form that has been offered remains to be seen, but it appears that the efl will have some kind of agreement by accepting this £50 million. well speaking ahead of his sides premier league match with manchester city on saturday, arsenal manager mikel arteta says clubs must help each other to "make football more sustainable" after plans for project big picture were rejected. i think we had to protect the lower leagues as well and this is our obligation and we want to produce

grassroots and opportunities for everybody in this industry and i think it is fair that we find a way that works for everybody and can make this interesting and everyone gets involved in still evolves in regarding to what we have at the moment. and that is important as well. we have to move, we have to share our vision, to achieve that because of the end of the day, it‘s for the benefit of everyone. in scotland, two st mirren players have returned positive covid—19 tests and another member of the first team is also self—isolating as a precaution. the cases were detected in routine screening on monday, and all three will miss saturday‘s scottish premiership match with motherwell. it is the second time this season the club have suffered an outbreak. salford red devils have been dealt a blow in the run up to their challenge cup final at wembley after two players tested positive for coronavirus. dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd will miss out on saturday‘s match against leeds after returning positive tests.

it comes on top of a spate of injured players also being ruled out of one of the biggest games in the clubs history. and one rugby union line to bring you. ulster captain iain henderson will miss the remainder of ireland‘s six nations campaign after getting a three—match ban for his red card against ospreys in the pro14. he was sent off for a dangerous tackle last weekend. three days after winning the women‘s french open, 19 year old iga swiatek says she‘s still not recovered from the whirlwind of taking the title. the pole beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garos, becomng the only unseeded player to ever win the french open. actually, i did not, i did have time to unpack from the whole trip because it‘s pretty crazy here in poland and the fans, i have to learn

a lot about that and i‘m still going to need some time to look at it from a different perspective. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc dot co dot uk slash sport across the country, twenty eight million people across england will be living under the two highest alert levels from this weekend — with london, essex, parts of surrey and derbyshire — alongside york and barrow—in—furness all facing tougher restrictions, with a ban on households mixing indoors. with me now is the conservative mp for for north east derbyshire & deputy chairman of the party lee rowley. and we are very grateful for your time. thank you forjoining us. your constituency will now come under these new high alert restrictions. do you welcome them?|j

these new high alert restrictions. do you welcome them? i do not welcome them and i don‘t think anyone would welcome them, but we understand why they have been brought forward and northeast derbyshire and other parts of the country, we have seen a clear and consistent and quick rise in coronavirus cases in the last couple of weeks. it has gone up by six forward indoor northeast derbyshire since this time last month and so, i understand why the experts at propose this and the community, we understand why we guard changing but we are doing. it is not something that we want to do, i have hoped that we want to do, i have hoped that it wouldn‘t be necessary but i understand why we‘re doing this now, we did focus on how we can get these rates down and come out of it as quick a time as we are able to. what is the evidence that going into this high level of alert will change the picture and bring the rate down? we know from the scientist that nothing is done and nothing changes their behaviour, the coronavirus will be

passed between two and three people. and it seems that the combination of both common sense which people in northeast derbyshire and across the country will apply, plus some temporary changes to what we do, does bring down that rate from 2.7 to below it. so, it is certainly effective beyond not doing anything. obviously, there are lots of discussions about where the right level is what the right thing to do is what the right combination of actions are, that is something which ultimately, there can be lots of debate on, but i do accept that we have to try and find the best way to do itand have to try and find the best way to do it and that is an imperfect process but we were trying to do is get the virus down and what is likely to be a very difficult winter. with the thing is the best approach going forward because there is pressure on the government to introduce much tighter restrictions across the whole country in the labour leader, sir keir starmer is called for a short, sharp, circuit breaker locked down. would you support that? acquired a number of

politicians are going around saying one thing or another thing, and what you just mentioned, to thing that my constituents, we except at the moment, many of us except that the rated r area is high and we need to try and get that down. and, we need to do that in a targeted way locally, whether be leased to make derbyshire that has higher rates than the northeast, and i am not sure the stage of the utility of a national lockdown which requires areas around the country to reduce the economic activities to reduce the economic activities to reduce the abilities for people to see their friends the abilities for people to see theirfriends and the abilities for people to see their friends and family for the rates are low and i would not want them to go through but we are going to go through and similarly, if the position was reversed, i hope they win expect our areas of their low if they were to make restrictions on a

temporary basis. trying to apply the right approach in the white area right area. and everything will be kept up for review but everything is local at the moment. what is the reading among the conservative mps as far as national lockdown, how much support is there do you think. as the prime minister said, that is absolute the last place of want to go to. with response, some are calling for stricter restrictions to be imposed. very few, but i except there is a wide variety on all parties and some people are in a camp of locking down now with everything and most people in the camps are not looking down at all, for the government is trying to do is strike the right balance between the combination of for the

scientists are indicating to us and also taking a broader view about what is right for the country and i think that the moment, that it glances in a place where taking action on a local basis where that is necessary and hopefully getting on top of those issues and trying to move forward and allowing as much to happen as possible so we can get through to a place hopefully but not too distant future read the solutions to solve this crisis once and for all. thank you forjoining us on and for all. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. calling for a circuit breaker. he insists the measure is needed even with the areas of lower infection rates. it is unlikely that the tiered system is going to have the desired result, we are likely to see weeks even months of prolonged agony. better to have a circuit

breaker of up to two to three weeks coming into force as soon as possible over half term will get the infection rate down and bring them back under control and give us the opportunity to fix some of the problems like test traits and isolated, which clearly isn‘t working. so, the choice between decisive action between getting the virus under control or prolong the agony, which i fear the government to your system will inflict upon all of us. unless the tier system is replaced, we need restrictions in place. the idea of having the circuit break guidance and, let‘s have no restrictions or alternatives, the best thing to do isa alternatives, the best thing to do is a circuit breaker and i urge the government to reconsider its position on that. the government scientists are very clear about the need for it but, while we have the tiered approach, it is very important that people follow the rules and obey the governments guidelines. it‘s the third anniversary of the day the hashtag #metoo went viral. the social media phenomenon came

in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal and encouraged people to speak about the prevalance of sexual violence. three years on and the founder, tanara burke, is moving the movement on with a new campaign — metoo, act too. movement founder and activist tarana burke designed the new initiative to encourage people to take action. she joins me now on the day of the new campaign launch. great devey with us on bbc news. many thanks for joining great devey with us on bbc news. many thanks forjoining us. before we go on to new campaign. ohjust like to talk to you because some people may not be aware that this is something that you launched back in 2006. jess, remind us how this came about and why. absolutely and thank you for having me. it is a real pleasure to be speaking to your audience. i started working in my

community, actually before 2006 and thatis community, actually before 2006 and that is only solidified things in our community with black and brown girls who are survivors of sexual violence and it quickly became clear that there were adults who needed it and we grew and grew from there. so, between 2006 and 2017, i had done work all across the country and are me to campaign in the movement that we started before it went viral, before and when it went viral it became a global phenomenon that we never could have foreseen. absolutely. it did undoubtedly become a global phenomenon. i do wonder what difference do you think it made in the lives of real people? notjust it made in the lives of real people? not just the it made in the lives of real people? notjust the hollywood stars that it made in the lives of real people? not just the hollywood stars that we a lwa ys not just the hollywood stars that we always see talking about the issue. i think this is always an interesting question because there would not be a me to movement if not

for regular people. the media tends to focus on hollywood and the stars but that happened before #metoo went viral that‘s because more people use that —— tekken 2a hours. millions of people have said it, used it —— #metoo. . in a move from the internet into real life and if you talk to survivors, actual people who have said #metoo, they will certainly be impacted by coming out of the shadows and not have shame about these deep, dark secrets of a fellow for some the years. and not knowing that your mother, your grandmother, your brother, your aunt have all experienced some form of sexual violence, it is not something to celebrate, but it does make you

feel better to not be alone. so, tell me about the new campaign and why we needed? in so many people come forward to be as courageous as the people at #metoo did three years ago, i think we have an obligation to meet them at the side of that courage. what happens after you say #metoo, you have people who have not disclose that their lives have been affected by sexual violence. we have been obligation to make salacious headlines not talk about celebrities but talk about what we need to do to actually stop this epidemic. you can‘t not call it a health crisis we have millions and millions of people all affected by the same thing. we created at too so people could get involved in the movement because people are like, we use the hashtag, but we do now? what‘s next? the a nswer but we do now? what‘s next? the answer is, we are next. whatever you do next is what is next. because it

ta kes do next is what is next. because it takes people to drive a movement. we haven‘t got a lot of time and i think people listening might be thinking, what can we do then? you can log on to our website and we have thousands of recommendations. for things you can do and this is a tangible thing like joining for things you can do and this is a tangible thing likejoining the march, or signing tangible thing likejoining the march, orsigning up tangible thing likejoining the march, or signing up for a campaign and it is also a recall micro actions which of the things we need to do to shift culture like reading books and listening to podcasts and learning about topics because many people to be educated about what sexual violence is what it does for communities. thank you so much, good to talk to you. the headlines on bbc news. the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he will stand firm against plans to put the area in the very high coronavirus alert category. millions of people in england face tougher coronavirus restrictions from this weekend — with no households mixing indoors.

london, essex, york and parts of surrey, derbyshire and cumbria will move from the medium to high alert level from saturday. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. scotland has the worst death rate from drug misuse in western europe. 1,200 people died in 2018 — and it‘s believed that the figure for last year will be even higher. but some addicts are being helped by a new prescription medication, which is being described as a ‘ our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. the availability of support for businesses of the media issues or something like to highlight today. but i also want to look ahead briefly to our approach to managing the in the weeks and months. last

week, we introduced the restrictions affecting hospitality in particular in the regulations given effect to the temporary restrictions on hospitality are due to expire on the 26th of october. however, it is important to stress that i believe eve ryo ne important to stress that i believe everyone understands this point. given the ongoing challenge of covid—19, that will not return to com plete covid—19, that will not return to complete normality. gatherings will remain in place until it is considered safe to ease them. and will generally, tend to replace the temporary restrictions with the new strategic approach to managing the pandemic. of this new strategic approach will be the different tiers levels of intervention and restrictions which may be applied to future locally or across scotland depending on how the virus is spreading. we publish this new framework which would then be subject to debate and decision by

parliament, rule and dictate based on the latest advice from the national management team and how it will applied each part of the country by the temporary restrictions ending on the 26th of october. the tiered approach to intervention will clearly be essential part to the new strategic framework, however want to stress that the framework will go beyond that the framework will go beyond that and it will also seek to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of measures which we currently have in place to strengthen our resilience to live with this virus for the period ahead. come from to set aside party politics we can control this virus. he was speaking after the mayor for greater manchester describe plans for his regions to move to tier three as flawed and unfair. for his regions to move to tier three as flawed and unfaitm for his regions to move to tier three as flawed and unfair. it is severe. the number of cases is

rising exponentially and those with covid—19 has doubled injust rising exponentially and those with covid—19 has doubled in just the last 12 days. so, i call upon the local leaders to set aside this party politics into work with us to put in place the measures that are neededin put in place the measures that are needed in greater manchester, across the northwest so that we can deal with this virus and support people through it. this is a time for people to come together so that we can control this virus. with her saying was that effectively, you we re saying was that effectively, you were treating this as the canary in a coal mine, experimenting on them. the on scientists, john experts have effectively said that the kind of tea rs effectively said that the kind of tears three restrictions are very high alert techie alert restrictions will not be on the vote of confidence enough and why impose all of the pain on local businesses for very little gain? and the northwest of england, the cases of coronavirus

are rising exponentially and the number of people who are going to the hospital with coronavirus is doubling every 12 days and so we must act and i would say to local leaders in the northwest, to work with us, put aside these party politics and let‘s get a solution that will work to bring the virus in the control greater manchester and across the northwest. it is time right now given the severity of the situation for people to work together, to get this virus under control and so everybody, everybody, can play their part in tackling the virus. you said in the house of commons, that your answer so far is that any further delay will lead to more deaths. given that is the case, why don‘t you just impose tier three

on those local authorities, lancashire, greater manchester, right now, today? of course, want to work with local leaders across greater manchester and areas where the virus is spreading fast and in greater manchester, the virus is increasing exponentially. what i would say to the local leaders is set aside this party politics, we wa nt to set aside this party politics, we want to work with you, we want to work together to make sure that we get a set of measures that will get the virus under control, that can start to bring it down and where we can support people through that. we put in place an unprecedented package of support and now is the time for everybody to come together and tackle this disease. what is united the conservative since that labour and peace are talking for a more generalfinancial labour and peace are talking for a more general financial package to lure the restrictions. can you

guarantee that you‘re pushing your colleagues, number ten the number 11 downing st to come up with a more comprehensive offer? that have been an unprecedented package of support thatis an unprecedented package of support that is put forward and it is necessary that the unprecedented support that we‘ve already put in. it is necessary to support people with what are undoubtedly difficult times and what is critical is that people come together and put aside party politics to get a set of measures that are going to bring the virus under control across those areas of the country, greater manchester and the northwest of england, especially where the cases are going up exponentially. some of the mps in london say they do not understand why you have impose tier two restrictions across the whole city instead of bro by borough. but the wider point is when i do yourself a favour, get away from all this intricate and difficult

negotiations and local level and simply imposea negotiations and local level and simply impose a short sharp circuit breaker across the whole arrangement? we want to take action as localised as necessary because different parts of the country have got different levels of the virus. in london, i understand the impact they‘re going through, the higher they‘re going through, the higher the level will have and we have been working very effectively across party lines with liberal politics come with conservative colleagues and with liberal democrats to come forward with a package of measures which we very much hope that if everybody follows the rules in london, then we will be able to bring this virus under control and thatis bring this virus under control and that is an example of effectively working together in the national interest to bring the virus under control and i really want to take the same approach working together across party lines, and the national interest, to put in place the measures that are needed in each pa rt measures that are needed in each part of the country. what we want to

do is take a regional or local approach and different numbers, levels of virus in different parts of the country. it is time for a look at the weather. hello. after such a wet start to the month, the middle of it is delivering something relatively drier, quieter with high—pressure close by threatening cloud and also bit of sunshine of the london area a few shows moving through today. even though high—pressure is close by, it is certainly not dry everywhere, the flow of air around the high pressure coming in from the northeast, that is a cool direction but the temperatures are a few degrees below average for the time of year and on that flow of air, there‘s quite a bit of cloud coming in and a few of these showers around possible just about anywhere overnight. so, mainly towards the east but not exclusively so, to the west of the uk, this is where we are likely to see more in the way of prolonged clear spells, although again the odd shower cannot

be ruled out but if you are seeing some prolonged clear spells overnight, temperatures may end up being a little bit lower than this in the west, lying perhaps a few spots low enough for a touch of frost going into the morning, maybe one or two mist and fog patches. lion‘s share of the cloud will be towards the east, delivering a few showers and some of these creep a little bit further west as we go through the day, so nowhere can be guaranteed to be completely dry. in terms of sunshine, northern england made quite well in the afternoon in south wales and southwest england and temperatures still around ten to 1a celsius. 1a for most of us fall in southwest england and temperatures still around ten to 1a celsius. 1a for most of us falling a few degrees short on that. and going into the weekend, there‘s looks to be a lot of cloud one round, quick breeze with the cloud is the biggest, he can get a light shower with the few light rain or drizzle, but a few bursts of sunshine and possibly times and sunday we change the day, we have to change the weather, just more of the same and it may be by sunday a few degrees cooler in scotland and it

cooler in scotland and it degrees cooler in scotland and it could be some outbreaks of ranges edging towards the northern most parts of scotland as we go to the day and that is ahead of a significant weather change coming up next week as we bring low pressure back across the uk and, of course, that not only will the wind pick up at times and there could be some rain coming back to avoid that. at some stage of next week. still picking out a few locations here, just to give you a flavour of what is on the way next week, temperatures may go up a couple few degrees before cooling off later in the week but most significantly, the return of some rain for all of us.

today at six a furious political row, as greater manchester refuses to accept the highest covid alert level. the city‘s mayor and other local leaders say no 10‘s plans are flawed and unfair, sacrificing jobs in the region. this is an important moment. greater manchester will stand firm. we are fighting back for fairness and for the health of our people. as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, ministers say any delay will cost lives.