so we need to find 10,000 people to help us walk 100,000 kilometres of slow ways routes. which takes us back to sue and nina, and plan b. i took out dan's map and suggested the new slow route, which took us away from the cars, through a hereford cider orchard. so, let'sjust stop here for a second, shall we? so this is the slow route. erm. . . better than my first one? yes, it's really nice, isn't it? it smells different and it sounds different and it's beautiful. nice underfoot. a huge improvement. i mean, this is what walking is all about for me, being out in an apple orchard, birdsong — what more do you want? so, route one is a winner. just another 999,998 kilometres to go. david sillito, bbc news, ledbury. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller

not too bad for walkers out there today. plenty of clout, not much rain falling from that cloud, but compare that with earlier in the month, october three, this met 0ffice map showing how wet it was, so 0ffice map showing how wet it was, so heavy and widespread the rain, the met office says october the 3rd was the uk's wettest day on record, records going back to 1891. enough rain fell that day to more than phil loch ness. even with the uk's varied whether this fits into a pattern of increasing likelihood of extreme rainfall events because of climate change. this pattern at the moment doesn't scream rain. low pressure being helped at bay because of a ridge of high pressure extending gci’oss ridge of high pressure extending across the uk but it is coming with across the uk but it is coming with a cold flow of air from the north—east, plenty of clout, and not entirely dry. some patchy rain from the cloud across the north—east of scotland, some showers running through east anglia, the midlands and towards wales as the afternoon goes on, some showers for northern

ireland too. brightening up in parts of northern england. the best of the sunshine in southern england and temperatures below average for the time of year, with a gentle north—easterly breeze. into tonight, even where it has been clear, lots of cloud. it will be damp and drizzly in places. also keeping a few clear spells towards south—west england where temperatures will end up england where temperatures will end upa england where temperatures will end up a little bit lower than this, for most of us well above freezing to start the day tomorrow. a lot of cloud around. damp and drizzly in places. hard to find much in the way of sunshine tomorrow. we'll continue to see patchy rain speeding down across scotland in two parts of northern england through the day, but not amounting to very much. some showers for the channel islands, cornwall and devon. limited breaks in the cloud, with a few sunny spells, similar temperatures tomorrow, and not much change on saturday evening, some patchy rain in scotland and northern england. through parts of east anglia, the

midlands, north—west wales and north—west england, lifting through the day, allowing some sunny spells in southern england and wales on sunday afternoon, with some rain edging towards northern ireland and north—west scotland to end sunday. as for these weather fronts, some gathering as we go into the start of next week, bringing a big change in the weather pattern from what we have now, and this sums up what we can expect next week in a selection of locations, it shows along with a lot of rain coming our way, some of that could be heavy, and the wind, picking up too. that's next week. let's enjoy the weekend. a reminder of our top story... lancashire becomes the second region in england after liverpool to be put in the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. and at four o'clock this afternoon, the prime minister will be holding a news conference on the coronavirus restrictions, along with senior scientific advisers. you can watch that live on bbc one and the bbc news channel.

that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. hello, you are watching bbc news. the time is 1.34pm. i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. the premier league returns tomorrow after the international break. manchester united travel to newcastle off the back of their chastening 6—1 defeat to tottenham almost a fortnight ago. the form and fitness of captain harry maguire is one concern for the manager. he was sent off in england's defeat to denmark on wednesday night and he also picked up a knock which means he's a doubt for tomorrow. when harry is part of the england team that beat number one ranked belgium, that'sjust a normal day, and then you get the headlines when you get the sending off. that's just football for you.

there's so many ups and downs, we have got to deal with it individually and as a group. harry has got great resilience and i know he will bounce back. i know he wants to play, he wants to just work his way out of the last couple of games that he has been criticised. it's domestic transfer deadline day for clubs in the football league, the window shuts at five o'clock. liverpool midfielder harry wilson has secured a season—long loan move to cardiff. the 23—year—old wales international was being chased by a number of championship sides, including derby county where he'd previously had a loan spell. it's the challenge cup final tomorrow between leeds rhinos and salford red devils. the rugby football league chairman simon johnson has defended the decision to stage the match at wembley even though it will be played behind closed doors. in the programme notes for tomorrow's match, he says that the game remains in a "vulnerable state" with fans locked out and that "if,

by following government guidance, we end up risking the survival of our clubs and the future sustainability of our game, we must look to government to help to sustain us". they have already received a 16 million pound loan. england's world cup winning captain eoin morgan will take over as captain of the kolkata knight riders in the indian premier league. he's replacing dinesh karthik, who wants to focus on his batting. the team are fourth in the ipl table and face second—placed mumbai indians later today. the games are being played in the uae. this year's vietnam grand prix, that was due to be the country's first f1 race, has been cancelled. it was first scheduled for april, a night race on a hanoi street circuit. that was postponed because of the pandemic. although it was left off the revised calendar, local organisers had still hoped to stage the race next

month but now say that they've had no choice but to call it off. it's champions day at ascot tomorrow, the finale of the flat racing season and britain's richest race day. hollie doyle will be looking for her first group one victory to cap a brilliant season. she broke her own record this week for number of wins by a female jockey in a year. she's been speaking our sports news reporter laura scott. pint sized but with lofty ambitions, hollie doyle now only really has her own records to beat. i have been pretty blessed this year. i was dreaming of riding a group winner at least and i have read handful so it's been better than i ever expected. she recently became the first female jockey to ride five winners in the same day, but says her first royal ascot victory was the standout moment of this year.

her lifestyle is gruelling. after eight rides at newcastle tonight, she is likely to have three hours of sleep before racing tomorrow. she says the lows take their toll but she is helped by the fact her boyfriend is also a top jockey. she is helped by the fact her boyfriend is also a top jockeym does build up on you. the industry asa does build up on you. the industry as a whole is very gruelling and demanding, andi as a whole is very gruelling and demanding, and i think everyone struggles sometimes, but you have got to try and be as resilient as you can. this week, she broke her own record for the most wins in a calendar year by a female jockey, notching up number 117 at kempton. but with racing being a sport where men and women compete on an even footing, she takes little notice of her gender. i compete on level terms andi her gender. i compete on level terms and i do the same daily routine as the men as such, so ijust see myself as a jockey. she has forth in

this year's jockey championship, up from 13th last year, but has her sights on top spot in the future. maybe one day it would be a dream come true, but i'm under no perception of how hard it is to become champion jockey. her landmark seasonis become champion jockey. her landmark season is not over. tomorrow at champions day she is targeting her first top level win. her smile belies a steely edge. laura scott, bbc news. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. lots of premier league news conferences today ahead of the return of the premier league tomorrow. the spurs managerjose mourinho the latest playing mind games with west ham. will gareth bale start on sunday in his second speu bale start on sunday in his second spell at the club? i will be back in the next hour with an update. see you then, thank you. you are watching bbc news.

more now on the news that borisjohnson says the uk must now prepare for a no—deal brexit. the prime minister says unless there's a "fundamental change in approach" from the european union, then the uk will go for the "australia solution" from january. he's been speaking in the past hour. we left the european union on january 31st and delivered on the largest democratic mandate in history of this country. and since then we've been in a transition period, obeying eu law, paying ourfees as a non—voting member. working on the future relationship, we hope to enjoy with our friends and partners from january. and from the outset, we were totally clear that we wanted nothing more complicated than a canada style relationship based on friendship and free trade. to judge by the latest eu summit in brussels, that won't work for our eu partners. they want the continued ability to control our legislative freedom, our fisheries, in a way

that is completely unacceptable to an independent country. and since we have only ten weeks until the end of the transition period on january the 1st, i have to make a judgement about the likely outcome and to get us all ready. and given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months, and given that this summit appears explicitly to rule out a ca nada—style deal, i concluded that we should get ready forjanuary the 1st with arrangements that are more like australia's, based on simple principles of global free trade. and we can do it because we always knew that there would be change on january the 1st, whatever type of relationship we had. and so now is the time for our businesses to get ready and for our hauliers to get ready, for travellers to get ready. and, of course, we're willing to discuss the practicalities with our friends where a lot

of progress has already been made, by the way, on such issues as social security, on aviation, nuclear cooperation and so on. but for whatever reason, it's clear from the summit that after 45 years of membership, they are not willing unless there's some fundamental change of approach to offer this country the same terms as canada. and so with high hearts and with complete confidence, we will prepare to embrace the alternative and we will prosper mightily as an independent, free trading nation, controlling our own borders, our fisheries and setting our own laws. and in the meantime, the government will, of course, be focusing on tackling covid and building back better so that 2021 is a year of recovery and renewal. thank you very much. just a couple of questions now, prime minister. you said that you'd walk away

from talks with the eu about a trade deal if there wasn't significant progress by now. it doesn't sound as though that is what you're doing. can you just clarify why you're not walking away? well, as far as i can see, they've abandoned the idea of a free trade deal. there doesn't seem to be any progress coming from brussels. so what we're saying to them is only, you know, come here, come to us if there's some fundamental change of approach. 0therwise, we're more than happy to talk about, you know, the practicalities that i describe, the social security issues and so on. i describe, the social security issues and so on. but unless there's a fundamental change of approach, we're going to go for the australia solution. and we should do it with great confidence. as i said, high hearts and confidence because we can do it. there was always going to be change on january the 1st,

but it's becoming clear that the eu don't want to do the type of canada deal that we originally asked for. and it does seem curious that after 45 years of membership, they can offer our membership. they can offer canada terms they won't offer us. but you're saying they've got to come to you with some fresh ideas about negotiations. are you saying you are walking away or you're not walking away? well, if there's a fundamental change of approach, of course, we're always willing to listen. but that didn't seem particularly encouraging from the summit in brussels yesterday. 0n covid—19, are you willing to impose restrictions on places like greater manchester without the buy—in of local leaders? i'd much rather that we were able to do things with the help support and leadership of local authorities. and look, i pay tribute to liverpool city region, to lancashire that came on board today with the tiering system.

in london you've seen the mayor come on board as well. and that's very, very important, because clearly, you know, if you're going to enforce these measures, if you're going to do proper local testing and tracing, if you get a local buy in, then compliance in local leadership is crucial. we want to work with local leaders. but, you know, i have to say, we're concerned about what's happening in manchester, where clearly the the levels of infection are rising steeply, the levels of hospitalisation are rising steeply. and we do need to see action. and, you know, i'd much rather not impose things. i'd much rather that we were able to work out something together with local authorities, with the mayor in manchester, to local leaders to show the kind of leadership that we've seen in liverpool, in lancashire and in london. lastly on this, you say it's up to local leaders, but you could break the stalemate by offering them the money that they want, which is similar to the financial assistance during the first national lockdown. why don't you think that's a reasonable request?

well, other...as i say, other local leaders have come forward and joined in the tiering system, showing the kind of leadership that i think is necessary. and this is about saving lives. this is about us joining together locally and nationally to get the r down, to make these regional restrictions, the tiering system work. and to save lives. and i think, you know, everybody in greater manchester, in all the areas which are still finding it difficult, should think about it. minister, thank you. more now on the news that a member of the government's scientific advisory group on coronavirus has told the bbc that the divisions between ministers and some local leaders are damaging the country's ability to respond to the pandemic. professorjeremy farrar says even the top tier of restrictions don't go far enough to control the spread of the virus but still

damage the economy. he was speaking to the bbc‘s newscast podcast. the transmission of the infection and the numbers across the uk really started to fall and really reached their low point in aboutjuly 10th, and since then they've just been edging up consistently through july, through august and then in september. and by the middle of september, by the time of that meeting, you could see that they were at that point of inflection when they go from gradual increase to a pretty dramatic increase. and when the community transmission builds up, i'm afraid to say hospitalisation and, tragically, deaths will always follow. and that's what we were seeing through the early weeks of september through to that meeting. has the government missed the boat this time round? yes. personal view? i would have moved on the 21st or whatever of september. and in my view, that was the best time to act. and you could have got away with a shorter lockdown, i believe,

and you could have opened things up quicker. but if that was the first best time to act, then the second best time to act is today or tomorrow or this week. but let's say we have another three weeks of the new regional alert system, another couple of days of back and forwards between matt hancock and andy burnham in manchester just spell out for us then what you think the consequences of that will be. well, when you're in this phase of an epidemic, when you know the r value is 1.5 you've got doubling times now on average across the country of seven days, but it's shorter than that. the doubling time, the speed of the epidemic is probably undoubtedly quicker in some parts of the country at the moment. seven days is now average across the whole country. if you wait a week, you double the numbers. so if there are, let's say,

20,000 confirmed cases today, which is i think about the number, and of course that's underestimated the total number of cases. but let's say there are 20,000, seven days from now there'll be 40,000. seven days later, there'll be 80,000. so you're in that very, very fast upward swing of the epidemic. and a day's delay matters. a week's delay really matters. and a two—week delay, you've gone through a four times increase. we saw that in march, april, and we're seeing that, frankly, across much of europe. the red lights are flashing in every single country in europe now and britain is not exceptional to that. it's following a very similar curve. what would you advise the government to do right now? just be very specific. what should they do tonight or tomorrow? firstly, i think we've got to come together as a country. this fragmentation and frankly making this either a north south or a party political issue, that's a very, very dangerous route to go on. if you look at the countries that

have controlled this well to date — china, singapore, vietnam, korea, germany, new zealand — they've had a national consensus about the way forward. and what we don't want now is a fragmentation, confusion. one area or region or city pitched against another. i think that would be very, very damaging to public health and the country's ability to respond. so that would be the first thing. a national consensus on the way forward would be critical. and then a national debate about whether we want to focus mostly on the economy and opening it up or we want to combine the economic health, which in my view are totally aligned. i think the country will have to go into much tighter restrictions than we have in place today, even in the tier three levels. i think, again, chris whitty said it perfectly the other day, the base restrictions in the highest tier will not be enough

to turn our value below one and they will not be enough to bring this epidemic under control, even in those hotspots. and in the lower tiers, the tier one and tier two, the restrictions there are not enough to not see those progressing into the higher tier. and i think a circuit—breaker of probably three weeks would put the epidemic back to the beginning of september levels, and that would give us three weeks to get the test, trace, isolate system really functional and trusted and used and accessible. and it would allow us to prepare the nhs better than even they are prepared today and prepare for the winter, because we are in for a very, very bumpy period between now and the spring of next year. but on current trajectory, can you see a situation where we will have to shut the schools again? it's possible we'll have to close down the whole economy as we did in april, but we can avoid that. but we have to act now. and delaying, waiting, negotiations on this city or that city adds to the complexity, adds to the delays. and the longer you delay, when the doubling time is seven days or less in some parts,

the harder it will be. and then, yes, you may have to close schools. but if you acted now, i think you could keep schools open. jeremy, the wellcome trust is funding a lot of the research into these new treatments. if you had to pick out one intervention that might really make a difference in the next few months, what would it be? 0n treatment, i think the coming of what's called monoclonal antibodies, which are antibodies against the virus itself, but at the moment there is not enough investment there. i've just come off a call with the act accelerator, this global coalition trying to produce vaccines, diagnostics and treatments. and at the moment, i am a great fan of vaccines, of course. but at the moment, vaccines are getting a lot of attention and a lot of funding, and that's very good. but we need to balance this and also make sure that we invest in new treatments because, you know, i started my career at the start of the hiv epidemic and we still don't have an hiv

vaccine today and we rely on treatments. and that's true for malaria and tb as well. so i would invest much more in the treatments. i think they're going to come sooner maybe than the vaccines. and i think they will be used for people with mild all the way through to very severe disease. so i would back the monoclonals and i'd back them with greater investment than we're doing today. that was professorjeremy farrar. first minister mark drakeford has said the welsh government is considering a circuit—breaker lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus in wales. he said a lockdown of a few weeks could be enough to get wales through to christmas. he said a final decision will be announced on monday. sorry, as you can see that was not mark drakeford. sorry, as you can see that was not mark dra keford. let's sorry, as you can see that was not mark drakeford. let's go to nick miller with the weather. some wetter, windier weather comes our way

next week but until then it is relatively settled. we it is relatively settled. know there is a lot of cloud around. count yourself lucky if you are seeing sunshine today. where there are breaks in the cloud, it is on the cool side for the time of year. where the cloud is thickest, there are outbreaks of rain. the high pressure is far enough away to bring in some cloud on this north—easterly breeze, bringing in showers as well. the breeze direction is why things are quite cool at the moment. we are most likely to see the showers through parts of northern england, the midlands, pushing into wales, some into northern ireland as we go through the rest of the day. parts of northern england will brighten up but the best of the sunshine is across southern england, western fringes of scotland, northern and eastern scotland seeing drizzle. into tonight, we keep a lot of cloud around. where we are most likely to get some breaks, we will get the lowest temperatures, so some spots may end up close to freezing going into the morning

but most of us in the range of around four to eight celsius. from all of this cloud tomorrow, there will be outbreaks of light rain or drizzle possible just about anywhere, most likely into the afternoon affecting parts of northern and eastern scotland and northern england. and if you showers for the channel islands running into cornwall and devon. limited sunny spells tomorrow, and temperatures still around nine to 13 degrees, just a few spots in southern england reaching 1a. this is how saturday evening is looking — still damp in parts of scotland and northern england. still an area of thicker cloud in the midlands towards north—west england as we start sunday, which could have light rain associated with it. north and south of that, some sunny spells coming through, but as we end sunday we are likely to see rain pushing towards northern ireland and north—west scotland. sunday looking like a cooler day, but next week temperatures do go up a few degrees. there is a trade—off because as low pressure takes over we will see rain and wind.

rain initially on monday affecting parts of scotland and northern ireland, becoming more widespread as we go through the week, and some of the rain will be quite heavy at times too, accompanied by pretty brisk winds.

this is bbc news i'm reeta chakra barti. the headlines... lancashire becomes the second english region to be put into the highest alert level of coronavirus restrictions, meaning pub closures and bans on households mixing indoors. if we don't get to grips with the virus in three weeks' time admissions to hospitals in lancashire will be at the height that they were when the peak was at its height. new coronavirus cases in england jumped by 50% between october 2nd and the 8th, new figures suggest. borisjohnson says the uk must prepare for a "no—deal" trade relationship with the european union at the end of the year. i concluded that we should get ready forjanuary with arrangements that are more like australia's, based on simple principles