the prime minister warns he will impose the tighest coronavirus restrictions on greater manchester to save lives if agreement can't be reached with local leaders. as lancashire becomes the latest region to enter tier 3 restrictions, borisjohnson urges greater manchester's leaders to follow suit. i urge the mayor to reconsider and engage constructively. i cannot stress enough, time is of the essence. as millions more people across the uk face tighter restrictions this weekend, borisjohnson says he will resist another national lockdown "if at all possible". a travel ban has just come into force on the welsh border — no—one from the uk's coronavirus hotspot areas is allowed in. are we heading for a no—deal brexit? downing street says talks between the uk and eu are "over",

and there's no point in continuing unless the eu softens its stance. and what a year for the british jockey hollie doyle — 117 wins so far — the highest number of winners ridden in a year by a woman. and coming up on bbc news: we look ahead to what could be the best merseyside derby for years, as top—of—the—table everton take on liverpool. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has told the mayor of greater manchester that he is prepared to intervene and impose the highest level of coronavirus restrictions — tier 3 — on the region if no agreement can be reached between local leaders and the government. the mayor, andy burnham,

is seeking a bigger package of financial support for businesses that would be forced to close as a result. lancashire has now agreed to impose tier 3 restrictions — and join the liverpool city region — seen here in red — on very high alert — the tighest restrictions new measures will come into force in lancashire tomorrow meaning no mixing between households indoors or outdoors in certain settings — like private gardens. pubs and bars will close unless they serve a substantial meal. and people should avoid non essential travel into or out of the area. but lancashire has won some concessions — unlike liverpool — gyms and leisure centres won't have to close but soft play centres and car—boot sales will from monday. borisjohnson has again rejected the idea of a national "circuit breaker" to try to reduce rates of the virus saying it would unfairly punish places where infections are low. here's our deputy political

editor, vicki young. it has taken days of negotiations. finally, local leaders in lancashire and ministers in london have come up with a deal. more restrictions are coming across the county, alongside millions of pounds in financial support. but some shoppers here in nelson want a different approach. support. but some shoppers here in nelson want a different approachlj think they should have done it earlier, to be quite honest. my mum is 87. you can't tell my mother to stop eating, because she won't.|j think it needs to be tougher. i think it needs to be tougher. i think the way the government has been coming across, they haven't been coming across, they haven't been clear on the rules anyway. there is no transparency. total, utter confusion. borisjohnson‘s opted for a regional approach, because many places have fewer covid cases than hotspots in the north of england, but it has meant more talking, wrangling over money and delay. no one wants to have to implement these measures, which damage local businesses, but these

decisions were necessary because of the rate of increase, notjust of infections but also in hospital organisations and admissions to intensive care. -- hospitalisations. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, and some conservative mps are fighting plans for more closures unless there is extra money for businesses affected. don't you know how to make a quick decision that might don't you now have to make a quick decision about whether you place extra restrictions on places such as greater manchester or give them more money to persuade them? which will it be and when? it is far better to do it together, because we want the maximum local buy in, the maximum local enforcement, and the maximum local compliance, and that means local leadership. i hope that rate in manchester will come on board. the national government must reserve the right to step in and do what is

necessary. for many cities, including nottingham, the uncertainty continues. cases and hospitalisations are rising quickly, and additional measures could be on the way. one former prime minister says the government has to be more generous. at the very time we are increasing the requirements on people not to do things and denying people not to do things and denying people the chance ofjobs, we are reducing the economic support. if i was borisjohnson, again, you have to be one step ahead. he should have been calling the chancellor this morning, telling him his economic recovery package is not going to work, get him to bring a new package, and i think you could build consent around that. boris johnson says the situation is worsening with every passing day. there is real tension between westminster and some local leaders, but decisions need to be taken very soon. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. so, lancashire moves into the highest level of restrictions this weekend. our correspondentjudith moritz has been talking to residents and businesses in lancaster. lancashire woke up to uncertainty

and rumour. mid—morning, confirmation came. the county's soaring infection rates causing it to move up from the middle to the highest covid alert level. it means that today you could have a lunchtime drink in this lancaster bar. tomorrow, you won't be able to. along with other non—food pubs, when the doors close tonight, is not certain when they will reopen. the doors close tonight, is not certain when they will reopenm the doors close tonight, is not certain when they will reopen. is it two weeks, three weeks, three months? the information is passed so poorly. we've just not understood where we stand, really. and of course, our staff are asking us questions and we can't answer them. for lauren behind the bar, it means real worry about finances in the future. the 8096, i was in the red already. you know what i mean? i was having to pay out more just for bills and things like that than i was bringing in, so it's going to make that even worse, light, with it going down to the two thirds. there

we re going down to the two thirds. there were late—night negotiations between regional and national government. some local leaders said they had won a good deal, others said their hands had been forced. unless you agree to go to von der leyen 3 and thereby accept the deal, you know —— unless you agree to go to tier 3 and thereby accept the deal, you don't get the support and it felt like blackmail to me. though jims in liverpool have closed, in lancashire under the same alert level they have been allowed to stay open. under the same alert level they have been allowed to stay openlj under the same alert level they have been allowed to stay open. i think it's brilliant, to be honest. gyms need to stay open. provided we are sticking to the rules and the sanitising and the one—way systems, i don't see why they shouldn't be open. i think it's a bit strange, really. if it's saving —— safe in one area, surely it must be safe in the other. this has been a bit of a lifeline. when we were off three months from the gym, my fitness was going down as a result. you get more

stressed and anxious. the gym owner says she is grateful locally does push for her industry to stay open. this takes a really high. the people that have lobbied for us to stay open, they provided us that lifeline i'iow open, they provided us that lifeline now to keep trying to drive our business forward. if it had gone the other way and jobs have closed, i think we would have really struggled. high energy here. reach for those toes. elsewhere, struggled. high energy here. reach forthose toes. elsewhere, others say their blood pressure is rising with all the changes, and the feeling that what is allowed in one place may be for a bit in a short distance away. —— forbidden a short distance away. other facilities like casinos and betting shops will be closed from monday. but gyms like the one here behind me are making the most of being able to stay open throughout. that's the case in lancashire. over in liverpool, local leaders are annoyed, they say, at these differences between areas, particularly when it comes to gyms.

they say they would like the government to explain why a gym in liverpool is a greater risk of covid transmission than one human lancashire. in those leaders in liverpool say tonight they simply won't accept their region being treated differently to other areas like lancashire. they say the inconsistencies they are seeing undermine the whole new system, they say, right from the off. the latest government figures show there were 15,650 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 16,228. 773 people are being admitted to hospital on average each day over the past week. this number doesn't include scotland. 136 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, 107 deaths were announced every day.

it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 43,1129. the prime minister says, until a vaccine has been found, "mass testing" for coronavirus will be the solution to reopening the economy and society. borisjohnson says several kinds of rapid tests are being looked at — some that can provide results injust 15 minutes. it comes as a new survey shows that the number of infections in england rose by more than 60% last week. our health editor hugh pym reports. getting test results back can take time. the prime minister said new technology would allow faster turnarounds technology would allow faster turna rounds and more technology would allow faster turnarounds and more frequent testing to pick up those without symptoms. using random testing, the ons works out how many have got it each week, with and without symptoms. the latest ons survey covered community infections in the week to the 8th of october, though not including scotland. it showed in

england there were nearly 28,000 new cases each day, up more than 60% on the previous week. that's about one in160 of the previous week. that's about one in 160 of the population with the virus. in wales, infections also went up, with about one in 390 with the virus. the proportion in northern ireland was won in 250. the situation is deteriorating, and we need to brace for it. we need to be aware that even any actions that we ta ke aware that even any actions that we take today is going to need two or three weeks before having an effect. it might actually be a good effect infourto six it might actually be a good effect in four to six weeks. we are under a lot of pressure every day now. as more people pick up the virus, a certain proportion will need hospital treatment. this video put out today by liverpool city council aims to warn the local population of the consequences. but doctors say

outcomes are better. health service journal estimates that death rate for hospital covid patients fell by 50% between april and september. an intensive care specialist told me what had changed with the care of very sick patients. we became better at recognising the disease early and therefore implementing treatment early, and it's always better to prevent deterioration rather than to treat things after the event. and of course, we saw development in terms of potential drugs that may have a benefit for patients. more patients are pulling through, but it takes time for them to recover. some have ongoing symptoms after leaving hospital, and as more beds are occupied, there's a chance others will miss out on less urgent treatment and operations. hugh pym, bbc news. let's talk to vicki young in westminster. we have another

situation with tier 3. gyms are open in lancashire but not liverpool. they're the tensions between local leaders and central government are being laid bare. if you think back to the national lockdown in the spring, of course, nobody wanted it, but it had the advantage of simplicity. what the government is doing now is going for this regional approach because not every area is suffering in the same way, but that does mean that things have got a little bit fractious. i think there are risks on both sides here. for the government, they are being accused of not coming up with the cash to compensate those people, many of them losing their livelihoods. on the other side, you've got some local mayors being accused of delaying really important decisions that could actually save lives. meanwhile, you've got businesses sitting and waiting, simply not knowing if they will even be allowed to open in the coming days or weeks or so up i think there is another possible problem here. if you see politicians arguing about the possibility of tighter rules, does that undermine that public

health message, and does it mean people become less likely to follow them in the first place? thank you. downing street has said that brexit trade talks are over and "there is no point" negotiations continuing unless there's a fundamental shift in the eu's position. borisjohnson says we should get ready for leaving without a deal onjanuary 1st after an eu summit in brussels insisted it is the british who should be making concessions. here's our europe editor katya adler. eu leaders had lots on their mind at this summit. the covid crisis first and foremost. but eyes and ears here we re and foremost. but eyes and ears here were also very focused here today on downing street. how would boris johnson react to their demand that the uk must give way first if a trade deal is to be agreed? the answer, not positively. it is clear from the summit that after 45 years of membership, they are not willing

u nless of membership, they are not willing unless there is some fundamental change of approach, to offer this country the same terms as canada, and so with high hearts and with com plete and so with high hearts and with complete confidence, we will prepare to embrace the alternative and we will prosper mightily. downing street's clear will prosper mightily. downing street‘s clear message— will prosper mightily. downing street's clear message— trade talks are over unless the eu changes its tune. no chance, said the french president. translation: we are always conscious that it was the united kingdom that wanted to leave the eu and that is leaving the eu and that needs an agreement even more than we do. after months and months of eu negotiators shuttling backwards and forwards between london and brussels, both sides are fed up. the key sticking point still in talks— the rights of eu fishermen to fish in british waters after brexit, competition regulations known as the level playing field, and how disputes should be resolved if a trade deal is agreed. angela merkel

has said today the eu perspective negotiator would head to london on monday to launch intense last—ditch talks, but this evening the government said no. as things stand, there was no point. both sides have now growled at each other and gnashed their teeth. so is this the end of the road, or political posturing before difficult compromises are reached ? posturing before difficult compromises are reached? concessions are needed from both the government and the eu if a deal to be founded for those who believe that this deal is the right way forward, tonight feels like a case of so near and yet so far. our political correspondent jonathan bla kes is in westminster. so that is the question. are these talks really over? well, those words from the prime minister's spokesman, the talks are over, sounded like a bit of a bombshell. you could be forgiven for hearing that unassuming that this is the end of the process and there will be no free trade agreement between the uk and the eu

come that deadline at the end of december. but it is one thing to say that the talks are over. it is another to refuse to negotiate from here on in and borisjohnson hasn't done that. he has left the door open slightly to further talks, although he has made it very clear he expects the eu to make the next move, so we are told this afternoon the uk's chief negotiator lord frost was on the phone to his opposite number in brussels, michel barnier, saying there was no basis for planned negotiations in london this coming week, but they did agree to talk on the phone early next week, so lines at immigration are open, and while this is a stand—off, there are many weeks to go in this process and throughout deadline have come and gonein throughout deadline have come and gone in negotiations —— neck and negotiations have nearly always gone to the wire. people from areas of the uk with high levels of coronavirus — including level 2 in england — are now banned from entering wales. some parts of wales were already closed to visitors.

but from tonight, no—one from hotspot areas outside wales is allowed to cross the border. hywel griffith is in caldicot. yes. the ban came in at 6pm, so now anyone crossing this bridge into wales faces the possibility of being stopped and questioned by the police and turned around if they had travelled from a covid hotspot. unprecedented, but this evening even that measure looks to be overtaken by even tougher restrictions next week. it looks almost inevitable that wales will have its own national limited lockdown, a circuit breaker, if you like. it is a measure resisted on that side of the border, but wales looks set to follow its own path. a divide defined by roads and rivers, the welsh border meanders north to south for 160 miles. now, it's a new front in the fight against the virus. anyone living outside of wales in a covid hotspot is barred, unless they're travelling for work, education, or to provide care. i haven't even been on the bus.

i'm too frightened to go on the bus. for sistersjulie, sue and janet, its welcome. they are wary of visitors to monmouth, a town which last week recorded zero cases of covid. because they're not doing the rules in where they're coming from, and you look on the telly and they're all mingling. we don't want it, do we? well, we've been trying to protect ourselves right the way through lockdown as much as we can, and like you say, we've been lucky here. the police federation says the new rules are unenforceable. thanks now, bye. but extra patrols have been promised, with this warning: if you do travel to wales, we will engage with you. we will encourage you to return to your home area, and anybody who is deliberately flouting the law will be issued with a fixed penalty ticket. the border ban is largely to protect rural communities. most of wales is already closed to

visitors because of local lockdowns. and next week, the whole nation could be told to stay at home as part of even tougher restrictions. a decision on a so—called firebreak will be announced on monday. the situation is so serious that we have no option but to look at new and different ways to keep wales and to keep you safe. doing nothing is not an option. but doing what exactly, and for how long? further down the border in chepstow, mandy says she's willing to close if it means saving christmas trade. it's not going to go away, but we need to control it. i'm hoping that the two week, three week is going to see all the numbers go down, everyone's going to settle down, and we just have to learn to live with it. there's no doubt, the tide has turned. we are heading towards harder times, which may test everyone's limits. hywel griffith, bbc news, caldicot.

new, stricter coronavirus measures have also come into effect in northern ireland this evening. restau ra nts, pubs and hotels are having to significantly reduce services, and hair and beauty salons have had to shut. business leaders have warned that a financial support scheme set up by the devolved government is inadequate. and from midnight, london is going into tier 2 — the high covid alert level of restrictions. nine million people will no longer be able to meet other households in their homes or other indoor spaces. our special correspondent lucy manning reports on what it will mean for the capital. the uk's largest city, its busiest city, is now going to get a lot quieter. tonight, the last chance for some to meet together in homes, pubs, restaurants. whilst bookings are reasonable for tonight and people are using this almost as a last hurrah of going out, we have thousands of cancellations over the next few weeks in our business in

central london. it is notjust the economic cost, but the personal one. at the school gate in north london, they want the restrictions to work, but don't really understand them. they want the restrictions to work, but don't really understand themm is very silly, very silly when they go to school to see everybody but at home they can't meet family and friends. they literally change it every two seconds. and you think, another rule, another law has come, so another rule, another law has come, so it is like how do you know these things? do you understand what is happening and what has changed? no. i'm captain fantastic! and the restrictions on indoor mixing will mean many cancelled parties. the children's entertainment industry wa nts to children's entertainment industry wants to be able to work indoors. for children, this is a life event. other things can go ahead. this is so important to children, notjust forfamilies so important to children, notjust for families and friends but for them and it is great for their well—being. this week, the met police broke up a wedding reception in west london with more than 100

guests. the force said with london moving to the higher alert level, there will be extra patrols near clu bs there will be extra patrols near clubs and bars. the new restrictions are absolutely necessary. do think they will be hard to enforce in pubs and restaurants? it will be extremely difficult and the easier way was to have a complete circuit breaker which allows much more control and guaranteed to stop contagion in its tracks. it is still a bit ofa contagion in its tracks. it is still a bit of a mixed picture in london. more than a third of borrowers have more than 100 cases per 1000 people and other areas are approaching that, but london is a whole is below the national average, although there are more people hear going into hospital now. london, york, essex, barrow and other areas joined those who have had to live under these rules for weeks, sometimes months. the hope that the disruption will pay off. that cases will fall. but once the rules tightened tonight, they might be here for some time. the national lockdown in march saw

a rise in the number of vulnerable children being groomed to carry drugs across the uk for dealers — so called county lines gangs. now with restrictions tightening all over the uk again, the children's society is concerned that even more children will be exploited. three young men, who were lured in, have been speaking to the bbc‘s amanda kirton about how they became caught up in the culture of the roads, as they call it. what does the roads do? the roads, they kill you. they make sure you go to jail for life. they make sure that your future gets cut short. the road steals your dreams and ambitions. when i became a teenager, that's when it started feeling a bit different. that's when i started getting eyes. that's when the stop and searches started happening. and things like that and it was just such a drastic change in such a quick amount of time that ijust wasn't ready for it. i couldn't prepare myself for it. no one could.

when i was about 14, a guy who was older, i heard that he was selling so i thought maybe he could give me a chance. he could trust me, i could trust him. he could help me make some money. when you come out your house, you know, you see your friend's older brothers, you see their cousins or whatever, and because everyone knows everyone, they're saying hello to your mum when they're coming in and out of the shops and things like that, and it's quite family knit, but what you know but you don't really realise is that some of these are drug dealers, at the end of the day. they will ask to meet you, notjust to buy or sell something, just to link and chill, isn't it? burn a zoot, and when you're both burning, you're both mashed up and then you tend to open up a lot more. you become close friends, and that's how it all happens. you don't know when man is going to find a job. in your head, you're thinking, ok i've just got to get up and just do it myself sort of thing,

but this man is offering me a job, you know, to do things just around my area. and over the years, we had less and less money, and i was getting a bit desperate. i was still be hungry throughout the day and i thought i could pay for my own food and then i wouldn't be so hungry. i do believe a lot of young people are trapped and if you go and ask them, is this where you want to be? they will say no but they feel like they have got no other option. people like outside would call as a gang or whatever, but we're just a group of guys that went to the same school, from the same area. i've been to prison three times. when i went to prison the first time, i was 15 years old. the first time was really hard but, even though, because i got so immune to it for being so long inside, i kind of came out and not that i missed it but it was like, you know, it weren't the same again. some of the kids that come here, you know, they've been kicked out of school. they've been expelled. some of them have just come out of prison. they see that we look just like them. they see that we talk

just like them. they see that we have got experiences just like them and they see familiar faces that have all made mistakes but have turned it around, you know? and what happens is they start to see there is a light at the end of the tunnel. they start to realise that there is hope. i started speaking to my family. it feels better when you tell people about outside stuff. i felt a lot better about that. i believe all young boys, especially living in areas such as where i've come from, definitely need a mentor. whether they're exhibiting, you know, that bad sort of choices or not. there was a point where i knew it was going to take my mum over the edge. i looked her in the face one day and i said, you've been crying, isn't it? i was given an opportunity. there was an opening in the club. but we all need the opportunity. we all do. you can watch the full length version of the documentary lost boys tonight on the bbc news channel at 9:30 and it will also be available on the iplayer. at a time when most are finding it hard to compete in any sport, one woman has racked up 118 victories so far in 2020. thejockey, hollie doyle, has even broken her own british record for winners ridden in a year by a woman. laura scott reports. pint—sized, but with lofty

ambitions, hollie doyle has risen up through the ranks of the weighing room and now only really has her own records to beat. i've been pretty blessed this year. i wasjust dreaming of ridng a group winner at least this year and i've ridden a handful, so it's been better than i ever expected. scarlet dragon puts his nose in front! 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 2020. doyle's lifestyle is full on. after eight rides at newcastle tonight, she's likely to have just three hours sleep before racing tomorrow. it does build up on you. the industry as a whole is very gruelling and demanding and i think everyone obviously struggles sometimes, but you've just got to try and be as resilient as you can. state occasion by a length and a half... this week, doyle broke her own record for the most wins in a calendar year by a female jockey, notching up number 117 at kempton. she's fourth in this year's

jockeys championship, up from 13th last year, but has her sights on top spot in future. you never know. maybe one day. it would be a dream come true, but i am under no perception of how hard it is to become champion jockey. this landmark season isn't over. tomorrow, she's targeting herfirst top—level win at the champion's day. though she be but little, she is fierce. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. plenty of cloud over the weekend with some rain at times. unlike earlier in the month, this map reminds usjust earlier in the month, this map reminds us just how wet it was on the 3rd of october. a significant day. after adding up all of the rainfall, the met office says it is the uk's wettest on record, records going back to 1891. enough rain on that day to more than phil loch ness. again, a bit of patchy rain

and drizzle out there tonight but it really will not amount to much. still some clear spells the further west you are. also towards south—west england. if you are clear for any period of time, it will be cooler than this. most of us are above freezing as we start the weekend. on a rather grey, gloomy and damp night. for scotland and northern england, some of that will continue into the afternoon. some showers running from the channel islands towards cornwall and devon, but brighter spells and on the whole sunshine is hard to come by. on the cool side too. temperatures below—average for the time of year. little change into saturday evening. some of this patchy rain and drizzle will sink a little further south into sunday, then push back towards the north again. allowing parts of england to brighten up and also milder and the cooler feeling day in scotla nd milder and the cooler feeling day in scotland and into north—east england. maybe a bit of patchy rain towards northern ireland. western

scotla nd towards northern ireland. western scotland going into sunday