this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones, the headlines at apm: millions of people are now living with tighter coronavirus restrictions in england — lancashire moves into the highest alert category, but there's still stalemate over greater manchester. french police say samuel paty — the history teacher who was beheaded in a suspected islamist attack — had been threatened for several days. in new zealand jacinda ardern is re elected with a landslide victory — she was widely praised for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. thank you to the many people who gave us their vote, who trusted us to continue with leading new zealand's recovery. hundreds of people have been queuing at a hospital in eastern china — where a covid—19 vaccine is being offered to the public for the first time.

new laws are being put forward to make it illegalfor anyone to pick up and use their mobile phone while driving. and it ends even in an eventful merseyside derby — liverpool were denied a late winner by var — leaving it everton 2—2 liverpool. good afternoon. millions more people have seen covid—19 rules tighten, as areas including london, york and essex have moved up england's new three—tier alert system. there's still stalemate between local politicians in greater manchester and the government over the introduction of stricter coronavirus measures there. meanwhile, northern ireland

is in its first full day of a four local leaders deny talks have been arranged to help the row. week "circuit—brea ker" lockdown, with all hospitality venues closing, except to provide take—aways. this is one of preston's oldest pubs. it doesn't serve food, so under the new restrictions, it will now shut. if you see how many cases are only linked to hospitality, we are not the biggest problem. yet, for the second time, we are the ones that get punished first. it's the same story across lancashire. as well as pubs closing, there is now also a ban on households mixing indoors, in private gardens and most outdoor venues. from monday, lancashire faces further restrictions, including the closure of betting shops and soft play areas. but gyms stay open. in contrast to the liverpool city region where gyms have been forced to close. that sense of confusion

and contradiction was felt by football fans in northern ireland last night. the players from coleraine and ballymena were warming up, some of the limited crowd were in. but with the game about to start, no one was sure what the rules were. i'm waiting on guidance from our head of police here, who is waiting on guidance from his boss as well. and we are keeping people outside the gate, which is not safe at this moment in time. northern ireland has already introduced its own form of circuit break. the half—term holiday has been extended by two weeks to the 30th of october. hospitality and beauty businesses have also been shut for the next few weeks. at the royal liverpool hospital, staff believe these tougher restrictions in their city and others are the only answer. this time last month, the trust was looking after 33 patients with covid. today, that figure stands at more than 300. we are overwhelmed. and it's not winter, it's not even winter yet. and look at us. it's...

it'sjust really tiring. and really upsetting. across the uk, millions are now adjusting to changes in their communities. frustrating for many, but vital and necessary, say the government, to control the spread of this virus. daniela relph, bbc news. our political correspondent explained that there appears to have been a breakdown in communication between the government and greater manchester. there remains stalemate between leaders over the last 48 hours or so. no talks between the two sides over what restrictions are appropriate and what restrictions the two sides could agree were needed in greater manchester and possibly in accompanying package financial support since thursday morning. i understand there were talks at official level between those in

whitehall and those in greater manchester yesterday. then it seemed like there have been some progress, downing street told us at lunchtime today that they had a quote, reached out towards the mayors office this morning, and a telephone call had been agreed between the two sides for tomorrow morning. but a short time after that, a spokesperson for the mayor said that nothing had been agreed. that leaves people wondering, i think it is safe to suggest, and the base of those two state m e nts suggest, and the base of those two statements that there is no agreement talk tomorrow morning or before then and certainly andy burnham's side have made it clear that they are not going to make any further comment today. on one level, that might sound like a tedious running running commentary on the logistics of negotiation and it is to appoint, but also if these two sides cannot agree on the timing of a phone call between them when there are such important issues at stake

here, which could have huge consequences, not least for the people of greater manchester and what restrictions they might find themselves under, but also the continuous buyout of coronavirus. i think it does demonstrate a breakdown in communication and may bea breakdown in communication and may be a breakdown in trust between downing street and annie byrne and's tea m downing street and annie byrne and's team in greater manchester. and possibly negotiating tactics. the mayor of liverpool, joe anderson, has announced that his brother has died after contracting coronavirus. on twitter, mr anderson said despite the efforts of all the intensive care staff in hospital in the city, his brother died last night. he thanked them, and asked people to "stick together, support each other and win this battle". if you want more details on what restrictions are in place where you live, our website... just enter your post code to find out more.

france is in shock today after the murder of a teacher in the outskirts of paris. the teacher, who has now been identified as 47—year—old samuel paty — was beheaded near the school where — earlier this month — he had shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad during a discussion about freedom of expression. the killer — an 18—year—old of chechen origin — was shot dead by police. nine people including his parents have been arrested. lucy williamson reports. the horror of this attack spread slowly through the quiet streets of conflans last night. the story of a history teacher whose lesson on freedom of expression ended with a playground full of police. the suspect, thought to have been an 18—year—old chechen man, decapitated his victim in a nearby street and posted an image on social media before being shot dead by police. police sources have confirmed to us that the motive may have been

a lesson given by the victim to pupils at his school here. it was reportedly a lesson on freedom of speech, and he showed them cartoons of the prophet muhammad, the same cartoons, we think, that were reprinted by the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. parents say the lesson had caused some concern and that complaints on social media had sparked a debate. translation: he asked muslim students to raise their hands and to leave the classroom. students to raise their hands my son said he didn't do it to discriminate or offend, but explained that he was going to show cartoons of muhammad and didn't want to shock them. a girl stayed behind and chose not to leave the room. that is where it started. president macron, arriving from a government crisis meeting, said the attacker would not succeed in dividing the nation. translation: i want to tell

all the teachers of france tonight that we are with them, that the entire nation will be there, at their side, today and tomorrow, to protect them, to defend them. to allow them to do theirjob, which is the most beautiful there is, to make free citizens. the education minister tweeted that unity and determination were the only responses to what he called a despicable assassination. france's national assembly stood in silence to honour the victim yesterday, a man who, just before the attack, had wished his pupils a happy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucy williamson, bbc news, conflans sainte—honorine. earlier, the french prosecutor gave a news conference — our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me what we learned from that.

we have heard a bit of detail about the events leading up to the killing in the school. the class, the controversial class in which he produced the cartoons of muhammad and so on, that took place on october the 5th and it was a civics lesson and this teacher produced, as he had done in previous years during the same course, a or maybe more than one cartoons to raise the issue of freedom of expression of the class. prior to doing that, he said to the class of some of you are muslim and may be offended, either look away or leave the room. he did not say to all muslims that they must leave. he gave them the option of turning away in order not to be offended. and most of them it is clear did what he asked and were not offended. however, there was a girl in the class who complained to her father and the father then led a

campaign over the last ten days or so campaign over the last ten days or so to have the teacher suspended or fired from the school and this campaign is what seems led the chechen man, who had no connection to the school, to act. the father put messages on facebook and put a youtube video up including an interview with his daughter, he named the teacher at the school and that quite clearly fired up the chechen to do what he did. that came out in the press conference and plus the fact that the man, the killer, had come a short while earlier to the school and had waited outside the school and had waited outside the school and asked pupils to identify the teacher. that shows that he did not know the school, he was from a different part of france, 50 miles away, and had come up expressly because he had been informed of what was happening by this campaign conducted by the father. the father is now in

detention, there is no suggestion that he urged anything, but he did lead this campaign which may lay him open to charges of incitement to hatred. but all make sense, hugh. thank you. this attack comes in a sensitive time, doesn't it? do you read anything into the timing of it giving the court case that is currently under way with the alleged accomplices of the terrorists who massacred the staff at the magazine m charlie or three. yes it has brought it all back. it is a terrible memory for the french but it is also meant that the caricatures are back in the public domain and being spoken about and they have appeared again and that charlie mac three published the charlie mac three published the charlie hebdo led to attack three weeks ago outside the old head

quarters of of charlie hebdo and a we re quarters of of charlie hebdo and a were two or three people attacked and it was to avenge the republication of the cartoons and now today we have a terrible, terrible story, again linked to the caricatures and cartoons and the fa ct caricatures and cartoons and the fact that a teacher had brought them out in class. and yes, the symbolism is extremely painful and acute because this time it is not a journalist but another informer, explainer, someone who isjob journalist but another informer, explainer, someone who is job to a freedom of expression has been murdered for doing just that. our paris correspondent. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has won a resounding general election victory. with nearly all of the votes counted, her centre—left labour party looks likely to be able to form a single party government — something not seen in the country for decades. shaimaa khalil reports.

let's keep moving! a big victory in tough times. there was very little doubt that jacinda ardern was going to get a second term. the question was how big she was going to win. and by anyone's standards, this was a remarkable night for her and her party. labour now has enough seats in parliament to form a majority government without a coalition. an unprecedented achievement in new zealand politics since 1996. we will not take your support for granted. i can promise you, we will be a party that governs for every new zealander. the opposition national party leader judith collins conceded it was a tough battle and promised her party would be a robust opposition. three years will be gone in a blink of an eye. and i say to everybody.

we will be back. things are going to be different for the young and charismatic leader. despite her popularity, this promises to be a difficult second term, with new zealand now in recession for the first time in 11 years. the labour party has been criticised for not having a clear covid—i9 economic recovery plan. and ms ardern made it a point to address that in her victory speech. this has not been an ordinary election and it is not an ordinary time. it has been full of uncertainty and anxiety and we set out to be an antidote to that. in her first term, jacinda ardern successfully led new zealand through a terrorist attack, a natural disaster and a global pandemic and has done so focusing on kindness and compassion. but like many leaders around

the world, the big test for the triumphant prime minister will be turning the economy around with the pandemic still looming large. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. the headlines on bbc news. millions of people are now living with tighter coronavirus restrictions in england — lancashire moves into the highest alert category, but there's still stalemate over greater manchester. french police say samuel paty — the history teacher who was beheaded in a suspected islamist attack — had been threatened for several days. in new zealand jacinda ardern is re elected with a landslide victory — she was widely praised for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin.

it's been a busy day, gavin. two local derbies. we were hoping for drama in the merseyside derby and it didn't disappoint. everton came from behind twice to draw 2—2 at goodison park. but liverpool were left bemused by a late var decision that denied them victory. patrick gearey was watching. goodison park is one of the places on merseyside three are allowed to meet your neighbours. in the league, everton started this derby ahead. sadia manny scored for liverpool after just two minutes sadia manny scored for liverpool afterjust two minutes and after five they threatened again. if he display had been offside it would have been a penalty. with great defenders, you notice the most when they are not there. michael keane was there and it was one — one. liverpool conceded seven in the last match and for other tactical manoeuvring it is about pure instinct of players like mohammed sala. once everton might have folded, but in samuel paty they have

a player reaching a credible house. his tenth of the season. date mac —— calvert—lewin. now there is always a cheque. sadia manny offside by an inch. this was a derby that really was that close. liverpool managerjurgen klopp said it was the best away game they'd played here since he took over, but he was truly perplexed by that late var decision. somebody told me the situation of the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is stopped i could not understand it. so yes, obviously we should have won this game but we did not. we accept that. the second is under way at stamford bridge, where chelsea

are 3—2 up against southampton.. timo werner with both chelsea goals. danny ings in reply for southampton. chelsea have just been put back ahead. later on it's manchester city against arsenal and newcastle versus manchester united. rangers manager steven gerrard says his side won't get carried away after brushing celtic aside in the first old firm derby of the season. the 2—nil win takes them four points clear at the top of the scottish premiership, having played a game more. conor goldson grabbed both goals for rangers at celtic park. it was the first derby to be played without fans. in the other games, dundee utd 0—0 aberdeen, stjohnstone have a 3—2 lead at hamilton, livingston i—3 kilmarnock and ross county 0—0 hibernian. st mirren‘s match against motherwell had to be postponed, after a third positive covid—i9 test left the home side with only eight available outfield players.

the second half of rugby league's challenge cup final is under way at wembley. leeds rhinos and salford red devils. leeds went ahead at half—time with this try. at salford have just scored again and it is currently 12-10 to scored again and it is currently 12—10 to leeds which is live on bbc one at the moment. it's been a fantastic day so far at ascot forjockey hollie doyle — she's won herfirst group one race — one of two victories so far. after winning the british champions long distance cup on 16—1 shot trueshan. she took the british champions sprint stakes on another 16—1 shot, glen shiel. she said it was a "dream come true" to become only the third female jockey to win a british group one race. northern ireland'sjonathan rea has won the world superbikes title for the sixth year in a row. he only needed three points from the first race of the weekend at estoril in portugal — and he finished fourth to take the crown. he's won 11 of the 22

races staged so far during this truncated season. and he can make it 100 career victories in race two tomorrow. that's all the sport for now — butjoin us for sportsday at 6.30 here on bbc news, for all the day's action. in china, for the first time, a coronavirus vaccine is being sold to the public. although it's not yet completed clinical trials, it's being offered to residents in the eastern city ywu for the equivalent of £45. robin brant reports. it hasn't been fully tested, it hasn't been approved yet. but they came running to get a place in the queue for the vaccine. this is a first in this community hospital. anyone can turn up, pay the fee and get the jab. here and now. it's worth it, this businessman told us. he wants to travel again. his firm in west africa is losing money every day. now, it wasn't that long ago that

people were queueing for covid—i9 tests. but now, it's the vaccine. this isn't part of a clinical trial, what's happening here in china is that it's being rolled out to the public. you turn up, pay your money, get your number and then over there can get in the queue. in the next few hours, that clinic is going to open and people are going to get the vaccine.