a“ 5 ww-fizq, fiffiixt‘ui; fi‘uw‘w‘u “me'vl, il an extraordinary endorphin rush, it is really... it makes you feel amazingly fresh and alive and bright, you go in 1000 come out someone bright, you go in 1000 come out someone else. it is absolutely fantastic! this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today, in response to an increase in covid infection rates there. the uk government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. we can'tjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising. the number of cases among the over 60s, those at greatest risk, rising now quite significantly. and, in particular, the strain on local hospitals. tough new coronavirus restrictions are brought in across europe, as the number of cases worldwide exceeds a0 million. after mass protests against the beheading of a teacher in paris,

police raid the homes of dozens of islamist militants. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu will speak on the phone today to discuss restarting the stalled trade talks. and could cold water hold clues to curing dementia? scientists discover a promising lead among swimmers in london. the welsh government is expected to announce that it's introducing a short national lockdown. the cabinet is meeting this morning to make a final decision over what's being described as a firebreak against coronavirus, after considering advice from experts. the estrictions would

be timed to begin at the end of the week, coinciding with half—term. first minister mark drakeford is expected to make an announcement shortly after midday. it comes as talks are set to resume on whether greater manchester will enter the highest level of covid restrictions, after leaders in the region said better financial support was needed. labour's greater manchester mayor andy burnham wants the government to re—introduce the 80% furlough scheme used previously in the pandemic to support the low paid affected by tier three closures. in an open letter this weekend he said establishing clear national entitlements of the kind we had during the first lock down will create a sense of fairness" and would help with "compliance" on friday, the prime minister said the spread of the virus in greater manchester is "grave" and he may "need to intervene" if new measures are not agreed. meanhile, schools in northern ireland are shut from today — the two—week closure, which includes the half—term holiday, is set to be reviewed on the 2nd pf november. ministers discuss the details of a time—limited lockdown at length over the weekend but no decision was reached. the first minister, mark drakeford,

has suggested it would be a short, sharp shock of 2—3 weeks, which would once again see people being told to stay at home, an instruction which was relaxed back in june. other measures being considered include closing pubs, bars, restau ra nts a nd cafes as well as nonessential shops. the restrictions could begin as most schools close the half term on friday, with primary pupils returning after a week. secondary school students may be kept at home for longer. we are not blind to the fact this has a real impact in terms of the economy, to people paying their bills. we are also not blind to the fact that doing nothing means covid will continue to grow and we will continue to see harm, and we see the significance of that harm already taking place in other parts of the uk. so doing nothing isn't an option. inevitably, there is real concern over the financial implications of a large—scale temporary shutdown, and questions over how soon any benefit in slowing the spread of the virus would be felt. hywel

griffith, bbc news. has global infections from the virus reach a0 million, european nations are struggling to cope with the surge of new cases. austria has become the latest to announce new restrictions, limiting indoor gatherings to six and outdoor to 12 as it posts a record number of new infections. in belgium, a midnight to 5am curfew has been introduced, with cafes and restaurants ordered to closed for the next four weeks. the national stadium in the polish capital warsaw is being turned into a 500—bed hospital, while schools are being closed in major cities. the czech republic is one of the countries hit hardest by the second wave. it is considering moving to a full lockdown in two weeks, after recording more than 100,000 new infections in october so far. italy's prime minister has unveiled new covid—19 restrictions — mayors will be able to close public areas at night, with new restrictions on restaurants and gatherings,

as mark lobel reports. police closed down this flea market in italy's north. 0nce europe was not the epicentre of the virus. now pa rt not the epicentre of the virus. now part of another surge, which is this time spreading right across the country, too. 11,705 new coronavirus cases were announced on sunday, beating the previous daily record just 2a hours before of 10,925. prompting this rallying cry from the prime minister. translation: these new measures will allow us to face this new wave of infections that is severely affecting not only italy, but all of europe. we cannot waste time. we have to act by putting in place all the necessary measures to avoid a general lockdown. the new measures

include giving mayors the power to close public squares and roads after 9pm, restricting restaurants and bars to table service after 6pm, and closing by midnight. and later starting time is for secondary school students, encouraging more distance learning. elsewhere in europe, the irish cabinet is expected to introduce new restrictions on monday, as it looks to control the virus. it is expected that all nonessential businesses could be closed and visits to private homes and social gatherings band. with expanded testing across europe, the continent appears united in seeing virus numbers rise for a second time, but somewhat divided in seeking a solution. mark lobel, bbc news. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee, is in brussels where he says the lockdown measures have been applied across as of this morning, all cafes, all bars, restaurants closed apart

from takeaway for the next month and a curfew is in place as of tonight, midnight till five o'clock in the morning. no alcohol sales from eight o'clock at night and the so—called social bubble, the people you can see outside of your household, reduced from three to just one other person and the new prime minister, alexander de croo, saying that this was essential, it was the least invasive of all measures to avoid a complete lockdown. in two weeks they will review, but if you look at the situation in belgium, they have had on average every day 7000 cases. it is a small country, so that is one of the highest per capita in the world now. they were also seeing two weeks ago 2000 cases. that gives you a sense of the increase and hospitals are seeing a base capacity full of covid cases. that means those that were designated first coronavirus already full and some hospitals in brussels were trying to send patients outside the city and some of those hospitals said no, refused and would not accept them, saying they did not want to make their services full up. so we are also seeing internal rows starting as well here. switzerland, for example,

as of today, because of the rise there, they're making it mandatory in public to wear face masks and they have been sort of bucking that trend for a while, but the czech republic are saying in two weeks' time they might have to install a full lockdown, that is how bad the situation is getting there, so there is all of this going on. we saw the dutch a few days ago do a similar thing with bars, cafes closing, the french at the weekend as well. those nine cities including paris and marseille. i think at the moment, a lot of governments are working out are they doing the right thing? and just edging up the levels of restrictions in place. french police have raided the homes of dozens of suspected islamic radicals following the beheading on friday of a teacher who'd shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet muhammad. after an emergency cabinet meeting on sunday, president macron was quoted as saying that islamists would not be allowed to sleep quietly in france. the killing has sparked outrage and drawn thousands to rallies in memory of the teacher samuel paty, the bbc‘s correspondent, hugh

schofield, has the latest from paris. they are linked, directly and indirectly into the inquiry into the killing, in the sense that on the one hand there are people who have been picked up who were being investigated, who are alleged to have posted messages of support to the killer. so, that is one aspect of all of this. the other aspect is there is a much broader bid to crackdown on islamic radicals, simply asa crackdown on islamic radicals, simply as a reaction, as an expression of outrage at what had happened, and a bid to accelerate the process, which was already happening, of cracking down on separatism, as president macron calls it. what we are seeing is this double track, things linked to the investigation on the one hand, but, more broadly, a response from the state, which is to say this must

stop and we are going to take action quickly. 0ne organisation which may fit into both of these categories is something called the collective microcap collective against islamophobia, which is very much in the firing line today. it is an association, as its name implies, it mediates in behalf of islam and muslims in general, but it has been criticised before for taking a radical position. there are suggestions it may have taken a position in the run—up to the killing of the teacher, as we know, there was a campaign online led by one of the parents which certainly was a factor in his killing. and i think what the government wants to do, and the interior minister spelt this out this morning, is to react with a really clear message that certain activity online, and among

certain activity online, and among certain associations, will now be stopped. as we've been reporting we're expecting that some sort of national lockdown could be announced in wales. let's talk now to andrew morgan, labour leader of rhondda cynon taf council in south wales. would you welcome a national lockdown? it is certainly the case that something further needs to happen. we have had restrictions in most counties in wales. while that helped stop a significant increase in cases, cases are certainly not coming down and they continue to increase, albeit at a lower rate. something has to change if we are to get back to a sense of normality. what will that mean in terms of businesses? i spoke to the owner of a beauty salon an hour ago, what does it mean for her business? the biggest thing is if the welsh government goes through with some sort of circuit breaker firebreak, the level of business support

available will be critical for those businesses. i know that many small retailers are struggling in the run—up to christmas, it's a very busy time for them. business support is going to be fundamental to this. 0bviously with cases continuing to increase, yesterday we had almost 1000 cases in wales. when you consider the economic impact, when we are asking people associated with those cases to self—isolate, for every case there are probably three orfour every case there are probably three or four contacts, every case there are probably three orfour contacts, and every case there are probably three or four contacts, and we are talking maybe 5000 people a day in wales being asked to isolate for between ten and 1a days, the impact is significant on the economy. but that appears to be going below the radar. with resetting, if that does happen orfurther with resetting, if that does happen or further interventions happen, with resetting, if that does happen orfurther interventions happen, i hope we can get back to a lower level and some sort of normality on the run—up to christmas. level and some sort of normality on the run-up to christmas. business support will be crucial. what would you be asking for from your first minister? there has been an awful lot of discussions between these parties over the past week at the weekend, in terms of

flagging up any concerns we have, just talking through what the options could be. in terms of business support, if nonessential businesses are tasked, we need to have some sort of financial package. clearly, employees who cannot go to work will need to have fellow. at what level? will it be fellow at 80%, and two thirds of their normal salary, what? that is something that the welsh government and uk, that is something that the welsh governmentand uk, it that is something that the welsh government and uk, it will have to discuss. but what would you be calling for? my personal view would be if the uk govern prepared to fund it, it should be full furlough, if not, 80% would be what we would want. similar to what is on the table in england. you said this is a chance to reduce the rate of increase in infections, and you also said it is a case to

reset. what is going to happen in this 2—3 week lockdown that will mean things will be different in three weeks' time? well, if it did go ahead, it would bea well, if it did go ahead, it would be a case of resetting the clock. what does that mean in practical terms? well, reducing numbers significantly, taking us back a couple of months from where we are. an opportunity to enhance the test and trace system and do things slightly differently. we could not have a short firebreak and then just carry on doing everything as we have, clearly that is not sustainable, or we will be in the same situation. this is a chance for everybody to reset the clock, potentially, if they do have some sort of lockdown for a short period of time. when we come out of that, there needs to be new measures. the first minister is on record saying if there was some sort of firebreak, it would have to be some new national measures. we want to make sure that whether you are religious or not, i am sure christmas time is a time for family to get together and we need to make sure that

families have that message, that they will be able to do that, provided we get numbers down and get it under control. if you relax things in time for christmas, which iam sure things in time for christmas, which i am sure a number of families watching right now would really want, i don't know what stops the rate going up again and then you have to have another two or three week lockdown? that is a risk, clearly. it depends what point you are starting from. at the moment, the cases are high on continuing to increase, day or day and week on week. if something is not done now, week. if something is not done now, we could have a real situation, going into the winter, where cases could be two, three or even four times now. do not close family connection over the christmas period would mean that we faced eight january and spring next year on a scale that we haven't faced so far during the pandemic. there has been a huge amount of conversation. they have been discussing with council

leaders, business and unions, what would be the impact of something goes down and what could an intervention look like? the decision is going to be made by the british government one way or another. certainly over the last week and weekend, we have been able to give our views around support, raising issues around mental health support for people, business support, what are the restrictions look like after are the restrictions look like after a circuit breaker, how do we give certainty to people about the future? all of these things need to be considered by ministers, and that is why, in fairness, they are not rushing to make a decision. is why, in fairness, they are not rushing to make a decisionlj is why, in fairness, they are not rushing to make a decision. i had an e—mailfrom a rushing to make a decision. i had an e—mail from a woman rushing to make a decision. i had an e—mailfrom a woman and daughter who are survivors of domestic abuse. they say, what will happen to us during another lockdown? because we need to get out to access support. yes, it is absolutely something that everybody needs to be mindful of. in wales, we are responsible for providing a lot of support to families at risk. those services will be maintained in local authorities, our critical services. the public facing

stuff. in terms of support services, they will be continuing and it will need to be enhanced. also, we need to work with the third sector more in terms of what support is available to individuals, mental health, crisis families, lockdown for children, there is a real risk of long—term damage. clearly, the message we are getting from all of the garment advises we have been able to ask is that doing nothing right now is not an option. —— government advises. china has released its economic growth figures for the july to september period, showing a continued recovery from the pandemic. 0utput grew by a.9% compared with the same period last year. however, the figure is lower than the 5.2% expected by economists. 0ur correspondent in shanghai robin brant has the details. it shows an

ongoing, very healthy recovery. you know, china, the beginning of the year, that calamitous covid outbreak, its economy contracted by almost 17%. we've got growth for the following three months of 3.2%, and the trend continues. and the figure continues to rise, now, a.9%. the economy here, a.9% bigger than it was at this time last year. and remember, that's in the context of china, the world's second biggest economy, being the driver of global growth as well. certainly before the covid outbreak, growth here in china and the chinese economy as a whole, was helping global growth by around about 20%. so it's good news for china. 0n the face of it, it's good news for the rest of the world. if you break it down a little bit, you get an idea of what is driving this along. retail sales were up 3.3%. that was quite a way below what some were forecasting. but industrial output, a good barometer of where the chinese goverment, the state owned entities are very active, that was up by 6.6%. so, state owned entities, you know, you've got elements

of a government stimulus year, continuing to put the pedal to the floor, so to speak. but it appears to be quite broad. the service sector, hugely important in terms of china's economy, that rebound it as well. so, there is a recovery and it appears to be quite broad. but, on the downside, most of it appears to be centred on the richer cities on the east coast of china. you head inland, and we have seen some figures over the last few months showing credit growth there for small companies is dipping. that would appear to be a sign that, going forward, they are not quite as confident in that part of the country as others may be are in the richer, east coast areas. just briefly, robin, what do today's numbers mean for policy going forward from the central bank or government? well, look, it's healthy, it's good, it will mean they maintain a confidence in the growth of the economy. that a.9%, that is somewhere

near the figure they want to maintain overall going forward, in terms of china's planned economies. the people's bank of china is going to maintain its assistance in terms of the supply of money, helping business as well. so, like i said, we are not seeing a big government stimulus year that we saw after the global financial crisis of a decade ago. the government continues to help and continues to try and underpin and maintain this recovery. the uk's five anglican archbishops have warned the government that its new brexit bill could set a "disastrous precedent". the internal market bill is intended to set out how trade between the four parts of the uk will proceed, once the transition period with the eu ends. in a joint letter, the religious leaders say the bill risks undermining "trust and goodwill" if it becomes law without the consent of all parts of the uk. the government says it is a necessary "safety net" to protect the uk's internal market.

0n the negotiations, cabinet office minister michael gove is meeting the eu commissioner maros sefcovic today. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent iain watson who said he actually explained what was happening with talks. the first is this meeting today that michael gove is involved in. this is about implimentation of the withdrawal agreement, that document that was signed when we left the european union on the 31st of january. it is related to what you are talking about about the archbishops, their concerns over the internal market bill, where the uk could potentially breach international law, the government says in a limited way, in relation to the agreement on northern ireland. that has been discussed over the last couple of

months. that will be discussed between michael gove and the vice president of the european commission in london today. the second thing, quite separately from that, which is going on, is the question of our future trading relationship with the european union, when the transition period comes to an end on the 31st of december. the only talks that appear to be going ahead there are potentially a phone call between the uk chief negotiator, lord frost, and michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator. the formal talks, face—to—face, in london, the talks that were supposed to be taking place this week, are no longer taking place. at the end of last week, the prime minister and downing street officials declared effectively the trade talks were over unless the eu changed its attitudes. their argument is that the eu never quite got its collective head around the idea that the uk is now an independent state and it has to change its attitude in

order for that to be sorted. if you want a trade deal, no taxes or tariffs going either side of the channel, they want to see movement from the eu and a willingness to compromise on things like fisheries and state aids. unless they get a sign that is going to happen, borisjohnson says you should prepare for no—deal, or, as he put it, an australian deal, which would see tariffs imposed on goods and, very likely, food prices at least going up. the question is if they can avert that. today's talks, face—to—face with michael gove, are still an important issue, if you like, but a side issue and not relevant to the future trading relationship. new guidance from the crown prosecution service says prosecutors in rape cases in england and wales need to be aware of changing sexual behaviour in the digital age,

when deciding if a case should go to court. the new plans are designed to encourage prosecutors to challenge any suggestion that sexual images or messages equate to consent, in cases of rape or serious sexual violence. joining me now is the crown prosecution service's deputy national lead on rape and serious sexual offences, siobhan blake good morning. can you give our audience some examples of the kind of cases that are coming before cps lawyers ? of cases that are coming before cps lawyers? what we have seen over the past few years, and something that is reflected in this guidance, is a real move in terms of intimate relationships onto a digital platform, particularly with young people. so, we are tending to find that we have many cases now where there have been intimate conversations and maybe, as you have already mentioned, intimate photographs exchanged between

parties before they actually meet in the physical world. and really the reason for this legal guidance, highlighting the sorts of issues, is to make it extremely clear that consent is specific to the act. so simply exchanging intimate photos, for example, does not convey some blanket sense of consent over all sexual acts that go from thereon. 0k, sexual acts that go from thereon. ok, so, let's really hone it down, two 15—year—olds, boy and girl, they send each other naked selfies, intimate pictures of each other because they are going out with each other. that should not be seen as consent for any act that might follow? absolutely correct. every single sexual act and sexual contact is about consent at the time, and the individual, the perpetrator,

understanding that there is or isn't consent. sorry to interrupt, so an individual would not be able to use asa individual would not be able to use as a defence, for example, well, look, she sent me pictures of herself with no clothes on, that is why i thought it would be ok to have sex with her? that's right. it's about really contextualising the changing sexual... the change in the nature of sexual relationships, particularly with young people, particularly with young people, particularly in the 18—2a age group. so that when we are considering these cases, we can contextualise that kind of behaviour, when we are explaining these cases to juries during the course of a prosecution, we can assist the cheery in understanding those behaviours. and, again, come back to this very clear message, which is that consent is specific to each and every individual act. at any point,

any individual act. at any point, any individual has the right to withdraw that consent. understood. is there more work for you and your collea g u es more work for you and your colleagues to do when it comes to educating juries around the myths and stereotypes to do with rape?|j think there is always work for myself and my colleagues in this area. it is one of the most traumatic crimes that any individual can suffer and survive. it is also a very misunderstood crime. i think there is still some real issues around the myths and stereotypes that surround rape and serious sexual offences. which is why this legal guidance has appended to it a document where we have worked with our victims stakeholders to identify some of those more commonly held myths and stereotypes. we have about 39 of them. they are all damaging,

but what is one of the most damaging myths that still persists around the issue of rape? sadly, there is still real myths around victims behaviour and how people and victims are meant to react to a rape attack. there is still that perception that people hold very dear to them that in a case where they were the subject of sexual attacks, they would fight, they would shout. whereas, as our trauma training, which is also included in this legal guidance into cases, very often a person's instincts make them freeze, and make them survive the attack, rather than fight or yell, which tends to be the major myth and stereotype around this sort of offending. so interesting that still persists. what is your own view,

about why rape convictions are still so low?|j think it is a very complex landscape. i think that is reflected in the fact that the criminal justice system in its totality is putting so much work into understanding that question. the crown prosecution service have really been at the forefront of that work. we are moving forward with our strategy to tackle the disparity between complaints and criminal justice outcomes by launching our 2025 strategy. it is a very broad ranging work programme that we are going to be completing over the next five years to understand and improve the way that we prosecute these cases in, of course, partnership with other criminaljustice agencies and our stakeholders in the wider community. thank you very much

for talking to us. good luck with the work. a new world record has been set in germany at a sports stadium in the city of nuremberg. but what makes this record a little unusual is the fact that those competing couldn't actually touch the ground. jens decke crossed the max—morlock stadium at a height of 73 metres to set a new slacklining record. russell trott has more. this is slacklining — balancing on a 25 millimetre wide rope which stretches and bounces 75 metres above the ground. whenjens decke was offered the chance to attempt a world record 230 metre walk high above a sports stadium in germany, he jumped at the chance. translation: the difficulty here on this 230 metres long high line is keeping your concentration, because the weakest link is always the concentration. you are up there and you have a queasy feeling in your tummy,

because you feel you are really not meant to be up there. if slacklining isn't precarious enough, try doing it in heels. these fearless sportswomen recently took pa rt in one such event in china. balancing on an elastic rope whilst balancing in heels is no mean feat, in a sport which seems to always want to stretch its own parameters. the balancing act in nuremberg has raised the bar once more. russell trott, bbc news. hello, this is bbc news with me, victoria derbyshire. the headlines: a short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today, in response to an increase in covid infection rates there. the uk government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. we can'tjust sit by and

watch the number of cases rising, the number of cases amongst the over—60s, those at greatest risk, rising now quite significantly, and, in particular, the strain on local hospitals. tough new coronavirus restrictions are brought in across europe, as the number of cases worldwide exceeds a0 million. after mass protests against the beheading of a teacher in paris, police raid the homes of dozens of islamist militants. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu will speak on the phone today to discuss restarting the stalled trade talks. and could cold water hold clues to curing dementia? scientists discover a promising lead in cold—water swimmers in london. it's been a week since borisjohnson announced new covid alert levels would be introduced across england. the new three—tier system sees areas classed as medium, high or very

high alert. medium levels of risk, you can only meet in a group of six people either indoors or outside, and pubs, bars and restaurants must close by 10pm. next is tier 2, which includes areas with high levels of risk. you are not allowed to meet socially with people you do not live with indoors — this includes your home, as well as pubs or restaurants. you can still meet friends and family outdoors, but only in a group of up to six people. pubs, bars and restaurants must still close by 10pm. areas with the most rapidly rising transmission rates are placed in tier 3. pubs and bars must close completely unless they are serving food. you are not allowed to meet indoors with anybody who is not part of your household. you can meet in parks, on beaches, in the countryside, as long as there aren't more than six of you. you are also advised not to travel into or out of tier 3 areas, other than for work, education,

or for caring responsibilities. more than half of england's population is now living under high or very high alert restrictions. so far, liverpool city region and lancashire are in that top tier, tier 3. with me is nicola nuttall, who runs an indoor play centre in lancashire. and also i'm joined by chris and rebecca brayshaw, owners of restaurant and bar little bolton town hall. 0ut hello, all of you. i want to ask rebecca and chris, what is it like waiting to find out if you move into tier 3? oh, it is so difficult at the moment. in bolton particularly, we have gone from, over three weeks, three tiers. you know, we have had a week in tier1, three tiers. you know, we have had a week in tier 1, one week in tier 2, and now potentially tier 3. it is impossible to plan, incredibly

difficult to explain to customers, to staff. every day we wake up wondering what on earth we will face today, it is getting really, really tough, to be honest. nicola, your indoor play centre has to close, because you are in lancashire and therefore in the top tier, but soft play centres in liverpool, also in the top tier, can stay open — how do you feel about that? it makes no sense. firstly, there is no evidence that softly is a spreader of covid, no evidence that children are at particular risk, and for councils to arbitrarily decide that it should close as part of a negotiation, it sounds like we have been sacrificed sounds like we have been sacrificed so that perhaps gyms can open. how much have you lost an income in the last few weeks? it is not just much have you lost an income in the last few weeks? it is notjust a few weeks, we have only had three weeks open since march, because we had

local lockdowns and indoor play was seen as local lockdowns and indoor play was seen as the last thing for it to open alongside the sex industry and nightclubs, which is bizarre. so we have lost a good half of our income for the entire year, 250,000. £250,000, goodness me. now, the government has given lancashire cou nty government has given lancashire county council millions of pounds, are you expecting that to trickle down to you? they have been given 42 million, which is great, 12 million put aside for track and trace, which leaves 30 million, and that is £20 each for people living in lancashire. i do not know whether we will get a few pages each, but i don't see that going very far. rebecca, chris — i mean, the conversations about greater manchester moving into the highest level, if you're like, are partly about money, and if, you know, this government source says manchester will get the same per

head of population as liverpool, about 75 million available to greater manchester, are you expecting that to trickle down to you? well, it is difficult, because we were in bolton, and we had to lock down last month, which was almost four weeks of complete lockdown on hospitality, and over that period we got off £1000 for the original two weeks, we we re £1000 for the original two weeks, we were just shy of the four weeks, so were just shy of the four weeks, so we weren't eligible for another two weeks of that. we know how physically hard it is to cope with all our overheads, to survive, and to pay the furloughed staff, you know, we have just buried into our bounceback know, we have just buried into our bounce back loan, that know, we have just buried into our bounceback loan, that is all that is keeping us going at the moment. do you think your premises will survive moving into tier 3? to be honest, the real answer is that tier 2 is not easy. tier 2 isjust no support,

you know, the single household on hospitality is hugely devastating, so hospitality is hugely devastating, so going into tier 3, the only hope of that is that you get some financial support, because the measures are just as difficult. you know, there is an argument about a substantial food offer, that you can stay open, but nobody is clear about what that means, so we very conscious that if we even attempted to stay open in tier 3 and other food, potentially we are cutting ourselves off from future support if it isn't viable. so could we survive tier3? to be it isn't viable. so could we survive tier 3? to be honest, it isn't viable. so could we survive tier3? to be honest, we it isn't viable. so could we survive tier 3? to be honest, we would have close in tier 3 and see how long it would last for and whether we can come out of it at the other end. but there are big? and that, i am come out of it at the other end. but there are big? and that, lam not going to lie. and that is really anxiety inducing. but if you are in tier 2, you might anxiety inducing. but if you are in tier2, you might as anxiety inducing. but if you are in tier 2, you might as well be in tier 3, at least then you could get some support. yeah, there is no support in tier3, the support. yeah, there is no support

in tier 3, the argument is about furlough, and that scheme will not help the new stuff that we have had to bring on, and as business owners, you know, we don't fall under furlough or self—employed, so financially, for us and that limited company owners, there is no support package at all, so we are personally propping up these big businesses. if we can't continue to do that, the business will fail anyway regardless of any support package. nicola, you have highlighted what you think is a bizarre rule that in fact soft play is shut in lancashire but they are openin is shut in lancashire but they are open in liverpool. have you considered defying the rules and staying open? i have considered that, but we have been operating in says area for 1a years, we have worked hard to have a good reputation with our customers. we don't want to be seen to be risking anybody‘s health, that is the last thing we want to do, but our margins are very small. we might take what looks like a lot of money, but in

terms of profit it is a tiny amount. so if customers are frightened to come in because what they have been told by the council and the general opinion that tier 3 is dangerous, then there is no point, no point in trying to open. and you create, and i will ask rebecca and chris the same question, how you in lancashire get out of tier 3? what the criteria? absolutely no idea. we have no end game here, we don't know what we have to get under to be allowed to open again. back in march, we thought this may be three orfour march, we thought this may be three or four weeks, march, we thought this may be three orfour weeks, and march, we thought this may be three or four weeks, and we were closed for six months, an incredibly long time for a business to limp along, paying for its utility and insurance, and all the commitments we have. if it is going to turn into another six months, it is a ridiculous situation, we need to know what we are dealing with. rebecca, chris, how would you get out of tier 3? just going

back to the we have been in extra measures for three months here, and it has not worked, rights are still going up, so how long are we slowly dragging this out for? is it another three months, six months? it isjust squeezing everything. it has got to be consistent and clear, i think the general public felt that the tier system, and i agree, it seems to work, but at the moment we have had two areas into tier 3 with two different sets of rules, so going forward , different sets of rules, so going forward, we need to be consistent with what happens, how you move out of those tiers, and what support will help you get through — it has got to be clear. well, listen, thank you for talking to us, and obviously i wish you all the best, i know it is tough, but thank you so much, all of you, really appreciate it.

the leading us infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci, who has been sidelined by the white house, has said he is "absolutely not surprised" that president donald trump caught the coronavirus. he made the remarks in the cbs news programme 60 minutes. i was worried that he was going to get sick when i saw him in a com pletely get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between people, and almost nobody wearing a mask. when i saw that on tv, i said, oh, my goodness. nothing good can come out of that, that has got to be a problem. and then sure enough it turned out to be a super spreader event. most of us have an image or an interpretation of what it means to be homeless — and it's probably not this.

well, that was nikita crump, who has over a million followers on tiktok and makes videos which show and why

she became homeless in november 2019 and decided to move into her car. some of her films have been viewed tens of millions of times, and although nikita is helping to draw attention to the issue of hidden homelessness. isaid i said that he started living in your car last year, explain to our audience why. well, i was living paycheque to paycheque, and sometimes not even able to afford to eat, so i was, like, skipping meals to save money and using my credit ca rd to to save money and using my credit card to stay afloat, which is not sustainable, so after months of contemplating, ifinally sustainable, so after months of contemplating, i finally moved sustainable, so after months of contemplating, ifinally moved into my car. and tell us about your routine, you started to film and put it on tiktok and youtube. so it is, honestly, as simple as it

seems. i have these window coverings that i made from insulation, that i keep up at night. first thing in the morning, i followed my at night. first thing in the morning, ifollowed my blanket at night. first thing in the morning, i followed my blanket and pillow back—up, organise, take these quys pillow back—up, organise, take these guys down, and before covid, when gyms were not shut down, i would head there to shower and go to work. and in terms of your following now, of your videos, what do you think of the reaction? i never expected what has come of me filming, filming my lifestyle! it has been insane and overwhelming, and i receive so many kind, unexpected messages from people who say that i have inspired them in some way or that i make them feel more normal because they also live in their car, and that can feel strange and lonely at times. it has been a while.

absolutely. you said that some places were shut where you would go for a shower during covid. i think complete strangers also offered you help, didn't they? they did,i offered you help, didn't they? they did, iam offered you help, didn't they? they did, i am very fortunate that i had several people reach out to me over the span of covid quarantine, and sometimes that meant i was commuting a few hours to travel to these places that they were located, but i was able to access as their resources and use their showers throughout covid, so i am really grateful for that. how comfortable, if that is the right word, are you about being homeless now? today, i am much more comfortable with it. i do still... it seems funny that i still feel secretive about it, because it is all over the internets, but in local life i am very discreet about it. that is a recent development, because i have

become comfortable with it in the last several months. prior to that, i was really hiding it. why were you hiding it? why? it feels strange. i don't think people accepted, and i think it is weird, so i wasn't telling anyone for a while. is it a positive choice now for you to live in yourcar? positive choice now for you to live in your car? kelly allowed today, yes. i wouldn't have necessarily said it was a negative before, but as said it was a negative before, but asi said it was a negative before, but as i have grown more comfortable with it, it has developed to be positive, and i am a happier person. what is the most difficult part about living in a car? the aimlessness that i can feel sometimes. it mostly happens whenever i am leaving work, i will start to drive away and realise that i don't know where i'm heading, i don't have, like,

a destination that igoto don't have, like, a destination that igo to or don't have, like, a destination that i go to orat don't have, like, a destination that i go to or at home to return to everyday, so i can feel of lost and... just everything that the financial stability has brought me, which is being able to do what i love, just travelling, without having to put it on a credit card or anything like that, that brings me a lot of joy. do you anything like that, that brings me a lot ofjoy. do you think people anything like that, that brings me a lot of joy. do you think people have no idea, actually, how many individuals, in reality, live in their cars around the world?|j individuals, in reality, live in their cars around the world? i do. 0bviously, those people are pretty hidden and as you are peering into every car you pass around, you don't know if somebody is sleeping in there, and i have had so many people reach out to me, telling me that they also live in a car, so they are definitely out there. what do you wa nt definitely out there. what do you want people to take from your tiktok videos and youtube? honestly, i began sharing those things to show people other options, whether it be

because they are also in financial hardship and these devices, or the lifestyle would help them, or simply to travel, because i have seen so many people want to travel so badly but feel like they couldn't afford it, because they had to get a hotel or something like that. so if they we re or something like that. so if they were up for something like this, this is a way to do it. thank you very much, nikita, for talking to our worldwide audience. i know it is the early hours of the morning summer so we the early hours of the morning summer so we appreciate you setting your alarm clock and waking up to talk to us! thank you! across the uk, millions of families would normally be enjoying a half—term break, or planning a trip, at around this time. our business correspondent nina warhurst has been to a holiday park in cumbria to find out how the new restrictions are affecting bookings. this is castlerigg campsite in cumbria,

feast your eyes on this view, imagine opening your caravan door to that, derwentwater, one of 16 bodies of water in the lake district, only one of them is officially a lake. so this is one of the places, like so many across the country, that has benefited from us not being able to go to as many foreign destinations for october half term, so bookings were up significantly, but then came the tier system, and then came the cancellations. let mejust remind let me just remind you what you can and can't do according to the guidelines, depending on where you live. first of all, if you are in tier 1, with the medium alert system, you can travel to other tier 1 places, and you can stay overnight with other households from tier1 places, as long as there are six people or fewer. in areas, places, as long as there are six people orfewer. in areas, tier 2, travel to other tier 2 places is allowed, but you have to stay with

your household or your bubble if you are planning to overnight. but for tier 3, the very high risk areas, at the moment of the liverpool city region and lancashire, you are being asked not to travel away from your area or to enter into those areas u nless area or to enter into those areas unless you live there, and not to stay overnight anywhere else unless it is through work. as for the other nations, we are waiting to see what happens with wales, they are asking that people from tier 2 and tier 3 places in england do not visit. northern ireland has entered its circuit breaker, no holidays there for now. and we are waiting to see what the scottish system will be. little wonder, with all of those complexities, that fewer than half of families are now planning an 0ctober half term break, and visit britain has said confidence has really plummeted — about one in three self catering accommodation places has reported an increase in cancellations, an average cost in each

business £15,000. scientists have discovered that cold water swimming could protect the brain from diseases, like dementia. it's all to do with the production of a specific protein. justin rowlatt — a keen cold water swimmer — the idea of going for a swim in a cold winter morning like this may not seem very appealing, especially when you know that the water temperature is just seven centigrade. but here goes. it certainly is refreshing. your whole body kind of screams in shock. but if you just stay here for a few seconds, you do begin to get used to it, and then you can... 0oh! you can begin to get some lengths in! and it now seems a chilly dip may offer more than just an

exhilarating thrill. scientists have discovered that being very cold can actually protect your brain... six years ago, bbc radio reported a study that showed that cold mice develop more of a protein associated with hibernation. the study found the protein can protect against and even repair the damage dementia does. the obvious next step was to see if humans develop the protein too. which is where this place, hampstead heath lido, comes in. it's warm, yeah. we're from the north, so we can handle it! 0ne lido swimmer heard the radio interview. ijust had the idea that we have a cohort of people here that regularly get cold, and can we translate that through to that kind of environment? dozens of volunteers agreed to be tested by the scientist leading

the study. we compared you to a bunch of people doing tai chi, who didn't get cold, and none of them get increased levels of this protein. but many of you did. she's here to give them the results. so what does it tell us? it tells us that cold does induce this protein in humans. you are the first non—patient cohort to show that cold—water swimming raises this protective protein, which is pretty cool. professor malucci is now trying to find a drug that stimulates the production of the protein in humans, and to see if it really does help delay dementia. if you slowed the progress of dementia by even a couple of years, on the whole population, that would have an enormous impact, economically and health—wise. these cold proteins are a very promising line of research, but she warns it is still early days. sadly, there are no guarantees that this will lead to

a successful dementia treatment. thank you for your messages about endometriosis, lizzie says, i am sitting in tears listening to your guests, i was diagnosed with endometriosis at the age of a3, i remember once in my 20s contemplating suicide. by the time i was diagnosed, it was so severe i was diagnosed, it was so severe i was told i would never have children, even with ivf. she is now 63, she says she is heartbroken that women are still going through this, something has to change. this is from julia, after years of extremely painful period and hospital visits, the nhs never seemed to take my pain seriously until i visited a private gynaecologist who diagnosed me immediately. after taking his diagnosis back to the nhs, they finally gave me the treatment i

needed. at the two procedures, i was able to get pregnant, like the other women on your show. i was given the option of a hysterectomy or trying for a pregnancy. thank you, julia. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. if you're just stepping out and you live in the north and west of the country, make sure you pack your brolly because you're going to need it. and notjust today, we're looking for the rest of this week at some heavy rain at times and not just after today in the north and the west. it's also going to be windier, especially in the north, in the west, but mild for the time of the year in the first half of the week. now, low pressure is driving our weather at the moment, and it's got various weather fronts around it. so those fronts bringing in some rain, some of that rain is going to be heavy, particularly across parts of central and western scotland and northern ireland. and through the day, it will edge in across the isle of man, into north—west england, wales and parts of the south—west of england.

for the rest of england, and also eastern parts of wales, although we're looking at a relatively bright day ahead, the cloud will build, turning the sunshine hazy through the afternoon with temperatures between eight and about 16 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, we hang on to all this rain across the northern half of the country. still gusty winds in the northern isles and also the irish sea. and then a new band of rain sweeps in from the west moving eastwards. temperatures, well, seven to 12 degrees, so not falling away too lowly through the course of the night. tomorrow, then, we pick up that band of rain, which is still ensconced across parts of england, and it will continue to slowly move away into the north sea, not clearing some until early afternoon. we've also got the rain across northern scotland, and a good packet of showers rotating around an area of low pressure in the west. some of those will merge to give some heavier downpours, and there could also be some thunder and lightning embedded in them. in between, there be some sunshine with highs up to 18 degrees. now, on tuesday evening and overnight, we still have that rain across

northern and western scotland. we still have rain out towards the west. and then we're watching this batch of rain and also some stronger winds coming up across some southern and southeastern areas. very windy in the southeastern quarter on wednesday, particularly with exposure along the coastline. that's a storm coming up from france. it's going to bring us heavy rain, but it should move away, and on thursday, some drier conditions as we've put a ridge of high pressure across us, but then rain again on friday and feeling cooler.

this is bbc news i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines at 11... a short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today, to combat an increase in covid infection rates. the government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. we can'tjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising. the number of cases amongst the over—60s, those at greatest risk rising significantly. and in particular, the strain on local hospitals. tough new restrictions are brought in across europe as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide exceeds a0 million. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu will speak on the phone today to discuss restarting

the stalled trade talks. and could cold water hold clues to curing dementia? scientists discover a promising lead among swimmers in london. good morning. the welsh government is expected to announce that it's introducing a short national lockdown. the cabinet is meeting this morning to make a final decision over what's being described as a firebreak against coronavirus, after considering advice from experts. the restrictions would be timed to begin at the end of the week, coinciding with half—term. first minister mark drakeford is expected to make an announcement

shortly after midday. it comes as talks are set to resume on whether greater manchester will enter the highest level of covid restrictions, after leaders in the region said better financial support was needed. labour's greater manchester mayor andy burnham wants the government to re—introduce the 80% furlough scheme used previously in the pandemic to support the low paid affected by tier three closures. in an open letter this weekend he said "establishing clear national entitlements of the kind we had during the first lock down will create a sense of fairness" and would help with "compliance". on friday, the prime minister said the spread of the virus in greater manchester is "grave" and he may "need to intervene" if new measures are not agreed. meanwhile, schools in northern ireland are shut from today — the two—week closure, which includes the half—term holiday, is set to be reviewed on 2 november. let's start in wales. here's hywel griffith. ministers discuss the details of a time—limited lockdown at length over the weekend but no decision was reached.

the first minister, mark drakeford, has suggested it would be a short, sharp shock of 2—3 weeks, which would once again see people being told to stay at home, an instruction which was relaxed back in june. other measures being considered include closing pubs, bars, restau ra nts a nd cafes as well as nonessential shops. the restrictions could begin as most schools close the half term on friday, with primary pupils returning after a week. secondary school students may be kept at home for longer. we are not blind to the fact this has a real impact in terms of the economy, to people paying their bills. we are also not blind to the fact that doing nothing means covid will continue to grow and we will continue to see harm, and we see the significance of that harm already taking place in other parts of the uk. so doing nothing isn't an option. inevitably, there is real concern over the financial implications of a large—scale temporary shutdown,

and questions over how soon any benefit in slowing the spread of the virus would be felt. hywel griffith, bbc news. let's talk now to ben francis, policy chair for the federation of small businesses in wales. thank you forjoining us. what do you think about the prospect of the short, sharp lockdown? good morning, today's announcement is likely to cause yet a further concern for small businesses in wales. while we appreciate that any decision will be taken following the receipt of public health advice, we also understand that any announcement will also have economic consequences. as a will also have economic consequences. as a business representative, that is our concern. businesses in wales will step up and do whatever they can to keep wales safe as they have done throughout this crisis. however, they are going to need support

in the shape of business support, financial assistance. as well as extremely clear guidance. what would that financial support look like and how much of the divergences is there, if there is, between what is currently on offer and what you would like to see? it is difficult to found any lists of asks, before we know what the prime minister is going to say in his announcement injust the prime minister is going to say in his announcement in just under one hour. if it is any serious as what has hinted as so far, the packages are going to have to be over and above the economic resilience fund that the welsh government has released over the pandemic crisis and some clear guidance that businesses are going to need to help them adapt to yet another set of rules following the latest change. if

we are going to be sectoral specific, the tourism and hospitality businesses in wales have both been hit extremely hard during the course of 2020 and they have faced three consecutive winter period from the storms injanuary time, the onset of coronavirus in march which resulted in a difficult summer trading period and then they would be looking forward to an 0ctober half term and a lead up to christmas trading period which traditionally would have been strong bets today is's announcement could make that more difficult. we have been asking for a tourism hibernation funds which would have been a support package of a combination of grant and loan funding which would help businesses in both tourism

and hospitality sector. whether this sees the pit the rest of the period and will hopefully allow them to enjoy more prosperous times. it needs to be acknowledged, this last weekend would have been an extremely worrying time for small business owners here in wales and they want to see their governments now handing a clear plan and a clear business support package and extremely clear guidance to help them through this time to coincide with any announcement that the first minister makes today. do you think that there are businesses that just makes today. do you think that there are businesses thatjust will not survive? i don't want to speculate on that because we don't know precisely what the first minister is going to announce that what i can say is that businesses have adapted throughout this crisis and adapted their business models to enable them

to continue to trade throughout this period and they have shown how resilient they can be. so i think we should wait to see what the first minister's announcement is first before we consider further repercussions and consequences. on that final point, it has been remarkable to see how people and businesses have adapted and obviously, adding in the financial support, in terms of the businesses being hit hard economically and in terms of them not surviving this far, would you say that it has been a better picture than it could have been? how would you describe the situation? it has been extremely difficult for businesses who have been able to survive, they have been extremely resilient throughout this period. what is clear looking forward is that they need clear guidance and the —— to

help them adapt to the set of rules and make sure that they can get through this extremely difficult time. the communities secretary, robertjenrick, says lives will be put at risk if agreement isn't reached soon on tightening the coronavirus restrictions in greater manchester. mrjenrick said hospital intensive care units were nearing capacity amid rising infections. he said the government was prepared to "pull all the levers at its disposal" to help the area, including financial support and the use of the military. i've been discussing this with the prime minister throughout. he's been very closely involved. his clear direction, to me and to others, has been to try to reach an amicable agreement with local leaders. that's the approach that he wants us to take. but, at the end of the day, he has to take overall responsibility for keeping people safe in greater manchester. and we can'tjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising, the number of cases among the over 60s, those at greatest risk, rising quite significantly. and, in particular,

the strain on local hospitals. we have seen hospitals like salford, for example, reaching almost 100% icu capacity, over 70% icu capacity in manchester, in bolton, and in other hospitals within the region. that's a serious situation and it demands action this week, preferably today. and so i hope that leaders in greater manchester, who obviously care about their city and local people, will see that, reach an agreement with us and move forward with the decisive action that is necessary. delay, i'm afraid, will only make the situation worse, will only put peoples lives at risk, and will only make the economic fallout for the city worse in the long term. let's get more on this from our political correspondent iain watson. so ian, what is the government's next move going to be? the next move certainly involves many without a doubt. what government sources are

telling me is that the kind of financial support which would be on offer to greater manchester will not be any less generous than the agreement which the government are reached with the liverpool city region and lancashire. lancashire got 30 million more than they were initially offered. if we look at the relative populations of liverpool, lancashire and greater manchester, that would suggest somewhere in the region of 75 to £80 million would be available to manchester. there may have greater manchester said that he would not roll over at their first sign of attack. he has some concerns about how long to your three restrictions will be imposed and there has already been a ban on households mixing in manchester sincejuly. and households mixing in manchester since july. and he households mixing in manchester sincejuly. and he is also concerned about financial support to top up wages the people who can no longer go to work. there is a lot still to be talked about in those talks will

continue today. but it doesn't look as continue today. but it doesn't look as though they are close to an agreement yet. it doesn't look like agreement yet. it doesn't look like aan agreement yet. it doesn't look like a an agreement is in a moment. there are talks about south yorkshire and potentially moving them into a higher restrictions as well. there is talks about getting another region into higher restriction but i'm told about —— from the council leaders in the area that they are not prepared to do it unless they get the kind of support that they need. this is going alongside calls for a short, sharp lockdown and circuit breaker in the style that we expect to hear wales announce later, where is the government on that? they are totally

opposed to the idea. but we have already had much more stringent measures introduced in northern ireland including school closures for two weeks and in central scotland, the most popular bit of scotland, we see restrictions and hospitality closing at six o'clock in the evening and in an hour we are expecting wales to announce a circuit breaker which might involve telling people to stay at home and it might involve the closure of nonessential retail. just like back in the spring. but the economic secretary thinks that it isn't the best air take in england. south yorkshire is not rolling over either, we will have to have separate negotiations with the north—east of england as well who have bought a temporary retrieve of going into the most restrictive level tier 3. that is

very difficult but the argument has been made by some conservative mps and the prime minister himself is that there is no point locking down areas such as cornwall which has a low error level of the —— a low level of the virus. there are certainly at this stage a risk rejection against a national or mini lockdown. as global infections from the coronavirus pandemic reach a0 million, european nations are struggling to cope with a surge of new cases. a midnight to 5 am curfew has been introduced in belgium and cafes and restaurants have been ordered to closed for the next four weeks. the national stadium in the polish capital warsaw is being turned into a 500—bed hospital, while schools are being closed in major cities. the czech republic is one of the countries hit hardest by the second wave. it is considering moving to a full lockdown in two weeks, after recording more than 100,000 new infections in october so far.

italy's prime minister has unveiled new covid—19 restrictions. mayors will be able to close public areas at night, with new restrictions on restaurants. mark lobel reports. police closed down this flea market in italy's north. 0nce europe was not the epicentre of the virus. now part of another surge, which is this time spreading right across the country, too. 11,705 new coronavirus cases were announced on sunday, beating the previous daily record just 2a hours before of 10,925. prompting this rallying cry from the prime minister. translation: these new measures will allow us to face this new wave of infections that is severely affecting not only italy, but all of europe. we cannot waste time. we have to act by putting in place all the necessary measures

to avoid a general lockdown. the new measures include giving mayors the power to close public squares and roads after 9pm, restricting restaurants and bars to table service after 6pm, and closing by midnight. and later starting time is for secondary school students, encouraging more distance learning. elsewhere in europe, the irish cabinet is expected to introduce new restrictions on monday, as it looks to control the virus. it is expected that all nonessential businesses could be closed and visits to private homes and social gatherings band. with expanded testing across europe, the continent appears united in seeing virus numbers rise for a second time, but somewhat divided in seeking a solution. mark lobel, bbc news. china has released its economic growth figures for the three months from july to september which show

a continued recovery from the pandemic. gdp grew by a.9% compared with the same period last year. however, the figure is lower than the 5.2% expected by economists. 0n the brexit negotiations, they are discussing how the withdrawal agreement is being implemented. the eu and the uk are still talking and will focus on getting a deal that is best for both parties. of course we will definitely focus on achieving a good agreement with the eu and the uk but it has to be a good agreement for both eyes and we are not going to sign an agreement at any cost. and we don't have a discussion that the chief negotiators this afternoon and we are willing to keep going for

both parties. a short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today, to combat an increase in covid infection rates. the government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. tough new restrictions are brought in across europe as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide exceeds a0 million. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. .. good morning. it was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but the headlines were about west ham after they came from 3—0 down to draw 3—3 in the premier league. heung min son put spurs ahead in the first minute, and they went in at half—time 3—0 up after 2 more goals from harry kane. west ham pegged two goals back

and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. then came one of the goals of the season so far. a rocket from manuel lanzini with the last kick of the match. all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. i have just seen a celebration. i havejust seen a celebration. i just think a david pleat moment came. i was saying, i just think a david pleat moment came. iwas saying, i know just think a david pleat moment came. i was saying, i know sunday he would run down the touchline. i was not going to copy that. aston villa are up to second in the table after beating leicester 1—0 at the king power stadium. ross barkley scored the winner in injury time. villa have played a, won a, and have the only 100% record in the division. here are all of yesterday's results, then. sheffield united and fulham played out a 1—1 draw, which gives them both their first point of the season.

crystal palace and brighton and hove albion also drew. liverpool defender virgil van dijk says he's fully focussed on his recovery after learning he needs surgery on his knee, following a rash challenge by everton keeperjordan pickford during saturday's derby match. it's unclear how long van dijk will be out for. he posted this on social media yesterday, saying... "i'm going to make sure i return better, fitter and stronger than ever before. with the support of my wife, kids, family and everyone at liverpool, i'm ready for the challenge ahead." cycling's vuelta a espana starts tomorrow, and it will be chris froome's last race with his current team, ineos grenadiers. froome is aiming to win the vuelta for a third time. it'll be his first major ride since he suffered an horrific crash in a practice ride in france last year. i don't remember the crash itself so that doesn't haunt me at all. i have

a blank there. mentally, i have been waiting for this moment is just to be back on the start line of a grantor it for ages. it has been a long road back and i'm looking forward to being in the race again. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the labour mp has put out a statement saying that she has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after she has been tested positive for covid—19. she said that she went and well and then tested positive for covid—19. she has not travelled to westminster. after ten days, she began to feel much worse than on saturday she was admitted to the robot in hospital with pneumonia and

she has nothing but praise and admiration for the wonderful staff at the hospital. they have been amazing and you would like to extend her thanks for people working there in exceptional working circumstances. her staff are continuing to work as normal and she says to contact her office because she says she wants to keep her duties going as an mp but she is in hospital with pneumonia. the five leaders of the anglican church in the uk have warned the government that its new brexit bill could set a "disastrous precedent". the internal market bill is intended to set out how trade between the four parts of the uk will proceed, once the transition period with the eu ends. in a joint letter, the religious leaders say the bill risks undermining "trust and goodwill" if it becomes law without the consent of all parts of the uk. the government says it is a necessary "safety net" to protect the uk's internal market. we can talk now to one of the signatories of that letter, the archbishop of armagh,

john mcdowell. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us more about your concerns around this bill. the concerns can ata time around this bill. the concerns can at a time we wrote the letter, the time was a crucial, pivotal time with our relationships with the european union and beyond. as you know, both the scottish government have published their legislative motions and the scottish government is not happy with the bill at all and the welsh assembly would like to see considerable changes in it. in addition to that the commons made references to the human rights requirements in the agreement and that can sell —— caused concerned.

the protocol which had been negotiated less than a year ago with the government proposing to set aside and it was ignored that they had agreed those things in order to meet a deadline, to try to get the bill through in the timescale that we re bill through in the timescale that were envisaged but probably to the detriment of the relationships that are in these items. do you fear for the future of the union? you are talking specifically for the internal markets bill but we are in a time where we see the four different parts of the union reacting differently with covid, the four different parts did not vote the same on brexit and there is growing support for independence in scotland. that certainly was not the motive behind why we wrote. we

did not write as nationalist, unionist or whatever that may be. we wrote as people who were interested in the good relationships that have existed for a long time on these islands and the very fact that going into a very major piece of legislation which has repercussions down the line without the consent of all governments, it ta kes the consent of all governments, it takes the words and legislations and cooperations between all parts who are involved to make something work and that is what operationalising is the bill and they trust and understand that it is for everybody‘s good. understand that it is for everybody's good. ijust understand that it is for everybody's good. i just want to be clear about how far your concerns extend on this. i understand that there needs to be consensus but there needs to be consensus but there is not consensus so

in this situation, if it goes through, what are your fears about where that might lead. what the ramifications could be? it may bejumping might lead. what the ramifications could be? it may be jumping the might lead. what the ramifications could be? it may bejumping the gun. what the letter was intending to do was to ask piers today and people in the house of lords to think very seriously about what the consequences might be, particularly in terms of relationships within the islands. they devolved or the mechanisms by which the devolved governments... it isn't particularly strong. it is easy to do something that makes the atmosphere difficult and bad and as you say, there are enormous difficulties and we recognise that any government trying to govern, this are very

difficult times. but there is no urgency for these things to be addressed right now and it might be better to stand back and to use other means to regulating the trade which is already there. until greater consensus can be achieved. so are you asking your peers to vote against? we are asking them to consider what the consequences will be and many will have experience of the devolved nations and how the relationship has developed over the yea rs. relationship has developed over the years. they might know the sensibilities and the need of a particularly difficult time. this is not intended to be a divisive letter, it is intended to be something that says, let's look and that's take time let's get this right for everybody because the consequences are very right for everybody because the consequences are very long right for everybody because the consequences are very long lasting. and specifically on the impact of

what could happen with trades on the good friday agreement, what are your concerns on that? de concerns are that very late into the day, number —— a number of government amendments we re —— a number of government amendments were brought and it is difficult to know why in the first place, to block off a legal challenge which has been done, which undermines something that has been made very explicitly in the internal markets bill to protect the good friday agreement in all of its parts and yes there is a very clear... to apply certain bits of that agreement in relation to specific things and to export documents to be able to do that and the problem is, once that

precedent is set, once there has been a breach, what can be supplied or overwritten in the good friday agreement, the concern is, i wonder if anything else will be? that may not be something that will happen but nevertheless, the law will allow for it. you said that this is not intended to be a divisive letter. a government source has spoken to the bbc and have said that ministers do regard this letter as unnecessarily hostile and they have said that the five of you who have signed this letter will be meeting michael gove in the coming days, how do you respond to that? certainly we had asked to meet with the chancellor quite some time ago and as far as i know, no date has actually been set andi know, no date has actually been set and i welcome that and i welcome the

opportunity to engage. that is a sense of what this is. the internal markets bill has not been rightly consulted on. at least in northern ireland, i'm not sure about scotland and wales. perhaps some more engagement would have helped and it they would have understood what people are feeling and it would have helped us understand what was going on. thank you very much forjoining us. hello, again. today will be fairly wet and windy for some of us, particularly in the north and west of the country. we have strong gusts of wind across the northern isles and the irish sea. we have rain moving across northern ireland and scotland. through the day, some of that getting in across north—west england and wales. possibly the odd splash into the south—west. for the rest of england, parts of wales where we started off with some sunshine, the cloud is going to build, turning the sunshine hazy. through this evening and overnight, the rain continues over scotland,

a new arm of rain comes in from the west, moving eastwards. still quite blustery, brisk wind in places, and temperature 7—12, so not particularly cold. tomorrow, we still have that rain moving north across scotland. the rain across england moves off into the north sea and then we have a good packet of showers following on behind. still brisk wind as well. very windy across the northern isles. temperatures ten to about 17. hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... a short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today, to combat an increase in covid infection rates. the government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions.

ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. we can'tjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising. the number of cases amongst the over—60s, those at greatest risk, rising significantly. and in particular, the strain on local hospitals. (ff gfx)the labour mp yasmin qureshi says she has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for covid—19. tough new restrictions are brought in across europe — as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide exceeds a0 million. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu will speak on the phone today — to discuss restarting the stalled trade talks. could cold water swimming hold a clue to a cure for dementia? it sounds extraordinary, but new research suggests exposure to cold can prompt the production of a hibernation protein

that might protect our brains from the ravages of dementia. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, is a keen cold—water swimmer. he's been finding out more. the idea of going for a swim in a cold winter morning like this may not seem very appealing, especially when you know that the water temperature is just seven centigrade. but here goes. it certainly is refreshing. your whole body kind of screams in shock. but if you just stay here for a few seconds, you do begin to get used to it, and then you can... 0oh! you can begin to get some lengths in! and it now seems a chilly dip may offer more than just

an exhilarating thrill. scientists have discovered that being very cold can actually protect your brain. six years ago, bbc radio reported a study that showed that cold mice develop more of a protein associated with hibernation. the study found the protein can protect against and even repair the damage dementia does. the obvious next step was to see if humans develop to the protein too. which is where this place, hampstead heath lido, comes in. it's warm, yeah. we're from the north, so we can handle it. 0ne lido swimmer heard the radio interview. ijust had the idea that we have a cohort of people here that regularly get cold, and can we translate that through to that kind of environment? dozens of volunteers agreed to be tested by the scientist leading the study. we compared you to a bunch of people doing tai chi,

who didn't get cold, and none of them get increased levels of this protein. but many of you did. she's here to give them the results. so what does it tell us? it tells us that cold does induce this protein in humans. you are the first non—patient cohort to show that cold water swimming raises this protective protein, which is pretty cool. professor malucci is now trying to find a drug that stimulates the production of the protein in humans, and to see if it really does help delay dementia. if you slowed the progress of dementia by even a couple of years, on the whole population that would have an enormous impact, economically and health—wise. these cold proteins are a very promising line of research, but she warns it is still early days. sadly, there are no guarantees that this will lead to a successful dementia treatment.

with me is giovanna mallucci, professor of clinical neurosciences at the university of cambridge, who conducted the study. also, i'm joined by ella foote, cold water swimmer and contributing editor to outdoor swimmer magazine. welcome, both of you. how exciting is this? how significant is this? well, what is very exciting is that cooling and hibernation have long been known to protect the brain, and how they do it has not been well understood and our discovery five yea rs understood and our discovery five years ago was of this protein that does this work, its reconnects brain to each other, and the fact that... and that was something that we discovered in mice, but we were suspicious that it might work in humans as well because it was

known to working test tubes and cells and the interest has been to show that it really works and people that you are cooling. the reason it is important is that hypothermia is used therapeutically in intensive ca re used therapeutically in intensive care units for brain injury, for premature brain babies with hypoxic brain injury, for cardiac surgery routinely to protect the brain, but it was my pee this key process and it was my pee this key process and it involves an intensive care units of the link with the protein is exciting because it means you might find a pathway of a way of getting that protein level high without having to subject people to very low body temperatures. that's the excitement. and that's on is amazing, we describe a protein that reconnects brain cells, a process that we can actually do ourselves. how long would the protein give that sort of protection, and i get talking about potentially stopping

dementia completely in people that had this protein or would itjust delay it? you play on these things at the moment? —— are you clear on these things the moment?” at the moment? —— are you clear on these things the moment? i think delay is a much more realistic ambition because you know nature ta kes ambition because you know nature takes its course and you can only try to slow things down with that in itself will be highly significant if you don't regress. these are hibernation programmes and hibernating small animal they are raised four months. with the same thing happen with a drug? we don't know yet, it is all to be discovered. what is exciting about it as it is harnessing the brain plus my own protective mechanisms to make brain cells stay connected with each other which is both the making memories and to keep brain cells are lives. just before i bring in keen cold water swimmer ella, if cold impact on the way that the brain works on the way

that the brain the jell—o dam that regenerates, are there lower incidences of dementia in cold climates? i get this and not. . people in cold climates have the same body temperatures the rest of us and they do everything they can to stay warm. getting hold is generally not good to you. this is a throwback to a sort of primitive mechanism to protect the brain in mammals in the context of hibernation, when you disconnect your brain, as it were, to save energy, but people in cold climates of the same body temperature is uri so of the same body temperature is uri so it's not really, and they tend to avoid getting cold. this is music to the ears of anyone that loves cold water swimming, obviously. we have obviously been enjoying the benefits for some time. tell us what cold water swimming is to you? yeah, it isjust another thing water swimming is to you? yeah, it is just another thing to add to the list of benefits of cold water

swimming. ithink list of benefits of cold water swimming. i think a lot of swimmers across the country would agree that you get improved mood. lots of them would say that they don't get the common cold is much as perhaps their friends and family and like any exercise, exercise is good for you, for your physical and mental health. if you take it outside you're going to get the natural daylight, it going to get the benefits of fresh air. if you are immersing into cold water your body isjust air. if you are immersing into cold water your body is just going to be alive, your nerve endings are going to go crazy, your heart rate is going to increase and all those things we know are good for us. you know, it's increasing all these chemicals in our brain that make us feel good. there may be people watching who are thinking right, i'm going to start it now because it is obviously something that is going to give huge benefits even if it doesn't necessarily sound that appealing if you've not done it before. would it be sensible for people just to get out there and do it now? because obviously the water is really cold right now and you need to get acclimatised, don't you? ya. we just encourage people to start swimming in the summer in the

warmer months and then not to stop sunning so keep going through the winter if you want to try it. if you have never been into outdoor water i would recommend seeking some support so would recommend seeking some support so there are plenty of groups and clubs and venues across the country that will offer you support to be able to try it with the safety of a lifeguard or a guide. all i would say is, everyone is completely different, so you need to listen to your own body, you need to listen to your own body, you need to listen to your own body, you need to listen to your own queues within yourself. like the doctor said, it is not good to get too cold. hypothermia is a really big issue, so all i say is do it gradually. you know, perhaps that with a cold shower, has quite a few people benefit from that and then if you're feeling confident, maybe once a week trying going to a local club venue and try immersing yourself in the water. great to talk to you both. thank you very much. pressure is growing on the government to impose a short—term circuit—brea ker lockdown in england

in a bid to get rising coronavirus infections under control. labour party leader sir keir starmer has called on the government to impose a two—to—three week long circuit breaker to prevent a "sleepwalk into a long and bleak winter". there's dividing opinion as to how to tackle the virus, even within parties. with me is james daly, conservative mp for bury north, who is against a circuit breaker lockdown. also i'm joined by zarah sultana, labour mp for coventry south — she is in support of a circuit breaker. before we talk about that, actually, ijust want before we talk about that, actually, i just want to get a quick note from you if that is ok on yasmin kureishi, mp. she has issued a statement saying she is currently in hospital with pneumonia having being diagnosed with covid—19. your party leader keir starmer has said that his thoughts are with her and ijust wondered if you wanted to say

anything on that front. of course it is really sad news coming from yasmin andi is really sad news coming from yasmin and i wish have a full recovery and i hope that she will be able to see it again westminster releasing. thank you. ok, going back to the measures on how covid—19 is being dealt with, to you james, can ibe being dealt with, to you james, can i be absolutely clear in your position now. would you like manchester to be in ps3?” position now. would you like manchester to be in ps3? i have not been provided with clinical or scientific evidence that would persuade me at this moment that that is the appropriate step to take. -- would you like manchester to be in ps3? would you like manchester to be in p53? so would you like manchester to be in ps3? so when you said that -- tier 3. when you said that andy burnham has kept residents in the sense of terror what did you mean by that.” have no doubt that

all parties involved are acting in good faith and the government are doing everything in dating is possible to protect the most vulnerable in their communities and save lives and i understand that. in terms of mr benn and's position of a number of days we have made it very clear as conservative mps that we are not yet persuaded by their argument regarding t3 and mr brennan shares that view. what the argument was around was in debate about the wider strategy that is... for people in greater manchester. mr vernon has got with his colleagues to say he wants a national two to three week break which is something that we simply do not agree with at all. there are so many elements to this now and party politics really coming to the floor in it as well so can you... there is no party politics in this. it is about the deep clear views for what is best to our

constituents. we can all take different views on that. i do not believe that a national circuit breaker which really defers the problem further down the line is the appropriate way to go. ok, but you also don't believe it seems like the time is right for tier 3 either, but the negotiations that have been going on over tier 3 between the government and the local leadership are around the financial support, not around whether it's the right strategy and up, cds seem to diverge there as well? the last scientific advice i have received regarding my area in bury, ramsbury and tossing, which gave me mortality rates in hospital admissions in my local hospital admissions in my local hospital is up to the 8th of october they received one further briefing re ce ntly they received one further briefing recently about hospital admissions up recently about hospital admissions up to the 13th of october. to allow any politician to make an informed decision about whether it is tier 2,

t3, whatever it is, we have to be provided with that clinical evidence and the nuanced evidence to understand exactly what is happening in ourareas. i, sadly, do not understand exactly what is happening in our areas. i, sadly, do not have that in this in time. do you disagree with your party leadership on this? i don't disagree with the party leadership at all... but the party leadership at all... but the party leadership at all... but the party leadership says that it is vital that it happens because of the sort of figures we hearing that the ict capacity in liverpool is almost 100% and it is in bolton.” ict capacity in liverpool is almost 100% and it is in bolton. i agree and it is a very straight forward position but i believe that the government have been able to do everything they can to protect the most vulnerable. -- i see you capacity. i have not been able to see that information... so to come back to that, it does sound like you don't trust your pattern leadership on this. no, i completely trust my party leadership. i am on this. no, i completely trust my party leadership. lam not on this. no, i completely trust my party leadership. i am not talking

about the politicians here, i am talking about the science and the clinical evidence which i'm sure you would hope that all politicians no matter what their political parties, what they stand for, would have access to the widest range of clinical and scientific evidence both local and national to inform their decision—making. that's all i'm asking for. why do you think you haven't been given it?” i'm asking for. why do you think you haven't been given it? i think that the agreement between... the agreement has been that mps would receive information locally, that the clinical commissioning group in my local area, they have been the organisation that had been given me the information and i am very grateful for that. i think they're having some problems at a local level as to why i got more up—to—date information that i don't blame anybody in respect of that, thatis blame anybody in respect of that, that isjust the blame anybody in respect of that, that is just the way it blame anybody in respect of that, that isjust the way it is. i want to make it very clear, the government are listening, the government are listening, the government are listening, the government are doing what they is right to protect the lives of the most vulnerable and, you know, people in my community, and i commend them for that, but we

are allmps, we commend them for that, but we are all mps, we all want to play our pa rt all mps, we all want to play our part in that debate, we also want to see and make sure that the interests both economic, social and health of everyone in our own areas and now open statement sure as these are protected. zarah sultana, you want to see a circuit breaker. why? unlike james, to see a circuit breaker. why? unlikejames, i to see a circuit breaker. why? unlike james, i don't think the government is listening to scientific advice or doing right by public health. we are seeing cases rise all over the country and what we need is a national approach because the local knock—down approach simply isn't working and even the government's and chief medical adviser and she scientific adviser says that so what we need is adviser says that so what we need is a national approach to get that virus and up, control but at the same time enhancing and extending economic support for businesses and livelihoods because currently it is com pletely livelihoods because currently it is completely inadequate and also we really need to fix the failing test and tray system which isn't up to scratch. we are not making the local contacts that we need to and

companies like serco which are interested in profit aren't working and they need to be taken out of the equation and it needs to be given local authorities. we talk about getting the virus under control. would a circuit breaker do that, because when you look back to what happened in march, we went into lockdown, two weeks didn't stop it, three weeks didn't stop it, for weeks didn't stop it, we were in it for three months. the whole point of the lockdown is an intervention to fix our infrastructure so the match lockdown should have been the perfect time for the government to create that pest and tray system thatis create that pest and tray system that is absolutely essential. —— test and tray system. sorry to interrupt. if you're talking about a time when infrastructure gets fixed, what has happened since march as we have got the nightingale hospitals weren't ready to go, businesses have adapted and become compliant. —— nightingale hospitals, they are there and ready to go. testing cases where it is testing is up dramatically but why would a two or

three weeks circuit breaker do anything to change infrastructure right now. last week, these test and tray system secured a record low number ofjust tray system secured a record low number of just 62%. sage tray system secured a record low number ofjust 62%. sage says we need to contact aces to be at least 80% in local health teams are reaching 90% so our test and tray system really isn't up to scratch to be dealing with the scale we need to be dealing with the scale we need to be dealing with the scale we need to be dealing with. why do we need a lockdown to change the way that testing traces working? we need a lockdown because localised restrictions simply aren't working. in areas where local restrictions have been in fermented we are seeing cases increase. that tells us that the government's approach to whack a mole isn't working at all and we need a more coherent national strategy to be able to deal with the crisis. do you believe that locking down is the way out, or... what do you think about, you know, a lot of people are talking about... which is about, we're going to, at some

point, unless there is a vaccination have to get used to living with this virus and we are in a very different position now compared with where we we re position now compared with where we were before and day by day the impact of locking down on other aspects of daily life and health and the economy becomes clearer. it's really important that we get this virus under control to be able to open economy like normal to be able to go back to some sense of normality. when we look at the way new zealand, vietnam, south korea, have dealt with the virus they had dealt with it in tackling the virus and being able to open the economy back up like normal. they have had less tha n back up like normal. they have had less than 500 fatalities compared to ours which is over a0,000, and that's because they pursued a zero covid strategy. that was not something that i have also advocated for that we need to be dealing with tackling the virus in all of its form and then being able to, you know, go back to some sense of normality. james daley,

zarah sultana, mps. thank you very much indeed. if as we've heard the government is urging businesses to get ready for the uk to end its current trade arrangements with the eu at the end of this year, with no new deal to replace them. it's also issued a reminder that some changes are coming regardless of whether a deal eventually gets done or not. our reality check correspondent, chris morris, looks at what lies ahead. it's worth remembering that a trade deal is still possible, but also that any deal that might emerge in the next few weeks isn't going to produce the frictionless trade we have now. once the uk leaves the eu's single market and the customs union, there will be big changes at british borders with the eu — come what may. among other things: deal or no deal, businesses that trade with the eu are going to have to fill in import and export declarations. there will also be substantial checks taking place at the border on the trade in food,

plants and animals. the uk says it will phase in some of this new border bureaucracy over six months. but the eu isn't doing that. don't forget, roughly 10,000 lorries pass through dover every day, with about 6,000 more using the channel tunnel. any big delay could lead to gridlock. so the government has made plans to divert freight to other ports around the countryjust in case. the uk will, in the government's words, take back control of its borders by implementing a new immigration policy, ending free movement to and from the eu. but that will come at an economic cost for companies that trade with europe. and there will be very little in a deal done now that will help the uk's substantial trade in services with the eu. so, given that any deal finalised in the next few weeks would be pretty thin, some brexit supporters argue that it's not worth compromising on anything important to get it done. better to leave with no deal, they argue, and get on with it. but a majority of businesses think that would be a disaster — more than three quarters of 6a8 companies, surveyed last month by the confederation of british industries, say a deal is essential. business groups in germany, france and italy have said much the same thing. and there are still several reasons why a basic deal would make sense

for both sides. it would make sure tariffs, or taxes, are not suddenly imposed on the trade in goods. for the car industry, for example, that's absolutely critical. a trade deal would make it much more likely that the eu would recognise uk data and financial services rules. and both will be really important in the future. finallya deal would be a good basis for further talks which will be necessary — a platform on which both sides can build. no deal on the other hand could lead — at least in the short term — to a period of bitter recrimination. the government says its ready for that. but with every country in europe consumed by the covid crisis, it could be an extra headache they could all do without. to get a deal done, though, everyone involved still needs to compromise. a royal navy officer has been sent home from the hms vigilant submarine after he arrived at work to take charge of nuclear missiles while unfit for duty. lieutenant commander len louw

was sent back to faslane in scotland following the incident, which happened on the submarine while it was docked at the us navy's ‘kings bay‘ base in georgia. it is understood he had been drinking the night before, and was carrying a bag of leftover grilled chicken from a barbecue. a royal navy spokesperson said that as an investigation is under way, "it would be inappropriate to comment further." now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. if you're just stepping out and you live in the north and west of the country, make sure you pack your brolly because you're going to need it. and notjust today, we're looking for the rest of this week at some heavy rain at times and not just after today in the north and the west. it's also going to be windier, especially in the north, and the west, but mild for the time of the year in the first half of the week. now, low pressure is driving our weather at the moment, and it's got various weather fronts around it. so those fronts bringing in

some rain, some of that rain is going to be heavy, particularly across parts of central and western scotland and northern ireland. and through the day, it will edge in across the isle of man, into north—west england, wales and parts of the south—west of england. for the rest of england, and also eastern parts of wales, although we're looking at a relatively bright day ahead, the cloud will build, turning the sunshine hazy through the afternoon with temperatures between eight and about 16 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, we hang on to all this rain across the northern half of the country. still gusty winds in the northern isles and also the irish sea. and then a new band of rain sweeps in from the west moving eastwards. temperatures, well, seven to 12 degrees, so not falling away too lowly through the course of the night. tomorrow, then, we pick up that band of rain, which is still ensconced across parts of england, and it will continue to slowly move away into the north sea, not clearing some until early afternoon. we've also got the rain across northern scotland, and a good packet of showers

rotating around an area of low pressure in the west. some of those will merge to give some heavier downpours, and there could also be some thunder and lightning embedded in them. in between, there be some sunshine with highs up to 18 degrees. now, on tuesday evening and overnight, we still have that rain across northern and western scotland. we still have rain out towards the west. and then we're watching this batch of rain and also some stronger winds coming up across some southern and southeastern areas. very windy in the southeastern quarter on wednesday, particularly with exposure along the coastline. that's a storm coming up from france. it's going to bring us heavy rain, but it should move away, and on thursday, some drier conditions as we've put a ridge of high pressure across us, but then rain again on friday and feeling cooler.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the welsh government is expected to announce a short coronavirus lockdown following a rise in cases — we'll get the details in the next 15 minutes. the government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. we can'tjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising, the number of cases amongst the over 60s, those at greatest risk, now rising quite significantly, and in particular, the strain on local hospitals. bolton mp yasmin qureshi says she has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for covid—19. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu will speak on the phone today to discuss restarting the stalled trade talks.

could cold water hold clues to curing dementia? scientists discover a promising lead among swimmers in london. good afternoon. the welsh government is expected to announce that it is introducing a short national lockdown. the cabinet is meeting this morning to make a final decision over what is being described as a "firebreak" against coronavirus, after considering advice from experts. the restrictions would be timed to begin at the end of the week, coinciding with half—term. first minister mark drakeford is expected to make an announcement shortly after midday. it comes as talks are set to resume on whether greater manchester will enter the highest level

of covid restrictions, after leaders in the region said better financial support was needed. labour's greater manchester mayor, andy burnham, wants the government to re—introduce the 80% furlough scheme used previously in the pandemic to support the low—paid affected by tier 3 closures. in an open letter this weekend, he said, "establishing clear national entitlements of the kind we had during the first lock down will create a sense of fairness" and would help with "compliance". on friday, the prime minister said the spread of the virus in greater manchester is "grave" and he may "need to intervene" if new measures are not agreed. meanwhile, schools in northern ireland are shut from today. the two—week closure, which includes the half—term holiday, is set to be reviewed on 2nd november. let's start in wales. here's hywel griffith. ministers discuss the details of a time—limited lockdown at length over the weekend, but no decision was reached. the first minister, mark drakeford, has suggested it would be a short, sharp shock of 2—3 weeks,

which would once again see people being told to stay at home, an instruction which was relaxed back in june. other measures being considered include closing pubs, bars, restau ra nts a nd cafes as well as nonessential shops. the restrictions could begin as most schools close the half term on friday, with primary pupils returning after a week. secondary school students may be kept at home for longer. we are not blind to the fact this has a real impact in terms of the economy, to people paying their bills. we are also not blind to the fact that doing nothing means covid will continue to grow and we will continue to see harm, and we see the significance of that harm already taking place in other parts of the uk. so doing nothing isn't an option. inevitably, there is real concern over the financial implications of a large—scale temporary shutdown, and questions over how soon any benefit in slowing the spread of the virus would be felt.

hywel griffith, bbc news. the communities secretary, robertjenrick, says lives will be put at risk if agreement isn't reached soon on tightening the coronavirus restrictions in greater manchester. mrjenrick said hospital intensive care units were nearing capacity amid rising infections. he said the government was prepared to "pull all the levers at its disposal" to help the area, including financial support and the use of the military. i've been discussing this with the prime minister throughout. he's been very closely involved. his clear direction, to me and to others, has been to try to reach an amicable agreement with local leaders. that's the approach that he wants us to take. but, at the end of the day, he has to take overall responsibility for keeping people safe in greater manchester. and we can'tjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising, the number of cases among the over 60s, those at greatest risk, rising quite significantly. and, in particular, the strain on local hospitals. we have seen hospitals like salford,

for example, reaching almost 100% icu capacity, over 70% icu capacity in manchester, in bolton, and in other hospitals within the region. that's a serious situation and it demands action this week, preferably today. and so i hope that leaders in greater manchester, who obviously care about their city and local people, will see that, reach an agreement with us and move forward with the decisive action that is necessary. delay, i'm afraid, will only make the situation worse, will only put peoples lives at risk, and will only make the economic fallout for the city worse in the long term. well, our political correspondent iain watson spoke to me earlier. he says the governement is trying to come up with a financial package for the gretaer manchester region. the kind of

offer to greater manchester journey would be the kind of offer to greater manchesterjourney would be any less and the liverpool city region or lancashire. lancashire got 30 million more than they said they we re million more than they said they were initially offered. if you look at their relative populations, that would tend to suggest that some are in the region of 75, perhaps £80 million would be available to manchester. andy burnham has said that he will not roll over at the first sign of a check. he has wider concerns, some of those concerns about how long tier 3 restriction to be imposed. already there has been a ban on households mixing in greater manchester since july. also ban on households mixing in greater manchester sincejuly. also these concerns about the amount of financial support to top up wages for people who can no longer go to work. there is a lot still to be talked about. the stocks will continue today, they will

concern senior officials. it doesn't look at their christian agreementjets. i am also been called the talks are being held with south yorkshire about them potentially moving at higher restrictions as well. the government is highly keen to make rapid progress in the south yorkshire talks to get another region to move into an area of higher restriction, but i'm told again by the council leaders in the area that they are not prepared to be bounced into a decision by the government unless they get the kind of support that they get the kind of support that they need. this is going on alongside calls for a short, sharp lockdown, circuit breaker, in the style we are expecting to hear wilson on slater. whereas the government on that at the moment? they are still totally resistant to the idea of the circuit breaker in england. we are saying perhaps that the other nations of the united kingdom moving in, if you like. you have already had much more

stringent measures introduced in northern ireland, including school closures for two weeks. in central scotland we see restrictions that see hospitality close at 6pm, and in an hour or so we hospitality close at 6pm, and in an hourorso we are hospitality close at 6pm, and in an hour or so we are expecting wales to announce a circuit breaker which might involve telling people to stay at home, might involve the closure of nonessential retail, just as we had back in the spring. robert jenrick says he does not think that isa jenrick says he does not think that is a sensible approach to take on england. the difficulty are not doing it as they then have to get involved in all these negotiations region by region, and they are proving very difficult and greater manchester. south yorkshire is not running over either. they may well need to have negotiations with the north—east of england also. it is incredibly difficult. the argument is being made by some conservative mps and the prime minister himself is that there is no

point locking down areas like cornwall that have isa down areas like cornwall that have is a particularly low prevalence on the virus —— of the virus, because that will not help bring down the numbers in greater manchester. they are at this moment rejecting any idea of national lockdown or mini lockdown. we are expecting the briefing from yorkshire briefly. we will bring you that as soon as it happens, in five minutes or so. the mp for bolton south east, yasmin quereshi, has announced she's been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for coronavius. in a post on facebook, the labour mp and shadow minister for international development said she had been self—isolating at home with family since her positive test result, but began to feel much worse and was admitted to hospital on saturday. she added that she is "being very well looked after" and wanted to thank all the staff who were working "in such difficult circumstances".

as global infections from the coronavirus pandemic reach a0 million, european nations are struggling to cope with a surge of new cases. a midnight to 5.00am curfew has been introduced in belgium and cafes and restaurants have been ordered to closed for the next four weeks. the national stadium in the polish capital, warsaw, is being turned into a 500—bed hospital, while schools are being closed in major cities. the czech republic is one of the countries hit hardest by the second wave. it is considering moving to a full lockdown in two weeks after recording more than 100,000 new infections in october so far. italy's prime minister has unveiled new covid—19 restrictions. mayors will be able to close public areas at night, with new restrictions on restaurants. mark lobel reports. police closed down this flea market in italy's north. once europe's epicentre of the virus. now part of another surge, which is this time spreading right across the country too.

11,705 new coronavirus cases were announced on sunday, beating the previous daily record just 2a hours before of 10,925. prompting this rallying cry from the prime minister. translation: these new measures will allow us to face this new wave of infections that is severely affecting not only italy, but all of europe. we cannot waste time. we have to act by putting in place all the necessary measures to avoid a general lockdown. the new measures include giving mayors the power to close public squares and roads after 9pm, restricting restaurants and bars to table service after 6pm, and closing by midnight. and later starting time is for secondary school students, encouraging more distance learning. elsewhere in europe,

the irish cabinet is expected to introduce new restrictions on monday, as it looks to control the virus. it is expected that all nonessential businesses could be closed and visits to private homes and social gatherings banned. with expanded testing across europe, the continent appears united in seeing virus numbers rise for a second time, but somewhat divided in seeking a solution. mark lobel, bbc news. the leading us infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci, who has been sidelined by the white house, has said he is "absolutely not surprised" that president donald trump caught the coronavirus. he made the remarks in the cbs news programme 60 minutes. i was worried that he was going to get sick when i saw him in a com pletely get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between

people and almost nobody wearing a mask. when i saw that on tv, i said, oh my goodness. nothing good can come out of that. that has got to be a problem. then, sure enough, it turned out to be a super spreader event. michael gove and his opposite number on the uk—eu joint committee, maros sefcovic, have been holding face—to—face talks this morning. as he left the meeting to return to brussels, mr sefcovic said that the session was "very constructive" and that discussions would continue. of course we will definitely focus on achieving good agreements with the eu and uk as we underline that agreement for both sides. we will not sign an agreement at any cost. we will have the discussion with the cheaper negotiators this afternoon and it is important we try to find a good agreement for both parties. and it is important we try to find a good agreement for both partiesm just a few moments

the welsh government is due to —— is expected to announce a circuit breaker lockdown. you're watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the welsh government is expected to announce a short coronavirus lockdown, following a rise in cases there. the government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. the labour mp yasmin qureshi says she has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for covid—19. french police have raided the homes of dozens of suspected islamic radicals following the beheading on friday of a teacher who'd shown his pupils cartoons of the prophet mohamed. after an emergency cabinet meeting on sunday, president macron was quoted as saying that islamists

would not be allowed to sleep quietly in france. the killing has sparked outrage and drawn thousands to rallies in memory of the teacher samuel paty. the bbc‘s correspondent, hugh schofield, has the latest from paris. they are linked, directly and indirectly into the inquiry into the killing, in the sense that on the one hand there are people who have been picked up who were being investigated, who are alleged to have posted messages of support to the killer. so, that is one aspect of all of this. the other aspect is there is a much broader bid to crackdown on islamic radicals, simply as a reaction, as an expression of outrage at what had happened, and a bid to accelerate the process, which was already happening, of cracking down on separatism, as president macron calls it. what we are seeing is this double

track, things linked to the investigation on the one hand, but, more broadly, a response from the state, which is to say this must stop and we are going to take action quickly. one organisation which may fit into both of these categories is something called the collective against islamophobia, which is very much in the firing line today. it is an association, as its name implies, it mediates in behalf of islam and muslims in general, but it has been criticised before for taking a radical position. there are suggestions it may have taken a position in the run—up to the killing of the teacher, as we know, there was a campaign online led by one of the parents which certainly was a factor in his killing. and i think what the government wants to do, and the interior minister spelt this out this morning, is to react with a really clear message that certain activity online,

and among certain associations, will now be stopped. the home secretary, priti patel, has agreed to look into whether there should be a public inquiry into the 197a birmingham pub bombings that killed 21 and injured over 200. six people were jailed for the attacks, but they were later cleared on appeal. families of those killed say many questions remain unanswered let's cross now to cardiff, where the welsh government is giving an update on measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. the very serious situation we are facing in wales, and ask once again for your help in bringing the coronavirus under control. i also said to you that i would report to you about the discussions we have held over the weekend. those

discussions have shown that once again there are no easy choices in front of us, as the virus spreads rapidly in every part of wales. we know that if we do not act now it will continue to accelerate and there is a very real risk that our nhs would be overwhelmed. the number of people being taken to hospital with coronavirus symptoms is growing every day. our critical care units are already full and we are asking our health care and social care staff who have already done so much, to work even harder. unless we act, the nhs will not be able to look after the increasing number of people who are falling seriously ill, even with the extra 5,000 beds that we have available for this

winter. most darkly of all, even more people will die from this deadly virus. if that is the position, then we would have to take even more extreme measures to bring the virus back under control. we will be looking at an open—ended national lockdown such as one we had in march of this year. now, over the weekend, the cabinet of the welsh government map to continue our discussions about a time—limited firebreak, a short, sharp shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and give us... we met again this morning reached the difficult decision to introduce a two—week firebreak starting at 6pm on friday of this week. the firebreak period

will then include a half term holiday and cover the weeks ending on monday, ninth november. this firebreak is the shortest we can make it, but that means that it will have to be sharp and deep in order to have the impact we needed to have on the virus. between friday 23rd october and ninth november, everyone in wales will be required to stay—at—home. this means working from home wherever that is possible, and the only exceptions will be critical workers and jobs were working from home is simply not possible. all nonessential retail, leisure, hospitality and tourism businesses will close, just

as they had to during the march lockdown. community centres, libraries and recycling centres will close. places of worship will be closed for normal services, other than for funerals or work —— or wedding ceremonies. and as work —— or wedding ceremonies. and as the virus has taken hold, we have said repeatedly at the welsh government that children would be our top priority if further restrictions were needed and that education must continue, so as a result over this period childcare facilities will stay open, primary and special schools will reopen as normal after the half term week. secondary schools will reopen after the half term, but for children in yea rs the half term, but for children in years seve n the half term, but for children in years seven and eight only. other stu d e nts years seven and eight only. other students who are taking examinations

will be able to attend, but all other students will continue their learning from home for that extra week. universities will continue to provide a plant up in—person and online learning. in the same way as we are requiring everyone to stay at home, students will also have to stay—at—home in their university accommodation. coronavirus spreads when people are in close contact with one another, and especially indoors. to help break the cycle of transmission, there will be no gatherings with people you do not live with, either indoors or outdoors during this two week periods. there will continue to be

an exception for adults living alone and single parents who will continue to be able to join with one other household for support. as a cabinet, we are acutely aware of the impact that a circuit breaker period will have on businesses, so i wanted to turn next to the package of financial support that will be in place to assist businesses through this challenging periods and we will make sure that the full details of the package are available throughout this week. i can confirm today that we have created an extra economic resilience fund of almost £300 million. we have put an extra £150 million. we have put an extra £150 million into phase three of the erf to support those businesses directly affected by the firebreak. every

business covered by the small business covered by the small business rate relief will get an £1000 payment. an small and medium—sized retail, leisure and hospitality businesses which have to close will receive a one—off payment of up to £5,000. those payments will come to those businesses automatically. there will also be an additional discretionary grant and support for small businesses who are struggling because of the restrictions that we have to impose on them. beyond that, the £18 million fund we announced last week to help businesses develop in the longer term will be increased to 100 million, and there will be a £20 million, and there will be a £20 million ring fenced some within that for tourism and hospitality. we know that businesses will need to support quickly. the funds will open in

the first week of the firebreak and we will work to get that money allocated as quickly as possible to do is businesses who need it. all businesses require to close will also be able to access the support available from the uk government through the existing job retention scheme or the new expanded job support scheme. i understand the very real challenges that this presents for welsh businesses. it is why i rooted the chancellor on friday to ask him to give welsh businesses early access to the new job support scheme from friday of this week. that would remove the need for businesses to juggle the job retention scheme and the job support scheme during this firebreak period. given the urgency, we have offered to pay the extra costs that will be involved in that from welsh government funds to

help businesses retain staff. but it is only the uk government that has the financial power to guarantee the levels of income support workers need. we need more generous payments to help workers through this crisis. now both i am my cabinet colleagues are absolutely aware of the demands that we are making of our fellow citizens here in wales as we ask everyone to stay—at—home and require businesses to shout. 0f stay—at—home and require businesses to shout. of course we are all tired of coronavirus and the many rules and regulations with which we have to live our lives. we all want to see an end to this pandemic and our lives return to us once again. u nfortu nately, we lives return to us once again. unfortunately, we do not get have a

vaccine which will allow that to happen. and i firebreak vaccine which will allow that to happen. and ifirebreak period is our best chance of regaining control of the virus and avoiding a much longer and much more damaging national lockdown. the window we have within which to act is only a small one and to be successful we need everybody's help. here in wales, this is the moment to come together, to play our parts in a common endeavour, to do everything we can together to protect the nhs and to save lives. if we do this, our health service will be able to ca re our health service will be able to care for people with coronavirus and everybody else. those people who need emergency treatment, those

people who need treatment for cancer, those people suffering from strokes or from heart disease. that will be possible provided we take this opportunity and, most importantly of all, it will save people's lives. of course this will not be easy, but if we act together we can succeed. not be easy, but if we act together we can succeed. once not be easy, but if we act together we can succeed. once again thank you all so much for everything you have already done and for everything that you will do over the weeks to come. together we can still keep wales safe. i will take some questions now from journalists, colleagues and all of the answers as ever will be

broadcast live on the welsh government? social media challenge —— channels. government? social media challenge -- channels. can you guarantee that this lockdown period will end on the 9th of november, or might it be extended? the period will end on the 9th of november. it is a fixed period and will end on that monday. adrian, can emit one other point for the avoidance of doubt? we will not the avoidance of doubt? we will not the benefit of this two weeks by the 9th of november. the benefit will be seen 9th of november. the benefit will be seenin 9th of november. the benefit will be seen in the weeks that follow. i have heard some people say, oh, the figures will be done by the 9th of november so the period will have to continue. that is not the test to set. we know now that we will not see the benefit within the two weeks of the firebreak period. that

period will end on ninth november, and we will end on ninth november, and we will see the advantages it will bring to us and the impact it will have beyond the firebreak period itself. you mentioned a ban on gatherings. can i ask two related aspects of that? how will you e nforce aspects of that? how will you enforce the no gatherings ruled during halloween and bonfire night? what about remembrance sunday, which occurs just before the what about remembrance sunday, which occursjust before the end of this period? well, once again to be com pletely period? well, once again to be completely clear with people, the rules, the law as it will apply in wales will not allow for bonfire gatherings were for gatherings for halloween. in this extraordinary period, we all have to do everything we can because every little action that we take to work together

will make a difference. i think it will be self policing because people will recognise this and it will be very obvious if people try to break the law. there will be an exception for remembrance sunday. those organised events that local authorities and the british legion and other partners have already organised for the 8th of november, when we mark that national sacrifice, seems to be more important than ever that we do that at a period when further sacrifices are being asked of us all, so those organised events, small in scale, very different to previous years, will be able to go ahead, but those are the only gatherings that will be the exception during the two—week period of the

firebreak. i'll go to james william of bbc wales. i get the answers in english and welsh please. you talked about the firebreak being the best chance to control the virus. what you intend to do during that two and a half weeks to put plans in place to ensure that you don't again lose control of it over the following months. are we talking about the changes to the testing system, who gets tests ? changes to the testing system, who gets tests? models are back on track? has the £500 payment for people that are self—isolating starting? all of the things that you mentioned are indeed part of the prospectus for the two weeks. we will use those two weeks very purposefully. we will use it further to strengthen our ttp system recruiting more staff, allowing people to catch up on the huge volume of contacts that have had to be contacted and traced over

recent weeks. we will allow our nhs to accelerate plans for deployment of field hospitals one location of eddie accepting patients over the weekend and the game to the day. we will provide a £500 payment to people that are asked to self—isolate and to live on very low incomes and we will review and regularise the different fixed penalty notices that have been introduced over the six months of coronavirus to make sure that they are fair, that they are proportionate, that they have a continuity of approach underlying them, so their vow of a hill series of things. we will use this period to carry out so when we come out of it we are better prepared for the

difficult winter that still lies ahead. just either way. he speaks welsh. so, if you'rejustjoining us, we are watching a briefing with first minister mark drakeford coming life and carve it, cardiff. he has announced that there will be a two week nationalfirebreak announced that there will be a two week national firebreak lockdown for wales starting at 6pm on friday and it will end on the 9th of november. he said it is not going to change. it isa he said it is not going to change. it is a fixed period, and he said that the benefits will not be seen by the 9th of november. the benefits will be seen in the weeks that follow, but he said this is about making a difference to the course of covid right now and he said to be successful we need everybody's help.

this is the moment to come together to protect everyone. no gatherings will be allowed at all during the period, although there will be an exception and that is for remembrance sunday which will follow during the period just towards the end on the sunday the ninth. he said that gatherings will be exceptionally allowed for remembrance sunday. marking that period of national sacrifice is especially important now. can you explain why it is proportionate for areas that currently aren't even in local lockdown, thinking of various light pen fixture when it is proportionately low, why is it appropriate for them to be taking pa rt appropriate for them to be taking part ina appropriate for them to be taking part in a national lockdown at the moment and what does wales look like the other side of this firebreak? will there be much tighter national restrictions across the board short of lockdown? well,

the reason we have decided on an all wales firebreak is partly because the gap between those parts of wales where we've not yet needed local lockdown is an local lockdown areas has been narrowing. numbers are significantly up narrowing. numbers are significantly up in narrowing. numbers are significantly upina narrowing. numbers are significantly up in a whole series of those areas. and it simply makes sense. this has to bea and it simply makes sense. this has to be a national effort. it has to be an effort in which every single person and every single part of wales makes a contribution. many parts of wales have acted to protect those further west and north areas where the virus has been in slower circulation. we now need to ask everybody where ever they live to make their contribution, however small that will be, those contributions add up and together they make the difference they need to make. that will

make the difference for people in the far west in kept pembrokeshire and ceredigion and in gwinnett as it is for the rest of wales. and this is where we are going to ask the citizens wherever they live to make the decision. there will be a regime, of course, when we emerge from this on the 9th of november and we will work hard over the coming days to design that regime so that it builds on everything that we think we can achieve during the firebreak period. today i am concentrating to ensure that people have the best chance of understanding and knowing what is coming to us all. on the firebreak period itself. they'll be further things to say and i will be back at this podium no doubt on friday of this podium no doubt on friday of this week looking further ahead but for today and for the rest of this week we will be focusing on those weeks. what it means the people in their daily lives in their family lives, in their business lives,

their children's light as well then they will come the moment where it is right to say more about what ahead. he speaks welsh. well, that was the announcement that we we re well, that was the announcement that we were expecting, a very significant announcement there mark dra keford significant announcement there mark drakeford in significant announcement there mark dra keford in cardiff significant announcement there mark drakeford in cardiff announcing that there will be a two—week national firebreakfor wales there will be a two—week national firebreak for wales starting at 6pm this friday and running until the 9th of november. it is a fixed period lockdown and he said that if people expect to see the figure change in the next two weeks that is not right because the measures of it will be in the weeks after the lockdown period ends. that is when the benefit will be felt. that is of course extremely significant for wales but also the fact

that there are now different approaches being taken in the four parts of the united kingdom in northern ireland schools are closed for two weeks from today. the different in place there and the government in westminster still taking the approach very much that it is right to pursue the three tier system and go further localised measures negotiating with local leadership. we have seen this it has not been easyin we have seen this it has not been easy in greater manchester for the government to get its way are moving in that area into a higher tier. nonetheless, that is the situation that remains that england currently. scotland, first minister nicola sturgeon has said that people have overwhelmingly stuck to covid—19 restrictions over the weekend. she has been giving her daily briefing. she thanked those in scotland who heeded rules on gathering

on sunday. published this week details of our new strategic approach to tackling the virus. i hope to discuss this with other members of the scottish parliament and then we will publish it by the end of this week before developing in parliament next week. one of the things the framework will set out at the different tiers or levels of intervention and restrictions which may be applied in future, either locally or nationally depending on how the virus is spreading. we will also indicate based on the latest advice and our clinical advisor what level should apply to different parts of the country for potentially all of the country for potentially all of the country was the covenant restrictions potentially come to an end on the 26th of october. effectiveness of existing measures to curb covid, for example how we will work to improve compliance with fa cts , will work to improve compliance with facts, advice and all the other

guidance, review of our testing strategy and how we will continue to support testing protect and also how we will provide support the businesses and individuals for all they have been asked to do either now or in the future. publication of the framework is an important step as we the framework is an important step as we look ahead to the winter and prepared to manage the virus over what may well be and i would expect to bea what may well be and i would expect to be a very challenging period. we hope that the framework can command broad support both in parliament and across society. it is worth stressing that although the strategic framework will update our approach to tackling the virus, many of the basic elements of that approach will not change. in particular, it will continue to be vital that to slow the spread of the virus, all of us, as individuals, stick to these individual rules and guidelines on high hygiene, physical distance on, and limiting

contact with other households. nicola sturgeon. as we have been hearing schools in northern ireland begin an half term break today. as we've been hearing, schools in northern ireland are beginning an extended half—term break today. children will have two weeks' holiday instead of one. the extension is part of the devolved government's measures to try to bring down the coronavirus infection rate, which is the highest of the uk's four nations. our ireland correspondent chris page has been speaking to students, teachers and parents. schools weren't meant to be still and silent this week, but half term has come unexpectedly early. a—level students at the belfast model school for girls didn't want an extended break. the less time we have in school is a bit worrying. we won't have to have face—to—face contact with teachers for learning and things like that, which i know myself and a lot of my classmates really benefit from. i'm quite worried for the exams that we have coming up, because we won't be able to be in class with our teachers probably as much with the way

things are going at the minute. and it's hard to learn online. i like to have things explained to me. it's just easier when you're face—to—face with the teacher. but pupils do say some good has come out of the turbulence of 2020. it makes you grateful for the time you have whenever you are in school. and it makes you appreciate things more, time spent with your friends and actually being able to be in the environment of a classroom. in my opinion, it's helped me a lot with my mental health and helped to me get into, like... it's helped me be more grateful for a lot of things and helped me understand to be more aware of some stuff. if there's another school shutdown, the online teaching is ready to go. we have to be ready, because we just don't know, as we've found out just recently, when we might have to close again. we just need to be there for the student because the most important thing is promoting their well— being, their resilience and indeed extending their learning in whatever capacity we can. what are the most difficult things about the last few months, and have there been positives? i think the most challenging thing for us was ensuring that we had our environment that was welcoming for staff and students but that was safe. our students have had to develop more independence

and resilience in their learning, and that's always going to be a life skill they can carry forward. a few miles away, parents at this primary school were picking up their children for the last time until november. i work in a hospital, so i understand where they're coming from. i think it needs to be done to try and curb this. my daughter's got asthma and stuff, so i worry. kids need to be protected, don't they? i mean, that's really what it's all about. one of the ways in which education's different in northern ireland is that the vast majority of pupils in their last year of primary school sit a series of exam papers, the transfer test, to decide who gets into grammar school. the tests have been postponed for about two months. they're due to take place in january. but parents and teachers of the children going through that selection process are particularly worried by the impact of all the covid disruption. certainly, if this break was to continue beyond two weeks, i think the pressures that would be brought to bear would be enormous to try to see, we really have to make a change for this year. because it's proving to be impossible to provide those children with the level of education that they would require.

the pandemic pressures in schools include quarantined classes, self—isolating staff and broken routines. teachers, pupils and families are hoping for a brighter picture when they return. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the headlines on bbc news... the welsh government is expected to announce a short coronavirus lockdown, following a rise in cases there. wales is to go into a short, sharp lockdown for two weeks from friday, following a rise in cases there. the government could offer millions of pounds to greater manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. the labour mp yasmin qureshi says she has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for covid—19. from athletics to gymnastics — many from the world of professional sport have opened up about their struggles with eating disorders. olympic hurdler colin jackson explores the pressure facing those in top level sport in a new bbc panorama documentary, and talks about his own struggles

at the peak of his career. our sport correspondent natalie pirks reports. (tx next) i won an olympic medal and was world champion. but, throughout my sporting career, i was harbouring a secret. colinjackson was hiding anorexia that later became bulimia. i really believed that i had to be as skinny as i possibly could to succeed. but, actually, it wasn't helping me win. it was damaging both my body and my career. he isn't alone. rebecca had a dream of running for great britain but, at university, her anorexia took hold with shocking consequences. the doctor sat me down and she was like, "rebecca, you are dying. "you will die if you don't get help immediately. " she said my kidneys, liver and my heart were failing. and it's not only athletics which has suffered. gymnastics is the latest sport to face accusations it's rife

with eating disorders. some believe that cash—for—medals approach isn't helping. i personally think there's a little too much focus on a winner—takes—all mentality, you got to win a medal. uk sport has to encourage the governing bodies to believe that judgments will be formed on them on something other thanjust medals. olympic rower dame katherine grainger is now the chair of uk sport. i want to work in a world of sport where any athlete can speak out at any point about any issue. would i say we are in that place right now? i think from a lot of stories we've heard recently, there's a lot of athletes who are still aren't comfortable about speaking out. how those medals are won is crucial and will be looked at as well as what medals are won. after the tokyo olympics, uk sport will change the way it awards cash. it's hoped a renewed focus on athletes welfare follows. natalie pirks, bbc news. and you can see colinjackson's report on the hidden extent of eating disorders in british

sport this evening at 7:a0 on bbc one. if we're struggling with our mental health, we're often encouraged to open—up and talk about how we're feeling. last friday, edmund o'leary did just that over twitter. in a message to his followers, he wrote: "i am not ok. feeling rock bottom. please take a few seconds to say hello if you see this tweet. thank you." within minutes, he received thousands of heart—warming replies and retweets from strangers across the world.

well, edmund explained a little earlier how he had the idea to get in contact with his friends and followers on twitter. ido i do have quite a few followers on twitter and one of my twitter friends suffers with mental illness and from time to

time he sends a tweet to say hi, i'm going to bed soon, if you see this, can you please just say hi. so, soon, if you see this, can you pleasejust say hi. so, i got soon, if you see this, can you please just say hi. so, i got the idea from him really and i was thinking, well, ialways idea from him really and i was thinking, well, i always acknowledge his tweet, i say hi to him, it makes him feel good even if it is only for a few minutes, and decided last friday as i was feeling about bass and feeling very depressed i thought i would give it a go. myself. little didi i would give it a go. myself. little did i realise that about two hours later, i believe close on 1 did i realise that about two hours later, i believe close on1 million people across the globe would actually view my tweet and i guess even more importantly has been the level of engagement with my

too late. —— with my tweet. level of engagement with my too late. -- with my tweet. edmund, if you're watching, hope you're feeling 0k today. scientists have discovered that cold water swimming could protect the brain from diseases, like dementia. it's all to do with the production of a specific protein. our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt — a keen cold water swimmer — reports from the parliament the idea of going for a swim in a cold winter morning like this may not seem very appealing, especially when you know that the water temperature is just seven centigrade. but here goes. it certainly is refreshing. your whole body kind of screams in shock. but if you just stay here for a few seconds, you do begin to get used to it, and then you can... ooh! you can begin to get some lengths in!

and it now seems a chilly dip may offer more than just an exhilarating thrill. scientists have discovered that being very cold can actually protect your brain. six years ago, bbc radio reported a study that showed that cold mice develop more of a protein associated with hibernation. the study found the protein can protect against and even repair the damage dementia does. the obvious next step was to see if humans develop to the protein too. which is where this place, hampstead heath lido, comes in. it's warm, yeah. we're from the north, so we can handle it. one lido swimmer heard the radio interview. ijust had the idea that we have a cohort of people here that regularly get cold, and can we translate that through to that kind of environment? dozens of volunteers agreed to be tested

by the scientist leading the study. we compared you to a bunch of people doing tai chi, who didn't get cold, and none of them get increased levels of this protein. but many of you did. she's here to give them the results. so what does it tell us? it tells us that cold does induce this protein in humans. you are the first non—patient cohort to show that cold water swimming raises this protective protein, which is pretty cool. professor malucci is now trying to find a drug that stimulates the production of the protein in humans, and to see if it really does help delay dementia. if you slowed the progress of dementia by even a couple of years, on the whole population that would have an enormous impact, economically and health—wise. these cold proteins are a very promising line of research, but she warns it is still early days. sadly, there are no guarantees that this will lead to a successful dementia

treatment. justin's been out for a swim this morning — we caught up with him afterwards... i have actually got a bit of a headache! it is cold in here, about 11 celsius, and that cold, getting hypothermic, your body temperature below 35 celsius is what seems to stimulate this hibernation response. and i do this virtually every day i can, i come to this pool and swim here. what it gives you... it is kind of an extraordinary endorphin rush, it is really... it makes you feel amazingly fresh and alive and bright, you go in 1000 come out someone else. it is

absolutely fantastic! a new world record has been set in germany at a sports stadium in the city of nuremberg. but what makes this record a little unusual, is the fact that those competing couldn't actually touch the ground. jens decke crossed the max—morlock stadium at a height of 73 metres to set a new slacklining record. russell trott explains. this is slacklining — balancing on a 25 millimetre wide rope which stretches and bounces 75 metres above the ground. whenjens decke was offered the chance to attempt a world record 230 metre walk high above a sports stadium in germany, he jumped at the chance. translation: the difficulty here on this 230 metres long high line is keeping your concentration, because the weakest link is always the concentration. you are up there and you have a queasy feeling in your tummy, because you feel you are really not meant to be up there. if slacklining isn't precarious

enough, try doing it in heels. these fearless sportswomen recently took part in one such event in china. balancing on an elastic rope whilst balancing in heels is no mean feat, in a sport which seems to always want to stretch its own parameters. the balancing act in nuremberg has raised the bar once more. russell trott, bbc news. the bbc news at one shortly with my colleague simon mccoy. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. last week we saw a lot of dry weather around thanks to high pressure. it was nice to build gas and enjoy the autumn colours but this week it is going to be a lot more unsettled. it will briefly become a bit milder for all of us. low pressure really dominating the scene as you see to low pressure really dominating the scene as you see to start the week here, lots of isobars on the

charts, lots of weather fronts too, mainly affecting the north in the west of the uk, being some very wet weather the uk, being some very wet weather the note of the uk and indeed to tonight particularly across scotland in western scotland where the hills and mountains of argyll could see some of the highest rainfall totals. try unfairly or fairly cloudy. —— drier and fairly cloudy... could see winds touching gale false in certain areas. veined tray, tending to move away from northern ireland, stays wet from scotland, another the fun sta rts wet from scotland, another the fun starts to spread east across wales and across england. bit of a weather front coming in behind it by the end of the night, perhaps one or two showers, blustery night for all but a milder one, particularly england and wales double—figure values there, still quite chilly in the finals. tuesday we have a early rain across the east which attend to clear away by lunchtime and then it his brighter with some

sunshine and will see a cluster of showers move across the irish sea towards northern ireland in to town for scotland, some of these could be heavy and perhaps even thundery at times. miles data come in the mid to high teen selfies that will be another blustery and windy day for all. next day were of low pressure moving up from biscay, uncertain to the north words and west was extent of it, does it is going to be some heavy rain to england and wales especially in the south and we could see a spell of very strong winds across the south—east so you have to stay tuned to the weather forecast for this. further north we have still got outbreaks of rain for northern scotland but in between sunshine and showers. again, another fairly mild day across the board, temperatures reaching 13 to around 17 or 18 temperatures reaching 13 to around 17 or18 in temperatures reaching 13 to around 17 or 18 in the south—east. a transient ridge of high pressure will be more settled conditions on thursday with some sunshine and new

area moving into northern and western areas on friday.

wales goes into lockdown — announcing a "short, sharp" shock from friday to act as a "firebreak" on covid—19. people are told to stay at home, all non—essential retail will close, and pubs, bars and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway service. we know that if we do not act now, it will continue to accelerate and there is a very real risk that our nhs would be overwhelmed. i'm glad it's come in sooner rather than later. yes, it's going to take a temporary hit but a temporary hit is better than losing your life. we'll be getting the latest reaction live from cardiff. also this lunchtime... talks resume over the introduction of tougher covid measures in manchester — as the city's mayor demands more financial support. a tightening of restrictions across europe.