this is bbc news. the headlines: 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 nonessential 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. 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 — many countries reintroducing rules eased after earlier lockdowns. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu are holding talks about finding a trade deal. later michael gove will

make a statement in parliament. making a splash— the swimmers braving winter waters to help scientists in the battle against dementia. good afternoon. the welsh government has announced is it's introducing a short national lockdown. what they're calling a ‘firebreak‘ will begin at six o'clock on friday evening and will run until the 9th of november. people in wales will be asked to stay at home and all nonessential retail will close. pubs, bars and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway service only and households cannot mix in any location. the first minister mark drakeford said the objective was to "break

the chain of infection". our wales correspondent tomos morgan has the details. as autumn turns to winter, there's a sense of deja vu in wales today as the prospect of another national lockdown becomes a reality. 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. over the weekend, the cabinet of the welsh government met 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 more time. we met again this morning and we have now reached the difficult decision to introduce a two—week firebreak, starting at 6pm on friday this week. so, from 6pm on friday until monday, 9th november, the welsh public have been told

they must stay at home as much as possible. there will be no mixing with any other households, indoors or outdoors, and they can only go outside for exercise. nonessential retail shops will close, as well as leisure facilities and gyms, as well as hospitality businesses, bars and restaurants, with the exception of takeaways. and there will be a £300 million business support scheme, with up to £5,000 available per business. cardiff, as well as the majority of wales, has been under local lockdown measures for some time, meaning that it's banned by law to leave or enter an area under these measures. but with virus cases continuing to rise across the country here, today's announcement wasn't unexpected and will have a wider impact on the welsh public. the idea of going back into lockdown is a bit worrying for me. i'm diabetic, so i have to shield, so that's going to mean another few weeks or months inside. the first lockdown, people didn't really know what they were in for, but i think we all know what it

means this time around. just don't know how much more people can take with not being with their families. i think it was always going to be coming anyway and i'm glad it's coming sooner rather than later. yes, it's going to take a temporary hit, but a temporary hit is better than losing your life. the firebreaker is an idea the first minister has been in favour of as an action to mitigate the spread for some time, following its suggestion by sage, the scientists that advise the governments across the uk, a few weeks ago. if you just have the circuit—breaker and then you lift things, then all that will happen is that infections will rise again and you will yo—yo in and out of restrictions, so i think the really important question is not only to talk about the short—term restrictions, but how will you reset things? how will you make things different to keep the infections down? mark drakeford has suggested there could be a new national set of rules following this firebreaker, but if this short lockdown fails to mitigate the spread of the virus,

for how long could wales be under stringent measures heading into winter? 0ur correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. what will a national lockdown achieve? mark drake third had always said that if cases continue to rise, a new set of national measures would have to be brought in. he has been in favour as we just mentioned of a circuit breaker, or a fire breaker, for quite some time since sage mentioned it a few weeks ago. the main difference between what will be coming in on friday and what we had in march is actually the difference in schools and impact on children. the guidance on children and the science on children has changed. for under 11 is the risk is low of transmission, the primaries will be going straight back after the first

week with the first week being half term. in the second week with high schools, it will just term. in the second week with high schools, it willjust be years seven and eight that will be going back. the other years will continue online and they will not return until the end of this fire breaker lockdown period. childcare will resume as normalfor under period. childcare will resume as normal for under school age people and special schools will also return as normal. when it comes to universities, students have been asked to stay—at—home in their halls of residence and follow the same guidelines as everybody else or stay in their houses. they will continue in person and blend with online learning as well. it has been met with mixed response from opposition parties here in wales, this is a welsh labour government, the conservatives are against these proposals, they are in favour of more local lockdown measures. we

mentioned that if the numbers do not go the way that mark drake third and the welsh government hope and assume they will go, which would be down, what will happen then? there has been talk of a new national set of measures after we come out of this fire breaker instead of local lockdown is across the country. it will be interesting to see how these two weeks ago if the public has got the restraint to carry on and keep adhering to these rules for another two weeks and see what position we are in here in wales when we come out of it in two weeks' time. in the past we spoke about students at universities. what is the advice to them, go home or stay where they are? yes, stay where they are, those in student halls will be asked to stay—at—home as we would in our houses. there will be no mixing with other halls of residence or other flats. those who are living in houses will have to stay at home and stay within the bubble of their

house. there is no mixing now across the whole of wales on friday indoors or outdoors with any other households. that is a big difference here as well in wales. up until friday, people could meet with other people in groups of up to 30 four social distancing outdoors but that will be a huge difference. especially because a majority of wales, there is a local lockdown and people should not be meeting anyone else inside, so families are still not able to see each other especially with the weather turning stop they can only do so if childcare is a provision that needs to be had and has been carried on up until now. it will be difficult for those students because they know they will have to stay indoors and stay in those bubbles as they have been for a significant period of time stop the question will be for them is what will happen after these two weeks as we approach christmas and the christmas period? will they

be asked to stay here or will they be asked to stay here or will they be allowed to go home after that? thank you very much about, thomas. jane mudd is the labour leader of newport city council, shejoins me now. do you agree with these measures? absolutely, we are facing a public health emergency and it is important we ta ke health emergency and it is important we take measures now is that the health service does not overwhelmed. the difficulty is a two—week period. how do you judge the of that? what will happen before we can say that has worked and before we lift these restrictions? the two week period is based on the scientific advice and the local authority leaders in wales have been working very closely with welsh government in the build—up to this, so we had an opportunity ourselves to listen to the advice and we are informed by the scientists that this will be effective in terms of enabling us to reduce that infection number, the number is over one here

in wales, and if everybody cooperates with this the two—week lockdown will reduce that to below one. do you think if people stick to this that people may not stick to this? the people may not stick to this? the people of newport have been absolutely outstanding. they have worked with us, we have been under local restrictions since the 22nd of september unfortunately, although figures have stabilised here, they are still high and it is a similar picture across the nation. i have every confidence that the public will work with us and work together so that we can keep our loved ones are safe, our families, so that we can keep our loved ones are safe, ourfamilies, ourfriends and our communities, and also protect essential public services. is there a fear here that this is a sticking plaster, you will have this two—week measure and people will try to return to normality and affection rate will go up again? how do you prevent that happening? as you mentioned with your discussion with

your correspondent there is further discussion is now ongoing with the welsh government. 22 local authority leaders have been involved with this in terms of what the situation looks like as we move out of this period. there is an opportunity here to develop some national guidelines. i think there is confusion around local restrictions and i think we have to have a very clear message to the public and also a clear message around how we all work hard to keep each other safe moving forward. what about enforcement? where does this leave the police, the boarders, what are people expecting to change? we have worked very closely with our public protection teams and local authorities and the police, focusing on education and information and really trying to support people and businesses and individuals and communities to do the best that they can to stick within the rules stopped i am sure that the welsh

government will be looking at enforcement issues and will be looking at how, if and how they can be strengthened in the future. but thatis be strengthened in the future. but that is only one part of it and it is important that we emphasise that knowledge is important in this and education is an important aspect of that. thank you forjoining us this afternoon. no more money, no increase in restrictions — that's basically the message from the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham as talks resume over government proposals to put the city into the highest alert level. he 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. the government accuse him of putting people's lives at risk. dan johnson reports. this is a city that's been on the edge for days now. people know new restrictions are coming, but they're still not clear exactly when or what they'll mean. if they want to put us into tier 3, they need to make sure they provide the money,

the 80% furlough for the people and businesses so they don't collapse. for me, i think we should keep it as it is at this current moment in time. get the economy back up and running, an absolutely massive must for me, definitely. you don't want to see extra restrictions? no way, no. i'm from australia and they've had really tough restrictions. my family are still in lockdown over there and their cases are right down to zero at the minute, so i think if we take a leaf out of their book, we will definitely be the same. talks over the weekend were described as constructive, but there is still no agreement and every day adds to the risk. we've 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 is a serious situation, and it demands action this week, preferably today. local politicians know the seriousness of the situation and one greater manchester mp, yasmin qureshi, announced on social media that she was admitted

to hospital over the weekend after testing positive. here's a business that may have to close under tighter restrictions. soft play centres were shut down in lancashire last week, but allowed to stay open in liverpool. my little boy is two—and—a—half, and lockdown has been awful anyway. these places have started to open. here is brilliant because it is really clean, they're fabulous. really, for him, it's about the social interaction. it's incredibly difficult for business anyway because we already have to operate at 50% capacity, which is 50% of our income. there is no additional help for that and then they are talking about closing us down. our staff are on low incomes and they want to give us two—thirds of their income, rather than the furloughed 80%, which was already a struggle. we need more financial help. making the sums add up for workers who are out of a job has been a real sticking point so far. if a business like this has to close, then how much support

will there be for the stuff? that's what politicians haven't been able to agree on yet. this battle over tiers has got everyone talking. mayor andy burnham says he doesn't relish a stand—off with the government, but other city regions, like sheffield, are also on the brink, watching how this plays out. danjohnson, bbc news, manchester. schools in northern ireland are closed for two weeks from today as new restrictions come into force. meanwhile in the south the irish government is set to tighten coronavirus restrictions — including shutting down most of the retail sector for several weeks. ministers are meeting in dublin this afternoon, with an announcement expected this evening. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has more. 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 that we have in school, i suppose, is a wee bit worrying, you know? we won't have face—to—face contact

with our 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 exams that we have coming up, just 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. me, i like to have things explained to me, it'sjust easier when you're face—to—face with the teacher. though 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 and, like, time spent with your friends and actually being in the environment of the classroom. in my opinion, it's helped me a lot with my mental health and, like, helped me get in... it'sjust helped me to be more grateful for a lot of things and help me understand, like, 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 don't know, as we find outjust recently,

when we might have to close again. we just need to be there for the students because the most important thing is promoting their well— being, their resilience and, indeed, extending their learning in whatever capacity we can. what have been 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 still safe. our students have had to develop more independence and resilience in their learning and that is always going to be a life skill they can carry forward. many tunes in the last year the primary schools set a transfer test to decide who gets into grammar school. the tests have been postponed for about two months and are due to take place injanuary. but terence let my parents and teachers are particularly worried about the impact of all the covid disruption. if this break was to continue beyond two weeks i think the pressures that would be brought to bear would be enormous. we need

to bear would be enormous. we need to make a change for this year because it is just proving to be impossible to provide the children with the education that they would require. the pandemic pressures in schools with quarantine classes, self isolated staff and broken routines. pupils, teachers and families are looking for a brighter future when they return. bbc news, belfast. the government in scotland have blamed a delay in releasing covid test results over the weekend on a uk government run testing lab in glasgow. the uk government says this is ‘categorically untrue'. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith gave us the latest from glasgow. you can see that is clearly a problem if you look at the numbers. 0n problem if you look at the numbers. on sunday 316 positive tests were reported and compare that with today, 993, over 1000 reported and compare that with today, 993, over1000 on reported and compare that with today, 993, over 1000 on saturday. it does look as if that sunday figure was artificially low. the first minister said that that was

due to a processing delay within the uk government lab system and the uk government responded saying that i was categorically untrue and that there was no problem with processing capacity at the glasgow lab stop what does seem to have happened is that over 600 tests were re—routed from glasgow to other uk labs to be tested there in the uk government say that that is completely routine. she was doing her daily briefing at lunchtime, nicola sturgeon as she a lwa ys lunchtime, nicola sturgeon as she always does, and she did not want to get into a war of words and did not wa nt to get into a war of words and did not want to have a spat, she wanted to be clear that the system is working, that people should have confidence in itand that people should have confidence in it and while there have been intermittent problems at what she described frustrations, the scottish and uk governments are working together to get everything up and running. she also gave us a glimpse of what might be coming later this week when she said they will be announcing the strategic framework which would have three tiers like in england. mps are calling for urgent government action to support 1.5 million women in the uk who are suffering with endometriosis.

a new report by mps across all parties shows no improvement in the diagnosis of endometriosis in a decade. the inquiry was one of the biggest in history— which surveyed over 10,000 women with endometriosis. they found that it still takes eight years on average to get a diagnosis and that almost 60% of women visited their gp more than 10 times before their condition was recognised. the bbc has been hearing from some of those living with the condition. more than once, not living is so much better than the idea of continuing to live with this pain. you look fine, on the outside. but on the inside, you're bleeding, you're broken. it really doesn't care what dreams you have. i may not be dying, but it's killed my soul. i've probably been in hospital over 20 times, across about a ten—year period. to date, i've had six surgeries and probably around 50 other invasive

procedures. very much like a guinea pig, you try, because you never know if this may help. we should want to know more about this illness that is ravaging people's lives, left, right and centre. we need awareness, we need research, and we need better treatment options. this change needs to happen now, because i don't want another woman suffering for ten years, like i have. mp hannah bardell is a member of all party parliamentary group into endometriosis — shejoins me now. why do we not know more about this? i think there are cultural challenges that we have traditionally not listened to women, listened to their experiences in whatever area, but particularly in health and often this has been pooh—poohed and put down to painful periods. there are a lot of health professionals out there who are at the forefront of this

have given evidence to the ppg and to the report who are working very hard and there is a lack of education, there isa there is a lack of education, there is a lack of understanding, there is a lack of research and fundamentally there is not a joined up approach. for a decade to have passed and women and endometriosis sufferers andi women and endometriosis sufferers and i did our session myself and it was heartbreaking. women's lives are being destroyed by endometriosis and this is a pivotal moment, it is a historical number of people to have been surveyed and we need to sit up and take notice and take action. what action? what can be done? there area number of what action? what can be done? there are a number of recommendations. driving down diagnosis times. if you have better education, people with endometriosis will resent earlier. if you have better education within health professionals, they will be able to diagnose and understand it

earlier. if we have better research we can find what causes it. if we have a morejoined up we can find what causes it. if we have a more joined up approach amongst health professionals, we have special centres in scotland, three of them, and we are looking to create a better national programme for the scottish government. the government said we were going to have a health group and a clear plan with endometriosis sufferers on it. it is important that we come together across party, politics is divided and divisive. this is something we have all come together on across the uk and that there are challenges and we need to stand up and make sure that in all nations across the uk that there is a clear plan for women with endometriosis and that we can make sure there are awareness and capacity within the system to diagnose and treat. the children in school know what a normal period is, notjust girls or boys as well, what is a normal period, an abnormal period, employers, we heard from women who

had to give up theirjobs because they could not continue to work. that is not fair. 51% of the population are women and this is affecting one in ten of the population, of the female population. we cannot continue the way things are going and there is so much that can be done. the work of endometriosis uk lays out very clearly what governments can do. we've done a lot in scotland but there is much, much more more we can do. far too many women suffering for far too long. but is the middle of a global pandemic at the time for everybody to be starting to look at this issue when, frankly, we are all consumed by covid—19? this issue when, frankly, we are all consumed by covid-19? that is a fair point, but what i would say to you is that whether it is a global pandemic, whether it is brexit, there will always be huge challenges and, by the way, the women who gave evidence to our

session said very clearly that they had their surgery delayed, we understand that, we understand that because of the pandemic there is huge pressure is on the nhs and the nhs is doing an incredible job, on the nhs and the nhs is doing an incrediblejob, but we on the nhs and the nhs is doing an incredible job, but we cannot forget about those people and not address their concerns. people with endometriosis taking high levels of painkillers, in normal times, endometriosis taking high levels of painkillers, in normaltimes, it endometriosis taking high levels of painkillers, in normal times, it was already a big challenge, covid added to that but in scotland and across the uk we have started up and restarted surgery and support for people with lots of different diseases and chronic illnesses. actually, i would argue that this is the perfect time to be looking at theseissues the perfect time to be looking at these issues because we need to be able to support people whether it is able to support people whether it is a global pandemic or another times or whatever that is going to be. when we are so consumed by those issues, this is something cross— party, issues, this is something cross—party, something positive to put a very clear pathway forward and it is something that governments can do right now alongside the other work that they are doing to

make the lives of endometriosis sufferers improved because as we have heard, it is destroying people's lives. particularly in terms of fertility, people were getting fertility treatment have already had a putt. 0ne treatment have already had a putt. one woman told me that she will never have children and was handed off and pooh—poohed. it was a devastating news to be delivered and we cannot have the situation where endometriosis sufferers are on the one hand being told they can't have children because of this condition and when that is not the case. we have someone on your news programme this morning who was able to prove that wrong. 0n the other hand there are still myths of having a baby will help this. there is some very clear disparities and the gaps in service provision and education. good work is being done by governments across the uk but there is so much more that we can do. no time like the present to pick up this report and but the sensible

recommendations into action. thank you so much for your time. scientists trying to find a cure for dementia have made a promising discovery in a group of cold water swimmers at a lido in london. the researchers from cambridge university found the swimmers produced a protein associated with hibernation — which could delay the disease. 0ur correspondent justin rowlatt explains. here beside my favourite pool, parliament hill lido. but the link, bizarrely, between the cold water and dementia is hibernation and a latent hibernation ability that all human beings appear to retain. i discovered this because i swim here, i was talking to other swimmers and they said that there is this doctor who is coming down and she is taking blood from us and testing from some protein that may be associated with dimension. i was really curious about this and back in february before

the covid restrictions, we made this film. the idea of going for a swim on a cold winter morning and this may not seem very appealing especially when you know that the water temperature is just 7 degrees centigrade. but, here goes. it certainly is refreshing, your whole body kind of screens in shock but if you stay here for a few seconds you do begin to get some lengths in. but it now seems a chili 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 to report the discovery that called mice develop more of a protein associated with

hibernation. the study found that protein can protect against and even repair the damage dementia does. the obvious next step was to see if humans develop the protein also. which is where this place, hampstead heath lido comes in. 0ne lido swimmer heard the radio interview. ijust had the idea that we had a cold what are people here that regularly get cold and can we translate that through to the kind of environment? dozens of volunteer agreed to be tested by the scientists leading leading the study. we compare due to a bunch of people doing tai chi who did not get cold and none of them get increased levels of this protein but many of you did. she is here to give them

the results you are the first sort of non—patient cohort to show that cold water swimming may boost this protective protein which is pretty cool. professor belushi 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 and a whole population, i 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. bbc news, london. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. although rather grey last week it was a rather dry, particularly in the north. this week it is different. we have low pressure nearby to bring wet and windy weather but it will feel dry as we draw eric from the south. you can

see lots of isobars and weather fronts on the charge, it is very wet indeed across northern ireland and scotland, particularly western scotla nd scotland, particularly western scotland where it stays wet here overnight. another band of rain will spread across wales and england as we go through the night, it will be a blustery one for most of us. temperatures in double figures across england, wales and northern ireland. as we head over to tuesday, another blustery day, that rainbow clear and it is sunshine and showers, lots of showers across the irish sea to northern ireland and southern scotland. we will hear some rumbles of thunder as well as rain. it will be mild day for many of us. an area of low pressure will bring wet and windy weather and high pressure will bring then some better and so on thursday. this is bbc

news with simon mccoy. wales goes into lockdown announcing a short sharp from friday. 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. 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 — many countries reintroducing rules eased after earlier lock—downs. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu are holding talks about finding a trade deal. later, michael gove will make a statement in parliament. and making a splash, the swimmers braving winter waters in the battle against dementia.

sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane. it's been confirmed in the last hour thatjordan pickford will not face retrospective action over his challenge on virgil van dijk in saturday's merseyside derby. the everton keeper's reckless tackle left van dijk needing surgery on his knee. it's unclear how long the netherlands defender will be out for. meanwhile, van dilk says he's fully focussed on his recovery. 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". van dijk‘s injury in that merseyside derby was just one of the talking points from the match and once again var has been under scrutiny. liverpool had — what would have been the winning goal in the match — ruled out for offisde by the slenderest of margins. so what does former tottenham manager harry redknapp make

of the video assistant referee? for me, it's destroying everything. all the excitement, you get a goal, yup, you're happy, suddenly, uh—oh, var, and you have to sit for a couple of minutes waiting for a decision. that last goal of henderson's, how could it be disallowed ? when you look at it 100 times how could it be offside anyway? it's all gone pretty crazy at the moment. wayne rooney has tested negative for covid, but says he's angry that he has to self—isolate and miss games for derby county. rooney was visited by a friend who had been instructed to be tested for covid—19 and was later found to have coronavirus. a derby county spokesperson said the club was relieved rooney had tested negative but that they were disappointed that the "selfish and careless act of one individual put both wayne and his family at risk, as well as having a detrimental impact on derby county." rooney tweeted that he was angry

and disappointed to be missing the next three matches for the club. baroness sue campbell spoke at the unveiling the women's football. the current netherlands manager is coming on as england's new manager. her ambition is to win the world cup in 2023 and ideally in 2022, because it's a home euros. we see that as a fantastic platform and opportunity. she would have only been in the job a year at that point so if you look back, she would realise she was with the netherlands less than a year when she won the euros previously so lam when she won the euros previously so i am confident that she will give us every opportunity to

win. in the last for minutes, wasps' have confirmed for more positive test for coronavirus taking into 11 cases in just five days. it's put their participation in the final on saturday and out. a decision as to whether they are clear and out. a decision as to whether they are clearer not eschew on wednesday. the bears have been informed our and our style. the club will continue not to train at this stage. cycling's vuelta a espana starts tomorrow and it will be chris froome's last race with his curent 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 actually remember the crash itself, so that doesn't haunt me at all. i've got a bit

of a blank there. but, yeah, i mean, mentally, i have been waiting for this moment, just to be back on the start line of a grand tour for age she so it's of a grand tour for ages so it's been a long road back and i'm certainly really looking forward tojust being in the race again. all the build—up that is on the bbc sport website and that's all for now. jane, thank you very much. let's get more now on the news that wales is introducing a two week national lockdown. the welsh government say it's intended as a short, sharp shock to try to halt the second wave of coronavirus ahead of the winter. from 6 o'clock on friday people in wales will be, asked to stay at home and will have to do so until november 9th. all non—essential retail will close and pubs, bars and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway service only and households cannot mix in any location. there'll be extra support for businesses too up to £5,000 for every business forced to close. the first minister mark drakeford said the objective was to ‘break

the chain of infection'. dr david bailey is the chair of the british medical association's wales council and joins me now from his practice in caerphilly. thank you for your time. is this enough? i think, thank you for your time. is this enough? ithink, hopefully, it will be. it's been suggested that if we can doa be. it's been suggested that if we can do a strict lockdown for the 17 days proposed, we will hopefully get a break and get the number back to one again. we are more or less coping where we are at the moment but, in wales, the numbers are going up but, in wales, the numbers are going up 50% every week and it won't take much for things to become overwhelmed and the idea is to take complete cut for two weeks, trying get the number down to about one so that the numbers are stable, and, if we can do that, then we can probably get through to christmas. hopefully, we'll be singing about a vaccine soon after that and it will mean

that businesses who make their most money in the run—up to christmas was still be able to cope. the impression in that answer is that without a vaccine that things revert to how they are now. to some extent, that's absolutely correct. if we don't have a vaccine, sooner or later, numbers will start to rise again and there's a was got to be a balance. when you've got a strict lockdown like this, you are aiming to get the prevalence rate down quickly and we think that will happen if we do this for the 17 days as proposed. but, eventually, we stopped lockdown in june as proposed. but, eventually, we stopped lockdown injune and now we are not over. we think this sort of thing all over the country so eventually, even that lockdown... you'll start to see rising numbers so, ultimately, everybody's hopes are on getting an effective vaccine sometime in the new year. i'm talking to someone on the sharp end here who has clear

evidence of what the first wave did to people around the first wave did to people around the country of wales and that's why you want to avoid this. to people who are saying this is an overreaction, what advice do you give to them? well, i don't think it is. what we know is that the critical care units in wales after all. now, because of experience for the first time around, we've got the chance to re— purpose the first time around, we've got the chance to re—purpose other bits of hospitals to give extra capacity but the standard critical care units are full now and we are seeing 2000 cases a day, we are seeing increases every week. we need to stem that rise. coronavirus is interfering with the number of staff who can work but also, we need to be able to get where we were before in terms of trade treating hips,

knees, cancer care, critical care, strikes, heart attacks but a lot of the works that make people's lives better has been put on hold and we need to be able to to need to provide this for our patients, our citizens in wales and this is probably the only sensible way we can go at the moment.“ this is probably the only sensible way we can go at the moment. if this doesn't work, what will happen?“ it doesn't work, i think people will have to look very seriously further forward about what we can do. the evidence and the suggestion from sage and our scientific advisers, nothing that not an epidemiologist so nothing that not an epidemiologist sol nothing that not an epidemiologist so i have to take this at face value, we know that on average from the time you pick up the virus when you shot start to show symptoms and then not is about 14 days and if everybody sticks strictly to the lockdown, there is a very good

chance that the amount of spread from person to person will be dramatically reduced and if we can do that, then, we will see a reduction in numbers hopefully to a level we can cope with, until a vaccine comes along. it up about levels at which you can cope, i don't know you, but i'm looking at you and thinking you are tired and had been through quite a lot. how much more do you think you can cope with? i think the mental health strain on critical workers has been considerable. people haven't had holidays. based in working in strange ways in primary care, doing stuff remotely, cleaning down areas. in hospitals, people are wearing grossly uncomfortable stuff, are at fear of getting the coronavirus, so yes, i think everyone is worn down but at the end of the day, it's the job are people in the

nhs to help everybody and maintain peoples health. we just need to do something now to make sure that still remains possible. if we can't keep the capacity in place, morale almost become secondary. we need somewhere to put people if we don't do something to increase —— decrease the number, sorry, it's going to be very difficult to treat all the patients in wales that we need to. thank you for all that you do, doctor david bailey and thank you for your time this afternoon. now on the new channel, it's time for your questions answered. more than half of england's population is now living under high or very high—alert restrictions. with westminster government rejecting calls to introduce in another national lockdown and a national lockdown lasting two weeks will be in wales being bought in from friday evening, what do the latest

changes in retsrictions mean for you? professor linda bauld is a professor of public health at the university of edinburghjoins me now to answer your questions. good afternoon, linda. let's talk generally about what's happening in wales, because i want to pick up on something the doctor was just saying there. we sometimes forget that the people on the front line, this is a tough time for them, isn't it? absolutely. as we were just hearing, they've been through a huge amount both in primary health care and in secondary care dealing with coronavirus and non—coronavirus patients. the amounts of data a nalysts, patients. the amounts of data analysts, new systems, it's been really tough on the nhs and public health generally. i have a question, from alice, she says i live in london, can i still go and stay

with someone in tier1 when i am in tijuana? i can go and see my family outside my local health board area but i'm not allowed to stay with them in their homes. the first thing i would say is the rose of the guidance in yourarea, i would say is the rose of the guidance in your area, you take them with you, so alice in tier 2 isn't allowed to stay in someone else's home but she can see them outside that sheet shouldn't stay with them. it's difficult to deal with. but she shouldn't. this one from janet, with all the questions use the word here. my all the questions use the word here. my support bubble is in tier 3 but i'm in tier2, my support bubble is in tier 3 but i'm in tier 2, can my support bubble is in tier 3 but i'm in tier2, can i my support bubble is in tier 3 but i'm in tier 2, can i visit my support bubble? actually, this is complicated. let's use high alert to very high alert, tier 3 is very high

alert so restrictions are much more complex and people living outside that area are advised not to go in that area are advised not to go in that area are advised not to go in that area at all. the only exception to that would be if janet is needing to that would be if janet is needing to provide caring for someone in that situation but she really should not be travelling into tier 3 and travelling out, but that's the case at the very high alert levels. this is from des clarke who says he lives in at here too area but can i stay in room in a tier1 area were working in a tier 2 area for four days? working between tiers isn't a problem and theoretically he can staina problem and theoretically he can stain a rented room but we don't have the detail from dead stain a rented room but we don't have the detailfrom dead is is it a mixed house? you should not be staying in a mixed household. if he's not coming to, is contact with

others that are still allowed. wendy says, if i live in essex, currently tier 2, says, if i live in essex, currently tier2, cani says, if i live in essex, currently tier2, can i go says, if i live in essex, currently tier 2, can i go to a holiday cottage in tier1 in november. yes. so, when these in high alert level and going into medium alert level. there is no restrictions on travel in high alert levels and the other good thing about holiday cottages is its isolated accommodation where you would not be meeting up with people not in your house hold. these are along the theme. this is from lindsay, who says, can my lodger stay with me monday to friday in tier 2 but go home to its family adhered one in weekends. i'm already ina bubble adhered one in weekends. i'm already in a bubble with someone! u nfortu nately, in a bubble with someone! unfortunately, this sounds like a complex one, simon. in theory, that's not permissible because you got somebody living in households then going back

into their own household, so, in theory, and this is difficult and until things change, the lodger should probably stay where he is because going and staying overnight with another household isn't permitted. that's what the guidance says. i would emphasise that work is exempt for a lot of these things so my advice would be to check with your local authority about your personal circumstances at the government website, because, clearly the guidance is useful and is quite clear and goes into that fine grain of detail. sorry, lindsey, not what you were hoping for, i suspect. this question, if we move from tier1 to tier 2 or three, can children still go to grandparents while their pa rents go to grandparents while their parents go to work?|j go to grandparents while their parents go to work? i think she's asking about theoretical change which might happen,

for example, we know what is happening in manchester where they may shift into tier 3 so you are staying within the same area with these travel restrictions, childcare is a clear exception so if you are in a childcare bubble with those grandparents and then, do go onto the website to make sure your definition of childcare fits the childcare definition then it should be ok to let this happen. inevitably, when you apply a system in three tiers, you are going to get the word tier appearing quite a lot, aren't you? the word tier appearing quite a lot, aren't you ? susan the word tier appearing quite a lot, aren't you? susan says, i live alone ona aren't you? susan says, i live alone on a tier 2 area and my partner is ina tier2 on a tier 2 area and my partner is in a tier 2 area, are we still allowed to meet? yes. so, the key thing there is, if you've formed a support bubble and you are in the medium or the

high tears then you can meet indoors with that person within your support bubble so that's permitted. the exception to that is about these high—risk, high alert levels, even that is not allowed, moving in and out of the area for support bubble purposes.“ moving in and out of the area for support bubble purposes. is this uprising is this right in pacing, u nless uprising is this right in pacing, unless we're missing something on the news channel! is this uprising due to the fact that people were at the seaside plus pubs and schools opening. we saw those pictures of people congregating and that was not just seaside. is this because of that, is what they are asking christmas issue asking why we are in the situation with numbers rising and the hospital? the basic answer is that around the world, is because we release knock—down in many country, there is more social

interaction and so, we've seen cases rise. generally, that would not be just because people went to beaches, it's because of moorhouse of the coming into contact with one another and this relates back to the wales in your last interview, with this rise in cases happening around the country as we release knock—down and now the challenge for governments, not just now the challenge for governments, notjust in the uk, notjust around the world is to try and get on top these numbers. a question for you, asa these numbers. a question for you, as a professionalfor these numbers. a question for you, as a professional for public health, wouldn't things be easier if there was a national lockdown, all nations of the united kingdom, if everything was the same? so at the beginning of the pandemic we did have a four nations approach and that's dissolved which is very apparent now. it would be more straightforward if it was the same everywhere and if people had less of

these detailed rushes and but that's not where we are now so i think governments are trying to find their own way but i believe it would be more straightforward if we had a national system. this requires a straightforward a nswer national system. this requires a straightforward answer and this is from christine, what are the chances of contracting coronavirus outdoors competitor indoors. there's three things we know about the virus in terms of transmissibility. direct contact with someone, small droplets that we breathe out and airborne transmission and that's most common in poorly ventilated areas so risks outside are far less than inside. i can't emphasise this enough. let's socialise outside. they are not zero if you come into bury close contact someone outside who is breathing in yourface. someone outside who is breathing in your face. -- very close contact. we have a question from steve fox. how can the tier system be

a simpler method when we each area negotiates what they're willing to accept?|j what they're willing to accept?” don't think it's a simpler method. it's complex and people still struggling as we see from all these questions. i do support the idea of having levels and what i would like to see from the government is transparent information for the public about what the numbers need to look like for my area is to move into a different alert level. i haven't seen this information yet but i'm sure your viewers will welcome that as much as i would.” need another question now. this alignment of politics and public health, we getting into a bit of a mess here with one now seeming to be more important than the other?” think it's very difficult. the longer this goes on, the ——

i think more people are challenged. it's about policymakers having to weigh up about policymakers having to weigh up recent benefit. we've heard from wales and northern ireland that governments have been trying to protect economic activity but the problem is, as we've heard in wales, if you let the virus rip through society, the hospitals become overwhelmed again so it's about striking a balance between public health advice and recognising that we do need to keep the country running but we cannot have the nhs com pletely running but we cannot have the nhs completely diverged from cancer, heart disease. that's what basically what we are trying to avoid at the moment. linda, really good to talk to you. thank you very much. the navy says it has

launched an investigation after reports that an officer turned up "unfit for duty" for work on board a nuclear submarine. 0ur defence correspondentjonathan beale gave us this update. well, what's gone on should not have gone on at all. this is, remember, nuclear submarine armed with trident nuclear submarine armed with trident nuclear armed missiles. this officer was the duty weapons engineer. he'd been onshore. this suspicion was he had been drinking. the crew raised the alert and he was immediately removed from command from his role, being in charge of those nuclear weapons and being sent home. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has been here, talking to soldiers. he has said he will raise this matter. there are checks and balances on the submarine and in this case, it worked. as soon as

suspicions were raised, that particular officer was removed from command. it's not the only thing that has gone wrong on this trip. it's been in kings bay, georgia, in the us, where they load up georgia, in the us, where they load up trident missiles and have been since that incident occurred a month ago. there was an outbreak of coronavirus with the crew which there were some suggestions that they had broken the coronavirus rules by visiting bars. there was another scandal where some of the crew seems to have taken class a drugs and the captain was removed for having a relationship with a female member of the crew so it's not been great for the royal navy. this should not happen on a nuclear submarine but the czechs did work. let's get your weather now. pleasant enough, to get out and about to

enjoy the autumn colours but this week, is going to be unsettled. there's some pretty heavy rain and wind. it will briefly become a bit milderfor wind. it will briefly become a bit milder for all of wind. it will briefly become a bit milderfor all of us. low wind. it will briefly become a bit milder for all of us. low pressure dominating the scene. isobars on the chance. —— charts. wet weatherfor the rest of the day and tonight, across northern ireland, scotland in particular, where hills and mountains of argyll could see highest rainfall totals. dry but fairly cloudy further south—east through the day and it will be a blustery day. when speed across the irish sea coast could touch gale force. it stays wet across the north of the country, moving away from northern ireland. stay wet for scotla nd northern ireland. stay wet for scotland and another weather front start spreading across wales. some clea ra nce start spreading across wales. some clearance coming behind it by the end of the night but one or two showers. a blustery night for all,

but a milder one particularly in england and wales. doubles figures there but still chilly in the far north. rain in the east, which will clear by lunchtime and a cluster of showers moving up the irish state across northern ireland in towards south scotland, some of these can be heavy, perhaps thundery at times. 0ld heavy, perhaps thundery at times. old data calm, mid—teens, 17—18 c but some wind. whether moving up from biscay, a spell of heavy rain to parts of england and wales and we could even see a spell of strong when so stay change of the weather that is. 0utbrea ks when so stay change of the weather that is. outbreaks of rain for northern scotland but in between sunshine and showers. fairly mild day across—the—board with temperatures reaching 13

celsius up to 17-18 c. temperatures reaching 13 celsius up to 17—18 c. sunshine on thursday and a new area of low pressure moving in on friday.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines: 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. greater manchester is meeting to discuss moving up to tier 3. a tightening of restrictions across europe — many countries reintroducing rules eased after earlier lockdowns. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu are holding talks

about finding a trade deal. later michael gove will make a statement in parliament. making a splash— the swimmers braving winter waters to help scientists in the battle against dementia. the welsh government has announced is it's introducing a short national lockdown. what they're calling a "firebreak" will begin at 6 o'clock on friday evening and will run until the 9th of november. people in wales will be asked to stay at home and all non—essential retail will close. pubs, bars and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway service only and households cannot mix in any location. the first minister mark drakeford said the objective was to "break the chain of infection". 0ur wales correspondent

tomos morgan has the details. as autumn turns to winter, there's a sense of deja vu in wales today as the prospect of another national lockdown becomes a reality. 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. over the weekend, the cabinet of the welsh government met 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 more time. we met again this morning and we have now reached the difficult decision to introduce a two—week firebreak, starting at 6pm on friday this week. so, from 6pm on friday until monday, 9th november,

the welsh public have been told they must stay at home as much as possible. there will be no mixing with any other households, indoors or outdoors, and they can only go outside for exercise. nonessential retail shops will close, as well as leisure facilities and gyms, as well as hospitality businesses, bars and restaurants, with the exception of takeaways. and there will be a £300 million business support scheme, with up to £5,000 available per business. cardiff, as well as the majority of wales, has been under local lockdown measures for some time, meaning that it's banned by law to leave or enter an area under these measures. but with virus cases continuing to rise across the country here, today's announcement wasn't unexpected and will have a wider impact on the welsh public. the idea of going back into lockdown is a bit worrying for me. i'm diabetic, so i have to shield, so that's going to mean another few weeks or months inside. the first lockdown, people didn't

really know what they were in for, but i think we all know what it means this time around. just don't know how much more people can take with not being with their families. i think it was always going to be coming anyway and i'm glad it's coming sooner rather than later. yes, it's going to take a temporary hit, but a temporary hit is better than losing your life. the firebreaker is an idea the first minister has been in favour of as an action to mitigate the spread for some time, following its suggestion by sage, the scientists that advise the governments across the uk, a few weeks ago. if you just have the circuit—breaker and then you lift things, then all that will happen is that infections will rise again and you will yo—yo in and out of restrictions, so i think the really important question is not only to talk about the short—term restrictions, but how will you reset things? how will you make things different to keep the infections down? mark drakeford has suggested there could be a new national set of rules following this firebreaker, but if this short lockdown fails

to mitigate the spread of the virus, for how long could wales be under stringent measures heading into winter? 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff for us with the latest. mark drakeford had always said that if cases continue to rise, a new set of national measures would have to be brought in. he has been in favour as wejust mentioned of a circuit breaker, or a fire breaker, for quite some time since sage mentioned it a few weeks ago. the main difference between what will be coming in on friday and what we had in march is actually the difference on schools and impact on children. the guidance on children and the science on children has changed. for under 11s the risk is low of transmission, the primaries will be going straight

back after the first week with the first week being half term. in the second week with high schools, it willjust be years seven and eight that will be going back. the other years will continue online and they will not return until the end of this fire breaker lockdown period. childcare will resume as normal for under—school—age people and special schools will also return as normal. when it comes to universities, students have been asked to stay at home in their halls of residence and follow the same guidelines as everybody else or stay in their houses. they will continue in person and blend with online learning as well. it has been met with mixed response from opposition parties here in wales, this is a welsh labour government, the conservatives are against these proposals, they are in favour of more local lockdown measures. we mentioned that

if the numbers do not go the way that mark drake and the welsh government hope and assume they will go, which would be down, what will happen then? there has been talk of a new national set of measures after we come out of this fire breaker instead of local lockdown across the country. it will be interesting to see how these two weeks ago if the public has got the restraint to carry on and keep adhering to these rules for another two weeks and see what position we are in here in wales when we come out of it in two weeks' time. fayjones is a conservative mp for brecon and radnorshire, shejoins me now. good afternoon to you. is this the right approach? i think it is too broad a brush stroke for my constituents, i am afraid. i wish the welsh government had gone in for a targeted local approach. fortu nately a targeted local approach. fortunately the area i represent has

had low incidences of the virus and thatis had low incidences of the virus and that is thanks to the hard work who have been working in tourism and hospitality to ensure that we can work with the coronavirus restrictions. they have worked so ha rd restrictions. they have worked so hard trying to implement social distancing, extra hygiene precautions and limited capacity and that hard work has paid off because we have seen very low incidences of this virus. i wish the first minister put more focus and more effort into curbing the spread of the virus and hotspot areas rather than this blunt instrument of a national lockdown. the difficulty is, and we saw this in other parts of the uk, people travel. if you are restricted in one area but you can get a restricted in one area but you can geta drink restricted in one area but you can get a drink in another you are going to move over there stop to stop that. that is not allowed in the restrictions that we have had in place in south wales stop the lockdown areas of my constituency you are not allowed to travel in or out of the area. the disease is

contained in those areas and if we could then drill down into those areas and work on restricting the community transmission, then i think we could have avoided this. a targeted approach in my opinion would have been more successful. this has from day one, i've been about the balance between health aspects and the economic aspect of this. is there not a danger of showing a non—unified approach that the general public just showing a non—unified approach that the general publicjust get the wrong message and there is confusion, which we have seen already with a number of questions we re already with a number of questions were getting asked, there is a real danger here, isn't there? there is that danger and i wish we could have done this on a uk—wide approach. there has been evidence... forgive me for interrupting. you cannot argue on the one hand if you do not yet like a unified approach in wales but you would like it in you the uk. you cannot have it both ways.” don't want a uk lockdown

either, i would like to see the first minister adopting the approach we are taking in england which is to take a laser—like focus on the pockets of high incidence because it punishes the entire country. many businesses have worked so hard and are now facing really leak weeks ahead and there is no analysis which suggests that this is going to work. we might end up doing rolling lockdown is again and again and again four times to come. businesses are really, really worried. what is happening in manchester then, we have conservative mps they are backing labour mayor. i can only tell you what is happening in my constituency and my businesses are quite frightened about what is going to happen. they are not getting enough support from the welsh government, we do not know what the plan is. this decision has been made for the next two weeks, but what happens then? where do we go from here? people are really, really worried

about theirjobs people are really, really worried about their jobs and people are really, really worried about theirjobs and livelihoods.“ this short, sharp shock as it has been described doesn't work what happened then? that is a very important question and i think the welsh government has to answer. i would like to know what happens after this. i was worried yesterday when i saw one of my colleagues and andrew marr saying that if we have to do this time and time again then so be it. we do have to live with this virus and we are fighting on a public and economic funk front and we need to bear in mind thatjob losses in rural areas like mine are devastating. we really have to get a grip on this and i want the welsh government to come forward with a plan, a strategy how we're going tackle this. thank you forjoining me. leaders in manchester do not know the full details.

after constructive talks yesterday, some leaders think this could be the government's attempt before it imposes new restrictions anyway. this is a city that's been on the edge for days now. people know new restrictions are coming, but they're still not clear exactly when or what they'll mean. if they want to put us into tier 3, they need to make sure they provide the money, the 80% furlough for the people and businesses so they don't collapse. for me, i think we should keep it as it is at this current moment in time. get the economy back up and running, an absolutely massive must for me, definitely. you don't want to see extra restrictions? no way, no. i'm from australia and they've had really tough restrictions. my family are still in lockdown over there and their cases are right down to zero at the minute, so i think if we take a leaf out of their book, we will definitely be the same. talks over the weekend were described as constructive, but there is still no agreement and every day adds to the risk. we've 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 is a serious situation, and it demands action this week, preferably today. local politicians know the seriousness of the situation and one greater manchester mp, yasmin qureshi, announced on social media that she was admitted to hospital over the weekend after testing positive. here's a business that may have to close under tighter restrictions. soft play centres were shut down in lancashire last week, but allowed to stay open in liverpool. my little boy is two and a half, and lockdown has been awful anyway. these places have started to open. here is brilliant because it is really clean, they're fabulous. really, for him, it's about the social interaction. it's incredibly difficult for business anyway because we already have to operate at 50% capacity, which

is 50% of our income. there is no additional help for that and then they are talking about closing us down. our staff are on low incomes and they want to give us two—thirds of their income, rather than the furloughed 80%, which was already a struggle. we need more financial help. making the sums add up for workers who are out of a job has been a real sticking point so far. if a business like this has to close, then how much support will there be for the stuff? that's what politicians haven't been able to agree on yet. this battle over tiers has got everyone talking. mayor andy burnham says he doesn't relish a stand—off with the government, but other city regions, like sheffield, are also on the brink, watching how this plays out. danjohnson, bbc news, manchester. we can speak to the labour mp for blackley and broughton — graham stringer. you are also leader of manchester city council in the 80s and 90s. i wonder what you make of where we are. is thisjust

wonder what you make of where we are. is this just an argument about money? i hope it's more than an argument about money. i don't want there to be any extension of the restrictions on people's freedom, for two reasons, one, restrictions on people's freedom, fortwo reasons, one, i restrictions on people's freedom, for two reasons, one, i think the economy is taking a big hit, it has already taken a hit and that means that people will be out of work, there will be no money to pay for much of the health service and public services. that is doing serious damage. but there is no real evidence that increasing restrictions is doing anything but kicking the can down the road. it is not really being effective public health administration, mainly because the government has failed, they have not transfer information and needs to be a transfer of resources to local public health officials so that if there is a problem in a factory, school,

street then they can take immediate action. we have had many months of this. if the system does not work are you saying to let the virus rip? no, absolutely not. i am saying the exact opposite. you just pointed out that the system has not worked, it isa that the system has not worked, it is a definition of insanity to carry on doing the same thing and expecting a different result. i am saying that there should be effective local action, both in public health area and that we should keep public spaces open. but where they are not complying with the social distancing the police and local authorities and public health efficient should have the power to immediately close a pub down, close a resta u ra nt immediately close a pub down, close a restaurant down, close shop down if they are not abiding by the rules. do you accept that when you are trying to sort out the balance between harming the economy and what is good for public

health, inevitably you are putting lives at risk if you are going to adhere towards the economy? it is absolutely clear that the government of the last six or seven months have put a lot of lives at risk because effectively, much of the health service has been switched off. we are already beginning to see an increase in cancer cases and other cases. this is not a decision where you will save lives in this way and not save them that way. it is being effective in both directions. the problem with the government's policy is that they have been ineffective in dealing with the covid problem and they have made the rest of the health service worse. we have to address those issues directly and not pretend that carrying on with the same policies is going to get you a better result. it is just going to make things worse. both in health and economy terms.

if they can be given an assurance, money, would you welcome your area being taken into tier 3? no they cannot give that assurance. they can say that we can give you money to survive over the period of the lockdown where we are not letting you trade, but will the customers still be there at the end of it? businesses during the first wave when they were getting supported have moved, have decided to stop trading, there has already been damage to the basic structure of the north west's economy and especially in the centre of manchester. thank you for talking with us. chris fletcher is from greater manchester chamber of commerce — hejoins me now. the fact that you work for the chamber of commerce suggests to me

that you are with andy burnham in what seems to be quite an argument at the moment. yes, speaking with our members over the last few days and weaker so when this raised its head while they are supportive of our stance and what green said previously it is not about money only, it is about the process that goes with it and the wider mechanism as well. people forget that greater manchester has been in virtual tier 2 lockdown status since the end of july. we have various instances where hospitality was virtually shut down except from takeaway service. we have a lot of businesses already struggling and going into tier 3 without any exit plan and financial support in the right way could be extremely damaging. these businesses may never reopen. do

you have any idea how many businesses are affected ? idea how many businesses are affected? it is hard to put a number on it but when we do our research and our surveys we have a large chunk of vince's coming set back saying they have three months of cash left. and if they are denying the customers they're taking a big hit and it is notjust the here and now, if your cash reserves have been whipped away, you have a whole stack of businesses that cannot invest in the future, are not able to recruit people and the whole economy begins to grind to a halt. it is that damage that people are so desperate to avoid. we are talking about supply chains being affected as well. absolutely, going back six or seven months when the pubs and hospitality sector closed, following that we had a slew of phone calls into the office from our members who are involved in

that trade example supplies to restaurants, all of a sudden the customers disappeared. it's one thing to say that you are forced to close and there is help forced to close and there is help for you, but you are involved in the supply chain the government can easily tell you that that you are not told to close and therefore you are not eligible for help. this is a very complex issue and as having been through lockdown once, we know what has happened and we hope that any further measures will not have lasting damage not just any further measures will not have lasting damage notjust to greater manchester and businesses but also debate to the people who work in the businesses and the wider community. i wonder how much the anger is the regional aspect of this. if this is another national lockdown, would you have the same argument with the government that you are having now? possibly. were not arguing with the government, wejust possibly. were not arguing with the government, we just want the government, we just want the

government to see sense. lets get away from party political issues. we have a consensus of people appear from different parties supporting us. i do not think it is a — south issue. it's about making sure that these decisions are made and they solve the immediate problem and that it isa solve the immediate problem and that it is a health issue, we have to make sure that we do control the virus, but we have to also make sure that by doing that we do not damage the uk economy. that is the key thing about it. where you have those heavily, dense urban populations, centres of economic wealth, the action we take there will have a far bigger impact on the uk economy than elsewhere. yes, it does seem that it is happening in the north but this could be anywhere in a couple of weeks' time if other areas see an increase in virus infections. you

have any somebody with the government and johnson? 0n the basis that this balance between health and the economy. there is not one. you cannot get this right, can you? like you said, it is a bit of that damned if you do, damned if you don't. what we are looking for... there has been a lot of noise made about getting further evidence that if for example lockdown in tier 3 does have a major impact, our experience up to now is tier 2 lockdown and we have seen virus infection increase. no one is saying it is easy for the government but if you a business owner trying juggle but if you a business owner trying juggle the box and see your income going down and see people that you have employed letting go you are impacting on families. this is hard for everybody there is no easy

route out of this. but there has to be ways of this is dealt with a lot better and for efficiently and fairer than some of the things that we have seen so far and some of the things that can potentially happen if we go into tier 3 under the current rules as they stand. good to talk to you thank you and thank you very much. the leaders of the uk's anglican churches have written a rare joint letter to warn that the government's new brexit legislation could set a "disastrous precedent". the archbishops of canterbury and york, as well as the heads the leaders of the uk's anglican churches have written a rare joint letter to warn that the government's new brexit legislation could set a "disastrous precedent". the archbishops of canterbury and york, as well as the heads of the scottish episcopal church, the church in wales and the church of ireland said the internal markets bill could profoundly affect the future of their countries. it comes as the government's brexit trade negotiator lord frost continues talks on the phone today, after michel barnier cancelled plans to travel to london. but as our reality check correspondent chris morris explains

deal or no deal major changes are coming to the uk's relationship with the eu. 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 648 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. finally a 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. let's get more from our political correspondentjess parker who's in westminster now. the trouble with all this politicking is that it involves politicians and politics. and we don't know where we are. we will be waiting for some whitesnake this afternoon where a call between lord frost and michel barnier from brussels. that comes after friday we re brussels. that comes after friday

were downing street adopted a hard—line sing trade talks were all over as the eu have not changed position and rights and state aid and support for domestic businesses. they said there was no point for michel barnier coming for further face—to—face negotiations. but yesterday, michael gove said that the door was still ajar. i think borisjohnson had the door was still ajar. i think boris johnson had said the door was still ajar. i think borisjohnson had said this mid—0ctober deadline where he basically suggested a significant probe or progress had not been made and that future trade was not going to be agreed but we wait to see what progress will be made on this phone call this afternoon. the trouble is what is the audience? is he talking to the british public or as a veiled m essa g es to to the british public or as a veiled messages to brussels? sometimes the m essa g es messages to brussels? sometimes the messages are not even that failed. there are political considerations

as chris was just outlining. there are many mps who want to take a tough stance with the european union who say that they do not believe that the eu has been negotiating in good faith. there is also pressure as well and a desire within the government to reach an agreement. they say it is their preferred outcome but when michael gove or borisjohnson or outcome but when michael gove or boris johnson or any cabinet minister talks about these negotiations, they know that the eu is listening just the same as in the eu talks about is the british government is listening as well. the president of france also took a harder line last week when he said that the uk needed to deal more than the european union. there is still potentially some sabre rattling going on on either side with the question will be if that gets people around the table to bang heads together and your progress. we tell the bride is a full live release these days.

thank you very much. let us look at the weather. although rather grey last week it was largely dry particularly in the north. this week it is different. low pressure nearby to bring wet and windy weather and it will feel mild as we draw the air up from the south. we can see lots of isobars and weather fronts on the chart to start the week. wet and across northern ireland and scotland particularly western scotland. another band of rain will spread across wales and england as we go through the night. it will be a blustery one for most of us, but a mild one, with temperatures of double figures in wales and northern ireland. as we head on into tuesday it would be another blustery day and that wind will clear eastwards and will be sunshine and showers, lots of showers in the irish sea for northern ireland and southern scotland. we will hear

something under tumble or runner of thunder. it will be high pressure and settled weather on thursday. hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines. wales goes into lockdown announcing a "short, sharp" shock from friday to act as a ‘firebreak‘ on covid19. 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. greater manchester's leaders are meeting now, ahead of talks with the government on moving the area up to tier 3 of covid restrictions.

a tightening of restrictions across europe. many countries reintroducing rules eased after earlier lockdowns. brexit negotiators for the uk and eu are holding talks about finding a trade deal. later, michael gove will make a statement in parliament. making a splash— the swimmers braving winter waters to help scientists in the battle against dementia. passed 40 million cases, as the onset of winter the number of coronavirus cases worldwide has now passed 40 million cases, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere has fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease. the pace is gathering. it took almost six months to reach the first ten million cases globally — with cases hitting the marker at the end ofjune. it took less than seven weeks to get to 20 million cases worldwide in august

and this was over the summer period in the northern hemisphere. a further five weeks to get to 30 million in september. this last ten million, to get to 40 million today, has taken just over four weeks. a range of new restrictions have been brought in across europe. in belgium, cafes and bars are closed for a month and a curfew has been imposed. italy has tightened rules around hospitality —and in france more than 60,000 new cases were confirmed over the weekend. will get more on the moment but right now, we'd like to go over to the house of commons as we are expecting to hear from the house of commons as we are expecting to hearfrom michael the house of commons as we are expecting to hear from michael dave who will be telling mps where brexit negotiations have progressed. this coming after a warning from the prime minister that businesses need to delete —— prepare for a no—deal brexit in january. to delete —— prepare for a no—deal brexit injanuary. we're just

waiting for michael gove to be called. as we've been hearing, a lot of talk behind—the—scenes, lot of ratcheting up from sides with a lot of politics going on. michelle barnier was supposed to be coming in the talks but was told by boris johnson that there was little point and brussels matching the anger that had been shown in london, with similar frustration as well and we arejust similar frustration as well and we are just hearing that mr barnier has said that the eu remains available to intensify talks in london this week on all subjects and based on legal text. when they talk about all subjects, there are two clear sticking points. let'sjoin the speaker as he introduced michael gove. with your permission, i like to update the house on the

government's negotiation on our future trading relationship and also the uk eu joint committee under the withdrawal agreement. first, the talks, we had hoped to conclude a canada talks, we had hoped to conclude a ca na da style talks, we had hoped to conclude a canada style free trade agreement before the transition a dent on the 3ist before the transition a dent on the 31st of december this year. but, as things stand, that will not 01:35:21,1000 --> 01:35:22,466 now happen. we remain absolutely committed to acquiring this but there needs to be a fundamental change in the eu if the process is to get back on track and i come to the house at the first available opportunity to explain why and how we reach this agreement. we saw the 15th of october is the target date to reaching the agreement with the eu. the prime minister and the commission president agreed in 0ctober commission president agreed in october that team should work intensively to bridge the remaining gaps between us. we've made it clear

we we re gaps between us. we've made it clear we were willing to talk every day but i have to report that this intensification was not forthcoming. the eu were only able to engage on half the date and not on all of the outstanding issues. they also refused to discuss legal text in every area as it has done since the summer. it's incredible to negotiators that we've reached this without any common legal texts of any kind and then on october the 15th, the eu heads of state and government gathered the european council. the conclusions about council said that the eu buzz original mandate they dropped a reference to intensive talks that had been in the mandate and featured that all of these had to be made by the uk. although some made to soften this message by eu

leaders, the european council reaffirms those conclusions as authoritative on friday. this unfortunate sequence of events has in effect ended these negotiations because it leaves no basis on which we can find agreement. there is no point to negotiations proceeding as long as the eu sticks with this position. such talks would be meaningless and needless end finding us a negotiable situation. that's why the prime minister had to make it clear that the eu had not negotiated seriously and had now, explicity ruled out a freestyle trade agreement like hers with canada and therefore, this country should get ready for the 1st of january 2021 with arrangements more like australia's based on simple principles of global free trade. if the eu wants to change thenit trade. if the eu wants to change then it needs to change in its approach and it has to be

serious about talking intensively on all issues and trying to reach a conclusion. and i hope it will, they also need to accept that it needs to understand it steaming with an independent, sovereign country now. we can't reach an agreement out with that statement. yet the proposals that statement. yet the proposals that have been discussed in recent weeks are seeping the inconsistent with our sovereign state are so well ido with our sovereign state are so well i do not doubt that many on the eu side are well—intentioned, we can't accept these negotiations with all permanent access to our fishing waters by eu membership, operator state aid system with great discretion given to the eu to retaliate against us if we were deviating from it and broadly, we

can't accept in arrangement which says we must stay within areas of the eu critical, national importance. we've been asking for no more than what is offered to other countries such as canada's, terms the eu said it had no difficulty offering us. we are not even asking for special favours despite being offering us. we are not even asking for specialfavours despite being in the eu for 45 years paying in every year but even if this is —— i must inform the house we will be leaving on december the 31st on australian style terms and trading on wto rules. with a few weeks left, i have to say this is not my preferred outcome nor is it minister buzz. we recognise there is some turbulence but we have not come so far to falter now when we are so

close to reclaiming our sovereignty. we have to be in control of her own borders, fishing grounds and free to thrive as an independent, free trading nation embracing the freedoms that flow as a result. we now turn to the preparations intensifying towards the end and transition period whether we have a free trade agreement or not. i'm not blase about the challenges ahead particularly given the problems dealing with the coronavirus pandemic but leaving the eu on australian terms is something we are well prepared for. ever since we decided to leave the single market and customs union, governments and businesses alike have been working ha rd to businesses alike have been working hard to prepare for the new procedures which were the inevitable result and i'd like to congratulate businesses for the resourcefulness they've shown so far and we want to work with them to continue responding flexibly and imaginatively to the challenges of change. we also want to

work with them to prepare opportunities ahead including those stemming from a new free trade deal such as the agreement with japan struck by the secretary of state for international trade which gives us more favourable access to the world's third biggest economy than we did when we the eu. also the haulage industry, i thank them for their efforts. this way, we will be speaking to business leaders to discuss life outside the eu. we will continue to listen to their concerns and we will redouble our effo rts concerns and we will redouble our efforts so we can prosper. the x0 cabinet will meet daily and intensify its discussions. we work with our partner three devolved administrations to make sure each pa rt administrations to make sure each part of the uk is ready for the end of the transition period and in these final ten weeks,

we are intensifying a public information campaign. each firm will see how things will be laid out on our website. we wish to reinforce understanding. we are putting in place it systems to help goods flow across borders. we are giving business access to customs professionals to show new ways of working and we've worked out how to fast track vital goods in the first new ways to get round eu bureaucracies. we published and updated our border model. £705 million has been invested injobs, infrastructure at the border and with strengths and our maritime security to protect our dishing fleets. —— strengthened —— our fishing fleets.

coming only three weeks after the last meeting, i'm pleased to report, its very constructive clear imperative on both sides to find solutions by working collaboratively with the eu. i agree with my co—chair that we should intensify discussions to implement the withdraw agreement particularly around citizens' rights. i reiterated the uk's commitment to holding all obligations with both the withdrawal and belfast agreements. we will provide a joint update on citizen' rights and over 4 million eu citizens in the uk have received status under our scheme and we are working on the northern ireland protocol. we have taken steps to

deal with food arrangements and appropriate monitoring of implementation. we now have a better understanding of requests and the reason behind them. we wish to make progress in this area along with gibraltar and the sovereign —based issues. we have made some substantial progress on implementation. i look forward to further engagement with my co—chair over the weeks and i would like to show my appreciation the tone in which he and his team of approached our discussions. in his statement on friday, the prime minster looked ahead to 2021 is a year of recovery and renewal when this government will be focused on tackling coronavirus and building back better. we are going to now do what the british people asked of forger harper not acquiesce to anyone else's agenda. 0n negotiations, our door is not closed and we

hope the eu will changes position. come 31st, we will take back control and so, mr speaker, i commend this statement to the house. shadow secretary rachel reeves. i thank the advance site at his statement softening the last december, the prime minister said he had another ready deal. we are still waiting for the main meal. a trade agreement with the european union. at the weekend, the right honourable gentleman was reminded of some of his previous remarks in 2016 when he assured the country that the one thing that will not changes our ability to trade freely with europe. even at this late stage, mr speaker, labour expects the government to reach an agreement with the eu that honours that commitment. it's a question of competence and a

question of competence and a question of competence and a question of trust. it's what the government promised the british people. of course, we should have had a deal by now. it's the third deadline that the prime minister has set himself and the third that he has missed. initially, he said the deal with the eu would be sorted by july and then he said september and then he said last week. will the right honourable gentleman explained to the house while the government finds it so hard to meet its own deadlines and so hard to achieve its own promises? yesterday, when the minister told the television studios, he was asked what the chances were of achieving a deal and he said it was less than two thirds. kenny tell the house what the current probability, given that he has just current probability, given that he hasjust said current probability, given that he has just said events have ended trade negotiations? we've heard more posturing than solutions, more

excuses and explanations. mr speaker, it's time for the government to take responsibility. now, of course, people have to prepare as best they can, however, it's a bit rich the government to elect businesses to get ready when the government can't even tell them what they are getting ready for. let's be clear, if the talks are run out of road, industries will face prohibitive tariffs, 10% for exporting cards, 5% for exporting bmb exporting cards, 5% for exporting lamb injust ten exporting cards, 5% for exporting lamb in just ten weeks' time. it's that what the government wants the businesses to get ready for an is it possible for them to do this on those terms? the right honourable gentleman will recall that i raise concerns with the car manufacturing industry with cabinet questions and

the possibility of tariffs, but also on rules of origin. the minister agreed to meet with trade unions in the automotive industry. unions followed up with a joint letter on the same day, 1st of october, however, ironing form that 18 days later, that letter has not been replied to and meeting has not happened. at what point did the british government give up on british government give up on british industry and when will the minister be meeting with those businesses because it's all well and good to say prepare, but he can't be bothered to get round a table with him,i bothered to get round a table with him, iask bothered to get round a table with him, i ask again, what are they getting round the table for and what the government giving them? he thanks road haulage for their efforts. if you recall, this industry had been far from constructive so i welcome the thanks again to labour earlier this month,

i was with a haulage firm with my right honourable friend for hull. a business tab list —— established over 100 years ago. they still don't know what haulage lorries from their fleet will be able to enter the eu is how would they prepare for that? government ministers have blithely refer to leaving as leaving on australian terms. this morning, there was press between —— there was an exchange whereby he was pressed for the difference between an australia deal and no deal and he said semantics. semantics! that could be a narnia dealfor all i know. a huge tariff on cars being

exported to the european union. 40% for importing and exporting lamb. if a minister wants to stand up and tell british farming industry that that isn't damaging, then they can be my guest! will the government publish its full economic impact assessment if no trade is —— no trade deal is achieved. at least tell us what we are supposed to be planning for. and while the government lectures businesses about being match fit, the government's own preparations are badly off. could the minister update the house on how much of these funds businesses have drawn down in the latest figures for the number of customs agents trained up to be

ready for the 1st of january. the government have given authorisation for a number of lorry park so how many of these inland border facilities have been started work on and how many are completed? 0f facilities have been started work on and how many are completed? of the it systems needed, how many are on track and whether the crucial vehicles goods system has been tested with all haulage businesses? he mentions business preparedness, so let mejust he mentions business preparedness, so let me just touch on that. what's happening on security, data? just to conclude, mr speaker. this government must deliver a deal which provides guarantees and safeguards and work as rights, they stand as and work as rights, they stand as an animal welfare and do nothing to jeopardise the good friday agreement. this was all promised last year. my message to them is blunt. stop posturing, start negotiating and deliver the deal you

promise to the business people! hear! hear! iappreciate her speech. we had a deal, many on those benches oppose but a deal that our destiny is certain, that we are fulfilling the needs of the british people in the needs of the british people in the same way as 52% of the population of the united kingdom and 53% of leeds west, her constituency, who voted to leave. we were honouring our commitment to the british people. she was also kind enough to refer to past statements i made. i have to say, and this is no reflection on her, but if she's going to talk about past statements, she better clear that with the leader of the opposition, who in the past has said we needed a

second referendum in order to satisfy the first, then an extension in the transition period and now is silent on all of those questions. it's a statement on the government policy. not the policy of the opposition! hear! hear! we had an injured esther ball dogs breakfast and —— we had a dogs breakfast from the opposition. those deadlines are deadlines that the eu have not met. in any negotiation, both sides have to honour their negotiations and she did not acknowledge this. we were available to talk everyday in the weeks preceding the european council and the eu were not. but, i have

to say... even as we were exchanging comments across the dispatch box, david frost is in talks with michelle barnier who has a great intensification of talks and also to working on legal texts. i think strength and resolution showing by opera minister —— our prime minister... she asked about preparation, i think it's absolutely right that we should talk to the automobile sector which is why we are speaking to business representative organisations and she asked about inland sites. i can confirm that we have two at ashford, one, birmingham, warrington, another at white cliffs of dover is an any more, all the sites will

bring extra jobs with a confident path ahead. cani jobs with a confident path ahead. can i thank him for his statement. the government appears resigned to the prospect of no deal yet one area in which they should not be resigned to the prospect of no deal is insecurity —— in security. he made no reference to this nor the prime minister. if uk walks away with no deal, then our police and other enforcement agencies were not —— will not have access to certain databases to catch criminals and potential terrorist in order to keep us safe. she makes an important point. i'd say three things, as individual progress has been made in respect of this it

is the case that the eu are insisting before we have access to systems that we have to accept the ecj. we cannot accept that. the second thing i would say is that there are many, many areas on which we can cooperate more effectively to secure our borders them outside the eu then we could inside it. we can intensify the security that we give to the british people and thirdly, i would say that i agree with her that when it comes to security and other matters no deal is better than a bad deal. pete wishart. so, here we go... let's pull away from that. we'll have more analysis later. michael gove sang

the door open with the eu —— saying that the door with the eu is open even though talks have effectively ended. let's see what sense we can make of that. but let's get however first. through this week, more u nsettled first. through this week, more unsettled thanks to low pressure. heavy rain, fairly strong wins but it will briefly become a bit milder for all of us. low pressure dominating the scene, lots of isobars on the charts. weather fronts bringing some very wet weather across northern ireland and scotland, in particular western scotla nd scotland, in particular western scotland where the hills and mountains of argyll could see some of the highest rainfall totals. dry cloudy through the east and it will bea cloudy through the east and it will be a blustery day. main wind speeds, we could see wind on the irish

coast touch and go. throughout tonight, rang tending to move away from northern ireland and another weather front starts to spread across wales and then england. clearance coming in behind it by the end of the night, a blustery night for all particularly england and wales where there are double—figure values, still chilly in the finals. the tuesday, rain across the east which would be away by lunchtime, one or two showers and a cluster of showers moving up the i receive across northern ireland, in towards scotland, some of these could be heavy, perhaps thundery at times. the mild day, mid to high teens but a blustery, windy day for all. uncertainties with us as we head on with these moving up from biscay. a speu with these moving up from biscay. a spell of heavy rain to parts of england and wales, especially in the

south and you could even see some strong went across the south so stay tuned for the weather forecast for this. further north, outbreaks of rainfor this. further north, outbreaks of rain for northern scotland that him between, sunshine and showers. a fairly mild day across—the—board with 13-18 c. fairly mild day across—the—board with 13—18 c. more settled conditions on thursday with an area of low pressure moving in to the northern west and pressure on friday.

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: wales goes into lockdown — announcing a "short, sharp" shock from friday to act as a "firebreak" on covid19. 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. there is a very real risk that our nhs would be overwhelmed. greater manchester's leaders are meeting, ahead of talks with the government on moving the area up to tier 3 of covid restrictions. the government blames the eu for the breakdown in negotations over brexit and warns they need to change position if a trade deal is to be

done. there does need to be a fundamental change to the from the eu if the process is to get back on track. the former blue peter presenter john leslie has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a party in london more than a decade ago. making a splash— the swimmers braving winter waters to help scientists in the battle against dementia. the welsh government has announced its introducing a short national lockdown. what they're calling a "firebreak" will begin at 6 o'clock on friday evening and will run until the 9th of november.

people in wales will be asked to stay at home and all non—essential retail will close. pubs, bars and restaurants will be restricted to takeaway service only — and households cannot mix in any location. the first minister mark drakeford said the objective was to "break the chain of infection". 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan has the details. as autumn turns to winter, there's a sense of deja vu in wales today as the prospect of another national lockdown becomes a reality. 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. over the weekend, the cabinet of the welsh government met 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 more time. we met again this

morning and we have now reached the difficult decision to introduce a two—week firebreak, starting at 6pm on friday this week. so, from 6pm on friday until monday, ninth november, the welsh public have been told they must stay at home as much as possible. there will be no mixing with any other households, indoors or outdoors, and they can only go outside for exercise. nonessential retail shops will close, as well as leisure facilities and gyms, as well as hospitality businesses, bars and restaurants, with the exception of takeaways. and there will be a £300 million business support scheme, with up to £5,000 available per business. cardiff, as well as the majority of wales, has been under local lockdown measures for some time, meaning that it's banned by law to leave or enter an area under these measures. but with virus cases continuing to rise across the country here,

today's announcement wasn't unexpected and will have a wider impact on the welsh public. the idea of going back into lockdown is a bit worrying for me. i'm diabetic, so i have to shield, so that's going to mean another few weeks or months inside. the first lockdown, people didn't really know what they were in for, but i think we all know what it means this time around. just don't know how much more people can take with not being with their families. i think it was always going to be coming anyway and i'm glad it's coming sooner rather than later. yes, it's going to take a temporary hit, but a temporary hit is better than losing your life. the firebreaker is an idea the first minister has been in favour of as an action to mitigate the spread for some time, following its suggestion by sage, the scientists that advise the governments across the uk, a few weeks ago. if you just have the circuit—breaker and then you lift things, then all that will happen is that infections will rise

again and you will yo—yo in and out of restrictions, so i think the really important question is not only to talk about the short—term restrictions, but how will you reset things? how will you make things different to keep the infections down? mark drakeford has suggested there could be a new national set of rules following this firebreaker, but if this short lockdown fails to mitigate the spread of the virus, for how long could wales be under stringent measures heading into winter? we can get more now from bbc wales political correspondent daniel davies. we heard some mixed opinions in that report to this firebreak lockdown. what generally would you say is the reaction? the political reaction has been mixed as well so between the two main opposition parties there was contrasting response to this announcement. the welsh conservatives have said that the

welsh government has not presented enough data, enough evidence to support the restrictions that have been put in place. they would favour a return to something more similar to the shielding system we had earlier in the year. they have also complained about the way that this announcement has been made. it must be said that it is not a complete surprise that we are going into another lockdown in wales, there have been meetings and briefings between the welsh government, between the welsh government, between the welsh government, between the unions and businesses over the last few days. it's in pieces of information have been leaking out from those meetings and the welsh conservatives that is not good enough that an announcement of the significance should be announced in parliament and not through a press co nfe re nce . in parliament and not through a press conference. 0n the other hand, cloud company are saying that a national lockdown is needed and that the weight of scientific evidence has clearly supported that for some time and they say that the fact that

the welsh government is now an agreement of that is an acknowledgement of failure that firebreak is needed that previous attem pts firebreak is needed that previous atte m pts to firebreak is needed that previous attempts to to grips with the virus have not succeeded. we have also heard political reaction from parts of wales, mostly rural counties, but have so far avoided going into local lockdown is. mps from some of those regions saying that it is not fair that businesses and communities that they represent where the level of infection is by and large pretty low and now they are being plunged back into a lockdown because high rates of transmission, high rates of infections and increasing number of people being admitted to hospital in other parts of wales. trade unions will commit although they, like business, would like to see more support for employers who are going to be affected by all of this. the welsh government has promised additionalfinancial welsh government has promised additional financial support and new funding today for businesses who are

going to be hit by these local... national lockdown. nonessential retail will have to shut for a few weeks as well hospitality industry and many other services hairdressers and many other services hairdressers and james and many other services hairdressers andjames and and many other services hairdressers and james and so on. it is also calling for the uk government to bring forward itsjob calling for the uk government to bring forward its job support scheme because for low is coming to an end and a new less generous system will replace that but this firebreak will start on friday, so it will begin before the changeover to the uk government is myjob support scheme. there will be more questions in the next few days about just what kind of financial certainty is available and what sort of help is there to protect people's livelihoods. you mention differing rates of infection across wales. in cardiff there are

114 for 100,000 in pembrokeshire are 17. in cardiff. in cardiff the right of covid—19 has shot up and it has remained low in pembrokeshire and one or two other rural counties. the welsh government has introduced a system of local lockdown is that require people to stay within their cou nty require people to stay within their county or county burrow and the vast majority of people in wales are affected by this. the government has said that they have helped to slow the transmission but the rates are going in the wrong direction in pretty much all places and so they say that a sharp lockdown is required now to prevent further transmission and prevent further deaths in the future. a few questions about why it has been called a firebreak, may be because the welsh government has already used the term circuit breaker. that is what it called its early warning system and a few of those early

warning systems are flashing in red and the proportion of tests coming back positive has been way above what the welsh government hope to see and it has been that way since late september. thank you for joining us, daniel. local leaders in greater manchester are meeting with government around now to discuss the region moving up to the highest tier of covid restrictions. the manchester mayor andy burnham and other regional leaders want better financial support before agreeing to a move to the top tier of rules, which would force some businesses to close. after "constructive" talks yesterday, some leaders think this could be the government's final attempt at an agreement before it imposes the new restrictions anyway. dan johnson reports. this is a city that's been on the edge for days now. people know new restrictions are coming, but they're still not clear exactly when or what they'll mean. if they want to put us into tier 3, they need to make sure they provide the

money, the 80% furlough for the people and businesses so they don't collapse. for me, i think we should keep it as it is at this current moment in time. get the economy back up and running, an absolutely massive must for me, definitely. you don't want to see extra restrictions? no way, no. i'm from australia and they've had really tough restrictions. my family are still in lockdown over there and their cases are right down to zero at the minute, so i think if we take a leaf out of their book, we will definitely be the same. talks over the weekend were described as constructive, but there is still no agreement and every day adds to the risk. we've 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 is a serious situation, and it demands action this week, preferably today. local politicians know the seriousness of the situation and one greater manchester mp, yasmin qureshi, announced on social

media that she was admitted to hospital over the weekend after testing positive. here's a business that may have to close under tighter restrictions. soft play centres were shut down in lancashire last week, but allowed to stay open in liverpool. my little boy is two and a half, and lockdown has been awful anyway. these places have started to open. here is brilliant because it is really clean, they're fabulous. really, for him, it's about the social interaction. it's incredibly difficult for business anyway because we already have to operate at 50% capacity, which is 50% of our income. there is no additional help for that and then they are talking about closing us down. our staff are on low incomes and they want to give us two—thirds of their income, rather than the furloughed 80%, which was already a struggle. we need more financial help. making the sums add up for workers who are out of a job has been a real sticking point so far. if a business

like this has to close, then how much support will there be for the staff? that's what politicians haven't been able to agree on yet. this battle over tiers has got everyone talking. mayor andy burnham says he doesn't relish a stand—off with the government, but other city regions, like sheffield, are also on the brink, watching how this plays out. danjohnson, bbc news, manchester. let me give you the latest coronavirus figures. they show 18,804 new cases of covid. that is according to the latest government statistics today. that is up from 16,982, quitea statistics today. that is up from 16,982, quite a sharp rise. 18,804 new cases and 80 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. that is

compared to 67 deaths reported on sunday. let's get more on this now with jonathan reynolds, who's labour shadow secretary of state for work and pensions. thank you forjoining us. do you know what the latest is on these talks between people like andy burnham and government officials?” understand there are talks on going between our local leaders and the government this afternoon. what this half to be about is an acknowledgement from the government that what they are proposing is just not sufficient for people to get by. it is not about whether there are additional restrictions, that is widely accepted, we know that for over two months we have had tier 2 restrictions that they have not got on top of the infection rate. it is not about whether we golf into into lockdown but it is about the government understanding. this is

not about us as politicians having a go government. there is a genuine groundswell of support and anger at what the government is eyeing is offering. thejob what the government is eyeing is offering. the job support scheme and universal credit meant that nobody would be going under 93% of their income. that is completely wrong and it is not close to the truth. for people who even get this scheme, which is very narrow, they lose perhaps a third of their income for an unspecified period of time. it is good that these talks are taking place and hopefully something good will come out of it and we know that compromise means that we can get a solution but we need to get the government to acknowledge how frustrated people feel. are you saying this is basically about money? because other leaders in manchester this is not just money? because other leaders in manchester this is notjust about money and actually andy burnham was saying that the government is saying about the rate of infection is exaggerated in manchester will stop

there are different views amongst some of the leaders. but fundamentally this is an argument where there is a group of people saying that what we have had for two months has worked, it has not. we have had a really difficult time and some tier 2 restrictions are coming to some parts of the country. there isa to some parts of the country. there is a slight liberalisation of where we have been since local restrictions came in and in places like 0ldham, they have an even stricter restrictions in place. we recognise that has not worked and their infection rate has gone to above 300 per 100,000. their infection rate has gone to above 300 per100,000. it their infection rate has gone to above 300 per 100,000. it has not worked and i think there is clear acknowledgement that we have got to go further. there are different views on things like the curfew and how it works in wales for example they have... it perhaps is done better there. but at the core of this there is an agreement that needs to be done. what we are worried about is how that will leave a lot of people in greater manchester that the level of support they will receive and slightly less people are getting what they receive. it is not about what is

fear is what about people could be receiving restrictions for a significant amount of time. but the reality is that dispute, if you call it. the government will impose it anyway. you are right to say that they have the power to do that. it is widely known that they were planning to do that at the end of last week. the reason they could not do that is that greater manchester has 27 members of parliament and a third are conservative and two thirds labour. a tier 3 offer from labour from thirds labour. a tier 3 offer from labourfrom government thirds labour. a tier 3 offer from labour from government is thirds labour. a tier 3 offer from labourfrom government is not. the fa ct labourfrom government is not. the fact that you have got that cross party view, the cross—party agreement shows how concerned we are. i look at the infection rate rising in the situation in icus and everybody is worried. no one is sleeping easily at the moment.

but if we go into a position where we accept the deal which does not leave people with the support they need, a lot of people will not slip qualify for thejob support lot of people will not slip qualify for the job support scheme because their employer will not directly shut down. if they are on universal credit, they could be on a court or or water or doing a quarter or a fifth of their income. there are also freelancers who could be left with nothing. that is the reality for some people that has been since the beginning of the crisis. this is something that will affect peoples lives in an of railway. if the government listens to that i am sure an agreement can be reached. thank you for talking to us. michael gove has been talking to mps

in the last hour so in a false talks earlier today with negotiators on both sides. this is what he had say about the trading arrangements. we had hoped to include a kid and the fa ct had hoped to include a kid and the fact that style agreement before the period ends on the 31st of december. but as things stand, that will not now happen. we remain absolutely committed to securing a canada style fda but there does need to be a fundamental change in the eu if the process is to get back on track. i have come to the house at the first available opportunity to explain why and how we have reached this point. we have been clear since the summer that we saw the 15th of october as a target date for reaching an agreement. the prime minister and the commission president agreed on the commission president agreed on the 3rd of october that our negotiating team should work intensively to bridge the remaining gaps between us. we make clear

the wheel rim willing to talk every day. i have to report to the house of this intensification was not forthcoming. that was michael gove in the commons. he seemed quite gloomy or such as rhetoric?“ in the commons. he seemed quite gloomy or such as rhetoric? it seems to be something of a moving picture. we heard michael gove standing up saying that as things stand there would not be a deal with the eu before the end of the transition period at the end of this year and he claims that the eu have not really been engaging properly when it came to looking at lots of different subjects, legal texts and intensifying talks. but he said that michel barnier who was on a call with lord frost this afternoon said that the eu was ready to intensify talks this week and the eu was available to talk on

all subjects and based on legal texts. in the house of commons this was put to michael gove after he made that initial statement and he welcomed that tweet and described it as constructive. we will have to await to hear what the uk side has to save following that phone call between michel barnier and lord frost. the most interesting moment in the con mince came when miss theresa may stood up in the commons talking about security issues. she was asking if there was no deal that law enforcement agencies would not have the necessary access to certain databases in the necessary access to certain data bases in order to the necessary access to certain databases in order to catch certain criminals, potentially identify a terrorist, she put this to michael gove and it is worth watching her facial expression as he answered. the eu are insisting that would before we have access to system of the schengen system that we have to acce pt the schengen system that we have to accept that your been court of justice. we cannot accept. the

second thing i would say is that there are many, many areas in which we can cooperate more effectively to safeguard our borders outside the european union than we ever could inside through a variety of methods open to us and open to border force and open to intelligence services. we can intensifies the security that we give to the british people. as you can probably see, theresa may did not look particularly impressed by that answer, but on the broader picture here, we will have to wait to hear from the picture here, we will have to wait to hearfrom the uk side picture here, we will have to wait to hear from the uk side following that call tween michel barnier and lord frost. in the commons this afternoon, the labour party the government too as they put it, stop posturing and start negotiating. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much for being with us. time is running out, isn't it, a trade deal? the

time has played an important role because we never had negotiations for the negotiation. when we come to an agreement we do it here and that is why it is frustrating. let me also say that what michael gove presented was unfair, even last week it was the european union that was saying that we are available, we can negotiate and we want to negotiate and we heard from the british prime minister that there is no deal which is the option that is on the british side. i hope this isjust a tactic andi side. i hope this isjust a tactic and i hope it is rhetoric as you said and we are indeed committed to finalising negotiations and to do everything that is

needed to implement in parallel the withdrawal agreement in the irish problem because those two streams are important to see them in that context. representing the eu as a bad guy, i think it is not fair because we have two respects what 450 million people built during the last 63 years of the integration and the uk has been contributing enormously to this. today, we just have to also respect and protect the legal setting that we have with the european union and we want to offer also to the british citizens through the agreement through a deal this legal settlement which is important for the

future. we should negotiate. let's be positive and let us try to find an agreement because it is not only trade, we found that we are close... do you think a deal is within reach? because there has been some pretty tough rhetoric on both sides, frankly. in london and brussels's side. how close are you to an agreement? on the eu side no deal has never been an option, has never been mentioned. we have been a lwa ys never been mentioned. we have been always aiming at having an orderly withdrawal especially for a future relationship. the fisheries which is important for the british we are

hoping to find an agreement because we have a huge market which we can offer and we have a huge fleet which we can offer and we need the access to the british waters and i think there is a chance that if we come up with the legal system then we can find an agreement and there is also the need of goodwill in the british side without doubt and commitment and stop talking and stop worrying people and threatening business community with uncertainty. let us just talk about the need to get an agreement and talk about bad things which we all go through with this division of the bad european union because that is simply not true. we are all european citizens. thank you

for joining are all european citizens. thank you forjoining us. former blue peter presenter john leslie has been cleared by a jury at southwark crown court of sexual assault more than a decade ago. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson is outside southwark crown court. just bring it up to date. that is right, ben. john leslie the former peter presenter was facing one charge of sexual assault. this dated back to 2008. he always denied the charge against him, but the allegation was that he grabbed a woman's breasts at a party in london at the west end in 2008. when he gave evidence during his trial, he described the allegation as ludicrous and crazy and he told the

jury ludicrous and crazy and he told the jury that he would not have touched the woman likes a mannequin and walked off. he never crossed a line between behaving precariously and criminal behaviour. he never assaulted anybody and he told the jury assaulted anybody and he told the jury that he would never do that and it would was not in his nature. the jury it would was not in his nature. the jury then took 23 minutes to come back with that not guilty verdict. a very quick deliberation time indeed and it is that not guilty verdict was read out and mr leslie who was in the docks, standing to hear that verdict, he sobbed, he lent forward onto the front of the dock and as he came out of the dock he hugged his father who, himself was in tears at hearing that not guilty verdict. they hugged each other. at the end of the day here at the court, the judge said to mr leslie that he could leave this court without a stain on his character. she went on

to say that she hoped it would be the last time he would have to attend. john leslie, the former blue peter presenter, the former presenter of this morning, he has this morning enough found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago in london. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello, again. today will be fairly wet and windy for some of us, it will feel milderfor it will feel milder for draw air from the south. the loss of isobars and weather fronts on the charge is and weather fronts on the charge is a sort of a new week. critically western scotland it will be wet overnight and another band of rain will spread across wales and england as we go through the night. it will bea as we go through the night. it will be a blustery one for most of us but a mild one with temperature in

double figures in wales and northern ireland. as we head into tuesday, another blustery day as that rain will clear eastwards and then it is sunshine and showers and lots of showers across the irish sea to northern ireland and southern scotland. we could hear some rumbles of thunder here today. it will be a mild day for many of us. another area of low pressure will bring wet and windy weather on wednesday and at high pressure will bring settled weather on thursday.

hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: wales goes into lockdown — announcing a "short, sharp" shock from friday to act as a ‘firebreak‘ on covid19. 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. greater manchester's leaders are meeting, ahead of talks with the government on moving the area up to tier 3 of covid restrictions. the government blames the eu for the breakdown in negotations over brexit and warns they need to change position if a trade deal is to be done. there does need to be a fundamental change in approach from the eu if the process is to get back on track. the former blue peter presenter john leslie has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a party in london more than a decade ago. making a splash— the swimmers braving winter waters to help scientists in the battle against dementia.

a range of new restrictions have been brought in across europe. in belgium — cafes and bars are closed for a month and a curfew has been imposed. italy has tightened rules around hospitality —and in france more than 60 thousand new cases were confirmed over the weekend. richard galpin reports. here in belgium, a few people ventured into restaurants yesterday evening for a final meal out before all restaurants, cafes and bars close down for the next four weeks, with a curfew imposed imposed from midnight until 5.00am. the staff and the manager here are distraught. translation: we don't feel considered and it hurts my heart. i'm so sorry, but i can't take it any more. the aim of this shutdown is to stop the rapid rise in infections, which has already left more than 10,000 people dead in

this country. it was italy which was the hardest hit european country in the first wave of the virus. now, once again, it is facing a surge in new cases — almost 12,000 daily infections recorded at the weekend. this man in milan saying cases had gone up from around 100 a day to more than 600 or 700, and the cold weather could make it even worse. so now new restrictions are coming in, including mayors getting powers to close public areas after 9.00pm and the opening times of bars and restaurants changing. translation: these measures will allow us to face this new wave of the virus that is hitting not just italy, but the whole of europe. we cannot waste time. we have to act using all the possible measures to avoid a new total lockdown.

the country cannot afford a new stop that would end up seriously harming our economy. france, like italy, is also facing record numbers of new cases. nine major cities, including paris, are already under a night—time curfew for at least a month. people breaking this face fines. such is the pressure on health systems in european countries now as winter approaches, that the military in the czech republic is being brought in to set up a field hospital in the capital, prague. it's due to be up and running next week, with a capacity of 500 beds — a stark sign of the battle ahead this winter in europe. richard galpin, bbc news. let's get more now on the news that wales is introducing a two week national lockdown. the welsh government say it's intended as a ‘short, sharp shock‘ to try to halt the second wave of coronavirus ahead of

the winter. from 6 o'clock on friday people in wales will be asked to stay at home and will have to do so until november 9th. people will be permitted to exercide outdoors. all non—essential retail will close and pubs, bars a nd restau ra nts will be restricted to takeaway service only — and households cannot mix in any location. there'll be extra support for businesses too — up to £5,000 for every business forced to close. the first minister mark drakeford said the objective was to ‘break the chain of infection'. 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 and into this pandemic and our lives returned to us once again. unfortunately, we do not yet have a vaccine which will allow that to happen. and a firebreak 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 in 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 part 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 care for people with coronavirus and everybody else. those people need emergency treatment, those people who need treatment for cancer, there is such people he needs suffering from

strokes or heart disease. that will be possible provided we take this opportunity and, most importantly of all, it will save peoples lives. of course, this will not be easy. but if we act together we can succeed. we will be talking to him at about half past five here on the bbc news channel. scotland's first minister has said that people "overwhelmingly" stuck to covid—19 restrictions over the weekend. nicola sturgeon thanked those in scotland who heeded rules on gathering in each other‘s homes on saturday and sunday. during her press briefing earlier the first minister said she will publish new plans for tackling the virus this week. we will publish this week details of our new strategic approach to tackling the virus. i hope to discuss the outlines

of this tomorrow with other members of the scottish parliament and then we will publish a strategic framework by the end of this week before debating it in parliament next week. one of the things the framework will set out are 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 from the national incident management team and our clinical adviser what level should apply to different parts of the country or potentially all of the country once the current temporary 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 facts, advice and all the other guidelines, review of our testing strategy and how we will continue to support test and protect and also how

we will provide support for businesses and individuals so that they can comply with all they have been asked to do either now or in the future. publication of 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 be — a very challenging period. we hope that the framework can command broad support both in parliament and across society. this is where i will end. 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 essential rules and guidelines on hygiene, physical distancing, and limiting contact with other households. the home secretary, priti patel, has agreed to look into calls for a public inquiry

into the birmingham pub bombings — which killed twenty one people in 1974. last year an inquest jury found the victims were unlawfully killed, but didn't establish who was responsible. 0ur midlands correspondent, phil mackie reports. (vt next) sirens wail it's 46 years since bombs were set off in two busy pubs in birmingham city centre. the carnage caused at the mulberry bush and the tavern in the town left 21 dead and more than 200 others hurt, many with life—changing injuries. nearly five decades later, it's not known exactly who was to blame. announcing that she would consider a public inquiry, the home secretary priti patel said... stop and read and what it says... at one of two memorials for the attacks, not far from where her sister maxine died,

julie hambleton welcomed the news. it will open a door to a level of information that could provide a catalyst to maybe then give our loved ones what they deserve, to help them to maybe rest in peace, which is truth, justice and accountability. six men who were jailed for the attacks later had their convictions quashed. although an inquest last year revealed the names of an ira cell believed to be responsible, there is little hope for a criminal prosecution. for the families and their supporters, this is a real breakthrough. they think that momentum is with them now and they will finally get those answers that they've been waiting for for such a long time. this does remain the single biggest unsolved crime in recent british history. 46 years ago, but there are still families and friends of the victims who have not received justice and what this potential inquiry gives is the prospect of,

at last, thatjustice being done. here they are, our heroes. just last week, these supporters arrived in westminster after walking from birmingham to raise money for the campaign. what an absolute legend, look. the families are desperate to keep the case in the public eye, so their loved ones are not forgotten. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the dutch prime minister has acknowledged he made the wrong assessment by not intervening to stop a controversial foreign holiday by the royal family, when coronavirus restrictions in the netherlands were tightening. king willem—alexander and queen maxima returned to the netherlands on saturday after less than 24 hours in greece, aknowledging what they described as an "intense" reaction from the public who had been told on wednesday they should avoid travelling abroad. speaking to reporters mr rutte said he bore full ministerial responsibility for what

happened. ijust sent i just sent a ijust sent a letter to parliament saying i did misjudge the case especially when you see the rise in cases and the harsh measures we have to take a would have been better to think it over. because the constitution i cannot tell you more, it isa constitution i cannot tell you more, it is a unity of the crown. the prime minister is responsible for the king, i am prime minister is responsible for the king, lam responsible but it was merit —— mistake, my misjudgment to tell them we should think it over. the headlines on bbc news: wales goes into lockdown — announcing a "short, sharp" shock from friday to act as a ‘firebreak‘ on covid19. greater manchester's leaders are meeting, ahead of talks with the government on moving the area up to tier 3 of covid restrictions. the government blames the eu for the breakdown in negotations over brexit and warns they need to change tack if a trade deal is to be done.

the health secretary mike hancock has been a test at the coronavirus pandemic. this virus is on the offensive. 40 million coronavirus cases have now been recorded worldwide. weekly deaths in europe have increased by 33% and here in the uk deaths have tragically doubled in the last 12 days. the situation remains perilous. and while this disease is dangerous for all of us especially the growing evidence of the dedicating consequences of lung covid—19, we know it is especially dangerous for older people. cases continue to rise among the over 62 are the most likely to end up in the hospital or worse. i am very worried that they cases per hundred thousand among the over 60s ace 401 and the liverpool city region, 241 in lancashire, and in greatand city region, 241 in lancashire, and in great and i'm risen

over the past week from 171 to 283. this is why that government has been working so ha rd to that government has been working so hard to act. i am very glad we have been able to agree across party lines the necessary measures aimed liverpool and in lancashire and we are working hard to reach such an agreement in greater manchester. we are doing everything in our power to suppress the virus, support the economy, support education, and the nhs on dna vaccine is available. that is the right strategy. charting a path that allows for the greatest economic and social freedom while protecting life. at the director general of the world health organisation said last week and i quote, allowing a dangerous virus that we don't fully understand the renfree is simply unethical. i agree. and i know that it is difficult and i know that it is relentless but we must have resolve and see this through and never stop

striving to support the science that's will one day make us safe. if the speaker, i was at chelsea and westminster hospital this morning meeting nhs colleagues who are caring for patients with such dedication as they always do. i heard from them how important it is for everyone to support the nhs by keeping the virus down. both so the nhs is not overwhelmed by covid—19 patients and so it can deliver all the is none covid—19 care that people need. i am glad to report the number of people experiencing the long wait for cancer treatment has been brought down by 63% since its peak in july. i been brought down by 63% since its peak injuly. i want to thank all the consult teams who are working so ha rd to the consult teams who are working so hard to ensure people get the cancer screening, diagnostics, and treatment that they need even in these difficult circumstances. but these difficult circumstances. but the best way to protect cancer treatment and all the other treatments in the nhs is to keep the prevalence of coronavirus down. in doing this of course, we are taking as localised and

targeted way possible our local covid—1900 level system possible our local covid—1900 level syste m m ea ns possible our local covid—1900 level system means that we can have different rules in places like cornwall where transmission is no, to liverpool where transmission is high and rising. 0n to liverpool where transmission is high and rising. on thursday i updated the house about several areas of the country that we are moving into the higher the next level and to inform the house at the earliest possible opportunity that lancashire is now moved into the very high high alert level. infection rates in lancashire are among the highest in the country and are continuing to rise rapidly including in the over 60 as i mentioned. both the number of cases and the number of hospital admissions are debiting almost every fortnight. —— debiting. and the number of covid—19 patients in bags in lancashire has already reached half the number is seen at the height of the pandemic earlier this year. so we knew we had to take rapid action to suppress the epidemic in lancashire. we've always

said that we would stand side by side with any local area that agreed to move into this third tier and offer substantial support to local authorities including for testing, tracing, enforcement, and business support. and i would like to thank local leaders in lancashire who have been working with us so constructively. i am sure that the willingness to put politics aside in the national interest and in the interest of the people who we serve will save lives and protect livelihoods at this difficult time. mrs speaker, following the successful introduction of measures in liverpool and lancashire, talks are continuing this afternoon led by my right honourable friend the community secretary, with greater manchester. and they speak, further discussions are planned late of yorkshire, west yorkshire, nottinghamshire, the east, the northeast, and the side. sadly, over the weekend we have seen very directly the direct impact of this

disease. i was shocked to learn on saturday of that side back from coronavirus of there and i brother of liverpool mayorjoe anderson. and my heart and i'm sure it sympathies of the whole house goes out to the hole anderson family and the people of liverpool who have lost a brother. and all of our thoughts go out to our colleague the member for bolton southeast, now in hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for covid—19. we wish her a speedy recovery and send all of support to the nhs and greater manchester who are caring for her and so many others. mrs speaker, i would also like to provide an update on testing, another vital line of defence. we are testing my people than any other country in europe, we are now doing over 300,000 tests a day, up from 2000 a day in february. and we have now open over 500 test sites including new walk

in cemeteries on friday, and in edinburgh on saturday, and in newcastle this morning. alongside this important work we are working ha rd to this important work we are working hard to discover and evaluate new testing technologies that are simpler and faster and cheaper. some of these tests can produce the results as quickly as in 15 minutes. and we will make them available to local directors of public health as pa rt local directors of public health as part of our strategy for local action. starting with areas in the very high alert level. we are rolling them out across hospitals, and across care homes to test patients and residents yet more regularly to keep people safe, and for schools and universities so that we can keep education open safely through the winter. these tests have shown a real promise and we are both buying them now and ramping 02:51:55,1000 --> 02:51:56,989 up our ability to produce them at scale right here in the uk.

mrs speaker, we will stop at nothing to support this extraordinary scientific and the endeavour that can give us hope on the path back to normal life. and finally, mrs speaker, i would like to inform the house that on friday we made regulations to support our roll—out for both the flu and any covid—19 vaccination. while of course no vaccine covid—19 vaccination. while of course no vaccine technology is second, we must be prepared to play vaccine as soon second, we must be prepared to play vaccine as soon as second, we must be prepared to play vaccine as soon as when is safely available. the new regulations both provide for a wider range of clinically qualified people to administer vaccines, and provide for the nhra to grant a uk licence for a vaccine before the end of the transition period should that be necessary. 0f transition period should that be necessary. of course, we wish all of our scientists well and despite the work, and we will give them all the support they could possibly me. mrs speaker, we are once again at a decisive moment in

ourfight speaker, we are once again at a decisive moment in our fight against coronavirus, and while our scientists work around the clock on the solutions that will finally bring this crisis to an end, we must all play our part and come together and work together to keep people safe, suppress the virus, and save both livelihoods and lives and i commend a statement to the house. cani commend a statement to the house. can i start by sending our indolence to gel anderson for the sad loss of his brother from this and to gel anderson for the sad loss of his brotherfrom this and i think also sent however the very best wishes to be honourable memberfor bolton southeast 40 a speedy recovery as well. i think the secretary of state for advanced height of his statements. the virus continues to dwell nationwide, the ark is between 1.3 and 1.5. increasing number of care homes across the country have seen outbreaks with 214 in the last week, admissions to critical care continue to rise nationwide, yet at a slower

rate that in the first wave but at this stage in the first made critical care admissions were starting to fall because of the lockdown, they currently continue to rise. 0n testing, the saliva testing, the long testing, we welcome the progress that is being made. it would allow us to introduce wight testing, a vital tool in taking on this virus and i pay tribute to the university is developing great testing innovations such as southampton and night on university of leicester, the university of leicester, the university and my constituency i should say. what is the timescale of this for the advances in testing that he is talking about. it is still the plan for millions of tests ata and still the plan for millions of tests at a and speculation back in september that 10 million tests by february. can you tell us what the daily testing capacity will be by the end of the year? because we have seen delays in the pilot, sal fred was supposed to be testing 250 people a day using saliva testing but this is now

been refocused. it is vital that testing of all front line health care workers is now introduced to help the nhs get through the winter. the urgently speed up the validation of pooled pcr testing in the lighthouse labs. it has not happened yet, we really needed. this virus, testing must be quick, yet the results still aren't turned around and 24 hours. again, when will they be turned around and 24 hours? and contact must be traced quickly and those who have traced be given support to isolate. yet we have to be frank, a badly designed existing failing to trace a patient contacts costing £12 billion and paying them £7,000 a day and the minister for the cabinet office justify the feelings yesterday saying that the virus is accelerating that when the virus is accelerating, any test entry system of whatever kind

has blessed utility. so after spending £12 billion, ministers now have to shrug their shoulders and say well, the virus is accelerating self contact tracing is less useful. it's simply not good enough. the country is facing further restrictions because testing trace failed. so again, i urge him, find local public health teams to do contact tracing everywhere, and follow international best practice. they focus on investigating clusters using retrospective contact tracing. we need this back to let contact tracing everywhere, notjust in the places which are hotspots. now, this virus exploits social interaction. and i have always accepted that socialising in enclosed spaces, especially with poor ventilation is a driver of transmission. but for interventions to be effective, both the consent of local people is

needed and economic support is vital. yet, we are now in a situation where the bishop of manchester, a bishop for that mistake, it describes liverpool as feeling cheated, lancashire feeding buddy hield and manchester angrily determing. apa came to impose greater restrictions on greater manchester, surely they need financial support so that people livelihoods are not put at risk. so, can he tell the chancellor the last time —— instead delivera can he tell the chancellor the last time —— instead deliver a financial package to safeguard jobs across greater manchester. the prime minister has promoted the tier 3 restrictions because it means his words there is a chance to bring the letter are down but how do these restrictions in the north arrest growth in the virus across the rest of the country. the r across the southeast is 1.3015. across of the country. the r across the southeast is 1301.5. across the southwest 8813—16. across the east of england

is13—15. southwest 8813—16. across the east of england is 1.3—1.5. cornwall, devon, suffolk, ipswich have recorded covid—19 rate in recent days per hundred thousand higher than the average rate across greater manchester when they went into lockdown in the summer. so, to get the national r below the number one, more intervention will be needed and is currently proposed. so it is not international interest to now follow the advice of stage and adopt a 2—3 week second rate —— second break. last week he said he stands ready to apply the measures if necessary. yesterday the minister for the cabinet officer ruled out the second break suffer clarity, has the government now completely ruled out a circuit breaker in all circumstances? because the cost of delay could be a deeper, longer, fuller lockdown. he now ruling that out? what can i say to him we have a window of opportunity,

much of the country it is half term next week, it is politically easier for him he does not have to call it a second break, he can call it a firewall, he can call it a national moment of reset, whatever he calls it we need something because the longer the i ministered that there is, the harder it becomes to take back control of this virus, protect the nhs and save lives. we urge him to act before it is too late. thank you very much mr speaker. i would address that the question of the honourable gentleman raises. the first set of questions about testing, i might have missed it but i think he admitted to support and congratulate the work of everybody getting over 300,000 tests ata everybody getting over 300,000 tests at a delivered on capacity of over half a million tests at a buy at the end of this month. he asked about batch testing and rightly so. that is currently being trialed. he asked

to find local contact tracing everywhere and we have put those funds in local authority. but of course, we put the most support into the areas that need it most and this approach that the government is taking of time getting to support and the measures in the areas where they are needed most days at the co re they are needed most days at the core of how you can as he put it, retained the consent of people while we go through these difficult actions. so i think that to be truthful to him, mr speaker, actions. so i think that to be truthfulto him, mrspeaker, he actions. so i think that to be truthful to him, mr speaker, he is far closer and more supportive of the governing position and that he feels able to express at this dispatch box. not least because he asked for economic support. if i just leap to that chance and as aid and defence, this government has put and defence, this government has put an unprecedented economic support to help people through this difficult times. the billions of pounds of aid and further aid forthcoming and we

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